Soil and Soul

Welcome back to Soil & Soul and another episode of Tuesday's Toolbox. Today, host Aaron reflects on the value of a good strong spotlight as a tool, to illuminate our path forward and our tasking before us. And it's certainly the same within our faith lives as well, where we need spotlighting tools to help guide us forward and also in our calling to do so for others in illumination. And...

Welcome back to another week of Soil & Soul! We're kicked off again by Fr. Brian Feller and Passing on the Faith Through Farming. He's joined by guests, Tyler and Tessa Hoffman, who share their background, faith, and involvement in agriculture and community service, all while balancing family life. You'll be sure to enjoy this relatable conversation with insight and heart.

We're back with another week-ending episode of Soil and Soul! Today's conversation features co-hosts Caleb and Kayla, as they discuss current family and farm updates, resilience within parenting, life with an age-range of children, and a gamut of other relatable topics. Enjoy this Family Friday, but be sure to tune back in next week!

Welcome back to another episode of Soil and Soul! For this week's Tradition Thursday, we feature another short reflection on an important and pertinent Catholic saint. Saint Fiacre of Breuil (France) is the patron saint of gardeners and was an Irish priest and hermit in the 7th century. Take a listen to learn more!

Welcome back to Soil & Soul! Tonight's reflection episode is tied to the concerns we can, and should, have for the stories, insights, and teachings, from people who lived many years ago. They may seem so far removed from what we view as our modern culture, problems, and own people, but has the way changed? Has the gate changed?

Welcome back to Soil & Soul! Today's episode features a short reflection on a commonly used piece of equipment for row crop farming, as well as for many homeowners, albeit in a smaller form. Take a listen as host Caleb talks about how he imagines a fertilizer spreader can tie metaphorically to our faith.

Welcome back to our second week of Soil and Soul! Fr. Feller kicks us off with an interview conversation with our new co-host, Caleb Pokorny. You'll be sure to enjoy this interesting and insightful episode.

Welcome back to Soil & Soul! We are glad to have you with us. Our first week of this spring's seasonal podcast ends with a Family Friday episode, where co-hosts Aaron and Kayla discuss what it's been like getting prepped for the spring planting season. That includes both farm equipment and fieldwork, but it also requires prepping the family unit and keeping in mind all the people affected, includi...

Welcome back to Soil and Soul! We have a new Thursday format and topical option for you this season. We're going to try out a "Tradition Thursday", where we touch on various Catholic saints and traditions that tie into farming, rural life, or even just our culture and life in raising the next generation. We hope you enjoy this first episode on Saint Isidore and his wife, Saint Maria.

Welcome back to another episode of Soil and Soul! On this first week of the season, our Wednesday podcast features a conversation about a world concern currently on many minds and hearts. The topic of the war in Iran is known to be a polarizing one, but the Christian/Catholic viewpoint doesn't have to be. Co-hosts Aaron and Caleb discuss how the situation abroad affects them all the way over h...

Welcome back to another episode of Soil and Soul! We kick of this first week of the season with a Tuesday's Toolbox reflection on an everyday use cooler. Whether you eat sack lunches in the tractor cab, or bring goodies to a tailgate, almost all of us have used a cooler before. Host Aaron reflects off the cuff on this item and how it metaphorically can be tied back to our faith lives. We had s...

Welcome back to another episode of Soil and Soul! We kick of this first week of the season with a Tuesday's Toolbox reflection on an everyday use cooler. Whether you eat sack lunches in the tractor cab, or bring goodies to a tailgate, almost all of us have used a cooler before. Host Aaron reflects off the cuff on this item and how it metaphorically can be tied back to our faith lives.

Welcome back to another season of Soil & Soul! We are happy to be here with you. Spring is in the air and the weather is changing, with tulips and lilies popping up and farmers getting started in the fields. As we sow seeds in the soil with goals of a bountiful harvest this coming autumn, we as the faithful also look to sow seeds in the hearts and minds of others around us. Whether you're...

Welcome back to Soil & Soul and our finale episode of this fall season. Thank you so much for listening to us and the support we've had. We hope and pray that you have gotten even just a little something from this ministry. Co-hosts Aaron, Kayla, and Fr. Feller all share some time reflecting on this 2nd season of the podcast and looking ahead for what's to come for Soil & Soul, and the other good...

Welcome back to Soil and Soul! We're ending our 7th and final week of this seasonal podcast this fall. Be sure to check out tomorrow's final send off episode with co-hosts, Kayla, Fr. Feller, and Aaron. We hope this podcast has blessed you in even some small way. It's our prayer that small changes and the way each of us live our lives as Witnesses in Plain Sight, will have a ripple effect around u...

Welcome back to another episode of Soil & Soul, on our 7th and final week of releasing this fall season. We really hope you'll take a full-length listen to this Wednesday Witness interview, as the conversation with guest Logan Lyon was a fantastic one. He shares from his background, faith journey, struggles, and own insight, that you'll likely find both relatability and inspiration in. If you thin...

Welcome back to Soil & Soul and our 7th and final weekly edition of Tuesday's Toolbox. Today's tool is the commonly held rain gauge. Host Aaron discusses several metaphorical ties to our own gauges, comparing how people might perceive us to how our gauge might truly look like inside.

Welcome back to Soil & Soul! We begin what will be our 7th (and final) week of releasing during this fall season. Make sure to go back and listen to any episodes you may have missed! Today's interview is with Roger and Jeanna Clayburg, who talk with Fr. Feller about their backgrounds and current lifestyle in agriculture, as well as their faith.

Take a listen to our ending episode of Soil and Soul for the week! Co-hosts Aaron and Kayla discuss routines in parenting, family households, sharing of the faith, and even harvest season.

Welcome back to another guest interview episode on Soil & Soul. Today's guest is Kyle Smith, who shares about his faith journey and and other life changes, such as his professional move from funeral director to now a soil sampler. Many listeners will find relatability in Kyle and host Aaron's conversation.

Last week's Wednesday Witness interview with Shelly Greving continues with this second episode, highlighting her conversion story and more from her faith journey.

Thanks for joining us on this 6th week of Soil & Soul, our seasonal podcast this fall. Today's episode ties an extremely common tool as a metaphor to our faith lives. Everyone has at least one mirror around their home, and multiple mirrors in each car or piece of equipment they might drive. Just like a mirror can allow you to look at yourself in a reflection, in a view you can't otherwise, so too...

Welcome to another week of Soil & Soul! We start out with a new weekly Bible Breakout contributor, Fr. Randy Schon, followed by a great interview between Fr. Brian Feller and Brian & Britney Rosburg. We hope you enjoy their conversation!

Have you ever felt like you've been thrust into the backseat, with something else taking 1st priority? It can certainly seem that way with farming during the busy, time-consuming harvest season. Today's episode is a fantastic discussion between co-hosts Aaron and Kayla, with plenty of self-reflection, as they dive into the relatable topics of the "farm priority", missing weekend events and even li...

Welcome back to another episode of Faithful Farming on our seasonal Soil & Soul podcast. Tonight, host Aaron reflects on parenting and the dynamic between fatherhood and sonship. All mothers out there are also daughters too! God the Father calls us in from the field, to His table, in welcoming love.