On the first episode of Regenerative Farm Discipleship, the re-brand of Farm Discipleship, Sarah Macias and Maddie Wiltse interview Avery Davis Lamb, executive director of Creation Justice Ministries. Tune in to the conversation to learn about how Avery’s ecological background informs his faith and how faith communities can actively work to care for creation.

This episode is a production of Sister Grove Farm with the support of the Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics & Public Responsibility at SMU (Southern Methodist University).

Music: “Come on Down to Sister Grove” by Ken Medema

Producer: Rodney Macias

Co-Hosts: Sarah Macias and Maddie Wiltse

Rodney and Sarah visit with Chuck Trowbridge from Prairie Farmstead in Sherman, Texas. Chuck and his wife Molly strive to produce the cleanest meats and eggs on pasture while healing the land they steward - and raising their three children. Check 'em out at https://www.facebook.com/Prairie-Farmstead-776651465877544/

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This week we are glad to share with you a great conversation we had with Neddy Astudillo.

Neddy Astudillo is a pastor, farmer, and scholar who we often invoke on Sister Grove Farm. Born in Venezuela and now a Presbyterian Pastor in Florida, her wisdom as a theologian and organizer has impacted people around the world. We were grateful to talk with her a couple of weeks ago. She and her husband Tom co-founded the Angelic Organics Learning Center in northern IL, and she continues her work to connect people of faith to the earth through her work as an organizer and teacher through GreenFaith, an international and interfaith religious environmental organization.

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This week we are glad to share with you our interview with our friends from N&P Dairy.

Every week or so we send a message to our friends, Steve and Lynn Horton, and order a couple of gallons from their home at N&P Farm and Dairy in Farmersville, Texas. Yes, that is actually the name of the town, and it's where we get our milk.

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Located along the east prong of Sister Grove Creek in the Lavon Watershed of the Trinity River Basin is a place called Sister Grove Farm. As we get to know, learn from, and fall in love with this patch of Blackland Prairie we invite you to join us. Farmers Sarah and Rodney speak with academics, farmers, and pastors/theologians on how faith and farming intersect.

This week we are glad to share with you a great conversation we had with Theodore Hiebert. Ted is Professor of Hebrew Bible (or Old Testament) at McCormick Theological Seminary. A leading biblical scholar among theological educators, he has done groundbreaking work in the study of Genesis. He is the author of The Yahwist’s Landscape: Nature and Religion in Early Israel and numerous articles on why it is important for people of faith to care for the earth.

Have a listen. Thanks for coming to the farm.

Located along the east prong of Sister Grove Creek in the Lavon Watershed of the Trinity River Basin is a place called Sister Grove Farm. As we get to know, learn from, and fall in love with this patch of Blackland Prairie we invite you to join us. Farmers Sarah and Rodney speak with academics, farmers, and pastors/theologians on how faith and farming intersect.

In this fifth episode (the second of a two-parter), Rodney and Sarah interview the Rev. Kyle Childress. Kyle has been the pastor of Austin Heights Baptist Church in the piney woods of Nacogdoches, Texas since 1989. Highly committed to racial reconciliation, he founded the community-wide annual Martin Luther King Commemoration Service in 1991 and is the first white member of a historically African-American ministerial alliance.

Have a listen. Thanks for coming to the farm.

Located along the east prong of Sister Grove Creek in the Lavon Watershed of the Trinity River Basin is a place called Sister Grove Farm. As we get to know, learn from, and fall in love with this patch of Blackland Prairie we invite you to join us. Farmers Sarah and Rodney speak with academics, farmers, and pastors/theologians on how faith and farming intersect.

In this fourth episode (the first of a two-parter), Rodney and Sarah interview the Rev. Kyle Childress. Kyle has been the pastor of Austin Heights Baptist Church in the piney woods of Nacogdoches, Texas since 1989. Highly committed to racial reconciliation, he founded the community-wide annual Martin Luther King Commemoration Service in 1991 and is the first white member of a historically African-American ministerial alliance.

Have a listen. Thanks for coming to the farm.

Located along the east prong of Sister Grove Creek in the Lavon Watershed of the Trinity River Basin is a place called Sister Grove Farm. As we get to know, learn from, and fall in love with this patch of Blackland Prairie we invite you to join us. Farmers Sarah and Rodney speak with academics, farmers, and pastors/theologians on how faith and farming intersect.

In this third episode, Rodney and Sarah interview Debbie and Roy from Grandkid Acres in Van Alstyne, TX. Roy and Debbie are living their dream of trusting God through caring for their farm and grandchildren. Learn more about Grandkid Acres here: https://www.facebook.com/RoyandDebbieChandler

Have a listen. Thanks for coming to the farm.

Located along the east prong of Sister Grove Creek in the Lavon Watershed of the Trinity River Basin is a place called Sister Grove Farm. As we get to know, learn from, and fall in love with this patch of Blackland Prairie we invite you to join us. Farmers Sarah and Rodney speak with academics, farmers, and pastors/theologians on how faith and farming intersect.

In this episode, Farmers Rodney and Sarah sit with Artist in Residence abby to talk about how the novel corona virus pandemic has changed life on the farm. From raising more chickens and planting more seeds to getting to know the neighbors and looking for God, the farmmates explore how sheltering in place has changed how they love the place they call home.

Have a listen. Thanks for coming to the farm.

Located along the east prong of Sister Grove Creek in the Lavon Watershed of the Trinity River Basin is a place called Sister Grove Farm. As we get to know, learn from, and fall in love with this patch of Blackland Prairie we invite you to join us. Farmers Sarah and Rodney speak with academics, farmers, and pastors/theologians on how faith and farming intersect.

Located along the east prong of Sister Grove Creek in the Lavon Watershed of the Trinity River Basin is a place called Sister Grove Farm. As we get to know, learn from, and fall in love with this patch of Blackland Prairie we invite you to join us. Farmers Sarah and Rodney speak with academics, farmers, and pastors/theologians on how faith and farming intersect.

In this first episode, we are introduced to Rodney, Sarah, and the farm they call home.

Have a listen. Thanks for coming to the farm.