New Way

Rabbi Elizabeth Bonney-Cohen is co-convener of a new congregation known as Base BSTN. A convert to Judaism, she serves as the Assistant Rabbi and Director of Innovation at Congregation Kehillath Israel in Brookline, MA. Elizabeth was ordained from Hebrew College and completed her Master of Divinity degree as Yale Divinity School’s William Sloane Coffin, Jr., scholar.

In part one, spiritual longings; the questions that are part of Rabbi EBC’s Jewish faith; and the rote rituals that can make way for “mountain top” experiences.

The Rev. Miriam Mauritzen is pastor of Serious JuJu in Kalispell, Montana. Serious JuJu is a New Worshiping Community of young people - mostly skateboarders - many who live life on the edge of support and trauma. 

This episode is part of three special episodes of New Way produced for the Montreat Rethinking Evangelism.

DeAmon Harges has one of the best titles in the church or academy: Roving Listener. He is on the faculty of the Asset Based Community Development Institute, and is one of the most influential people in the city of Indianapolis, where he neighbors, works, and lives.

This episode is part of three special episodes of New Way produced for the Montreat Rethinking Evangelism.

The Rev. Libby Tedder Hugus is pastor and organizer of The Table, a New Worshiping Community in Casper, Wyoming. She is also a wife, mama, coach, and the co-author of the book Marks of the Missional Church.

This episode is part of three special episodes of New Way produced for the Montreat Rethinking Evangelism.

Ashley Nora is a self-taught, incredibly talented painter, muralist, and mother. She recently joined seventeen other Indianapolis-based Black artists to create the Black Lives Matter mural on Indiana Avenue in downtown Indianapolis.

In part two, the public defacing of the Indianapolis Black Lives Matter mural; the artists’ decision-making process around whether or not to cover up the vandalism; and the ways in which - in the artist’s words - “the vandalism is but one small confirmation that the fight for justice and equity is far from over.”

Ashley Nora is a self-taught, incredibly talented painter, muralist, and mother. She recently joined seventeen other Indianapolis-based Black artists to create the Black Lives Matter mural on Indiana Avenue in downtown Indianapolis.

In part one, the gift faith from Ashley’s grandmother Nora; white privilege; going high when others go low; and how the same stuff that happens in the world is right smack in the middle of the church sometimes.

The Rev. Laura Mariko Cheifetz is a writer, thought leader, educator, and ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). She is also the Assistant Dean of Admission, Vocation, and Stewardship at Vanderbilt Divinity School.

In part two, all about worship and justice; imagining more honesty and transparency in the church; worshippers’ complaints when another language dares to emerge in the liturgy; and what it might look like to move from willful ignorance to humility - or even calm curiosity - when confronted with something we don't understand.

The Rev. Laura Mariko Cheifetz is a writer, thought leader, educator, and ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). She is also the Assistant Dean of Admission, Vocation, and Stewardship at Vanderbilt Divinity School.

In part one, the difference between race and racial identity, and why that's important; why people of faith should deal with inconvenience and hard things for the good of our world; and Laura’s visit to the internment camp in Topaz, Utah, with her great-uncle who was placed there with other Japanese-Americans during World War II.

Kosha Tucker is a Staff Attorney with the ACLU of Georgia’s Smart Justice Campaign, an initiative to end mass incarceration and reduce racial disparities in the criminal justice system. Prior to joining the ACLU, Kosha worked for six years as an Attorney at the Dekalb County Public Defender’s Office in Georgia, where she represented children and adults charged with misdemeanor and felony offenses.

In part two, highlighting the ways that Black liberation movements have benefited Americans of every race; the false normativity of white spaces and churches, and the importance of a holistic faith that includes political advocacy.

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Kosha Tucker is a Staff Attorney with the ACLU of Georgia’s Smart Justice Campaign, an initiative to end mass incarceration and reduce racial disparities in the criminal justice system. Prior to joining the ACLU, Kosha worked for six years as an Attorney at the Dekalb County Public Defender’s Office in Georgia, where she represented children and adults charged with misdemeanor and felony offenses.

In part one, growing up in the small town of Louisburg, North Carolina; how Kosha learned about being Black from her father; and an inside look at the racial disparities of the criminal justice system.

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