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Sandhya Oaks shares her story of identity, loss, and redemption, involving transracial adoption.

Resources mentioned:

lensesinstitute.com

theallendercenter.org

theseattleschool.edu/about/innovation-collaboration/resilient-leaders-project

The Adoption Triad, a private group on Facebook

Let Your Life Speak by Parker Palmer is on Amazon.com

Tom Goodwin of Cru City tells us about The Roadshow, which is the product of much research and promotes gospel engagement in a changing culture.

Find more info on the roadshow:

https://www.cru.org/communities/city/roadshow/conversations-that-change-lives/

"the real work of prayer is to become silent and listen to the voice that says good things"--Henri Nouwen. Kelly Sautner and Kelly Kimberlin join me on this surviving-a-quarantine episode to discuss Listening Prayer. Email [email protected] and set up a time to pray with her!

Julie Chang and I discussed Cru.org's new racism resource (link below) and our own experiences with racism on this episode. We also talked about sabbatical, trees, and how God never lets us go.

https://www.cru.org/us/en/train-and-grow/life-and-relationships/hardships/racism-thoughts-feelings.html

Pandemic realities include social distancing and no global travel, but we can virtually go around the world with Rasool Berry's new video series "In Pursuit of Jesus." Rasool works with Cru City and is also a pastor in Brooklyn.

The Gospel is still good news, even during a pandemic. How can we grow in our gospel listening and communication skills? Matt Mikalatos shares wisdom from his evangelism book "Good News for a Change" on this episode of Listener.

Find Matt's book wherever books are sold.

Cru staff: Matt will host a series of live conversations on Workplace starting March 23, walking through some of the ideas in the book.

Non-Cru staff: if you'd like to take a group through the book virtually, contact [email protected] and he will make every effort to call into one of your meetings.

In her book "Out of Zion," Cru staff Lisa Brockman describes how she left religion to follow Jesus instead.

You can connect with Lisa and find out more about her book at lisabrockman.me

What do you get when you combine Cru with Warner Brothers, a University's Black Student Center, and Kim Kardashian? Milwaukee campus team leader Jake Mlsna talks about partnership and platforming the film "Just Mercy" as a way to entering into conversations about the intersection of faith, race and justice.

What if Jesus followers focused more on having the first word than the last word? Ron Sanders and I discuss this idea and more on today's episode. His book "After the Election: Prophetic Politics in a Post-Secular Age" is available on Amazon.

Happy New Year Listeners! Today's episode features Jimmy McGee, President and CEO of Impact, a movement that equips Black students to become disciples of Jesus Christ who integrate their faith into every aspect of life.