The Green Lectionary Podcast

"Palmless Sunday" (Luke 19:28-40

We are joined by Rev. Sam Chamelin, farmer/gardener, and pastor of St. Mary’s UCC in Westminster MD, and Rev. Shannon Weston,  Leadership Coach, Coach Trainer, and church consultant

"A Tale of Two Disciples" (John 12:1-8)

We are joined by Rev. Josh Scott, pastor of GracePointe Church in Nashville, TN and author of the forthcoming book "Cross Examined: Reading the Bible in Times of Division" and Caroline Hiler, Master of Divinity student at Duke Divinity School and CJM intern. 

"New Creation" (2 Cor. 5:16-21)

Our guests today are Dr. Wylin Wilson, associate professor of theological ethics at Duke Divinity School and author of the newly released book Womanist Bioethics: Social Justice, Spirituality and Black Women’s Health and Avery Lamb, Executive Director of Creation Justice Ministries.
 
 

"Wine, Water, Milk, and Bread" (Isaiah 55:1-9)

Our guests are Dr. Xavier Johnson and Rev. Melanie Mullen

"Animal Sacrifice" (Gen. 15)

Our guests today are
Rev. Grace Pritchard Burson and Rev. Daniel Wolpert. 
 
The Rev'd Grace Pritchard Burson is a priest in the Anglican Church of Canada, serving the parish of All Saints by the Lake in Dorval, Quebec. She is also a certified birth doula, writer, guerrilla gardener, and theologian of compost. She lives by the St. Lawrence River with her teenage son, on the ancestral territory of the Kanien'kéha:ka.
 
Daniel Wolpert, a healer and student of the spiritual life, worked as a research scientist,psychologist, farmer, and teacher, before earning his Masters of Divinity degree at SanFrancisco Theological Seminary (SFTS). Co-founder and former Executive Director ofthe Minnesota Institute of Contemplation and Healing, he has taught in the fields ofpsychology and spiritual formation in numerous settings around the world. A writer anda spiritual director, he has also played key roles in developing environments forcontemplation and spiritual leadership, helping to build or restore monasteries,theological schools, and retreat centers across North America. Author of multiple bookson the spiritual life, his most recent work is “Looking Inward, Living Outward: TheSpiritual Practice of Social Transformation” (Upper Room 2024). When not on the road,he lives in Seattle spending as much time with his grandson as possible.

"Feasting and Fasting" (Deut. 26, Luke 4)

Our guests are Rev. Dr. Leah Schade, associate professor of preaching and worship at Lexington Theological Seminary and  and Rev. Grey Maggiano , Rector of Church of the Nativity in Raleigh NC.

Unnatural Disasters (Joel 2, Matthew 6)

Our guests this week are Rev. Dr. Shannan Vance-Ocampo and Rev. Dr. Christopher Carter
 
Rev. Dr. Shannan Vance-Ocampo
 
Shannan is the General Presbyter of the Presbytery of Southern New England and has served in ministry in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) since 2001 in both congregations and mid-councils. Her ministry has been focused in both congregational settings and those of social justice ministry both internationally and domestically. She is an avid gardener, growing food and perennials. Five years ago she became “mom” to four (which are now six!) ridiculous backyard chickens alongside the other inhabitants of the ever-growing habitat she is cultivating. 
 
In 2024 Shannan completed her Doctor of Ministry degree which focused on the intersection of ecology and ministry. Her research project was centered on clergy and how they can best be resourced theologically, spiritually and with practical skills for ministry during our time of climate crisis. Prior to this work, she completed a fellowship with GreenFaith and has trained in clergy coaching. She is currently working on a book on eco-spirituality and leadership. 
 
Shannan and her husband, Juan Gabriel Ocampo Valle, live in Albany, New York and continue to maintain a family home in his home country of Colombia. 
 
Rev. Dr. Christopher Carter’s research, teaching, and activist interests are in Black, Womanist,and Environmental ethics, with a particular focus on race, food, and nonhuman animals. Hispublications include “Race, Animals, as a New Vision of the Beloved Community” in Animals andReligion (Routledge, 2024), The Spirit of Soul Food (University of Illinois Press, December 2021),and “Blood in the Soil: The Racial, Racist, and Religious Dimensions of Environmentalism” in TheBloomsbury Handbook on Religion and Nature (Bloomsbury, 2018). In them, he explores theintersectional oppressions experienced by people of color, non-human nature, and animals.Currently, he is an Associate Professor of Theology, Ecology, and Race at Methodist TheologicalSchool in Ohio, Lead Pastor of The Loft at Westwood United Methodist Church, and he is alsoon the board of directors of Farm Forward, an anti-factory farming non-profit. He is married toDr. Gabrielle Carter, a small animal veterinary oncologist, and while their son Isaiah is not adoctor of any sort, he definitely believes he is more intelligent than his parents.

"Lifting the Lowly" (Luke 1: 46-55)

We are joined by Rev. Anna Woofendedn, Rector of St. John's Episcopal Church in Northampton, MA and Avery Davis Lamb, Executive Director of Creation Justice Ministries

"Vipers and Dead Trees" (Luke 3: 7-18)

Our guests for the third week of Advent are Rev. Karen Mann, pastor of Sojourners United Church of Christ in Charlottesville, VA and Jerusha Neal, Assistant professor of Homiletics at Duke Divinity School and author of the new book "Holy Ground: Climate Change, Preaching, and the Apocalypse of Place" 

"Look to the valley" (Luke 3:1-6)

Our guests today are Rev. Nicole Diroff, associate director at the BTS Center in Portland, ME and  Rev. Derek Miller, rector of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Ellicott City Maryland.