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Our collaboration with Darci Jaret (Park Avenue Baptist, Art in the Image) has led to Weelaunee (Soft Forest Bed), a protest song about Atlanta’s proposed Cop City development and the forest defenders who oppose it.

• Listen to part two plus of our collaboration.

• Listen to part two of our collaboration.

• Listen to part one of our collaboration.

Listen to the song:

• Original version.

• Pop punk version.

We revisit our 2018 conversation with Drew Wilmesherr (UKirk Atlanta) to celebrate his recent ordination to ministry! We talk about the parallels between music and preaching, wade into the weeds of songwriting, and making Christian music with “rock solid theology”. Plus he plays one of his songs for us!

We revisit our 2017 conversation with Katie-Archibald Woodward to celebrate her soon-to-come ordination to ministry. We talk about the sacred in photography, the importance of travel, and how it all connects to trusting God.

Park Avenue Baptist Church’s Easter message featured co-pastors Darci Jaret and Henra Chennault, the Rev. Dr. LaToya Major-McIntosh, and aijcast host Marthame Sanders.

We are releasing a bonus episode of our collaboration with Darci Jaret (Park Avenue Baptist Church, Art in the Image) simultaneous with our conversation. Due to scheduling challenges, this bonus episode features our conversation with Darci and their delightful son Luis!

• Listen to part two of our collaboration.

• Listen to part one of our collaboration.

We continue our collaborative process with visual artist and pastor Darci Jaret (Park Avenue Baptist Church, Art in the Image) speaking about Atlanta’s Stop Cop City movement, why art matters, and the wisdom of Howard Thurman.

• Listen to part one of our collaboration.

Host Marthame Sanders shares a reflection for Holy Week, his journey with hope, and how aijcast becomes community.

As artist/printmaker Jamaal Barber appears on MTV’s The Exhibit: Finding the Next Great Artist, we are revisiting part of our 2018 conversation on his route to self-taught artist, unlearning color theory, and Afrofuturism.

We begin our collaborative process with visual artist and pastor Darci Jaret (Park Avenue Baptist Church, Art in the Image) speaking about the practice of Trauma-Informed resiliency, how the call for justice can feel overwhelming, and the wisdom of Mr. Rogers.

Listen to our past aijcast conversation with Darci.

The podcast tables turned as Marthame Sanders was the guest on MaryAnn McKibben Dana’s podcast The Blue Room. MaryAnn is a pastor, author, and improviser. Her latest book is Hope: A User’s Manual.

Listen to our past aijcast conversation with MaryAnn.