What if all this change… all these wrinkles… all these limits are part of God’s cosmic design? Our lives are comprised of change, and often it can be painful and hard… but also beautiful. In an epic season finale, we have a special double-dip episode with author and podcaster Courtney Ellis to discuss her new book Weathering Change!

Find Weathering Change: Seeking Peace Amid Life’s Tough Transitions and also The Thing With Feathers at https://courtneybellis.com/ !

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Who speaks your language? Whose language are you trying to speak? How is it that the Spirit of God shows up at Pentecost… and we can all hear the message!? … Let’s talk aging, the Holy Spirit, and a bit of Babel.

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What if one of the most impactful things you could do for God’s creation is just sit at a table and talk with someone about the issues you care about? Would you do it? Often, when we consider getting involved in politics, the roadblocks just live in our own minds rather than in reality. In a walk around the Capitol building in DC, Caleb is joined by Creation Justice Ministries policy and advocacy manager, Madison Mayhew. Madison shares what she has learned as an advocate for God’s creation and how we can be about that good work too!

Connect with Creation Justice Ministries! https://www.creationjustice.org/

See the issues that Creation Justice Ministries is advocating for right now: https://tinyurl.com/ecoChrep62

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Have you ever sailed through the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? Biological Oceanographer Jenni Brandon has and is here to tell the tale! In this conversation, we learn about the unfolding research between the ocean, increasing micro-plastics, and our bodies.

How are you part of this story? Jump in the water and find out!

More from Jenni: https://www.jenniferabrandon.com/

Episode mentions!

United by blue - https://unitedbyblue.com/pages/sustainability

4Ocean - https://www.4ocean.com/

Ocean conservancy - https://oceanconservancy.org/

Surf Rider - https://www.surfrider.org/

Plastic Pollution Coalition - https://www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org/

5 Gyers - https://www.5gyres.org/

Call on Congress and the EPA to Protect Human Health and the Environment:

https://tinyurl.com/EENTakeAction

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What if there was some new technology that sequestered carbon, mitigated floods, cleaned the air, provided shade, created food, offered oxygen, made building materials, and aided our mental health? Oh yeah, they’re called trees! Jump into this fun and insightful conversation with urban farmer and professor Jason Adkins as we discuss everything from tree equity to resurrection.

See your Tree Equity Score - https://www.treeequityscore.org/

Trevecca Urban Farm - https://www.trevecca.edu/community-life/urban-farm-and-garden

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What does evolution, faith, farming, the Society of Biblical Literature, and the state of Michigan have in common? The answer is Caleb Scheys! Listen in as two Calebs who care for God’s creation dialogue about the non-mutually exclusives that are baked into not just God’s creation, but the kind of postures that offer love and grace for the whole world.

Green Lectionary Podcast – Palm Sunday with Caleb Cray Haynes and Derrick Weston: https://greenlectionary.podbean.com/e/the-title-of-palmsunday26/

Documentary: An Invitation to Wonder https://www.waubesafilm.com/

Reach out to A Rocha: hello@arocha.us

Leah Schade’s Ecological Stations of the Cross: https://interfaithsustain.com/ecopreacher-resources/ecological-stations-of-the-cross/

Eco-Stations of the Cross (Ryan Cagle): https://ryancagle.gumroad.com/l/ecostationsofthecross

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Terra Cycle: https://www.terracycle.com/

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58 | Pockets of Refugia with Debra Rienstra

Where are the hidden shelters? What are those ordinary wonders around you? How might pockets of refugia foster the healing of God’s creation? Today we are joined by author and professor Debra Rienstra to explore these very questions and chat about her pivotal work, Refugia Faith!

