The Rev. Amy Peeler, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of New Testament at Wheaton College, IL and an Associate Rector at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Geneva, IL. Author of Women and Gender of God (Eerdmans, 2022), “You Are My Son”: The Family

Ep 10 - Bishop Mariann Budde "How We Learn to Be Brave"

Jan 23rd, 2024 34m 51s

Bishop Mariann Budde is the bishop and spiritual leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, D.C., and the Washington National Cathedral. Prior to her election in 2011, she was a parish priest in Minneapolis for eighteen years. She has appea

Ep 9 - Pastor Raymond Chang "Following the Way of Jesus"

Jan 19th, 2024 32m 28s

Pastor Raymond Chang is the president of the Asian American Christian Collaborative (AACC), a pastor, and writer. He regularly preaches and speaks throughout the country on issues pertaining to Christianity and culture, race and faith. He has l

Ep 8 - Angela Ferrell-Zabala "Finding Solutions Together"

Jan 13th, 2024 23m 57s

Angela Ferrell-Zabala (“Fuh-RELL Zuh-BAH-luh”) serves as the first ever Executive Director of Moms Demand Action where she is responsible for leading and growing the largest grassroots network in the gun violence prevention space. Angela has be

Ep 7 - Rev. Dr. Mae Elise Cannon "The Holy Land"

Dec 30th, 2023 35m 19s

Rev. Dr. Mae Elise Cannon is the executive director of Churches for Middle East Peace and an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC). Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) is a coalition of more than 30 national Church communio

Ep 6 - Daniel Darling "Agents of Grace"

Nov 28th, 2023 35m 25s

Daniel Darling is an award-winning writer, bestselling author of fifteen books, pastor and Christian leader who regularly appears on and contributes to national news and media outlets. He currently serves as the Director of The Land Center for

Ep 5 - Shane Claiborne "Hope for People Weary of Gun Violence"

Oct 2nd, 2023 40m 52s

In this episode, I talk with my friend and colleague Shane Claiborne about his passion for gun violence prevention, his faith journey, and his work as founder of The Simple Way and leader of Red Letter Christians, a movement of folks who are co

Ep 4 - Pastor Gil Monrose "The Gospel Has to Be Moving"

Sep 1st, 2023 24m 42s

In this episode, I had a chance to talk to Dr. Gilford (Gil) T. Monrose, who is based in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. He is doing amazing work serving humanity, building bridges, and working on gun violence prevention.

Ep 3 - John Wood Jr. "Melodies of Reconciliation"

Jul 31st, 2023 50m 34s

In this week's episode, guest and friend John Wood Jr. joins me to discuss his "unorthodox path to Christianity" involving a beautiful journey of the heart facilitated by lessons he learned from his parents, by performing music, meeting the wom

Ep 2 - David Blankenhorn "Braver Angels"

Jul 14th, 2023 42m 7s

This week I had the chance to talk with a friend of mine, David Blankenhorn, about his passion for building bridges of understanding and helping people find common ground. You’ll learn about his journey from growing up in Mississippi to the ins

Ep 1 – Rev. Rob Schenck "Costly Grace"

Jun 14th, 2023 48m 47s

Welcome to the first episode of Reconciliation Roundtable, a new podcast where we discuss building bridges of understanding across religious and political difference.This week I had the chance to talk with a friend and collaborator, Reverend Ro