Pod in the Wild
By Church in the Wild
Pod in the WildApr 24, 2024
Macro to Micro! (Wisdom of Atoms) (04.28.24)
For the month of April we've been moving from Macro to Micro and so we come to our final conversation this week on the Wisdom of Atoms.
Poem: Address to the National Academy of Sciences by Richard Feynman
Wisdom from Neil deGrasse Tyson
Songs for this week are:
Gentle Arms of Eden by Dave Carter
and Joy To The World by Hoyt Axton
Listen ahead of time at the YouTube links above or on our Spotify playlist for the month!
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Macro to Micro! (Wisdom of our Plant and Animal Ancestors) (04.21.2024)
For the month of April we're moving from Macro to Micro! In honor of Earth Day we're going to seek the Wisdom of our plant and animal ancestors.
Poem: Spring by Mary Oliver
Wisdom from Robin Wall Kimmerer
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(Macro to Micro!) (Wisdom of the Earth) (04.14.2024)
For the month of April we're moving from Macro to Micro! In honor of the eclipse and Earth Day, we're exploring the Wisdom of the Earth this Sunday!
Poem: This World by Mary Oliver
Wisdom from Sharon Weil's book Donny and Ursula Save the World
Musical Reflection: What A Wonderful World by George David Weiss & Robert Thiele
Musical Reflection: What the World Needs Now by Burt Bacharach & Hal David
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Macro to Micro! (Wisdom of the Cosmos) (04.07.24)
For the month of April we're moving form Macro to Micro! In honor of the upcoming eclipse we're starting macro with the Wisdom of the Cosmos this Sunday!
Poem: Antidotes to Fear of Death by Rebecca Elson
Wisdom from astronomer Carl Sagan's book Cosmos
Musical Reflection: Moonshadow by Yusef (Cat) Stevens and
Woodstock by Joni Mitchell as done by Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young
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Comrade Jesus (The Jesus Legacy) (03.31.2024)
We're wrapping up our March theme on Comrade Jesus, looking at the life and politics of one of history's most well-known public figures. This Sunday we conclude with The Jesus Legacy.
Poem: [i thank you god for most this amazing] by e.e.cummings
Wisdom from the Christian scriptures Luke 24:1-35
Musical Reflection: Morning Has Broken by Eleanor Farjeon
Musical Reflection: Christ Is Risen by Brian Wren
Musical Reflection: Hymn of Promise by Natalie Sleeth Thanks for listening! If you want to hear more, make a donation to support the continuation of this podcast at churchinthewild.org/support.See all the ways you can be involved with Church in the Wild from afar, check out our Digital Offerings page!
Comrade Jesus (The Jesus Economy) (03.24.2024)
For the month of March our theme is Comrade Jesus, looking at the life and politics of one of history's most well-known public figures. This Sunday we'll discuss The Jesus Economy.
Poem: Flipping Tables by Rev. Sarah Are
Wisdom from the Christian scriptures: Mark 10:17-27 & 11:15-18
Music Reflection:
Jesus, Etc. by Wilco featuring Arianna Windsong on flute!
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Comrade Jesus (The Jesus Manifesto) (03.17.2024)
For the month of March our theme is Comrade Jesus, looking at the life and politics of one of history's most well-known public figures. This Sunday we'll discuss The Jesus Manifesto.
Poem: Cosmos by Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Wisdom from the Christian scriptures: Matthew 5:38-46
Music Reflection:
Come Up to the Mountain by Free the Honey
Music Reflection: This Little Light of Mine
Comrade Jesus (The Jesus Vision) (03.10.2024)
For the month of March our theme is Comrade Jesus, looking at the life and politics of one of history's most well-known public figures. This Sunday we'll discuss The Jesus Vision.
Poem: The Way of Jesus by Dan Sadlier
Wisdom from the Christian scriptures Matthew 20:1-16
Music : Jesus Was A Cross Maker by The Hollies &
Seek Ye First by Karen Lafferty
Comrade Jesus (03.03.2024)
For the month of March our theme is Comrade Jesus, looking at the life and politics of one of history's most well-known public figures. This Sunday we'll hear the Jesus Agenda.
Poem: Jesus At The Gay Bar by Jay Hulme
Wisdom from the Christian scriptures Luke 4:14-22
Musical Reflections :Jesus Was A Capricorn by Kris Kristofferson and Come Thou Fount by Robert Robinson
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All Over the Map (with guests Amy Sheets-Chavez & Pedro Chavez)
We're All Over the Map this February as we welcome special guest speakers from around the world! For our LAST solely Zoom worship of 2024 we'll hear a message on Clothing Waste from NYC based EarthKeepers, Amy Sheets-Chavez & Pedro Chavez.
