Red Letter Christians Podcast https://redletterchristians.podbean.com A Christian commentary on the way of Jesus in the world today with Red Letter Christian leaders Dr. Tony Campolo and Shane Claiborne. Red Letter Christians gets its name from the Bibles that highlight the words of Jesus in red and we are aspiring to live “as if Jesus meant the stuff he said.” Some episodes of this podcast have been adapted from the radio show “Across the Pond” which airs on Sunday afternoons in the UK on Premier Radio. Others are from events such as Faith Forums, Book Clubs, and Monthly Morning Prayer. Thu, 11 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0700 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en All rights reserved Society & Culture 1440 episodic Red Letter Christians Red Letter Christians No false https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/13286240/avatars-SMXf45YzfPzqXl6N-17lHCA-original.jpg Red Letter Christians Podcast https://redletterchristians.podbean.com 144 144 Morning Prayer w/RAW Tools | Turning weapons into tools of nonviolence and love Morning Prayer w/RAW Tools | Turning weapons into tools of nonviolence and love https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/morning-prayer-wraw-tools-turning-weapons-into-tools-of-nonviolence-and-love/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/morning-prayer-wraw-tools-turning-weapons-into-tools-of-nonviolence-and-love/#comments Thu, 11 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/8863cc67-ab7d-363a-abde-a6ee40838905 Recording from June 2024 Morning Prayer.  June's Monthly Morning Prayer with Mike Martin and our friends at RAWtools. We'll be praying and reflecting upon the urgent need for peace, and to turn weapons of all kinds into tools of nonviolence and love.

]]> Recording from June 2024 Morning Prayer.  June's Monthly Morning Prayer with Mike Martin and our friends at RAWtools. We'll be praying and reflecting upon the urgent need for peace, and to turn weapons of all kinds into tools of nonviolence and love.

]]> Red Letter Christians false No 52:38 185 full What to the Slave is the 4th of July? | Reading of Frederick Douglass’ 1852 speech What to the Slave is the 4th of July? | Reading of Frederick Douglass’ 1852 speech https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/frederick-douglass-1852-speech-what-to-the-slave-is-the-fourth-of-july/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/frederick-douglass-1852-speech-what-to-the-slave-is-the-fourth-of-july/#comments Thu, 04 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/924e6585-89b2-3496-a8e9-894f7690ad30 Frederick Douglass’ 1852 speech “WHAT TO THE SLAVE IS THE FOURTH OF JULY”

Originally recorded and published on the RLC Blog on July 3, 2021.

One-hundred and seventy-two years ago tomorrow, abolitionist, writer, and statesman Frederick Douglass gave a speech to the 600 members of the Rochester Ladies Anti-Slavery Society entitled “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” On July 3, 2021, Christian leaders from around the country gathered virtually with Red Letter Christians to read this powerful piece together.

Find an excerpt and link to the full transcript below, and watch the reading here]]> Frederick Douglass’ 1852 speech “WHAT TO THE SLAVE IS THE FOURTH OF JULY”

Originally recorded and published on the RLC Blog on July 3, 2021.

One-hundred and seventy-two years ago tomorrow, abolitionist, writer, and statesman Frederick Douglass gave a speech to the 600 members of the Rochester Ladies Anti-Slavery Society entitled “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” On July 3, 2021, Christian leaders from around the country gathered virtually with Red Letter Christians to read this powerful piece together.

Find an excerpt and link to the full transcript below, and watch the reading here]]> Red Letter Christians false No 01:16:11 184 full Dr. Mimi Haddad | Tell Her Story: Women in Scripture and History Dr. Mimi Haddad | Tell Her Story: Women in Scripture and History https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/dr-mimi-haddad-tell-her-story-women-in-scripture-and-history/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/dr-mimi-haddad-tell-her-story-women-in-scripture-and-history/#comments Thu, 04 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/d5d30ba4-db24-345c-b13f-c71140e206a3 Register here: https://www.cbeinternational.org/event/mimi-haddad-will-lead-a-workshop-at-cbes-denver-conference-tell-her-story-women-in-scripture-and-history/

"Dr. Mimi Haddad serves as president and CEO of CBE International. She has taught as an adjunct associate professor of historical theology at Fuller Theological Seminary, Olivet University and has taught for institutes and organizations worldwide....

Mimi is an award-winning author and has written more than one hundred fifty academic, popular, and blog articles for Ashland Theological Journal; The Campbellsville Review, Catalyst, Christian Ethics Today, Christianity Today, Evangelical Fellowship of India and the Evangelical Fellowship of India Commission on Relief; Her.menuetics; Sojourners; and the William Carey Development Journal, and CBE’s journals, Mutuality and Priscilla Papers." [https://www.cbeinternational.org/person/mimi-haddad/]

]]> Register here: https://www.cbeinternational.org/event/mimi-haddad-will-lead-a-workshop-at-cbes-denver-conference-tell-her-story-women-in-scripture-and-history/

"Dr. Mimi Haddad serves as president and CEO of CBE International. She has taught as an adjunct associate professor of historical theology at Fuller Theological Seminary, Olivet University and has taught for institutes and organizations worldwide....

Mimi is an award-winning author and has written more than one hundred fifty academic, popular, and blog articles for Ashland Theological Journal; The Campbellsville Review, Catalyst, Christian Ethics Today, Christianity Today, Evangelical Fellowship of India and the Evangelical Fellowship of India Commission on Relief; Her.menuetics; Sojourners; and the William Carey Development Journal, and CBE’s journals, Mutuality and Priscilla Papers." [https://www.cbeinternational.org/person/mimi-haddad/]

]]> Red Letter Christians false No 25:51 183 full April Ajoy | Star-Spangled Jesus: Leaving Christian Nationalism and Finding A True Faith April Ajoy | Star-Spangled Jesus: Leaving Christian Nationalism and Finding A True Faith https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/april-ajoy-star-spangled-jesus-leaving-christian-nationalism-and-finding-a-true-faith/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/april-ajoy-star-spangled-jesus-leaving-christian-nationalism-and-finding-a-true-faith/#comments Thu, 27 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/7c4e2669-bcba-3658-bd0d-a9e5df3f757e Pre-order: https://www.amazon.com/Star-Spangled-Jesus-Leaving-Christian-Nationalism/dp/1546006680

"April Ajoy is a content creator and podcast host who uses humor to shine light on harmful, toxic, and sometimes just weird traits of American Evangelicalism. After growing up an evangelist’s kid entrenched in Christian Nationalism and later working in conservative Christian media, she saw the harm caused firsthand. Still a Christian, she uses her platform to expose the dangers of Christian Nationalism while promoting a more inclusive faith."

]]> Pre-order: https://www.amazon.com/Star-Spangled-Jesus-Leaving-Christian-Nationalism/dp/1546006680

"April Ajoy is a content creator and podcast host who uses humor to shine light on harmful, toxic, and sometimes just weird traits of American Evangelicalism. After growing up an evangelist’s kid entrenched in Christian Nationalism and later working in conservative Christian media, she saw the harm caused firsthand. Still a Christian, she uses her platform to expose the dangers of Christian Nationalism while promoting a more inclusive faith."

]]> Red Letter Christians false No 38:12 182 full Learning More about Divya David | RLC staff and contributor Learning More about Divya David | RLC staff and contributor https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/learning-more-about-divya-david-rlc-staff-and-contributer/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/learning-more-about-divya-david-rlc-staff-and-contributer/#comments Thu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/fa92cb54-0dfb-3b47-b8e3-57cda54058a7 You may have seen her hosting some of your favorite  RLC Book Clubs and now she's here to share more about her story. One of RLC's very own, we are so excited for you to learn more about the very gifted Divya David!

]]> You may have seen her hosting some of your favorite  RLC Book Clubs and now she's here to share more about her story. One of RLC's very own, we are so excited for you to learn more about the very gifted Divya David!

]]> Red Letter Christians false No 26:45 181 full Jonathan Brenneman, Mennonite Action and the Art of Organizing Jonathan Brenneman, Mennonite Action and the Art of Organizing https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/jonathan-brenneman-mennonite-action-and-the-art-of-organizing/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/jonathan-brenneman-mennonite-action-and-the-art-of-organizing/#comments Thu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/ddfb5995-7840-37d5-84b1-75f973ff3b4e Jonathan Brenneman, a Palestinian Mennonite and one of the authors of Mennonite Church USA’s “Seeking Peace in Israel and Palestine: A Resolution for Mennonite Church USA,” discusses organizing for peace and activism at the Capitol.

]]> Jonathan Brenneman, a Palestinian Mennonite and one of the authors of Mennonite Church USA’s “Seeking Peace in Israel and Palestine: A Resolution for Mennonite Church USA,” discusses organizing for peace and activism at the Capitol.

]]> Red Letter Christians false No 37:47 180 full Our Trespasses: White Churches and the Taking of American Neighborhoods | Guest: author, Greg Jarrell Our Trespasses: White Churches and the Taking of American Neighborhoods | Guest: author, Greg Jarrell https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/our-trespasses-white-churches-and-the-taking-of-american-neighborhoods-guest-author-greg-jarrell/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/our-trespasses-white-churches-and-the-taking-of-american-neighborhoods-guest-author-greg-jarrell/#comments Thu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/16f3f3c3-16aa-399f-a891-c27dcb88dd85 "Greg is the author of two books. His book Our Trespasses: White Churches and the Taking of American Neighborhoods (Fortress Press), has won wide acclaim for its lucid storytelling and new research. He has written widely, including for Sojourners, The Bitter Southerner, and The Charlotte Observer. Greg is a regular contributor at Baptist News Global. He frequently speaks, teaches, and preaches on place, race, and faith.

 

Greg is a cultural organizer with QC Family Tree in the Enderly Park neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina. He works with words and music to impact housing and neighborhood justice issues. Jarrell writes about theology and history and co-leads Carolina Social Music Club, a popular jazz band. He and his wife, Helms, are ordained ministers and are raising two sons. " [https://www.gregjarrell.com]

]]> "Greg is the author of two books. His book Our Trespasses: White Churches and the Taking of American Neighborhoods (Fortress Press), has won wide acclaim for its lucid storytelling and new research. He has written widely, including for Sojourners, The Bitter Southerner, and The Charlotte Observer. Greg is a regular contributor at Baptist News Global. He frequently speaks, teaches, and preaches on place, race, and faith.

 

Greg is a cultural organizer with QC Family Tree in the Enderly Park neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina. He works with words and music to impact housing and neighborhood justice issues. Jarrell writes about theology and history and co-leads Carolina Social Music Club, a popular jazz band. He and his wife, Helms, are ordained ministers and are raising two sons. " [https://www.gregjarrell.com]

]]> Red Letter Christians false No 37:24 179 full Carlos A. Rodriguez of The Happy Givers, Simply Sonship | May Monthly Prayer Carlos A. Rodriguez of The Happy Givers, Simply Sonship | May Monthly Prayer https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/carlos-a-rodriguez-of-the-happy-givers-simply-sonship-may-monthly-prayer/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/carlos-a-rodriguez-of-the-happy-givers-simply-sonship-may-monthly-prayer/#comments Thu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/4e51afa7-80b5-3199-83fe-cff9d4734abe May's Monthly Morning Prayer recorded May 1) with our featured guest and dear friend, Carlos A. Rodriguez. Carlos is a passionate speaker who leads the Happy Non-Profit and The Happy Givers. He is the author of Simply Sonship, Drop The Stones, and the upcoming Flip The Tables. His main passions are leading The Happy NPO and spending time with his wife, Catherine and their 3 adorable children. Oh yeah, he also wants everyone to know that he’s a Puerto Rican (living in Puerto Rico) and he can’t wait to host you there! Come on through to pray and reflect with Carlos A. Rodriguez in conversation with Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove.

]]> May's Monthly Morning Prayer recorded May 1) with our featured guest and dear friend, Carlos A. Rodriguez. Carlos is a passionate speaker who leads the Happy Non-Profit and The Happy Givers. He is the author of Simply Sonship, Drop The Stones, and the upcoming Flip The Tables. His main passions are leading The Happy NPO and spending time with his wife, Catherine and their 3 adorable children. Oh yeah, he also wants everyone to know that he’s a Puerto Rican (living in Puerto Rico) and he can’t wait to host you there! Come on through to pray and reflect with Carlos A. Rodriguez in conversation with Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove.

]]> Red Letter Christians false No 46:05 178 full Bruce Reyes-Chow, author of "Everything Good about God is True: Choosing Faith" Bruce Reyes-Chow, author of "Everything Good about God is True: Choosing Faith" https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/bruce-reyes-chow-author-of-everything-good-about-god-is-true-choosing-faith/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/bruce-reyes-chow-author-of-everything-good-about-god-is-true-choosing-faith/#comments Thu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/cef5c52a-469a-391f-8fe1-ca0d146f52ae "A 3rd Generation Chinese/Filipino, armchair sociologist, and technology enthusiast Bruce speaks and teaches on faith, race, parenting, and technology in a variety contexts from seminaries to conferences to congregations to pre-schools. While he speaks to both religious and secular audiences, he is committed to living and expressing a Christian faith that is beautifully complex, unimaginably just, and excruciatingly gracious." [https://www.redletterchristians.org/]

]]> "A 3rd Generation Chinese/Filipino, armchair sociologist, and technology enthusiast Bruce speaks and teaches on faith, race, parenting, and technology in a variety contexts from seminaries to conferences to congregations to pre-schools. While he speaks to both religious and secular audiences, he is committed to living and expressing a Christian faith that is beautifully complex, unimaginably just, and excruciatingly gracious." [https://www.redletterchristians.org/]

]]> Red Letter Christians false No 38:54 177 full Jenny Dyer Advocates for A Sustainable World in 2030 for Ourselves + Our Neighbors Jenny Dyer Advocates for A Sustainable World in 2030 for Ourselves + Our Neighbors https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/jenny-dyer-advocates-for-a-sustainable-world-in-2030-for-ourselves-our-neighbors/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/jenny-dyer-advocates-for-a-sustainable-world-in-2030-for-ourselves-our-neighbors/#comments Thu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/061e9e81-18a5-3a3e-8ee3-fb3c63d1eedc "Jenny Dyer is the Founder of The 2030 Collaborative. As such, she directs the Faith-Based Coalition for Global Nutrition with support from the Eleanor Crook Foundation. She also directs the Faith-Based Coalition for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria in partnership with Friends of the Global Fight." [https://www.2030collaborative.com/staff]

]]> "Jenny Dyer is the Founder of The 2030 Collaborative. As such, she directs the Faith-Based Coalition for Global Nutrition with support from the Eleanor Crook Foundation. She also directs the Faith-Based Coalition for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria in partnership with Friends of the Global Fight." [https://www.2030collaborative.com/staff]

]]> Red Letter Christians false No 24:30 176 full "What was God doing?" | Reverend Dr. Sarah Baldwin Discusses The Asbury Revival "What was God doing?" | Reverend Dr. Sarah Baldwin Discusses The Asbury Revival https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/what-was-god-doing-reverend-dr-sarah-baldwin-discusses-the-asbury-revival/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/what-was-god-doing-reverend-dr-sarah-baldwin-discusses-the-asbury-revival/#comments Thu, 09 May 2024 00:00:00 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/4edd4dab-95a8-3b55-8474-0e5a6c14885e Reverend Dr. Sarah Thomas Baldwin serves as the Vice President of Student Life at Asbury University in central Kentucky.  Sarah shares her experiences behind the scenes of the Asbury Revival that broke out at in February 2023 and the lessons that God taught her through that experience.

]]> Reverend Dr. Sarah Thomas Baldwin serves as the Vice President of Student Life at Asbury University in central Kentucky.  Sarah shares her experiences behind the scenes of the Asbury Revival that broke out at in February 2023 and the lessons that God taught her through that experience.

]]> Red Letter Christians false No 36:23 175 full Katherine Stewart, author of "The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism" Katherine Stewart, author of "The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism" https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/katherine-stewart-author-of-the-power-worshippers-inside-the-dangerous-rise-of-religious-nationalism/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/katherine-stewart-author-of-the-power-worshippers-inside-the-dangerous-rise-of-religious-nationalism/#comments Thu, 02 May 2024 00:00:00 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/d1785004-e9ab-38e3-9b6d-2855614218ae "Katherine Stewart has been covering religious nationalism and the assault on American democracy for over 15 years. Her latest book, The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism, was awarded first place for Excellence in Nonfiction Books by the Religion News Association as well as a Morris D. Forkosch award. Her previous book, The Good News Club: The Christian Right’s Stealth Assault on America’s Children covered the religious right’s efforts to infiltrate and undermine public education.

Stewart writes for The New York Times opinion, New Republic and many others, and has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, and NPR. In 2020 The Power Worshippers was acquired by producers Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner, who subsequently based their documentary feature film, God & Country, on the book. Stewart’s forthcoming book will be published by Bloomsbury in January 2025. You may follow her on X @kathsstewart. " [https://katherinestewart.me]

]]> "Katherine Stewart has been covering religious nationalism and the assault on American democracy for over 15 years. Her latest book, The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism, was awarded first place for Excellence in Nonfiction Books by the Religion News Association as well as a Morris D. Forkosch award. Her previous book, The Good News Club: The Christian Right’s Stealth Assault on America’s Children covered the religious right’s efforts to infiltrate and undermine public education.

Stewart writes for The New York Times opinion, New Republic and many others, and has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, and NPR. In 2020 The Power Worshippers was acquired by producers Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner, who subsequently based their documentary feature film, God & Country, on the book. Stewart’s forthcoming book will be published by Bloomsbury in January 2025. You may follow her on X @kathsstewart. " [https://katherinestewart.me]

]]> Red Letter Christians false No 34:46 174 full The Self-Immolation of Aaron Bushnell | Diana Oestreich Discusses Conscientious Christians in the Military The Self-Immolation of Aaron Bushnell | Diana Oestreich Discusses Conscientious Christians in the Military https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/the-self-immolation-of-aaron-bushnell-diana-oestreich-discusses-conscientious-christians-in-the-military/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/the-self-immolation-of-aaron-bushnell-diana-oestreich-discusses-conscientious-christians-in-the-military/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2024 23:46:25 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/ca9dbf71-f64c-391e-8361-56b456f00cf5
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    • ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 24:47 173 full     Lisa Sharon Harper from Freedom Road Discusses The Hundred Years' War on Palestine with Rashid Khalidi Lisa Sharon Harper from Freedom Road Discusses The Hundred Years' War on Palestine with Rashid Khalidi https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/lisa-sharon-harper-from-freedom-road-discusses-the-hundred-years-war-on-palestine-with-rashid-khalidi/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/lisa-sharon-harper-from-freedom-road-discusses-the-hundred-years-war-on-palestine-with-rashid-khalidi/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/03f0e0b1-96bb-34c4-87f3-95740966e62a This special episode comes to you in partnership with Freedom Road. [https://freedomroad.us/]

     

    As ethnic cleansing and plausible genocide grip Gaza, we ask, “What’s going on? And how did we get here?” Our guest for this episode is Dr. Rashid Khalidi. He is a Palestinian-American historian of the Middle East and the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University. He has also served as editor of the Journal of Palestine Studies, and was President of the Middle East Studies Association, and an advisor to the Palestinian delegation to the Madrid and Washington Arab-Israeli peace negotiations from October 1991 until June 1993. He is author of almost a dozen books, the latest one being The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917- 2017 which we will be talking with him about today.

