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All songs and texts used with permission. All rights reserved. Opening Prayer written by Claudia Love Mair Opening Song: Dreams by Soyinka Rahim from the album Cultivating Sees of Liberation: Songs of Justice and Joy Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm 113: Interpretation by Christine Robinson. Musical setting and sung by Simon de Voil Reading of the Night: Austin Channing Brown, I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness. Convergent Books (2018) page 180-181. Closing Song: Your Heart Knows the Way Home by Te Martin from the album Cultivating Seeds of Liberation: Songs of Justice and Joy Closing Blessing written by Claudia Love Mair Prayers, readings, and blessings voiced by Claudia Love Mair and Jo-ed Tome. Audio engineering by Simon de Voil. Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on albums in the Abbey of the Arts collection unless otherwise noted. In addition, these songs & responses have accompanying gesture prayers and/or dances created by Betsey Beckman that can be found on the corresponding video collections. Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

All songs and texts used with permission. All rights reserved. Opening Prayer written by Cassidhe Hart Opening Song: Open Up Ancient Gates by Dena Jennings from the album Cultivating Seeds of Liberation: Songs of Justice and Joy Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm 90: Translation and musical setting by James Block, adapted and sung by Simon de Voil Reading of the Night: Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us. Convergent Books (2023) pg X Closing Song: © 1997, Trisha Watts. Originally published by Willow Publishing Pty Ltd. www.willowpublishing.com.au. Available from the album Cultivating Seeds of Liberation: Songs of Justice and Joy Closing Blessing written by Cassidhe Hart Prayers, readings, and blessings voiced by Claudia Love Mair and Jo-ed Tome. Audio engineering by Simon de Voil. Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on albums in the Abbey of the Arts collection unless otherwise noted. In addition, these songs & responses have accompanying gesture prayers and/or dances created by Betsey Beckman that can be found on the corresponding video collections. Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

Credits: All songs and texts used with permission. All rights reserved. Opening Prayer written by Claudia Love Mair Opening Song: I Know by Soyinka Rahim from the album Cultivating Seeds of Liberation: Songs of Justice and Joy First Reading: Austin Channing Brown, I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness. Convergent Books (2018) page 176. Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm 34: Interpretation, musical setting, and sung by Simon de Voil Second Reading: Steven Charleston, We Survived the End of the World. Broadleaf Books (2023) page 109. Prayers of Concern written by Claudia Love Mair Sung Response: Words by Abbey Dream Team. Music by Betsey Beckman. Arranged and performed by Alexa Sunshine Rose and Simon de Voil © 2025 Closing Song: There is No Gift So Holy, by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Cultivating Seeds of Liberation: Songs of Justice and Joy Closing Blessing written Claudia Love Mair Prayers, readings, and blessings voiced by Claudia Love Mair and Jo-ed Tome. Audio engineering by Simon de Voil. Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on albums in the Abbey of the Arts collection unless otherwise noted. In addition, these songs & responses have accompanying gesture prayers and/or dances created by Betsey Beckman that can be found on the corresponding video collections. Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

Taylor is a New York Times best-selling author, teacher, and Episcopal priest. After serving three congregations—two in downtown Atlanta and one in rural Clarkesville, Georgia—she became the first Butman Professor of Religion and Philosophy at Piedmont College, where she taught until 2017. Since then, she has spoken at events with wonderful names like Wild Goose, Evolving Faith, Awakening Soul, and Gladdening Light, but her favorite gig is being the full-time caretaker of a farm in the foothills of the Appalachians with her husband Ed and very many animals. Her new book, Coming Down to Earth, from Convergent Books, will be out in 2026. Chu serves as an editor-at-large at Travel+Leisure, teacher in residence at Crosspointe Church in North Carolina, and parish associate for storytelling and witness at the First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley in California. He is the author of Does Jesus Really Love Me?: A Gay Christian's Pilgrimage in Search of God in America and Good Soil: The Education of an Accidental Farmhand. He is also the co-author, with the late Rachel Held Evans, of the New York Times bestseller Wholehearted Faith. Chu is a former Time staff writer and Fast Company editor whose work has also appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and Modern Farmer. In his weekly newsletter, “Notes of a Make-Believe Farmer,” Chu writes about spirituality, gardening, food, travel, and culture. An ordained minister in the Reformed Church in America, he lives with his husband, Tristan, in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Taylor is a New York Times best-selling author, teacher, and Episcopal priest. After serving three congregations—two in downtown Atlanta and one in rural Clarkesville, Georgia—she became the first Butman Professor of Religion and Philosophy at Piedmont College, where she taught until 2017. Since then, she has spoken at events with wonderful names like Wild Goose, Evolving Faith, Awakening Soul, and Gladdening Light, but her favorite gig is being the full-time caretaker of a farm in the foothills of the Appalachians with her husband Ed and very many animals. Her new book, Coming Down to Earth, from Convergent Books, will be out in 2026.

