Part of the Faith & Fire Conversation Series "Chaos or Community: Courageous Conversations During Chaos." Panelists: Rabbi David Saperstein - Senior Advisor for Policy and Strategy, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism Erica Littlewolf -

Where are We Going? Spiritual Sustenance for the Journey Ahead

Jan 13th, 2021 1h 21m

Part of the Faith & Fire Conversation Series "Chaos or Community: Courageous Conversations During Chaos." Panelists Dr. Loida Martell - VP of Academic Affairs and Dean and Professor of Constructive Theology, Lexington Theological Seminary Dr.

New Year, Who Dis? No More of the Same Old Stuff

Jan 6th, 2021 1h 4m

Part of the Faith & Fire Conversation Series "Chaos or Community: Courageous Conversations During Chaos." Panelists: Derrick Lewis - National Field Organizer, NAACP Youth and College Division Abigail Scholar - Executive Director, Central Washi

Where Are We Going: Beloved Community through Bethlehem

Dec 16th, 2020 1h 4m

Part of the Faith & Fire Conversation Series "Chaos or Community: Courageous Conversations During Chaos." Panelists: Rev. Dr. Canon Kelly Brown Douglas - Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary, Canon Theologian at W

The World House: Mutual Inclusion for Beloved Community

Dec 9th, 2020 1h 7m

NCC's "Faith & Fire Conversations" series "Chaos or Community: Courageous Conversations During Crisis” Panelists: • Rev. Dr. Dennis Edwards: New Testament at North Park Seminary and author of “Might from the Margins” • Christian Brooks, MDiv,

The Dilemma of Americans: Where Is Christ?

Dec 2nd, 2020 1h 1m

Episode 3 of the Faith and Fire Conversations series “Chaos or Community: Courageous Conversations During Crisis” Panelists Rev. Dr. Rob Schenck, President and CEO of the Dietrich Bonhoeffer InstituteAmanda Tyler, Exec Director of Baptist Joint

Racism and the White Backlash: Role of the Church Against White Supremacy

Nov 25th, 2020 1h 5m

Episode 2 of the Faith and Fire Conversations series “Chaos or Community: Courageous Conversations During Crisis” Panelists Rev. Dr. John Dorhauer - General Minister and President, United Church of Christ Rev. William H. Lamar, IV - Sr. Pastor,

Where are We? Spiritually Diagnosing America’s Illnesses

Nov 18th, 2020 1h 18m

Episode 1 of the Faith and Fire Conversations series “Chaos or Community: Courageous Conversations During Crisis” Panelists Reuben Eckels - Church World Service Rev. E. Michelle Lederer - General Committee on Religion and Race, United Methodist

April is Earth Month

Apr 24th, 2020 28m 17s

On Wednesday we celebrated Earth Day, a day that has been celebrated every year since 1970 on April 22nd. It’s a day for raising awareness of human activity’s negative impact upon the earth and is a day for political action and civic participa

A View From Above and Below

Apr 10th, 2020 33m 59s

The COVID-19 pandemic has altered nearly every aspect of life in the US and around the world. Every institution is affected, and the church is no exception. Colleges have sent students home, cleared out the classrooms, and are adapting to an o

The Church and COVID-19

Apr 2nd, 2020 31m 17s

Faith, Activism, Humility

Mar 22nd, 2019 34m 4s

As we ponder the horrors of the massacre of 49 Muslims in Christchurch, New Zealand, we have to reckon with the fact that home-grown hatred and extremism has gone global. One of the great things about working with other faith groups is that we

A New Bible Translation

Feb 22nd, 2019 33m 56s

Stop and think about it for a second: if you were to encourage churches to work together, wouldn’t it make sense to be reading the same translation of the Bible together? This has been one of the hallmarks of the ecumenical movement for decade

Encore: "Human Rites"

Feb 19th, 2019 42m 58s

This week’s podcast is an encore presentation of my interview with Dru Johnson, author of “Human Rites: the Power of Rituals, Habits, and Sacraments,” which is to be released on Thursday, February 21.

Burying White Privilege

Feb 8th, 2019 30m 22s

The quote goes like this: “The Death of Christianity within the United States has been a slow process, and it may very well be in its final throes. So I say, let the dead bury their dead.” Professor and speaker Miguel De La Torre has a new boo

Repentance and Race

Feb 1st, 2019 37m 24s

How has your life been most changed, and where has God been most visible to you in that change? Social science suggests that relationships are the most likely to change our point of view, and if we are limited in the kinds of people we are in

The Real Immigration Crisis

Jan 17th, 2019 42m 24s

Greetings from the 2019 government shutdown! As I record this podcast, we’re in the middle of the longest government shutdown in history. The central issue of the shutdown is immigration, and the central object is a wall. My guest today is No

Rituals, Faith, and Life

Nov 30th, 2018 42m 58s

Aside from going to church every Sunday, which I’m sure you do, and eagerly participating in the liturgy and ceremonies of worship, what are some other rituals you participate in on a regular basis? The author of “Human Rites,” spelled R-I-T-E

Community Engagement Series: pre-election edition

Nov 5th, 2018 33m 34s

Tomorrow is election day! And many are saying that this is the most consequential election in modern history. Today we’re once again hearing from our guest host, LaKesha Womack, as she interviews Rev. Brenda Girton-Mitchell, Founder of Grace a

Our Community Engagement Series Webinar (turned podcast!)

Nov 2nd, 2018 29m 1s

Over the past few weeks we have been holding webinars, with mixed success, designed to help us learn better ways of getting out the vote. Our host for these webinars, LaKesha Womack, has interviewed experts on state and local elections, the im

Conflict and Transformation: a key to ending racism

Sep 21st, 2018 38m 49s

Awaken, confront, transform: that’s what we’re talking about when we say “ACT to End Racism.” Awakening to racism means listening to the difficult truths and confronting the racism in ourselves and our institutions. My guest this week is Rev.

Get the Vote OUT!

Sep 6th, 2018 43m 40s

What’s the most important thing you can do between now and November 6th? My guest today is LaKesha Womack, founder of the Womack Consulting Group, and leader of a series of webinars hosted by the National Council of Churches this fall. What’s

One Year After Charlottesville

Aug 17th, 2018 30m 28s

Last weekend marked the first anniversary of the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, that took the life of Heather Heyer along with two police officers as well. In Washington, DC, where a rally was being planned by those who carried out the

74 June's Immigration Disaster

Jun 22nd, 2018 35m 33s

When it became clear that the families crossing into the United States from Mexico were being separated as part of a “zero-tolerance” policy, an outcry ensued that forced President Trump to backtrack. Did he really shut down this inhuman polic

ACT to End Racism: Voices #1

Jun 15th, 2018 22m 15s

It’s going to be a long time before we stop talking about the ACT to End Racism rally that took place in April, the launch of a multi-year initiative to end racism in our selves, our churches, and our institutions. On today’s podcast we begin