    We’d love to hear your thoughts. Thread or Insta Lisa @lisasharper or to Freedom Road @freedomroad.us. We’re also on Substack! So be sure to subscribe to freedomroad.substack.com. And, keep sharing the podcast with your friends and networks and letting us know what you think!

    We’d love to hear your thoughts. Thread or Insta Lisa @lisasharper or to Freedom Road @freedomroad.us. We’re also on Substack! So be sure to subscribe to freedomroad.substack.com. And, keep sharing the podcast with your friends and networks and letting us know what you think!

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    ]]>     This special episode comes to you in partnership with Freedom Road. [https://freedomroad.us/]

     

    As ethnic cleansing and plausible genocide grip Gaza, we ask, “What’s going on? And how did we get here?” Our guest for this episode is Dr. Rashid Khalidi. He is a Palestinian-American historian of the Middle East and the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University. He has also served as editor of the Journal of Palestine Studies, and was President of the Middle East Studies Association, and an advisor to the Palestinian delegation to the Madrid and Washington Arab-Israeli peace negotiations from October 1991 until June 1993. He is author of almost a dozen books, the latest one being The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917- 2017 which we will be talking with him about today.

    We’d love to hear your thoughts. Thread or Insta Lisa @lisasharper or to Freedom Road @freedomroad.us. We’re also on Substack! So be sure to subscribe to freedomroad.substack.com. And, keep sharing the podcast with your friends and networks and letting us know what you think!

    We’d love to hear your thoughts. Thread or Insta Lisa @lisasharper or to Freedom Road @freedomroad.us. We’re also on Substack! So be sure to subscribe to freedomroad.substack.com. And, keep sharing the podcast with your friends and networks and letting us know what you think!

    www.threads.net/@lisasharper
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    www.aecst.org
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    history.columbia.edu/person/khalidi-rashid/

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 01:08:06 172 full     Lisa Sharon Harper on Deconstruction, Hierarchies of Human Belonging, and the Desecration of God's Image Lisa Sharon Harper on Deconstruction, Hierarchies of Human Belonging, and the Desecration of God's Image https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/lisa-sharon-harper-on-deconstruction-hierarchies-of-human-belonging-and-the-desecration-of-gods-image/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/lisa-sharon-harper-on-deconstruction-hierarchies-of-human-belonging-and-the-desecration-of-gods-image/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/c2db8f66-eabe-36e6-83bd-1ae724124ed4 Lisa Sharon Harper, author of Fortune and host of The Freedom Road Podcast, joins Shane Claiborne to discuss deconstruction and the desecration of God's image.

    ]]>     Lisa Sharon Harper, author of Fortune and host of The Freedom Road Podcast, joins Shane Claiborne to discuss deconstruction and the desecration of God's image.

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 34:31 171 full     BONUS: Holy Week Pilgrimage + Good Friday at Lockheed Martin BONUS: Holy Week Pilgrimage + Good Friday at Lockheed Martin https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/bonus-holy-week-pilgrimage-good-friday-at-lockheed-martin/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/bonus-holy-week-pilgrimage-good-friday-at-lockheed-martin/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/e484d540-bde8-30e5-b6de-ef381504f44d
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    • ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 24:28 170 full     Jim Wallis, author of: The False White Gospel: Rejecting Christian Nationalism, Reclaiming True Faith, and Refounding Democracy Jim Wallis, author of: The False White Gospel: Rejecting Christian Nationalism, Reclaiming True Faith, and Refounding Democracy https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/jim-wallis-author-of-the-false-white-gospel-rejecting-christian-nationalism-reclaiming-true-faith-and-refounding-democracy/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/jim-wallis-author-of-the-false-white-gospel-rejecting-christian-nationalism-reclaiming-true-faith-and-refounding-democracy/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/7be33f7c-59b2-337a-b1e0-b9a07b4f83b9 "Everyone who claims to be 'Christian' or else claims to be upset by 'Christianity' needs to read this book, especially politicians using people's supposed faith for their own ends." —Margaret E. Atwood "Jim Wallis calls the nation to grow up and he calls us all to fight the love battle to save the soul of America." —From the Foreword by Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. A major new work by the New York Times bestselling author, arguing that the answer to bad religion is true faith that will help refound democracy It is time says Jim Wallis, to call out genuine faith—specifically the “Christian” in White Christian Nationalism—inviting all who can be persuaded to reject and help dismantle a false gospel that propagates white supremacy and autocracy. We need–to raise up the faith of all of us, and help those who are oblivious, stuck, and captive to the ideology and idolatry of White Christian Nationalism that is leading us to such great danger. Wallis turns our attention to six iconic texts at the heart of what genuine biblical faith means and what Jesus, in the gospels, has called us to do. It is time to ask anew: do we believe these teachings or not? This book isn’t only for Christians but for all faith traditions, and even those with no faith at all. When we see a civic promotion of fear, hate, and violence for the trajectory of our politics, we need a civic faith of love, healing, and hope to defeat it. And that must involve all of us–religious or not. Learning to practice a politics of neighbor love will be central to the future of democracy in America. And more than ever, the words of Jesus ring, “You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

    - from https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250291899/thefalsewhitegospel

     

     

    ]]>     "Everyone who claims to be 'Christian' or else claims to be upset by 'Christianity' needs to read this book, especially politicians using people's supposed faith for their own ends." —Margaret E. Atwood

    "Jim Wallis calls the nation to grow up and he calls us all to fight the love battle to save the soul of America." —From the Foreword by Eddie S. Glaude, Jr.

    A major new work by the New York Times bestselling author, arguing that the answer to bad religion is true faith that will help refound democracy

    It is time says Jim Wallis, to call out genuine faith—specifically the “Christian” in White Christian Nationalism—inviting all who can be persuaded to reject and help dismantle a false gospel that propagates white supremacy and autocracy. We need–to raise up the faith of all of us, and help those who are oblivious, stuck, and captive to the ideology and idolatry of White Christian Nationalism that is leading us to such great danger. Wallis turns our attention to six iconic texts at the heart of what genuine biblical faith means and what Jesus, in the gospels, has called us to do. It is time to ask anew: do we believe these teachings or not?

    This book isn’t only for Christians but for all faith traditions, and even those with no faith at all. When we see a civic promotion of fear, hate, and violence for the trajectory of our politics, we need a civic faith of love, healing, and hope to defeat it. And that must involve all of us–religious or not. Learning to practice a politics of neighbor love will be central to the future of democracy in America. And more than ever, the words of Jesus ring, “You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

    - from https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250291899/thefalsewhitegospel

     

     

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 40:16 169 full     Cole Arthur Riley, “Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human” | Special Guest Host: Divya Rosaline David from RLC Cole Arthur Riley, “Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human” | Special Guest Host: Divya Rosaline David from RLC https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/cole-arthur-riley-black-liturgies-prayers-poems-and-meditations-for-staying-human-special-guest-host-divya-rosaline-david-from-rlc/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/cole-arthur-riley-black-liturgies-prayers-poems-and-meditations-for-staying-human-special-guest-host-divya-rosaline-david-from-rlc/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/d337a32a-76b3-3268-bf95-03d850f594a2 Join Cole Arthur Riley in conversation with Divya Rosaline David to discuss “Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human.”

    For years, Cole Arthur Riley was desperate for a spirituality she could trust. Amid ongoing national racial violence, the isolation of the pandemic, and a surge of anti-Black rhetoric in many Christian spaces, she began dreaming of a more human, more liberating expression of faith. She went on to create Black Liturgies, a digital project that connects spiritual practice with Black emotion, Black memory, and the Black body.

    In this book, she brings together hundreds of new prayers, along with letters, poems, meditation questions, breath practices, scriptures, and the writings of Black literary ancestors to offer forty-three liturgies that can be practiced individually or as a community. Inviting readers to reflect on their shared experiences of wonder, rest, rage, and repair, and creating rituals for holidays like Lent and Juneteenth, Arthur Riley writes with a poet’s touch and a sensitivity that has made her one of the most important spiritual voices at work today.

    For anyone healing from communities that were more violent than loving; for anyone who has escaped the trauma of white Christian nationalism, religious homophobia, or transphobia; for anyone asking what it means to be human in a world of both beauty and terror, Black Liturgies is a work of healing and empowerment, and a vision for might be.

    About the author:

    Cole Arthur Riley is a writer and poet. She is the NYT bestselling author of This Here Flesh and Black Liturgies. Her writing has been featured in The Atlantic, Guernica, The Boston Globe, and The Washington Post.

    Cole is also the creator of Black Liturgies, a space that integrates spiritual practice with Black emotion, Black literature, and the Black body; and a project of The Center for Dignity and Contemplation where she serves as Curator.

    ]]>     Join Cole Arthur Riley in conversation with Divya Rosaline David to discuss “Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human.”

    For years, Cole Arthur Riley was desperate for a spirituality she could trust. Amid ongoing national racial violence, the isolation of the pandemic, and a surge of anti-Black rhetoric in many Christian spaces, she began dreaming of a more human, more liberating expression of faith. She went on to create Black Liturgies, a digital project that connects spiritual practice with Black emotion, Black memory, and the Black body.

    In this book, she brings together hundreds of new prayers, along with letters, poems, meditation questions, breath practices, scriptures, and the writings of Black literary ancestors to offer forty-three liturgies that can be practiced individually or as a community. Inviting readers to reflect on their shared experiences of wonder, rest, rage, and repair, and creating rituals for holidays like Lent and Juneteenth, Arthur Riley writes with a poet’s touch and a sensitivity that has made her one of the most important spiritual voices at work today.

    For anyone healing from communities that were more violent than loving; for anyone who has escaped the trauma of white Christian nationalism, religious homophobia, or transphobia; for anyone asking what it means to be human in a world of both beauty and terror, Black Liturgies is a work of healing and empowerment, and a vision for might be.

    About the author:

    Cole Arthur Riley is a writer and poet. She is the NYT bestselling author of This Here Flesh and Black Liturgies. Her writing has been featured in The Atlantic, Guernica, The Boston Globe, and The Washington Post.

    Cole is also the creator of Black Liturgies, a space that integrates spiritual practice with Black emotion, Black literature, and the Black body; and a project of The Center for Dignity and Contemplation where she serves as Curator.

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 52:46 168 full     Bringing Hope & Healing to the World's Forgotten Poor | Dr. Mark Shrime from Mercy Ships Bringing Hope & Healing to the World's Forgotten Poor | Dr. Mark Shrime from Mercy Ships https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/bringing-hope-healing-to-the-worlds-forgotten-poor-dr-mark-shrime-from-mercy-ships/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/bringing-hope-healing-to-the-worlds-forgotten-poor-dr-mark-shrime-from-mercy-ships/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/bc42d31f-89d6-3e77-9b95-f3d32d3eb96e Dr. Mark Shrime, a surgeon with Mercy Ships, author of "Solving for Why: A Surgeon’s Journey to Discover the Transformative Power of Purpose" discusses more about the work with Mercy Ships.

    Please visit https://www.mercyships.org/ for more information.

    ]]>     Dr. Mark Shrime, a surgeon with Mercy Ships, author of "Solving for Why: A Surgeon’s Journey to Discover the Transformative Power of Purpose" discusses more about the work with Mercy Ships.

    Please visit https://www.mercyships.org/ for more information.

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 35:55 167 full     Participate in the launch of Yale Divinity School's Launch of Center for Public Theology & Public Policy Participate in the launch of Yale Divinity School's Launch of Center for Public Theology & Public Policy https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/participate-in-the-launch-of-yale-divinity-schools-launch-of-center-for-public-theology-public-policy/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/participate-in-the-launch-of-yale-divinity-schools-launch-of-center-for-public-theology-public-policy/#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/c8451c6b-dfe7-30e3-bb74-22e8d91e1330 Find Yale Divinity School events here: https://www.theologyandpolicy.yale.edu/launch

    "Following over 30 years of ongoing public ministry, Bishop William J. Barber II, DMin, joined the faculty at Yale Divinity School and created the Center for Public Theology & Public Policy. From April 2 - April 6, 2023 the Center collaborated with partners across Yale to host a series of powerful events to mark and launch this historic work. On April 5, 2023, students, scholars, advocates, activists, economists, lawyers, and the community, convened at Yale Divinity School to learn more about the Center's mission and upcoming work. Bishop Barber moderated a roundtable discussion between scholars, economists, and impacted people - they examined the public policy issues of living wages and healthcare and offered a moral framework as a guide for cultivating solutions to these issues.

    Mr. Wilson-Hartgrove is an author, preacher, and community-builder who has worked with faith-rooted movements for social change for more than two decades. He is the founder of School for Conversion, a popular education center in Durham, North Carolina, and co-founder of the Rutba House, a house of hospitality in Durham’s Walltown neighborhood.  

    Mr. Wilson-Hartgrove is the author of more than a dozen books, including the daily prayer guide, Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals, New Monasticism, The Wisdom of Stability, Reconstructing the Gospel, and Revolution of Values. He is a regular preacher and teacher in churches across the US and Canada and a member of the Red Letter Christian Communicators network."

     

    ]]>     Find Yale Divinity School events here: https://www.theologyandpolicy.yale.edu/launch

    "Following over 30 years of ongoing public ministry, Bishop William J. Barber II, DMin, joined the faculty at Yale Divinity School and created the Center for Public Theology & Public Policy. From April 2 - April 6, 2023 the Center collaborated with partners across Yale to host a series of powerful events to mark and launch this historic work. On April 5, 2023, students, scholars, advocates, activists, economists, lawyers, and the community, convened at Yale Divinity School to learn more about the Center's mission and upcoming work. Bishop Barber moderated a roundtable discussion between scholars, economists, and impacted people - they examined the public policy issues of living wages and healthcare and offered a moral framework as a guide for cultivating solutions to these issues.

    Mr. Wilson-Hartgrove is an author, preacher, and community-builder who has worked with faith-rooted movements for social change for more than two decades. He is the founder of School for Conversion, a popular education center in Durham, North Carolina, and co-founder of the Rutba House, a house of hospitality in Durham’s Walltown neighborhood.  

    Mr. Wilson-Hartgrove is the author of more than a dozen books, including the daily prayer guide, Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals, New Monasticism, The Wisdom of Stability, Reconstructing the Gospel, and Revolution of Values. He is a regular preacher and teacher in churches across the US and Canada and a member of the Red Letter Christian Communicators network."

     

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 34:10 166 full     Why is Ceasefire Controversial? Dr. James Zogby, and Ariel Gold Why is Ceasefire Controversial? Dr. James Zogby, and Ariel Gold https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/why-is-ceasefire-controversial-dr-james-zogby-and-ariel-gold/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/why-is-ceasefire-controversial-dr-james-zogby-and-ariel-gold/#comments Thu, 07 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0800 redletterchristians.podbean.com/a0344f73-7dc1-379f-bfa2-bb65f68933ae Ariel Gold is the executive director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation. She was the national co-director of the antiwar group CODEPINK, where she specialized in campaigns for Palestinian rights. She is a member of Congregation Tikkun v’Or in Ithaca, New York where she resides and has been a longtime active member of Jewish Voice for Peace.

    James Joseph Zogby (from Arabic: زغبي, Zuġbīy) (born 1945) is the founder and president of the Arab American Institute (AAI), a Washington, D.C.–based organization that serves as a political and policy research arm of the Arab-American community. He is Managing Director of Zogby Research Services, LLC, specializing in research and communications and undertaking polling across the Arab world.

    ]]>     Ariel Gold is the executive director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation. She was the national co-director of the antiwar group CODEPINK, where she specialized in campaigns for Palestinian rights. She is a member of Congregation Tikkun v’Or in Ithaca, New York where she resides and has been a longtime active member of Jewish Voice for Peace.

    James Joseph Zogby (from Arabic: زغبي, Zuġbīy) (born 1945) is the founder and president of the Arab American Institute (AAI), a Washington, D.C.–based organization that serves as a political and policy research arm of the Arab-American community. He is Managing Director of Zogby Research Services, LLC, specializing in research and communications and undertaking polling across the Arab world.

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 34:29 165 full     Reverend Dr. Fahed, Palestinian Arab Christian, Founder of Atlanta Ministry with International Students, Inc., Reverend Dr. Fahed, Palestinian Arab Christian, Founder of Atlanta Ministry with International Students, Inc., https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/reverend-dr-fahed-palestinian-arab-christian-founder-of-atlanta-ministry-with-international-students-inc/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/reverend-dr-fahed-palestinian-arab-christian-founder-of-atlanta-ministry-with-international-students-inc/#comments Thu, 29 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0800 redletterchristians.podbean.com/b69354fb-4319-3221-af6c-d42dac771033
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    • ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 24:22 164 full     Demand Ceasefire NOW | Diana Oestreich Demand Ceasefire NOW | Diana Oestreich https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/demand-ceasefire-now-diana-oestreich/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/demand-ceasefire-now-diana-oestreich/#comments Thu, 22 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0800 redletterchristians.podbean.com/8541af04-1f15-3400-b099-29d64781105d We only need 38 more signatures to reach the next goal - can you help?

    https://www.ceasefiresong.com/

    We are religious leaders, nonprofits, and activists, nurses, doctors, dads, teachers and mothers united in this moment of moral reckoning to affirm the sanctity of all human life. https://www.change.org/p/save-children-s-lives-duluth-demands-a-ceasefire-now

    We call on the  Duluth City Council  to save  Palestinian and Israeli Children’s lives by demanding a ceasefire in Gaza. 