Thanks for joining Jill Baughan today on Finding Joy ...No Matter What.   Make a Joy Box for Someone You Care About: https://jillbaughan.com/joy-box/   Bowler, Kate. Good Enough: 40ish Devotionals for a Life of Imperfection. Convergent Books,            20.   Leith, Prue. https://www.instagram.com/weareageist/reel/DCHgC_aPnqz/   Lipp, Kathi. https://www.facebook.com/AuthorKathiLipp January 20, 2025.   Lipp, Kathi. The Clutter Free Home. https://kathilipp.com/clutter-free-home/#:~:text=She%20is%20the%20host%20of,living%20a%20Clutter%20Free%20life.   Niequist, Shauna. I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet:  Discovering New Ways of Living When the Old Ways Stop Working. Zondervan, 2022. Tosi, Christina. Dessert Can Save the World: Stories, Secrets and Recipes for a Stubbornly Joyful Existence. Harmony Books, 2022.   Connect with Jill: Facebook ~ Instagram ~ Twitter ~  Website

Click here to send me a text message (include your contact info if you want a reply).To be alone in the world is a terrible thing, unless of course it is by choice. Especially for men, the heart may long for deep connection while all our social posturing creates the opposite--distance. When men discover deep friendship with other men it is a gift to be savoured and, in this instance, shared. Don McLeod, Barry Foster and I have met together for almost twenty-five years, dubbing ourselves, preposterously, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. We have no advice about how others might do this themselves, but by sharing our own story perhaps some wisdom will emerge for those who seek a similar experience. All we know is that the world, and our world in particular, is a lot better for having friends. Books referenced in this conversation:"Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom" by John O'Donohue; HarperCollins, 1997"To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings" by John O'Donohue; Convergent Books, 2008"Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words" by David Whyte; Canongate Books, 2019As well as any of the over twenty books by Jungian writer James HollisPersonal LinksMy web site (where you can sign up for my blog): https://www.brianepearson.caMy email address: mysticcaveman53@gmail.comSeries Music Credit"Into the Mystic" by Van Morrison, performed by Colin James, from the album, Limelight, 2005; licensed under SOCAN 2022

Joel hosted a conversation with two first-time podcast guests all about 'CCM' or 'Contemporary Christian Music.' They explore various cultural aspects of 'CCM,' as well as the reality of profit-driven corporate influence. Larry Norman figures prominently in their discussion, and Joel reflects a bit on his experience as a 90s kid immersed in this industry.Leah Payne is Associate Professor of American Religious History at Portland Seminary and a 2023–2024 Public Fellow at the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI). She holds a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University and her research explores the intersection of religion, politics, and popular culture. Payne is co-host of Rock That Doesn't Roll, a Public Radio Exchange (PRX) podcast about Christian rock and its listeners and Weird Religion, a religion and pop culture podcast, as well as the author of the new book God Gave Rock & Roll to You: a History of Contemporary Christian Music (Oxford University Press, 2024).Gregory Alan Thornbury, currently serves as Executive Director of Silver Art Projects at the World Trade Center. He has spent the past 25 years in higher education and arts nonprofits, as a professor, college dean, vice president, and president. Most recently, he served in senior leadership as Vice President at the New York Academy of Art in Tribeca, founded by Andy Warhol. In addition to being a curator, he is a scholar of art, philosophy, and religion, and his most recent book is "Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music?: Larry Norman and the Perils of Christian Rock" (Convergent Books, 2018).Books Mentioned in this Episode:If you'd like to order any of the following books, we encourage you to do so from Hearts and Minds Books(An independent bookstore in Dallastown, PA, run by Byron and Beth Borger) God Gave Rock and Roll to You: A History of Contemporary Christian Music by Leah PayneWhy Should the Devil Have All the Good Music? Larry Norman and the Perils of Christian Rock by Gregory Alan ThornburyEvangelicals, Incorporated: Books and the Business of Religion in America by Daniel VacaDiary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff KinneyMissions Begin with Blood: Suffering and Salvation in the Borderlands of New Spain by Brandon BayneFrom Bible Belt to Sunbelt: Plain-Folk Religion, Grassroots Politics and the Rise of Conservative Evangelicalism by Darren DochuckThe Heaven and Earth Grocery Story by James McBrideTomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle ZevinEncounters: Experiences with Nonhuman Intelligences by D. W. PasulkaWhy We Can't Sleep by Darian LeaderModern Genre Theory: An Introduction for Biblical Studies by Andrew JuddYou Like it Darker: Stories by Stephen King

