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The Antioch Podcast is a weekly recorded conversation among a multiracial team of Christian antiracism educators and friends. Biblical Antiracism is the starting point for all these conversations, which inevitably include a healthy dose of laughter, thou

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    Episode 215: Reggie Smith – “Reconciliation in Rwanda.”

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2022


    Over the next hour you are about to hear a candid conversation between myself and Reggie Smith about his experiences at the International School of Reconciliation in Rwanda. Reconciliation is a term used to describe Christian antiracism efforts often, but what reconciliation means – what it really means – takes on new meaning in the … Continue reading Episode 215: Reggie Smith – “Reconciliation in Rwanda.”

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    Episode 214: Unlearn 2022 – “Talking About Racism as Friends.”

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2022


    Once in a while, the Antioch Podcast gets to take our show on the road, and this month, four of us had the privilege of speaking as a team at Calvin University for their annual Unlearn Week, a week dedicated to unlearning stereotypes, biases and racism. This speaking series, which is open to the public … Continue reading Episode 214: Unlearn 2022 – “Talking About Racism as Friends.”

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    Episode 213: Antiracism Trainings – “Hard Dynamics in Antiracism Work.”

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2022


    Antiracism trainers get to talk to lots of groups of people.  Sometimes you get to talk to groups of people who really want to grow and learn.  This is the ideal.  These conversations tend to be very motivating for leaders and easier for participants because of the level of interest and buy-in right from the … Continue reading Episode 213: Antiracism Trainings – “Hard Dynamics in Antiracism Work.”

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    Episode 212: John Williams – “Internalized Racial Superiority.”

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2022


    Today we are once again joined by John Williams, Director of the Fellowship Center for Racial Reconciliation in Monrovia, California. John was a former member of John Perkin's Harambe Center, and is a nationally sought-after antiracism educator who combines history and theology in his justice education initiatives. He joins us today for the second of … Continue reading Episode 212: John Williams – “Internalized Racial Superiority.”

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    Episode 211: John Williams – “Internalized Racial Oppression.”

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2022


    Today we are joined by John Williams, Director of the Fellowship Center for Racial Reconciliation in Monrovia, California. John was a former member of John Perkin's Harambe Center, and is a nationally sought-after antiracism educator who combines history and theology in his justice education initiatives. He joins us today for the first of a two-part … Continue reading Episode 211: John Williams – “Internalized Racial Oppression.”

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    Episode 210: Jane Bruin – “Racism in the American Context.”

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2022


    Imagine for a moment that you are born in a country where you are a member of the majority group. Perhaps it is a country in Africa, Asia, or South America. You do well enough in your English studies that you decide you want to attend a university in the United States. Perhaps you are … Continue reading Episode 210: Jane Bruin – “Racism in the American Context.”

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    Episode 209: Mark Charles – “The Hard Work of Being Prophetic.”

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2022


    The Antioch Podcast is excited about today's returning guest to the podcast, Mark Charles. Mark is a Native American activist, public speaker, Reformed pastor, and author on Native American issues. He was an independent candidate for President of the United States in 2020. Mark is the son of a Navajo father and a Dutch-American mother, … Continue reading Episode 209: Mark Charles – “The Hard Work of Being Prophetic.”

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    Episode 208: Libby Huizenga – “Gentleness and Growth.”

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2022


    This week on the Antioch Podcast, we are focusing the spotlight on Libby, one of the white cohosts of the Antioch Podcast, whose theological insights and wisdom nuggets you've been hearing over the years. Libby shares with us her thoughts about her antiracism journey over the time that she has been on the podcast in … Continue reading Episode 208: Libby Huizenga – “Gentleness and Growth.”

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    Episode 207: Josh Banner – “Spiritual Direction and Social Justice.”

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2022


    This week on the Antioch Podcast, our team had a conversation with spiritual director Josh Banner. Josh is a spiritual director working with all kinds of people – including people experiencing incarceration near his home in Holland, Michigan. Josh spent an hour talking with us about contemplation, spiritual direction and social justice. You can find … Continue reading Episode 207: Josh Banner – “Spiritual Direction and Social Justice.”

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    Episode 206: An Off-Mic Conversation – “Thoughts, Theology & Little Bit of Therapy”

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2022


    If you've listened to the Antioch Podcast for long, you know that we six co-hosts are friends who also make this podcast. We meet every week for at least two hours to talk, one of which is recorded for the podcast, and the other of which we just have relationship time. A lot of the … Continue reading Episode 206: An Off-Mic Conversation – “Thoughts, Theology & Little Bit of Therapy”

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    Episode 205: Michelle Loyd-Paige – “Lessons From Being on the Antioch Podcast.”

