Preaching the Feast of St. Francis - October 4

In this episode of Prophetic Voices, we’ll be discussing the lectionary for the Feast of St. Francis, which takes place on Friday, October 4. We discuss the Book of Genesis, Job 39:1-18, and Matthew 11:25-30. Our amazing guests this week are: The passionate Dustin Vuong Nguyen, a Buddhist follower of Jesus and a 2023 Episcopal Ecojustice Fellow. He is on the leadership team of The Gathering: A Space for Asian Pacific American Spirituality, a ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. He is currently a youth minister and activist at Irvine United Congregational Church (United Church of Christ). He was evangelized into Christianity by the late Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. The astute Logan Crews, pronouns she and he, who is a 2023 Episcopal Church Ecojustice Fellow. Logan is a seminarian at Berkeley Divinity School at Yale and a student leader in the United States chapter of the World Student Christian Federation. Logan loves books, dancing, learning new languages, and especially loves Dolly Parton. Dr. Andrew Thompson, associate professor of theological ethics at the School of Theology at the University of the South. His research focuses on environmental ethics as well as racial, social, and economic justice. His book, "Reconsider the Lilies: Challenging Christian Environmentalism's Colonial Legacy" was published last year. Prophetic Voices is hosted by the Rev. Isaiah “Shaneequa” Brokenleg, The Episcopal Church’s staff officer for Racial Reconciliation. For more information on Becoming Beloved Community, visit iam.ec/becomingbelovedcommunity.    MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST: Season of Creation website Season of Creation liturgical guide Mid-Autumn vespers