Thanks for joining Jill Baughan today on Finding Joy ...No Matter What. Make a Joy Box for Someone You Care About: https://jillbaughan.com/joy-box/ Bowler, Kate. Have a Beautiful, Terrible Day. Convergent Books, 2024. Everything Happens Podcast.  “Catherine Price: Serious About Fun,” 11/07/23. https://katebowler.com/podcasts/serious-about-fun/ Heller, Karen. “Fun Is Dead.” The Washington Post, December 23, 2023. Price, Catherine. The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again. Random House, 2023. The Fun Girls from The Andy Griffith Show. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fun_Girls Connect with Jill: Facebook ~ Instagram ~ Twitter ~  Website  

Credits: All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer: Written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: Ancestor Song by Te Martin from the album The Love of Thousands: Singing with Angels, Saints, and Ancestors First Reading: Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us. Convergent Books, 2022, (pg 60) Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm Version: Tune: Willy Taylor, Words: Kiran Young Wimberly © 2013, from the album Celtic Psalms Vol 1. Second Reading: Hebrews 12:1 (NRSV) Prayers of Concern: Written by Melinda Thomas Sung Response: Words by Abbey Dream Team. Music by Betsey Beckman. Arranged and performed by Alexa Sunshine Rose and Simon de Voil © 2023 Closing Song: Blessing to the World by Karen Drucker from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Closing Blessing: Written by Christine Valters Paintner to companion her book The Love of Thousands : How Angels, Saints, and Ancestors Walk with Us Toward Holiness (Ave Maria Press) Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on CDs in the Abbey of the Arts collection. In addition, these songs & responses have accompanying gesture prayers and/or dances created by Betsey Beckman that can be found on the corresponding DVD (each album has a DVD companion). Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

Hayley Arceneaux is a physician's assistant with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis. Not only an employee, she is also a successful patient who recovered from pediatric cancer at St. Jude. A couple of years ago, she was offered a seat on a Space X flight to orbit the earth for three days and raise money for St. Jude. In 2022, her Memoir Wild Ride: A Memoir of I.V. Drips and Rocket Ships was published, and 2023 sees the young readers' adaptation Wild Ride: My Journey from Cancer Kid to Astronaut, which is published by Convergent Books.

Thanks for joining Jill Baughan today on Finding Joy ...No Matter What. Make a Joy Box for Someone You Care About: https://jillbaughan.com/joy-box/ Podcast Episodes: 6 - Be Naked with Candy https://jillbaughan.com/2020/04/13/podcast-episode-6-be-naked-with-candy/ 51 - Have Some Big Dumb Fun https://jillbaughan.com/2021/02/22/podcast-episode-51-have-some-big-dumb-fun/ 71 - Throw Confetti https://jillbaughan.com/2021/07/12/podcast-episode-71-throw-confetti/ 13 - Make Some Mischief https://jillbaughan.com/2020/06/01/podcast-episode-13-make-some-mischief/ 88 - Dance                                       https://jillbaughan.com/2021/11/08/podcast-episode-88-dance/ 25 - Let Music Take You to Joy https://jillbaughan.com/2020/08/24/podcast-episode-25-let-music-take-you-to-joy/ 27 - Take a Playful Risk https://jillbaughan.com/2020/09/07/podcast-episode-27-take-a-playful-risk/ 31 - Have Yourself an Adventure https://jillbaughan.com/2020/10/05/podcast-episode-31-have-yourself-an-adventure/ 120 - Say Yes                  https://jillbaughan.com/2022/06/20/podcast-episode-120-say-yes/ 47 - Find a Hero, Then Be One https://jillbaughan.com/2021/01/25/podcast-episode-47-find-a-hero-then-be-one/ 103 - Find a Guide     https://jillbaughan.com/2022/02/21/podcast-episode-103-find-a-guide/ Bowler, Kate, and Jessica Richie. Good Enough: 40ish Devotionals for a Life of Imperfection.  Convergent Books, 2022. Lamott, Anne. Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith. Riverhead Books, 2008. Connect with Jill: Facebook ~ Instagram ~ Twitter ~  Website  

Thanks for joining Jill Baughan today on Finding Joy ...No Matter What. Make a Joy Box for Someone You Care About: https://jillbaughan.com/joy-box/ Bowler, Kate. Good Enough: 40ish Devotionals for a Life of Imperfection. Convergent Books, 2022. “Florence Foster Jenkins.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Foster_Jenkins Kinney, Alison. “Black Pearls Before Swine.” The Paris Review, September 22, 2016.  https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2016/09/22/black-pearls-swine/ “The Real Florence Foster Jenkins on Film.”  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hcs9yJjVecs Waxman, Olivia.  “What It Was Like to Hear the Real Florence Foster Jenkins Sing, as Told in 1934.” Time, August 11, 2016.  https://time.com/4439621/florence-foster-jenkins-reviews/ Connect with Jill: Facebook ~ Instagram ~ Twitter ~  Website

A graduate of La Sierra University, Matthew E. Burdette is a theologian and an editor at Convergent Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House. He holds a PhD in theology from the University of Aberdeen, having researched the theology of Robert W. Jenson and James H. Cone. He talks with book editors Maury Jackson and Nathan Brown about his contribution to the book. 

