Welcome to the Nat Theo podcast, where we explore nature, the Bible, and what both of them show us about our Creator God, who made this wild and wonderful world.

I'm Aaron Linum, Master Naturalist, Bible teacher, and author. And I am so excited to explore

God's word and his created world with you. Hi, listeners, and happy summer. It is officially

summertime, and I am so excited about all the wonderful things that we are going to explore together here on Nat Theo this season.

Did you know that the Bible has a lot to say about summer?

In fact, I'm so excited about this.

I created some free printable summer verse cards for you and you can download and print those from my website

at Aaron Linum.com slash summer. I'll put that link in the show notes. And if you're looking for

fun ways to get outside and discover God and nature this summer, encourage your parent or caregiver

to pick up a copy of my new book, Rooted in

Wonder, nurturing your family's faith through God's creation. In fact, that book was featured

this past week on Focus on the Family, and you can watch my conversation with them at the link

in today's show notes. And in that book, I end each chapter with a section called

Step Outside, and these sections are full of fun activities that you can do to get outside this

summer and see God through all the wonderful things that he has made. When we talk about summer,

there's a big thing that comes to mind.

Sunshine.

Today is all about the sun.

So here's our trail map for today, what we're going to explore.

We're going to look at why the sun is so important and how the sun gives energy to plants. We're going to see why sunflowers follow the sun,

and how in a similar way we can follow God's light all day long.

But before we get started, I want to share with you one of the most awesome things that I have ever seen in my life.

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