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2022


    This week, on the Antioch Podcast Michelle shares her thoughts about what she has learned since joining the Antioch team a number of years ago. What she shares is thoughtful, vulnerable, and powerful – about what you would expect if you have been listening to Michelle on the podcast. And if this is your first … Continue reading Episode 205: Michelle Loyd-Paige – “Lessons From Being on the Antioch Podcast.”

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    Episode 204: Eric Nykamp – “Lessons from Producing the Antioch Podcast.”

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2022


    I've been producing the Antioch Podcast since 2016, and a lot has changed since those early years. Today, I wanted to take a moment to share a few thoughts from a talk I gave about six months ago. This talk, called “12 Lessons I've Learned from Producing the Antioch Podcast” has a little to do … Continue reading Episode 204: Eric Nykamp – “Lessons from Producing the Antioch Podcast.”

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    Episode 203: Disappointment – “When Institutions Disappoint Us.”

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2022


    It is impossible to work towards systemic change without working within an institution. Staffing, decision-making, writing and passing policies are these slow, incremental processes that seem like they take forever, and yet when they happen they can make life so much better for so many people. Policy change is where justice happens, and so when … Continue reading Episode 203: Disappointment – “When Institutions Disappoint Us.”

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    Episode 202: Recovering – “What We Can’t Do, Don’t Want to Do, and Shouldn’t Do (part 2).”

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2022


    Last episode we talked about discernment – looking at telling the difference between what we can't do, don't want to do, and shouldn't do. It was a great conversation, so if you didn't get to listen to that, go back one episode and listen to our conversation. You might remember at the end of the … Continue reading Episode 202: Recovering – “What We Can’t Do, Don’t Want to Do, and Shouldn’t Do (part 2).”

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    Episode 201: Discernment – “What I Can’t Do, Don’t Want to Do, or Shouldn’t Do.”

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2022


    Ever have one of those moments when you are trying to decide if you should say something or not, say yes to something – or not, or maybe get involved with something … or not. Sometimes these decisions can be hard, maybe even tug at our heart-strings or run circles in our minds, wearing down … Continue reading Episode 201: Discernment – “What I Can’t Do, Don’t Want to Do, or Shouldn’t Do.”

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    Episode 200: Our 200th Episode! – “What We Have Learned So Far.”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2022


    This is our 200th episode of the Antioch Podcast, and our team gathered around the mics today to look back at what we've learned over the years leading up to now. We started as a podcast way back in the last few months of the Obama presidency in 2016, and so much has changed in … Continue reading Episode 200: Our 200th Episode! – “What We Have Learned So Far.”

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    Episode 199: Antiracism vs. Compositional Diversity Part 2 of 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2022


    This is part 2 of our two-episode conversation called Antiracism vs. Compositional Diversity: Why seeking justice matters to have true unity in Christian spaces. This live conversation was part of the Unlearn program offered at Calvin University through the Center for Intercultural Student Development. During this week, students, faculty, and the community are invited to … Continue reading Episode 199: Antiracism vs. Compositional Diversity Part 2 of 2

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    Episode 198: Antiracism vs. Compositional Diversity part 1 of 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2022


    Unlearn week is a yearly program offered at Calvin University through the Center for Intercultural Student Development. During this week, students, faculty, and the community are invited to educational events and forums to learn and have conversations designed to unlearn biases and promote Biblical antiracism. The Antioch Podcast team was invited to participate in this … Continue reading Episode 198: Antiracism vs. Compositional Diversity part 1 of 2

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    Episode 197: White Work II – “Understanding Whiteness and Rightness.”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2022


    For the past few years, the Antioch Podcast has partnered with the Christian Reformed Church of North America's Office of Race Relations, Calvin University, and the YWCA in their annual Stand Against Racism events, as well as some other antiracism education livestream events. For the next several weeks, we will bring you encore episodes of … Continue reading Episode 197: White Work II – “Understanding Whiteness and Rightness.”

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    Episode 196: White Work – “Antiracism Journeys of White People.”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2022


    For the past few years, the Antioch Podcast has partnered with the Christian Reformed Church of North America's Office of Race Relations, Calvin University, and the YWCA in their annual Stand Against Racism events, as well as some other antiracism education livestream events. For the next several weeks, we will bring you encore episodes of … Continue reading Episode 196: White Work – “Antiracism Journeys of White People.”

