{"id":18973,"date":"2022-12-08T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/?p=18973"},"modified":"2026-02-09T08:18:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T14:18:35","slug":"dorothy-fortenberry-climate-and-creation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/2022\/12\/08\/dorothy-fortenberry-climate-and-creation\/","title":{"rendered":"Dorothy Fortenberry: Climate and Creation"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fmessyjesusbusiness%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fmessyjesusbusiness%2FMJB_Episode_55_Dorothy_Fortenberry.mp3&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fcustomwordpresssites.com%2Fmjb%2F2022%2F12%2F08%2Fdorothy-fortenberry-climate-and-creation%2F#mode-Light&border-000000&progress-000000\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-1\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry 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Dorothy tells about how she found her career and what it&#8217;s like to be a Catholic in a television writer&#8217;s room. She also speaks about the importance of having children even in the face of climate change, and how being pro-climate means being pro-humanity. Dorothy and Sister Julia also explore how creating is a connection both to the Spirit and the unknown. Other topics include trying to be a disciple of Jesus in a community as big as the Catholic church, handing out copies of <em>Laudato Si<\/em>&#8216; in Hollywood, and how recycling is like prayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE GUEST<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dorothy Fortenberry is a playwright, screenwriter, and essayist. Her plays include: PARTNERS (Actors\u2019 Theatre of Louisville, Humana Festival), THE LOTUS PARADOX (Warehouse Theater), SPECIES NATIVE TO CALIFORNIA (IAMA Theatre), GOOD EGG (Red Fern Theatre), CAITLIN AND THE SWAN (The Management), STATUS UPDATE (Center REPertory), and MOMMUNE (Chalk Rep). As a television writer and producer, she has worked on \u201cExtrapolations\u201d (upcoming for Apple TV+), \u201cThe 100\u201d (the CW), and \u201cThe Handmaid\u2019s Tale\u201d (Hulu) for which she received multiple Emmy nominations, the PGA Award, and two WGA Awards. She also writes essays for publications including Commonweal, The Los Angeles Review of Books, and Real Simple and likes to talk on podcasts, especially Know Your Enemy. She is the 2021 laureate of the George W. Hunt, S.J., Prize for Journalism, Arts &amp; Letters for outstanding work in the category of fiction writer or dramatist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dorothy&#8217;s piece on climate change for America Magazine: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americamagazine.org\/politics-society\/2021\/10\/27\/climate-change-catholic-church-tradition-laudato-si-241710\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.americamagazine.org\/politics-society\/2021\/10\/27\/climate-change-catholic-church-tradition-laudato-si-241710<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her essays for Commonweal: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonwealmagazine.org\/users\/dorothy-fortenberry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.commonwealmagazine.org\/users\/dorothy-fortenberry<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And her essay about going to Church: <a href=\"https:\/\/lareviewofbooks.org\/article\/half-full-grace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/lareviewofbooks.org\/article\/half-full-grace\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dorothy&#8217;s Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dorothy410berry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@dorothy410berry<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MESSY JESUS BUSINESS<\/strong>&nbsp;is hosted by Sister Julia Walsh.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Produced and edited by Colin Wambsgans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Email us at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:messyjesusbusiness@gmail.com\">messyjesusbusiness@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BE SOCIAL:<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MessyJesusBusiness\"><br>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MessyJesusBusiness<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Facebook:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MessyJesusBusiness\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MessyJesusBusiness<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/messyjesusbiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@messyjesusbiz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instagram:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/messyjesusbusiness\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/messyjesusbusiness<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>S<strong>UPPORT US:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/messyjesusbusiness\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/messyjesusbusiness<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LISTEN HERE:<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Episode 55 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. 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