This week we start a 3 week series on exploring Latinx faith workers in a variety of contexts. This week, my dear friend The Rev. Werner Ramirez is on to talk about his life as a Guatemalan immigrant and how that also informs his faith work. Listen in!

This week we start a 3 week series on exploring Latinx faith workers in a variety of contexts. This week, my dear friend The Rev. Werner Ramirez is on to talk about his life as a Guatemalan immigrant and how that also informs his faith work. Listen in!

Werner is a Guatemalan immigrant who grew up in Long Beach, CA. He jokes that he did not get into much trouble growing up because he has great parents who got him cable television and took him to church. Werner is an ordained minister of word and sacrament in the Presbyterian Church (USA). He holds an M.Div and a MA in Christian Education & Spiritual Formation from Princeton Theological Seminary.

Werner has worked in youth ministry for over a decade on both coasts in suburban and urban contexts. He currently lives in Queens, NY with his wonderful wife April, and serves as the Associate Pastor for Youth and Young Adult Ministries at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in Manhattan.

!!!!!EXPLICIT!!!! I finally get to have a convo with my good friend and mentor, Dr. Craig Detweiler. Craig is an amazing thinker on religion, theology, pop culture, and film. We get a chance to talk on all that plus the new work he's into. Check it....especially you haters listening!

I finally get to have a convo with my good friend and mentor, Dr. Craig Detweiler. Craig is an amazing thinker on religion, theology, pop culture, and film. We get a chance to talk on all that plus the new work he's into. Check it....especially you haters listening!

CRAIG IS A LOS ANGELES-BASED AUTHOR, FILMMAKER, AND CULTURAL COMMENTATOR.

HE WRITES ABOUT CULTURE, THEOLOGY, AND TECHNOLOGY. HE ALSO WRITES SCREENPLAYS AND PRODUCES FILMS.

HE RECEIVED AN MFA IN CINEMA-TV PRODUCTION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND A MASTER OF DIVINITY AND Ph.D. IN THEOLOGY AND CULTURE FROM FULLER SEMINARY.

CRAIG CO-FOUNDED THE ANNUAL WINDRIDER FORUM AT SUNDANCE IN 2005. HE WAS VARIETY’S 2016 MENTOR OF THE YEAR.

Having been fired myself I know firsthand what that entails when you work inside of Xtian orgs. This week, my guest is a good friend Heather Haginduff who talks about navigating those areas along with aspects of race and gender. Another good episode!

Having been fired myself I know firsthand what that entails when you work inside of Xtian orgs. This week, my guest is a good friend Heather Haginduff who talks about navigating those areas along with aspects of race and gender. Another good episode!

What happens when Joy, pain, suffering, and lament come together....well, find out when my guest Dr. Angela Williams Gorrell joins me this week talking about her new book and research.

What happens when Joy, pain, suffering, and lament come together....well, find out when my guest Dr. Angela Williams Gorrell joins me this week talking about her new book and research.

Angela is an assistant professor of practical theology at Truett Theological Seminary, Baylor University. She previously served as an Associate Research Scholar at the Yale Center for Faith and Culture.

!!!!!EXPLICIT!!!!! This week I talk with Anna Otaola artist extraordinaire! She also has quite the story being married to a spouse in an evangy org. Yeah...this is also part 2 from last week!

This week I talk with Anna Otaola artist extraordinaire! She also has quite the story being married to a spouse in an evangy org. Yeah...this is also part 2 from last week!

Anna is an artist living and creating in the Denver Metro area in Colorado. She was born and raised in Phoenix, AZ and later went to college in Santa Barbara, CA where she received a Bachelors of Fine Art. Anna has been creating since she was a child, starting with wood and glue and later moving into charcoal, paint, and canvas.

Meraki is Greek for “doing something with soul, creativity, or love - to put something of yourself into your work.” Every piece Anna creates has a story. She creates with love and soul and she leaves a bit of herself in everything she does. She is her truest self when she is creating art that inspires. What she creates with her hands is her way of expanding, liberating, exploring, and processing the world around her.