Poem: Questionnaire by Wendell Berry
Wisdom from the Christian scriptures Matthew 6:19-21
Musical Reflection Gentle Arms of Eden by Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer Thanks for listening! If you want to hear more, make a donation to support the continuation of this podcast at churchinthewild.org/support.
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All Over the Map (with guest Kathryn Sheridan)
We're All Over the Map this February as we welcome special guest speakers from around the world! This week we'll hear a message on EcoSpirituality from Brussels based ecotherapist, Kathryn Sheridan. She will also lead a meditation from her tradition of Plum Village Buddhism
Poem: Just Visiting by Jared K. Anderson
Wisdom from Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet
Musical Reflection A Hymn for the church traumatized by The Bengsons
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All Over the Map (with guest Wendy McCaig and Amanda Davidowitz) (02.11.2024)
We're All Over the Map this February as we welcome special guest speakers from around the world! This week we'll hear a message on Beauty in the Darkness from Wendy McCaig from Appomattox, VA who calls herself a dream-releaser! And we'll have a special meditation led by Jewish yoga instructor Amanda Davidowitz in Philadelphia, PA.
Poem: To Know the Dark by Wendell Berry
Wisdom from Barbara Brown Taylor's Learning to Walk in the Dark
Musical Reflection Rescue by Lauren Daigle Thanks for listening! If you want to hear more, make a donation to support the continuation of this podcast at churchinthewild.org/support.
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All Over the Map (with guest Alicia Mitchell) (02.04.2024)
We're All Over the Map this February as we welcome special guest speakers from around the world! This week we'll hear from Alicia Mitchell, an herbalist & seminary student in Buffalo, NY sharing on Winter Shiver to Inner Shine - Mindset is Everything!
Poem: A traditional prayer for St Brigid’s day
Wisdom from the Christian scriptures Ephesians 4:23
Musical Reflection I Woke Up This Morning Thanks for listening! If you want to hear more, make a donation to support the continuation of this podcast at churchinthewild.org/support.
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Wisdom of the Enneagram (Types 5,6, and 7) (01.28.2024)
For the month of January we'll be exploring the Enneagram, a powerful and insightful tool for understanding ourselves and others. This week we'll get an introduction to types in the head triad, types 5, 6, and 7!
Poem: The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry
Wisdom from The Wisdom of the Enneagram by Don Richard Riso
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Wisdom of the Enneagram (Types 2, 3, and 4) (01.21.2024)
For the month of January we'll be exploring the Enneagram, a powerful and insightful tool for understanding ourselves and others. This week we'll get an introduction to types in the heart triad, types 2, 3, and 4!
Poem: The Fourth Sign of the Zodiac Part 3 by Mary Oliver
Wisdom from the Christian scriptures Luke 10:25-37
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Wisdom of the Enneagram (Types 8, 9, and 1) (01.14.2024)
For the month of January we'll be exploring the Enneagram, a powerful and insightful tool for understanding ourselves and others. This week we'll get an introduction to types in the gut triad, types 8, 9, and 1!
Poem: Blessings for the Senses by John O’Donohue
Wisdom from Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's Nobel Peace Prize speech
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Wisdom of the Enneagram (01.07.2024)
For the month of January we'll be exploring the Enneagram, a powerful and insightful tool for understanding ourselves and others. This week we get an introduction to the Enneagram and an overview of the 9 personality types.
Poem: Love After Love by Derek Walcott
Wisdom from Thomas Merton, Catholic monk, mystic, theologian, poet, activist & scholar
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New Years Eve Guided Meditation
Liz Pfister of River Maven joined us on New Years Eve to share a guided meditation with her crystal singing bowls. We are so grateful to Liz for sharing this meditation with us! Liz plays her singing bowls every Tuesday evening on Facebook live: https://www.facebook.com/rivermaven77
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Giving Up Control (12.24.2023)
We decided this December we're Giving Up! This week we're giving up Control with a look at the celebration of Christmas!
Poem: Christmas Eve Welcome by Quinn Caldwell
Wisdom from the Christian scriptures Luke 2:1-19
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Giving Up Worry (12.17.2023)
We decided this December we're Giving Up! This week we're giving up Worry with a look at the celebration of Yule (the Winter Solstice)!
Poem: The Shortest Day by Susan Cooper
Wisdom from Dacha Avelin (author of Embracing Your Inner Witch)
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Giving Up Scarcity (12.10.2023)
We decided this December we're Giving Up! This week we're giving up scarcity with a look at the celebration of Hanukkah!
