Stories have the power to shape individual and communal identity. In this episode, Brian Bantum accounts for the ways in which the story of race has constructed a formative social narrative. He points toward the death of race as the way forward and shares stories of hope and embodiment that claim a positive counter-narrative.

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Guest: Brian Bantum

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Reading the Bible is never an individual act. In this episode, Eric Barreto demonstrates the beauty and necessity of reading with others, especially readers who bring different perspectives to the table. He fields fundamental questions about the Bible, encouraging that identity and testimony are integral components of biblical interpretation.

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Guest: Eric Barreto

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Christian mission cannot be about converting others to Western culture; rather, it must be about living according to the Christian faith. In this episode, Deanna Ferree Womack uses encounters between American missionaries and Arab residents of Ottoman Syria to explain that mutually transformative mission is necessary both for the future church and for healthy interreligious dialogue.

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Guest: Deanna Ferree Womack

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Augustine once said that he knew what time was until someone asked him to describe it. In this episode, John Swinton attempts to do just that. His thoughts on time, traumatic brain injury, and discipleship challenge believers to slow down and settle into God’s time.

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Guest: John Swinton

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People with disabilities are the largest multicultural minority group in the world. Yet, as Benjamin Conner explains in this episode, the Church is still learning what it means to embrace disability within the body of Christ. Conner describes what the mission of God looks like when people with disabilities bear the witness of the Spirit.

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Guest: Benjamin Conner

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Adam Hearlson is concerned that the Church’s dominant way of thinking about worship has been too concerned with preserving institutional rituals and practices. In this episode, he posits that subversion has been a central part of Christian worship from the beginning. He highlights ancient and even subversive forms of worship as alternative ways to more fully embody a Christian identity.

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Guest: Adam Hearlson

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The Church is a diminished place if it is not comprised of people with different abilities. In this episode, Amy Jacober explores how theology is better understood through the lens of disability. She shares from her experience as a youth pastor and professor to offer hope for a fully integrated church community.

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Guest: Amy Jacober

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The lines between business and charity are dissolving, and a new category—social enterprise—is emerging. In this episode, Mark Sampson explains that the Church is not immune to the effects of this shift. Yet, he believes that the language of gift and reciprocity enables Christians to imagine creative new economic possibilities and engage with their communities through enterprise.

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Guest: Mark Sampson

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Culture wars have polarized the United States. The great divide has not left churchgoers unscathed in its wake. Allen Hilton imagines a world where all are united, work he believes originates in the church and will flow out into the nation. In this episode, Hilton proposes a way forward in a divisive time and place.

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Guest: Allen Hilton

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Andrew Root describes the impossibility of relating science and faith conversations in the practice of ministry. Through specific theories and in-depth looks at scientists such as Charles Darwin who, he says, was obsessed with collecting beetles, Root highlights the ways ministers can engage those in their communities with a more embodied and organic approach to conversations surrounding faith and science.

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Guest: Andrew Root

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