The Story of God in the Garden | Ciarra Jones (The Garden Theologian)
About this episode
Ciarra Jones discusses how gardening and ecology can reshape our understanding of God and spirituality.
Ciarra Jones , known online as The Gardening Theologian, blends theology, ecology, and storytelling to help people untangle inherited beliefs and cultivate a more liberated, life-giving spirituality. Drawing from her experiences in Pentecostal Christianity, academia, queerness, and gardening, Ciarra explores how systems of power shape the way we understand God, identity, belonging, and collective care. Through the wisdom of plants and natural systems, she invites people to imagine faith beyond rigidity, certainty, and perfectionism. In this episode, Ciarra shares how gardening became a pathway toward a gentler understanding of God, why ecosystems reveal the limits of individualism, and how uncertainty can become a form of liberation rather than fear. She unpacks the tension between conviction and mystery, the loneliness of leaving harmful systems, and the possibility of rebuilding community, identity, and faith from the ground up. WATCH EPISODES ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/heatherparady TOPICS FROM THIS EPISODE: Why ecosystems challenge individualism and “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” culture What plants teach us about suffering, flourishing, death, and…
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Host: Heather Parady
Guest: Ciarra Jones
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Books & works: Lessons from Plants
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