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Earthkeepers: A Circlewood Podcast on Creation Care and SpiritualityEarthkeeping for Families: A Forest Restoration Story | Ep. 133In this episode, Forrest engages with the DeJong family, who have been pivotal in the restoration of the Cheasty Greenspace in Seattle, WA. The conversation explores their journey of transforming a neglected urban forest into a thriving community space, emphasizing the importance of community engagement, ecological restoration, and the integration of indigenous knowledge. The DeJongs share their experiences of working together as a family and the impact of their efforts on the local community and environment. They also discuss the challenges posed by climate change and the hope they hold for future generations to connect with and care for...2025-07-0948 min
The Good Dirt: Sustainability ExplainedEncore: Paul Hawken on Carbon, Climate and ConnectionThis episode was originally aired April 26, 2024 In this conversation with best selling author and activist Paul Hawken, we discuss the reframing of our relationship with nature by moving away from the concept of "othering" ourselves, and more towards the integration of our interconnectedness. Paul speaks of the cultural disconnect, the role of language in shaping our perception of the environment, and how crucial it is to engage directly with the natural world. Hawken's vast experience, including starting the first natural food company (Erewhon) in the U.S. and working with Martin Luther King Jr., as well as...2025-03-2154 min
The Al Galdi PodcastEpisode 1,009: chat with Ben Baldwin on Jayden Daniels and Commanders' fourth-down excellence and moreGuest: NFL analytics expert Ben Baldwin on the groundbreaking website that he co-created in RBSDM.com, how Super Bowl 59 made Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels' all-time-great rookie season look even better, how Daniels was robbed in not being at least one of the five finalists for Associated Press NFL MVP for the 2024 regular season, the great work of Commanders head coach Dan Quinn via his bold fourth-down decision-making in the 2024 season and the nature of advanced stats in the current NFL, including the stat that is the basis for much of Baldwin's work - Expected Points Added2025-02-171h 17
Byron Center Bible Church - SermonsMary Worships the Lord - Luke 1:46-56 - Pastor Chad DeJongLuke: Part 62024-11-181h 05
The Purposeful Marketing Podcast#100: A call to purpose. Please help 20+ marketers find their next gig.In this milestone 100th episode of The Purposeful Marketing Podcast, Aaron, Mary and James bring you something truly special. They’ve gathered 20 marketers who are navigating the challenges of career growth and looking for their next opportunity. This episode offers these professionals a platform to share their experiences, challenges, and unique value propositions.
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...2024-09-064h 07The Good Dirt: Sustainability Explained201. Exploring Eco-Spirituality with Mary & EmmaIn this thought-provoking episode, Emma and Mary delve into the concept of eco-spirituality, discussing its origins, significance, and their personal experiences with it. They reflect on various interviews they've conducted with guests who have touched on this topic, exploring the integration of spirituality with a love for the earth and nature. The episode is a deep dive into how eco-spirituality informs their work with Lady Farmer and The Good Dirt podcast, and how it serves as a path to healing both personally and globally.Key Points:
Introduction to Eco-Spirituality:
Eco-spirituality combines the study of ecology and...2024-07-0527 minThe Good Dirt: Sustainability Explained199. Coming to our Senses with Author and Retreat Leader Leah RampyLeah Rampy, author, educator and retreat leader, discusses her work and recent book release“Earth and Soul: Reconnecting Amid Climate Chaos”. She emphasizes how facing the reality of climate change and loss can help us open our hearts and "come to our senses" , allowing our grief to empower us in reconnecting to the living world. Leah integrates ecology, spirituality and personal practices in guiding others to deepen this relationship. In this conversation, we also discuss the epidemic of loneliness, the importance of community, the concept of indigeneity and the challenges of finding one's place in a changing world. We hear...2024-06-2153 min
