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The Garden for All is a place in the heart of New Albany, Ohio, where people come together in relationship with one another and with creation. All produce and flowers grown in The Garden go back to the community through donations to local food pantries and community organizations. https://thegardenforall.org 

Deb Freeman is an award winning author and executive producer and host of Finding Edna Lewis. A documentary about the life and legacy of a chef who changed how Southern food was viewed in America through her work, airing on PBS.  https://www.deb-freeman.com/ https://www.pbs.org/show/finding-edna-lewis/  @audiophilegirl 

Sacred Spaces, Thriving Places: Stewarding Church Grounds and Community Engagement Conversation with Winnie Varghese, Rector of St. Luke's, Atlanta & Bowie Snodgrass, Rector of Christ Church, Short Hills, NJ along with co-hosts, Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows & Brian Sellers-Petersen A Taste of Episcopal Parish Network panel discussion on February 27th Related Podcasts: Norman Wirzba - episode 19 Dina van Klaveren and Derek Miller - episode 40 

Join co-hosts, Jerusalem Greer and Brian Sellers-Petersen for a conversation with Jesse Zink about his new book, Faithful, Creative, Hopeful: Fifteen Theses for Christians in a Crisis-Shaped World.  We especially hone in on Thesis 12: Food is at the center of the church and must be at the center of Christian witness. 

A new tradition! No guests, just the co-hosts.  Jennifer, Jerusalem, and Brian. 

Co-hosts, Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows and Jerusalem Greer are joined by Linden Rayton from Living Water Nature Programs and Spencer Hatcher from the Barbara C. Harris Camp and Conference Center in New Hampshire. The topic of conversation is about their October gathering of Episcopal Outdoorswomen at the BCH Center. 

Co-hosts, Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows and Jerusalem Greer talk permaculture with the Rt. Rev. Michael Hunn Michael is the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Rio Grande which includes New Mexico and western edge of Texas.   So what does permaculture have to do with the church and a bishop? For that matter, what is permaculture? 

Triple S co-hosts, Brian Sellers-Petersen and Bishop Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows sit down (virtually) with Sandy and Chuck Dailey from the Growing Common Ground Farm at St Peter's Episcopal Church in Lebanon in the Diocese of Indianapolis. Jennifer's Diocese!  An amazing story of growth and transformation of around 8 acres of churchland, including 3 acres farmland.  Conventional tilled plots for vegetables and no-till areas for sustainable farming methods Apiary and pollinator gardens Junior Master Gardeners Partnerships with Indy Urban Growers, Teen Challenge, St Vincent de Paul… Boys & Girls Club “Caring Hands” camps Large bioswale rain garden

Co-hosts, Jerusalem Greer and Brian Sellers-Petersen talk humus with Rev. Ragan Sutterfield. Ragan is a priest in the Episcopal Church and serves a parish in his native Arkansas. His writing has appeared in a variety of places including The Christian Century, Christianity Today, Sojourners, The Oxford American, Plough, and The Englewood Review of Books. Ragan's writing and interests are focused at the intersection of spiritual formation and ecology where he brings his background in birding, permaculture, and soil ecology into conversation with philosophy, theology, and the Christian spiritual tradition.  Ragan is the author of The Art of Being a Creature: Meditations on Humus and Humility (Cascade), Wendell Berry and the Given Life(Franciscan Media), This is My Body (Convergent/Random House), Cultivating Reality  (Cascade),  and the small collection of essays Farming as a Spiritual Discipline.   Ragan seeks to live the good life with his wife Emily and daughters Lillian and Lucia.

Join co-hosts Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows and Brian Sellers-Petersen for a conversation with Derek Miller, Rector of St Peter's in Ellicott City MD and Dina van Klaveren, Canon for Development in the Diocese of Maryland. Conversation centers around St Peter's “killing their churchyard” with the help of Kill Your Lawn on EarthxTV and Howard Ecoworks. 

Join the Triple S Team (Jerusalem, Jennifer, and Brian) for a conversation with Anna Woofenden and Derrick Weston, co-authors of The Just Kitchen: Invitations to Sustainability, Cooking, Connection, and Celebration. 

Join co-hosts, Bishop Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows and Brian Sellers-Petersen for a yeasty conversation with Rev. Meghan Murphy-Gill, author of The Sacred Life of Bread: Uncovering the Mystery of an Ordinary Loaf.   

Triple S co-host, Jerusalem Greer and Tony Jones talk about Tony's new book, The God of Wild Places and much more.  https://reverendhunter.com 

Lively conversation with Anna Shine, Missioner for Creation Care and Social Justice at St. Luke's Episcopal Church and campus minister for the Presbyterian Episcopal Campus Ministry (PECM) at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. 

