The Environmental Christian Podcast

By The Environmental Christian

What's The Environmental Christian Podcast about?

Podcasting from a small town in the Bible Belt you’re listening to The Environmental Christian podcast. (No, that’s not an oxymoron.) Email me at: environmentalchristian[at]gmail[dot]com

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The Environmental Christian Podcast episodes:

03.27.2024
Observe
Welcome to the Environmental Christian Walking podcast. This is a guided 30 minute walking podcast that includes scripture reading (lectio divina), silence, observation, and silent prayer and thanks. This is intended to be an intentional time with God while walking/...
01.17.2023
I’m just not that person
I'm learning about myself, and this year, I finally admitted that I'm just not that person.
07.05.2022
The Ocean
The ocean is not part of creation I get to experience very often. I’m taking time to ponder this creation and all it encompasses.
06.07.2022
Silence
Are we afraid of silence? How do we have a relationship with Jesus without listening?
05.03.2022
Rethinking Ownership and Dominion
Stripped down, real conversation coming from the grief of a companion. This conversation will be divided into separate podcasts. The first podcast, rethinking dominion theology.
04.05.2022
Citizens of Heaven
This world in which we live screams at us about earthly things. It’s overwhelming. And our brains are going to tell us we don’t have time to read the Bible and contemplate what it says or take a walk and...
03.01.2022
What is Lent?
What is Lent?
02.01.2022
Jesus in the Wilderness
Why did Jesus go to the wilderness after his baptism? What happens when wild places are deforested?
10.14.2021
Shipping Containers
There are ships waiting to be unburdened at an L.A. port. Some are looking into what's causing the delay. But, let's ask ourselves, why are there so many?
08.18.2021
Robin Gottfried shares about his fable
Robin Gottfried wrote a fable and he shares why and reads a chapter.
08.03.2021
Beauty by Design
I've invited some experts from The Center for Religion and the Environment at the University of the South in Sewanee to share with us for the next month or two. Host Jerry Cappel and Dr. Robin Gottfried lead us in...
04.05.2021
Easter
We can't end with Good Friday. Easter is here!
04.02.2021
Good Friday
Holy Friday (come back Monday)
04.01.2021
Maundy Thursday
My favorite service of the year because it tells the history of the last supper. It connects the old testament to the new.
03.31.2021
Give it away now
There are times in the Bible where it is mentioned that God hardened someone’s heart. King Saul particularly comes to mind. I always struggle when the Bible says something that God did that seems counterintuitive to the loving God I...
03.30.2021
Compost
What is compost? It’s the fifth R: rot. It’s taking your green matter: organic kitchen waste like veggie scraps and fruit peels and mixing them with brown matter: sawdust, cardboard, shredded paper and dry leaves to create a condition where...
03.29.2021
Living Waters
For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks. Luke 6:45
03.26.2021
Hot or Cold
For winter, use 68 degrees while you’re awake and at home. Lower it when you go to bed. As for summer, 78 degrees when you’re home and awake. The lower the difference between the inside and outside temps the lower...
03.25.2021
What's going on?
How often do we take the time to study nature around us?
03.24.2021
Paper, paper, tree
Can you imagine a world where there is fighting in grocery stores for a product everyone easily has a replacement for in their homes?
03.23.2021
Audit
We’re used to thinking about footprints like what we make in the sand going on a nice walk on the beach. There are other footprints that leave a trail that have nothing to do with feet. Today, we’re going to talk...
03.22.2021
Be a Citizen Scientist
You’ve heard the saying “when it rains it pours”?
03.19.2021
Sabbath
I believe everyone is familiar with the 10 commandments. Even if we ignore them. Or we believe and abide by Jesus’ fulfillment of the law with Love God and Love Neighbor.
03.18.2021
Family Time
It’s so easy to get caught up with what needs to be done that we miss opportunities for the really important stuff like time with our family.
03.17.2021
The Stakes of Fashion
Join my friend Joy and me as we talk about purchasing clothing. There are some tips of what we look for, she as a buyer for her store and me as a consumer. Check out her store and mission: Iddy and...
03.16.2021
Coffee
We usually associate collateral damage with the death of unintended victims, mostly civilians. We don’t usually hear about it in terms of creation. But in Deuteronomy, we see specifics in waging war and one of those is to not destroy...
