SpadeSpoonSoul

This is a repost of the 2023 Saint Francis Day episode with Brother Clark Berge, SSF. Brother Clark, a native of Snohomish, Washington, is a priest canonically resident in the Diocese of California. He joined Society of Saint Francis in 1989 and has served many places, most recently as Guardian of Hilfield Friary in Dorset, UK from 2017-2023. He has served as Guardian, Assistant Minister Provincial and Minister General of the order. 

He moved to San Damiano in San Francisco in December 2023. He is actively involved with St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church in the Mission District of San Francisco. Clark cares for creation as a volunteer gardener at the San Francisco Botanical Gardens. He’s the author of two books, The Vows Book (Vest Pocket Publications), and Running to Resurrection: A Soul-making Chronicle (Canterbury Press, Norwich, UK). Clark serves as a member of the leadership team and as Novice Guardian. 

https://www.ssfamericas.org/ 

https://www.anglicanfranciscans.org/

https://www.hilfieldfriary.org.uk/ 

 

A live Podcast with co-hosts, Jerusalem Greer and Brian Sellers-Petersen with special guest, Cornelia Eaton. Recorded live on September 25, 2026 at the Episcopal Creation Care Gathering at the Procter Center in the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio

Cornelia is the Canon for Congregational Development and Ministry Transition in the Episcopal Missionary Diocese of Navajoland. 

The Ven. Laurie Brock Pankey is the Rector of St. Michael the Archangel Episcopal Church in Lexington, Kentucky

The podcast focuses on Laurie’s latest book, Souvenirs of the Holy: Encountering God Through Everyday Objects published by Broadleaf Books

More Laurie:

Where God Hides Holiness

Horses Speak of God: How Horese Can Teach Us to Listen and Be Transformed

God, Grace, and Horses: Life Lessons From the Saddle

Wendell Berry:

NYT Obit

The Berry Center

Orion Magazine 

 

Canon Stephanie Spellers joins co-hosts, Bishop Jennifer Baskerville-Burrow and Brian Sellers-Petersen for a wide ranging discussion that centers around her latest book, Church Tomorrow? What the 'Nones' and 'Dones' Teach Us About the Future of Faith.

“Remarkable . . . a vision for the future that is decidedly not the way we’ve always done it but instead shaped by the way of Jesus and his love.” 

From the foreword by Michael B. Curry, former Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church

“Stephanie Spellers has given us so much: in-depth analysis of religious practice in America, and a chance to hear the stories of young adults seeking spiritual meaning who aren't finding it in our churches. More importantly, she challenges us to hear what they have to say as a prophetic word to the church.”

Mariann Budde, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington and author of How to Be Brave

 

 

Good Soil: The Education of an Accidental Farmhand

“NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A profound meditation on nature, heritage, and belonging, from an accomplished journalist who left New York City for life on a working farm”

Jeff Chu Website

Jeff Chu Substack

Farminary @ Princeton Theological Seminary

 

 

Rev. Pete Nunnally joins Triple S to talk about his new book that launches on May 8th: Catching Hope: The Hidden Spiritual Wisdom of Fishing. We also spend some time learning about Water and Wilderness Church, a spiritual community that is a part of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington. 

Co-host, Brian Sellers-Petersen and occasional guest co-host, Derrick Weston, welcome Gideon Pollach, from St John’s Episcopal Church in Cold Stream Harbor, NY. Our conversation centers around a pond, church, and BlueGreen Theology. 

BlueGreen Theology is not a theology illustrated by nature. It is a theology that could only have been learned from a specific place. Over nearly a decade of standing beside St. John's Pond — through sermons and restoration projects, through broken weirs and bishop searches, through illness and children and the full weight of a life — a coherent framework has emerged.

Gideon’s Podcast

St. John’s Pond Watershed Alliance

 

Brother Lawrence - The Practice of the Presence of God

Creation Justice Ministries

Faithful Agrarian 

Co-hosts, Jerusalem Greer and Brian  Sellers-Petersen welcome Payton Walker Høegh to the Triple S Podcast. Payton is with the Center for Spirituality in Nature and serves as a priest in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. With his wife, Jazmin Høegh, they are a part of the All Wanderers community in Los Angeles. 

Payton heads up Spirituality in Nature Groups. SINGs are communities that gather outdoors to deepen their connection with the natural world and explore spiritual, contemplative practices, affiliated with the Center for Spirituality in Nature. These groups use mindfulness, nature walks, and reflection to foster loving relationships with the Earth, build eco-community, and heal the human-nature bond.

California Coast Live Oak

Accompanying Blog

Co-hosts, Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows and Brian Sellers-Petersen welcome the Co-Executive Directors of The Farmers Land Trust, Ian McSweeney & Kristina Rossi Villa, to the Triple S Podcast.

Farmland Commons

The FLT Blog

The FLT Videos

Villa Acres

Christie Purifoy, Author & Writer-in-Residence at the Church of the Good Samaritan in Paoli, Pennsylvania. She joins Triple S with wisdom, skill, and creativity to share her love for this earth our island home and the place she calls home, a red brick farmhouse called Maplehurst. 

Go to Christie’s website to check out her books including, My Flower Garden Life, Seed Time & Harvest, A Home in Bloom, Garden Maker, and Placemaker.

https://www.christiepurifoy.com 

You can also find SpadeSpoonSoul aka Triple S on Apple, Spotify, and Podbean. Also keep up-to-date on Facebook and Instagram. For more information or episode ideas/suggestion contact us at SpadeSpoonSoulPodcast@gmail.com