Pod Bless America

Terra Rowe is a professor of philosophy and religion at the University of North Texas. She comes on the pod for a belated bookend to our science-first conversation with Jim White on climate change. Her new book is called, 'Toward a Better Worldliness: Ecology, Economy, and the Protestant Tradition.' We talk about how the protestant/Lutheran tradition might help us work on climate change. Check. It. Out. Her new book makes a great stocking stuffer! https://www.amazon.com/Toward-Better-Worldliness-Protestant-Tradition-ebook/dp/B06ZY9PCZ2 Pod Bless America is a joint project of Lutheran Advocacy Ministry-Colorado and Lutheran Campus Ministry at the University of Colorado Boulder. It is supported by LuMin; the Lutheran Campus Ministry Network, and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

We're back with a conversation with the director of the HIV/AIDS Strategy of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Megan Neubauer! Check. it. out.

Jim White is the director of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research at the University of Colorado. This week he joins Peter and Zach to talk about the Paris Climate Agreement, the theology of climate change, and the Tennessee River. Check. It. Out.

This week Sharei Green tells us about the work of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's Lutheran Disaster Response. It's a really productive conversation because Zach knows a lot about Lutheran disasters! Get involved with Lutheran Disaster Response at www.elca.org/resources - LDR Tab. Follow them on Facebook (Lutheran Disaster Response) and Twitter(@elcaldr). Check out their blog and sign up for alerts at www.ldr.org

We talk how state assemblies work, the deportation of Haris Simangunsong (an ELCA member in Denver), the economic burdens of childcare, and more. Check. It. Out. Pod Bless America is supported by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and LuMin, the Lutheran Campus Ministry Network. It is produced by Draze Force, aka Nick Morris.

Iain Chester from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's World Hunger team joins Peter and Zach for a conversation about hunger. We talk domestic and international, food insecurity, the stigma around receiving assistance, and the theology of hunger. While Iain lifts up a number of ways to get engaged in hunger work, Zach learns that Postmates is probably not the answer. :( www.elca.org/Our-Work/Publicly-…ed-Church/Advocacy www.hungerfreecolorado.org www.elca.org/Our-Work/Relief-an…/ELCA-World-Hunger www.campuskitchens.org