Walking on Water

Walking on Water

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Walking on Water episodes

  • When your spiritual leader fails you

    What do you do when your spiritual leader fails you? Do you talk to them to pursue clarity and reconciliation or leave the space altogether in search of greener pastures? Caught between cancel culture, our deep desire and need for meaningful community, and the hurt we’re sometimes exposed to in church spaces, how do we live? Join Ayanda and Dambudzo as they try and unravel dealing with church hurt, empowerment of individual believers, forgiveness and challenging one another toward justice in our interpersonal relationships. 


    Resources mentioned in the episode: 

    Propaganda - Precious Puritans 


    Music: 

    Special thanks to Stevener - Black Excellence 600

    1 hr 2 min
  • Love in a time of patriarchy

    South Africa has the highest rate of femicide in the world. Karabo Mokoena, Rachel Tshabalala, Reeva Steenkamp, Uyinene Mrwetyana and so many more women have fallen victim to fatal patterns of male behaviour. In this episode, Ayanda and Dambudzo explore and try to unravel the conundrum of trust and entering intimate relationships while remaining realistic and vigilant about the perils of trusting and being vulnerable, and they offer proposals on how we can begin to embrace a different way of being in the world.   


    Resources from the episode:   

    Prof. Tinyiko Maluleke - Men are not trash, they’re killers    

    Trevor Noah - Born a crime: Stories from a South African childhood  


    Music:   

    Special thanks to Stevener - https://music.apple.com/us/album/black-excellence-600-single/1369528549

    56 min
  • On Xenophobia
    The resilience of colonialism and its expression as black on black, Afrophobic violence, has plagued South Africa post-apartheid. In this episode, Ayanda and Dambudzo detail the fatal consequences of creating ‘insider’ and ‘outsider’ identities, challenging the Church to walk in the way of Jesus in creating an inclusive identity.  
    Resources mentioned in the episode:  
    Sisonke Msimang - Always another country - a memoir of exile and home  
    Francis Nyamnjoh -  #RhodesMustFall - nibbling at resilient colonialism in South Africa  
    Emmanuel Katongole - The sacrifice of Africa
    Prof. T. Maluleke - Look at the kwerekwere in the mirror   
    V.Y. Mudimbe - The idea of Africa 
    Music:  
    Special thanks to Stevener - https://music.apple.com/us/album/black-excellence-600-single/1369528549
    55 min
  • Black and Middle Class in the Cape Colony
    What happens when black people inhabit work, living and spiritual spaces which tend to disconnect them from themselves and their home context? In this episode, Ayanda and Dambudzo explore what is lost along the way toward cultural assimilation, the intricacies of becoming a “better black”, and the double consciousness and self-alienation that can develop in black folk who straddle multiple spaces. 
    Resources mentioned in the episode: 
    W.E.B Du Bois -  "The souls of black folk" 
    Frantz Fanon - "Black skin, White masks" 
    Music: 
    Special thanks to Stevener - https://music.apple.com/us/album/black-excellence-600-single/1369528549
    53 min
  • Sexual Violence and the Church

    With over 40 000 reported cases of rape in 2019 alone, sexual violence is a regular, brutal feature of life in South Africa. Does the Church have the resources and a role to play in addressing this pressing issue?  Join Ayanda and Dambudzo as they do an honest deep dive into this question and interrogate our culture and the Church space in hopes of coming up with some answers.  


    Links mentioned in the episode:  


    Vuvuzela men in Soweto - https://youth.be/0112WbbfLBM  

    Statistics on sexual violence - https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.biznews.com/undictated/2019/09/12/murder-rape-sexual-assault-crime-stats/amp 


    Music: 

    Special thanks to Stevener - https://music.apple.com/us/album/black-excellence-600-single/1369528549

    54 min

About Walking on Water

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“Walking on Water” is a slice-of-life blend of social commentary, theological reflection and off-the-cuff punditry about all things Mzansi (South Africa) through the eyes of hosts Ayanda Nxusani and Dambudzo Mushambi and their guests as they walk in the Way of Jesus.