The Antioch Podcast

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.”

Today on the Antioch Podcast, we continue our series on Antiracist Spiritual Practices. Spiritual practices form us as believers to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul mind and strength and love our neighbor as ourselves. Practicing antiracism is one of those ways in which we love our neighbor. The spiritual disciplines … Continue reading Episode 185: Antiracist Spiritual Practices: Preaching.”

Today on the Antioch Podcast, we continue our series on Antiracist Spiritual Practices. Spiritual practices form us as believers to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul mind and strength and love our neighbor as ourselves. Practicing antiracism is one of those ways in which we love our neighbor. The spiritual disciplines … Continue reading Episode 184: Antiracist Spiritual Practices – “Communion Part 2.”

Today on the Antioch Podcast, we continue our series on Antiracist Spiritual Practices. Spiritual practices form us as believers to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul mind and strength and love our neighbor as ourselves. Practicing antiracism is one of those ways in which we love our neighbor. The spiritual disciplines … Continue reading Episode 183: Antiracist Spiritual Practices – “Communion Part 1.”

Today on the Antioch Podcast, we continue our series on Antiracist Spiritual Practices. Spiritual practices form us as believers to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul mind and strength and love our neighbor as ourself. Practicing antiracism is one of those ways in which we love our neighbor. The spiritual disciplines … Continue reading Episode 182: Antiracist Spiritual Practices – “Tithing and Giving Part 2.”