    We unequivocally condemn attacks on all innocent civilians, including the October 7th Hamas-led attacks in Israel, which killed 1200 Israelis and saw 240 people taken hostage. We condemn the Israeli Army’s siege and indiscriminate bombardment of Gaza, where U.S.-made weapons have contributed to the loss of more than 25,105 Palestinian lives  and left more than 62,681wounded or dying without hospitals to stop the bleeding. 

    Children are experiencing the suffering and consequences from decisions made by Adults. We cannot allow them to suffer for the horrific decisions they did not make. 

    We as Duluthians are standing up to Protect innocent childrens lives.

    Children make up over 47% of the population of Gaza according to UNICEF. Its estimated 3 children are being killed every day by the Israeli Army. Bombs, disease and starvation in addition to having their parents killed is the triple threat facing them according to UNICEF every day we allow this to continue Two abducted Israeli children must be unconditionally and safely released.

    “With every passing day, children and families in the Gaza Strip face increased risk of death from the sky, disease from lack of safe water, and deprivation from lack of food. And for the two remaining Israeli children still held hostage in Gaza, their nightmare that began on 7 October continues.”

    It is our moral obligation to leverage our collective power to end the escalation of death and ongoing humanitarian crises. We have three demands.

    We demand an immediate, permanent ceasefire and the immediate release of all Israeli and Palestinian hostages.  We urge the Duluth City Council and US to facilitate unimpeded UN-supervised humanitarian aid in Gaza. This includes but is not limited to the immediate delivery of lifesaving aid, the reconstruction, restabilization, and return of Palestinians displaced from their homes and neighborhoods.   We urge the Duluth City Council and the US to condition funding to Israel on its adherence to humanitarian law just as is required for every other nation that receives our citizens tax dollars through US aid and funding. 

    United in shared humanity, we collectively urge the Duluth City Council  to leverage its power to end the genocide in Gaza. A ceasefire is just the beginning. The staggering civilian casualties and rising global hate crimes highlight a fundamental truth: there is no military resolution to this invasion. We understand the safety and security of Israelis and Palestinians to be inextricably intertwined, a safety predicated on a long-term diplomatic solution. Further, we condemn weaponization of this violence to justify anti-semetic and anti-Arab, especially anti-Palestinian, attacks and abuse and  intimidation across Duluth and  the nation. 

    We stand on our faiths, our conscience and human and civic responsibility to speak up for children and preserve the sanctity of human life here in Duluth and across the world in Gaza. In the words of Rev. Jesse Jackson in Lebanon in 1979, “we do not seek to exchange sufferers but rather to stop suffering.”  

     

      ]]>     We only need 38 more signatures to reach the next goal - can you help?

    https://www.ceasefiresong.com/

    We are religious leaders, nonprofits, and activists, nurses, doctors, dads, teachers and mothers united in this moment of moral reckoning to affirm the sanctity of all human life. https://www.change.org/p/save-children-s-lives-duluth-demands-a-ceasefire-now

    We call on the  Duluth City Council  to save  Palestinian and Israeli Children’s lives by demanding a ceasefire in Gaza. 

    We unequivocally condemn attacks on all innocent civilians, including the October 7th Hamas-led attacks in Israel, which killed 1200 Israelis and saw 240 people taken hostage. We condemn the Israeli Army’s siege and indiscriminate bombardment of Gaza, where U.S.-made weapons have contributed to the loss of more than 25,105 Palestinian lives  and left more than 62,681wounded or dying without hospitals to stop the bleeding. 


    Children are experiencing the suffering and consequences from decisions made by Adults. We cannot allow them to suffer for the horrific decisions they did not make. 

    We as Duluthians are standing up to Protect innocent childrens lives.

    Children make up over 47% of the population of Gaza according to UNICEF.
    Its estimated 3 children are being killed every day by the Israeli Army.
    Bombs, disease and starvation in addition to having their parents killed is the triple threat facing them according to UNICEF every day we allow this to continue
    Two abducted Israeli children must be unconditionally and safely released.

    “With every passing day, children and families in the Gaza Strip face increased risk of death from the sky, disease from lack of safe water, and deprivation from lack of food. And for the two remaining Israeli children still held hostage in Gaza, their nightmare that began on 7 October continues.”

    It is our moral obligation to leverage our collective power to end the escalation of death and ongoing humanitarian crises. We have three demands.

    We demand an immediate, permanent ceasefire and the immediate release of all Israeli and Palestinian hostages. 
    We urge the Duluth City Council and US to facilitate unimpeded UN-supervised humanitarian aid in Gaza. This includes but is not limited to the immediate delivery of lifesaving aid, the reconstruction, restabilization, and return of Palestinians displaced from their homes and neighborhoods. 
     We urge the Duluth City Council and the US to condition funding to Israel on its adherence to humanitarian law just as is required for every other nation that receives our citizens tax dollars through US aid and funding. 

    United in shared humanity, we collectively urge the Duluth City Council  to leverage its power to end the genocide in Gaza. A ceasefire is just the beginning. The staggering civilian casualties and rising global hate crimes highlight a fundamental truth: there is no military resolution to this invasion. We understand the safety and security of Israelis and Palestinians to be inextricably intertwined, a safety predicated on a long-term diplomatic solution. Further, we condemn weaponization of this violence to justify anti-semetic and anti-Arab, especially anti-Palestinian, attacks and abuse and  intimidation across Duluth and  the nation. 

    We stand on our faiths, our conscience and human and civic responsibility to speak up for children and preserve the sanctity of human life here in Duluth and across the world in Gaza. In the words of Rev. Jesse Jackson in Lebanon in 1979, “we do not seek to exchange sufferers but rather to stop suffering.”  

     

      ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 34:37 162 full     Book Club | "Let Your Heartbreak Be Your Guide: Lessons in Engaged Contemplation" discussed by author Father Adam Bucko and Mary Grace Puszka Book Club | "Let Your Heartbreak Be Your Guide: Lessons in Engaged Contemplation" discussed by author Father Adam Bucko and Mary Grace Puszka https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/book-club-let-your-heartbreak-be-your-guide-lessons-in-engaged-contemplation-discussed-by-author-father-adam-bucko-and-mary-grace-puszka/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/book-club-let-your-heartbreak-be-your-guide-lessons-in-engaged-contemplation-discussed-by-author-father-adam-bucko-and-mary-grace-puszka/#comments Thu, 15 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0800 redletterchristians.podbean.com/58ae8681-c546-3ae1-854c-7e1e906c7375  Father Adam Bucko in conversation with RLC’S Mary Grace Puszka to discuss “Let Your Heartbreak Be Your Guide: Lessons in Engaged Contemplation” (Orbis Books, 2022). Written against the backdrop of the pandemic and America’s reckoning with growing poverty, injustice and systemic racism, this book is uniquely positioned to accompany us through the disillusionment and violence of trying times. It offers reflections, stories, and insights from Adam Bucko’s years of prayer and activism, including in the streets with homeless and LGBTQ youth, in new monastic communities across the world, and as an Episcopal priest in an engaged contemplative community.

    Indeed, Father Adam Bucko has been a committed voice in the movement for the renewal of Christian Contemplative Spirituality and the growing New Monastic movement. He has taught engaged contemplative spirituality in Europe and the United States and has authored “Let Your Heartbreak be Your Guide: Lessons in Engaged Contemplation” and co-authored “Occupy Spirituality: A Radical Vision for a New Generation” and “The New Monasticism: An Interspiritual Manifesto for Contemplative Living.”

    Committed to an integration of contemplation and just practice, he cofounded an award-winning non-profit, the Reciprocity Foundation, where he spent 15 years working with homeless youth living on the streets of New York City, providing spiritual care, developing programs to end youth homelessness, and articulating a vision for spiritual mentoring in a post-religious world. He currently serves as a director of The Center for Spiritual Imagination at the Episcopal Cathedral of the Incarnation in Garden City, New York, and is a member of “The Community of the Incarnation,” a ‘new monastic’ community dedicated to democratizing the gifts of monastic spirituality and teaching contemplative spirituality, in the context of hearing and responding to the cry of the poor and the cry of the earth.

    ]]>      Father Adam Bucko in conversation with RLC’S Mary Grace Puszka to discuss “Let Your Heartbreak Be Your Guide: Lessons in Engaged Contemplation” (Orbis Books, 2022). Written against the backdrop of the pandemic and America’s reckoning with growing poverty, injustice and systemic racism, this book is uniquely positioned to accompany us through the disillusionment and violence of trying times. It offers reflections, stories, and insights from Adam Bucko’s years of prayer and activism, including in the streets with homeless and LGBTQ youth, in new monastic communities across the world, and as an Episcopal priest in an engaged contemplative community.

    Indeed, Father Adam Bucko has been a committed voice in the movement for the renewal of Christian Contemplative Spirituality and the growing New Monastic movement. He has taught engaged contemplative spirituality in Europe and the United States and has authored “Let Your Heartbreak be Your Guide: Lessons in Engaged Contemplation” and co-authored “Occupy Spirituality: A Radical Vision for a New Generation” and “The New Monasticism: An Interspiritual Manifesto for Contemplative Living.”

    Committed to an integration of contemplation and just practice, he cofounded an award-winning non-profit, the Reciprocity Foundation, where he spent 15 years working with homeless youth living on the streets of New York City, providing spiritual care, developing programs to end youth homelessness, and articulating a vision for spiritual mentoring in a post-religious world. He currently serves as a director of The Center for Spiritual Imagination at the Episcopal Cathedral of the Incarnation in Garden City, New York, and is a member of “The Community of the Incarnation,” a ‘new monastic’ community dedicated to democratizing the gifts of monastic spirituality and teaching contemplative spirituality, in the context of hearing and responding to the cry of the poor and the cry of the earth.

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 56:16 161 full     Reverend Erich Kussman on Pastoring in Prisons, Injustice, and Deconstruction Reverend Erich Kussman on Pastoring in Prisons, Injustice, and Deconstruction https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/reverend-erich-kussman-on-pastoring-in-prisons-injustice-and-deconstruction/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/reverend-erich-kussman-on-pastoring-in-prisons-injustice-and-deconstruction/#comments Thu, 08 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0800 redletterchristians.podbean.com/a7aa3d0b-c21d-3687-81de-14cdcb0b3492  

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    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 27:28 158 full     February Monthly Morning Prayer February Monthly Morning Prayer https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/february-monthly-morning-prayer/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/february-monthly-morning-prayer/#comments Mon, 05 Feb 2024 21:09:00 -0800 redletterchristians.podbean.com/a024ec20-66fa-332d-91c7-fa2fd84b5df8
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    • ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 43:04 163 full     Book Club | ”You Should Be Grateful: Stories of Race, Identity and Transracial Adoption” with author Angela Tucker and host Diana Oestreich Book Club | ”You Should Be Grateful: Stories of Race, Identity and Transracial Adoption” with author Angela Tucker and host Diana Oestreich https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/book-club-you-should-be-grateful-stories-of-race-identity-and-transracial-adoption-with-author-angela-tucker-and-host-diana-oestreich/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/book-club-you-should-be-grateful-stories-of-race-identity-and-transracial-adoption-with-author-angela-tucker-and-host-diana-oestreich/#comments Thu, 01 Feb 2024 00:01:00 -0800 redletterchristians.podbean.com/cccd4a80-c70f-322c-a893-5546505330eb We are humbled to be joined by Angela Tucker as our book club guest in conversation with Diana Oestreich.

    Tucker wears many hats: she is the CEO of the Adoptee Mentoring Society, cultural commentator, filmmaker, podcast host, inspiring speaker, and author. Tucker is a transracial adoptee and is the Founder of The Adopted Life and the Adoptee Mentoring Society where she is challenging dominant adoption paradigms by centering adoptee voices in the mainstream. Tucker lives in Seattle Washington with her husband, Bryan Tucker.

    Her new book, You Should Be Grateful: Stories of Race, Identity and Transracial Adoption is the subject of the documentary Closure, chronicling the search for Tucker’s biological family. The book centers the experiences of adoptees to share deeply personal stories, it is comprised of well-researched history and engrossing anecdotes from mentorship sessions with adopted youth. Tucker centers the experiences of adoptees through sharing deeply personal stories, well-researched history and engrossing anecdotes from mentorship sessions with adopted youth. These perspectives challenge the fairy-tale narrative of adoption, giving way to a fuller story that explores the impacts of racism, classism, family, love, and belonging.

    ]]>     We are humbled to be joined by Angela Tucker as our book club guest in conversation with Diana Oestreich.

    Tucker wears many hats: she is the CEO of the Adoptee Mentoring Society, cultural commentator, filmmaker, podcast host, inspiring speaker, and author. Tucker is a transracial adoptee and is the Founder of The Adopted Life and the Adoptee Mentoring Society where she is challenging dominant adoption paradigms by centering adoptee voices in the mainstream. Tucker lives in Seattle Washington with her husband, Bryan Tucker.

    Her new book, You Should Be Grateful: Stories of Race, Identity and Transracial Adoption is the subject of the documentary Closure, chronicling the search for Tucker’s biological family. The book centers the experiences of adoptees to share deeply personal stories, it is comprised of well-researched history and engrossing anecdotes from mentorship sessions with adopted youth. Tucker centers the experiences of adoptees through sharing deeply personal stories, well-researched history and engrossing anecdotes from mentorship sessions with adopted youth. These perspectives challenge the fairy-tale narrative of adoption, giving way to a fuller story that explores the impacts of racism, classism, family, love, and belonging.

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 01:06:12 157 full     "Our story doesn't end in our worst moments." | Jeff Hood Recounts Kenneth Smith Execution in Alabama with Experimental Nitrogen Gas Method "Our story doesn't end in our worst moments." | Jeff Hood Recounts Kenneth Smith Execution in Alabama with Experimental Nitrogen Gas Method https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/our-story-doesnt-end-in-our-worst-moments-jeff-hood-recounts-kenneth-smith-execution-in-alabama-with-experimental-nitrogen-gas-method/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/our-story-doesnt-end-in-our-worst-moments-jeff-hood-recounts-kenneth-smith-execution-in-alabama-with-experimental-nitrogen-gas-method/#comments Fri, 26 Jan 2024 22:59:45 -0800 redletterchristians.podbean.com/92c8c53a-e6df-3ff1-973e-17ec82431b76 Shane Claiborne speaks with Dr. Jeff Hood about redemption, grace, and justice. Dr. Hood was the spiritual advisor to death row inmate Kenneth Smith who was killed Thursday, January 25, 2024, with the experimental execution method of nitrogen gas by the state of Alabama.

    Please visit the following to learn more about how you can get involved to help end the death penalty.

    https://deathpenaltyaction.org/

    https://eji.org/

    https://www.redletterchristians.org/dr-jeff-hood-in-conversation-with-shane-claiborne-about-kenneth-smiths-execution/

     

     

    ]]>     Shane Claiborne speaks with Dr. Jeff Hood about redemption, grace, and justice. Dr. Hood was the spiritual advisor to death row inmate Kenneth Smith who was killed Thursday, January 25, 2024, with the experimental execution method of nitrogen gas by the state of Alabama.

    Please visit the following to learn more about how you can get involved to help end the death penalty.

    https://deathpenaltyaction.org/

    https://eji.org/

    https://www.redletterchristians.org/dr-jeff-hood-in-conversation-with-shane-claiborne-about-kenneth-smiths-execution/

     

     

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 28:14 160 full     Tim Whitaker from The New Evangelicals Returns! Tim Whitaker from The New Evangelicals Returns! https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/tim-whitaker-from-the-new-evangelicals-returns/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/tim-whitaker-from-the-new-evangelicals-returns/#comments Thu, 25 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0800 redletterchristians.podbean.com/315140ea-0e02-3c60-8ab7-afc3408b628b
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    • ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 45:54 159 full     Rethinking Life | Reclaim the Sacredness Rethinking Life | Reclaim the Sacredness https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/rethinking-life-reclaim-the-sacredness/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/rethinking-life-reclaim-the-sacredness/#comments Thu, 18 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0800 redletterchristians.podbean.com/b6c8a3e4-33ca-3c1e-a69f-4fbfa01fd4ef
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    • ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 27:34 156 full     Seeing the Unseen: Beyond Prejudices, Paradigms and Party Lines | Book Club with Bishop Mark M. Beckwith Seeing the Unseen: Beyond Prejudices, Paradigms and Party Lines | Book Club with Bishop Mark M. Beckwith https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/seeing-the-unseen-beyond-prejudices-paradigms-and-party-lines-book-club-with-bishop-mark-m-beckwith/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/seeing-the-unseen-beyond-prejudices-paradigms-and-party-lines-book-club-with-bishop-mark-m-beckwith/#comments Thu, 11 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0800 redletterchristians.podbean.com/364d9080-a683-3368-91f8-9cf59e2f46c6 Bishop Mark M. Beckwith was the tenth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark. He currently serves as the Bishop Liaison for Bishops United Against Gun Violence, a network of 100 bishops he co-founded after the Newtown, Ct. killings in 2012. He is also the co-founder of Faith Leaders for Ending Gun Violence, a national ecumenical group of diverse religious leaders. He has been part of the leadership team for Braver Angels, a national movement that seeks to depolarize America. Beckwith's book, "Seeing the Unseen: Beyond Prejudices, Paradigms and Party Lines" (Morehouse Publishing, 2022) offers a way forward from opposing viewpoints. Instead of dismissing those whose views and experiences are different from our own, he argues that we must look directly at them and see the goodness that is inherent in all things. From the language we use to the imperative to understand and include, we have a duty to work through opposition and build community. Bishop Beckwith describes "Seeing the Unseen" this way: “We are trained to think, yet the cultural emphasis on thinking has not be applied to our ability to see . . . We are not as well trained in seeing the world’s fullness―pain and joy, compassion and cruelty. We regularly receive glimpses of pain and joy, but they are often presented in such a way as to reinforce our thinking.”

     

    ]]>     Bishop Mark M. Beckwith was the tenth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark. He currently serves as the Bishop Liaison for Bishops United Against Gun Violence, a network of 100 bishops he co-founded after the Newtown, Ct. killings in 2012. He is also the co-founder of Faith Leaders for Ending Gun Violence, a national ecumenical group of diverse religious leaders. He has been part of the leadership team for Braver Angels, a national movement that seeks to depolarize America. Beckwith's book, "Seeing the Unseen: Beyond Prejudices, Paradigms and Party Lines" (Morehouse Publishing, 2022) offers a way forward from opposing viewpoints. Instead of dismissing those whose views and experiences are different from our own, he argues that we must look directly at them and see the goodness that is inherent in all things. From the language we use to the imperative to understand and include, we have a duty to work through opposition and build community. Bishop Beckwith describes "Seeing the Unseen" this way: “We are trained to think, yet the cultural emphasis on thinking has not be applied to our ability to see . . . We are not as well trained in seeing the world’s fullness―pain and joy, compassion and cruelty. We regularly receive glimpses of pain and joy, but they are often presented in such a way as to reinforce our thinking.”

