You cannot have a conversation around global issues without considering the state of the earth itself. We are talking today with educator, author and climate advocate Dr. Forrest Inslee to learn, "what on earth is happening with the earth?" Dr. Inslee brings a distinctly Christian viewpoint to the conversation as we consider the damage being done to the environment and how Christians that are engaging vulnerable communities around the world have a role to play in supporting not just people, but all of God's creation.

Resources and Links from the show

Earthkeepers Podcast

Re-imagining Short Term Missions

Saving Us: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World by Katharine Hayhoe

Agrarian Spirit: Cultivating Faith, Community, and the Land by Norman Wirzba

Conversation Notes

• 7:10 - Remembering that God loves all ethnicities and nationalities the same and Jesus making us into family
• 10:15 - Blood relation, family and adoption in Turkey
• 15:15 - A snapshot of climate change, extreme weather, ecosystem loss and how a Christian should think through these realities
• 19:45 - The link between poverty and ecological degradation
• 23:40 - Christians believe that people matter most, but is it the case that people are all that matters.
• 27:57 - The way that people divide even in the midst of having something they could agree on (and also Parks and Rec)
• 34:45 - Is there a role for technology to solve our problems or is that just magic thinking that won't bear enough fruit
• 38:40 - Urbanization is a historic long term trend and how can people do something to take action
• 46:15 - The need to reimagine how we do short term missions
• 52:00 - Promising practices in short term missions and cross-cultural ministry
• 57:45 - Practicing humility and learning as we engage in justice work