The Holden Village Podcast

Elly serves as Campus Pastor at Concordia College in Moorhead, MN, a college of the ELCA. Her first call with the Evangelical Lutheran Church was in Jordan and the Holy Land, living in Palestine for two years. Elly also served and worked with congregations in Oslo, Norway and Salzburg, Austria. To learn more about Holden Village, visit: www.holdenvillage.org

"Biomimicry is thinking about design that's inspired by nature. Since the industrial revolution, humans have been relying on fossil fuel technologies requiring heat, beat, and treat methods. Meaning, in order to support new technologies and get our new devices and materials, we subject products to very high temperatures, pressure, and often times, toxic chemicals, all of which consume un...

Rev. Dr. Gary Mason is a Methodist minister and directs a conflict transformation organization based in Belfast called "Rethinking Conflict." Prior to this he spent 27 years as a Methodist clergy person in parish ministry in Belfast and has played an integral role in the Northern Irish peace process. To learn more about Holden Village, visit: www.holdenvillage.orgTo hear more from Gary M...

Peter Hernes is a professor at the University of California in Davis, CA, specializing in river biogeochemistry, but extending more broadly into any environment that contains naturally formed organic compounds. As an avid hiker, his interest in the environment is not just professional, but personal. To learn more about Holden Village, visit: www.holdenvillage.orgTo listen to more from Peter Hernes...

Laura Norton is a letter arts practitioner and calligraphy specialist based in Bellingham, WA.To learn more about Holden Village, visit: www.holdenvillage.orgTo see Laura Norton's work, visit: www. LettersAloft.com

Kristen Benson is an Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Science at North Dakota State University and licensed marriage and family therapist. Kristen focuses on providing inclusive and supportive therapy to LGBTQ people and relationships. To find out more about Holden Village, visit: www.holdenvillage.orgTo hear more from Kristen Benson, visit: http://audio.holdenvillage.org/node/1...

Katrina Hay is an associate Professor of Physics at Pacific Lutheran University, and author of the children's book "Little Bear’s Big Night Sky".To learn more about Holden Village, visit: www.holdenvillage.orgTo hear more from Katrina Hay, visit: http://audio.holdenvillage.org/node/17706

Join Chris Scharen for a reflection on Christianity and whiteness recorded just a week after the tragic events of Charlottesville. Quote: "So on the one hand you have President Trump now articulating this one view speaking to this white population that’s anxious about what their perception is that they’re losing and saying I’m gonna give you your power back…and then on the other hand, you hav...

Associate Professor, School of Nursing & Department of Public Health at North Dakota State University and Director of Programs for the non-profit organization, For the Good PERIOD. Her work bridges the universal experience of adolescence from rural North Dakota, to rural Kenya, to high-risk youth in Fargo. To find out more about Holden Village, visit: www.holdenvillage.orgTo find out more abou...

Hal Taussig is Visiting Professor of New Testament at Union Theological Seminary in New York, where he has taught since 1998. He also is Professor of Early Christianity at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in Philadelphia. He has retired from 30+ years as a United Methodist pastor and now is specially assigned by his bishop as a consultant to local congregations. Among his 14 authored books...

"The widow is the reality and the metaphor of all vulnerable peoples and if the widow is not cared for, if we don't prioritize the vulnerable, then all of society will collapse. But the converse is equally true and promising, that if we look after the widow, then society will develop, because it will be built on justice."Alan is a Gospel story-teller located in Cape Town South Afric...

Barbara Rossing is a professor of New Testament at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, where she also directs the seminary’s environmental ministry emphasis. To learn more about Holden Village, visit: www.holdenvillage.orgTo listen to more from Barbara Rossing, visit: http://audio.holdenvillage.org/node/2935

Joe Davis is a spoken word poet and community organizer with a gift for bringing people together around story and song. To find out more about the Village go to http://www.holdenvillage.org/. To learn more about Joe Davis go to http://www.joedavispoetry.com/.

Listen to Rachel's story about her creative process that lead her to the New Orleans National Youth Rally. To find out more about the Village go to http://www.holdenvillage.org/. To learn more about Rachel Kurtz's story visit http://www.rachelkurtz.org/.

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To find out more about Holden Village visit http://www.holdenvillage.org/Listen to Jere's teaching sessions at Holden:http://archive.ncrl.org/holden/01_Kr%20Je%202016-01.mp3http://archive.ncrl.org/holden/01_Kr%20Je%202016-02.mp3

See Emilie's work at www.emiliebouvier.comListen to Emilie's teaching sessions at Holden:http://archive.ncrl.org/holden/01_Bo%20Em%202016-01.mp3http://archive.ncrl.org/holden/01_Bo%20Em%202016-02.mp3http://archive.ncrl.org/holden/01_Bo%20Em%202016-03.mp3To find out more about Holden visit http://www.holdenvillage.org/

"Meditation is simply allowing us time to pause and breathe, a place in our mind where there is no judgment and no reservations. A place only to allow us to be peaceful, happy, healthier and a better us." Subashini (Suba) Nadarajah is the Global Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at VMLY&R. She is responsible for promoting and celebrating diversity to increase cultural liter...