RePlacing Church: Local Spirituality, Innovative Community & Social Change with Ben Katt

RePlacing Church: Local Spirituality, Innovative Community & Social Change with Ben Katt

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RePlacing Church: Local Spirituality, Innovative Community & Social Change with Ben Katt episodes

  • #68 Sarah van Gelder on the Revolution Where You Live
    Sarah van Gelder is an activist and storyteller. She is the author of The Revolution Where You Live: Stories from 12,000 Miles Journey Through A New America. She co-founded the award-winning YES! Magazine over 20 years ago and has been an editor and contributor ever since. She also writes for the Guardian, Huffington Post and other publications, speaks internationally and is a guest on radio and television. Sarah is passionate about highlighting the work that we the people are doing to reinvent our economy, grow local foods, solve the climate challenge, create alternatives to prisons, and more. She lives on the Suquamish Tribe’s reservation west of Seattle, where she collaborated with tribal leaders to secure the return of the land where Chief Seattle lived. She also paddles with the tribe on their annual canoe journey. Sarah has lived in India, China, and Central America. She was a founding board member and resident of Winslow Cohousing. In episode of RePlacing Church, she joins me to talk about:
    Why she took a 12,000 mile roadtrip and what she discovered
    What Native Americans teach us about place
    Stories of local communities combatting racism, environmental exploitation and economic disparity
    How “land speculation” is a threat to revitalization in economically distressed urban areas
    Why our politics must be rooted in the local
    Why we need a “culture of connection” instead of an “economy of extraction”
    How to cultivate local power
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    Episode Song Credits: "Another Wrong to Right" and "You Won't Walk Alone" by Mercir. "Closed" by Zadok Wartes. Used with Permission.
    Production Assistance by Nate Tubbs.
    49 min
  • #67 Dominique Gilliard on Mass Incarceration, Christian Theology & the Church
    Dominique Gilliard is the author of Rethinking Incarceration: Advocating for Justice that Restores (IVP, Spring 2018) and the Director of Racial Righteousness and Reconciliation for the Love Mercy, Do Justice ministry initiative of the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC), where he is an ordained minister. Dominique has served in pastoral ministry in Atlanta, Chicago and Oakland. He also serves on the board of directors for the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA). The ECC named Dominique to its list of “40 Under 40” leaders to watch and the Huffington Post named him as one of the “Black Christian Leaders Changing the World.” In this episode of RePlacing Church, he joins me to discuss:
    How the incarceration of Paul and Silas influenced him
    How our incarceration system is predicated on dehumanization, isolation and exploitation
    How penal substitution theology has led to our American punitive criminal justice models
    Racial disparities and incarceration
    How for-profit private prisons have increased incarceration
    How the Bible advocates for restorative justice and what Christians can do
    *Get your free RePlacing Church Resource List, a guide to being and becoming the church in the neighborhood.
    SUBSCRIBE, RATE, and REVIEW the RePlacing Church Podcast on iTunes, or listen on Stitcher, Google Play, or Podbean.
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    Episode Song Credits: "Another Wrong to Right" and "You Won't Walk Alone" by Mercir. "Closed" by Zadok Wartes. Used with Permission.
    Production Assistance by Nate Tubbs.
    31 min
  • #66 Dominique Gilliard on Lynching, the Church's Silence & Incarnation
    Dominique Gilliard is the author of Rethinking Incarceration: Advocating for Justice that Restores (IVP, Spring 2018) and the Director of Racial Righteousness and Reconciliation for the Love Mercy, Do Justice ministry initiative of the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC), where he is an ordained minister. Dominique has served in pastoral ministry in Atlanta, Chicago and Oakland. He also serves on the board of directors for the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA). The ECC named Dominique to its list of “40 Under 40” leaders to watch and the Huffington Post named him as one of the “Black Christian Leaders Changing the World.” In this episode of RePlacing Church, he joins me to discuss:
    How the police killing of 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston awakening him to the injustices of the mass incarceration system
    The present day legacy of “Sundown towns” and lynching, the practice of “spectacle lynchings,” and the church’s silence in the face of lynching.
    What the incarnation of Jesus means for the church politically
    How the church can resist “empire”
    How the church sometimes uses the language of neighbor to exclude.
    *Get your free RePlacing Church Resource List, a guide to being and becoming the church in the neighborhood.
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    Episode Song Credits: "Another Wrong to Right" and "You Won't Walk Alone" by Mercir. "Closed" by Zadok Wartes. Used with Permission.
    Production Assistance by Nate Tubbs.
    48 min
  • #66 Dominique Gilliard on Lynching, the Church’s Silence & Incarnation