Poem: Traditional Words of Blessings Over the Hanukkah Lights
Wisdom from the Hebrew scriptures 2 Maccabees 10:1-8
Musical meditation: Icicle by Robert Aitken (1977) performed by Arianna Windsong on flute
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Giving Up Power (12/03/23)
We decided this December we're Giving Up! This week we're giving up power through Saturnalia.
Poem: an excerpt from Kalends of December by Publius Papinius Statius
Wisdom from the Christian scriptures, Luke 1:46-55
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Seeds of the Harvest: Planting in Others (11/26/2023)
For November our theme was Seeds of the Harvest: Preparing for Soul Spring. This week we're thinking about how we plant seeds in others.
Poem: On Eating and Drinking by Kahlil Gibran
Wisdom from Hindu prophet Sathya Sai Baba
Plus a special musical meditation from Arianna Windsong on flute: Meditation by Jules Massenet, from the opera Thaïs
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Seeds of the Harvest: Priorities (11/19/23)
November's theme is Seeds of the Harvest: Preparing for Soul Spring. This week we're thinking about our priorities and how we prepare the soil of our souls.
Poem: Song for Autumn by Mary Oliver
Wisdom: a Hebrew proverb and a Japanese proverb
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Seeds of the Harvest: Forgiveness (11/12/2023)
November's theme is Seeds of the Harvest: Preparing for Soul Spring. This week we're planting the seeds of Forgiveness
Poem: Let Evening Come by Jane Kenyon
Wisdom on forgiveness from a variety of world religions
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Sainting Rod Serling (6/25/2023)
We're wrapping up a month of Celebrations and Saints by adding a Binghamton native to our canon!
We also hear the poem I Would Be True by Howard Arnold Walter and wisdom from Rod Serling.
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Elemental God: Air (7/9/2023)
For the month of July, our theme is Elemental God! This Sunday we're looking at the element of Air!
We hear the poem Spell Of The Air by Elizabeth Jennings and wisdom from Suquamish Chief Seattle and Genesis 2:7.
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Elemental God: Earth (7/16/2023)
For the month of July our theme is Elemental God! This Sunday we look at the element of Earth. We hear Octavia Butler's poem Parable of the Sower and wisdom from Christian scriptures, Matthew 13:1-9; 18-23.
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Elemental God: Water (7/23/2023)
For the month of July our theme is Elemental God! This Sunday we're looking at the element of Earth! We hear the poem At the River Clarion 1, by Mary Oliver and wisdom from Margaret Atwood's The Penelopiad.
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Elemental God: The 5th Element (7/30/2023)
This week we wrap up our month-long theme on Elemental God! We explore the 5th Element: Ether, Spirit, Love. We hear Rumi's Masnavi and wisdom from Richard Rohr & the Christian scriptures 1 Corinthians 13:1-3.
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Stop Being Nice!: That Looks Nice (8/6/23)
For August our series is Stop Being Nice (Be Kind!) This week we unpack the phrase "That looks nice." We hear the poem: The Wild by Wendell Berry, and wisdom from Henry David Thoreau's 1862 deathbed essay, Walking.
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Seeds of the Harvest: Gratitude (11/05/2023)
November's theme is Seeds of the Harvest: Preparing for Soul Spring. This week we're planting the seeds of Gratitude!
Poem: From The Trees I Learned by Ginny Yurich
Wisdom from Brother David Steindl-Rast, Jesus and Lao Tzu: The Parallel Sayings
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Native Wisdom: The Giveaway & Honorable Harvest (10/29/23)
In October we will be reading and sharing stories from different Indigenous cultures because learning Native Wisdom is our greatest hope for climate resilience!
Poem: The Honorable Harvest by Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer
Wisdom: Sacred Giving, Sacred Receiving by Joseph Bruchac
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Native Wisdom: The Seven Grandfather Teachings (10/22/23)
In October we will be reading and sharing stories from different Indigenous cultures because learning Native Wisdom is our greatest hope for climate resilience!
Poem: Bring Us Peace Prayer by Margaret Noodin
Wisdom: The Seven Grandfather Teachings
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Native Wisdom: Skywoman & Turtle Island (10/15/23)
In October we will be reading and sharing stories from different Indigenous cultures because learning Native Wisdom is our greatest hope for climate resilience! Poem: Birdfoot's Grampa by Joseph BruchacWisdom: The Earth on Turtle's Back an Onondaga Creation story
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Native Wisdom: Listening to Our Elders (10/01/23)
In October we will be reading and sharing stories from different Indigenous cultures because learning Native Wisdom is our greatest hope for climate resilience!
