Saving Faith with Eric Sentell of the Backyard Church Blog

In this episode, Metamorphosis presents "Black Music, White Culture," an episode of the podcast "The Wonder and The Mystery of Being" with Jon Steingard. Jon is the former lead singer of the Christian band Hawk Nelson, and he interviews the Christian hip-hop artist Derek Minor about his experiences with racism and bias in the Christian music industry. Eric previously interviewed Jon for Metamorphosis in the episode, "Doubter's Only."

Joe and Drew host the aptly named podcast, Crisis of Faith with Joe and Drew. They return to Metamorphosis to discuss specific steps that individuals and churches can take to fight racism. This is the third in a three-part series on systemic racism. Listen to "Peanut Butter and ..." and the first part of the conversation with Joe and Drew. Then return to this episode.

Some resources:

White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo

I'm Still Here by Austin Channing Brown

Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Tatum

Color of Compromise by Jemar Tisby

How to Fight Racism by Jemar Tisby

White Too Long by Robert P. Jones

Reading While Black by Esau McCauley

Kate Boyd is a writer, speaker, Bible teacher, and seminary student. Starting June 17, she's offering a free 4-part training series on the Bible. Each session will be online and recorded, so you can watch in real-time or later. This episode introduces Kate and the training.

You can sign up for the training at KateBoyd.Co or KateBoyd.Co/Training.

You can follow Kate Boyd on Twitter @TheKateBoyd or on Instagram at KateBoyd.co

Kate also hosts her own podcast, Happy and Holy.

Crisis of Faith with Joe and Drew is a great podcast for people exploring and growing in their faith. Joe, a theologian, and Drew, a pastor, return to Metamorphosis to talk about the provocative concluding point of their previous appearance: "The church needs to repent of its complicity with racism." This is the second of a three-part series. Listen to "Peanut Butter and ..." first and then return to this episode.

Some resources:

White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo

I'm Still Here by Austin Channing Brown

Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Tatum

Color of Compromise by Jemar Tisby

How to Fight Racism by Jemar Tisby

White Too Long by Robert P. Jones

Reading While Black by Esau McCauley

This is a solo episode featuring Eric talking about peanut butter and ... so much more.

Eric shares the podcast's plans for a summer break, asks for feedback to be emailed to [email protected], and invites people to reach out if they want to promote their ministry, share their faith journey, or discuss other thoughts on the show.

Eric talks with Lara Renee about her faith journey, her experience pursuing God's will and calling, and her writing for Relevant magazine. It's a perfect conversation for our divided times and for young people, or those who know young people, struggling to discern their next steps.

Lara Renne's website: https://www.lararenee.com/home

Lara's Relevant articles: https://www.relevantmagazine.com/author/lararenee/

Eric speaks with Rev. Dr. Valerie Alexander about her faith journey and how to build unity across denominational, geographic, and racial lines. Her advice is shockingly simple and practical. Valerie is a sociologist who consults at AlexanderResearch.org and a clergy member at The Christian Church in Georgia (Disciples of Christ).

Connect with her here: https://alexanderresearch.org/

Or on Twitter @Alexander247_9 (https://twitter.com/Alexander247_9)

Rev. Dr. Dan Peterson of Queen Anne Lutheran Church and the podcast God for Grown-ups joins Eric to talk about faith, doubt, death, grieving, the after-life, violence, the question "Why follow Jesus?" and other very grown-up topics. Dan effortlessly weaves together philosophy, theology, and experience as he models humility, openness, and courageous Christianity.

If you like this conversation, you'll also enjoy God for Grown-ups. Listen to God for Grown-ups here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/god-for-grownups/id1480218010

Connect with Queen Anne Lutheran Church here: https://queenannelutheran.org/897new/