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Rev. Richenda Fairhurst shares about the relationship between our faith, spirituality and concern for our environment. This concern compels us to respond to climate change. Rev. Richenda shares several action steps for combating climate change–both personal actions and community action.

Richenda Fairhust was trained by the Climate Reality Project and Center for Earth Ethics Ministers’ Trainings, serving afterwards as a mentor and speaker. She served as a chaplain for Occupy Wall Street in NYC and journeyed to Standing Rock to participate in prayer and solidarity during the Call to Clergy in November 2016. She founded Faiths4Future in 2020, and serves as a co-organizer for Faiths4Future and the Climate Café Multifaith. Currently she serves as Steward of Creation at Circle Faith Future.

Check out Faiths4Future: https://faiths4future.org/

In this episode:
(00:00) Introduction
(01:32) Meet Rev. Richenda Fairhurst
(02:42) What is Faiths 4 Future?
(06:31) What pulled you into action against climate change?
(12:30) What were first personal steps against climate change?
(21:31) How do we know we’re making difference?
(26:43) On earth as it is in heaven…
(27:52) How are churches making a difference?
(33:31) Get more information

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In this edition, we present the latest stories and one classic read from the Rethink Church website. Throughout March 2023, our content focused on Lent and the resilience it inspires. We’ll hear:

• “What is Palm Sunday?” by Ryan Dunn https://www.umc.org/en/content/what-is-palm-sunday
• “Lent, fasting and revelation” by Joseph Yoo https://www.umc.org/en/content/lent-fasting-hunger-and-revelation 
• “Resilient women in the Bible” by Madison Myers https://www.umc.org/en/content/resilient-women-in-the-bible 
• And  “What’s up with churches on Twtich?” by Nathan Webb https://www.umc.org/en/content/whats-up-with-churches-on-twitch 

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Christian Collins Winn joins the Compass Podcast to share how disruptive the teachings of Jesus really are–especially in regards to our social and political systems. Christian makes the claim that, though we don’t often talk about “Jubilee” and “apocalypse”, faith is all about what those terms represent and disrupting broken systems through actions like the forgiveness of debts and freedom for the oppressed and the enabling of human flourishing.

Christian Collins Winn is the author of “Jesus, Jubilee and the Politics of God’s Reign”. He is adjunct professor of religion at Augsburg University and teaching minister and theologian in residence at Meetinghouse Church in Minnesota.

In this episode:
(00:00) Introduction
(01:41) Meet Christian Collins Winn
(04:04) Definition of “God’s reign”
(04:49) What is “Jubilee”?
(06:52) What we mean by “apocalypse”
(10:21) Jubilee in action
(14:05) Our discomfort with the terms
(17:55) Why is the Jubilee principle so important?
(20:39) Jesus and Jubilee
(24:28) God’s politics
(27:44) An example at George Floyd Square

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Joseph Yoo uses the power of stories — both ancient and contemporary — to remind us how we are often unexpectedly intertwined with one another and with God.

Rev. Joseph Yoo. Joseph is the planter of Mosaic Episcopal Church located in the suburbs of Houston, Texas. And he has just released a book called “When the Saints Go Flying In” which shares some stories of celebrated people from Christian history, a few stories that we might recognize from other popular figures, and, ultimately, the ongoing story of God working in the lives of everyday people like us.

For more episodes of Compass: www.umc.org/compass

In this episode:

(00:00) Introduction
(04:00) Who is your favorite saint?
(06:30) Why write about saints?
(09:31) What makes a person a saint?
(11:22) Surprising saints?
(14:02) A forgotten saint
(21:56) Their stories enlighten our stories
(26:21) Planting a church
(28:45) Church trauma

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This is the February 2023 edition of the Rethink Church audiomagazine presented on the Compass podcast.

In this edition, we present the latest stories and one classic read from the Rethink Church website.

Throughout February 2023, our content focused on being deeply rooted. We’ll hear:

(00:00) Introduction
(00:50) “The Last of Us: Hive Mind vs The Body of Christ” by Nathan Webb
(06:35) “Are Traditions Like Marriage Becoming Too Old-Fashioned” by Madison Myers 
(11:49) “How and How Much Should I Pray” by Joseph Yoo
(16:38) “Church of the None and Done” by Kristin Joyner