Myers Park Baptist Church: Theology Upstream Podcasts

Awakening Shalom PodcastsShalom is the Hebrew word for the peace, harmony, wholeness, well-being, community, equity, justice, goodness, and beauty that exists when we are living in right relationship with God, ourselves, other human beings, and all created things. The Awakening Shalom podcast is an opportunity for digital faith formation at Myers Park Baptist Church that accompanies the Awakening Series, a year long journey of exploration and discernment which invites all people to learn about current social justice issues and how they impact our faith. Each podcast series is a deep reading of a book that accompanies the theme for the year. In this current series, Rev. Boswell will be joined by Bethany Johnson, Instructor in History and Associate Member of Graduate Faculty of Communication Studies at UNC Charlotte to discuss the book The Body is Not An Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor. You can subscribe to the Awakening Shalom podcast on iTunes and listen while driving in your car or working out!   In the second episode of the podcast series on The Body is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor, Women and Gender Studies Professor Bethany Johnson joins Ben Boswell to discuss chapters 2 and 3. Here, Ben and Bethany reveal their earliest memories of body shame, tackle toxic masculinity, body difference, the Body Shame Profit Complex, Body Terrorism, the politics of the body, and Taylor’s Four Pillars of Praxis.

Awakening Shalom PodcastsShalom is the Hebrew word for the peace, harmony, wholeness, well-being, community, equity, justice, goodness, and beauty that exists when we are living in right relationship with God, ourselves, other human beings, and all created things. The Awakening Shalom podcast is an opportunity for digital faith formation at Myers Park Baptist Church that accompanies the Awakening Series, a year long journey of exploration and discernment which invites all people to learn about current social justice issues and how they impact our faith. Each podcast series is a deep reading of a book that accompanies the theme for the year. In this current series, Rev. Boswell will be joined by Bethany Johnson, professor of Gender and Women’s studies at UNC Charlotte to discuss the book The Body is Not An Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor. You can subscribe to the Awakening Shalom podcast on iTunes and listen while driving in your car or working out!   In the first episode of the podcast series on The Body is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor, Women and Gender Studies Professor Bethany Johnson joins Ben to discuss the prologue and chapter one. Bethany and Ben dive into a variety of subjects like the book’s controversial cover art, the image of God on our bodies, the difference between self-acceptance and radical self love, George Orwell’s Animal Farm, and Taylor’s “Three Peaces.”

Theology Upstream Podcasts are a series of conversations hosted by two young(-ish) clergy, Rev. Ben and Rev. Chrissy, who are convinced that good theology still has something to say to people living their lives in the real world. With that conviction, Chrissy and Ben seek to read theological books and put their learnings into conversation with lived-experience. Continuing our 2018-19 study, Awakening the Body, Chrissy and Ben are publishing a series of Advent conversations on Michael Frost’s book, Incarnate. Chrissy and Ben are back again for one final episode of Theology Upstream Podcasts (for a while).  In this raw and uncut episode they crack jokes and transition somewhat abruptly from one topic to the next, all the while working to weave together themes of rootedness and community.  True to form, Frost uses the most unpredictable stories to prove his points (um, hello Rev. Jim Jones), but always finds a way to bring us back to incarnational practices. Also, Merry Christmas, Happy Incarnation!

Theology Upstream Podcasts are a series of conversations hosted by two young(-ish) clergy, Rev. Ben and Rev. Chrissy, who are convinced that good theology still has something to say to people living their lives in the real world. With that conviction, Chrissy and Ben seek to read theological books and put their learnings into conversation with lived-experience. Continuing our 2018-19 study, Awakening the Body, Chrissy and Ben are publishing a series of Advent conversations on Michael Frost’s book, Incarnate. Chrissy and Ben are back again for one final episode of Theology Upstream Podcasts (for a while).  In this raw and uncut episode they crack jokes and transition somewhat abruptly from one topic to the next, all the while working to weave together themes of rootedness and community.  True to form, Frost uses the most unpredictable stories to prove his points (um, hello Rev. Jim Jones), but always finds a way to bring us back to incarnational practices. Also, Merry Christmas, Happy Incarnation!