Laurie and Joe analyze the pervasive belief in human immortality as being derived from the possibility that our consciousness continues to exist long after our corporeal bodies are gone, and if our ancestors recorded into religion such a teaching as imparted to them by ancient extraterrestrial beings.https://cct.biola.edu/neuroscience-afterlife/ https://www.edgarcayce.org/the-readings/akashic-records/ The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope for, and Believe, (2019), R. Rohr, Convergent Books, Toronto, ON The Self-Aware Universe: How Consciousness Creates the Material World, (1993), A. Goswani, Tarcher/Putnam Books, New York Forbidden Religion: Suppressed Heresies of the West, (2006), Edited by J.D. Kenyon, Bear and Company, Rochester, VT "Space Journey" by Geoff HarveyCopyright © 2021 Melody Loops LPFull License Royalty-Free Music https://www.melodyloops.com Support the showVisit our website

Thanks for joining Jill Baughan today on Finding Joy ...No Matter What. Make a Joy Box for Someone You Care About: https://jillbaughan.com/joy-box/ Bowler, Kate, and Jessica Richie. Good Enough: 40ish Devotionals for a Life of Imperfection. Convergent Books, 2022. (pp. 134-136) Connect with Jill: Facebook ~ Instagram ~ Twitter ~  Website

Thanks for joining Jill Baughan today on Finding Joy ...No Matter What. Make a Joy Box for Someone You Care About: https://jillbaughan.com/joy-box/ Podcast Episodes: 6 - Be Naked with Candy, https://jillbaughan.com/2020/04/13/podcast-episode-6-be-naked-with-candy/ 51 - Have Some Big Dumb Fun, https://jillbaughan.com/2021/02/22/podcast-episode-51-have-some-big-dumb-fun/ 71 - Throw Confetti, https://jillbaughan.com/2021/07/12/podcast-episode-71-throw-confetti/ 13 - Make Some Mischief, https://jillbaughan.com/2020/06/01/podcast-episode-13-make-some-mischief/ 88 - Dance, https://jillbaughan.com/2021/11/08/podcast-episode-88-dance/ 25 - Let Music Take You to Joy,  https://jillbaughan.com/2020/08/24/podcast-episode-25-let-music-take-you-to-joy/  27 - Take a Playful Risk,  https://jillbaughan.com/2020/09/07/podcast-episode-27-take-a-playful-risk/ 31 - Have Yourself an Adventure, https://jillbaughan.com/2020/10/05/podcast-episode-31-have-yourself-an-adventure/ 120 - Say Yes, https://jillbaughan.com/2022/06/20/podcast-episode-120-say-yes/ 47 - Find a Hero, Then Be One, https://jillbaughan.com/2021/01/25/podcast-episode-47-find-a-hero-then-be-one/  103 - Find a Guide, https://jillbaughan.com/2022/02/21/podcast-episode-103-find-a-guide/ Bowler, Kate, and Jessica Richie. Good Enough: 40ish Devotionals for a Life of Imperfection.  Convergent Books, 2022. Lamott, Anne. Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith. Riverhead Books, 2008. Connect with Jill: Facebook ~ Instagram ~ Twitter ~  Website

Thanks for joining Jill Baughan today on Finding Joy ...No Matter What. Make a Joy Box for Someone You Care About: https://jillbaughan.com/joy-box/ Bowler, Kate. Good Enough: 40ish Devotionals for a Life of Imperfection. Convergent Books, 2022. “Florence Foster Jenkins.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Foster_Jenkins Kinney, Alison. “Black Pearls Before Swine.” The Paris Review, September 22, 2016. https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2016/09/22/black-pearls-swine/  “The Real Florence Foster Jenkins on Film.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hcs9yJjVecs Waxman, Olivia.  “What It Was Like to Hear the Real Florence Foster Jenkins Sing, as Told in 1934.” Time, August 11, 2016. https://time.com/4439621/florence-foster-jenkins-reviews/ Connect with Jill: Facebook ~ Instagram ~ Twitter ~  Website

