Thais Carter

Zöe Schlanger, author of The Light Eaters, joins us for a rich conversation at the intersection of science, agriculture, and theology. The discussion will explore emerging research on plant communication, perception, and intelligence, asking what it means to recognize plants as dynamic, responsive beings rather than passive backdrop. Rooted in the Farminary’s working farm context, the dialogue will consider how this hidden world reshapes our ethical, ecological, and spiritual imagination.

Rev. Dr. Kenda Creasy Dean joins us for a candid conversation about faithful experimentation in a fragile world. Drawing on Dean’s work in social innovation and ministry and Stucky’s leadership in ecological formation, they will explore how Christian communities discern when to act boldly, how to cultivate courage without recklessness, and how risk can become a site of spiritual growth. The dialogue will invite participants to consider how uncertainty itself may be fertile soil for hope.

Rev. Dr. Kenda Creasy Dean joins us for a candid conversation about faithful experimentation in a fragile world. Drawing on Dean’s work in social innovation and ministry and Stucky’s leadership in ecological formation, they will explore how Christian communities discern when to act boldly, how to cultivate courage without recklessness, and how risk can become a site of spiritual growth. The dialogue will invite participants to consider how uncertainty itself may be fertile soil for hope.

Aimee Nezhukumatathil, author of Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees, joins us for a conversation rooted in land and table. Over dinner, we will explore how attention to food and the natural world nourishes both artistic practice and spiritual formation. Drawing on poetry, personal story, and the Farminary’s working farm, the dialogue will invite participants to savor creativity as an embodied, ecological act.