Leading Questions: S1 E6 | The Flag, Patriotism, & Colin Kaepernick

Leading Questions: S1 E5 | What Happens When We Have No Panelists

EPISODE TITLE: S1 E4 | Religious Response to a Violent World, Part 1

 

Our Panelists:

 

Pastor Tim Holdridge, Cheri Wellman

 

 

Religious Response to a Violent World, Part 1

 

* What is the role of a Christian pastor or Christian minister in the community?

 

* What does a given week look like for someone who works as a clergyman?

 

* When news of a local tragedy breaks, as clergy, what are your first steps? How does this change if you’re not local to the situation?

 

* When it comes to violence in our world, do you believe clergy bear the responsibility to stop the lectionary or planned sermon and, instead, preach on a topic of national or local importance?

 

* There is a constant push/pull debate about the will of God, and what God allows vs. what He desires. What does Judaism/Islam/your denomination believe about tragedy and God’s role in it?

* How does your answer to this question inform how you comfort the survivors of tragedy? Does everything happen for a reason? Did God “allow” this school shooting or that train crash? How is faith in God maintained in these situations?

 

* When counseling after a tragedy, how much thought is given to psychological healing vs. the temptation to proselytize/convert?

Leading Questions: S1 E3 | Interracial Relationships in 2016

EPISODE TITLE: S1 E3 | Interracial Dating in 2016

 

 

Our Panelists:

 

Gregoire Eugene-Louis, Hannah Seo McPeak, Nikki Pardo, Billy Strawter

 

 

Interracial Dating

 

* What was your first experience in or witnessing an interracial relationship?

 

* What are some of the practical issues facing people in interracial relationships?

 

* Are black men who date outside of their race turning their back on their culture? Why or why not?

 

* Are white men who date Asian women guilty of fetishism?

 

* If a person has an attraction to a certain type—i.e. a black woman who likes white skin and blonde hair or a white man who likes Asian features or a black man who likes Hispanic culture and language—be considered a racist approach to dating? (This is about “having a type” being necessarily exclusionary.)

 

* Do you think the experience of potential bi-racial children should be considered as a deterrent?

 

* What are some ways that parents can educate their children on both sides of their heritage?

 

 

Leading Questions with Calvin Moore S1 E2

Leading Questions with Calvin Moore – The Introductory Episode