Soil and Soul

Welcome back to Soil & Soul and our finale episode of this fall season. Thank you so much for listening to us and the support we've had. We hope and pray that you have gotten even just a little something from this ministry. Co-hosts Aaron, Kayla, and Fr. Feller all share some time reflecting on this 2nd season of the podcast and looking ahead for what's to come for Soil & Soul, and the other good work of Catholic Passage.Please find us on catholicpassage.com, Facebook, YouTube, and on our other two podcasts, The "Catholic Passage Podcast" and "Capturing Concepts for You". If you feel so moved to collaborate with us in some way, or to help further our mission, please reach out to us at any time. God Bless!

Welcome back to Soil and Soul! We're ending our 7th and final week of this seasonal podcast this fall. Be sure to check out tomorrow's final send off episode with co-hosts, Kayla, Fr. Feller, and Aaron. We hope this podcast has blessed you in even some small way. It's our prayer that small changes and the way each of us live our lives as Witnesses in Plain Sight, will have a ripple effect around us.

Welcome back to another episode of Soil & Soul, on our 7th and final week of releasing this fall season. We really hope you'll take a full-length listen to this Wednesday Witness interview, as the conversation with guest Logan Lyon was a fantastic one. He shares from his background, faith journey, struggles, and own insight, that you'll likely find both relatability and inspiration in. If you think someone else might enjoy this podcast, be sure to share it!

Welcome back to Soil & Soul and our 7th and final weekly edition of Tuesday's Toolbox. Today's tool is the commonly held rain gauge. Host Aaron discusses several metaphorical ties to our own gauges, comparing how people might perceive us to how our gauge might truly look like inside.

Welcome back to Soil & Soul! We begin what will be our 7th (and final) week of releasing during this fall season. Make sure to go back and listen to any episodes you may have missed! Today's interview is with Roger and Jeanna Clayburg, who talk with Fr. Feller about their backgrounds and current lifestyle in agriculture, as well as their faith.

Take a listen to our ending episode of Soil and Soul for the week! Co-hosts Aaron and Kayla discuss routines in parenting, family households, sharing of the faith, and even harvest season.

Welcome back to another guest interview episode on Soil & Soul. Today's guest is Kyle Smith, who shares about his faith journey and and other life changes, such as his professional move from funeral director to now a soil sampler. Many listeners will find relatability in Kyle and host Aaron's conversation.

Last week's Wednesday Witness interview with Shelly Greving continues with this second episode, highlighting her conversion story and more from her faith journey.

Thanks for joining us on this 6th week of Soil & Soul, our seasonal podcast this fall. Today's episode ties an extremely common tool as a metaphor to our faith lives. Everyone has at least one mirror around their home, and multiple mirrors in each car or piece of equipment they might drive. Just like a mirror can allow you to look at yourself in a reflection, in a view you can't otherwise, so too can the mirrors in our spiritual lives. Take a listen to this relatable off the cuff musing by host Aaron from the cab.

Welcome to another week of Soil & Soul! We start out with a new weekly Bible Breakout contributor, Fr. Randy Schon, followed by a great interview between Fr. Brian Feller and Brian & Britney Rosburg. We hope you enjoy their conversation!

Have you ever felt like you've been thrust into the backseat, with something else taking 1st priority? It can certainly seem that way with farming during the busy, time-consuming harvest season. Today's episode is a fantastic discussion between co-hosts Aaron and Kayla, with plenty of self-reflection, as they dive into the relatable topics of the "farm priority", missing weekend events and even life events, all in the pursuit of another field completed... Or is there more to the story? This is an episode you'll want to listen all the way through to the end.

Welcome back to another episode of Faithful Farming on our seasonal Soil & Soul podcast. Tonight, host Aaron reflects on parenting and the dynamic between fatherhood and sonship. All mothers out there are also daughters too! God the Father calls us in from the field, to His table, in welcoming love.

Thank you for continuing to listen to our Soil and Soul seasonal podcast and we hope that it is blessing you in some small way. Today's Wednesday episode shifts from the past World Concerns theme, and begins what will likely be a 2 part interview with Shelly Greving, of Manning, IA. She is a successful woman in agriculture, as founder/owner of Emerge Marketing Solutions. You won't want to miss this first interesting discussion with host Kayla, where they delve into faith, agricultural business, and more. The plan will be for their follow-up to include more on Shelly's notable conversion story.

Welcome to our week 5 Tuesday's Toolbox on this fall harvest seasonal podcast, Soil & Soul! We begin today's episode with a great reflection by Fr. Craig Collison, followed by a short musing by host Aaron on the menial tasking and lesser status we might associate with jobs involving a broom or similar cleaning tools. Today's toolbox episode offers a chance to reflect on all that we have around us to make life enjoyable and easier, as well as the people that may have a role in that as well, from the most prestigious jobs, to the "most lowly". Everyone is a gift and has great value.

Welcome to Week 5 of Soil & Soul! We hope you are all doing well this mid October and fall season, whether in the midst of harvest or outside of ag. It's our hope that episodes like today's excellent interview with Jon Flattery of Fort Dodge, IA, help show others that we truly have Witnesses in Plain Sight. In everyday people all around you, there is beauty and gift, including in yourself.

Welcome to the end of our 4th week of Soil & Soul during this fall harvest. We hope you've been enjoying this seasonal podcast and it's been able to bring about some contemplation and perhaps discussion in your own individual and family settings. Today's episode has host Aaron reflecting on the end of a long and tiring week in the heat of harvest, where patience can certainly be a struggle at times. We hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Welcome back to another weekly episode of Faithful Farming, where we feature a guest's witness and dive into their life's story, where faith and farming have intertwined, and sometimes both the ups and downs. Today we're all blessed to take a listen to the great conversation host Kayla had with Jeanna Clayburg, as they again discuss farm and family life from the perspectives of women in agriculture. There's also a special 2nd guest even!

Thanks for joining us for another episode of Soil & Soul, with our weekly Wednesday World Concerns theme. Today's discussion between co-hosts, Aaron and Kayla, delves into the balance of protecting and fostering our innermost circle first, while also keeping the needs and concerns of others further out of our immediate pool, in mind and heart as well.

Welcome back to Soil & Soul and another episode of Tuesday's Toolbox, where today's tool discussed is the magnetic parts tray found in many mechanic and farm shops, and even households. Even the "catch-all" tray might throw your keys and random items when you get home relates to today's episode where host Aaron reflects on a metaphor to our personal and spiritual lives. Is your own parts tray shiny and clean, or is it grimy and full of iron filings?

Welcome to our 3rd week of this harvest season of the Soil & Soul podcast. Today starts a new week of Bible Breakout with Fr. David Hemann, as well as a great new interview episode with Fr. Brian Feller and guest Bruce Nelson. This is a conversation you won't want to miss! We also hope for all listeners in the field, that you are having a good and safe harvest, with another bountiful week ahead.