Thanks for joining Jill Baughan today on Finding Joy ...No Matter What. Make a Joy Box for Someone You Care About: https://jillbaughan.com/joy-box/ Bowler, Kate and Jessica Richie.  “A Prayer for Finding Joy in Sorrow.” Good Enough: 40ish Devotionals for a Life of Imperfection. Convergent Books, 2022. John, Elton and Bernie Taupin. Sad Songs (They Say So Much), 1984. Roose, Barbara. “Do You Need to Have an Emotional Funeral?” September 13, 2021. https://barbroose.com/do-you-need-to-have-an-emotional-funeral/ Vroegop, Mark.  “The Danger of Neglecting Lament in the Local Church.” Crossway, July 14, 2019. https://www.crossway.org/articles/the-danger-of-neglecting-lament-in-the-local-church/  https://www.ntwrightonline.org/five-things-to-know-about-lament/ https://www.crossway.org/articles/the-danger-of-neglecting-lament-in-the-local-church/ https://www.crosswalk.com/church/pastors-or-leadership/how-the-practice-of-lament-can-help-churches-heal.html https://www.faithward.org/lament-toolkit-understanding-and-practicing-biblical-lament/  Connect with Jill: Facebook ~ Instagram ~ Twitter ~  Website

Lobpreismusik ist mehr als Musik, die im Radio läuft. Er hat den Anspruch, Menschen mit einem transzendentem Gott zu verbinden und tiefe Glaubenssätze ausdrücken. Wer Lobpreis macht, öffnet sich für Gott – und wer ihn leitet, hat eine ganz schöne Verantwortung. Vor ein paar Monaten habe ich mich mit Heidi Frank auf ein Glas Wein getroffen, die sehr ehrlich aber auch humorvoll von ihrer Karriere in der Lobpreiswelt erzählt. Sie gibt einen spannenden Einblick in ihr Ringen mit der Musik und warum sie heute am liebsten auf Beerdigungen unterwegs ist. Vielleicht schenkst du dir auch ein Glas ein und setzt dich gedanklich dazu. Nützliche Links zur Episode und das Kleingedruckte: Auf Instagram ist Heidi als @heidi_frank unterwegs. Mehr zu Heidis Musik kannst du hier, hier oder hier finden. Wenn du dich für Heidis Arbeit als Designerin interessierst, solltest du mal hier vorbeischauen. John O'Donahue. To Bless the Space between Us. Convergent Books, 2008. Falls du Kontakt mit anderen auf der Reise in die Wildnis suchst, solltest du mal beim Netzwerk @freikirchen.ausstieg oder bei @glaubensweite vorbeischauen. Den Podcast findest du bei Instagram unter @strichpunkt.pod Musik: “Levity” by Johny Grimes Copyright: strich;punkt 2022

Andre Henry, musician, activist, columnist for Religion News Service and the author of All the White Friends I Couldn't Keep: Hope — and Hard Pills to Swallow — About Fighting for Black Lives (Convergent Books, 2022), talks about his new book and his call for radical change.

Candice Marie Benbow is a multi-genre theologian who was named by Sojourners as one of “10 Christian Women Shaping the Church in 2020”, Candice has written for various outlets including The Grio, ESSENCE Magazine, Glamour Magazine, The Root, VICE, Shondaland, MadameNoire and the Me Too Movement. Convergent Books has just published her first book, Red Lip Theology: For Church Girls Who've Considered Tithing to the Beauty Supply Store When Sunday Morning Isn't Enough. Candice is also involved in numerous charitable organizations including one she founded in her mother's memory, The LouiseMarie Foundation which supports HBCU nursing students. We discuss what it means to be a multi-genre theologian; how the death of Whitney Houston influenced the questions she grappled with at Duke Divinity School; how we as a culture are doing in terms of mental health; living with grief; her book RED LIP THEOLOGY and what that is; assigning gender to God; giving each other grace; and so much more.

Candice Marie Benbow is a multi-genre theologian who was named by Sojourners as one of “10 Christian Women Shaping the Church in 2020”, Candice has written for various outlets including The Grio, ESSENCE Magazine, Glamour Magazine, The Root, VICE, Shondaland, MadameNoire and the Me Too Movement. Convergent Books has just published her first book, Red Lip Theology: For Church Girls Who've Considered Tithing to the Beauty Supply Store When Sunday Morning Isn't Enough. Candice is also involved in numerous charitable organizations including one she founded in her mother's memory, The LouiseMarie Foundation which supports HBCU nursing students. We discuss what it means to be a multi-genre theologian; how the death of Whitney Houston influenced the questions she grappled with at Duke Divinity School; how we as a culture are doing in terms of mental health; living with grief; her book RED LIP THEOLOGY and what that is; assigning gender to God; giving each other grace; and so much more.