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    Episode 195: An Antioch Encore – “Before Unity – January 6, 2020”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2022


    There have been hearings in recent weeks about the insurrection that took place on January 6th, 2022 when self-described white nationalists and others – some waving Christian flags – broke in to the capitol building. It was a time when for a while we had bipartisan condemnation of this attack on the nation's capitol… a … Continue reading Episode 195: An Antioch Encore – “Before Unity – January 6, 2020”

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    Episode 194: Stereotypes – “When Our Preconceptions Blew Up.”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2022


    So you meet someone for the first time, and you have just a couple moments to try to make some assumptions about them so you can have a conversation. You have very little information to go by, and most of it is based on how they look, how they sound, and what if anything you … Continue reading Episode 194: Stereotypes – “When Our Preconceptions Blew Up.”

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    Episode 193: Michelle Loyd-Paige – “Transitions: Knowing When To Move On.”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2022


    Michelle Loyd Paige is one of the 6 co-hosts of the Antioch Podcast you have gotten to know over the past few years. Some of you listen because Michelle is on the podcast, and some of you keep listening because while you don't know Michelle personally, you feel like you do after listening so long. … Continue reading Episode 193: Michelle Loyd-Paige – “Transitions: Knowing When To Move On.”

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    Episode 192: Belonging – “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2022


    I live in a pretty diverse area. I can go to a number of grocery stores in my neighborhood and see people from many racial and ethnic communities all shopping for the things they need to feed their families. But there is one, large grocery store in my are that is part of a regional … Continue reading Episode 192: Belonging – “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.”

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    Episode 191: “Living With What We Can’t’ Control.”

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2022


    The Serenity Prayer is perhaps one of the most well known prayers spoken by millions of people in recovery programs around the world every day. It goes like this: God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change The courage to change the things I can And the wisdom to know the … Continue reading Episode 191: “Living With What We Can’t’ Control.”

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    Episode 190 “Talking About Race Across the Generations.”

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2022


    Maybe you can relate to this. You want to talk about something deep, something important with someone of a different generation than you. You love them, you love them a LOT. But you also realize that you are pretty different in a lot of ways as well. You like different music, get information from different … Continue reading Episode 190 “Talking About Race Across the Generations.”

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    Episode 189: What’s The Problem With CRT? – “A Conversation About Fear, Faith and Racial Justice.”

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2022


    There are a lot of things in the news lately about justice.  Seems like about every other week there is something – some new insult, a new threat, a fresh tragedy – that makes headlines and fill our social media feeds with something to get upset about.  It can be emotionally overwhelming and over time, … Continue reading Episode 189: What’s The Problem With CRT? – “A Conversation About Fear, Faith and Racial Justice.”

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    Episode 188: Not Today. – “Conversations We Can’t Handle Right Now.”

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2022


    Here's the situation.  You are minding your business, and someone comes up and asks you a question … one of those kinds of questions.  The kind because you are a person of color, or because you are interested in matters of race and justice, or because you are just you.  It doesn't matter why exactly … Continue reading Episode 188: Not Today. – “Conversations We Can’t Handle Right Now.”

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    Episode 187: Should I Stay Or Should I Go? – “Counting the Cost of Belonging.”

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2022


    In the past 2 years of so, many Americans have quit one job and taken another job … a phenomenon being called “The Great Resignation.” For some, a part of this calculation had to do with the toll their jobs had on their finances, mental health, and sense of safety. But this is an antiracism … Continue reading Episode 187: Should I Stay Or Should I Go? – “Counting the Cost of Belonging.”

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    Episode 186: Antiracist Spiritual Practices – “Community.”

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2022


    Today on the Antioch Podcast, we are in the final episode of our series on Antiracist Spiritual Practices. Our team gathered today to talk about the antiracist spiritual practice of being in community. Our team of six Christian antiracism educators and friends is one such community… but community is much broader, spanning such diverse communities … Continue reading Episode 186: Antiracist Spiritual Practices – “Community.”

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    Episode 185.2: Patrick Lyoya – “Race and Policing in the City of Churches.”

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2022


    This is a special episode of the Antioch Podcast: Conversations About Biblical Antiracsim. On Monday, April 4th, Patrick Loyoya, a black man who immigrated from the Congo, was shot by a white police officer here in Grand Rapids, Mi – the city where this podcast is recorded. The struggle occurred following a traffic stop for … Continue reading Episode 185.2: Patrick Lyoya – “Race and Policing in the City of Churches.”