     

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 01:08:02 154 full     January Morning Prayer with Yousef AlKhouri January Morning Prayer with Yousef AlKhouri https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/january-morning-prayer-with-yousef-alkhouri/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/january-morning-prayer-with-yousef-alkhouri/#comments Sat, 06 Jan 2024 18:58:43 -0800 redletterchristians.podbean.com/37fa65ed-dc71-3bf8-9271-362b3778c837 Yousef identifies himself as a Christian Arab Palestinian. He was born in Gaza to a Christian family that has a long heritage of serving in the priesthood of the Greek Orthodox Church. He is married to Merna and they live in Bethlehem, Palestine. Yousef has written several poems in Arabic. In 2007, he published his first poetry collection under the title “You are Not My Beloved.” In addition to teaching at BethBC and lecturing to international groups on the Palestinian Israeli conflict, Yousef is also involved in Christ at the Checkpoint. [https://bethbc.edu/Faculty/yousef-alkhouri/]

    ]]>     Yousef identifies himself as a Christian Arab Palestinian. He was born in Gaza to a Christian family that has a long heritage of serving in the priesthood of the Greek Orthodox Church. He is married to Merna and they live in Bethlehem, Palestine. Yousef has written several poems in Arabic. In 2007, he published his first poetry collection under the title “You are Not My Beloved.” In addition to teaching at BethBC and lecturing to international groups on the Palestinian Israeli conflict, Yousef is also involved in Christ at the Checkpoint. [https://bethbc.edu/Faculty/yousef-alkhouri/]

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 01:03:13 155 full     Special Guest | Katie Jo and Shane Claiborne Special Guest | Katie Jo and Shane Claiborne https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/special-guest-katie-jo-and-shane-claiborne/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/special-guest-katie-jo-and-shane-claiborne/#comments Thu, 04 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0800 redletterchristians.podbean.com/ecf0d9f7-b893-3f2f-aa96-436ba33154e5
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    • ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 27:27 152 full     Christ In The Rubble | Continued Conversation with Kelly Latimore Christ In The Rubble | Continued Conversation with Kelly Latimore https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/christ-in-the-rubble-continued-conversation-with-kelly-latimore/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/christ-in-the-rubble-continued-conversation-with-kelly-latimore/#comments Thu, 28 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0800 redletterchristians.podbean.com/3bf7bf22-1d82-31cd-8797-280c0cbbd4b1 From December 2023, a second conversation with iconographer and artist, Kelly Latimore. 

    ]]>     From December 2023, a second conversation with iconographer and artist, Kelly Latimore. 

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 18:06 153 full     Christ in the Rubble: Kelly Latimore, Iconographer & Artist Christ in the Rubble: Kelly Latimore, Iconographer & Artist https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/christ-in-the-rubble-kelly-latimore-iconographer-artist/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/christ-in-the-rubble-kelly-latimore-iconographer-artist/#comments Thu, 21 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0800 redletterchristians.podbean.com/6eea0d33-f6ef-315c-aee5-4b8adbc012c6 Red Letter Christians partnered with artist Kelly Latimore of @kellylatimoreicons to create this new icon, "Christ in the Rubble," which illustrates the prophetic message that if Jesus was born today, he would be born "under the rubble." Kelly wants his art to be a ‘holy pondering’ - a process that potentially brings about a new way of seeing. Our hope is that this icon, "Christ in the Rubble" will create more dialogue among Christians in the United States during this holy season about the ways our beliefs and actions - or lack thereof - contribute to the violence we're currently witnessing in Gaza. How can we shape a culture of Christianity where love truly has no boundaries? How do we create a world where our poor, homeless, refugee, Palestinian Savior - born to a teenage mother and later condemned to death - would be cherished had he been born today. 🚨🚨 Right now, when you give $100 or more on the Red Letter Christians website, you’ll receive a professional print of “Christ in the Rubble” SIGNED by Kelly Latimore. These special prints will be limited to the first 500 gifts made. ‼️All the donations Red Letter Christians collects from the sale of these prints will be donated to trusted Red Letter Christians partners working for peace on the ground in Gaza‼️ All people, churches, organizations, etc are warmly welcomed and encouraged to share the digital version of this icon on social media and on their websites, particularly during the Christmas season. Let’s get some money to Gaza!! #palestine #gaza #peace #ChristintheRubble

    https://linktr.ee/redletterchristians

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians partnered with artist Kelly Latimore of @kellylatimoreicons to create this new icon, "Christ in the Rubble," which illustrates the prophetic message that if Jesus was born today, he would be born "under the rubble."

    Kelly wants his art to be a ‘holy pondering’ - a process that potentially brings about a new way of seeing.

    Our hope is that this icon, "Christ in the Rubble" will create more dialogue among Christians in the United States during this holy season about the ways our beliefs and actions - or lack thereof - contribute to the violence we're currently witnessing in Gaza. How can we shape a culture of Christianity where love truly has no boundaries? How do we create a world where our poor, homeless, refugee, Palestinian Savior - born to a teenage mother and later condemned to death - would be cherished had he been born today.

    🚨🚨 Right now, when you give $100 or more on the Red Letter Christians website, you’ll receive a professional print of “Christ in the Rubble” SIGNED by Kelly Latimore. These special prints will be limited to the first 500 gifts made. ‼️All the donations Red Letter Christians collects from the sale of these prints will be donated to trusted Red Letter Christians partners working for peace on the ground in Gaza‼️

    All people, churches, organizations, etc are warmly welcomed and encouraged to share the digital version of this icon on social media and on their websites, particularly during the Christmas season.

    Let’s get some money to Gaza!!

    #palestine #gaza #peace #ChristintheRubble

    https://linktr.ee/redletterchristians

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 28:08 151 full     Mae Elise Cannon: Churches for Middle East Peace Mae Elise Cannon: Churches for Middle East Peace https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/mae-elise-cannon-churches-for-middle-east-peace/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/mae-elise-cannon-churches-for-middle-east-peace/#comments Thu, 14 Dec 2023 00:18:31 -0800 redletterchristians.podbean.com/027c27ce-c773-300c-a88b-c341f76446b4 Reverend Dr. Mae Elise Cannon (https://www.maecannon.com) joins Shane for an important conversation about peacebuilding and Churches for Middle East Peace.

    ]]>     Reverend Dr. Mae Elise Cannon (https://www.maecannon.com) joins Shane for an important conversation about peacebuilding and Churches for Middle East Peace.

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 28:11 150 full     Rethinking Life: Healing the Harm Rethinking Life: Healing the Harm https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/rethinking-life-healing-the-harm/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/rethinking-life-healing-the-harm/#comments Thu, 07 Dec 2023 00:15:00 -0800 redletterchristians.podbean.com/a533cb6f-c74e-3fa1-9419-ffbb17f05113
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    • ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 27:43 149 full     God’s Resistance: Mobilizing Faith to Defend Immigrants God’s Resistance: Mobilizing Faith to Defend Immigrants https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/god-s-resistance-mobilizing-faith-to-defend-immigrants/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/god-s-resistance-mobilizing-faith-to-defend-immigrants/#comments Thu, 30 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0800 redletterchristians.podbean.com/0024c10f-4ade-3afc-b8a7-7efd1c26c49e Special guests and authors of God's Resistance (Brad Christerson , Alexia Salvatierra, Nancy Wang Yuen [not present] and Robert Chao Romero) discuss their experience of enabling the power of faith to mobilize resistance to anti-immigration policies.

    ]]>     Special guests and authors of God's Resistance (Brad Christerson , Alexia Salvatierra, Nancy Wang Yuen [not present] and Robert Chao Romero) discuss their experience of enabling the power of faith to mobilize resistance to anti-immigration policies.

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 44:44 148 full     Decolonizing the Gospel Decolonizing the Gospel https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/decolonizing-the-gospel/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/decolonizing-the-gospel/#comments Thu, 23 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0800 redletterchristians.podbean.com/1438ea09-5765-3f9d-a5ed-b41ca706a260
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    • ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 27:59 146 full     Eye for an Eye: A License for Revenge? Shane Claiborne on War in Israel and Palestine Eye for an Eye: A License for Revenge? Shane Claiborne on War in Israel and Palestine https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/eye-for-an-eye-a-license-for-revenge-shane-claiborne-on-war-in-israel-and-palestine/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/eye-for-an-eye-a-license-for-revenge-shane-claiborne-on-war-in-israel-and-palestine/#comments Sat, 18 Nov 2023 12:00:00 -0800 redletterchristians.podbean.com/16527581-4240-38f5-9e8b-a8401810f039 In this special bonus episode, Shane shares about the ongoing war and heartbreak in Israel and Palestine. He breaks down the idea of war, collective punishment, and retribution and what the Bible says. 

    ]]>     In this special bonus episode, Shane shares about the ongoing war and heartbreak in Israel and Palestine. He breaks down the idea of war, collective punishment, and retribution and what the Bible says. 

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 27:38 147 full     American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church with author Andrew Whitehead American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church with author Andrew Whitehead https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/american-idolatry-how-christian-nationalism-betrays-the-gospel-and-threatens-the-church-with-author-andrew-whitehead/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/american-idolatry-how-christian-nationalism-betrays-the-gospel-and-threatens-the-church-with-author-andrew-whitehead/#comments Thu, 16 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0800 redletterchristians.podbean.com/34c96129-54f6-395b-bee7-83bc75b2310e RLC Book Club with Andrew Whitehead

    Power. Fear. Violence. These three idols of Christian nationalism are corrupting American Christianity.

    Andrew Whitehead is a leading scholar on Christian nationalism in America and speaks widely on its effects within Christian communities. In this book, he shares his journey andreveals how Christian nationalism threatens the spiritual lives of American Christians and the church.

    Whitehead shows how Christians harm their neighbors when they embrace the idols of power, fear, and violence. He uses two key examples – racism and xenophobia – to demonstrate that these idols violate core Christian beliefs. Through stories, he illuminates expressions of Christianity that confront Christian nationalism and offer a faithful path forward.

    Andrew Whitehead’s latest book “American Idolatry” published by Brazos Press, encourages further conversation about what Christian nationalism threatens, how to face it, and why it is vitally important to do so. It will help identify Christian nationalism and build a framework that makes sense of the relationship between faith and the current political and cultural context.

     

    ]]>     RLC Book Club with Andrew Whitehead

    Power. Fear. Violence. These three idols of Christian nationalism are corrupting American Christianity.

    Andrew Whitehead is a leading scholar on Christian nationalism in America and speaks widely on its effects within Christian communities. In this book, he shares his journey andreveals how Christian nationalism threatens the spiritual lives of American Christians and the church.

    Whitehead shows how Christians harm their neighbors when they embrace the idols of power, fear, and violence. He uses two key examples – racism and xenophobia – to demonstrate that these idols violate core Christian beliefs. Through stories, he illuminates expressions of Christianity that confront Christian nationalism and offer a faithful path forward.

    Andrew Whitehead’s latest book “American Idolatry” published by Brazos Press, encourages further conversation about what Christian nationalism threatens, how to face it, and why it is vitally important to do so. It will help identify Christian nationalism and build a framework that makes sense of the relationship between faith and the current political and cultural context.

     

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 01:05:53 145 full     Rethinking Life: Desecrating the Image of God in Others Rethinking Life: Desecrating the Image of God in Others https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/rethinking-life-desecrating-the-image-of-god-in-others/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/rethinking-life-desecrating-the-image-of-god-in-others/#comments Thu, 09 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0800 redletterchristians.podbean.com/77aec934-7ab9-38f6-9e5d-c243151d4c1c Shane Claiborne continues his special series based on his newest book, Rethinking Life. In this episode, he talks about how the disvaluing of some lives over others is actually a denial of the image of God in others.

    ]]>     Shane Claiborne continues his special series based on his newest book, Rethinking Life. In this episode, he talks about how the disvaluing of some lives over others is actually a denial of the image of God in others.

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 27:39 144 full     Rethinking Life: How to Be Pro-Life, not Pro-Birth | What Does Love Require of Us? Rethinking Life: How to Be Pro-Life, not Pro-Birth | What Does Love Require of Us? https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/rethinking-life-how-to-be-pro-life-not-pro-birth-what-does-love-require-of-us/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/rethinking-life-how-to-be-pro-life-not-pro-birth-what-does-love-require-of-us/#comments Thu, 02 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/6130f815-d1e1-354b-b9bb-10c4ef5647bb Shane discusses his book Rethinking Life: Embracing the Sacredness of Every Person and the importance of Christians to be pro-life and what that means "from the womb to the tomb."

    ]]>     Shane discusses his book Rethinking Life: Embracing the Sacredness of Every Person and the importance of Christians to be pro-life and what that means "from the womb to the tomb."

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 27:47 143 full     American Exceptionalism: Fighting Against Death Doesn’t Mean We’re Against Justice American Exceptionalism: Fighting Against Death Doesn’t Mean We’re Against Justice https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/american-exceptionalism-fighting-against-death-doesn-t-mean-we-re-against-justice/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/american-exceptionalism-fighting-against-death-doesn-t-mean-we-re-against-justice/#comments Thu, 26 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/1bacd7d3-1980-36a1-9833-a1667d8e4f0c Shane discusses the violence and death the US perpetuates under the guise of justice and the Christian's call to be the peacemakers and advocates for life.

    ]]>     Shane discusses the violence and death the US perpetuates under the guise of justice and the Christian's call to be the peacemakers and advocates for life.

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 28:19 142 full     Book Club w/Kat Armas, author of Sacred Belonging: A 40-Day Devotional on the Liberating Heart of Scripture Book Club w/Kat Armas, author of Sacred Belonging: A 40-Day Devotional on the Liberating Heart of Scripture https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/book-club-wkat-armas-author-of-sacred-belonging-a-40-day-devotional-on-the-liberating-heart-of-scripture/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/book-club-wkat-armas-author-of-sacred-belonging-a-40-day-devotional-on-the-liberating-heart-of-scripture/#comments Thu, 19 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/c6f05b14-011f-30ab-b360-6363e7183d77 “An invitation into a deep, expansive, and healing way of encountering Scripture”

    In this 40-day devotional, Cuban American writer Kat Armas shows us that reading the Bible with fresh eyes allows us to experience God in new and liberating ways.

    Highlighting biblical passages that point toward decolonized themes centered on creation, wisdom, spirit, the body, and the feminine, Armas helps us see how Scripture directs us to live a liberated faith–a faith where we belong to God, the earth, and one another.

    “What a delicious book. We are invited to taste and see biblical narratives with a new palate that decenters and decolonizes and disrupts limited ways of knowing.” -Rev. Dr. Jacqui J. Lewis, senior minister, Middle Church; author of Fierce Love

    About our Author Guest

    Kat Armas (MDiv and MAT, Fuller Theological Seminary), a Cuban American writer and speaker, hosts The Protagonistas podcast, where she highlights stories of everyday women of color, including writers, pastors, church leaders, and theologians. She is the author of Abuelita Faith and has written for Christianity Today, Sojourners, Relevant, Christians for Biblical Equality, Fuller Youth Institute, Fathom magazine, and Missio Alliance. Armas speaks regularly at conferences on race and justice and lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

     

    ]]>     “An invitation into a deep, expansive, and healing way of encountering Scripture”

    In this 40-day devotional, Cuban American writer Kat Armas shows us that reading the Bible with fresh eyes allows us to experience God in new and liberating ways.

    Highlighting biblical passages that point toward decolonized themes centered on creation, wisdom, spirit, the body, and the feminine, Armas helps us see how Scripture directs us to live a liberated faith–a faith where we belong to God, the earth, and one another.

    “What a delicious book. We are invited to taste and see biblical narratives with a new palate that decenters and decolonizes and disrupts limited ways of knowing.” -Rev. Dr. Jacqui J. Lewis, senior minister, Middle Church; author of Fierce Love

    About our Author Guest

    Kat Armas (MDiv and MAT, Fuller Theological Seminary), a Cuban American writer and speaker, hosts The Protagonistas podcast, where she highlights stories of everyday women of color, including writers, pastors, church leaders, and theologians. She is the author of Abuelita Faith and has written for Christianity Today, Sojourners, Relevant, Christians for Biblical Equality, Fuller Youth Institute, Fathom magazine, and Missio Alliance. Armas speaks regularly at conferences on race and justice and lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

     

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 57:23 141 full     Jesus Came To Us As A Brown-Skinned Palestinian Jewish Refugee: Shane Discusses Israel and Palestine Jesus Came To Us As A Brown-Skinned Palestinian Jewish Refugee: Shane Discusses Israel and Palestine https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/jesus-came-to-us-as-a-brown-skinned-palestinian-jew-shane-discusses-israel-and-palestine/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/jesus-came-to-us-as-a-brown-skinned-palestinian-jew-shane-discusses-israel-and-palestine/#comments Thu, 12 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/78235ba1-164a-3c89-a2fb-7f2d6ece20b3  

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    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 28:31 140 full     Rethinking Life: The Myth of the Hierarchal Value of Human Lives Rethinking Life: The Myth of the Hierarchal Value of Human Lives https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/rethinking-life-the-myth-of-the-hierarchal-value-of-human-lives/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/rethinking-life-the-myth-of-the-hierarchal-value-of-human-lives/#comments Thu, 05 Oct 2023 17:57:41 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/53efe523-0984-31a0-8741-88966bcec6e9 Shane Claiborne continues his special series based on his newest book, Rethinking Life. In this episode, he talks about what it means when we say Black Lives Matter, what the value of life is, who determines it, and examines racism in Christianity.

    ]]>     Shane Claiborne continues his special series based on his newest book, Rethinking Life. In this episode, he talks about what it means when we say Black Lives Matter, what the value of life is, who determines it, and examines racism in Christianity.