Poem: Remember by Joy Harjo
Wisdom from Sherri Mitchell's essay in Saving Us entitled, Indigenous Prophecy and Mother Earth
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September PLAY!: Madlibs & Laughter Meditation
For the month of September we are PLAYing! Each Sunday we'll do a playful activity together in place of our normal message. This week we created a wild worship Madlibs together and were led in laughter meditation by Traci. Our poem was I Am In Need Of...Of What by Ted Loder
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September PLAY!: Frisbee & Fun (9/17/23)
For the month of September we're going to PLAY! Each Sunday we'll do a playful activity together in place of our normal message. This week we were led in Frisbee and Fun by Marcia. Our poem was Playgrounds by Laurence Alma-Tadema
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September PLAY!: Tie-Dye Sunday (9/10/23)
For the month of September we're going to PLAY! Each Sunday we'll do a playful activity together in place of our normal message. This week we were led in the art of Tie-Dying by Terri Weathers. Wisdom from Bob Ross.
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September PLAY!: Dance Church (9/3/23)
For the month of September we're going to PLAY! Each Sunday we'll do a playful activity together in place of our normal message. This week we'll be led in Dance Church by Danielle! Poem: This Tenderness by Mark Nepo
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Stop Being Nice!: Play Nice (8/27/23)
It's the final week of our August series, Stop Being Nice (Be Kind!) This week we unpack the phrase "Play Nice." We hear the poem: First They Came by Martin Niemöller, and wisdom from Howard Zinn’s You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train.
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Stop Being Nice!: Nice Girl/Guy (8/20/23)
For August our series is Stop Being Nice (Be Kind!) This week we unpack the phrase "Nice Girl/Guy." We hear Proverbs 31:10-31 and wisdom from saint bell hooks.
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If you want to see all the ways you can be involved with Church in the Wild from afar check out our Digital Offerings page! Including our Fall Book Club starting Sept. 12th. We'll be reading This Here Flesh by Cole Arthur Riley.
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Stop Being Nice!: Nice & Easy (8/13/23)
For August our series is Stop Being Nice (Be Kind!) This week we unpack the phrase "Nice & Easy." We hear the poem Do It Anyway, attributed to Mother Teresa, and wisdom from The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien.
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Elemental God: Air (7/2/2023)
Our theme for July 2023 is Elemental God! Valerie gets us started with the element of fire! We also hear the poem: Sadhguru, on the element of Fire, and wisdom from the Prayer Vigil for the Earth in which Tom Dostou teaches about the seven fires prophecy of the Anishinabe people.
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Sainting Tricia Hersey (6/18/2023)
Celebrations continue for the month of June. This week we're celebrating Juneteenth! And we'll be adding another saint to our canon! We hear the poem: Faith and Fury by Amanda Gorman and wisdom from Tricia Hersey, Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto
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Sainting Ru Paul (6/11/2023)
Celebrations continue for the month of June and this week we're celebrating PRIDE Sunday! We hear the poem Footnote to Howl by Allen Ginsberg,
wisdom from the Christian scriptures Acts 10:28 (First Nations Version), and saint queer icon RuPaul!
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8 Master Lessons of Nature: Old Growth (5/28/2023)
It's the final week of our series on The Eight Master Lessons of Nature by Gary Ferguson. Lesson 8 is Old Growth: The Planet's Elders Can Help Us Be Better at Life
We hear the poem: Messenger by Mary Oliver and wisdom from "The Proper Occupations of Old Age" by Helen M. Luke.
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8 Master Lessons of Nature: Rising Again (5/21/2023)
We continue our series on The Eight Master Lessons of Nature by Gary Ferguson with Lesson 7: After Disaster and Disruption: Nature Teaches Us the Fine Art of Rising Again.
oem: The Layers by Stanley Kunitz and wisdom from the Christian scriptures Romans 8:35&38-39 from the First Nations Version.
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8 Master Lessons of Nature: Energy (5/14/2023)
For Week 6 of our series on The Eight Master Lessons of Nature by Gary Ferguson, we focus on the theme: We Live on a Planet with Energy Beyond Measure, Yet Life Doesn't Waste a Drop. We hear the poem: Wild Geese by Mary Oliver and wisdom from Tao Te Ching (Dao De Jing) by Lao Tzu, Ch 77.
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8 Master Lessons of Nature: Our Animal Cousins (5/7/2023)
We're on week 5 of our series on The Eight Master Lessons of Nature by Gary Ferguson: Our Animal Cousins Make Us Happier and Smarter.
We hear the poem: I Ask Percy How I Should Live My Life by Mary Oliver and wisdom from the Hebrew scriptures Job 12:7-10.
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