    Dominique Gilliard is the author of Rethinking Incarceration: Advocating for Justice that Restores (IVP, Spring 2018) and the Director of Racial Righteousness and Reconciliation for the Love Mercy, Do Justice ministry initiative of the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC), where he is an ordained minister. Dominique has served in pastoral ministry in Atlanta, Chicago and Oakland. He also serves on the board of directors for the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA). The ECC named Dominique to its list of “40 Under 40” leaders to watch and the Huffington Post named him as one of the “Black Christian Leaders Changing the World.” In this episode of RePlacing Church, he joins me to discuss:


    • How the police killing of 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston awakening him to the injustices of the mass incarceration system

  • The present day legacy of “Sundown towns” and lynching, the practice of “spectacle lynchings,” and the church’s silence in the face of lynching.

  • What the incarnation of Jesus means for the church politically

  • How the church can resist “empire”

  • How the church sometimes uses the language of neighbor to exclude.

    • *Get your free RePlacing Church Resource List, a guide to being and becoming the church in the neighborhood.


    SUBSCRIBE, RATE, and REVIEW the RePlacing Church Podcast on iTunes, or listen on Stitcher, Google Play, or Podbean.


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    Episode Song Credits: "Another Wrong to Right" and "You Won't Walk Alone" by Mercir. "Closed" by Zadok Wartes. Used with Permission.


    Production Assistance by Nate Tubbs.

