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Voices of Open SpaceInnovations in Open SpaceInnovation is at the heart of how Boulder County Parks & Open Space protects and stewards over 107,000 acres of land. In this episode, host Grant Orvis sits down with Heidi Wagner, a long-time planner with Boulder County Parks & Open Space, to explore how innovative thinking, strong partnerships, and ecological knowledge are shaping the future of our landscapes. Topics include wildlife crossings, soil health, stream restoration, and Indigenous partnerships. Special guests Stefan Reinold and Thomas Roth join the conversation to discuss everything from thriving forest ecosystems to CSU Extension’s Plant Mobile . This episode is packed with real-world innovations and the pe...
2025-06-2636 min
Truth or LiteratureRobert Frost's "Mending Wall": Boundaries and Loving Our NeighborsWhat does neighborly love look like? Does Robert Frost represent that love in his poem "Mending Wall"?
2023-02-1417 min
Truth or Literature"The Chambered Nautilus" by Oliver Wendell Holmes: Growing With God Without GuiltWhat does Oliver Wendell Holmes see, and what should we see, in God's creation of the chambered nautilus?
2022-11-2615 min
Truth or LiteratureFrom The Raven's 'Nevermore’ to Forevermore: Is Edgar Allan Poe in Heaven?What did Edgar Allan Poe think about God and Christianity? His poem The Raven suggests a turning point in his life. References and transcript at TruthorLiterature.blogspot.com
2022-06-0919 min
Truth or LiteratureWilliam Cullen Bryant's "Thanatopsis": Death and Nature Without ResurrectionWhat can Nature alone really teach us about Death? Find the transcript and references for this podcast at TruthorLiterature.blogspot.com
2022-02-2215 min
Truth or LiteratureFreedom and God in Mark Twain's Huckleberry FinnA Christian perspective on freedom and Christianity as satirized in Huckleberry Finn, with connections to the personal beliefs that Mark Twain concealed for years. Transcript and references can be found at TruthorLiterature.blogspot.com
2021-12-0120 min
Truth or LiteratureJohn Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men: The Best Laid Plans Need God's GraceHow much was George's fault? This is a Christian perspective, especially for Christian students in public schools. It includes comments about handling the profanity. The transcript and references can be found at: TruthorLiterature.blogspot.com
2021-10-2620 min
Truth or LiteratureThe Bible and Other Books: "Upon the Burning of Our House" and Fahrenheit 451Twenty years after September 11, 2001, we look back at where America began spiritually and where it is today. Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12 Find the transcript and references for this podcast at TruthorLiterature.blogspot.com
2021-09-1122 min
Truth or LiteratureArthur Miller's The Crucible: A Christian PerspectiveAdding a Christian voice to the discussion of the almost universal study of a mistelling of an Early American tragedy. For the transcript and references for this episode, visit TruthorLiterature.blogspot.com
2021-08-0623 min