Preaching: Dylan Lewellyn
What if “so glad you made it” isn’t the finish line, but the starting bell? We open with Genesis 2 and Revelation 21, then move through a seminary walk, a well-timed lyric, and a fragile cat to uncover a deeper truth: our place in the garden is not ownership, it’s guardianship. Instead of lingering on survival, we pivot to responsibility—tilling and keeping, serving and guarding, receiving and returning.
We talk honestly about how “dominion” became a license for harm, and why the text actually points us toward devotion and restraint. The story of The Little Monk and his cat exposes how even the smallest life bears the weight of our choices. From oil-choked seas to throwaway habits, we name the wounds without despairing. Then we reach for practices that heal: consuming less, restoring habitats, honoring limits, and treating creatures as neighbors rather than resources. Along the way, we connect sacrament to soil—baptism’s waters to streams, bread and cup to fields and vines—so grace is no longer abstract but rooted in living systems.
Hope threads through every moment. Revelation’s promise that God makes all things new does not excuse waste; it energizes repair. We offer two invitations: delight in creation’s goodness and take up the daily duty of care. Learn your place’s names, mend what you can, and make choices that let others live. If only humans have sinned and yet all nature suffers, then our repentance must be ecological and communal.
Listen, reflect, and then act in your own watershed and neighborhood. If this conversation moves you, follow the show, share it with a friend who loves the outdoors, and leave a review with one commitment you’ll make to tend your corner of the garden.
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