Faithfully Podcast

Podcast hosts Ekemini Uwan and Christina Edmondson discuss their book, "Truth's Table: Black Women's Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation" with Faithfully Magazine Associate Editor Timothy Isaiah Cho. The "Truth’s Table" book is described as “a collection of essays and stories documenting the lived theology and spirituality we need to hear in order to lean into a more freeing, loving, and liberating faith…” Learn more at faithfullymagazine.com. (Originally recorded March 2022)

Dr. Christena Cleveland, author and public theologian, talks with Managing Editor Nicola A. Menzie about her latest book, “God Is a Black Woman.” In “God Is a Black Woman,” Cleveland shares her painful yet liberating journey of confronting what she calls “whitemalegod” and recounts how she learned to embrace the Sacred Black Feminine. She introduces readers to a Black Female God who is the complete opposite of the oppressive and controlling god fashioned and favored by white patriarchal Christianity. Learn more at faithfullymagazine.com.

Alicia Akins talks about her latest book, "Invitations to Abundance: How the Feasts of the Bible Nourish Us Today," with Faithfully Magazine's Associate Editor Timothy Isaiah Cho. Learn more at faithfullymagazine.com.

Rapper and author Trip Lee, born William Lee Barefield III, joined Faithfully Magazine for a live chat about his career, new projects, and more. Lee also shared how he thinks Christians should handle doubt, the Young, Restless, and Reformed Movement, and where he finds inspiration. Learn more at faithfullymagazine.com.(Originally published December 8, 2021)

Author and pastor Mitchel Lee talks with Faithfully Magazine Associate Editor Timothy Isaiah Cho about the “even if” life of a Christian that holds the goodness of God in one hand and the troubles of life in the other. These are themes he explores in his book, "Even If: Trusting God When Life Disappoints, Overwhelms, or Just Doesn't Make Sense." Visit faithfullymagazine.com for more.

Pastor and author Dr. Greg Johnson discusses his book “Still Time to Care: What We Can Learn from the Church’s Failed Attempt to Cure Homosexuality” with Faithfully Magazine’s Associate Editor Timothy Isaiah Cho. Learn more at https://faithfullymagazine.com.

New Testament scholar and Womanist theologian Dr. Angela N. Parker discusses her book, “If God Still Breathes, Why Can’t I?: Black Lives Matter and Biblical Authority,” with Faithfully Magazine Managing Editor Nicola A. Menzie. In the book, Parker argues that white supremacy undergirds the Christian doctrines of inerrancy and infallibility, and offers an approach that embraces women and people of color. Learn more at https://faithfullymagazine.com (https://amzn.to/3eKTNVl).

Danté Stewart discusses themes in his new book, "Shoutin in the Fire: An American Epistle" (amzn.to/31DwXvW) with Faithfully Magazine Managing Editor Nicola A. Menzie. In "Shoutin' in the Fire," Stewart grapples with the intersecting identities of being Black, Christian, and American. Find more at faithfullymagazine.com.

In this episode of Faithfully Podcast, you’ll hear Managing Editor Nicola A. Menzie's conversation with Dr. Louis A. DeCaro Jr. about his most recent book, "The Untold Story of Shields Green: The Life and Death of a Harper's Ferry Raider." DeCaro is associate professor of Church History at Alliance Theological Seminary in New York City. He is the author of several books, including biographical works on Chrisian abolitionist John Brown and Muslim activist Malcolm X. | The book: https://amzn.to/3kwB8Qo; Learn more: faithfullymagazine.com.

Bridget Eileen Rivera, blogger of the popular website, Meditations of a Traveling Nun. Rivera discusses themes in her new book, "Heavy Burdens: Seven Ways LGBTQ Christians Experience Harm in the Church." "In Heavy Burdens," Rivera examines how Christian communities alienate and condemn LGBTQ people, highlights the pain of LGBTQ Christians, and outlines a path for churches to develop a better approach. Learn more: https://faithfullymagazine.com/bridget-eileen-rivera-interview-heavy-burdens/