CEIE PodcastsCEIE Podcast w/ Mary DeJong: Cultivating our Wild StoriesIn this podcast, CEIE Assistant Director Dr. Kara Markell speaks with Mary DeJong - urban naturalist, eco-spiritual practitioner, and place-based pilgrimage guide - about cultivating our wild soul with sacred stories and deep connection to the earth. Take a listen!2024-06-0400 minThe Good Dirt: Sustainability Explained191. Paul Hawken on Carbon, Climate and ConnectionIn this conversation with best selling author and activist Paul Hawken, we discuss the reframing of our relationship with nature by moving away from the concept of "othering" ourselves, and more towards the integration of our interconnectedness. Paul speaks of the cultural disconnect, the role of language in shaping our perception of the environment, and how crucial it is to engage directly with the natural world. Hawken's vast experience, including starting the first natural food company (Erewhon) in the U.S. and working with Martin Luther King Jr., as well as his involvement in founding Regeneration and NEXUS, are...2024-04-2654 minThe Good Dirt: Sustainability Explained185. Reimagining Our Place in the Landscape: Eco-Spirituality and Rewilding with Mary DeJongSpiritual Ecologist and Eco-Theologian Mary DeJong presents her perspective on how we can each reconnect with the sacred Earth through rewilding our inner selves. DeJong works with Waymarkers, guiding others through retreats and pilgrimages, with an emphasis on placing Earth first in each decision we make. In this conversation we explore Celtic tradition and the primacy of creation, how the language we use shifts the various hierarchical ladders in our society, and the way that different spiritualities have more in common than we think. We discuss themes of change, belonging, the importance of reimagining our understanding of divinity in...2024-03-151h 16
Blessings Christian ChurchJesus Wears Mary's Genes - Luke 1:26-38This sermon was recorded on December 17th and delivered by Bill DeJong at Blessings Christian Church in Hamilton, Ontario. 2024-01-0539 min
Byron Center Bible Church - SermonsJourney to Christmas: Tracing the Steps of Mary and Joseph - Pastor Chad DeJongPart 4 of Journey to Christmas, featuring Mary and Joseph.2023-12-2651 min
Highrock ChurchSermon: Mary's SongPastor Meghan DeJong preaches on the Magnificat in Luke 1:46-55, as part of our Advent sermon series, Luke: The Coming Kingdom.2023-12-1720 min
Everything Speaks If You Listen with Jen CobbleWorksInterview with Mary DeJong, Ecotheologian and StorycarrierI am excited to welcome my friend and Iona soul guide, Mary DeJong, on today's podcast. Today, we will be talking about how Story connects us to the earth, ourselves, and each other as an expression and vehicle of the sacred. She will gift us with telling the Inuit story of Fox Woman Dreaming, a beautiful, but challenging story about belonging to self and each other.
*Show note: Fox Woman Dreaming contains an expletive within its story. This is important for the tone of what is being shared.
Mary is a spiritual ecologist, ecotheologian, wild...2023-11-301h 14
University UMC SermonsStay Awake and DreamOn this First Sunday of Advent, Pastor Teresa will be preaching and the sermon text is Mark 13:24-37. The words from Psalm 126 “We were like those who dreamed” inspires our sermon series for this season. The Advent and Christmas season is filled with dreamers. The prophets and John the Baptist; Mary and Joseph; Simeon and Anna; the shepherds and the Magi. They all received and discovered dreams. It is true that we live at a time when our hearts are often weighed down by the worries of the world. And it is also true that dreams are still being born. If w...2023-11-2613 min
Lady Preacher PodcastRewilding Our Souls with Mary DeJongThis conversation with Mary DeJong, spiritual companion and sacred ecology teacher, is all about re-wilding. She teaches us what it means to look at where our wild selves have been blocked or dammed, and how to find our truest flow again. She teaches us: God is right here on this wild earth. She invites us to look up and look down and see God all around us.About MaryMary DeJong is a spiritual ecologist, ecotheologian, wild soul guide, urban naturalist, and practitioner and guide of place-based pilgrimage. She specializes in the spiritual companionship...2023-11-2052 minEverything Speaks If You Listen with Jen CobbleWorksTwo Invitations: One from Sacred Story, One from the Shadow + Light of the HolidaysWelcome to Everything Speaks if You Listen with Jen CobbleWorks where we befriend our humanity and the Sacred through story, soul questions, and every day life.