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 27:45 139 full     Revelation for the Rest of Us: A Prophetic Call to Follow Jesus as a Dissident Disciple with Scot McKnight Revelation for the Rest of Us: A Prophetic Call to Follow Jesus as a Dissident Disciple with Scot McKnight https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/revelation-for-the-rest-of-us-a-prophetic-call-to-follow-jesus-as-a-dissident-disciple-with-scot-mcknight/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/revelation-for-the-rest-of-us-a-prophetic-call-to-follow-jesus-as-a-dissident-disciple-with-scot-mcknight/#comments Thu, 28 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/efac13f9-a48c-3e27-847c-fc032a8813de See how the Book of Revelation can be read as a book of discipleship, challenging Christ-followers everywhere to live as hopeful agents of resistance and transformation.

    The last book of the Bible frustrates and frightens many people with its imagery and apocalyptic tone. Popular interpretations rely on fear and politicization and often lead to pride and alienation of others. Is this really how we were intended to read John’s Revelation?

    In Revelation for the Rest of Us, Scot McKnight with Cody Matchett explore the key message of Revelation and how it:

    • Calls us to be faithful and hopeful witnesses to Jesus.
    • Stimulates our imagination to see the world through the eyes of God and excite our faith.
    • Challenges us to stand against the militarism, economic exploitation, oppression, and injustice of worldly authorities.

    McKnight addresses the popular misconceptions about the book, explaining what John means in his use of the images of dragons, lambs, and beasts; and how the symbolism of Revelation spoke in the days of Rome and still speaks powerfully to the present day—though not in the way most people think.

    You’ll learn to see the Book of Revelation in a fresh and hopeful new way. Drawing from the latest scholarship, the authors present an understanding of Revelation for anyone interested in deepening their personal study of the Bible and strengthening their faith as dissident disciples who can discern the presence of "Babylon" in our world and learn to speak up, speak out, and walk in the way of the Lamb.

    ]]>     See how the Book of Revelation can be read as a book of discipleship, challenging Christ-followers everywhere to live as hopeful agents of resistance and transformation.

    The last book of the Bible frustrates and frightens many people with its imagery and apocalyptic tone. Popular interpretations rely on fear and politicization and often lead to pride and alienation of others. Is this really how we were intended to read John’s Revelation?

    In Revelation for the Rest of Us, Scot McKnight with Cody Matchett explore the key message of Revelation and how it:

    • Calls us to be faithful and hopeful witnesses to Jesus.
    • Stimulates our imagination to see the world through the eyes of God and excite our faith.
    • Challenges us to stand against the militarism, economic exploitation, oppression, and injustice of worldly authorities.

    McKnight addresses the popular misconceptions about the book, explaining what John means in his use of the images of dragons, lambs, and beasts; and how the symbolism of Revelation spoke in the days of Rome and still speaks powerfully to the present day—though not in the way most people think.

    You’ll learn to see the Book of Revelation in a fresh and hopeful new way. Drawing from the latest scholarship, the authors present an understanding of Revelation for anyone interested in deepening their personal study of the Bible and strengthening their faith as dissident disciples who can discern the presence of "Babylon" in our world and learn to speak up, speak out, and walk in the way of the Lamb.

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 34:24 138 full     Rethinking Life | We Theologized Hate Rethinking Life | We Theologized Hate https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/rethinking-life-we-theologized-hate/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/rethinking-life-we-theologized-hate/#comments Thu, 21 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/f76de76e-06dc-3607-bbee-f63bd58177db Shane Claiborne continues his special series based on his newest book, Rethinking Life. In this episode, he talks about how Evangelical Christianity theologized hate.

    ]]>     Shane Claiborne continues his special series based on his newest book, Rethinking Life. In this episode, he talks about how Evangelical Christianity theologized hate.

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 27:58 137 full     Stop the Execution of Anthony Sanchez in Oklahoma | Guest Reverend Jeff Hood Stop the Execution of Anthony Sanchez in Oklahoma | Guest Reverend Jeff Hood https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/stop-the-execution-of-anthony-sanchez-in-oklahoma-guest-reverend-jeff-hood/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/stop-the-execution-of-anthony-sanchez-in-oklahoma-guest-reverend-jeff-hood/#comments Thu, 14 Sep 2023 08:51:30 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/3b550f57-a58e-368f-b512-08c5653ac23e STOP THE EXECUTION OF ANTHONY SANCHEZ

    URGENT: Scheduled execution is September 21, 2023 - RLC fam, please help and visit the website to find out how you can be part of saving Anthony's life.

    Anthony Sanchez, a member of the Choctaw Nation, is scheduled to be executed in Oklahoma on September 21, 2023 for the 1996 murder of Juli Busken. The question: IS ANTHONY SANCHEZ INNOCENT? Watch the film: "Evidence Unraveled: The Fight to Free Anthony Sanchez."

     Please sign this petition to add the request to Governor Stitt to grant a 60 day reprieve so that Anthony Sanchez's brand new legal team has time to review newly uncovered evidence in the case.

    ]]>     STOP THE EXECUTION OF ANTHONY SANCHEZ

    URGENT: Scheduled execution is September 21, 2023 - RLC fam, please help and visit the website to find out how you can be part of saving Anthony's life.

    Anthony Sanchez, a member of the Choctaw Nation, is scheduled to be executed in Oklahoma on September 21, 2023 for the 1996 murder of Juli Busken. The question: IS ANTHONY SANCHEZ INNOCENT? Watch the film: "Evidence Unraveled: The Fight to Free Anthony Sanchez."

     Please sign this petition to add the request to Governor Stitt to grant a 60 day reprieve so that Anthony Sanchez's brand new legal team has time to review newly uncovered evidence in the case.

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 44:38 136 full     Rethinking Life: We Exchanged the Cross for the Sword Rethinking Life: We Exchanged the Cross for the Sword https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/rethinking-life-we-exchanged-the-cross-for-the-sword/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/rethinking-life-we-exchanged-the-cross-for-the-sword/#comments Thu, 07 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/c1c7a83f-d2b5-3db8-9153-282d05767300 Shane Claiborne continues his special series based on his newest book, Rethinking Life. In this episode, he talks about Constantine and how we exchanged the cross for the sword.

    ]]>     Shane Claiborne continues his special series based on his newest book, Rethinking Life. In this episode, he talks about Constantine and how we exchanged the cross for the sword.

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 27:53 135 full     Rethinking Life: The Early Church as a Force for Life Rethinking Life: The Early Church as a Force for Life https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/rethinking-life-the-early-church-as-a-force-for-life/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/rethinking-life-the-early-church-as-a-force-for-life/#comments Thu, 31 Aug 2023 12:01:00 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/91824ec8-9e74-3de6-8503-d1fe80516178 Shane Claiborne continues his special series based on his newest book, Rethinking Life. In this episode, he talks about The Early Church as a Force for Life.

    ]]>     Shane Claiborne continues his special series based on his newest book, Rethinking Life. In this episode, he talks about The Early Church as a Force for Life.

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 27:33 134 full     Book Club: Dr. Jemar Tisby, “How to Fight Racism” Book Club: Dr. Jemar Tisby, “How to Fight Racism” https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/book-club-dr-jemar-tisby-how-to-fight-racism/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/book-club-dr-jemar-tisby-how-to-fight-racism/#comments Thu, 24 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/08cbb9e3-ed37-3398-928b-75cc1a95112f How do we effectively confront racial injustice? We need to move beyond talking about racism and start equipping ourselves to fight against it.

    In this follow-up to the New York Times Bestseller The Color of Compromise, Jemar Tisby offers an array of actionable items to confront racism. How to Fight Racism introduces a simple framework—the A.R.C. Of Racial Justice—that teaches readers to consistently interrogate their own actions and maintain a consistent posture of anti-racist behavior.

    The A.R.C. Of Racial Justice is a clear model for how to think about race in productive ways:

    Awareness: educate yourself by studying history, exploring your personal narrative, and grasping what God says about the dignity of the human person.

    Relationships: understand the spiritual dimension of race relations and how authentic connections make reconciliation real and motivate you to act.

    Commitment: consistently fight systemic racism and work for racial justice by orienting your life to it.

    Tisby offers practical tools for following this model and suggests that by applying these principles, we can help dismantle a social hierarchy long stratified by skin color. He encourages rejection passivity and active participation in the struggle for human dignity. There is hope for transforming our nation and the world, and you can be part of the solution.

    Jemar Tisby is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the Church’s Complicity in Racism, How to Fight Racism, and How to Fight Racism: Young Reader’s Edition. He is also a Professor of History at Simmons College of Kentucky in Louisville. Jemar has been a co-host of the “Pass the Mic” podcast since its inception seven years ago. His writing has been featured in The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and the New York Times among others. He is a frequent commentator on outlets such as NPR and CNN’s New Day program. He speaks nationwide on the topics of racial justice, U.S. history and Christianity. Jemar earned his PhD in history and he studies race, religion, and social movements in the 20th century. You can follow his work through his newsletter, Footnotes, and on social media at @JemarTisby.

    ]]>     How do we effectively confront racial injustice? We need to move beyond talking about racism and start equipping ourselves to fight against it.

    In this follow-up to the New York Times Bestseller The Color of Compromise, Jemar Tisby offers an array of actionable items to confront racism. How to Fight Racism introduces a simple framework—the A.R.C. Of Racial Justice—that teaches readers to consistently interrogate their own actions and maintain a consistent posture of anti-racist behavior.

    The A.R.C. Of Racial Justice is a clear model for how to think about race in productive ways:

    Awareness: educate yourself by studying history, exploring your personal narrative, and grasping what God
    says about the dignity of the human person.

    Relationships: understand the spiritual dimension of race relations and how authentic connections make
    reconciliation real and motivate you to act.

    Commitment: consistently fight systemic racism and work for racial justice by orienting your life to it.

    Tisby offers practical tools for following this model and suggests that by applying these principles, we can help dismantle a social hierarchy long stratified by skin color. He encourages rejection passivity and active participation in the struggle for human dignity. There is hope for transforming our nation and the world, and you can be part of the solution.

    Jemar Tisby is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the Church’s Complicity in Racism, How to Fight Racism, and How to Fight Racism: Young Reader’s Edition. He is also a Professor of History at Simmons College of Kentucky in Louisville. Jemar has been a co-host of the “Pass the Mic” podcast since its inception seven years ago. His writing has been featured in The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and the New York Times among others. He is a frequent commentator on outlets such as NPR and CNN’s New Day program. He speaks nationwide on the topics of racial justice, U.S. history and Christianity. Jemar earned his PhD in history and he studies race, religion, and social movements in the 20th century. You can follow his work through his newsletter, Footnotes, and on social media at @JemarTisby.

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 01:03:35 133 full     Book Club: Dr. Terence Lester, All God’s Children: How Confronting Buried History Building Racial Solidarity Book Club: Dr. Terence Lester, All God’s Children: How Confronting Buried History Building Racial Solidarity https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/book-club-dr-terence-lester-all-god-s-children-how-confronting-buried-history-building-racial-solidarity/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/book-club-dr-terence-lester-all-god-s-children-how-confronting-buried-history-building-racial-solidarity/#comments Thu, 17 Aug 2023 19:20:03 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/9d445182-d9ad-30f9-9ee8-347d2d7bb7f7 From June's Book Club - Shane Claiborne speaks with author Terence Lester (PhD, Interdisciplinary Studies, Union Institute and University) is a minister, speaker, community activist, author, and founder of Love Beyond Walls, a not-for-profit organization focused on poverty awareness and community mobilization. His campaigns on behalf of the poor, including #LoveSinksIn, have been featured in USA Today, Black Enterprise Essence, and Reader’s Digest. They have been viewed by millions of people globally on The Today Show, Good Morning America, CBS News, NBC, Upworthy, and “The Bright Side” with Katie Couric. His books include When We Stand, I See You, Getting Past Stuck, Simple Prayers for Hurting People, and Identity Theft.

    In 2018, Terence led the March Against Poverty as he walked from Atlanta to Memphis (386 miles). He finished the march and spoke at the historic Lorraine Motel for the 50th Anniversary of MLK’s assassination. He has spoken on the same platform as other civil rights activists such as: Bernice King, Roland Martin, Gina Belafonte, Michael Eric Dyson, Tamika D. Mallory, and many others. Terence’s unique approach combines storytelling and digital media to help illustrate social justice issues with practical approaches to solving these ailments.  In 2019, Terence launched the first museum in the U.S. that represents homelessness out of a shipping container called, “Dignity Museum”.

    ]]>     From June's Book Club - Shane Claiborne speaks with author Terence Lester (PhD, Interdisciplinary Studies, Union Institute and University) is a minister, speaker, community activist, author, and founder of Love Beyond Walls, a not-for-profit organization focused on poverty awareness and community mobilization. His campaigns on behalf of the poor, including #LoveSinksIn, have been featured in USA Today, Black Enterprise Essence, and Reader’s Digest. They have been viewed by millions of people globally on The Today Show, Good Morning America, CBS News, NBC, Upworthy, and “The Bright Side” with Katie Couric. His books include When We Stand, I See You, Getting Past Stuck, Simple Prayers for Hurting People, and Identity Theft.

    In 2018, Terence led the March Against Poverty as he walked from Atlanta to Memphis (386 miles). He finished the march and spoke at the historic Lorraine Motel for the 50th Anniversary of MLK’s assassination. He has spoken on the same platform as other civil rights activists such as: Bernice King, Roland Martin, Gina Belafonte, Michael Eric Dyson, Tamika D. Mallory, and many others. Terence’s unique approach combines storytelling and digital media to help illustrate social justice issues with practical approaches to solving these ailments.  In 2019, Terence launched the first museum in the U.S. that represents homelessness out of a shipping container called, “Dignity Museum”.

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 58:25 132 full     Rethinking Life: The Sacrifice to End All Sacrifices Rethinking Life: The Sacrifice to End All Sacrifices https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/rethinking-life-the-sacrifice-to-end-all-sacrifices/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/rethinking-life-the-sacrifice-to-end-all-sacrifices/#comments Thu, 10 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/1f24eaf9-731e-3bf8-93f2-24640c787509 Shane Claiborne continues his special series based on his newest book, Rethinking Life. In this episode, he talks about The Sacrifice to End All Sacrifices.

    ]]>     Shane Claiborne continues his special series based on his newest book, Rethinking Life. In this episode, he talks about The Sacrifice to End All Sacrifices.

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 27:31 131 full     Rethinking Life: How did Jesus become the ’Fulfillment of Law’? Rethinking Life: How did Jesus become the ’Fulfillment of Law’? https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/rethinking-life-how-did-jesus-become-the-fulfillment-of-law/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/rethinking-life-how-did-jesus-become-the-fulfillment-of-law/#comments Thu, 03 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/01628f2e-05c2-3060-9a12-cc86a11a879e Shane Claiborne begins a three part series based on his newest book, Rethinking Life. In this special episode, he discusses what "Fulfillment of the Law" means.

    ]]>     Shane Claiborne begins a three part series based on his newest book, Rethinking Life. In this special episode, he discusses what "Fulfillment of the Law" means.

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 27:31 130 full     Rethinking Life: What does the it mean to be the ’Full Revelation’ of God? Rethinking Life: What does the it mean to be the ’Full Revelation’ of God? https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/rethinking-life-what-does-the-it-mean-to-be-the-full-revelation-of-god/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/rethinking-life-what-does-the-it-mean-to-be-the-full-revelation-of-god/#comments Thu, 27 Jul 2023 15:55:18 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/f998c81a-641d-3c9d-bf62-b5254db49736 Shane Claiborne begins a three part series based on his newest book, Rethinking Life. In this special episode, he discusses what it means to realize "The Full Revelation of God."

    ]]>     Shane Claiborne begins a three part series based on his newest book, Rethinking Life. In this special episode, he discusses what it means to realize "The Full Revelation of God."

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 27:31 129 full     BONUS: The Proud Boys Vandalized His Church, Rev. Bill Lamar Filed A Lawsuit BONUS: The Proud Boys Vandalized His Church, Rev. Bill Lamar Filed A Lawsuit https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/bonus-the-proud-boys-vandalized-his-church-rev-bill-lamar-filed-a-lawsuit/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/bonus-the-proud-boys-vandalized-his-church-rev-bill-lamar-filed-a-lawsuit/#comments Thu, 20 Jul 2023 20:01:18 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/6cb2b948-cfbe-34d9-ba14-3f37441e2fbb In this BONUS special episode, Shane Claiborne speaks with Reverend William H Lamar IV who sued the Proud Boys and won a $1 million lawsuit after they vandalized his church.  

    ]]>     In this BONUS special episode, Shane Claiborne speaks with Reverend William H Lamar IV who sued the Proud Boys and won a $1 million lawsuit after they vandalized his church.  

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 35:30 128 full     Rethinking Life: A Fresh Look at Sin Rethinking Life: A Fresh Look at Sin https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/rethinking-life-a-fresh-look-at-sin/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/rethinking-life-a-fresh-look-at-sin/#comments Thu, 20 Jul 2023 18:28:35 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/184110a4-f101-3a6f-9ae9-5100b3fd79c0 Shane Claiborne continues the series based on his newest book, Rethinking Life. In this special episode, he discusses what it means to see sin in a new way.

    ]]>     Shane Claiborne continues the series based on his newest book, Rethinking Life. In this special episode, he discusses what it means to see sin in a new way.

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 27:28 127 full     Rethinking Life: The Image of God in Every Person Rethinking Life: The Image of God in Every Person https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/rethinking-life-the-image-of-god-in-every-person/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/rethinking-life-the-image-of-god-in-every-person/#comments Thu, 13 Jul 2023 09:06:48 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/da50a297-495c-324a-bfbd-232a850587de Shane Claiborne begins a three part series based on his newest book, Rethinking Life. In this special episode, he discusses what it means to see "The Image of God in Every Person."

    ]]>     Shane Claiborne begins a three part series based on his newest book, Rethinking Life. In this special episode, he discusses what it means to see "The Image of God in Every Person."

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 28:31 126 full     Shane Claiborne on Rethinking Life: Championing Life from Womb to Tomb Shane Claiborne on Rethinking Life: Championing Life from Womb to Tomb https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/shane-claiborne-on-rethinking-life-championing-life-from-womb-to-tomb/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/shane-claiborne-on-rethinking-life-championing-life-from-womb-to-tomb/#comments Thu, 06 Jul 2023 00:00:52 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/6b1aea47-8572-36dd-9058-796973229d6f Shane Claiborne begins a three part series based on his newest book, Rethinking Life. In this special episode, he discusses what it means to be "Championing Life from Womb to Tomb."

