Sandbox Cooperative Podcast

What is it about our ancestors? Why do we care? When it comes to celebrations honoring those who have died, we often think of things like The Day of the Dead from Mexico, or maybe All Saint’s Day. These global observances and celebrations come from all different faith backgrounds: Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, as well as tribal traditions and religions. No matter where you are from, there is just something about celebrating and remembering those who came before us, and make us who we are today.

Special thanks to Nancy Goede for sharing her experience about researching her family history. Be sure to check out her book, Uncovering Lives: Discovering One Immigrant Generation’s Secrets and Lives of Forgiveness, Grace, and Healing.

This past summer, we caught up with some friends from Mosaic. Mosaic is a faith-based organization serving people with intellectual disabilities. We learned about their unique approach to building community and connection through their life changing work.

Learn more about Mosaic and how you can get involved at MosaicInfo.org.

On September 23, 2018 Sandbox Cooperative welcomed Dr. Jacqueline Bussie to the Sandbox stage to talk about her new book, Love Without Limits. We discussed how we can learn to love as God does—without limits or exceptions. This podcast contains the Q&A portion of the evening event.

In Love Without Limits, Bussie imparts practical solutions for people who yearn to love across difference. Through poignant memoir, engaging theological reflection, inspiring stories of friendship, creative readings of scripture, and shout-outs to some of love’s unsung heroes, Bussie challenges readers to answer God’s call to practice a love so vast that it excludes no one.

More about Jacqueline at JacquelineBussie.com, @JacquelinBussie, and on Facebook.

On September 23, 2018 Sandbox Cooperative welcomed Dr. Jacqueline Bussie to the Sandbox stage to talk about her new book, Love Without Limits. We discussed how we can learn to love as God does—without limits or exceptions.

In Love Without Limits, Bussie imparts practical solutions for people who yearn to love across difference. Through poignant memoir, engaging theological reflection, inspiring stories of friendship, creative readings of scripture, and shout-outs to some of love’s unsung heroes, Bussie challenges readers to answer God’s call to practice a love so vast that it excludes no one.

More about Jacqueline at JacquelineBussie.com, @JacquelinBussie, and on Facebook.

In Episode 72 we share our conversation with author, speaker and social entrepreneur, Linda Kay Klein. Linda just released her book, Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free. Linda is also the founder of Break Free Together - an organization that helps people to release shame and claim their whole selves.

She has spent over a decade working at the intersection of faith, gender, sexuality and social change. She earned an interdisciplinary master’s degree from New York University focusing on American evangelical Christian gender and sexuality messaging for girls. Linda Kay Klein has been featured in the New York Post, the Huffington Post, National Public Radio, and now, Sandbox Cooperative!

Growing up means something different to just about everyone. But if you could go back in time, what would you tell the 15-year-old version of yourself? In this episode, we talk about growing up, what to do with the advice we receive, and how we mark the ways that we grow and change over time. We also hear from a variety of people sharing what they would tell their 15-year-old selves.

In our contentious society, it seems like we really have no idea how to share our thoughts, ideas, fears, hopes and dreams. How can we do this better? We’ve had several fascinating conversations with professional communicators and in part three of this series we share our conversation with Duane Sauke, a former educator and realtor who is currently serving as a representative in the Minnesota State Legislature.

In our contentious society, it seems like we really have no idea how to share our thoughts, ideas, fears, hopes and dreams. How can we do this better? We’ve had several fascinating conversations with professional communicators and over the next few months we’ll be sharing these conversations. In part two of this series we share our conversation with Emily Carson, author of Holy Everything and the director of communications for the Southeastern Minnesota Synod of the ELCA.

In this episode, we continue our conversation Chris Tripolino of the Reimagined Songs Project. Chris and others are writing a whole new library of songs that can support communities growing together as they sing and seek and discover what is coming into existence as "church." Interested in joining the project? Consider joining the Facebook group, or visit ReimaginedSongs.com.

In this episode, we talk with Chris Tripolino of the Reimagined Songs Project (Part 1 of 2). Chris and others are writing a whole new library of songs that can support communities growing together as they sing and seek and discover what is coming into existence as "church." Interested in joining the project? Consider joining the Facebook group, or visit ReimaginedSongs.com.