Podcasts about prophetic imagination

Graydon Jones shares how in Luke 1:46-55, we hear Mary's Song, which is the fruit of her Prophetic Imagination of God's Peace. This advent, how will we imagine God's peace coming on earth as in heaven?

Krista Tippett's work in the realm of spirituality and human experience is unparalleled. She just has a divine gift for distilling complex topics into clear, palatable information that we can sit with, dissect, and examine. She uses her OnBeing podcast as a place to conduct honest conversations with theologians and thought leaders about what it means to be human, what it means to be alive. Curiosity is welcome in her space. She brings a sense of calm to everything around her. So during the frenzy of the holidays, which can be both joyful and stressful, we wanted to circle back to this centering conversation with Krista to decompress and be at peace with the world. This conversation feels like an oasis in what is always a chaotic month so it's our gift to bring it back for you this week.  Segments: Bless and Release: Rules for holiday decorating and making the holidays magical GenXcellence: Essentials for outfitting a GenX space *** Thought-provoking Quotes: If a thing is feeling stressful and not joyful, it needs to be re-evaluated. – Jen Hatmaker I actually found in the Bible, reading it for myself directly, that it completely honored the questions, and it honored the anguish, and it was full of things that didn't make sense or were contradictory. And for me that was an opening to not feel that faith had to be in opposition to what didn't make sense or was contradictory. – Krista Tippett There has to be a way to represent the complexity of this, and also the centrality of it, the fact that it's more about questions than it is about answers, and the array of how we walk around with this, and what it means in our lives, and the ways we practice, and the vocabulary we have, and the different ways we pray. I wanted to show that you could talk about this and we could speak about the part of ourselves that we mean when we use language of religious or spiritual. – Krista Tippett The sensibility, the intentionality with which something is offered, shapes the reaction that comes at it. – Krista Tippett I do have a spiritual homeland and I do have a spiritual mother tongue. That matters. – Krista Tippett Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Walter Brueggeman – https://www.walterbrueggemann.com/ The Prophetic Imagination – https://onbeing.org/programs/walter-brueggemann-the-prophetic-imagination-dec2018/  Thích Nhât Hanh – https://plumvillage.org/  Desmond Tutu – https://www.tutu.org.za/  Mary Oliver – https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/mary-oliver  I Got Saved By the Beauty of the World – https://onbeing.org/programs/mary-oliver-i-got-saved-by-the-beauty-of-the-world/ Guest's Links: OnBeing Podcast - https://onbeing.org/series/podcast/ Krista's website - https://onbeing.org/our-story/krista-tippett/ Krista's Twitter - https://x.com/kristatippett Connect with Jen! Jen's website - https://jenhatmaker.com/ Jen's Instagram - https://instagram.com/jenhatmaker Jen's Twitter - https://twitter.com/jenHatmaker/ Jen's Facebook - https://facebook.com/jenhatmaker Jen's YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/JenHatmaker The For the Love Podcast is presented by Audacy.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This Week: Prophetic Imagination How often do we look to the past to predict what God will do next? This Sunday, we're diving into Isaiah 43, where God calls us to remember His power—and then challenges us to forget it, because He's doing something new! Join us as we explore how faith invites us to break out of predictable patterns and embrace a future filled with God's limitless possibilities. Sermon Series: Prophets in the Public Square How should people of faith navigate today's heated political landscape? Join us for an eight-week journey exploring the voices of the Hebrew prophets and the wisdom they offer in times of division. In a season when opinions seem louder than truth, we'll examine how these ancient messengers called for justice, compassion, and humility—principles that transcend political lines. Together, let's reflect on how we can bring God's love into our communities, shaping a better future in the midst of a challenging season. Sermon preached by Dallas Flippin, on Sunday, November 3, 2024 at the First Baptist Church of Jackson, MI. Connect with FBC JXN Learn more about FBCJXN at https://fbcjxn.org. Follow us on Facebook at https://facebook.com/fbcjxn. Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/fbcjxn. Want to connect more with us, fill out our virtual connect card at https://www.fbcjxn.org/connect/ How can we pray for you? Let us know at https://www.fbcjxn.org/prayer/

