So you meet someone for the first time, and you have just a couple moments to try to make some assumptions about them so you can have a conversation. You have very little information to go by, and most of it is based on how they look, how they sound, and what if anything you … Continue reading Episode 194: Stereotypes – “When Our Preconceptions Blew Up.”

Michelle Loyd Paige is one of the 6 co-hosts of the Antioch Podcast you have gotten to know over the past few years. Some of you listen because Michelle is on the podcast, and some of you keep listening because while you don’t know Michelle personally, you feel like you do after listening so long. … Continue reading Episode 193: Michelle Loyd-Paige – “Transitions: Knowing When To Move On.”

I live in a pretty diverse area. I can go to a number of grocery stores in my neighborhood and see people from many racial and ethnic communities all shopping for the things they need to feed their families. But there is one, large grocery store in my are that is part of a regional … Continue reading Episode 192: Belonging – “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.”

The Serenity Prayer is perhaps one of the most well known prayers spoken by millions of people in recovery programs around the world every day. It goes like this: God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change The courage to change the things I can And the wisdom to know the … Continue reading Episode 191: “Living With What We Can’t’ Control.”

Maybe you can relate to this. You want to talk about something deep, something important with someone of a different generation than you. You love them, you love them a LOT. But you also realize that you are pretty different in a lot of ways as well. You like different music, get information from different … Continue reading Episode 190 “Talking About Race Across the Generations.”

There are a lot of things in the news lately about justice.  Seems like about every other week there is something – some new insult, a new threat, a fresh tragedy – that makes headlines and fill our social media feeds with something to get upset about.  It can be emotionally overwhelming and over time, … Continue reading Episode 189: What’s The Problem With CRT? – “A Conversation About Fear, Faith and Racial Justice.”

Here’s the situation.  You are minding your business, and someone comes up and asks you a question … one of those kinds of questions.  The kind because you are a person of color, or because you are interested in matters of race and justice, or because you are just you.  It doesn’t matter why exactly … Continue reading Episode 188: Not Today. – “Conversations We Can’t Handle Right Now.”

In the past 2 years of so, many Americans have quit one job and taken another job … a phenomenon being called “The Great Resignation.” For some, a part of this calculation had to do with the toll their jobs had on their finances, mental health, and sense of safety. But this is an antiracism … Continue reading Episode 187: Should I Stay Or Should I Go? – “Counting the Cost of Belonging.”

Today on the Antioch Podcast, we are in the final episode of our series on Antiracist Spiritual Practices. Our team gathered today to talk about the antiracist spiritual practice of being in community. Our team of six Christian antiracism educators and friends is one such community… but community is much broader, spanning such diverse communities … Continue reading Episode 186: Antiracist Spiritual Practices – “Community.”

This is a special episode of the Antioch Podcast: Conversations About Biblical Antiracsim. On Monday, April 4th, Patrick Loyoya, a black man who immigrated from the Congo, was shot by a white police officer here in Grand Rapids, Mi – the city where this podcast is recorded. The struggle occurred following a traffic stop for … Continue reading Episode 185.2: Patrick Lyoya – “Race and Policing in the City of Churches.”