In this episode, Laurie and Ann talk with Cole Arthur Riley, a writer and liturgist who founded Black Liturgies, a project seeking to integrate concepts of dignity, lament, rage, justice, rest, and liberation with the practice of written prayer. In this episode we talk with Cole about her family and upbringing (including her heromaker Dad) and why she was prompted to start Black Liturgies in the summer/fall of 2020. We talk about wrestling with pain and trauma, and why rest and rediscovery may be the answer to our losses and wounds. Cole is honest about the growth of her platform and being authentic to herself, and of course we talk about her upcoming book by Convergent Books - it's a must-read to understand black history and roundedness and to rediscover some missing elements that make for a fuller and richer life. Heromakers can be found on IG @heromakersmovement and on FB @heromakersmovement. You can also visit our website at: https://www.heromakersmovement.com. Cole can be found on Instagram at www.instagram.com/blackliturgies. She is also at https://colearthurriley.com. Her latest book, This Here Flesh - a FANTASTIC READ, can be pre-ordered here.You can watch this and other episodes of the podcast on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuVDFP8jEcv5bdhr8VLzXjA. Like us and follow us today!And share this episode with your friends. Want to support this work we do?? We are on PATREON and would love if you would join our growing community! Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/heromakersmovement. 

Kirsten Powers - a CNN senior political analyst and USA Today columnist - offers a path to navigating the toxic division in our culture in her new book "Saving Grace: Speak Your Truth, Stay Centered, and Learn to Coexist with People Who Drive You Nuts." (Convergent Books)

Saving Grace: Speak Your Truth, Stay Centered, and Learn to Coexist with People Who Drive You Nuts, by Kirsten Powers was published by Penguin Random House in 2021. In this honest and thought-provoking book, Powers takes us out of the newsroom and into her own process learning and extending grace. For years, New York Times bestselling author Kirsten Powers has been center stage for many of our nation's most searing political and cultural battles as a columnist, TV analyst, and one-time participant in the thunderdome of Twitter. On a good day, there will be civil disagreement. On a bad day, it's all-out trench warfare—nothing but a cycle of outrage and self-righteousness. More and more, Powers finds herself wondering, along with countless Americans: How are we to cope with this non-stop madness? In Saving Grace, Powers writes with wit and insight about our country's poisonous political discourse, chronicling the efforts she's made to stay grounded and preserve her sanity in a post-truth era that has driven many of us to the edge. She draws on lessons offered by faith leaders, therapists, theologians, social scientists, and activists working for change today. She dismantles the widespread misconception that grace means being nice, letting people get away with harmful behavior, or choosing neutrality in the name of peace. Grace, she argues, is anything but an act of surrender; instead, it is a kinetic and transformative force. Saving Grace offers a template for a different kind of America, one where we can engage with people who hold opposing views without sacrificing our values or our passionate beliefs in the causes we care about. It's a culture that embraces repentance and repair, a process through which those who have caused harm can take responsibility and work toward righting the wrongs in which they have participated. It's a place where we're empowered to see the possibility in other people, even people who are driving us nuts. Provocative, original, and filled with deep wisdom, Saving Grace is an essential read for anyone engaged in the struggle to live compassionately in an era of relentless demonization and division. Meg Gambino is an artist and activist currently working as the Director of Outreach for an addiction recovery center. Her life mission is to creatively empower others by modeling reconciliation between communities of people and people on the margins. Find her work at reconfigureart.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/politics-and-polemics

Saving Grace: Speak Your Truth, Stay Centered, and Learn to Coexist with People Who Drive You Nuts, by Kirsten Powers was published by Penguin Random House in 2021. In this honest and thought-provoking book, Powers takes us out of the newsroom and into her own process learning and extending grace. For years, New York Times bestselling author Kirsten Powers has been center stage for many of our nation's most searing political and cultural battles as a columnist, TV analyst, and one-time participant in the thunderdome of Twitter. On a good day, there will be civil disagreement. On a bad day, it's all-out trench warfare—nothing but a cycle of outrage and self-righteousness. More and more, Powers finds herself wondering, along with countless Americans: How are we to cope with this non-stop madness? In Saving Grace, Powers writes with wit and insight about our country's poisonous political discourse, chronicling the efforts she's made to stay grounded and preserve her sanity in a post-truth era that has driven many of us to the edge. She draws on lessons offered by faith leaders, therapists, theologians, social scientists, and activists working for change today. She dismantles the widespread misconception that grace means being nice, letting people get away with harmful behavior, or choosing neutrality in the name of peace. Grace, she argues, is anything but an act of surrender; instead, it is a kinetic and transformative force. Saving Grace offers a template for a different kind of America, one where we can engage with people who hold opposing views without sacrificing our values or our passionate beliefs in the causes we care about. It's a culture that embraces repentance and repair, a process through which those who have caused harm can take responsibility and work toward righting the wrongs in which they have participated. It's a place where we're empowered to see the possibility in other people, even people who are driving us nuts. Provocative, original, and filled with deep wisdom, Saving Grace is an essential read for anyone engaged in the struggle to live compassionately in an era of relentless demonization and division. Meg Gambino is an artist and activist currently working as the Director of Outreach for an addiction recovery center. Her life mission is to creatively empower others by modeling reconciliation between communities of people and people on the margins. Find her work at reconfigureart.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/psychology