Dr. Phil Allen, Jr. returns to Resiliency Within to discuss his journey since the release of his documentary and his first book, Open Wounds: A Story of Racial Tragedy, Trauma and Redemption. In this episode, he will explore the themes of his second book, The Prophetic Lens: The Camera and Black Moral Agency, from Martin Luther King to Darnella Frazier, which examines the role of the camera in the fight for racial justice. Allen highlights both the prophetic potential of the camera and the context of Blackness as a liminal existence amid a context dominated by whiteness. He states, “Martin Luther King used news cameras to expose anti-Black violence by white mobs in the 1950s and 60s. Darnella Frazier used her phone to record and post the murder of George Floyd by Derek Chauvin in May 2020. These are just two of many people who have captured images of injustice for the world to see. The Prophetic Lens delves into the camera's role as an indispensable prophetic tool for the security of Black lives and the pursuit of racial justice.” Using Walter Brueggemann's Prophetic Imagination as a framework, Allen demonstrates how the camera can be a catalyst for cultural change. He chronicles the use of the camera in film, from J.D. Griffiths' Birth of a Nation to Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing, revealing how this technology has effectively achieved the goals of its respective storytellers. Dr. Phil Allen, Jr. will also share the work of the nonprofit organization he founded, the Racial Solidarity Project. This organization aims to promote anti-racist, pro-community activism, and racial solidarity through its four pillars of sustainable activism: justice and equity advocacy, education, wellness, and intentional community-building. The Racial Solidarity Project believes that justice work requires solidarity, and solidarity invites healing. They emphasize the term “solidarity” because it reflects God's work and is the central witness of God's relationship with humanity.

Dr. Phil Allen, Jr. returns to Resiliency Within to discuss his journey since the release of his documentary and his first book, Open Wounds: A Story of Racial Tragedy, Trauma and Redemption. In this episode, he will explore the themes of his second book, The Prophetic Lens: The Camera and Black Moral Agency, from Martin Luther King to Darnella Frazier, which examines the role of the camera in the fight for racial justice. Allen highlights both the prophetic potential of the camera and the context of Blackness as a liminal existence amid a context dominated by whiteness. He states, “Martin Luther King used news cameras to expose anti-Black violence by white mobs in the 1950s and 60s. Darnella Frazier used her phone to record and post the murder of George Floyd by Derek Chauvin in May 2020. These are just two of many people who have captured images of injustice for the world to see. The Prophetic Lens delves into the camera's role as an indispensable prophetic tool for the security of Black lives and the pursuit of racial justice.” Using Walter Brueggemann's Prophetic Imagination as a framework, Allen demonstrates how the camera can be a catalyst for cultural change. He chronicles the use of the camera in film, from J.D. Griffiths' Birth of a Nation to Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing, revealing how this technology has effectively achieved the goals of its respective storytellers. Dr. Phil Allen, Jr. will also share the work of the nonprofit organization he founded, the Racial Solidarity Project. This organization aims to promote anti-racist, pro-community activism, and racial solidarity through its four pillars of sustainable activism: justice and equity advocacy, education, wellness, and intentional community-building. The Racial Solidarity Project believes that justice work requires solidarity, and solidarity invites healing. They emphasize the term “solidarity” because it reflects God's work and is the central witness of God's relationship with humanity.