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    Episode 185: Antiracist Spiritual Practices: Preaching.”

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2022


    Today on the Antioch Podcast, we continue our series on Antiracist Spiritual Practices. Spiritual practices form us as believers to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul mind and strength and love our neighbor as ourselves. Practicing antiracism is one of those ways in which we love our neighbor. The spiritual disciplines … Continue reading Episode 185: Antiracist Spiritual Practices: Preaching.”

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    Episode 184: Antiracist Spiritual Practices – “Communion Part 2.”

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2022


    Today on the Antioch Podcast, we continue our series on Antiracist Spiritual Practices. Spiritual practices form us as believers to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul mind and strength and love our neighbor as ourselves. Practicing antiracism is one of those ways in which we love our neighbor. The spiritual disciplines … Continue reading Episode 184: Antiracist Spiritual Practices – “Communion Part 2.”

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    Episode 183: Antiracist Spiritual Practices – “Communion Part 1.”

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2022


    Today on the Antioch Podcast, we continue our series on Antiracist Spiritual Practices. Spiritual practices form us as believers to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul mind and strength and love our neighbor as ourselves. Practicing antiracism is one of those ways in which we love our neighbor. The spiritual disciplines … Continue reading Episode 183: Antiracist Spiritual Practices – “Communion Part 1.”

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    Episode 182: Antiracist Spiritual Practices – “Tithing and Giving Part 2.”

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2022


    Today on the Antioch Podcast, we continue our series on Antiracist Spiritual Practices. Spiritual practices form us as believers to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul mind and strength and love our neighbor as ourself. Practicing antiracism is one of those ways in which we love our neighbor. The spiritual disciplines … Continue reading Episode 182: Antiracist Spiritual Practices – “Tithing and Giving Part 2.”

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    Episode 181: Antiracist Spiritual Practices – “Tithing & Giving Part 1.”

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2022


    Today on the Antioch Podcast, we continue our series on Antiracist Spiritual Practices. Spiritual practices form us as believers to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul mind and strength and love our neighbor as ourself. Practicing antiracism is one of those ways in which we love our neighbor. The spiritual disciplines … Continue reading Episode 181: Antiracist Spiritual Practices – “Tithing & Giving Part 1.”

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    Episode 180: Antiracist Spiritual Practices – “Lent & Crowding Out Jesus.”

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2022


    Today on the Antioch Podcast, we talk about what the Lenten season means, how we each practice it, and reflect on how practicing Lenten disciplines has shaped our faith journeys as Christians. This is a conversation full of good questions, which we hope, cause you to reflect as well during this holy season. Let's go … Continue reading Episode 180: Antiracist Spiritual Practices – “Lent & Crowding Out Jesus.”

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    Episode 179 “Reflections on Black History Month.”

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2022


    Today on the Antioch Podcast, members of our team take a break from our series on Spiritual Disciplines to reflect on Black History Month. Members of our team share their thoughts on the meaning of the observance for them personally, as well as, for the nation and church. Their conversation draws connections between the past … Continue reading Episode 179 “Reflections on Black History Month.”

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    Episode 178: Antiracist Spiritual Practices – “Worship.”

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2022


    Today on the Antioch Podcast, we are resuming the Antiracist Spiritual Practices series we started a few months ago.  In this series, our team has conversations about how Christian spiritual practices form and inform ways of living as Biblical antiracists.  This week our conversation turned to worship.  Author Temi Peters writes in her book Instruments … Continue reading Episode 178: Antiracist Spiritual Practices – “Worship.”

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    Episode 177: An Antioch Podcast Encore – “Racial Reconciliation Reluctance.”

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2022


    A recent Lifeway Research study on the American church was released this past week. The study revealed that more pastors believe that they would receive pushback if they spoke on the topic of racial reconciliation than they would have the year before the Trump presidency. While it is true that white Evangelical Christians voted for … Continue reading Episode 177: An Antioch Podcast Encore – “Racial Reconciliation Reluctance.”

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    Episode 176: Susie Dixon – “Addressing Racism in the Roots.”

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2022


    Today on the Antioch Podcast, we are continuing our series where each member of the Antioch Podcast team takes a turn sharing a bit about our antiracism journey over the past year.  This week, Susie Dixon shares her story.  Susie, in addition to being a regular co-host on the Antioch Podcast , now leads antiracism … Continue reading Episode 176: Susie Dixon – “Addressing Racism in the Roots.”