In this week's episode, I share two invitations with you. The first one is to join me for an upcoming podcast episode where my teacher and friend, Mary DeJong of Waymarkers, will tell the story of Fox Woman Dreaming and encourage us to listen to Story's sacred presence and wisdom more often. I spend the first part of this episode sharing my own love of story and applied mythology and introducing...2023-11-1645 min
Out of the Best BooksOne Year Anniversary of the Podcast"Some" of the books mentioned in this episode:
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
The Secret Garden by Fances Hodgson Burnett
Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
A Quiet Little Woman by Louisa May Alcott
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Wheel on...2023-11-0346 minOut of the Best BooksThe Wheel on the School - Part 2 (Ch 9-15)Books Mentioned in the Episode:
The House of Sixty Fathers by Meindert Dejong
The Singing Hill by Meindert Dejong
Journey from Peppermint Street by Meindert Dejong
Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin
Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge
Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson
The Jewels of Halstead Manor by Kasey Stockton
Up Next:
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
2023-09-291h 09Earthkeepers: A Circlewood Podcast on Creation Care and SpiritualityFamily Earthkeeping: The DeJongs' Story of Urban Greenspace Restoration | Ep. 89On the Earthkeepers podcast, we talk a lot about transforming damaged or neglected spaces into thriving ecologies that benefit both the human and more-than-human members of the community of creation. Way back in episode 2, for example, we talked to Tahmina Martelly about how neighbors turned an unused parking lot into a thriving community garden for refugees. In episode 40, we spoke with Casa Adobe in Costa Rica about how folks worked together to restore a neglected region of jungle and to provide community access to a nearby river. More recently, in episode 78, Nick Rubesh and John Wayne Seitzler told the...2023-09-2548 min
Deconstructing MamasRewilding Our Soul - Mary DeJongWe continue Season Four with Mary DeJong. Mary lives in Seattle, Washington's Rainier Valley in Columbia City, at Hedgewood, a home that for over a decade has hosted community connection through the reclamation and restoration of a neighborhood forest.Mary finds herself an eco-theologian and urban naturalist who delves into why place matters, the sacramentality of creation, and how together this informs the development of our ecological self. Mary terms this work “sacred eco-awakening” and sees this as a critical and holy endeavor as it allows us to come to grievous terms of our human histo...2023-09-191h 02Everything Speaks If You Listen with Jen CobbleWorksThe Magic of Chop Wood, Carry Water: Seeing Enlightenment and Your Own Being as a Threshold to Sacred PresenceWelcome to Everything Speaks if You Listen with Jen CobbleWorks where we befriend our humanity and the Sacred through story, soul questions, and every day life.
In this week's episode, we talk about the Zen Buddhist invitation: Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. I've been home from my Iona pilgrimage for a few weeks now and some things feel like a hamster wheel again. They feel hard and intractable. I'm remembering this Zen Buddhist invitation from past Zen teachers who let me live into different responses to it. This week, we...2023-08-181h 00
Blessings Christian ChurchMothers of Jesus - Mary - Luke 1:26-38This sermon was recorded on December 25, 2022 and delivered by Bill DeJong at Blessings Christian Church located in Hamilton, Ontario. It is part of the 'Mothers of Jesus' Advent series.2023-01-0930 minEarthkeepers: A Circlewood Podcast on Creation Care and SpiritualityRebel with a Cause: Praying Outside the Lines with Christine Aroney Sine | Ep. 68As we move towards solstice, and look ahead to holy days and seasonal celebrations, do you find yourself feeling disconnected sometimes from the usual songs and ceremonies? What about your personal spiritual practices? The truth is, there are times when our meditations, prayers, and even journaling feel a bit worn out, and at times we find ourselves just going through the motions. In this episode Forrest talks with Dr. Christine Aroney Sine, about how we can move beyond some of the habits and practices that are prescribed for us by religion and culture. In our conversation, she o...2022-11-2142 minEarthkeepers: A Circlewood Podcast on Creation Care and SpiritualityDiversity in Common Cause: Jessica Zimmerle of Earth Ministry/WAIPL | Ep. 64In this episode Forrest talks with Jessica Zimmerle, Advocacy Director at Earth Ministry. Earth Ministry, part of the Interfaith Power & Light network in the US, aims to inspire and mobilize people of faith from diverse traditions, to advocate for strong environmental policies, and offer guidance to faith communities working toward environmental justice. Importantly, they work to create conversation and collaboration that doesn’t ignore cultural and ideological differences; instead, they place a high value on diversity that brings new perspective and broadens understanding.Link to Forrest & Kayra’s video review of the Carbon Collective site.Disc...2022-09-2647 minEarthkeepers: A Circlewood Podcast on Creation Care and SpiritualityHope and Hard Truths: Feeling Guilty with Forrest and James | Ep. 45In this episode, Forrest and James do some looking back at the last six months, talking about the need to stay hopeful even when confronted with the hard facts of climate change—and also about the possibility that a little bit of 'guilty conscience' can drive us to make changes in the way we live. They consider some of the themes they heard and the lessons they learned from the last six months of episodes, and talk about where the podcast will be going in the new year. Got ideas for future guests? Leave a voice mail at...2022-01-0327 min