Find Debra’s work: https://debrarienstra.com/books/refugia-faith/

Other mentions:

The Virtual Creation Care Summit! - https://nazarenesforcreationcare.ticketspice.com/creation-care-summit-20-holiness-in-all-creation

Earthbound Christian - https://wipfandstock.com/9798385256938/earthbound-christian/

Claiming Your Call for a Climate-Changed World - https://www.creationjustice.org/claimingyourcall.html

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What should the church be saying about the increasing fascination with Artificial Intelligence? What’s helpful? What’s harmful? How might the church find itself at the forefront of hopeful conversations amidst a cultural clamor toward AI? What about the ecological, moral, and ethical ramifications? Listen in to episode 57 and peer under the lid!

Caleb’s new release: Earthbound Christian – Flourishing within limits in the age of infinite growth - https://calebcrayhaynes.com/

CJM: Canopy of Creation 2026 Annual Resource https://www.creationjustice.org/canopyofcreation.html

Eco-Stations of the Cross: https://ryancagle.gumroad.com/l/ecostationsofthecross

Virtual Summit: https://nazarenesforcreationcare.ticketspice.com/creation-care-summit-20-holiness-in-all-creation

Research:

“MIT Report: 95% of Generative AI Pilots at Companies Are Failing.” Fortune, n.d. https://fortune.com/2025/08/18/mit-report-95-percent-generative-ai-pilots-at-companies-failing-cfo/

“32 Times Artificial Intelligence Got It Catastrophically Wrong.” Live Science, 16 June 2024. https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/32-times-artificial-intelligence-got-it-catastrophically-wrong

“A Conversation With Bing’s Chatbot Left Me Deeply Unsettled.” The New York Times, 16 February 2023, § Technology. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/technology/bing-chatbot-microsoft-chatgpt.html

“Unpacking How Elon Musk’s xAI Supercomputer Project in Memphis Unfolded over the Past Year.” USA TODAY, n.d. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/development/2025/06/05/elon-musk-xai-supercomputer-grok-memphis-tn/83599473007/

“Data Centers for AI Use Huge Amounts of Electricity, Water, Driving up Costs and Climate Concerns - CBS Chicago,” 13 February 2026. https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/data-centers-for-ai-electricity-water-climate-health/

“‘How Come I Can’t Breathe?’: Musk’s Data Company Draws a Backlash in Memphis.” POLITICO, 6 May 2025. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/06/elon-musk-xai-memphis-gas-turbines-air-pollution-permits-00317582

“How Indianapolis Residents Beat Google’s $1 Billion Data Center Proposal.” PPC Land, 12 October 2025. https://ppc.land/how-indianapolis-residents-beat-googles-1-billion-data-center-proposal/

“Increased AI Use Linked to Eroding Critical Thinking Skills,” n.d. https://phys.org/news/2025-01-ai-linked-eroding-critical-skills.html#google_vignette

“Deepfakes Are Entering U.S. Courtrooms—Judges Say They’re ‘Not Ready,’” n.d. https://www.forbes.com/sites/larsdaniel/2025/12/08/deepfakes-are-entering-us-courtrooms-judges-say-theyre-not-ready/

“Kenyan Workers with AI Jobs Thought They Had Tickets to the Future until the Grim Reality Set in - CBS News,” 24 November 2024. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ai-work-kenya-exploitation-60-minutes/

“Tech Companies Are Stealing Our Books, Music and Films for AI. It’s Brazen Theft and Must Be Stopped | Anna Funder and Julia Powles | The Guardian,” n.d. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/10/tech-companies-are-stealing-our-books-music-and-films-for-ai-its-brazen-theft-and-must-be-stopped

“To Land Meta Massive Data Center, Louisiana Pulled out All the Stops,” n.d. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/25/meta-massive-data-center-louisiana-cost-jobs-energy-use.html

“World Enters Era of ‘Global Water Bankruptcy’ | UN News,” n.d. https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/01/1166800

“Man Lets AI Rent His Body.” Futurism, 14 February 2026. https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-rent-human

“ChatGPT Promised to Help Her Find Her Soulmate. Then It Betrayed Her.” NPR, 14 February 2026, § Technology. https://www.npr.org/2026/02/14/nx-s1-5711441/ai-chatgpt-openai-love-betrayal-delusion-chatbot

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