You just do the next thing that's possible to do and you hope that what that does is it grows into something that will live.
Debra RienstraNovember 15, 2019
Episode 9 Keep All the Pieces: Tim Van Deelen on Wildlife Conservation and the Ghost of Aldo Leopold
It's... loss. It really is. It's the sense that we are losing our biological richness. It's disappearing before our eyes. And if there are people that care about it, within a generation it becomes a memory, in the next generation it becomes an abstraction.
Debra RienstraNovember 8, 2019
Journalist and recent seminary grad Jeff Chu ponders the intersection of theology and farming, then describes the Evolving Faith Conference and other places of healing and fresh imagination for people who are, for whatever reason, feeling on the margins of the church.
Debra RienstraNovember 1, 2019
One of our conclusions is, people love the idea of lament more than the practice of it.
Debra RienstraOctober 25, 2019
Listen now In this episode, Christina Edmondson--Dean for Intercultural Student Development at Calvin University and co-host of the Truth’s Table podcast--reflects on the potential for refugia on college campuses. We also consider the virtues and difficulties of virtual refugia. For more background... Dr. Christina Edmondson…
Debra RienstraOctober 18, 2019
Listen Now Kyle Meyaard-Schaap, National Organizer and Spokesperson for Young Evangelicals for Climate Action, takes stock of how the church is doing in addressing climate change and describes how young Christians are leading the way, finding refugia through intentional action. Kyle Meyaard-Schaap For More Background...…
Debra RienstraOctober 11, 2019
Studio artist and art educator Jo-Ann Van Reeuwyk reflects on art and risk-taking as well as creating safe places for risk through sacred spaces pedagogy. She also explains her fondness for vessels and pokey things. Listen Now For more background Here is Jo-Ann's faculty page…
Debra RienstraOctober 4, 2019
Listen now Steve Bouma-Prediger is professor of religion at Hope College, ecotheologian, and author of For the Beauty of the Earth--among many other books. Here he reflects on examples of refugia in the Bible as well as on the virtues necessary to fulfill our God-given,…
Debra RienstraSeptember 27, 2019
Listen Now In this episode, Jamie Skillen, professor of environmental studies at Calvin University, overviews the sometimes tense relationship between Christianity and environmentalism, urging us to aspire toward an “eschatological stewardship.” For more background... To learn more about the Beyond Stewardship book we mention, go…
Debra RienstraSeptember 20, 2019
