The Green Lectionary Podcast

"The Potter's Clay" (Jeremiah 18:1-11)

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. 

Preaching Ocean Month, Part 2

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.

"Preaching Ocean Month, Part 1"

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

"Places of Transformation" (Acts 10:34-43

Our guests are Bishop Jennifer Baskerville Burrows Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis and Brian Sellers Petersen a coach and consultant who focuses on agrarian ministry, churchland stewardship, and creation care. and coordinator of Good News Gardens

"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.