Theology Upstream Podcasts are a series of conversations hosted by two young(-ish) clergy, Rev. Ben and Rev. Chrissy, who are convinced that good theology still has something to say to people living their lives in the real world. With that conviction, Chrissy and Ben seek to read theological books and put their learnings into conversation with lived-experience. Continuing our 2018-19 study, Awakening the Body, Chrissy and Ben are publishing a series of Advent conversations on Michael Frost’s book, Incarnate. In these two special raw and uncut episodes (4 and 5), Chrissy and Ben are moving at warp speed, through four chapters in this action-packed episode.  You may have never realized how much James K.A. Smith, C.S. Lewis, theological anthropology, and click activism have in common. After listening to this episode, all of that will change.  Most importantly, Chrissy and Ben (pulling from Frost’s book of course) will leave you with an idea for a daily spiritual practice for Advent and beyond. Try it, if you dare!

Theology Upstream Podcasts are a series of conversations hosted by two young(-ish) clergy, Rev. Ben and Rev. Chrissy, who are convinced that good theology still has something to say to people living their lives in the real world. With that conviction, Chrissy and Ben seek to read theological books and put their learnings into conversation with lived-experience. Continuing our 2018-19 study, Awakening the Body, Chrissy and Ben are publishing a series of Advent conversations on Michael Frost’s book, Incarnate. In these two special raw and uncut episodes (4 and 5), Chrissy and Ben are moving at warp speed, through four chapters in this action-packed episode.  You may have never realized how much James K.A. Smith, C.S. Lewis, theological anthropology, and click activism have in common. After listening to this episode, all of that will change.  Most importantly, Chrissy and Ben (pulling from Frost’s book of course) will leave you with an idea for a daily spiritual practice for Advent and beyond. Try it, if you dare!

Theology Upstream Podcasts are a series of conversations hosted by two young(-ish) clergy, Rev. Ben and Rev. Chrissy, who are convinced that good theology still has something to say to people living their lives in the real world. With that conviction, Chrissy and Ben seek to read theological books and put their learnings into conversation with lived-experience. Continuing our 2018-19 study, Awakening the Body, Chrissy and Ben are publishing a series of Advent conversations on Michael Frost’s book, Incarnate. This week Chrissy and Ben hit the fast-forward button to cover three chapters in one (45-minute-ish) episode. Chapters 4, 5, and 6 in Frost’s book are full of sociological and theological gems that lead us down paths of conversation from labor movement to military training, to elbow learning. Doesn’t that sound fun?!

Theology Upstream Podcasts are a series of conversations hosted by two young(-ish) clergy, Rev. Ben and Rev. Chrissy, who are convinced that good theology still has something to say to people living their lives in the real world. With that conviction, Chrissy and Ben seek to read theological books and put their learnings into conversation with lived-experience. Continuing our 2018-19 study, Awakening the Body, Chrissy and Ben are publishing a series of Advent conversations on Michael Frost’s book, Incarnate. This week Chrissy and Ben hit the fast-forward button to cover three chapters in one (45-minute-ish) episode. Chapters 4, 5, and 6 in Frost’s book are full of sociological and theological gems that lead us down paths of conversation from labor movement to military training, to elbow learning. Doesn’t that sound fun?!

Theology Upstream Podcasts are a series of conversations hosted by two young(-ish) clergy, Rev. Ben and Rev. Chrissy, who are convinced that good theology still has something to say to people living their lives in the real world. With that conviction, Chrissy and Ben seek to read theological books and put their learnings into conversation with lived-experience. Continuing our 2018-19 study, Awakening the Body, Chrissy and Ben are publishing a series of Advent conversations on Michael Frost’s book, Incarnate. Are you looking for an Advent podcast episode that covers everything from Descartes to the Zombie Apocalypse?  If so, this episode is for you! Listen in as Chrissy and Ben talk through chapters 2 and 3 dealing with false dualisms and (authentic and seasonally appropriate) incarnation.

Theology Upstream Podcasts are a series of conversations hosted by two young(-ish) clergy, Rev. Ben and Rev. Chrissy, who are convinced that good theology still has something to say to people living their lives in the real world. With that conviction, Chrissy and Ben seek to read theological books and put their learnings into conversation with lived-experience. Continuing our 2018-19 study, Awakening the Body, Chrissy and Ben are publishing a series of Advent conversations on Michael Frost’s book, Incarnate. Are you looking for an Advent podcast episode that covers everything from Descartes to the Zombie Apocalypse?  If so, this episode is for you! Listen in as Chrissy and Ben talk through chapters 2 and 3 dealing with false dualisms and (authentic and seasonally appropriate) incarnation.