Episode Summary:Liberation theology is a theological movement that emerged primarily in Latin America in the late 20th century, although its principles and ideas have influenced theological discourse worldwide for millennia. It seeks to address the social, economic, sexual, gendered, and political oppression experienced by marginalized and disadvantaged individuals and communities. Liberation theology actually dates all the way back to the Old Testament prophets, and can be witnessed in almost every spiritual tradition.At its core, liberation theology emphasizes the gospel's message of liberation and justice for the oppressed and marginalized. It announces God's preferential treatment of the poor, marginalized, and oppressed. God loves the margins because God was marginalized. It was Jesus' second-rate existence that allowed him to see and feel what those at the center of society were sheltered from and thus callously indifferent to. Seeking liberation and justice is the sine qua non of Christian discipleship. Standing in solidarity with the oppressed is one of the more practical ways to live out our faith in a cruel world.People on the periphery, those victims of our forced conformity, have the ‘eyes to see' what many of us at the center simply cannot see without their guidance. “To be in the margin is to be part of the whole but outside the main body,” writes Bell Hooks. Which gives those on the outside a different vantage point, as well as the power to create change. Today, we're having a conversation about change, injustice, liberation, and salvation and I can think of no one more perfect to address these issues than Kalie May Hargrove from The Center For Prophetic Imagination.In this episode we'll address:The systematic rights violations LGBTQIA students face at Christian collegesWhy liberation is more biblical than eternal salvationWhat you can do to work for justice in your communityHow to stand against the genocide in GazaSubverting the empires we find ourselves living in and benefiting fromBio:Kalie May Hargrove (she/her) is a writer, theologian, and activist. She lives in the greater-Atlanta area with her partner and two kids. Kalie has been part of LGBTQ+ activism bringing awareness of the legalized discrimination queer and trans students face at religious universities. She received her Master of Divinity from United Theological Seminary of Twin Cities. Kalie is Director of Digital Outreach at the Center for Prophetic Imagination, which seeks to connect spirituality with intersectional social justice in our world.Please follow us on social media (use the buttons below) and help us get the word out! (Also, please don't hesitate to use any of these channels or email to contact us with any questions, concerns, or feedback.)If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a rating and a review, or share on your socials

This episode first aired on May 27, 2020.A gift of peace in the midst of troubling times. Guided practices to help you connect with the Divine no matter where you are or what's going on around you.

Why would a Christian author immerse her stories in darkness? Why would she use violent imagery that directly relates to Christianity, race, class, disability, and illness? And how can this darkness guide us toward the importance of love in the flesh, of personal connection and vulnerability? In this conversation, Dr. Jessica Hooten Wilson, author of Flannery O'Connor's Why Do the Heathen Rage? A Behind-the-Scenes Look at a Work in Progress, and Amy Julia Becker explore:Flannery O'Connor's unique perspective on faith and darknessThe portrayal of disability in O'Connor's storiesLove in the abstract versus love in the fleshChallenges of publishing an unfinished manuscriptHow the prophetic imagination in O'Connor's work confronts the dominant culture's illusions about the good lifeRegister for the Festival of Faith & Writing__Guest Bio:Jessica Hooten Wilson (PhD, Baylor University) is the Fletcher Jones Endowed Chair of Great Books at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. She is the author or editor of eight books, including Flannery O'Connor's Why Do the Heathen Rage? A Behind-the-Scenes Look at a Work in Progress, Reading for the Love of God, The Scandal of Holiness (winner of a Christianity Today 2023 Award of Merit), and Giving the Devil His Due: Demonic Authority in the Fiction of Flannery O'Connor and Fyodor Dostoevsky (winner of a 2018 Christianity Today Book of the Year Award). Wilson speaks around the world on topics as varied as Russian novelists, Catholic thinkers, and Christian ways of reading. __Connect Online:Website: https://jessicahootenwilson.com/Instagram: @drjessicahootenwilsonFacebook: @JessicaHootenWilsonTwitter: @HootenWilsonOn the Podcast:Flannery O'Connor's Why Do the Heathen Rage? A Behind-the-Scenes Look at a Work in ProgressRegister for the Festival of Faith & WritingTRANSCRIPT: amyjuliabecker.com/jessica-hooten-wilson__Let's Reimagine the Good Life together through the lens of disability, faith, and culture. Find out more at amyjuliabecker.com.Connect with me: Instagram Facebook Twitter Website Thanks for listening!

