Awaken Bowness Podcast

Episode 7: The Apocalypse of Jesus and The Everlasting Garden

Apocalypse means 'uncovering' or 'unveiling'. In this episode Logan Renaud and I talk about what is 'uncovered' in the book of Revelation. Is it the violent end of the world? No. It's the end of violence. What's 'uncovered' is that Jesus, the lamb who was slain, gets the last word. The Kingdom of Jesus is the eternal kingdom - these corrupt and broken systems cannot and will not last and this, my friends, is very good news.  This is the final episode in our garden series. 

Episode 6: Creator becomes Creation: Garden and Embodiment

Let's be unraveled by our belief in the Incarnation. It's hard to deconstruct the "flesh versus spirit" dualism we often conform to here in the post-enlightenment west, but God became flesh! Creator became creation! This should awaken us to more wonder than we can fathom. We begin in Genesis and go into the Gospels to reflect on what our belief in the Incarnation invites us into. Jesus simultaneously has authority over creation and yet is vulnerable to creation. Jesus is fully God and fully human - not human on the outside and God on the inside - this paradox invites us to do the difficult work of reconciliation and be unified as created ones made in the image of God. 

Episode 5: The Nonviolent Authority of Jesus

Eric and I talk about Jesus and what Jesus' authority over nature means for us today. Jesus calms the storm, walks on water, and curses fig trees. There are themes and stories from the Old Testament which can inform our understanding of this authority and wow - Jesus is God, and Jesus is right here in our midst? This is terrifying and wonderful and inspires me to enter the mundane with great expectations. Eric shared a bit of his knowledge about the ways climate change and natural disasters are and will continue to displace the most vulnerable populations on earth and he invites affluent Christians here in Calgary to consider what it means to follow Jesus across the water. Thanks Eric and Happy Birthday :)

Episode 4: Unless a Kernel of Wheat Falls to the Ground and Dies...

Rod Olson is an urban farmer,a lamenting truth-teller, and a man who can hear the soil teach about Jesus. This was a wildly inspiring interview about the gospel, incarnation, death, resurrection, and all of the ways the earth is preaching the gospel right here in Bowness. Have a listen and be inspired! 

Episode 3 Planting Seeds in the Wild Unknown

This podcast is a look at the ways we tend to vilify the future and mythologize the past in times of crisis. We look at the story of the wilderness wandering between Egypt and Sinai and consider the disciples between Ascension and Pentecost. Ultimately, I hope it encourages you to be still and trust that there is healing yet to come - gardens yet to plant and a community right here worth belonging to, even and perhaps especially, in the wild unknown. 

Episode 2: The Grand Ecology

Eric and I wrestle with the creation stories in Genesis 1-3. We talk about science and faith, gender hierarchy, the devil, and climate change. Ultimately we find fresh hope that Jesus really offers an answer to this whole mess. We were nervous but co-hosting a podcast was a lot of fun! I think you'll enjoy it even as it might unsettle ya.
 
I referenced a book by Randy Woodley and Bo Sanders called Decolonizing Evangelicalism you can find here https://wipfandstock.com/decolonizing-evangelicalism.html 
I also referred to a Podcast Episode on Faith with a Fresh Vibe on Indigeneous Spirituality with Tony Snow you can find here https://www.rohadi.com/podcast/episode-6-with-tony-snow/?relatedposts_hit=1&relatedposts_origin=5270&relatedposts_position=2&relatedposts_hit=1&relatedposts_origin=5270&relatedposts_position=2

Episode 1 Gardener in the Graveyard

This is the first episode in a six week series about the Garden. Since it is the first week of Easter this is an overview of the Garden versus City theme from Genesis to Revelation. We begin in Genesis, hang out in Exodus and 1 Kings for a bit and then end in John 20 with Mary's shock when she finds a Gardener in the graveyard.