Episodes
Monday Oct 31, 2022
Season 4 Episode 1: What’s Next?
Monday Oct 31, 2022
Monday Oct 31, 2022
Joe, Heather, Jenny, and Brad kick off our 4th season with a conversation about favorite moments from our first 3 seasons and a look ahead with our friend Royce Lyden to our partnership with Justice & Jubilee.
Monday Oct 17, 2022
Season 3 Episode 25: Natalie Shaffer on Decolonizing Music Education
Monday Oct 17, 2022
Monday Oct 17, 2022
How can decolonizing the music education classroom lead to a broader perspective on justice movements in general? In this episode, Joe and Jenny Williams chat with musicologist Natalie Shaffer about creating equity in educational environments and how a holistic approach can elevate performances from entertainment to transformation. BONUS: Stick around for the whole episode to hear a preview of Jenny's new project, "Justice & Jubilee."
Monday Oct 03, 2022
Season 3 Episode 24: Rattling the Windows with Amy Jo Hutchinson
Monday Oct 03, 2022
Monday Oct 03, 2022
Amy Jo Hutchinson makes a repeat appearance on this episode as she talks with Joe about the Rattle the Windows movement, the work of centering the stories of people who experience poverty, and advocating for child care and paid leave. She also tells her own story about spiritual trauma and how she finds her faith in helping people improve the conditions of their lives. Learn more about Amy Jo's work at rattlethewindows.com.
Monday Sep 19, 2022
Monday Sep 19, 2022
Of all the needs of people experiencing recovery from substance use disorder, safe housing may be among the most critical. In this episode, Rev. Dr. Matt Johnson of The Fletcher Group talks with Joe about his work creating faith-based recovery housing, how faith communities can get involved, the importance of the language we use about recovery, and the ways stigma can become a barrier not only to recovery, but to the ways communities perceive and interact with people experiencing recovery.
Read Matt's recent article on the United Methodist News Service website here: https://www.umnews.org/en/news/faith-communities-can-respond-to-substance-use-epidemic-with-hope
Monday Sep 05, 2022
Season 3 Episode 22: Faith Van Horne on viewing atonement through trauma
Monday Sep 05, 2022
Monday Sep 05, 2022
How does a trauma-informed view of atonement affect the way we see Jesus' life, death, and resurrection? In this episode, Red Letter Christians UK co-director Faith Van Horne talks about her doctoral work of integrating Pentecostal and Feminist theologies to understand atonement doctrine through the lens of sexual abuse survivors and the communities that support them.
Monday Aug 22, 2022
Season 3 Episode 21: Deconstructing Prayer
Monday Aug 22, 2022
Monday Aug 22, 2022
A lot of us have a complicated relationship with prayer. In this episode Joe talks about how prayer fits into his deconstruction journey.
Monday Aug 08, 2022
Monday Aug 08, 2022
Deconstruction is all about asking questions. In this episode, Joe asks whether the biblical story of the "fall" from which the doctrine of original sin emerges should be considered less about disobedience than about exploitation.
Monday Jul 25, 2022
Monday Jul 25, 2022
What does an online church for nerds, geeks, and gamers look like? Rev. Nathan Webb of Checkpoint Church talks with Joe about digital community built around YouTube, Twitch, and Discord in a context often shunned by traditional religious institutions. Visit Checkpoint's website for links to everything they're up to.
Monday Jul 11, 2022
Season 3 Episode 18: Kenzie Walker, WV Mine Wars Museum
Monday Jul 11, 2022
Monday Jul 11, 2022
The colonization of the central Appalachian coalfields by extractive industries left scars on both the land and the people of the region, but it also left a rich heritage of resistance and perseverance. In this episode, Kenzie Walker of the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum talks with Joe and Brad about the importance of preserving that heritage, its impacts on the broader American labor movement, and its continued relevance in the world today. Learn more at wvminewars.org
Monday Jun 27, 2022
Season 3 Episode 17: Dr. Megan Gandy on LGBTQ+ People & Faith Communities
Monday Jun 27, 2022
Monday Jun 27, 2022
In this Pride Month 2022 episode, Joe and co-host Jenny Williams chat with West Virginia University Social Work professor Dr. Megan Gandy about LGBTQ+ people and faith communities, her own experience with religious trauma, and the importance of belonging and community beyond dogma and doctrine. You can read about Megan's research on the topic at this link: https://wvutoday.wvu.edu/stories/2021/07/12/fear-of-rejection-vs-joy-of-inclusion-faith-communities-from-lgbtq-perspectives