We are joined by Revs. Jonah Overton and Josh Scott. 

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We are joined on this episode by Rabbi Yonatan Neril. 

Rabbi Yonatan Neril founded and directs the Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development, which reveals the connection between religion and ecology and mobilizes faith communities to act on climate change. In 2024 Yonatan co-organized a faith and ecology video campaign with Nas Daily, which received nine million views. He authored the bestselling book Eco Bible: An Ecological Commentary on the Hebrew Bible. He speaks internationally on religion and ecology, including at the World Economic Forum in Davos, multiple UN climate conferences, and the Parliament of World Religions. In December 2023 he initiated and co-organized the first-ever Faith Pavilion at a UN climate conference (COP28 in Dubai), which included 70 sessions with 325 speakers. Yonatan has also co-organized twelve interfaith environmental conferences in the U.S. and Israel. Yonatan is a member of the World Economic Forum's Faith In Action working group. Raised in California, Yonatan completed his M.A. and B.A. from Stanford University where he conducted research on renewable energy in India, and on genetically modified corn in Mexico. He received rabbinical ordination in Israel and lives with his wife, Shana, and their two children in Jerusalem. He enjoys hiking and being in nature.

In this episode we are joined by Cr. Cynthia Moe-Lobeda. 

Check out the first two books of the "Building a Moral Economy" series and the online toolkits that accompany the series at https://www.buildingamoraleconomy.org/. 

Today, my guest is Rev. Dr. Lisa Graumlich. 

Rev. Dr. Lisa Graumlich stands at the crossroads of science and spirit in humanity's most critical hour. She champions the urgent need for robust and transparent science in our climate crisis. As a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the Ecological Society of America (ESA), and Past President of the American Geophysical Union, she wields decades of climate research to understand our changing planet.

Ordained as an Episcopal deacon in 2004 and serving at St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Tucson, Arizona, Graumlich bridges the worlds of rigorous science and sacred calling. She is building bridges between faith and reason communities as we forge an equitable, sustainable Earth where all people thrive.

Her career dedication to understanding global climate change now serves a sacred mission: awakening both scientific and spiritual communities to our shared responsibility for creation's future."

Discussion questions

4. The concept of non-linear (faith based) values stood out as a response to the overwhelming non-linearity of the current ecological crisis. How does the understanding of theologians and faith leaders as pivotal to the healing of the earth affect your

We are joined by Dr. Garrett Andrew. You can read his writing at www.garrettjandrew.substack.com

Our guest for this episode is Debra Rienstra, professor of English at Calvin University and author of Refugia Faith: Seeking Hidden Shelters, Ordinary Wonders, and the Healing of the Earth.

In this episode for the second week of the Season of Creation, we are joined by Marqus Cole, Organizing director of Georgia Interfaith Power and Light. 

This episode is for the first week of the Season of Creation and features Robin Lewis, director of climate equity for Interfaith Power and Light DMV, and Rev. Dr. Kip Banks, senior pastor of East Washington Heights Baptist Church in Washington D.C. 

Here in part two we’ll hear from Ryan Cullumber, director of living coasts ministry in Newport Beach California, Logan Jackson, Pastor at Newbegun UMC in Elizabeth City, NC, Rev. Dottie Yunger, director of Maine’s state aquarium, and we’ll conclude with a short homily from Rev. Dr. Garrett Andrew.

June is ocean month and we’ve decided to do something a little different for the podcast. In this two part series you will hear voices of people who deeply care about the ocean and deeply love the Church. They are ministers and laypeople, scientists and enthusiasts, all sharing their joy around God’s marine creation.

We’ve centered our conversations around four questions: when have you experienced God at the ocean? What can the ocean teach us about faith? What biblical texts would you use to preach about the ocean? And finally why should preachers talk about the ocean this month?

In part one, you’ll hear from Rachel G. Jordan, author of the newly released book “Does the Ocean Have a Soul?”, Robert Sluka, a scientist with A Rocha International, Blair Nelsen, Executive director of WaterSpirit, a spiritual ecology nonprofit, and Dan Vermeer, a faculty member of Duke University