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 Episode
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
