In this episode of Prophetic Voices, we’ll be discussing the lectionary for Proper 17 (B), which takes place this year on Sunday, September 1. We discuss Romans 8:19-25, Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23, James 1:17-27, and Song of Solomon 2:8-13. Our amazing guests this week are:

• The Rev. Glenna Huber, fifteenth rector of Church of the Epiphany in Washington, D.C. She lives with her husband, two children, a dog, and lots of fish.
• The Rev. John Elliott Lein, rector of St. Aidan’s and Christ Episcopal Churches in Downeast Maine. He has produced the annual Season of Creation Celebration Guide for Episcopal parishes in collaboration with the Rev. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas since 2022.
• The Rev. Dr. Samuel Torvend, priest in the Diocese of Olympia and chair of the diocesan commission on liturgy. He also serves as convenor of the Ecology and Liturgy Seminar of the North American Academy of Liturgy.

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
• Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teaching of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
• This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us by Cole Arthur Riley