35. Celtic Creation Care: Changing the Church to Save the Planet, with Ray Simpson

Earthkeepers: A Circlewood Podcast on Creation Care and Spirituality

In this episode we talk with Rev. Ray Simpson about his latest book called Celtic Christianity and Climate Crisis: Twelve Keys for the Future of the Church. Ray is also a founder of a new monastic order called the Community of Aidan and Hilda. Though Ray helped to start this community in the United Kingdom, it now includes people from all over the world—people who believe that values and practices of the ancient Celtic Church have particular relevance for contemporary Christ followers. The community draws on these ancient ways to create an order of life, or Waymarks as they are called. Among other things, this Way of Life recommends learning how to truly listen.

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Guest: Rev. Ray Simpson

• Daily Prayer Tweet: Twitter@praycelticdaily
• Resources, e-studies,weekly blog: www.raysimpson.org
• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/revd.ray.simpson
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ray-simpson-5b311b2b/
• To receive daily Pilgrimage for Life: www.waymarksoflife.com

Ray’s books mentioned in podcast:

• Celtic Christianity: Deep Roots for a Modern Faith
• Brendan's Return Voyage: A New American Dream: Indigenous, Post-Colonial, and Celtic Theology
• Celtic Christianity and Climate Crisis: Twelve Keys for the Future of the Church

Links to details from this episode:

• The international Community of Aidan and Hilda
• Anamchara (soul friend)
• St. Columbanus
• Hopi Tribe
• Desert Fathers and Mothers
• Randy Woodley’s book Shalom and the Community of Creation
• Ian Bradley
• Bible Society
• Holy Island of Lindisfarne

Key words: Celtic Church, Saint Patrick, Saint Brennan, indigenous, Native American, Maori, Hopi, New Monastic, New Monasticism, creation care, community garden, environmental justice, social justice, minimalism, Greta Thunberg, anamchara, Columbana, Desert Fathers and Mothers, Brendan, Randy Woodley

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