Avid reader and lifelong learner, Linda Stanbridge is back! In this episode, Linda sits down with host, Robin Linkhart, to discuss her Doctoral work on Social Justice and the Prophets. You're sure to be captivated by Linda's passion for helping Community of Christ members and friends become a truly prophetic people that are drawn to connect with marginalized people in the communities we serve. If you thought Social Justice was some relatively new concept … think again.  This work is as old as the Hebrew Bible (aka Old Testament) Prophets! Linda's Reading Recommendations: Walter Brueggaman and Davis Hankins, The Prophetic Imagination, 40th Anniversary Edition, Fortress Press, 2018. Marvin McMickle, Where Have all the Prophets Gone: Reclaiming Prophetic Preaching in America, Pilgrim Press, 2019. Albert J. Raboteau, American Prophets: Seven Religious Radicals and Their Struggle for Social and Political Justice, Princeton University Press, 2018. Stephen L. Cook, John T. Strong, and Steven S. Tuell, The Prophets: Introducing Israel's Prophetic Writings, Fortress Press 2022. Robert R. Wilson, Prophecy and Society in Ancient Israel, Fortress Press, 1980. Download TranscriptThanks for listening to Project Zion Podcast!Follow us on Facebook and Instagram!Intro and Outro music used with permission: “For Everyone Born,” Community of Christ Sings #285. Music © 2006 Brian Mann, admin. General Board of Global Ministries t/a GBGMusik, 458 Ponce de Leon Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30308. copyright@umcmission.org “The Trees of the Field,” Community of Christ Sings # 645, Music © 1975 Stuart Dauerman, Lillenas Publishing Company (admin. Music Services). All music for this episode was performed by Dr. Jan Kraybill, and produced by Chad Godfrey. NOTE: The series that make up the Project Zion Podcast explore the unique spiritual and theological gifts Community of Christ offers for today's world. Although Project Zion Podcast is a Ministry of Community of Christ. The views and opinions expressed in this episode are those speaking and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Community of Christ.

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A conversation with Maki Ashe Van Steenwyk, author and excecutive director of the Minneapolis-based Center for the Prophetic Imagination.

Conrad Kanagy, a professor of sociology at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania, talks with Word&Way President Brian Kaylor about his new book Walter Brueggemann's Prophetic Imagination: A Theological Biography. He also discusses German pietism, Jeremiah, and psalms of lament. Kanagy previously appeared on episode 45. Note: Don't forget to subscribe to our award-winning e-newsletter A Public Witness that helps you make sense of faith, culture, and politics.

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Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are back with Reed Dent to continue the introduction to the prophecy of Isaiah and consider Walter Brueggemann's ideas about the prophetic imagination.The Prophetic Imagination by Walter Brueggemann“What Prophecy Is For” — BibleProject PodcastThought of the Day: Prophetic Imagination — Marty Solomon, YouTube

I am simply humbled at this stage in my career, to have the privilege to tell Walter's story and to help amplify his amazingly relevant voice. Getting to know Walter has been a healing and restorative experience for me as a former pastor and a professor deeply committed to social justice when so much of the church and society has forgotten what the biblical text says about God's care for the marginalized. — Conrad L. Kanagy   SHOW NOTES Steve's chats with Conrad Kanagy, the author of coming soon book Walter Brueggemann's Prophetic Imagination: A Theological Biography. (releases Oct 24, 2023) Steve and Conrad focus on the book and how it reveals the most complete portrait to date of this remarkable prophet, pastor, preacher, teacher, and friend. Thank you for joining us in today's conversation!   ABOUT CONRAD L. KANAGY Conrad L. Kanagy is professor of sociology at Elizabethtown College, Pennsylvania. He holds an undergraduate degree from Wheaton College (Illinois) and a PhD from Penn State. He is the author of eight books and numerous scholarly articles. His primary area of expertise is American and global Christianity. He hosts the podcast A Church Dismantled--A Kingdom Restored. Books by Conrad   MENTIONED IN THE PODCAST Walter Brueggemann's Prophetic Imagination: A Theological Biography (Releases Oct 24, 2023) Conrad's Podcast A Church Dismantled--A Kingdom Restored.   MUSIC USED IN PODCAST Music Break at 33:00 - The Feast of St Augustine Music Break at 47:28 - Kyrie Eleison with Audrey Snyder   SUPPORT THE PODCAST Please consider a gift to support our ministry. We have a few ways to make it easy for you: Use our Donation Page on our Website Donate using our new App Send by mail (Potter's Inn, PO Box 35, Divide, Colorado 80814 - make sure you make note that your gift is for the podcast)   FIND US ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM Facebook Soul Care Conversations Group Page Potter's Inn Main FB Page Instagram CONTACT US podcast@pottersinn.com INTERESTED IN MORE SOUL CARE RESOURCES? Check out our recommended reading, books on spiritual growth, and our soul care blog. Want to experience soul care in person? Learn more about our soul care intensives and retreats. 

