The Faith and Justice Network

The Faith and Justice Podcast is back! In this opening episode for fall 2022, D.L. Mayfield, Liz Lin, and Peter Choi talk about the past, present, and future work of our community. D.L. and Peter fill us in on why the podcast ended so abruptly last season. And then they settle into a time of reflecting on what it means for us to be a community of learning and belonging.  Links to things we talked about:  https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/673836/this-here-flesh-by-cole-arthur-riley/ (This Here Flesh) by Cole Arthur Riley  https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/653308/saving-grace-by-kirsten-powers/ (Saving Grace) by Kirsten Powers  https://faithjustice.net/denver (Register for our Fall Gathering in Denver) (Oct 7-9) The Faith & Justice Network is an online learning community pursuing a more beautiful, expansive, and liberating vision of Christian faith in the world. Learn more https://faithjustice.net/ (here).

D.L. Mayfield talks with Damon Garcia about the subversive message of Easter, following a God who calls us to change, capitalism, mutual aid, the spiritual practice of relaxing, and more.  A few resources mentioned: Follow Damon: https://www.youtube.com/damongarcia (YouTube) / https://www.instagram.com/whoisdamon (Instagram) / https://twitter.com/whoisdamon (Twitter) / https://www.facebook.com/TheDamonGarcia (Facebook) https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506480374/The-God-Who-Riots (The God Who Riots) by Damon Garcia (coming out August 23, 2022!) https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506473598/ (Unruly Saint) by D.L. Mayfield (coming out November 8, 2022!) https://enfleshed.com/ (Enfleshed) - Liturgy That Matters The Faith & Justice Network is an online learning community pursuing a more beautiful, expansive, and liberating vision of Christian faith in the world. Learn more https://faithjustice.net/ (here).

Peter Choi talks with Julie Rodgers about money, power, and justice. They explore how money and power serve the status quo and perpetuate injustice, often in subtle and imperceptible ways. They also talk about moving from power hoarding to power sharing and conclude by reflecting on repentance as a vital step toward healing and justice.  A few resources mentioned; find the books at your favorite bookstore or library: Find Julie online: https://www.julierodgers.com/ (website) / https://twitter.com/Julie_rodgers (Twitter) / https://www.instagram.com/julie_rodgers/ (Instagram) / https://www.facebook.com/Julie.r.rodgers/ (Facebook) https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781506464046 (Outlove: A Queer Christian Survival Story) by Julie Rodgers https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780830845989 (The Myth Of The American Dream: Reflections on Affluence, Autonomy, Safety, and Power) by D.L. Mayfield http://www.devinsingh.com/blog/2016/1/21/debt-cancellation-as-sovereign-crisis-management (Debt Cancellation as Sovereign Crisis Management) by Devin Singh

D.L. Mayfield talks with Emmy Kegler, pastor and author of One Coin Found: How God's Love Stretches to the Margins (2019) and All Who Are Weary: Easing the Burden on the Walk with Mental Illness (2021). They discuss growing up in low church and high church, learning from dogs and cats, the trauma and beauty of communion, making casseroles, the spiritual practice of homemaking, neurodivergence, and much more.  A few resources mentioned: Find Emmy online: http://emmykegler.com/ (website) / https://twitter.com/emmykegler (Twitter) / https://www.instagram.com/emmykegler/ (Instagram) / https://www.facebook.com/emmykegler/ (Facebook) / Podcast: https://www.cafeteriachristian.club/journal (Cafeteria Christian) https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781506448213 (One Coin Found: How God's Love Stretches to the Margins) by Emmy Kegler https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781506467801 (All Who Are Weary: Easing the Burden on the Walk with Mental Illness) by Emmy Kegler Virtual communion: http://theemmaustable.com/ (Emmaus Table) https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780345495792 (Take This Bread: A Radical Conversion) by Sara Miles The Faith and Justice Network is now available as a monthly or annual membership! Join our community and get access each month to several virtual webinars, video resources, curated readings, spiritual practices, online forums, and more. Join us for a month, a season, or a year or more. Visit https://faithjustice.net/ (www.faithjustice.net) to learn more!

