
Host Debra Rienstra interviews a different guest each week, exploring the idea of refugia from a variety of perspectives, from biology to worship to politics. Refugia are places of shelter where life endures in times of crisis. We’re exploring what it means for people of faith to be people of refugia. refugianewsletter.substack.com
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 42 | Founded | 7 years ago |
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Our final episode of Season 4! This week, we travel to Hawaii with a whole troop of good people to visit some remarkable refugia spaces near Kaneohe Bay on Oahu. This episode, produced by Colin Hoogerwerf and Jim Stump, first aired on the Language of... more
Christina Bagaglio Slentz is Associate Director for Creation Care for the Catholic Diocese of San Diego. Learn about how her diocese prioritizes climate action here.
In this episode, we often refer to Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato si’ and the way... more
As a lay leader of Traverse City Presbyterian Church, Linda Racine and a team of enthusiastic congregants prompted her church to start on a journey toward effective climate action. You can read about their commitment to creation care and learn about ... more
Elaine Heath is the abbess of Spring Forest, a new monastic community in Hillsborough, North Carolina. Spring Forest centers around communal prayer and meals, a vibrant farm, refugee support, and other ministries you can read about here. You can lear... more
Thank you for having Dr. Randy Woodley on the show to share Indigenous wisdom. I first heard you on the Bio Logos language of God podcast and immediately thought how Dr. Woodley‘s wisdom could fit into that conversation. Then I searched online and saw that you actually had done an interview with him!
Thank you, Debra, for your work and for this podcast. I really enjoyed your conversation with Fred Bahnson, someone whose insights and writing I have recently come to value and appreciate. I’m looking forward to gleaning new insights from your other guests!
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Host Debra Rienstra interviews a different guest each week, exploring the idea of refugia from a variety of perspectives, from biology to worship to politics. Refugia are places of shelter where life endures in times of cri... more
Refugia is a gem of a podcast! Debra hosts the conversations with an ease and curiosity that make for an enjoyable, familiar listening experience even as the topics are wide-ranging and thought-provoking.
Climate breakdown is a given (that acknowledgement in itself is encouraging - now we can get real). So how can people of faith think about and enact hope? Is there hope? What can we learn from pockets of resistance, diversity, and communal flourishing - refugia- where life persists even throu... more
I listened to this conversation about little pockets of refugia, and micro-counter cultural spaces while running around Margaret Island on a Saturday morning. The island plays the role of a refugium for me while temporarily living in Budapest, so it was a fitting place to listen in on a thought-provoking introduction to an important and timely topic. Five stars, highly recommend.







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