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Rev. Jenny Williams is an innovator in ecclesiology, seeking new expressions of faith communities built around intersections of relationships and social justice. In this two-part episode, Joe talks with Jenny about how justice is the truest expression of the gospel and about how we can recapture and redeem troublesome and confusing language to help communities work for justice in their contexts.

In this episode Joe talks with The Collection lead singer David Wimbish about music and community and how vulnerability plays into both. Listen to David's new solo project, "Surface Tension" on your favorite streaming service starting Sept. 4!

In this episode Joe talks with author, speaker, and Norwich City FC faithful Sean Gladding about how community can form around a shared narrative of the Big Story of God. Learn more about Sean at seangladding.com and check out his podcast, The Naked Man.

In this episode of the podcast, Joe talks with public advocacy specialist Dr. Tomeka Robinson of Hofstra University about why it's important to center the voices of the marginalized in conversations around justice and equality and the role intersectionality plays in our exercise of privilege.

In this episode, Joe chats with pastor and theologian Jonathan Dierdorff on competing biblical narratives, challenges in interpretation, and writing a book during pandemic.

Is growing in wisdom more than simply gaining information? Have we traded experiential knowledge of the divine for spiritual formation programs that just give us more data? In this episode, Joe examines the devolution of much of American Christianity into a kind of folk superstition and talks about how a renewed quest for wisdom might change the game.

How one episode from the Old Testament story of King David might help us see where we are in the world today.

In this episode, Joe sits down with longtime friend and software developer Harry Morgan to talk about how they as white people are confronting their complicity in racist systems and structures and learning to accept accountability and make changes that can make a difference in our communities.

Story is one of the most powerful forces in how we shape ideas and attitudes, and the art of storytelling can be a vehicle for deeper understanding. In this episode, storyteller and artist Drew Willard joins Joe for a conversation about the power of good storytelling and how it can give us a clearer picture of the life and way of Jesus than we often experience in traditional formats. Find more of Drew's work at https://www.gospelpilgrimstoryteller.com/

In this episode, Joe interviews social justice activist and author Shane Claiborne in a wide-ranging conversation covering issues from the Sermon on the Mount to gun violence and the death penalty to the Christian response to injustice in the world.