D.L. Mayfield and Peter Choi talk about our theme for March: Gender, Sexuality, and Justice. They address the harmful effects of Christian patriarchy and the fallacy of the “two-thousand-years-of-church-history-can't-be-wrong” argument. Is there really such a thing as a timeless and monolithic Christian teaching on gender and sexuality? Is progressive Christianity truly free of patriarchal thinking? How do we overcome fears of the slippery slope? What does it look like to imagine new ways of being gendered? And how might we pursue this work together in community?  A few resources mentioned: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781587434709 (The Making of Biblical Womanhood) by Beth Allison Barr https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062988782 (God Is A Black Woman) by Christena Cleveland D.L.'s forthcoming book on Dorothy Day: https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506473598/ (Unruly Saint) https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781626984455 (Resurrection Hope: A Future Where Black Lives Matter) by Kelly Brown Douglas https://www.google.com/books/edition/Public_Vows/Jnh7ylcLaB4C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=nancy+cott+public+vows&printsec=frontcover (Public Vows: A History of Marriage and the Nation) by Nancy F. Cott Marriage between Males by Craig Williams Become a Member! Participation in the Faith and Justice Network is available through a monthly or annual membership. If you want to join the conversation, we'd love to welcome you into our community! Learn more on our https://faithjustice.net/ (website).

D.L. Mayfield talks with Robert Monson about running, poetry, reconfiguring our idea of what is foreign, losing ourselves in what we don't know, womanist theology, indigenous poetry, curiosity in the face of pain, social media, and much more as spiritual practices.  A few resources mentioned: Morgan Harper Nichols: https://morganharpernichols.com (https://morganharpernichols.com)  Robert Monson on Twitter: https://twitter.com/robertjmonson (https://twitter.com/robertjmonson)  Robert Monson's Podcast and Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/threeblackmen/posts (https://www.patreon.com/threeblackmen/posts) We also want to note that the Faith and Justice Network is now available through a monthly or annual membership. If you want to join the conversation, we'd love to welcome you into our community! Learn more on our https://faithjustice.net/ (website).

D.L. Mayfield and Peter Choi talk about our month of focusing on race and justice, discussing new books by Kelly Brown Douglas and Lisa Sharon Harper as well as texts that have been around a while by authors like Willie James Jennings and Robert Allen Warrior. They discuss the recent trend of opinion pieces in the mainstream media expressing nostalgia for better versions of Christianity in the past. Topics range from supersessionism to confederate monuments to epistemological privilege––all features of white supremacy that require closer examination if we are going to work for justice. A few resources mentioned (get the books from your local bookstore, library, or wherever you get your books!): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075572/ (Roots) miniseries https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781626984455 (Resurrection Hope: A Future Where Black Lives Matter) by Kelly Brown Douglas https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781587435270 (Fortune) by Lisa Sharon Harper https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780300171365 (The Christian Imagination) by Willie James Jennings https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506473598/ (Unruly Saint: Dorothy Day's Radical Vision and its Challenge for Our Times) by D.L. Mayfield (releases November 2022) https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781506480374 (The God Who Riots) by Damon Garcia (releases August 2022) We also want to note that the Faith and Justice Network is now available through a monthly or annual membership. If you want to join the conversation, we'd love to welcome you into our community! Learn more on our https://faithjustice.net/ (website).

D.L. Mayfield and Jessica Kantrowitz talk about the spiritual life in the midst of anxiety, depression, and chronic illness, asking what it means to pray when prayer feels bitter or like putting sand in your mouth.  A few resources mentioned: Find Jessica's books https://jessicakantrowitz.com/books/ (here) Follow Jessica on social media: https://twitter.com/jfkantrowitz (Twitter) / https://www.instagram.com/jessicafaithkantrowitz/ (Instagram) / https://www.facebook.com/tenthousandplaces.org/ (Facebook) Learn about the Enneagram https://www.truity.com/enneagram/what-is-enneagram (here)

Peter Choi and D.L. Mayfield talk about what it looks like to pursue faith in the midst of crumbling institutions, a controversial talk given by Christena Cleveland at one of our past conferences that we're focusing on this month on our platform, the perils of questioning religious authorities, and much more.  A few resources mentioned (get the books from your local bookstore, library, or wherever you get your books!): https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781626984455 (Resurrection Hope: A Future Where Black Lives Matter) by Kelly Brown Douglas https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781587435270 (Fortune) by Lisa Sharon Harper Christena Cleveland: https://www.christenacleveland.com/ (Website) / http://instagram.com/christenacleveland (Instagram) / https://twitter.com/CSCleve (Twitter) / https://www.facebook.com/drchristenacleveland/ (Facebook) Check out D.L.'s other podcast: https://www.propheticimaginationstation.com/ (Prophetic Imagination Station) We also want to note that the Faith and Justice Network is now available through a monthly or annual subscription, so if you want to join the conversation, we'd love to welcome you into our community! Learn more or subscribe at http://faithjustice.net (faithjustice.net). 

