In this episode of Prophetic Voices, we’ll be discussing the lectionary for Sunday, September 21, Proper 20 (C). The texts covered are Luke 16:1-13 and Amos 8:4-7.
Our thoughtful guests this week are:
- The Rev. Dr. Leah D. Schade, associate professor of preaching and worship at Lexington Theological Seminary. An ordained Lutheran minister since 2000, Dr. Schade has written or edited seven books and is the EcoPreacher blogger for Patheos.com. Dr. Schade is the director of a Lilly grant for the project, “Compelling Preaching for a Climate-Changed World,” in partnership with Lexington Theological Seminary, The BTS Center, and Climate Justice Ministries.
- The Rev. Payton Hoegh, program director of the Center for Spirituality in Nature, a not-for-profit that provides opportunities to consciously connect with the beauty, wisdom, and sacred gifts of creation through guided practice, instructional resources, and a community of care. An ordained leader in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, he is active in interfaith organizing for climate justice and contemplative formation to nurture wholeness in a crisis-touched world.
- The maverick Marley Hays, a graduate student in English at the University of Virginia whose work is sustained by the generous and ever-present teachings of ecology. This summer, she has been a fellow with UVA’s Decarbonization Academy, planning forest and meadow patches towards the University’s 2030 and 2050 carbon reduction goals. Previously, she worked with the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas at Bethany House and Garden, a 3-acre prairie restoration and produce garden, helping to launch the Episcopal Grasslands Network.
Prophetic Voices is hosted by the Rev. Isaiah “Shaneequa” Brokenleg, The Episcopal Church’s interim officer for Indigenous Ministries. For more information on Becoming Beloved Community, visit iam.ec/becomingbelovedcommunity. To learn more about Creation Care, visit episcopalchurch.org/creation-care.
MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST
- Season of Creation Website: https://seasonofcreation.org
- Season of Creation liturgical guide: https://newcreationliturgies.org/seasonofcreation/SeasonOfCreation-ACelebrationGuideForEpiscopalParishes2025.pdf
- Book: Bridges out of Poverty: Strategies for Professionals and Communities by Ruby K. Payne
- Book: The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Book: The Gift: How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World by Lewis Hyde
- Book: Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teaching of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Book: Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey
- Essay: Learning the Grammar of Animacy by Robin Wall Kimmerer https://xenoflesh.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/robin-wall-kimmerer.pdf
- Book: Preaching Fools: The Gospel as a Rhetoric of Folly by Charles L. Campbell
- Essay: Fusings by Natalie Diaz is available on pages 43-67 in the book Borders, Human Itineraries, and All our Relation Authors: Dele Adeyemo, Natalie Diaz, Nadia Yala Kisukidi, Rinaldo Walcott published by Duke University Press
Prophetic Voices: Preaching and Teaching Beloved Community
Across our church and our society, we are having profound dialogues about race, truth, justice, and healing. Coming this Advent, Prophetic Voices: Preaching and Teaching Beloved Community explores where that dialogue intersects with our faith. Join us and our invited guests as we share prophetic voices and explore the readings through the lens of social justice.
You’ll hear ancient texts interpreted in new ways, find fodder for preaching and teaching, and make present day connections to the prophetic voices of the Bible. This podcast will help us rethink how we hear, see, and interact with the lectionary readings.
Church of the Redeemer
Welcome to Church of the Redeemer: Worshiping God, living in community, and reaching out to the world. We are an Episcopal Church serving north King County and south Snohomish County, Washington. As you travel your road, go with friends walking the way of Jesus at Redeemer.
Church of the Redeemer is at 6220 Northeast 181st Street in Kenmore, Washington. We are a short distance north of Bothell Way, near the Burke-Gilman Trail. The entrance looks like a gravel driveway. The campus is larger on the inside than it is on the outside. And we managed to hide a large building on the side of a hill that is not easily seen from the street.
The Episcopal Church welcomes you.