In this episode of Prophetic Voices, we’ll be discussing the lectionary for Saturday, October 4, the Feast of St. Francis. The texts covered are Psalm 121 and Luke 12:13-21, 27.

Our amazing guests this week are:

• The Courageous Chris Clark, a final-year M.Div. student at Vancouver School of Theology. Chris is a fantasy nerd, a church geek, and a neuro-spicy creative who loves classical ethnocultural music, stand-up comedy, musicals, opera, board games, animals (all animals), and belly laughs. He makes his home on the unceded and ancestral lands of the Musqueam people (Vancouver, B.C.).
• The Rt. Rev. Cathleen Chittenden Bascom, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas. A passionate advocate for creation care, she is the author of the novel Of Green Stuff Woven. She is a wife and mother who finds joy in gardening, cross country skiing, traveling, and cherishing time with family and friends.
• The Outstanding Olivia Morin-Swanson, a member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Duluth, Minn. She enjoys spending time with her loved ones and talking/learning about God. She cares deeply about advocating for those who need it and singing in the choir.

Prophetic Voices is hosted by the Rev. Isaiah “Shaneequa” Brokenleg, The Episcopal Church’s interim officer for Indigenous Ministries. For more information on Becoming Beloved Community, visit iam.ec/becomingbelovedcommunity. To learn more about Creation Care, visit ⁠⁠episcopalchurch.org/creation-care⁠⁠.

Mentioned in This Episode

• Season of Creation Website:  https://seasonofcreation.org
• Season of Creation liturgical guide:  https://newcreationliturgies.org/seasonofcreation/SeasonOfCreation-ACelebrationGuideForEpiscopalParishes2025.pdf
• The Canticle of Creation by St. Francis https://www.allcreation.org/home/stfrancis-canticle
• General Convention Resolution B002  https://www.vbinder.net/resolutions/643/explanation?house=HD&lang=en
• The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Spirit_Level/i1oz6wYHjisC?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover
• Renewing the Face of the Earth:  Human Responsibility and the Environment by Rowan Williams  http://rowanwilliams.archbishopofcanterbury.org/articles.php/816/renewing-the-face-of-the-earth-human-responsibility-and-the-environment.html
• Mouth of the Donkey:  Re-imagining Biblical Animals by Laura Duhan-Kaplan