    ]]>     Shane Claiborne begins a three part series based on his newest book, Rethinking Life. In this special episode, he discusses what it means to be "Championing Life from Womb to Tomb."

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 26:07 125 full     Bishop Mark Beckwith Discusses the Multiple Ways Gun Violence Must Be Addressed Bishop Mark Beckwith Discusses the Multiple Ways Gun Violence Must Be Addressed https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/bishop-mark-beckwith-discusses-the-multiple-ways-gun-violence-must-be-addressed/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/bishop-mark-beckwith-discusses-the-multiple-ways-gun-violence-must-be-addressed/#comments Thu, 29 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/6f975472-b046-38e4-8607-34df1e42eefd Mark Beckwith is the retired Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark. While there, he co-founded the Newark Interfaith Coalition for Hope and Peace, a network of religious leaders committed to reducing gang violence in the city. He co-founded Bishops United Against Gun Violence, which has grown to a network of 100 bishops from across the church. Since retirement, he has become part of the leadership team for Braver Angels, a movement that seeks to depolarize America by convening equal numbers of conservative and progressive people in workshops and actions that honor political and ideological difference and seek to find common ground.

    ]]>     Mark Beckwith is the retired Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark. While there, he co-founded the Newark Interfaith Coalition for Hope and Peace, a network of religious leaders committed to reducing gang violence in the city. He co-founded Bishops United Against Gun Violence, which has grown to a network of 100 bishops from across the church. Since retirement, he has become part of the leadership team for Braver Angels, a movement that seeks to depolarize America by convening equal numbers of conservative and progressive people in workshops and actions that honor political and ideological difference and seek to find common ground.

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 37:56 124 full     Andy Raine of the Northumbria Community + Celtic Daily Prayer Andy Raine of the Northumbria Community + Celtic Daily Prayer https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/andy-raine-of-the-northumbria-community-celtic-daily-prayer/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/andy-raine-of-the-northumbria-community-celtic-daily-prayer/#comments Thu, 22 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/21c8b00e-26d9-3c99-8722-ce0e3de841a6 Andy Raine who together with John & Linda Skinner founded the Northumbria Community joins Shane Claiborne to discuss the community and Celtic Daily Prayer.

    ]]>     Andy Raine who together with John & Linda Skinner founded the Northumbria Community joins Shane Claiborne to discuss the community and Celtic Daily Prayer.

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 31:00 123 full     Dr. Terence Lester, All God’s Children: How Confronting Buried History Building Racial Solidarity Dr. Terence Lester, All God’s Children: How Confronting Buried History Building Racial Solidarity https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/dr-terence-lester-all-god-s-children-how-confronting-buried-history-building-racial-solidarity/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/dr-terence-lester-all-god-s-children-how-confronting-buried-history-building-racial-solidarity/#comments Thu, 15 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/c2583418-2774-35b2-aeb8-fbcb90222aa6 Terence Lester (PhD, Interdisciplinary Studies, Union Institute and University) is a minister, speaker, community activist, author, and founder of Love Beyond Walls, a not-for-profit organization focused on poverty awareness and community mobilization. His campaigns on behalf of the poor, including #LoveSinksIn, have been featured in USA Today, Black Enterprise Essence, and Reader’s Digest. They have been viewed by millions of people globally on The Today Show, Good Morning America, CBS News, NBC, Upworthy, and “The Bright Side” with Katie Couric. His books include When We Stand, I See You, Getting Past Stuck, Simple Prayers for Hurting People, and Identity Theft.

    ]]>     Terence Lester (PhD, Interdisciplinary Studies, Union Institute and University) is a minister, speaker, community activist, author, and founder of Love Beyond Walls, a not-for-profit organization focused on poverty awareness and community mobilization. His campaigns on behalf of the poor, including #LoveSinksIn, have been featured in USA Today, Black Enterprise Essence, and Reader’s Digest. They have been viewed by millions of people globally on The Today Show, Good Morning America, CBS News, NBC, Upworthy, and “The Bright Side” with Katie Couric. His books include When We Stand, I See You, Getting Past Stuck, Simple Prayers for Hurting People, and Identity Theft.

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 45:54 122 full     Dr. Ash Barker | UK: Red Letter Christians Across the Pond! Dr. Ash Barker | UK: Red Letter Christians Across the Pond! https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/dr-ash-barker-uk-red-letter-christians-across-the-pond/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/dr-ash-barker-uk-red-letter-christians-across-the-pond/#comments Thu, 08 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/91b30c46-e045-39a3-ba9f-db96519aa7bf Dr. Ash Barker has spent over 30 years living and serving on the front line of urban poverty and has a passion to release the unique potential of urban people & places through Jesus. Since 2014, the Barkers have been based in Winson Green, inner city Birmingham, UK. They founded Newbigin House which started two new local congregations as well as innovative organisations such as Newbigin Community Trust, Red Letter Christians UK & Urban Shalom Society now led by others. Currently, Ash leads Seedbeds (the new name for Newbigin School for Urban Leadership which merged with the Community for Reconciliation) focusing on growing leaders & communities into fullness of life. This includes 'School for Urban Leadership' accredited programmes (UrbanLeadership.org.uk) and 'Change Makers' emerging leaders programmes (UrbanChangeMakers.org). 

     

    No Wastelands: How to grow seedbeds of shalom in your neighbourhood.

    In No Wastelands Ash Barker shares his odyssey of serving on the front line of urban poverty on three continents. Through stories, scriptures, and challenging insights, Ash inspires readers to release the unique potential of their local communities.

    “Whoever you are, ‘No Wastelands’ will help you learn what I have been learning from Ash over the years: that making a difference is neither as simple as we think nor as impossible as we think.” Brian McLaren

    Launching at Greenbelt - August 2023

    ]]>     Dr. Ash Barker has spent over 30 years living and serving on the front line of urban poverty and has a passion to release the unique potential of urban people & places through Jesus. Since 2014, the Barkers have been based in Winson Green, inner city Birmingham, UK. They founded Newbigin House which started two new local congregations as well as innovative organisations such as Newbigin Community Trust, Red Letter Christians UK & Urban Shalom Society now led by others. Currently, Ash leads Seedbeds (the new name for Newbigin School for Urban Leadership which merged with the Community for Reconciliation) focusing on growing leaders & communities into fullness of life. This includes 'School for Urban Leadership' accredited programmes (UrbanLeadership.org.uk) and 'Change Makers' emerging leaders programmes (UrbanChangeMakers.org). 

     

    No Wastelands: How to grow seedbeds of shalom in your neighbourhood.

    In No Wastelands Ash Barker shares his odyssey of serving on the front line of urban poverty on three continents. Through stories, scriptures, and challenging insights, Ash inspires readers to release the unique potential of their local communities.

    “Whoever you are, ‘No Wastelands’ will help you learn what I have been learning from Ash over the years: that making a difference is neither as simple as we think nor as impossible as we think.” Brian McLaren

    Launching at Greenbelt - August 2023

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 40:54 121 full     They Got Daddy: One Family’s Reckoning with Racism and Faith | Author Sharon Tubbs on RLC Book Club hosted by Chris Lahr They Got Daddy: One Family’s Reckoning with Racism and Faith | Author Sharon Tubbs on RLC Book Club hosted by Chris Lahr https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/they-got-daddy-one-family-s-reckoning-with-racism-and-faith-author-sharon-tubbs-on-rlc-book-club-hosted-by-chris-lahr/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/they-got-daddy-one-family-s-reckoning-with-racism-and-faith-author-sharon-tubbs-on-rlc-book-club-hosted-by-chris-lahr/#comments Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:47:30 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/8dc5c53f-4617-34f5-b1f0-c88a66e3bcbf Sharon Tubbs began her professional career as a newspaper reporter and editor. In a career that spanned seventeen years, she worked briefly for the Philadelphia Inquirer then for the Tampa Bay Times. As a journalist, she covered various beats that included small-town government, local crime, and national religious issues. Today, Sharon Tubbs is a writer, inspirational speaker, and the director of a nonprofit organization that empowers under-resourced residents in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to live healthier lives.

    This book, They Got Daddy: One Family’s Reckoning with Racism, has been called “an unforgettable journey through racism and faith across the generations.”

    January 15, 1959—a day that changed one family forever. White supremacists kidnapped and severely beat rural Alabama preacher Israel Page, nearly killing him because he had sued a White sheriff’s deputy for injuries suffered in a car crash. After “they” “got Daddy,” Israel Page’s children began leaving the Jim Crow South, the event leaving an indelible mark on the family and its future. Decades later, the events of that day fueled journalist Sharon Tubbs’s epic quest to learn who had “gotten” her mother’s daddy and why.

    They Got Daddy follows Tubbs on her moving journey from Fort Wayne, Indiana, to the back roads and rural churches of Alabama. A powerful revelation of the sustaining and redemptive power of faith and unflinching testimony to the deeply embedded effects of racism across the generations, it demonstrates how the search for the truth can offer a chance at true healing.

    ]]>     Sharon Tubbs began her professional career as a newspaper reporter and editor. In a career that spanned seventeen years, she worked briefly for the Philadelphia Inquirer then for the Tampa Bay Times. As a journalist, she covered various beats that included small-town government, local crime, and national religious issues. Today, Sharon Tubbs is a writer, inspirational speaker, and the director of a nonprofit organization that empowers under-resourced residents in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to live healthier lives.

    This book, They Got Daddy: One Family’s Reckoning with Racism, has been called “an unforgettable journey through racism and faith across the generations.”

    January 15, 1959—a day that changed one family forever. White supremacists kidnapped and severely beat rural Alabama preacher Israel Page, nearly killing him because he had sued a White sheriff’s deputy for injuries suffered in a car crash. After “they” “got Daddy,” Israel Page’s children began leaving the Jim Crow South, the event leaving an indelible mark on the family and its future. Decades later, the events of that day fueled journalist Sharon Tubbs’s epic quest to learn who had “gotten” her mother’s daddy and why.

    They Got Daddy follows Tubbs on her moving journey from Fort Wayne, Indiana, to the back roads and rural churches of Alabama. A powerful revelation of the sustaining and redemptive power of faith and unflinching testimony to the deeply embedded effects of racism across the generations, it demonstrates how the search for the truth can offer a chance at true healing.

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 59:47 120 full     BONUS: Pentecost Party! BONUS: Pentecost Party! https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/bonus-pentecost-party/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/bonus-pentecost-party/#comments Sun, 28 May 2023 19:27:51 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/f15c8aa6-6da3-399a-aaa2-231230bd3031 In this *bonus* episode, we celebrate with the Pentecost Party episode from May 2021. Join Shane and friends as they celebrate Pentecost with music, conversation, and Jesus.

    ]]>     In this *bonus* episode, we celebrate with the Pentecost Party episode from May 2021. Join Shane and friends as they celebrate Pentecost with music, conversation, and Jesus.

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 01:04:57 119 full     Celebrities for Jesus: How Personas, Platforms, and Profits Are Hurting the Church | Katelyn Beaty Celebrities for Jesus: How Personas, Platforms, and Profits Are Hurting the Church | Katelyn Beaty https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/celebrities-for-jesus-how-personas-platforms-and-profits-are-hurting-the-church-katelyn-beaty/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/celebrities-for-jesus-how-personas-platforms-and-profits-are-hurting-the-church-katelyn-beaty/#comments Thu, 25 May 2023 00:00:00 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/ff74498b-876e-390d-824b-91f07d9e8633 From April 27th's RLC Book Club | Many Christian leaders use their fame and influence to great effect. Whether that popularity resides at the local church level or represents national or international influence, many leaders have effectively said to their followers, “Follow me as I follow Christ.” But fame that is cultivated for its own sake, without attendant spiritual maturity and accountability, has a shadow side that runs counter to the heart of the gospel. Celebrity – defined as social power without proximity – has led to abuses of power, the cultivation of persona, and a fixation on profits.

    In light of the fall of famous Christian leaders in recent years, the time has come for the church to reexamine its relationship to celebrity. Award-winning journalist Katelyn Beaty explores the ways fame has reshaped the American church, explains how and why celebrity is woven into the fabric of the evangelical movement, and identifies many ways fame has gone awry in recent years. She shows us how evangelical culture is uniquely attracted to celebrity gurus over and against institutions, and she offers a renewed vision of ordinary faithfulness, helping us all keep fame in its proper place.

    ]]>     From April 27th's RLC Book Club | Many Christian leaders use their fame and influence to great effect. Whether that popularity resides at the local church level or represents national or international influence, many leaders have effectively said to their followers, “Follow me as I follow Christ.” But fame that is cultivated for its own sake, without attendant spiritual maturity and accountability, has a shadow side that runs counter to the heart of the gospel. Celebrity – defined as social power without proximity – has led to abuses of power, the cultivation of persona, and a fixation on profits.

    In light of the fall of famous Christian leaders in recent years, the time has come for the church to reexamine its relationship to celebrity. Award-winning journalist Katelyn Beaty explores the ways fame has reshaped the American church, explains how and why celebrity is woven into the fabric of the evangelical movement, and identifies many ways fame has gone awry in recent years. She shows us how evangelical culture is uniquely attracted to celebrity gurus over and against institutions, and she offers a renewed vision of ordinary faithfulness, helping us all keep fame in its proper place.

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 57:10 118 full     May Morning Prayer with Dr. Vonnetta West May Morning Prayer with Dr. Vonnetta West https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/may-morning-prayer-with-dr-vonnetta-west/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/may-morning-prayer-with-dr-vonnetta-west/#comments Thu, 18 May 2023 00:00:00 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/b3a58ba7-ebba-3bf8-ada8-dfd3d84c7a40 From May 1, join Shane Claiborne, Jonathan Wilson Hartgrove, and special guest, Dr. Vonnetta West, for morning prayer! They discuss the recent action in Nashville and reflections on what’s needed to build The Beloved Community in this moment. Morning prayer takes place at the beginning of each month based on the book, Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals.

    Dr. Vonnetta West is a cultural consultant, leadership strategist, nonviolence trainer, and good neighbor. As the principal owner of Go West Consulting LLC, she facilitates experiences and produces content, inclusive of social media, podcast, website, training, and speech content, purposed to connect, transform and engage people for good. She leads Go West Consulting in providing trainings on Creating Cultures of Honor, Culture Matters, Inside/Out, Eradicating Racism, The Bias Challenge, Leadership That Grows, The Language of the Beloved Community, Your Justice Footprint: Evidence of Love In Action, and other sessions aimed at building and sustaining community, including in professional spaces.

    She is also the host of the Let Your Life Be Your Sermon podcast, pastor of Our Neighbor’s House, and Senior Nonviolence Instructor for The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change (The King Center). Dr. West is a leader with the Interfaith Response to White Supremacy, a National Center for Civil and Human Rights initiative, and has 20+ years of leadership experience in the metro Atlanta non-profit sector. In her most recent non-profit professional staff role, she was Director of GenerationOn (Youth Division) at Points of Light in Atlanta, Georgia.

    You can follow along with the readings from Common Prayer at commonprayer.net for free

    ]]>     From May 1, join Shane Claiborne, Jonathan Wilson Hartgrove, and special guest, Dr. Vonnetta West, for morning prayer! They discuss the recent action in Nashville and reflections on what’s needed to build The Beloved Community in this moment. Morning prayer takes place at the beginning of each month based on the book, Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals.

    Dr. Vonnetta West is a cultural consultant, leadership strategist, nonviolence trainer, and good neighbor. As the principal owner of Go West Consulting LLC, she facilitates experiences and produces content, inclusive of social media, podcast, website, training, and speech content, purposed to connect, transform and engage people for good. She leads Go West Consulting in providing trainings on Creating Cultures of Honor, Culture Matters, Inside/Out, Eradicating Racism, The Bias Challenge, Leadership That Grows, The Language of the Beloved Community, Your Justice Footprint: Evidence of Love In Action, and other sessions aimed at building and sustaining community, including in professional spaces.

    She is also the host of the Let Your Life Be Your Sermon podcast, pastor of Our Neighbor’s House, and Senior Nonviolence Instructor for The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change (The King Center). Dr. West is a leader with the Interfaith Response to White Supremacy, a National Center for Civil and Human Rights initiative, and has 20+ years of leadership experience in the metro Atlanta non-profit sector. In her most recent non-profit professional staff role, she was Director of GenerationOn (Youth Division) at Points of Light in Atlanta, Georgia.

    You can follow along with the readings from Common Prayer at commonprayer.net for free

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 50:01 117 full     Call to Action | The Death Penalty, Richard Glossip, and the Ongoing Executions in Oklahoma Call to Action | The Death Penalty, Richard Glossip, and the Ongoing Executions in Oklahoma https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/call-to-action-the-death-penalty-richard-glossip-and-the-ongoing-executions-in-oklahoma/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/call-to-action-the-death-penalty-richard-glossip-and-the-ongoing-executions-in-oklahoma/#comments Thu, 11 May 2023 14:54:37 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/b46db61d-9bdd-36f6-a7ea-3d46c0eeb870 Conversation about the high number of executions in Oklahoma, the role of Christians in abolishing the death penalty, and the case of an innocent man on death row despite the Attorney General asking the sentence be vacated due to his innocence. Shane Claiborne talks to Adam Luck, former chair of Pardons and Parole, and Abe Bonowitz, of Death Penalty Action.

    ]]>     Conversation about the high number of executions in Oklahoma, the role of Christians in abolishing the death penalty, and the case of an innocent man on death row despite the Attorney General asking the sentence be vacated due to his innocence. Shane Claiborne talks to Adam Luck, former chair of Pardons and Parole, and Abe Bonowitz, of Death Penalty Action.

