Red Letter Christians Podcast

Christ, Clowns, and the Cottage Church | Lea Wilkening

In this episode, Shane Claiborne speaks with Lea Wilkening about church planting, being a clown and comedic improv, and holding onto joy. Lea discusses what it means to open a church in friendship.
"Lea lives in Oakville, Ontario with her husband, John, and sons, Jack and Josh.  She holds a Master of Divinity degree from Calvin Seminary, an Accounting degree from University of Illinois, and is a graduate of the Improvisation Conservatory Program at Second City, Toronto. She has served justice and reconciliation ministries since her youth and started out community organizing at a young age. She thinks that when given the right tools and support, young people have the vision and capacity to lead the rest of us in the next era. She loves to laugh and thinks communities of faith have plenty of reasons for joy." [from https://www.thecottagechurch.com/about-us]
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Faith-Rooted Organizing with Alexia Salvatierra

With so many injustices, small and great, across the world and right at our doorstep, what are people of faith to do? Alexia Salvatierra has developed a model of social action that is rooted in the values and convictions born of faith. Together with theologian Peter Heltzel, this model of “faith-rooted organizing” offers a path to meaningful social change that takes seriously the command to love God and to love our neighbor as ourself. Join Shane Claiborne and Alexia Salvatierra for a discussion of her book, Faith-Rooted Organizing.
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Alexia's new book, Buried Seeds, will be out later this year
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Dr. David Anderson on Grace, Racism, and Gracism

"Anderson hosts RealTalk with Dr. David Anderson on WAVA 105.1fm in the Washington, DC, area,the most listened to Christian talk station on the east coast and the 2nd most listened to in the nation. Dr. Anderson creates a safe, uncommon platform to dialog with his followers and give them guidance and leadership on how to be a “Gracist” (extending positive favor on other humans based on color, class or culture) and build bridges of unity and reconciliation." [from https://andersonspeaks.com/real-talk/]
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Contemporary Christianity + Connection | Reverend Joel Simpson

Joel Simpson is a pastor in the United Methodist Church and believes language matters and that it is crucial to keep Christianity simple and rooted in love. He lives in western North Carolina and blogs at www.revjoelsimpson.wordpress.com
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Faith in the Holler Gospel + Appalacia with Brad Davis

"Rev. Brad Davis (he/him) is a provisional elder in the West Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church currently serving as pastor at Nighbert Memorial UMC of Logan, WV, and founder of  The New Society, a grassroots Central Appalachian kingdom movement. A native of one of the nation’s most economically and socially exploited regions, Brad’s passion is connecting its people to a holistic, therapeutic, liberating message of salvation he calls the Holler Gospel." [from https://accidentaltomatoes.com]
 
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Faith Van Horne | Trauma, Atonement + Healing

Faith Van Horne is the new co-director of Red Letter Christians in the UK! She received her Masters of Divinity from the Methodist Theological School in Ohio in the United States. She is currently a postgraduate researcher in Theology and Religion at the University of Birmingham. Her thesis explores how perceptions of selfhood and the body influence theological visions of redemption for survivors of sexual abuse. She also blogs for Pentecostals and Charismatics for Peace and Justice.
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Creation Care & Colonization | Randy Woodley, Sarah Augustine, Nicole Taylor Morris, and Avery Davis Lamb!

This episode is from November 2021's  Faith Forum on Creation Care & Colonization with special guests Randy Woodley, Sarah Augustine, Nicole Taylor Morris, and Avery Davis Lamb!
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Sandra Maria Van Opstal | The Pursuit of a Lifestyle of Faith + Justice

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"Sandra Maria Van Opstal is a second-generation Latina pastor, activist, author, and a powerful leading voice on the intersection of faith and justice.
She is executive director of Chasing Justice, a BIPOC-led movement that mobilizes Christians to live justly. Sandra’s distinctiveness comes from working in both local and global contexts as a practitioner and academic, which has solidified her calling to disrupt oppressive systems within the church and center marginalized voices. She has reached audiences around the world on topics of ethnic identity, reconciliation, global justice, and worship through international movements like Lausanne, The Justice Conference, and World Vision and Urbana Missions Conference. Her local influence is also palpable, having served as a pastor and activist in her local community.
She holds a Masters of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and is currently pursuing doctoral work in Urban Leadership and Transformation. Sandra is the author of The Next Worship, as well as contributor to the New York Times bestselling book A Rhythm of Prayer."  [[bio from http://www.sandravanopstal.com]]
 
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Abe Bonowitz on the Death Penalty Action + the Increase of Executions

"Abraham J. Bonowitz has been one of the leading organizers in the death penalty abolition movement since he changed his mind on the issue in the late 1980’s. He has had a hand in each of the legislative repeal victories thus far, starting with when he served as the Field Manager for New Jerseyans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, which passed its bill in 2007. He then worked as the Director of Affiliate Support for the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty and was directly involved in the repeal victories in New Mexico, Illinois, Connecticut, Maryland and Nebraska (since reversed via referendum)." - [from https://deathpenaltyaction.org/]
 
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Randy Woodley, author of Mission and the Cultural Other

"Mission and the Cultural Other is a decolonial critique of a too often failed missionary enterprise. Rev. Dr. Randy Woodley, a former missionary and missiologist, writes both as an insider and an outsider. As an Indigenous person, a missionary among Native Americans, and a decolonial theologian with over thirty years of experience in various missionary movements, he has seen the best and worst that American mission has to offer. Before change can be made in a guarded system such as Christian mission, the critique must be pervasive and cut to the core of the problem. To truly understand the weakness of modern mission, we need to hear from those who have been its casualties." - From WIPF and Stock Publishers
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