Kalie May (she/her) is a writer, theologian, ordained minister, and Director of Digital Outreach for the Center for Prophetic Imagination. She lives in the greater-Atlanta area with her partner and two kids. Kalie has been part of LGBTQ+ activism bringing awareness of the legalized discrimination queer and trans students face at religious universities. She received her Master of Divinity emphasizing in Biblical Studies from United Theological Seminary of Twin Cities. In today's episode we go deeper with Kalie Hargrove about what it means for her to have her egg crack and what that actually means.  We also explore the difference between being affirming and practicing solidarity.  This is an important episode for church leaders who want to be an ally that stands with all LGBTQIA+ individuals in solidarity, because being affirming is not enough.     Connect with Kalie Propheticimagination.org or cpimn.org   Special Offer: Inlet Journey: Your Deconstruction Guide to 7 Key Theological Topics I am an affiliate.  

Kalie May (she/her) is a writer, theologian, ordained minister, and Director of Digital Outreach for the Center for Prophetic Imagination. She lives in the greater-Atlanta area with her partner and two kids. Kalie has been part of LGBTQ+ activism bringing awareness of the legalized discrimination queer and trans students face at religious universities. She received her Master of Divinity emphasizing in Biblical Studies from United Theological Seminary of Twin Cities. In todays episode, Kalie Hargrove, an ordained minister  is waiting to hear whether she will be unable to continue to hold that title due to being trans.  Lincoln University, "kicked me out for being trans and they sexually harassed me," said Kalie referring to Title 9 not allowing you to discriminate against people in the LGBTQ community. Her journey is more complicated due to 3 generations of ministers and the possibility that she was turned in by someone close to her. Also, she explains the plot thickens when religious organizations have a loop hole at their disposal for managing sexual harassment complaints.   Connect with Kalie Propheticimagination.org or cpimn.org

God is free! That means we should be free. Throughout time, humans have taken that up as energy and agency to overthrow regimes. In this episode, Melissa and Bishop Wright have a conversation freedom and Walter Brueggemann's book The Prophetic Imagination. Listen in for the full conversation. Before listening, read For Faith.

On this episode of Gather Round, we feature Dr. Elissa Yukiko Weichbrodt's “Art and the Prophetic Imagination,” a lecture given to our Grace DC Network in early March. She mentions a couple of handouts and artworks linked below:Redeeming Vision HandoutMatthias Grünewald, “Isenheim Altarpiece,” 1513Carrie Mae Weems, “From Here I Saw What Happened And I Cried,” 1995-96Sam Gilliam, Relative, 1968

CW: Adult Language.Christians were never meant to be normal, we've always been "holy troublemakers" who do not accept the world as it is but who insist on the world becoming the way God wants it to be. In the words of our friends at The Center for Prophetic Imagination, “A world where all walls of alienation are torn down as we live justly with one another.” From the very beginning, Jesus called us to be a beloved community of resistance to the brutal normalcy of a world dominated by the powers and principalities of darkness. Often, that darkness comes to us cloaked in the status quo, in the normative ideology of white, cis gender, patriarchal ideology. But racism, transphobia, homophobia, economic injustice, violence, patriarchy, and white supremacy are only normal in a world dominated by oppression. In this prophetic episode, we talk with Ashe Van Steenwyk about what it might look like for you and I to "confront not only the institutions and systems and structures that control and constrain our material lives, but also the myths, beliefs, and ideas that shape and bind our imaginations." And what better way to do that than to embody the radical, subversive way of Jesus who came to upend life as we know it.Some of the questions we seek to answer in this episode include: What do we mean when we say Jesus was queer?How do we discern what is real? How do we push back against injustice without losing our souls? How do we not only resist evil, but redeem evil? What does it look like to carve out new possibilities in a world of forced conformity? What if everything we call 'normal' is really just evil in disguise? What if what we believe to be profane is actually holy and what we have been told is orthodoxy is just a set of lies created to keep us in line? How do we resist dominance and power? And where have even liberal and progressive Christians been captivated by oppressive systems and structures? BioM. Ashe (she/they) is the co-founder of the Center for Prophetic Imagination. She is a writer, teacher, organizer, and spiritual director. For nearly 15 years, she has sown seeds of subversive spirituality throughout North America. Ashe is the author of That Holy Anarchist, unKingdom, and A Wolf at the Gate. You can find out more about Ashe here. The Center for Prophetic Imagination works to subvert the existing social order through deep discernment culminating with creative action. Check out their online resources and online classes to learn more about what it means to be a holy troublemaker in our world. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a rating and a review

