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Special Guests: Rev. Lucy Waechter Webb and Nicole Bauman, Facilitators of Weaving New Ritual: a year long community of practice for people with White Christian lineage to reclaim ritual fluency

Question of the Week: How can white Christian descendants relate to their spiritual lineage? What does this look like and why does it matter for broader, collective liberation for both white Christians and Christians of color?

Weaving New Ritual

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Special Guest: Patton Dodd, Author of The Father You Get: And the Ones You Make, Believe In, and Become

Question of the Week: Is it really possible to have or to be an “ideal” father? What would that look like? How is our understanding of fatherhood informed by our experiences with our own fathers?

The Father You Get: And the Ones You Make, Believe In, and Become

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Special Guest: Dr. Robert Boak Slocum, Author of Joy to the World!
Devotions for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany

Question of the Week: What does it mean to find comfort and hope in the season of Advent, Christmas and then Epiphany? This time can be joyful but also challenging, for example if people have lost family members or are experiencing difficult life circumstances.

Joy to the World!
Devotions for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany

Short Video Excerpts/Presentations about Joy to the World!:
Advent 1, Joy to the World!: Prepare the Way!
Advent 2, Joy to the World!: Keep Awake!
Advent 3, Joy to the World!: Leaping for Joy
Advent 4, Joy to the World!: Mary’s Yes
Joy to the World!: Christmas
Joy to the World!: Epiphany

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Special Guest: Holly Berkley Fletcher, Author of The Missionary Kids:
Unmasking the Myths of White Evangelicalism

Question of the Week: What do the stories and experiences of missionary kids teach us about the issues with white evangelicalism and the missionary model of spreading the Gospel? Additionally, what unique challenges do children raised in missionary families experience?

The Missionary Kids: Unmasking the Myths of White Evangelicalism

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Special Guest: Zayn Silva and Avery Arden, Writers for Unbound's Trans Advent Devotional. Zayne is Digital Minister at Middle Collegiate Church, Avery is also a board member for More Light Presbyterians

Question of the Week: As we approach Advent, what does it mean for us right now and what does it mean for your own identity as trans?

Trans Advent

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Special Guest: The Rt Reverend Rose Hudson-Wilkin, Bishop of Dover and Bishop in Canterbury, Author of Girl from Montego Bay: The Autobiography of Britain's First Black Woman Bishop Rose Hudson-Wilkin

Question of the Week: How have you seen God in your journey to becoming Britain’s first Black woman bishop? How was your faith challenged and how did your understanding of God grow? Given your experience, what do you see for the future of the Church regarding gender and racial inclusion and empowerment?

Girl from Montego Bay: The Autobiography of Britain's First Black Woman Bishop Rose Hudson-Wilkin

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Special Guest: Julia Matallana Freedman, Author of Sanctuary of Healing: Transforming Churches into Trauma-Informed Spaces, Recently Ordained in the Episcopal Tradition

Question of the Week: Churches can unfortunately be places where people have to “put on a face” and pretend like their lives are good and they do not have issues. How can churches and faith communities transform from that and become sanctuaries where people can heal from trauma? How do we create these spaces in ways that are intentional and welcoming?

Sanctuary of Healing: Transforming Churches into Trauma-Informed Spaces

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Support Group Guidelines

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Special Guest: Christy Berghoef, Author of Rooted: A Spiritual Memoir of Homecoming

Question of the Week: Throughout our lives, our faith is challenged and then grows. What did it mean for you to go back to a place you called home but with a different worldview and faith than the one you were raised in? How do we redefine ourselves when returning to places we call home?

Rooted: A Spiritual Memoir of Homecoming

Christy's Substack: Pictures of the Secret Garden

Christy's Substack: Pictures of the Greenhouse

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Special Guest: GG Renee Hill, Author of Story Work: Field Notes on Self-Discovery and Reclaiming Your Narrative

Question of the Week: We make sense of the world around us and ourselves through stories. But we often treat these stories, especially the stories we tell about ourselves, as fixed and unchanging. This can lead to cycles of self-sabotage and not liking oneself. How can we change our perspective so these stories are more flexible and dynamic?

Story Work: Field Notes on Self-Discovery and Reclaiming Your Narrative

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Special Guests: Alex Thornburg and Ted V. Foote Jr., Authors of Being Presbyterian in a Dysvangelical America: A Guide to Reclaiming the Good News of God's Grace 

Question of the Week: Member of progressive and mainline denominations have shifted away from words like "missionary" and "evangelize" because of the rise of conservative Christianity and Christian nationalism. Is it possible to reclaim or reimagine these terms in ways that are not problematic and true to our own understanding of faith? Can we define ourselves by our own values, rather than simply pointing at the "other side" and claiming not to be like "those Christians"?

Being Presbyterian in a Dysvangelical America: A Guide to Reclaiming the Good News of God's Grace

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