Red Letter Christians Podcast

Seeing the Unseen: Beyond Prejudices, Paradigms and Party Lines | Book Club with Bishop Mark M. Beckwith

Streamed live on Aug 27, 2023
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.”
 
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January Morning Prayer with 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/]
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Special Guest | Katie Jo and Shane Claiborne

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Christ In The Rubble | Continued Conversation with Kelly Latimore

From December 2023, a second conversation with iconographer and artist, Kelly Latimore. 
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Christ in the Rubble: Kelly Latimore, Iconographer & Artist

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
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Mae Elise Cannon: 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.
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Rethinking Life: Healing the Harm

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God’s Resistance: Mobilizing Faith to Defend Immigrants

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.
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Decolonizing the Gospel

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Eye for an Eye: A License for Revenge? Shane Claiborne on War in Israel and Palestine

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. 
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