A great conversation about all the ways a congregation stewards and shares its land in the wider parish and community. From permaculture to playground! Join co-hosts Bishop Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows and Brian Sellers-Petersen along with Rev Christy Laborda Harris and Liza Brickey for ideas and inspiration.  St. Stephen's Episcopal Church - https://www.ststephenssebastopol.org/ Occidental Arts and Ecology Center The Playground Community Cafe Sebastopol Community Seed Exchange and Garden  

Order of Naucratius Redux. Our first time bringing back a previous guest, Rev. Christian Baron from Episode 06 on Saint Andrew's Day in 2021. He is joined by Rev. Sarah Smith from Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Together they will talk about the Order of Naucartius and their ministry of gathering hunters and fishers who share their harvests with those who are hungry. Christian and Sarah are joined by Triple S co-hosts, Jennifer Baskerille-Burrows and Jerusalem Greer. 

Brian and Jennifer have a fun conversation with our friend, Anna Woofenden. So much to say about Anna. Check out the Food and Faith Podcast that she shares with Derrick Weston. Also the book she co-authored with Derrick Weston. Are you seeing a theme? We plan on getting both Anna and Derrick on Triple S in the near future to talk about their book.  https://annawoofenden.com/ https://foodandfaith.org  https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506484112/The-Just-Kitchen    

After a hiatus due sabbatical, moving, and general hijinks Triple S is back. 

The Feast of Saint Francis 2023 - We are joined by Brother Clark Berge, SSF. Until recently the Guardian of the Friary of St. Francis at Hilfield in Dorset, UK and a priest in the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia, WA. Brother Clark joined the Society of St. Francis in 1989 and has served in friaries in New York, California, The Solomon Islands. Within the community he has served as Guardian, Assistant Minister Provincial and Minister General of the order from 2007-2017. He is the author of two books, the most recent Running to Resurrection published by Canterbury Press. https://www.ssfamericas.org/  https://www.anglicanfranciscans.org/ https://www.hilfieldfriary.org.uk/   

Special Episode from It's All About Love: A Festival of the Jesus Movement in Baltimore. Stephanie and Brian talk about the work of the CC+EV FT and their grants program. 

The Season and Celebration of Rogation traditionally happens on the 3 days before Ascension Day and has been around since the 5th Century. Check out https://www.episcopalchurch.org/glossary/rogation-days/  A growing number of churches will celebrate Rogation Sunday on May 14th this year. It also is Morher's Day (there is a sermon there).  Join co-hosts Derrick Weston and Brian Sellers-Petersen for a lively conversation with Vera Racine and Joe Rose for a lively conversation about all the agrarian ministry going on at St James's in West Hartford, CT and hear about the their Rogation plans. 

Conversation between Triple S co-hosts Jerusalem Greer and Brian Sellers-Petersen about Good News Gardens. Good News Gardens or GNG is a joint program of the departments of Creation Care and Evangelism in the Office of the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church. Besides Triple S Jerusalem is a farmer in Northern New Jersey and Manager of Evangelism and Discipleship in the Office of the Presiding Bishop. Brian is a coach, consultant and proprietor of Faithful Agrarian.  https://www.episcopalchurch.org/good-news-gardens/ https://faithfulagrarian.com/ 

Co-hosts Brian Sellers-Petersen and Bishop Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows have a conversation with Episcopal School of Knoxville headmaster, Dr. Jack Talmadge, and Acorns to Oaks instructor, Maggie Whitt. Discussion revolves around the many ways the students at ESK learn from God's creation through gardening, beekeeping, creation care through their robust outdoor education focus. 

Co-hosts Brian Sellers-Petersen and Bishop Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows have a conversation with Bishop Brian Cole, V Episcopal Bishop of East Tennessee and Dr. Mallory McDuff, Professor of Outdoor Leadership & Director of Environmental Education at Warren Wilson College. Our conversation is framed by Mallory's book, Our Last Best Act: Planning for the End of our Lives to Protect the People and Places We Love.  “All justice work is connected. If it is not healing to our bodies, it is not healing to our spirits. If it is not healing to the earth, it is not good for us. This is true in our lives as well as our deaths and reflects the central themes of Our Last Best Act.” — Rev. Becca Stevens from the forward

Episode 24 welcomes 2023. Joining us are Catherine and Shawn Duffy from The Garden for All in New Albany, Ohio. It is a ministry of the All Saints Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Southern Ohio. Check out their website, Facebook, and Instagram. TGFA is an inspiration and ideas galore for religious congregations. It is a gold standard of church gardens. 

Co-hosts, Brian & Jennifer, recap our fall series on Churchland stewardship, episodes 20-21 with Norman Wirzba, Ian McSweeney, Canon Abbott Bailey, and Bishop Megan Traquair. 

Marking Saint Andrew's Day 2022 we are joined by angler and priest, Pete Nunnally. Pete shares his passion for fishing and love of the outdoors as central to his life of faith and service. 

A lively conversation about agrarian ministry, garden tours, churchland stewardship, apple crisp, and more. 

