Intersections

In this episode of Intersections, Rev. Chris Moore and guests Aiden Waidner-Smith and Attorney Josh Payton discuss the recent advancement of a bill in the Oklahoma Senate that would prohibit gender-affirming care and gender reassignment surgery to transgender minors. They discuss how the bill seems to fly against “parental rights” arguments made on other issues and how it ignores the best practices of virtually every major medical organization in the nation, all of which endorse gender affirming care as life saving. They discuss the complexity of the many issues at play here and how deep care ought to be the first driver for all of that discussion, instead of political rhetoric and uninformed, and often anecdotal, assertions.Resources on Legislationhttps://www.acluok.orghttps://www.freedomoklahoma.orghttps://www.lambdalegal.org/blog/state/oklahomaFind Your Legislator:http://www.oklegislature.gov/findmylegislature.aspx Transgender Resources in Tulsa:https://www.okeq.org/transgender-support.htmlhttps://www.diversityfamilyhealth.comhttps://www.yst.org Crisis Help:https://www.thetrevorproject.orgTrans Lifeline: (877) 565-8860 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: (800) 273-8255 (online chat available) Josh Payton's Law Firm:https://joshuapaytonlaw.com

In the fourth episode of Intersections, Rev. Chris Moore is joined by Mack Haltom, executive director of the Tulsa Day Center for the Homeless, and Becky Gligo, executive director at Housing Solutions. The call for compassion and care for the poor is central to all faith traditions, and this conversation helps illuminate how complicated an issue that is here in Tulsa, what has changed, improved or gotten worse post Covid lockdown, and most importantly the ways that congregations can help. To hear more on this subject from others please check out Respecting Religions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/respecting-religion/id1589500269 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/respecting-religion/id1589500269)

In the third episode of Intersections, Rev. Chris Moore is joined by Aliye Shimi, ed of Tulsa Metropolitan Ministry and Rabbi Dan Kaiman of Congregation B'nai Emunah to discuss the recent ruling by the Supreme Court in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District. They talk about how this ruling redefines the Constitutional protections separating Church and State, as well as whether or not this is freedom for all religious practice, or just some religious practice?   To hear more on this subject from others please check out Respecting Religions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/respecting-religion/id1589500269 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/respecting-religion/id1589500269) Please like and subscribe to Intersections anywhere you get your podcast and signup for more info from TMM at www.tmmtulsa.org.

In the second episode of Intersections, Rev Chris Moore speaks with city counselor Vanessa Hall Harper, councilor for district 1 since 2016, and Dr. Robert P. Jones, the CEO and founder of public religion research Institute PRRI and most recently the author of  https://smile.amazon.com/White-Too-Long-Supremacy-Christianity/dp/1982122870/ (White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity), and http://smile.amazon.com/End-White-Christian-America/dp/1501122290/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1452200902&sr=8-1 (The End of White Christian America). They discuss  reparations, restoration, and atonement, and how the terminology we use impacts the goals and methods. Please like and subscribe to Intersections anywhere you get your podcast and signup for more info from TMM at www.tmmtulsa.org.

In the inaugural episode of Intersections, Aliye Shimi, executive director of Tulsa Metropolitan Ministry, Reverend Chris Moore, of Fellowship Congregational UCC, and Rabbi Michael Weinstein of Temple Israel discuss the kidnapping and hostage crisis at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, the unending vigilance required by religious minorities in the United States, and the changing nature of religious practice in America. Please like and subscribe to Intersections anywhere you get your podcast and signup for more info from TMM at www.tmmtulsa.org.

The American Trappist Monk, theologian and poet, Thomas Merton, a regular participant in interfaith work, once wrote – God speaks to us in three places: in scripture, in our deepest selves, and in the voice of the stranger. Here at Tulsa Metropolitan Ministry, we say that we don't have to believe alike to love alike, and we try to live that. How does our faith shape how we see the world? How does our personal faith tradition influence our opinions on the news of the day? In an age in which religion can sometimes be weaponized, how do we strive to find God speaking to each of us, through each of us? Welcome to Intersections, a podcast designed to bring together the diversity of faithful people in Tulsa for dialogue on the issues that impact us all.