Holding it(,) Together

The second season of Holding it (,) Together gathers stories of our bodies and explores how we carry pain, lament, joy, pleasure, lament, trauma and grief. Together with us, hear honest vulnerability, stories and wisdom as we listen to what the Spirit is revealing. Special guest: Carol Herr-Steffy Music: Redfa Jan Titihalawa  

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Special Guest: Rachel Epp Miller and Sarah Bixler

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Special Guest: Yvette Blair

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In three Women Doing Theology shorts, we're introducing our main-stage presenters at the upcoming #WDT18 conference in November. Our theme is Talkin' Bout a Revolution: Dialogue Practice and the work of Liberation. At the conference, we'll get to know our presenters' thoughts and ideas, but we wanted to offer an opportunity to get to know them on a human level. In this episode, we meet Malinda.

Theme music by Addie Liechty

Other music by Maria Pien

Special Guest: Malinda Elizabeth Berry

If you live with mental illness, it can be too easy to believe you are all alone. We believe we must pretend that "everything's fine," because sharing our reality with others is just too terrifying. Jill Stemple helps us to break the silence around mental illness as she reads, "Learning to be known and loved: The movement from hiding mental illness to sharing it with the church," an article she wrote for The Mennonite magazine in July of 2016.

Theme music by Addie Liechty

Other music by: bensound.com

Special Guest: Jill Stemple

As we seek to make meaning of the darkness in our life"s story, how do we take back power from the events that we've allowed to define us and embrace wholeness? In this episode, we break silences with Claire DeBerg, as she reads her essay, "Choosing Love: Adultery, Adoption, Abundance."

Theme music by Addie Liechty

Other music by: bensound.com

Special Guest: Claire DeBerg

In three Women Doing Theology shorts, we're introducing our main-stage presenters at the upcoming #WDT18 conference in November. Our theme is Talkin' Bout a Revolution: Dialogue Practice and the work of Liberation. At the conference, we'll get to know our presenters' thoughts and ideas, but we wanted to offer an opportunity to get to know them on a human level. First, we'll meet Carolina.

Theme music by Addie Liechty

Other music by: Maria Pien

Special Guest: Carolina Hinjosa-Cisneros

 

Why is it so difficult to talk about our failure? In the second episode of our "Breaking Silences" series, Jenny talks with three women: Elizabeth Soto Albrecht, Linda Gehman Peachey, and Marathana Prothro, to explore failure - how it shapes who we are and who we become, and all it has to teach us when we face it.

Theme music by Addie Liechty

Other music by: bensound.com

Special Guests: Elizabeth Soto Albrecht, Linda Gehman Peachey, and Marathana Prothro

This summer we're focusing on "Breaking Silences" and talking about things we've typically avoided. We're choosing to release shame, fear, and discomfort as we courageously face conversations that have been put off for too long. In this episode, Erica Littlewolf reads her essay "On Singleness and the Church" published on the Menno Snapshots blog in August 2016. In the conversation that follows, Jenny and Erica explore the pressure single women face in the church, touching on sexism, purity culture and belonging.

Theme music Addie Liechty.

Other music by: bensound.com

Special Guest: Erica Littlewolf

We conclude our series "Women in Leadership" with a talkback episode. We've invited five women from across the country to consider one event, experience, or interaction that significantly shaped their leadership. Their stories are as unique as the women themselves and get to the heart of challenges and triumphs we've attempted to capture throughout this series. At the same time, their stories are universal, touching themes that continue to bubble up when we talk about women in leadership.

Special Guests: Emily Kauffman, Janet Stauffer, Nancy Kauffmann, Shirley Hershey Showalter, and Sue Park-Hur.