Blessings Christian ChurchA Christmas Playlist - Song of Mary- Luke1:46-55This sermon was recorded on December 5, 2021 and delivered by Pastor Bill DeJong at Blessings Christian Church in Hamilton, Ontario. It is part #2 in the Advent series 'A Christmas Playlist'.2021-12-0933 minEarthkeepers: A Circlewood Podcast on Creation Care and SpiritualityThe Language of Darkness and Light: Welcoming Solstice with Mary Dejong | Ep. 44 In this episode we talk with Mary Dejong, founder of Waymarkers. Our conversation focuses on the upcoming solstice on December 21—that day when the northern hemisphere is tilted farthest away from the sun; it is the shortest and darkest day of the year, and traditionally marks the start of winter. Mary, she helps us understand how solstice can be a time for wholeheartedly embracing the change of seasons—and even learning to love the dark days of winter. All of us, whether we are in the north or the south, can learn to hear what the earth is speaking—in a languag...2021-12-0642 min
The AllCreation PodcastApocalypse? with Mary DeJongMary DeJong, is founder of Waymarkers, a project offering an exceptional collection of curricula, retreat experiences, writings, spiritual companioning experiences, and nature-based art to help Christians and people of all backgrounds restore their relationships to the sacred in each other and the more than human world. "Waymarkers", the word, is derived from Jeremiah 31:21. Mary is also co-founder and chair of Cheasty Green Space, a 43-acre public park rewilding project in Seattle, and a noted theologian. In this podcast we discuss Apocalypse as the end of all things and Apokalypsis as a revelatory uncovering of transformative knowledge. Mary s...2021-06-2257 minEarthkeepers: A Circlewood Podcast on Creation Care and SpiritualityHope and Change: Current Events in Earthkeeping with James Amadon and Forrest Inslee | Ep. 32 In this episode, Circlewood Executive Director James Amadon joins Forrest for a look at important recent events in the realm of earth care. They offer commentary on interesting points of intersection between these happenings, and the challenging themes of recent Earthkeepers podcast episodes. Feedback to Earthkeepers: · earthkeepers@circlewood.online· Voicemail ("We want to hear from you") Previous episodes mentioned:Jay Matenga Randy Woodley Mary DeJong Roger McLendon Courtney Christenson Milmer Martinez Vergara Caroline Pomeroy Ryan Metzger Mentions: Deb Haaland...2021-06-2126 minEarthkeepers: A Circlewood Podcast on Creation Care and SpiritualityEarth Solidarity: Learning to advocate for—and as—creation, with Mary DeJong | Ep. 24In this episode we talk with Mary DeJong, founder of Waymarkers. The mission of Waymarkers is to help people to deepen their relationship to the sacred in all of creation. In particular, Mary helps people to shift their world views—and to embrace the profound understanding that we as human beings are not separate from the rest of creation, but instead are an integral part of it. When we shift our perspective in this way, it completely changes our motivation for environmental advocacy and earthkeeping.Want to leave a question or comment for the podcast? Use th...2021-03-0149 min
SDI EncountersEP094 - Two Years of the SDI Encounters Podcast - Notes and ReflectionsThank you to everybody who has supported the SDI Encounters Podcast, by listening, sharing with a friend, writing a review, or by being a guest. At SDI, we see the podcast as a vital part of our outreach to the public on the merits, value, and necessity of spiritual companionship in the wider culture. Much of our work at SDI is to provide educational media and resources that are for the broader public, to share the healing work we do as spiritual directors and companions to as many people as possible. I view all my work this way – I fi...2020-12-2216 min
Behind Fashion with Mary SpicerBEHIND FASHION WITH LAURIE DE JONGGo Behind Fashion with Laurie DeJong, CEO and founder of LDJ Productions an event agency in NYC with clients in the fashion, beauty, media and tech industries with a focus on furthering innovative event technology.
Ms. DeJong was an agency producer for WME/IMG's New York Fashion Week platform and spearheaded the multi-million dollar platform's move from a tent to 5 separate locations.2020-10-2030 min
The Joe Show - Connecting All AbilitiesThe Joe Show Connecting All Abilities - Episode 3Joe welcomes Christy from The Mary Free Bed adaptive sports program to discuss how MFB's different programs offer participants ways to connect with community and improve their skills.
2020-10-0517 min
Sacred Emergence Podcast with Michelle WongSE #18: Eco-Grief + Returning to the Sacred With The More Than Human World w/ Mary DeJongMary DeJong, ecotheologian, shares a different paradigm in how we can transform our relationship with the "more than human world".2019-09-3049 min
Pilgrim PodcastS1:E5 | Rewilding + Journeying with Nature with Mary DeJongHow has nature been a teacher on your spiritual journey? Eco-theologian and pilgrimage guide Mary DeJong of Waymarkers answers this question in today’s new episode of Pilgrim Podcast and offers inspiration and suggestions for how we, too, can begin to journey with nature through the practice of Rewilding. Find episode notes and subscribe to receive updates at asacredjourney.net/podcast.
Ready to begin journeying with nature? Join me in the beautiful Pacific Northwest May 19-25, 2018, as we draw close to the Creation Narrative and spend a week immersed in the natural world using creation as our text...2017-11-1655 min