Saving Grace: Speak Your Truth, Stay Centered, and Learn to Coexist with People Who Drive You Nuts, by Kirsten Powers was published by Penguin Random House in 2021. In this honest and thought-provoking book, Powers takes us out of the newsroom and into her own process learning and extending grace. For years, New York Times bestselling author Kirsten Powers has been center stage for many of our nation's most searing political and cultural battles as a columnist, TV analyst, and one-time participant in the thunderdome of Twitter. On a good day, there will be civil disagreement. On a bad day, it's all-out trench warfare—nothing but a cycle of outrage and self-righteousness. More and more, Powers finds herself wondering, along with countless Americans: How are we to cope with this non-stop madness? In Saving Grace, Powers writes with wit and insight about our country's poisonous political discourse, chronicling the efforts she's made to stay grounded and preserve her sanity in a post-truth era that has driven many of us to the edge. She draws on lessons offered by faith leaders, therapists, theologians, social scientists, and activists working for change today. She dismantles the widespread misconception that grace means being nice, letting people get away with harmful behavior, or choosing neutrality in the name of peace. Grace, she argues, is anything but an act of surrender; instead, it is a kinetic and transformative force. Saving Grace offers a template for a different kind of America, one where we can engage with people who hold opposing views without sacrificing our values or our passionate beliefs in the causes we care about. It's a culture that embraces repentance and repair, a process through which those who have caused harm can take responsibility and work toward righting the wrongs in which they have participated. It's a place where we're empowered to see the possibility in other people, even people who are driving us nuts. Provocative, original, and filled with deep wisdom, Saving Grace is an essential read for anyone engaged in the struggle to live compassionately in an era of relentless demonization and division. Meg Gambino is an artist and activist currently working as the Director of Outreach for an addiction recovery center. Her life mission is to creatively empower others by modeling reconciliation between communities of people and people on the margins. Find her work at reconfigureart.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

If you've participated in a community of faith before, you've probably quickly realized what most people eventually discover- it's filled with a bunch of imperfect people. Whether you go to a megachurch or a local community church, it's not uncommon for us to have experiences that get us more than a little off-kilter and disoriented about our faith. Sometimes, we can even get the wires all crossed and mistake who God is with what people speaking in His name do. The question is, how do we think through our faith and our relationship to the church well? How can we integrate our experiences and rediscover a faith in God that's marked by love and grace? I doubt there's anyone who can speak more wisely about that than Philip Yancey. Philip Yancey has authored over 25 books, in which he has wrestled with God, with the Church, and with fellow believers. After surviving a church background of what he now calls “toxic faith,” he ultimately came to know a God of grace and beauty. With a journalistic, story-telling style, he invites readers to accompany him as he probes the deepest mysteries of the Christian faith, and challenges readers to live as followers of Jesus. Many have done so. His books have sold more than 15 million copies in English, and have been translated into 40 languages worldwide. Philip's bestselling titles include What's So Amazing About Grace? and The Jesus I Never Knew. His most recent book is a memoir, Where the Light Fell, released by Convergent Books on October 5th. Philip Yancey and his wife lived in downtown Chicago before moving to the foothills of Colorado, where they enjoy mountain climbing, skiing, wildlife, and many other delights of the Rocky Mountains. P.S. We'd like to extend to you a free month of our exclusive Bob Weekly content. All you have to do is click this link and sign up for a month of video teachings and a guided curriculum. Also on the episode: Producer & Co-host : Scott Schimmel The Dream Big Academy Living a focused, engaged life of love, adventure, and impact shouldn't be a mystery. It's what we're all wired for, it's what we all long for. But, it's not the norm. From all the places I've traveled to and the people I've met, I know that most people don't experience that kind of life. They feel... Like they're missing out on a different life, a life that others seem to experience. That it should've all just worked out by now, but it hasn't. Frankly, like they're languishing- and this must be as good as it gets. But, there's so much more... That's why we started putting these digital courses together. I can't travel everywhere, and not everyone can travel to me. But, what if there was a way to share life together and walk through these simple ideas I've been learning? Before, we've released these courses one at a time. Then we'd close the registration. But through the pandemic, we learned that a LOT of people want to keep growing, and they're looking for a framework they can trust. So, we put them all together- 6 interactive digital courses. Two specifically designed to help you identify and unleash your big ambitions. One for budding authors. Another for speakers. A course for your family. A course for your career. With more coming in the future. And, since we already have Bob Weekly as a monthly subscription for exclusive content, we threw that in there, too. The...

