October 12, 2020

Caring for Creation: Stewardship of Planet, Community and Self

1 hour 7 minutes

This episode of Faith Made Welcome wraps up our series on the intersections and relationship between faith and science. For today’s episode, we turn our attention to social science and creation care.

What does it mean to take care of the world we live in? What does this mean, specifically for a Christian community? What does it mean when we consider that we ourselves are part of creation and also require care? In this episode, Marty, Cheri and Paul join with CBC deacon Dr. Dan Edwards to discuss what it means to be good stewards to our planet, our community and even to ourselves.

We look forward to continuing this conversation with the members and friends of CBC and the Faith Made Welcome podcast!

About Our Guest Dr. Dan Edwards

Father. Son. Friend. Child Psychologist. Trivia Team hanger-on. Cyclist. CBC-er. (Recovering Evangelical). Fact Checker. OG Cheapskate Dad.

Famous Quotes: 'We'll just have ice water.' 'We can survive without cable.' 'There's lots more peanut butter in that jar, people' (*digs it out of the trash*... etc.).

Scripture Mentioned this Episode

Today’s episode features a lot of indirect references to scripture. Here’s where you can read more about the passages we discuss:

Genesis 1:26

Exodus 16

Deuteronomy 22: 9-10

Mark 12:31

Genesis 32: 22-32

Philippians 4:6-7

1 Corinthians 15:31

Luke 8:46

Luke 6:12-13

Genesis 2:1-3

Acts 4:32

Acts 5:1-11

Additional Materials Mentioned this Episode

We’ve elected to list these references in the order they appear:

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - Dan mentions this popular mantra, which he claims is older than Cheri (and articles discussing its origin suggest he’s right)

Henry David Thoreau - Dan references Thoreau’s famous recommendation for a life “frittered away with detail”, which is: “Simplify, simplify” (Chapter 2, Walden).

Marie Kondo - Dan references Mondo, who wrote The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, in relationship to the value of simplifying.

David Gushee - Dan references a story from his Still Christian, wherein Gushee discusses his admiration for a professor who elects to live a simple life.

Jay Adams - Dan references Adams as being someone who brought faith and psychology together but who saw sin as being a root of origin for struggles that are not relieved by prayer and pastoral care.

Frank Minirth and Paul Meier - Dan notes that these two evolved the world of Christian psychology to consider more biological concepts, but still with limitations

Nadia Bolz Weber - Dan jokes that she might best represent what a current blending of Christian thought and psychology look like.

Shel Silverstein - Cheri references The Giving Tree and contemporary moves to suggest revision of this book that present the tree as someone with healthy boundaries

Carpenters’ Shelter, ALIVE!, and Casa Chirilagua - Marty menthind these three Alexandria-based organizations that the CBC community supports.

William MacAskill - Dan references his How to Do Good Better, which has him examining what it means to really make a difference

About This Podcast

This podcast was envisioned as means to foster spiritual growth and conversations about faith, both within and beyond the faith community at Commonwealth Baptist Church. At the open of this episode, we discuss what spiritual formation means to our CBC pastors and the role community plays in our concept of faith.

Got a question or want to reach out to the Faith Made Welcome team? You can reach us at [email protected].

Faith Made Welcome is produced by Cheri Spiegel, Paul Fitzgerald and This Most Unbelievable Life.

A Note on the Links in these Shownotes

Where possible the links to books mentioned in this episode direct to Old Town Books. We’re not sponsored by this bookstore; we just believe in supporting our local community! If you’re not an Alexandrian, we hope you’ll check these out at your local bookstore!

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