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 30:38 116 full     The Road Away from God | Jonathan Martin The Road Away from God | Jonathan Martin https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/the-road-away-from-god-jonathan-martin/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/the-road-away-from-god-jonathan-martin/#comments Thu, 04 May 2023 16:53:19 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/6b32aa20-e39f-3690-9dce-dd3f3312bb49 "Author of The Road Away from God, How to Survive a Shipwreck, and Prototype. He currently serves as Director of the Center for Spiritual Life and Associate Chaplain at DePauw University in Greencastle, IN. He holds degrees from Gardner-Webb University, Pentecostal Theological Seminary (MA) and Duke University (ThM). He speaks at conferences, universities, seminaries, retreats, and churches. His work and/or words have been featured in places like the New York Times, The Atlantic, NPR, Newsweek, Vox, Sojourners, The Huffington Post, Relevant Magazine, and The Journal of Pentecostal Theology." [from http://jonathanmartinwords.com/]

    ]]>     "Author of The Road Away from God, How to Survive a Shipwreck, and Prototype. He currently serves as Director of the Center for Spiritual Life and Associate Chaplain at DePauw University in Greencastle, IN. He holds degrees from Gardner-Webb University, Pentecostal Theological Seminary (MA) and Duke University (ThM). He speaks at conferences, universities, seminaries, retreats, and churches. His work and/or words have been featured in places like the New York Times, The Atlantic, NPR, Newsweek, Vox, Sojourners, The Huffington Post, Relevant Magazine, and The Journal of Pentecostal Theology." [from http://jonathanmartinwords.com/]

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 28:45 115 full     Transforming Beloved Communities | Lorenzo A Watson + Mayra Macedo-Nolan from CCDA (Christian Community Development Association) Transforming Beloved Communities | Lorenzo A Watson + Mayra Macedo-Nolan from CCDA (Christian Community Development Association) https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/transforming-beloved-communities-lorenzo-a-watson-mayra-macedo-nolan-from-ccda-christian-community-development-association/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/transforming-beloved-communities-lorenzo-a-watson-mayra-macedo-nolan-from-ccda-christian-community-development-association/#comments Thu, 27 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/54e324e5-b10d-3fc0-a36a-6f67067629e0 Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) is a network of Christians committed to seeing people and communities experience God’s shalom. We believe that God wants to restore a right relationship between us, our families and our communities – spiritually, emotionally, physically, economically and socially. In the words of the Prophet Jeremiah, “we work and pray for the well-being of our city [or neighborhood],” trusting that if the entire community does well and prospers, then we will prosper also. CCDA started as a longing in the hearts of just a few people-you can read more about our history here. [from https://ccda.org/]

    ]]>     Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) is a network of Christians committed to seeing people and communities experience God’s shalom. We believe that God wants to restore a right relationship between us, our families and our communities – spiritually, emotionally, physically, economically and socially. In the words of the Prophet Jeremiah, “we work and pray for the well-being of our city [or neighborhood],” trusting that if the entire community does well and prospers, then we will prosper also. CCDA started as a longing in the hearts of just a few people-you can read more about our history here. [from https://ccda.org/]

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 27:44 114 full     BONUS: Tim Whitaker from the New Evangelicals BONUS: Tim Whitaker from the New Evangelicals https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/bonus-tim-whitaker-from-the-new-evangelicals/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/bonus-tim-whitaker-from-the-new-evangelicals/#comments Thu, 20 Apr 2023 22:52:39 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/9e64e80b-c157-3f74-8a20-f0282070aa66 Special guest Tim Whitaker of the New Evangelicals community joins Shane to discuss the protest outside the Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville, Tennessee to address gun reform laws after another mass shooting.

    ]]>     Special guest Tim Whitaker of the New Evangelicals community joins Shane to discuss the protest outside the Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville, Tennessee to address gun reform laws after another mass shooting.

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 40:53 113 full     Gun Violence + Mass Shootings: It’s Not Just a Gun Control Issue Gun Violence + Mass Shootings: It’s Not Just a Gun Control Issue https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/gun-violence-mass-shootings-it-s-not-just-a-gun-control-issue/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/gun-violence-mass-shootings-it-s-not-just-a-gun-control-issue/#comments Thu, 20 Apr 2023 22:10:09 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/ddc6b8df-b891-300f-9035-3e627752b027 Shane Claiborne talks about the tragedy of mass shootings and the place of Christian faith and gun control.

    ]]>     Shane Claiborne talks about the tragedy of mass shootings and the place of Christian faith and gun control.

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 27:25 112 full     Seventy Times Seven: A True Story of Murder and Mercy | Author, Alex Mar Seventy Times Seven: A True Story of Murder and Mercy | Author, Alex Mar https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/seventy-times-seven-a-true-story-of-murder-and-mercy-author-alex-mar/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/seventy-times-seven-a-true-story-of-murder-and-mercy-author-alex-mar/#comments Thu, 13 Apr 2023 14:42:22 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/5febbbe9-4f85-367f-8142-8e24aa33ecda "A masterful, revelatory work of literary non-fiction about a teenage girl’s shocking crime—and its extraordinary aftermath On a spring afternoon in 1985 in Gary, Indiana, a fifteen-year-old girl kills an elderly woman in a violent home invasion. In a city with a history of racial tensions and white flight, the girl, Paula Cooper, is Black, and her victim, Ruth Pelke, is white and a beloved Bible teacher. The press swoops in.

    When Paula is sentenced to death, no one decries the impending execution of a tenth grader. But the tide begins to shift when the victim’s grandson Bill forgives the girl, against the wishes of his family, and campaigns to spare her life..." from https://alex-mar.com/seventy-times-seven/

     

    Alex Mar is the author of Witches of America, which was a New York Times Notable Book and a New York Times Editors’ Pick. Her work has appeared in New York Magazine, Wired, The New York Times Book Review, and The Guardian, among many other outlets, as well as The Best American Magazine Writing. She has been a finalist for the National Magazine Award in Feature Writing. She is also the director of the feature-length documentary American Mystic. She lives in the Hudson Valley and New York City.

    ]]>     "A masterful, revelatory work of literary non-fiction about a teenage girl’s shocking crime—and its extraordinary aftermath
    On a spring afternoon in 1985 in Gary, Indiana, a fifteen-year-old girl kills an elderly woman in a violent home invasion. In a city with a history of racial tensions and white flight, the girl, Paula Cooper, is Black, and her victim, Ruth Pelke, is white and a beloved Bible teacher. The press swoops in.

    When Paula is sentenced to death, no one decries the impending execution of a tenth grader. But the tide begins to shift when the victim’s grandson Bill forgives the girl, against the wishes of his family, and campaigns to spare her life..." from https://alex-mar.com/seventy-times-seven/

     

    Alex Mar is the author of Witches of America, which was a New York Times Notable Book and a New York Times Editors’ Pick. Her work has appeared in New York Magazine, Wired, The New York Times Book Review, and The Guardian, among many other outlets, as well as The Best American Magazine Writing. She has been a finalist for the National Magazine Award in Feature Writing. She is also the director of the feature-length documentary American Mystic. She lives in the Hudson Valley and New York City.

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 27:52 111 full     The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover: How the FBI Aided and Abetted the Rise of White Christian Nationalism | Author, Lerone A. Martin The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover: How the FBI Aided and Abetted the Rise of White Christian Nationalism | Author, Lerone A. Martin https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/the-gospel-of-j-edgar-hoover-how-the-fbi-aided-and-abetted-the-rise-of-white-christian-nationalism-author-lerone-a-martin/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/the-gospel-of-j-edgar-hoover-how-the-fbi-aided-and-abetted-the-rise-of-white-christian-nationalism-author-lerone-a-martin/#comments Thu, 06 Apr 2023 16:40:27 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/b71e7b41-95f2-3edd-b0d4-862d74087c87 Book Club episode with Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove and special guest, Lerone A. Martin, for discussion of his book, The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover: How the FBI Aided and Abetted the Rise of White Christian Nationalism

    Lerone is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and the Martin Luther King, Jr., Centennial Chair and Director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University.

    Taking readers from the pulpits and pews of small-town America to the Oval Office, and from the grassroots to denominational boardrooms, The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover completely transforms how we understand the FBI, white evangelicalism, and our nation’s entangled history of religion and politics.

     

    ]]>     Book Club episode with Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove and special guest, Lerone A. Martin, for discussion of his book, The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover: How the FBI Aided and Abetted the Rise of White Christian Nationalism

    Lerone is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and the Martin Luther King, Jr., Centennial Chair and Director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University.

    Taking readers from the pulpits and pews of small-town America to the Oval Office, and from the grassroots to denominational boardrooms, The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover completely transforms how we understand the FBI, white evangelicalism, and our nation’s entangled history of religion and politics.

     

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 53:46 110 full     An Inspired Life at Casa da Videira: An Urban Farming Community | Claudio Oliver An Inspired Life at Casa da Videira: An Urban Farming Community | Claudio Oliver https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/an-inspired-life-at-casa-da-videira-an-urban-farming-community-claudio-oliver/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/an-inspired-life-at-casa-da-videira-an-urban-farming-community-claudio-oliver/#comments Thu, 30 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/f545a345-0ecb-300c-8aaa-8c0df9d71211 Claudio lives in Curitiba, Southern Brazil and has been working with urban poor, young people and communities for 25 years. In 2011, Claudio and others launced an International Learning Community based on spirituality, organic farming, dialogue and mentoring on a small farm.

     

    ]]>     Claudio lives in Curitiba, Southern Brazil and has been working with urban poor, young people and communities for 25 years. In 2011, Claudio and others launced an International Learning Community based on spirituality, organic farming, dialogue and mentoring on a small farm.

     

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 36:35 108 full     20 Years Later | The ’shock and awe’bombing that started the invasion of Iraq 20 Years Later | The ’shock and awe’bombing that started the invasion of Iraq https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/20-years-later-the-shock-and-awe-bombing-that-started-the-invasion-of-iraq/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/20-years-later-the-shock-and-awe-bombing-that-started-the-invasion-of-iraq/#comments Thu, 23 Mar 2023 18:45:53 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/5fefc0ab-a4af-3d17-8495-a7142880312a Shane Claibone and Diane Oestreich discuss the 'shock and awe' campaign bombings in Iraq that started the invasion - 20 years ago.

     

    ]]>     Shane Claibone and Diane Oestreich discuss the 'shock and awe' campaign bombings in Iraq that started the invasion - 20 years ago.

     

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 01:03:50 109 full     The Impact of Dietrich Bonhoeffer on the Church | Guest Reverend Rob Schenck The Impact of Dietrich Bonhoeffer on the Church | Guest Reverend Rob Schenck https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/the-impact-of-dietrich-bonhoeffer-on-the-church-guest-reverend-rob-schenck/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/the-impact-of-dietrich-bonhoeffer-on-the-church-guest-reverend-rob-schenck/#comments Thu, 16 Mar 2023 16:42:17 -0700 redletterchristians.podbean.com/64a8fb04-cb81-3ab4-a143-3c4379914d0e Rev. Rob Schenck is president of a non-profit organization named for Dietrich Bonhoeffer. He shares the impact of Bonhoeffer with Shane Claiborne and discusses his upcoming visit to Oxford.

    ]]>     Rev. Rob Schenck is president of a non-profit organization named for Dietrich Bonhoeffer. He shares the impact of Bonhoeffer with Shane Claiborne and discusses his upcoming visit to Oxford.

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 43:46 107 full     Rethinking Life: Embracing the Sacredness of Every Person | Book Club with author, Shane Claiborne Rethinking Life: Embracing the Sacredness of Every Person | Book Club with author, Shane Claiborne https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/rethinking-life-embracing-the-sacredness-of-every-person-book-club-with-author-shane-claiborne/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/rethinking-life-embracing-the-sacredness-of-every-person-book-club-with-author-shane-claiborne/#comments Thu, 09 Mar 2023 10:37:24 -0800 redletterchristians.podbean.com/c6734a3e-73af-31e5-8976-f7f043fc8700 "Drawing on Scripture, church history, and his own story, Shane Claiborne explores how a passion for social justice issues surrounding life and death--such as war, gun ownership, the death penalty, racial injustice, abortion, poverty, and the environment--intersects with our faith as we advocate for life in its totality." [from https://faithgateway.com/products/rethinking-life-embracing-the-sacredness-of-every-person?variant=40613231722632]

    ]]>     "Drawing on Scripture, church history, and his own story, Shane Claiborne explores how a passion for social justice issues surrounding life and death--such as war, gun ownership, the death penalty, racial injustice, abortion, poverty, and the environment--intersects with our faith as we advocate for life in its totality." [from https://faithgateway.com/products/rethinking-life-embracing-the-sacredness-of-every-person?variant=40613231722632]

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 01:09:02 106 full     Monthly Morning Prayer with the Iraq Peace Team Monthly Morning Prayer with the Iraq Peace Team https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/monthly-morning-prayer-with-the-iraq-peace-team/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/monthly-morning-prayer-with-the-iraq-peace-team/#comments Thu, 02 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0800 redletterchristians.podbean.com/b78e56b6-566e-32d8-aab8-b20f0ebcfbb6 Twenty years after they were in Baghdad together with the Iraq Peace Team, Kathy Kelly, Peggy Gish, and Weldon Nisly join Shane and Jonathan for morning prayer to talk about the way of peace in a time of war and what a commitment to peacemaking can look like today. Morning prayer takes place at the beginning of each month based on the book, Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals.

    ]]>     Twenty years after they were in Baghdad together with the Iraq Peace Team, Kathy Kelly, Peggy Gish, and Weldon Nisly join Shane and Jonathan for morning prayer to talk about the way of peace in a time of war and what a commitment to peacemaking can look like today. Morning prayer takes place at the beginning of each month based on the book, Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals.

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 59:26 105 full     Fight Like Jesus: How Jesus Waged Peace Throughout Holy Week | Guest: Author, Jason Porterfield Fight Like Jesus: How Jesus Waged Peace Throughout Holy Week | Guest: Author, Jason Porterfield https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/fight-like-jesus-how-jesus-waged-peace-throughout-holy-week-guest-author-jason-porterfield/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/fight-like-jesus-how-jesus-waged-peace-throughout-holy-week-guest-author-jason-porterfield/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0800 redletterchristians.podbean.com/d37a58f1-f946-317f-8609-1dca54ba02bc "Jason Porterfield has made his home in places abandoned by society, from Canada’s poorest neighborhood to the slums of Indonesia. His passion is to cultivate God’s shalom wherever it is painfully absent and to help churches embrace their peacemaking vocation.

    In 2007, Jason joined Servants (servantsasia.org), an international network of Christian communities living and ministering among the urban poor. He was a founding member of the Servants team in Vancouver, started a new team in Indonesia, and directed operations in North America through 2015. Jason holds a master in theology from Fuller Theological Seminary and now lives in his riskiest location yet: next door to his in-laws." [from: https://jasonporterfield.com/fight-like-jesus/]

    ]]>     "Jason Porterfield has made his home in places abandoned by society, from Canada’s poorest neighborhood to the slums of Indonesia. His passion is to cultivate God’s shalom wherever it is painfully absent and to help churches embrace their peacemaking vocation.

    In 2007, Jason joined Servants (servantsasia.org), an international network of Christian communities living and ministering among the urban poor. He was a founding member of the Servants team in Vancouver, started a new team in Indonesia, and directed operations in North America through 2015. Jason holds a master in theology from Fuller Theological Seminary and now lives in his riskiest location yet: next door to his in-laws." [from: https://jasonporterfield.com/fight-like-jesus/]

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 27:30 104 full     The Asbury Revival: When A Moment Becomes A Movement | Clint Baldwin The Asbury Revival: When A Moment Becomes A Movement | Clint Baldwin https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/the-asbury-revival-when-a-moment-becomes-a-movement-clint-baldwin/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/the-asbury-revival-when-a-moment-becomes-a-movement-clint-baldwin/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2023 15:48:11 -0800 redletterchristians.podbean.com/66a0fba6-0adc-35c0-986f-e7f0802092df As the Revival at Asbury University continues, Shane Claiborne is joined by friend Clint Baldwin who shares his testimony from the Asbury Revival.

    ]]>     As the Revival at Asbury University continues, Shane Claiborne is joined by friend Clint Baldwin who shares his testimony from the Asbury Revival.

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 28:05 103 full     ”Allowing A Moment To Happen” | Revival at Asbury University! ”Allowing A Moment To Happen” | Revival at Asbury University! https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/allowing-a-moment-to-happen-revival-at-asbury-university/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/allowing-a-moment-to-happen-revival-at-asbury-university/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0800 redletterchristians.podbean.com/ade5a889-95ef-3fc3-b305-82cf9a0a9c84 In this exciting episode, Shane Claiborne has special guests from Asbury University in Kentucky sharing their experience and testimony at the ongoing revival that started February 8th and has been going eight days straight for 24 hours a day as of this publishing (February 16, 2023.)

    ]]>     In this exciting episode, Shane Claiborne has special guests from Asbury University in Kentucky sharing their experience and testimony at the ongoing revival that started February 8th and has been going eight days straight for 24 hours a day as of this publishing (February 16, 2023.)

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 48:56 102 full     The Truth About Our Churches + Race | Rev. Canon Stephanie Spellers The Truth About Our Churches + Race | Rev. Canon Stephanie Spellers https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/the-truth-about-our-churches-race-rev-canon-stephanie-spellers/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/the-truth-about-our-churches-race-rev-canon-stephanie-spellers/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0800 redletterchristians.podbean.com/4ffe4f8e-8df2-3f75-9945-c2cf9060ed01 The very special and influential Reverend Canon Stephanie Spellers, the presiding bishop’s canon for evangelism, reconciliation and creation care, discusses white supremacy in the church and the need for diversity.

    ]]>     The very special and influential Reverend Canon Stephanie Spellers, the presiding bishop’s canon for evangelism, reconciliation and creation care, discusses white supremacy in the church and the need for diversity.

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 27:31 101 full     February Monthly Prayer on ”Reconciliation” with guests Reverend Nelson and Joyce Johnson February Monthly Prayer on ”Reconciliation” with guests Reverend Nelson and Joyce Johnson https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/february-monthly-prayer-on-reconciliation-with-guests-reverend-nelson-and-joyce-johnson/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/february-monthly-prayer-on-reconciliation-with-guests-reverend-nelson-and-joyce-johnson/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2023 13:48:01 -0800 redletterchristians.podbean.com/1f39f9b8-a9b8-32ad-93c5-e088ea79983a Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson Hartgrove discuss  “Reconciliation” on this month's Morning Prayer joined by special guests, Rev. Nelson and Joyce Johnson, founders of the Beloved Community Center and the Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Morning prayer takes place at the beginning of each month based on the book, Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals.

    You can follow along with the readings from Common Prayer at commonprayer.net for free!

    ]]>     Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson Hartgrove discuss  “Reconciliation” on this month's Morning Prayer joined by special guests, Rev. Nelson and Joyce Johnson, founders of the Beloved Community Center and the Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Morning prayer takes place at the beginning of each month based on the book, Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals.

    You can follow along with the readings from Common Prayer at commonprayer.net for free!