If you've participated in a community of faith before, you've probably quickly realized what most people eventually discover- it's filled with a bunch of imperfect people. Whether you go to a megachurch or a local community church, it's not uncommon for us to have experiences that get us more than a little off-kilter and disoriented about our faith. Sometimes, we can even get the wires all crossed and mistake who God is with what people speaking in His name do. The question is, how do we think through our faith and our relationship to the church well? How can we integrate our experiences and rediscover a faith in God that's marked by love and grace? I doubt there's anyone who can speak more wisely about that than Philip Yancey. Philip Yancey has authored over 25 books, in which he has wrestled with God, with the Church, and with fellow believers. After surviving a church background of what he now calls “toxic faith,” he ultimately came to know a God of grace and beauty. With a journalistic, story-telling style, he invites readers to accompany him as he probes the deepest mysteries of the Christian faith, and challenges readers to live as followers of Jesus. Many have done so. His books have sold more than 15 million copies in English, and have been translated into 40 languages worldwide. Philip's bestselling titles include What's So Amazing About Grace? and The Jesus I Never Knew. His most recent book is a memoir, Where the Light Fell, released by Convergent Books on October 5th. Philip Yancey and his wife lived in downtown Chicago before moving to the foothills of Colorado, where they enjoy mountain climbing, skiing, wildlife, and many other delights of the Rocky Mountains. P.S. We'd like to extend to you a free month of our exclusive Bob Weekly content. All you have to do is click this link and sign up for a month of video teachings and a guided curriculum. Also on the episode: Producer & Co-host : Scott Schimmel The Dream Big Academy Living a focused, engaged life of love, adventure, and impact shouldn't be a mystery. It's what we're all wired for, it's what we all long for. But, it's not the norm. From all the places I've traveled to and the people I've met, I know that most people don't experience that kind of life. They feel... Like they're missing out on a different life, a life that others seem to experience. That it should've all just worked out by now, but it hasn't. Frankly, like they're languishing- and this must be as good as it gets. But, there's so much more... That's why we started putting these digital courses together. I can't travel everywhere, and not everyone can travel to me. But, what if there was a way to share life together and walk through these simple ideas I've been learning? Before, we've released these courses one at a time. Then we'd close the registration. But through the pandemic, we learned that a LOT of people want to keep growing, and they're looking for a framework they can trust. So, we put them all together- 6 interactive digital courses. Two specifically designed to help you identify and unleash your big ambitions. One for budding authors. Another for speakers. A course for your family. A course for your career. With more coming in the future. And, since we already have Bob Weekly as a monthly subscription for exclusive content, we threw that in there, too. The...

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Queering Wesley, Queering the Church is a book written by Keegan Osisnki. Quite a title right!?! If you haven't seen the cover, click the link below to catch a glimpse. However, before you literally judge a book (or it's author) by it's cover, take a second to hear a little about Keegan. She shares a little about her life, her convictions and why she took on a project like this that is giving the Wesleyan Holiness Church world quite a lot to think about! Here is here book! Also, Keegan is a librarian and wanted to be sure that everyone had resources for getting started with thinking about Christianity and LGBTQ+ issues. Here are her suggested reading materials: Cheng, Patrick S. Radical Love: An Introduction to Queer Theology. 1 edition. Seabury Books, 2011. DeFranza, Megan K. Sex Difference in Christian Theology: Male, Female, and Intersex in the Image of God. Eerdmans, 2015. Fausto-Sterling, Anne. Sex/Gender: Biology in a Social World. 1 edition. New York: Routledge, 2012. Gushee, David P. Changing Our Mind: Definitive 3rd Edition of the Landmark Call for Inclusion of LGBTQ Christians with Response to Critics. 3 edition. Read the Spirit Books, 2017. Lee, Justin. Torn: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-vs.-Christians Debate. Jericho Books, 2012. McCleneghan, Bromleigh. Good Christian Sex: Why Chastity Isn't the Only Option-And Other Things the Bible Says About Sex. San Francisco: HarperOne, 2016. Soughers, Tara K. Beyond a Binary God: A Theology for Trans* Allies. Church Publishing, 2018. Vines, Matthew. God and the Gay Christian: The Biblical Case in Support of Same-Sex Relationships. Convergent Books, 2014. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/millennial-pastors/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/millennial-pastors/support

To interview the author of one of the most currently talked about books today is always a great opportunity.  To talk to an author who has written about the subject that Mr. Sohrab Ahmari has written about and the fact that his book is being so widely discussed in both conservative and liberal circles could be called a Providential moment!     Join me in my conversation with Sohrab Ahmari about his book. The Unbroken Thread;  Discovering the Wisdom of Tradition in an Age of Chaos published by Convergent Books of Penguin Random House        

In this episode, @KreisBeall joins host @BrookeLJames to discuss what loss taught her about intentional living and honoring the legacy of those we've lost. In three years Kreis lost her son, her father and her mother-in-law and had a unique experience with each of those losses. Kreis speaks beautifully about what each of those losses showed her, and touches on Brooke's favorite subject, how setting up your affairs is an act of love for those who are left behind. Kreis recently published a memoir The Great Blue Hills of God with Convergent Books which dives deeper into her life. Pick up a copy to read her story.