    48 min
  • #65 Alexia Salvatierra on Faith-Rooted Organizing
    Rev. Alexia Salvatierra is the founder and “madrina” of the Faith-Rooted Organizing UnNetwork. She is a Lutheran Pastor with over 35 years of experience in community ministry, including church-based service and community development programs, congregational and community organizing, and legislative advocacy. She is the author with Dr. Peter Heltzel of Faith-Rooted Organizing: Mobilizing the Church in Service to the World. She has been a national leader in the areas of working poverty and immigration for over 20 years, including the co-founding of the national Evangelical Immigration Table. In this episode of RePlacing Church, she joins me to discuss:
    What is faith-rooted organizing
    How to be wise as serpents and gentle as doves
    Why organizers need to appeal to more than people’s self-interest for social change
    Why faith-rooted organizing needs to be open sourced
    The compassion of Jesus
    The questions we must ask as we pursue “justice in the process”
    *Get your free RePlacing Church Resource List, a guide to being and becoming the church in the neighborhood.
    SUBSCRIBE, RATE, and REVIEW the RePlacing Church Podcast on iTunes, or listen on Stitcher, Google Play, or Podbean.
    Sign up for RePlacing Church updates at www.replacingchurch.org. Like on Facebook, Follow on Instagram.
    Episode Song Credits: "Another Wrong to Right" and "You Won't Walk Alone" by Mercir. "Closed" by Zadok Wartes. Used with Permission.
    Production Assistance by Nate Tubbs.
    55 min
  • #64 Ched Myers on Watershed Discipleship
    Ched Myers is an activist theologian, biblical scholar, popular educator, organizer and advocate who has spent the past 40 years working in movements for social change, and empowering Christians in the life and work of peace, justice, and radical discipleship. He is the author of more than 100 articles and over a half dozen books, including Binding the Strong Man: A Political Reading of Mark's Story of Jesus, The Biblical Vision of Sabbath Economics, and Our God is Undocumented: Biblical Faith and Immigrant Justice. Most recently, he is the editor and contributing author to Watershed Discipleship: Reinhabiting Bioregional faith and practice. He lives in the Ventura River watershed in southern California where he carries out his work through Bartimaeus Cooperative Ministries. In this episode of RePlacing Church, he joins me to discuss:
    What is a watershed
    How two-dimensional political maps harm our imaginations
    The triple entendre of Watershed Discipleship
    Why church needs to move beyond creation care
    His personal journey of re-place-ment
    How to undergo a “catechism of place”
    Why it’s a great time to be a disciple of Jesus and trying to figure out how to be church
    Coming into the Watershed Facebook group page
    *Get your free RePlacing Church Resource List, a guide to being and becoming the church in the neighborhood.
    Are you creating or leading a neighborhood expression of church?
    Join the Thresholds Cohort: Chilliwack, a six-month learning community to support you with insight, direction, and support for the journey, facilitated by Ben Katt and Christiana Rice. Starts in April! More information available at thresholdscommunity.org/ChilliwackCohort
    Sign up for the Inhabit Conference (April 28-29, Seattle) today and get the Super Early Bird Special.
    SUBSCRIBE, RATE, and REVIEW the RePlacing Church Podcast on iTunes, or listen on Stitcher, Google Play, or Podbean.
    Sign up for RePlacing Church updates at www.replacingchurch.org. Like on Facebook, Follow on Instagram.
    Episode Song Credits: "Another Wrong to Right" and "You Won't Walk Alone" by Mercir. "Closed" by Zadok Wartes. Used with Permission.
    Production Assistance by Nate Tubbs.
    1 hr 6 min
  • #63 The Genius Loci, Part 2
    We often use the word “genius” to describe people, but in Roman culture “genius” described places. In this episode of RePlacing Church, I continue to explore the concept of the Genius Loci and why it is so important for growing our understanding of who God is by looking at the work of Vincent Donovan, wondering about territorial spirits, and considering how our neighborhoods are icons.
    *Get your free RePlacing Church Resource List, a guide to being and becoming the church in the neighborhood.
    Are you creating or leading a neighborhood expression of church?
    Join the Thresholds Cohort: Chilliwack, a six-month learning community to support you with insight, direction, and support for the journey, facilitated by Ben Katt and Christiana Rice. Starts in April! More information available at thresholdscommunity.org/ChilliwackCohort
    Sign up for the Inhabit Conference (April 28-29, Seattle) today and get the Super Early Bird Special.
    SUBSCRIBE, RATE, and REVIEW the RePlacing Church Podcast on iTunes, or listen on Stitcher, Google Play, or Podbean.
    Sign up for RePlacing Church updates at www.replacingchurch.org. Like on Facebook, Follow on Instagram.