A conversation with Ian McSweeney and Abbott Bailey about Church land stewardship and the Agrarian Commons work of the Agrarian Trust. A discussion on “how land is owned, how tenure and equity are conveyed, and how land stewardship is carried out.

Norman Wirzba is the Gilbert T. Rowe Distinguished Professor of Christian Theology at Duke Divinity School and senior fellow at the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University. He is the author and editor of sixteen books, including his latest, Agrarian Spirit: Cultivating Faith, Community, and the Land

Conversation with the Rev. Dr. Hillary D. Raining, rector of St. Christopher's Episcopal Church in Gladwyne, PA. Podcaster, blogger, retreat leader, beekeeper, yoga instructor, author, forest therapy guide…

Conversation with GC Environmental Stewardship & Creation Care Committee 20 members: Rev. Rachel Tabor-Hamilton, Deputy Chair, Diocese of Olympia; Bishop Cathleen Bascom of Kansas, Bishop Vice-Chair; and Rev. Lisa Ransom, Diocese of Vermont; and Triple S Host, Brian Sellers-Petersen  Environmental Stewardship & Care of Creation

Co-hosts, Brian Sellers-Petersen and Bishop Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows talk with the Rev Sean Steele and Executive Chef-Kitchen Pastor Molly Carr from St. Isidore Episcopal Church and the Abundant Harvest Kitchen  about the ways they share God's abundance, body and soul, in Houston, Texas. 

Rev. Pamela Dolan, Rector Rector of St Martin's Episcopal Church in Davis, CA joins co-host, Bishop Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows and Trple-S producer, Derrick Westin, for a conversation about her just released book, Contemplative Gardening, published by Morehouse Publishing. 

A lively conversation with Johanna Douglas and her dad, Ian Douglas about farming, food, pigs, Martha's Vineyard, etc. 

Bishop Kym Lucas from the Diocese of Colorado joins co-host, Bishop Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows for a conversation about food. 

Bishop Jim Curry of Connecticut talks about his journey into reducing gun violence and blacksmithing. 

Conversation with Lariza Garzon from Episcopal Farmworkers Ministry of North Carolina with co-hosts Jerusalem Greer and Brian Sellers Petersen. EFWM Is a joint project of the Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina and the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina, based in Dunn, NC. http://episcopalfarmworkerministry.org/

A conversation with Nurya Love Parish from Plainsong Farm and Darriel Harris with the Johns Hopkins University Center for a Livable Future with SpadeSpoonSoul co-hosts, Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows, Jerusalem Greer and Brian Sellers Petersen about church land stewardship and much more. 

Conversation with Joe Rose, Executive Director of Visitor Experience and Mark Bozutti-Jones, Priest and Director of Spiritual Formation at Trinity Retreat Center in West Cornwall, CT, a mission of Trinity Church Wall Street, NYC. Joining them are Triple S hosts, Jerusalem Greer and Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows.  https://trinitywallstreet.org/trinity-retreat-center

Conversation with Kerri Meyer, priest-farmer at Good Courage Farm in Hutchinson, MN and Craig Loya, Episcopal Bishop of Minnesota with hosts, Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows and Brian Sellers Petersen. http://www.goodcourage.farm/ https://episcopalmn.org/

A special Christmas food conversation with co-hosts, Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows, Brian Sellers-Petersen, and Jerusalem Greer along with producer, Derrick Weston. 

St Andrew is the Patron Saint of Fishermen and Fisherwomen. Conversation with priest, fisherman and co-founder of the Order of Naucratius, Christian Baron. The Order of Naucratius is an organization of hunters and fishers who share their harvests with those who are hungry.

Kendall Vanderslice is a baker and writer living in Durham, North Carolina. A graduate of Duke Divinity School, she is the author of We Will Feast: Rethinking Dinner, Worship, and the Community of God.

----more----Christopher Beasley, rector of St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Lebanon, Indiana shares how an 8-acre parish farm, apiary, community teaching kitchen has brought abundance and hope to church and community. 

Guests Lisa Ransom and Rachel Field from historic Mission Farm at the Church of Our Saviour in Killington, Vermont. Where spirit and nature connect. Located on 180 acres of ancestral Abenaki land, Mission Farm offers trails, a bakery, an Episcopal Church and acres of agricultural land. With hosts, Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows and Brian Sellers-Petersen. 

Interview of the Producer and Mr. Miyagi of the Spade-Sppon-Soul Podcast. Rev. Derrick Weston has spent the last two decades working in churches and community-based nonprofits and currently manages the Rockrose Community Farm in Baltimore. Derrick is the co-host of the Food and Faith Podcast and the producer of the short documentary "A Wilderness Like Eden: Stories of Food and Faith.”

Our first episode introduces our Podcast and co-hosts.  Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis Jerusalem Greer, Staff Officer for Evangelism for the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church Brian Sellers-Petersen, Agrarian Missioner for the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia (Western Washington) and Coordinator of Good News Gardens