D.L. Mayfield and Kelley Nikondeha talk about the duality of living in different worlds, making friends with sadness, adoption, the complexities of Palestine, food, art, friendship, and reclaiming Advent amidst the consumerization of Christmas. A few resources mentioned (get the books from your local bookstore, library, or wherever you get your books!): Kelley Nikondeha - Learn about her books https://kelleynikondeha.com/books/ (here), and follow her social media: http://facebook.com/KelleyNikondeha (Facebook) / http://instagram.com/kelleynikondeha (Instagram) / http://twitter.com/knikondeha (Twitter) https://www.amazon.com/Telling-Truth-Gospel-Tragedy-Comedy/dp/0060611561/ (Telling the Truth: The Gospel as Tragedy, Comedy, and Fairy Tale) by Frederick Buechner https://www.sarahbessey.com/ (Sarah Bessey) https://www.amazon.com/En-Lucha-Struggle-Liberation-Reflections/dp/0800626109 (En la Lucha / In the Struggle: A Hispanic Women's Liberation Theology) by Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz https://zawyeh.net/sliman-mansour/ (Sliman Mansour)

Peter Choi, D.L. Mayfield, and Riana Shaw Robinson talk about the outward journey, fumbling through Advent, their conflicted relationship with Christmas music, Rachel Held Evans' Wholehearted Faith, James Cone on Reinhold Niebuhr, the perils and promise of deconstruction, and the role of Jesus and the Bible in the midst of it all.  A few resources mentioned (get the books from your local bookstore, library, or wherever you get your books!): https://kelleynikondeha.com/books/ (Kelley Nikondeha) (who will be a podcast guest on the next episode!) https://www.reclaimingmytheology.com/product/rmt-advent-e-book-download/ (Reclaiming My Theology Advent Book) https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/646056/what-is-god-like-by-rachel-held-evans-and-matthew-paul-turner/ (What is God Like?) (and all of https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/82928/matthew-paul-turner/ (Matthew Paul Turner)'s children books) https://citychurchsf.org/Audio (D.L. and Kelley's sermon) (scroll down to March 7, 2021) https://jessicakantrowitz.com/ (Jessica Kantrowitz) (check out her website to find her on your favorite social media platform)

D.L. Mayfield talks with J.S. Park, a hospital chaplain in Florida and author most recently of The Voices We Carry: Finding Your One True Voice in a World of Clamor and Noise. They discuss faith, writing, the spirituality of reading fiction, and many other spiritual practices.  A few resources mentioned: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780802419897 (The Voices We Carry: Finding Your One True Voice in a World of Clamor and Noise) by J.S. Park Follow J.S. on https://www.instagram.com/jspark3000/ (Instagram), https://twitter.com/jsparkblog (Twitter), and https://www.facebook.com/pastorjspark (Facebook)

Peter Choi and D.L. Mayfield are joined by Krispin Mayfield to talk about the Inward Journey. They invite careful interrogation of both Billy Graham and Richard Rohr, encouraging reflection on approaches to spirituality we often take for granted. Krispin dives deep into an exploration of attachment science for understanding our relationship with God. They wrap up with a message of hope reflecting on, of all things, the story of Elijah after the fire and fury of Mt. Carmel.  A few resources mentioned: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780310363798 (Attached To God: A Practical Guide to Deeper Spiritual Experience) by Krispin Mayfield

D.L. Mayfield and Randy Woodley talk about spiritual practices, touching on a variety of topics: what it means to be a theologian, Platonic dualism, the ministry of the sweat lodge, passing on spiritual practices to our children, nature spirituality, and much more.  Randy Woodley is a public theologian, author, activist, farmer, scholar, and wisdom keeper. He is a recognized leader in the fields of Indigenous and Intercultural Studies, Ecology, Spirituality, Theology, and Missiology. Through his teaching and leadership, he invites Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples to decolonize and Indigenize their theology, worldview, and practices so they can learn to walk on this earth in a good way. Randy is a Cherokee descendant recognized by the Keetoowah Band. Learn more at: https://randywoodley.com (https://randywoodley.com) 

Peter Choi and D.L. Mayfield talk about Anthea Butler's White Evangelical Racism, spiritual practices, and what they're reading and watching to gain perspective for the long journey of following Jesus.

D.L. Mayfield talks with Cole Arthur Riley, the creator and writer of @blackliturgies on Instagram and author of the forthcoming book, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories that Make Us. They talk about liturgy, journaling, living with darkness, and other spiritual practices. 

Riana Shaw Robinson joins Peter Choi and D.L. Mayfield to talk about Unit 1: Starting Points. They talk about the impossible state of the world, the messy spirituality of the Psalter, Barbara Brown Taylor's An Altar in the World, Padraig O'Tuama's “Hello to Here,” and the endlessly various, challenging starting points we face at the beginning of the fellowship year. 

Peter Choi and D.L. Mayfield discuss Howard Thurman's Jesus and the Disinherited, the beginning of the Faith and Justice Fellowship, and the year ahead.