What if humanity didn’t begin with a fall, but with a blessing? What if your original identity wasn’t sinful, but good? In today’s Holy Heretics podcast episode, I’m joined by the renown Dr. Matthew Fox, one of the most provocative and influential theologians of the last half‑century. A former Dominican priest and the author of Original Blessing, Fox is best known as the founder of Creation Spirituality, a spiritual and theological framework that challenges Western Christianity’s deep fixation on sin, guilt, and separation.

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde joins Holy Heretics this week with the kind of steady, unflinching presence that has marked her ministry for decades. Our conversation moves through her spiritual journey, her Episcopal imagination, and the moral clarity that shaped her message to President Trump at his inaugural prayer breakfast. In a time of authoritarianism and dehumanization, Bishop Budde offers a courageous and compassionate way forward.

There are places in the world where history doesn’t sit behind glass—it works directly with the present to shape the future. Set across 3,000 acres in the rolling countryside of Yorkshire, England, Broughton Estate and Sanctuary has been home to the Tempest family for more than 900 years. But Broughton is not a relic. Under the custodianship of Roger Tempest, the estate has become a living organism—one that is remembering its wildness and rediscovering its soul. Here, outer rewilding and inner rewilding meet as the land heals people and people learn how to heal the land.

Today, I sit down with 88-year-old mystic John Butler, aka “Mr. Nothing.” A British author, retired farmer, and lifelong seeker whose gentle presence has become a sanctuary for millions. Formed by silence, shaped by prayer, and seasoned by decades of wandering across continents and inner landscapes, Mr. Butler speaks from a depth rare in our dopamine-driven age. Join us for a meditative conversation about silence and stillness as our ever present doorways to God.