    Episode Song Credits: "Another Wrong to Right" and "You Won't Walk Alone" by Mercir. "Closed" by Zadok Wartes. Used with Permission.
    Production Assistance by Nate Tubbs.
    28 min
  • #62 Phil Nellis on Sabbath, Sabbatical & Church Endings
    Phil Nellis is an artist, spiritiual director, and the former pastor of Wits' End Church, a faith community in Seattle, WA that recently ended. In this episode of the RePlacing Church Podcast, he joins me to talk about:
    The importance of practicing sabbath
    Tips on asking for and taking a sabbatical
    How to end a church well
    What it's like to be a pastor who's no longer a pastor
    *Get your free RePlacing Church Resource List, a guide to being and becoming the church in the neighborhood.
    Are you creating or leading a neighborhood expression of church?
    Join the Thresholds Cohort: Chilliwack, a six-month learning community to support you with insight, direction, and support for the journey, facilitated by Ben Katt and Christiana Rice. Starts in April! More information available at thresholdscommunity.org/ChilliwackCohort
    Sign up for the Inhabit Conference (April 28-29, Seattle) today and get the Super Early Bird Special.
    SUBSCRIBE, RATE, and REVIEW the RePlacing Church Podcast on iTunes, or listen on Stitcher, Google Play, or Podbean.
    Sign up for RePlacing Church updates at www.replacingchurch.org. Like on Facebook, Follow on Instagram.
    Episode Song Credits: "Another Wrong to Right" and "You Won't Walk Alone" by Mercir. "Closed" by Zadok Wartes. Used with Permission.
    Production Assistance by Nate Tubbs.
    1 hr 9 min
  • #61 The Genius Loci, Part 1
    We often use the word "genius" to describe people, but in Roman culture "genius" described places. In this episode of RePlacing Church, I introduce the concept of the Genius Loci and talk about why it matters for church and mission by exploring the writings of Thomas Moore, activist/theologian Ched Meyers' "Watershed Discipleship," and the late Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah."
    *Get your free RePlacing Church Resource List, a guide to being and becoming the church in the neighborhood.
    Are you creating or leading a neighborhood expression of church?
    Join the Thresholds Cohort: Chilliwack, a six-month learning community to support you with insight, direction, and support for the journey, facilitated by Ben Katt and Christiana Rice. Starts in April! More information available at thresholdscommunity.org/ChilliwackCohort
    Sign up for the Inhabit Conference (April 28-29, Seattle) today and get the Super Early Bird Special.
    SUBSCRIBE, RATE, and REVIEW the RePlacing Church Podcast on iTunes, or listen on Stitcher, Google Play, or Podbean.
    Sign up for RePlacing Church updates at www.replacingchurch.org. Like on Facebook, Follow on Instagram.
    Episode Song Credits: "Another Wrong to Right" and "You Won't Walk Alone" by Mercir. "Closed" by Zadok Wartes. Used with Permission.
    Production Assistance by Nate Tubbs.
    24 min
  • #60 Mike Baughman on Innovative Expressions of Church
    Mike Baughman is the Community Curator and founding pastor of Union, a coffee and community space in northeast Dallas committed to cultivating the divine spark in their neighbors for the good of the city and the world it inspires through outstanding coffee, robust community and engaging causes. He is editor and contributing author of Flipping Church: How Sucessful Church Planters Are Turning Conventional Wisdom Upside-Down. Married to Rachel, a sixth generation minister, Mike is a third generation Methodist minister and church planter who is committed to connecting with and empowering innovative leaders in church, non-profit, and civic work. In this episode of the RePlacing Church Podcast, he joins me to talk about:
    Why he took an unconventional approach to church planting
    Why being an outsider is often a gift for entrepreneurs and church planters
    Why your neighborhood is NOT your mission field
    How leadership perfectionism is a killer of community and mission
    The power of innovation in the Wesleyan tradition and other church movements
    *Get your free RePlacing Church Resource List, a guide to being and becoming the church in the neighborhood.
    Are you creating or leading a neighborhood expression of church?
    Join the Thresholds Cohort: Chilliwack, a six-month learning community to support you with insight, direction, and support for the journey, facilitated by Ben Katt and Christiana Rice. Starts in April! More information available at thresholdscommunity.org/ChilliwackCohort
    Sign up for the Inhabit Conference (April 28-29, Seattle) today and get the Super Early Bird Special.
    SUBSCRIBE, RATE, and REVIEW the RePlacing Church Podcast on iTunes, or listen on Stitcher, Google Play, or Podbean.
    Sign up for RePlacing Church updates at www.replacingchurch.org. Like on Facebook, Follow on Instagram.
    Episode Song Credits: "Another Wrong to Right" and "You Won't Walk Alone" by Mercir. "Closed" by Zadok Wartes. Used with Permission.
    Production Assistance by Nate Tubbs.
    38 min

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