Dr. Steve McKinion, from the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, NC, talks about his own turning points--including whether he'd commit himself to what he believed, and about the way real faith in God doesn't just prepare us for heaven, but teaches us how to live with each other here and now.

It was a simple childhood prayer for her father's healing from mental illness that set Leide Lessa on a path of physical and spiritual healing in her faith. She shares how God speaks to each of us in a way we can understand, and how as a member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship, she does her "real job" of expressing love whether it's speaking to a group or with an individual.

Leide Lessa

At a certain point in her life, Jennifer Ristine, a Consecrated Woman of the Catholic order Regnum Christi, found herself drawn to Mary Magdalene, and asking to have a heart like Mary's was; faithful even to the foot of the cross. It was years later she received an unexpected answer to that prayer when she found herself sent to the excavation of ancient Magdala--the city of Mary Magdalene--on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, for several years of service, learning, and eventually writing about what she had learned.

Join us as Jennifer shares her faith journey and beautiful insights from the life of a unique disciple of Jesus--Mary Magdalene.

Jennifer Ristine

Find information on Jennifer Ristine's book "Mary Magdalene, Insights from Ancient Magdala" at:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07K4VYPRS/ref=rdr_kindle_ext_tmb

Book cover Mary Magdalene

It was a simple childhood prayer for her father's healing from mental illness that set Leide Lessa on a path of physical and spiritual healing in her faith. She shares how God speaks to each of us in a way we can understand, and how as a member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship, she does her "real job" of expressing love whether it's speaking to a group or with an individual.

At a certain point in her life, Jennifer Ristine, a Consecrated Woman of the Catholic order Regnum Christi, found herself drawn to Mary Magdalene, and asking to have a heart like Mary's was; faithful even to the foot of the cross. It was years later she received an unexpected answer to that prayer when she found herself sent to the excavation of ancient Magdala--the city of Mary Magdalene--on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, for several years of service, learning, and eventually writing about what she had learned.Join us as Jennifer shares her faith journey and beautiful insights from the life of a unique disciple of Jesus--Mary Magdalene.

Find information on Jennifer Ristine's book "Mary Magdalene, Insights from Ancient Magdala" at:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07K4VYPRS/ref=rdr_kindle_ext_tmb

"When the picket lines went up at all the downtown stores [to boycott stores which wouldn't serve black people], there were white priests and nuns on the picket line and I remember seeing that and thinking that there's another way to be Christian, this is the real deal."

From his origins in Mississippi, writer and teacher Danny Duncan Collum has always wanted to change the world for the better, through activism and his writing, but more than anything, through seeking the presence of God in his life.

Check out Danny's books (including his novel, White Boy) at:

https://www.amazon.com/Danny-Duncan-Collum/e/B001K8ISDC

And see some of his online writing at:

https://www.uscatholic.org/authors/danny-duncan-collum

https://sojo.net/biography/danny-duncan-collum 

Danny Duncan Collum

"..If we want true friendship with God, we can't run away from the requirement that God--in kindness, in an effort to become our friend, to become our confidant, so we can have trust in Him--allows us to be pushed by the vicissitudes of mortality to the extremities of experience."

In a life that includes moving twenty-plus times, most of them internationally, author and activist Melissa Dalton-Bradford has learned that home is a concept more than a place, and that we connect to each other--whatever our religion or nationality or languages--in the deepest places; our sorrows and our faith.

(See the fruits of some of Melissa's efforts with refugees at: https://tsosrefugees.org/ )

"..If we want true friendship with God, we can't run away from the requirement that God--in kindness, in an effort to become our friend, to become our confidant, so we can have trust in Him--allows us to be pushed by the vicissitudes of mortality to the extremities of experience."

In a life that includes moving twenty-plus times, most of them internationally, author and activist Melissa Dalton-Bradford has learned that home is a concept more than a place, and that we connect to each other--whatever our religion or nationality or languages--in the deepest places; our sorrows and our faith.

(See the fruits of some of Melissa's efforts with refugees at: https://tsosrefugees.org/ )

Melissa Dalton-Bradford

"When the picket lines went up at all the downtown stores [to boycott stores which wouldn't serve black people], there were white priests and nuns on the picket line and I remember seeing that and thinking that there's another way to be Christian, this is the real deal."

From his origins in Mississippi, writer and teacher Danny Duncan Collum has always wanted to change the world for the better, through activism and his writing, but more than anything, through seeking the presence of God in his life.

 

Check out Danny's books (including his novel, White Boy) at:

https://www.amazon.com/Danny-Duncan-Collum/e/B001K8ISDC

 

And see some of his online writing at:

https://www.uscatholic.org/authors/danny-duncan-collum

https://sojo.net/biography/danny-duncan-collum

"One of the wonderful things about being a Rabbi is you get to be a part of people's stories...the joy and the sorrow."

Rabbi Sam Spector shares his perspective on learning to "see holiness" in other people, whatever their backgrounds, as fellow children of the creator. He speaks personally about visiting the Western Wall in Jerusalem, and what he asks people who state a disbelief in God and in prayer.

And, in the aftermath of the recent Pittsburgh Synagogue shooting, he talks about the reasons for such acts, and what we can each do to prevent them.

(pc/Jacob Frazier)