What is composting? Why should we participate in it? And how does it connect with our faith? Is composting God’s signature move at play within creation!?

In this episode, hear from farmer, writer, and pastor Ryan Fasani in this practical conversation on life, death, and rebirth as we search for the answers to all our composting questions!

Ryan is a Pastoral Farmer. He grows food and teaches others how to do the same. He also leads a ministerial incubator which has helped birth much-needed ministries that serve the Bellingham, WA area where he lives on a farm with his wife, four kids, and seven milk goats. He’s a sought-after speaker and storyteller but is in highest demand for his organic lettuce. Ryan has written a number of books, including, Consuming Hope, Walking Trees and Curated Coals.

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See Ryan’s many book offerings here: https://www.ryanfasani.com/books

Keeping Creation – 5 Week Study (authored by both Caleb, Ryan and others!) https://www.thefoundrypublishing.com/keeping-creation-9780834142039.html?fbclid=IwAR0SNm_0k0MHzE61qN2vJNrX_S4h2mzUpVSwScRCf1BqlFC1LNK6aKD2G9U

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Are there connections between our time spent outside and our outlook on life? Should we be surprised to find that our well-being is connected to our connection with the “natural world”?

In this episode, Caleb welcomes Makayla Johnson to the show with a lively discussion on her research on the impact of gardening on perceptions of hope, hopelessness, and levels of anxiety.  

Makayla wears a lot of hats in life! She is a pastor, professor, master naturalist, and amateur birder. She spends most of her year in Costa Rica as the Program Coordinator of the Quetzal Education and Research Center which is a study abroad program run by Southern Nazarene University where she co-teaches Biblical Theology and Global Stewardship with her husband Caleb. She spends her free time with a pair of binoculars and the Merlin app trying to identify local birds. 

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"Im/Mobility at the US–Mexico Border during the COVID-19 Pandemic" - Published here https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/10/2/47/htm

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What exactly is environmental justice? In this episode, Caleb is joined by professor and farmer Jason Adkins in a dialogue around ecosystems, justice, Genesis, and our human place within all of it!

About Jason and the Trevecca Urban Farm: Jason teaches environmental justice classes in the Center for Social Justice at Trevecca Nazarene University. In 2011, Jason worked with students and faculty to start a farm on the university campus. Today, the Trevecca Urban Farm has helped start gardens all over town and hosts on campus a herd of goats, pigs, bees, chickens, worm composting, mushrooms, an herb and flower garden, a vegetable garden, and a large orchard. The Trevecca Urban Farm works with neighbors to build gardens and plant public orchards. This work is aimed at reconnecting people with their land and all its creatures. Jason and his students have shared conservation growing techniques with farmers in the Philippines, Swaziland, Senegal, and around the United States. He received his Permaculture Design Certificate in 2012 and has taught in four PDC courses since then. Presently, Jason is completing a master's degree in counseling and enjoys rock climbing with his children.

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How thin is the layer between All Hallows Eve and All Hallows Day? How thin is the layer between terror and hope? Between the unseen and seen?

There are occasions when part of the necessary work of ecological well being requires looking directly at that which is frightening and allowing ourselves to feel something.

In this “All Hallows Eve” inspired episode, hear some chilling facts about the Earth’s current ecological challenges.

Note: If eco-anxiety is already something that you’re dealing with, this episode may not be for you.

If you have yet to truly explore how creation is groaning today, have a listen.

IPCC https://www.ipcc.ch/report/sixth-assessment-report-cycle/

Top 7 warmest years on record https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/01/1110022

Scientist calls record global heat in September ‘gobsmackingly bananas’ https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/04/world/september-hottest-record-2023-climate-intl/index.html

West Antarctic Ice Sheet https://www.sciencealert.com/west-antarctic-ice-sheet-collapse-may-now-be-unavoidable-scientists-warn

Record-breaking heatwaves, aquatic

Soil Degradation https://www.fao.org/newsroom/detail/agriculture-soils-degradation-FAO-GFFA-2022/en

Snow crabs https://www.sciencenews.org/article/10-billion-snow-crabs-disappeared-alaska

The Lancet Commission on pollution and health https://www.thelancet.com/commissions/pollution-and-health

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In this episode, Caleb is joined by Megan Pardue to chat about food, faith, and the powers and principalities… You can’t make this stuff up!

Rev. Megan M. Pardue (she/her) is the pastor of Refuge Home Church in Durham, NC. In addition to pastoring, she co-hosts the A Plain Account lectionary preaching podcast and teaches preaching at Duke Divinity School. She lives in Durham with

Hear more from Megan:

- "A Calling to Creation Care." Recent feature about Refuge Home Church and climate change in the Duke Divinity magazine - https://stories.divinity.duke.edu/a-calling-to-creation-care/

- Nazarenes for Creation Care Webinar on "Eating Together as a

- Sermon on Isaiah 55 "Eat What is Good" at the NTS Preachers Conference in 2018 - https://cpl.vhx.tv/videos/rev-megan-pardue-eat-what-is-good-isaiah-55-1-3a

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For the first time ever hear about a multi-faith nationwide effort of congregations coming together to stand for environmental and climate justice! And you’re invited to be a part of it!

Blessed Tomorrow is a coalition of diverse religious partners united as faithful stewards of God´s creation. https://blessedtomorrow.org/

One Home One Future is a seven-year multi-faith campaign to strengthen vitality, relevance and community connection across generations in local congregations nationwide. Learn more about the campaign and how your congregation can get involved! https://www.onehomeonefuture.org/

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This is a special conversation about what it means to embody environmental and social justice in a place with a history of racial discrimination. This interview is with three wonderful leaders from Groundwork NRG (Northeast Revitalization Group) in Kansas City, Kansas.

In this episode, we are joined by Ms. Elnora Jefferson, founder of Groundwork NRG, Land Equity Advocate, and Advisor; with Rev. Stacy Evans, Learn to Earn Program Coordinator at Groundwork NRG, AME pastor, and director of the Quindaro Ruins Townsite Project; and Adri Showalter Matlock, Operations Director at Groundwork NRG.

Discover more about Groundwork NRG at https://www.northeastkck.org/

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Flowers, like the Psalms, greet us in moments of tears, joy, and everyday life…

In this inaugural interview, we are joined by Rachel Nafis of Psalter Flower Farms! Rachel shares her unique story of how she grows flowers on her neighbor’s land and the beauty that springs from it.

Short film: https://plantpop.com/blog/2023/3/31/rachel-nafis

LA Times: https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2023-07-10/urban-farmer-grows-flowers-in-neighbors-yards

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It's October 4th, 2023 - Launch Day! As we begin planting the seeds of this podcast out in the world, how might we prepare the soil of our hearts?

What kind of posture do we need to approach this eco-Christian conversation?

“Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” – Jesus

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The ecoChristian Podcast is an exploration of what it means to be Christian on planet Earth. Exploring the intersection between Christianity and creation, between ecclesiology and ecology, and between physical and faith. Join the journey!

October 4th, 2023 the exploration begins!

Hosted by Caleb Cray Haynes

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