03.15.2021
Holy Listening
Interview with Whitney Simpson, founder of Exploring Peace Ministries and author of Holy Listening with Breath, Body and Spirit. We talk about spiritual direction, disciplines and breathing. Meditation/ Lectio Divina practice at 18:57. Exploring Peace Meditations
03.12.2021
Plant a Tree
Why should we love trees? Oh, let us count the ways. Want more info on American Heritage Trees?
03.11.2021
Missing: Trees
Dr. Matthew Sleeth wrote an excellent book called Reforesting Faith: What Trees Teach Us About the Nature of God and His Love for Us. I want to share an unofficial study he did over the years regarding trees in the...
03.10.2021
Collide
It’s wonderful that we have nature all around us. Even in the city we can look to the sky, find plants growing in crevices, and see birds. (Or at least the evidence of birds.) You can also see evidence of...
03.09.2021
Pause Button
Friends Gabby and Scott, author of The Year Without a Purchase, join me to talk about their year, what they learned and how they're proceeding. (This podcast is about 18 minutes long.)
03.08.2021
Fill my cup
7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay,[a] so that the surpassing greatness of the power may be from God and not from ourselves. 2 Cor. 4:7
03.05.2021
Fasting
Why, after such an announcement like “this is my son whom I am well pleased” did Jesus remove himself from company and spend 40 days alone without food?
03.04.2021
Not that kind of greenwashing
Did you know cleaning the house can be hazardous to your health?
03.03.2021
Creation Care Themes in Scripture
10 creation care themes in scripture
03.02.2021
The 5Rs+
We're familiar with the 3Rs, but what about the 5Rs?
03.01.2021
Poetry
There are five books of poetry and wisdom in the Bible: Job, a book about human suffering; Psalms, a book that can be used for prayers; Proverbs, a book of wisdom; Ecclesiastes, a book about living; and Song of Songs,...
02.26.2021
In the Garden
Reveling in the Genesis scripture, poetry by Dr. Scott Cairn, and getting in the dirt.
02.25.2021
Media Fast
2020 was a hard news year. And we can access the news 24/7 from our fingertips. What can we do?
02.24.2021
Prayer
Let's talk about prayer.
02.23.2021
Trash
Do we have a problem with trash?
02.22.2021
Meatless Monday
God cared about animals. Dr. Richter helps us understand just how much.
02.19.2021
Unplug
Vampire power sucks. What can we do? Why does it matter?
02.18.2021
The Invisible Visible
Can we see God?
02.17.2021
Lent 2021
What is Lent? Why do Christians participate in Lent?
12.08.2020
Note to Listeners
03.27.2020
Will of God
Christians don't just use excuses and platitudes about the environment. They use them for disasters and diseases as well.
02.29.2020
Argument 3: I don't have time to worry about the world's problems. Ignorance is bliss.
I dashed through the crowded streets, ignored the man in tattered clothes rummaging through overflowing trash bins and made it to the meet in time. “I don’t have time to worry about the world’s problems. Ignorance is bliss.”
01.31.2020
Argument 2: We don’t need to worry about nature; everything will be renewed after the rapture.
Bob Marley told us not to worry. About a thing. Yet, 45% of Americans felt worried a lot in 2019 according to Gallup. So, one less thing to worry about would be a good thing, right? Makes this next excuse...
01.24.2020
Dominion
Hey ya’ll. I wanted to take some time to talk about the “d” word in the Bible. DOMINION.

What's The Environmental Christian Podcast about?

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The Environmental Christian Podcast episodes:

Observe

I’m just not that person

The Ocean

Silence

Rethinking Ownership and Dominion

Citizens of Heaven

What is Lent?

Jesus in the Wilderness

Shipping Containers

Robin Gottfried shares about his fable

Beauty by Design

Easter

Good Friday

Maundy Thursday

Give it away now

Compost

Living Waters

Hot or Cold

What's going on?

Paper, paper, tree

Audit

Be a Citizen Scientist

Sabbath

Family Time

The Stakes of Fashion

Coffee

Holy Listening

Plant a Tree

Missing: Trees

Collide

Pause Button

Fill my cup

Fasting

Not that kind of greenwashing

Creation Care Themes in Scripture

The 5Rs+

Poetry

In the Garden

Media Fast

Prayer

Trash

Meatless Monday

Unplug

The Invisible Visible

Lent 2021

Note to Listeners

Will of God

Argument 3: I don't have time to worry about the world's problems. Ignorance is bliss.

Argument 2: We don’t need to worry about nature; everything will be renewed after the rapture.

Dominion