Mason chats with Abby Norman about her new book, You Can Talk To God Like That: The Surprising Power of Lament to Save Your Faith. We chat about the importance of lament and how it can change the world.

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Abby Norman is a writer, blogger, speaker, and licensed local pastor in the United Methodist Church.

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Mason chats with Hannah Bowman about why prison abolition is so important. We also talk about why Christianity demands prison abolition, how universalism relates to prison abolition, and much more.

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Hannah Bowman is a literary agent, theologian, and the founder and director of Christians for Abolition.

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Twitter: @hannahnpbowman

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Mason chats with Diana Butler Bass about her brand new book, Freeing Jesus: Rediscovering Jesus as Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way, and Presence. They chat about the Jesus of experience, how process theology influences her understanding of Jesus, and much more.

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Diana Butler Bass. Diana is an award-winning author, popular speaker, inspiring preacher, and one of America’s most trusted commentators on religion and contemporary spirituality.

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Mason chats with Kevin Garcia about their book Bad Theology Kills: Undoing Toxic Beliefs & Reclaiming Your Spiritual Authority. They chat all about Kevin's story, how bad theology kills, and how good theology liberates.

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Kevin Garcia is an author, spiritual director, life coach, and creative.

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Mason chats with Casper ter Kuile about his new book, The Power of Ritual: Turning Everyday Activities into Soulful Practices. They chat all about the spirituality in the everyday things you do, as well as the future of spirituality.

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Casper Ter Kuile. Casper is the author of The Power of Ritual and the co-host of the award-winning podcast Harry Potter and the Sacred Text.

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Mason chats with Dante Stewart about black liberation theology and how his story and work is creating a black liberation theology for today's world. They talk about the spirituality of black rage, James Baldwin, and even about the power of social media.

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Dante Stewart is a writer and speaker whose voice have been featured on CNN, The Washington Post, Sojourners, and more. As an up and coming voice, he writes and speaks into the areas of race, religion, and politics.

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Mason chats with Rachael Ward about queering Christianity! They talk all about their journey as a queer Christian, what queer theology is, how one can read the Bible through a queer lens.

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Rachael Ward (they/them) is a public theologian and LGBTQ+ activist, currently pursuing their Master of Divinity and Master of Arts in Practical Theology at Columbia Theological Seminary.

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Mason chats with Monica Coleman, a renowned process theologian and womanist. They chat about how she got into process theology, how process theology is a liberating theology, and what she's currently up to.

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Monica Coleman is a renowned process and womanist theologian. She is also an author and Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Delaware.

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Mason chats with one of his favorite people in the world, Brian McLaren. They chat all about Brian's new book, Faith After Doubt: Why Your Beliefs Stopped Working and What to Do About It, and all of the ways doubt is necessary to faith.

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Brian McLaren is an author, speaker, activist, and public theologian.

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Mason chats with Jo Luehmann about her work in deconstructing and decolonizing Christian faith. They chat about her recent Twitter incident, how she differentiates between deconstruction and decolonization, and why she does her theology online.

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Jo Luehmann is a Colombian-born pastor who teaches on deconstructing and decolonizing Christian faith.

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