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 51:30 100 full     Roxanne Stone Discusses Her Journey on How to Love the Church and Hold it Accountable Roxanne Stone Discusses Her Journey on How to Love the Church and Hold it Accountable https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/roxanne-stone-discusses-her-journey-on-how-to-love-the-church-and-hold-it-accountable/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/roxanne-stone-discusses-her-journey-on-how-to-love-the-church-and-hold-it-accountable/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2023 09:10:51 -0800 redletterchristians.podbean.com/5bbfda30-c8fc-3cc5-a255-b695c0ce2330  

    Roxanne Stone is a managing editor at Religion News Service and podcast host Saved By the City. She's appeared to provide her journalistic perspective in the Hillsong: A Megachurch Exposed documentary series.

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    Roxanne Stone is a managing editor at Religion News Service and podcast host Saved By the City. She's appeared to provide her journalistic perspective in the Hillsong: A Megachurch Exposed documentary series.

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 27:49 99 full     ”Dancing in the Darkness: Spiritual Lessons for Thriving in Turbulent Times” with author Rev Dr. Otis Moss III ”Dancing in the Darkness: Spiritual Lessons for Thriving in Turbulent Times” with author Rev Dr. Otis Moss III https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/dancing-in-the-darkness-spiritual-lessons-for-thriving-in-turbulent-times-with-author-rev-dr-otis-moss-iii/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/dancing-in-the-darkness-spiritual-lessons-for-thriving-in-turbulent-times-with-author-rev-dr-otis-moss-iii/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0800 redletterchristians.podbean.com/653444e5-85e4-3aad-acfa-816cdb3ed26b Author Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III joins Shane Claiborne and Katie Jo Brotherton for a discussion of Rev. Dr. Moss’ just released book, Dancing in the Darkness 

    Dancing in the Darkness is a life-affirming guide to the practical, political, and spiritual challenges of our day. Drawing on the teachings of Dr. King, Howard Thurman, sacred scripture, southern wisdom, global spiritual traditions, Black culture, and his own personal experiences, Rev. Dr. Moss instructs us on how to practice spiritual resistance by combining justice and love. This collection helps us tap the spiritual reserves we all possess but too often overlook, so we can slay our personal demons, confront our civic challenges, and reach our highest goals.

    ]]>     Author Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III joins Shane Claiborne and Katie Jo Brotherton for a discussion of Rev. Dr. Moss’ just released book, Dancing in the Darkness 

    Dancing in the Darkness is a life-affirming guide to the practical, political, and spiritual challenges of our day. Drawing on the teachings of Dr. King, Howard Thurman, sacred scripture, southern wisdom, global spiritual traditions, Black culture, and his own personal experiences, Rev. Dr. Moss instructs us on how to practice spiritual resistance by combining justice and love. This collection helps us tap the spiritual reserves we all possess but too often overlook, so we can slay our personal demons, confront our civic challenges, and reach our highest goals.

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 59:18 98 full     Katie Jo and Shane Discuss RAWtools, Elton John, and Thomas Jefferson Katie Jo and Shane Discuss RAWtools, Elton John, and Thomas Jefferson https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/katie-jo-and-shane-discuss-rawtools-elton-john-and-thomas-jefferson/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/katie-jo-and-shane-discuss-rawtools-elton-john-and-thomas-jefferson/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0800 redletterchristians.podbean.com/767476d5-82cd-3872-92e4-6e3f04e29893 In this special episode, Shane is joined by his partner/wife Katie Jo Brotherton to discuss - joy! Why it is important and how they find it in the work they do together with RAWtools, enjoying music, and reading. 

    ]]>     In this special episode, Shane is joined by his partner/wife Katie Jo Brotherton to discuss - joy! Why it is important and how they find it in the work they do together with RAWtools, enjoying music, and reading. 

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 27:27 97 full     Remembering Dr. King’s Riverside Speech and the Nation’s ”Addiction to Violence” Remembering Dr. King’s Riverside Speech and the Nation’s ”Addiction to Violence” https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/remembering-dr-king-s-riverside-speech-and-the-nation-s-addiction-to-violence/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/remembering-dr-king-s-riverside-speech-and-the-nation-s-addiction-to-violence/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0800 redletterchristians.podbean.com/ed243e7b-9db8-3b2e-8557-4bc4c29bd77e In this special episode from 2021, Shane discusses Dr. King's Riverside Speech and the "spiritual death" a nation could face in chasing their "addiction to violence."

    ]]>     In this special episode from 2021, Shane discusses Dr. King's Riverside Speech and the "spiritual death" a nation could face in chasing their "addiction to violence."

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 27:23 96 full     Amanda Tyler Discusses ”Christians Against Christian Nationalism” Amanda Tyler Discusses ”Christians Against Christian Nationalism” https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/amanda-tyler-discusses-christians-against-christian-nationalism/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/amanda-tyler-discusses-christians-against-christian-nationalism/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0800 redletterchristians.podbean.com/7d30aa92-884a-3e1a-9d9b-337e65f4562c Recorded January 2, 2023, Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson Hartgrove to kick off the new year. Morning Prayer takes place at the beginning of each month based on the book, Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals. They are joined by special guest Amanda Tyler, the Executive Director of BJC (Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty). BJC leads and coordinates Christians Against Christian Nationalism 

    ]]>     Recorded January 2, 2023, Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson Hartgrove to kick off the new year. Morning Prayer takes place at the beginning of each month based on the book, Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals. They are joined by special guest Amanda Tyler, the Executive Director of BJC (Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty). BJC leads and coordinates Christians Against Christian Nationalism 

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 50:34 95 full     Red Letter Christians: UK | Discussing Ukraine with Dave Mann and Faith Van Horne Red Letter Christians: UK | Discussing Ukraine with Dave Mann and Faith Van Horne https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/red-letter-christians-uk-discussing-ukraine-with-dave-mann-and-faith-van-horne/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/red-letter-christians-uk-discussing-ukraine-with-dave-mann-and-faith-van-horne/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0800 redletterchristians.podbean.com/11d9f16b-adeb-3ebf-b7ab-b3b0ff607d35 In this episode recorded in December 2022, Shane Clairborne discusses the work our UK team is doing, led by Dave and Sally Mann and Faith Van Horne and the ongoing concerns in Ukraine.

    ]]>     In this episode recorded in December 2022, Shane Clairborne discusses the work our UK team is doing, led by Dave and Sally Mann and Faith Van Horne and the ongoing concerns in Ukraine.

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 26:49 94 full     ’The Simple Way’ Celebrates 25 Years of Intention + Defiant Hope! ’The Simple Way’ Celebrates 25 Years of Intention + Defiant Hope! https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/the-simple-way-celebrates-25-years-of-intention-defiant-hope/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/the-simple-way-celebrates-25-years-of-intention-defiant-hope/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0800 redletterchristians.podbean.com/e65ae892-ad18-3aa8-86d8-b7862e093166 "IT ALL STARTED WHEN… in 1995, dozens of homeless families had moved into an abandoned Catholic church building in North Philadelphia. They were told by the Archdiocese that they had 48 hours to move out, or they could be arrested. With nowhere to go, these courageous mothers and children hung a banner on the front of the building that said, “How can we worship a homeless man on Sunday, and ignore one on Monday?” The families held their own press conference and announced that they had talked with the real “Owner” of the building (the Lord Almighty!) – and God said they could stay until they found somewhere else to go.

    That was the spark that lit the fire of The Simple Way." from https://thesimpleway.org/ 

    ]]>     "IT ALL STARTED WHEN… in 1995, dozens of homeless families had moved into an abandoned Catholic church building in North Philadelphia. They were told by the Archdiocese that they had 48 hours to move out, or they could be arrested. With nowhere to go, these courageous mothers and children hung a banner on the front of the building that said, “How can we worship a homeless man on Sunday, and ignore one on Monday?” The families held their own press conference and announced that they had talked with the real “Owner” of the building (the Lord Almighty!) – and God said they could stay until they found somewhere else to go.

    That was the spark that lit the fire of The Simple Way." from https://thesimpleway.org/ 

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 27:33 93 full     January 6 | The Impact of Christian Nationalism January 6 | The Impact of Christian Nationalism https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/january-6-the-impact-of-christian-nationalism/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/january-6-the-impact-of-christian-nationalism/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0800 redletterchristians.podbean.com/fbe5a00d-1fbb-35b2-a9f4-1be6a3732749 This episode is from June 2022's monthly Morning Prayer where Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson Hartgrove discuss the language and impact of Christian Nationalism.

    ]]>     This episode is from June 2022's monthly Morning Prayer where Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson Hartgrove discuss the language and impact of Christian Nationalism.

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 53:43 92 full     Shane Claiborne Reflects on Red Letter Christians in 2022 Shane Claiborne Reflects on Red Letter Christians in 2022 https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/shane-claiborne-reflects-on-red-letter-christians-in-2022/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/shane-claiborne-reflects-on-red-letter-christians-in-2022/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0800 redletterchristians.podbean.com/dae53889-1d49-38ba-8fe2-2d1f42e2b826 Shane reflects on the work of the RLC community, the support of all co-conspirators, and the  vision we hope for in 2023.

    ]]>     Shane reflects on the work of the RLC community, the support of all co-conspirators, and the  vision we hope for in 2023.

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 27:39 91 full     The Impact of Immigration on Communities and Our Faith | Guests Jenny Yang and Alexa Salvatierra The Impact of Immigration on Communities and Our Faith | Guests Jenny Yang and Alexa Salvatierra https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/the-impact-of-immigration-on-communities-and-our-faith-guests-jenny-yang-and-alexa-salvatierra/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/the-impact-of-immigration-on-communities-and-our-faith-guests-jenny-yang-and-alexa-salvatierra/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0800 redletterchristians.podbean.com/a254e0a4-5090-3a7e-a747-d3a56670c73d This Faith Forum episode is from April 2021, where Shane Claiborne discusses faith and immigration with Jenny Yang and Alexa Salvatierra. Special musical guest Rosa Cándida Ramírez.

    ]]>     This Faith Forum episode is from April 2021, where Shane Claiborne discusses faith and immigration with Jenny Yang and Alexa Salvatierra. Special musical guest Rosa Cándida Ramírez.

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 01:04:09 90 full     Freeing Jesus: Rediscovering Jesus as Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way, and Presence | Author Diana Butler Bass Freeing Jesus: Rediscovering Jesus as Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way, and Presence | Author Diana Butler Bass https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/freeing-jesus-rediscovering-jesus-as-friend-teacher-savior-lord-way-and-presence-author-diana-butler-bass/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/freeing-jesus-rediscovering-jesus-as-friend-teacher-savior-lord-way-and-presence-author-diana-butler-bass/#comments Mon, 26 Dec 2022 20:12:00 -0800 redletterchristians.podbean.com/b35f3141-6fe6-369c-bd92-762a966ed0c7 "Diana Butler Bass, Ph.D., is an award-winning author, popular speaker, inspiring preacher, and one of America’s most trusted commentators on religion and contemporary spirituality.  

    Diana’s passion is sharing great ideas to change lives and the world—a passion that ranges from informing the public about spiritual trends, challenging conventional narratives about religious practice, entering the fray of social media with spiritual wisdom and smart theology, and writing books to help readers see themselves, their place in history, and God differently.  She does this with intelligence, joy, and a good dose of humor, leading well-known comedian John Fugelsang to dub her “iconic,” the late Marcus Borg to call her “spontaneous and always surprising,” and Glennon Doyle to praise her “razor-sharp mind” and “mystical heart.”" [from https://dianabutlerbass.com/]

    ]]>     "Diana Butler Bass, Ph.D., is an award-winning author, popular speaker, inspiring preacher, and one of America’s most trusted commentators on religion and contemporary spirituality.  

    Diana’s passion is sharing great ideas to change lives and the world—a passion that ranges from informing the public about spiritual trends, challenging conventional narratives about religious practice, entering the fray of social media with spiritual wisdom and smart theology, and writing books to help readers see themselves, their place in history, and God differently.  She does this with intelligence, joy, and a good dose of humor, leading well-known comedian John Fugelsang to dub her “iconic,” the late Marcus Borg to call her “spontaneous and always surprising,” and Glennon Doyle to praise her “razor-sharp mind” and “mystical heart.”" [from https://dianabutlerbass.com/]

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 01:08:45 89 full     ”Dear White Peacemakers: Dismantling Racism with Grit and Grace” with author Osheta Moore and special host Diana Oestreich ”Dear White Peacemakers: Dismantling Racism with Grit and Grace” with author Osheta Moore and special host Diana Oestreich https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/dear-white-peacemakers-dismantling-racism-with-grit-and-grace-with-author-osheta-moore-and-special-host-diana-oestreich/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/dear-white-peacemakers-dismantling-racism-with-grit-and-grace-with-author-osheta-moore-and-special-host-diana-oestreich/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2022 20:58:41 -0800 redletterchristians.podbean.com/87cf1820-bfec-3478-a5ce-98651eb6a922 In this special book club episode, guest host Diana Oestreich speaks with author Osheta Moore on her book Dear White Peacemakers.

     

    "Dear White Peacemakers is a breakup letter to division, a love letter to God’s beloved community, and an eviction notice to the violent powers that have sustained racism for centuries.   Race is one of the hardest topics to discuss in America. Many white Christians avoid talking about it altogether. But a commitment to peacemaking requires white people to step out of their comfort and privilege and into the work of anti-racism. Dear White Peacemakers is an invitation to white Christians to come to the table and join this hard work and holy calling. Rooted in the life, ministry, and teachings of Jesus, this book is a challenging call to transform white shame, fragility, saviorism, and privilege, in order to work together to build the Beloved Community as anti-racism peacemakers.   Written in the wake of George Floyd’s death, Dear White Peacemakers draws on the Sermon on the Mount, Spirituals, and personal stories from author Osheta Moore’s work as a pastor in St. Paul, Minnesota. Enter into this story of shalom and join in the urgent work of anti-racism peacemaking." [from mennomedia.org]

    ]]>     In this special book club episode, guest host Diana Oestreich speaks with author Osheta Moore on her book Dear White Peacemakers.

     

    "Dear White Peacemakers is a breakup letter to division, a love letter to God’s beloved community, and an eviction notice to the violent powers that have sustained racism for centuries.
     
    Race is one of the hardest topics to discuss in America. Many white Christians avoid talking about it altogether. But a commitment to peacemaking requires white people to step out of their comfort and privilege and into the work of anti-racism. Dear White Peacemakers is an invitation to white Christians to come to the table and join this hard work and holy calling. Rooted in the life, ministry, and teachings of Jesus, this book is a challenging call to transform white shame, fragility, saviorism, and privilege, in order to work together to build the Beloved Community as anti-racism peacemakers.
     
    Written in the wake of George Floyd’s death, Dear White Peacemakers draws on the Sermon on the Mount, Spirituals, and personal stories from author Osheta Moore’s work as a pastor in St. Paul, Minnesota. Enter into this story of shalom and join in the urgent work of anti-racism peacemaking." [from mennomedia.org]

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 59:26 88 full     Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery with Mark Charles and Soong-Chan Rah Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery with Mark Charles and Soong-Chan Rah https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/unsettling-truths-the-ongoing-dehumanizing-legacy-of-the-doctrine-of-discovery-with-mark-charles-and-soong-chan-rah/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/unsettling-truths-the-ongoing-dehumanizing-legacy-of-the-doctrine-of-discovery-with-mark-charles-and-soong-chan-rah/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2022 08:50:02 -0800 redletterchristians.podbean.com/f4db958a-e3f0-3e87-922a-b7adc7b41441 In this episode, we discuss the book by Mark Charles and Soong-Chan Rah, Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery. 

    "Mark Charles is a dynamic and thought-provoking public speaker, writer, and consultant. The son of an American woman (of Dutch heritage) and a Navajo man, he teaches with insight into the complexities of American history regarding race, culture, and faith in order to help forge a path of healing and conciliation for the nation. He is one of the leading authorities on the 15th-century’s Doctrine of Discovery and its influence on US history and its intersection with modern-day society.

    Soong-Chan Rah (ThD, Duke Divinity School) is Robert Munger Professor of Evangelism at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. Previously, he served as Milton B. Engebretson Professor of Church Growth and Evangelism at North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago, Illinois. He is the author of Prophetic Lament, The Next Evangelicalism, and Many Colors, as well as coauthor of Unsettling Truths, Forgive Us, and Return to Justice." [from https://www.ivpress.com/unsettling-truths ]

    ]]>     In this episode, we discuss the book by Mark Charles and Soong-Chan Rah, Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery. 

    "Mark Charles is a dynamic and thought-provoking public speaker, writer, and consultant. The son of an American woman (of Dutch heritage) and a Navajo man, he teaches with insight into the complexities of American history regarding race, culture, and faith in order to help forge a path of healing and conciliation for the nation. He is one of the leading authorities on the 15th-century’s Doctrine of Discovery and its influence on US history and its intersection with modern-day society.

    Soong-Chan Rah (ThD, Duke Divinity School) is Robert Munger Professor of Evangelism at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. Previously, he served as Milton B. Engebretson Professor of Church Growth and Evangelism at North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago, Illinois. He is the author of Prophetic Lament, The Next Evangelicalism, and Many Colors, as well as coauthor of Unsettling Truths, Forgive Us, and Return to Justice." [from https://www.ivpress.com/unsettling-truths ]

    ]]>     Red Letter Christians false No 01:07:57 87 full     Eye for an Eye? Faith Forum on Death Penalty with guests Derrick Jamison and SueZann Bosler Eye for an Eye? Faith Forum on Death Penalty with guests Derrick Jamison and SueZann Bosler https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/eye-for-an-eye-faith-forum-on-death-penalty-with-guests-derrick-jamison-and-suezann-bosler/ https://redletterchristians.podbean.com/e/eye-for-an-eye-faith-forum-on-death-penalty-with-guests-derrick-jamison-and-suezann-bosler/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0800 redletterchristians.podbean.com/a8eb5ec0-af20-365d-b2d7-e5589ebe49af Shane Claiborne discusses the death penalty, faith, and justice from a Jesus perspective with special guests who share their stories. This week’s "Faith Forum" episode includes Derrick Jamison and SueZann Bosler. Derrick was wrongfully-convicted and spent nearly 20 years on death row for a crime he had nothing to do with. And Sue Zann is the survivor of a violent crime that took her father's life.

    ]]>     Shane Claiborne discusses the death penalty, faith, and justice from a Jesus perspective with special guests who share their stories. This week’s "Faith Forum" episode includes Derrick Jamison and SueZann Bosler. Derrick was wrongfully-convicted and spent nearly 20 years on death row for a crime he had nothing to do with. And Sue Zann is the survivor of a violent crime that took her father's life.

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