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    Episode 175: Jane Bruin – “A TCK in COVID Time.”

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2022


    Today on the Antioch Podcast, we are continuing our series where each member of the Antioch Podcast team takes a turn sharing a bit about our antiracism journey over the past year.  This week, Jane Bruin is sharing her story.  She gives context to her story as someone who identifies as a third culture kid … Continue reading Episode 175: Jane Bruin – “A TCK in COVID Time.”

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    Episode 174: Michelle Loyd Paige – “From Alignment to Reimagining.”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2022


    Today on the Antioch Podcast, we are continuing our series where each member of the Antioch Podcast team takes a turn sharing a bit about our antiracism journey over the past year. This week, Michelle will be sharing her story. Michelle carries many titles – she is a professor, a preacher, a PhD and on … Continue reading Episode 174: Michelle Loyd Paige – “From Alignment to Reimagining.”

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    Episode 173: Reggie Smith – “Daughters, Mother, Son.”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2022


    Today on the Antioch Podcast, we are continuing our series where each member of the Antioch Podcast team takes a turn sharing a bit about our antiracism journey over the past year.  This week, Pastor Reggie Smith will be sharing his story of his journey over the last year in this episode we are calling … Continue reading Episode 173: Reggie Smith – “Daughters, Mother, Son.”

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    Episode 172: Eric Nykamp – “Comfort and Complicity.”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2022


    Today on the Antioch Podcast, we are starting a new series where each member of the Antioch Podcast team takes a turn sharing a bit about our antiracism journey over the past year.  This week, it is my turn to share my story.  I've not shared my story on the podcast before, and this is … Continue reading Episode 172: Eric Nykamp – “Comfort and Complicity.”

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    Episode 171: One Year Later … “Remembering the Insurrection.”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2022


    Sometimes I have a hard time dating forms after New Year's Day. It is like my brain is on autopilot, and it takes me a good while to remember the year correctly. But not in 2021. On January 1st of 2021, I couldn't wait to put all the awfulness of 2020 behind. I was so … Continue reading Episode 171: One Year Later … “Remembering the Insurrection.”

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    Episode 170: Antiracist Spiritual Practices – “Self-Care”

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2021


    Today we are continuing our miniseries on the Antioch Podcast on Antiracist Spiritual Practices – the same Christian disciplines that Christians have been practicing for over two millennia, with an Antiracism focus. Biblical Antiracism swings the camera of our awareness to examine how sin-filled humans use their power to create systems and policies which many … Continue reading Episode 170: Antiracist Spiritual Practices – “Self-Care”

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    Episode 169: Antiracist Spiritual Practices – “Scripture Reading”

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2021


    Today we are starting another miniseries on the Antioch Podcast on Antiracist Spiritual Practices.  These are the same Christian disciplines that Christians have been practicing for over two millennia, with an Antiracism focus.  Biblical Antiracism swings the camera of our awareness to examine how sin-filled humans use their power to create systems and policies which … Continue reading Episode 169: Antiracist Spiritual Practices – “Scripture Reading”

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    Episode 168: Antiracist Spiritual Practices – “Prayer”

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2021


    Today we are starting another miniseries on the Antioch Podcast on Antiracist Spiritual Practices.  These are the same Christian disciplines that Christians have been practicing for over two millennia, with an Antiracism focus.  Biblical Antiracism swings the camera of our awareness to examine how sin-filled humans use their power to create systems and policies which … Continue reading Episode 168: Antiracist Spiritual Practices – “Prayer”

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    Episode 167: Antiracism 101 – “What Is Biblical Antiracism?” – part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2021


    Today on the Antioch Podcast, we are at the end of a three-part miniseries on Antiracism basics, we are calling “Antiracism 101.”  Two episodes back, we explored what antiracism is – and last week we had the first of two-episodes devoted to a discussion of what Biblical antiracism is. So today, we will finish our … Continue reading Episode 167: Antiracism 101 – “What Is Biblical Antiracism?” – part 2

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    Episode 166: Antiracism 101 – “What is Biblical About Antiracism?” – part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2021


    Today on the Antioch Podcast, we are in the middle of a three-part miniseries on Antiracism basics, we are calling “Antiracism 101.” Last episode, we explored what antiracism is – and today we have the first of two-episodes devoted to a discussion of what Biblical antiracism is. So today, we will have the first of … Continue reading Episode 166: Antiracism 101 – “What is Biblical About Antiracism?” – part 1

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