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. For this episode, Brad Wise, Darin Petersen and Joey Taylor speak with Walter Brueggemann about myth, Exodus and how it relates to the work of the Common Good.The recited poem was Moses by Luis Alberto de Cuenca.Walter Brueggemann is one of the most influential Bible interpreters of our time. He is the author of over one hundred books and numerous scholarly articles. He has been a highly sought-after speaker. Brueggemann was born in Tilden, Nebraska in 1933. He often speaks of the influence of his father, a German Evangelical pastor. Brueggemann attended Elmhurst College, graduating in 1955 with an A.B. He went on to Eden Theological Seminary, earning a B.D. (equivalent to today's M.Div.) in 1958. He completed his formal theological education at Union Theological Seminary in 1961, earning the Th.D. under the primary guidance of James Muilenburg. While teaching at Eden, he earned a Ph.D. in education at St. Louis University. Brueggemann has served as faculty at two institutions in his career: Eden Theological Seminary (1961-1986) and Columbia Theological Seminary (1986-2003). He is currently William Marcellus McPheeters professor emeritus of Old Testament at Columbia. Brueggemann's primary method with the text is rhetorical criticism. Words matter to Brueggemann, and one can tell that by listening to him speak as he hangs on to particularly theologically significant words. His magnum opus, Theology of the Old Testament (1997), is a rhetorical-critical look at the Old Testament through the lenses of “testimony, dispute, and advocacy.” Many have come to know Brueggemann through his book entitled The Prophetic Imagination. Church leaders find a friend in Brueggemann, an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ. His work inspires, energizes, and convicts, and he often makes time to interact personally with those to whom he speaks at large events.Darin Petersen is the co-founder of the Common Good Collective and founder of Common Change.Brad Wise is the co-founder of three story-driven organizations: Boonrise, Bespoken Live, and Good vs Gooder. He is the chief creative officer for Boonrise based in Cincinnati, Ohio. When he's not doing all that, Brad is hanging out with his beautiful wife, Leah, and their three kids, Henry, Jane & Eliza. Their crazy dogs, Huck & Lola, are usually close by, as well. Brad was also a Common Good Collective Fellow.This episode was produced by Joey Taylor and the music is from Jeff Gorman. You can find more information about the Common Good Collective and the reader here. Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live and Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation. 

I've been utterly enchanted by Walter Brueggemann's 1978 book, The Prophetic Imagination. In it, this preeminent theologian helps us understand the role of the prophet: a truth-teller, whose ministry utilises grief to criticise the dominant order. In doing so, prophets energise those suffering under brutalisation and awaken us all to possibilities of life beyond what we know. Part of what the dominant order does to us all is stilt and stunt our imaginations. Brueggemann refers to this stunted imagination as the “royal consciousness”: our imagination is limited in the interests of the ruling elite. It does not have to be this way. Today, many of us understand that limited imagination through the imposition of gender, the stereotypes we fight against that limit how we as Black queer people can show up in the world and the arduous but necessary conversation and organising around abolition. In their new book, Black Trans Feminism, Marquis Bey makes clear that even the identities we've come to hold dear need to be done away with since they have been fashioned under duress. Many of us are increasingly comfortable within these identities – myself included – but Marquis says that in the future of the Black Trans Feminist imagination, we won't be Black or Trans or Man or Woman. We don't yet know what we would be because our anchor for understanding ourselves in the world is relative to the world we live in. Marquis says we must lean into the terror of the unknown. Marquis was reluctant to accept my crowning of them as prophet in the order of Moses, but if the role of the prophet is to awaken us to possibilities beyond our imaginations and to energise us to action, then Marquis and Moses have much more in common than I'm willing to ignore. Our conversation today explores enchantment in the quotidian, the Black trans feminist imagination and poets and theorists as prophets. This conversation was made possible with funding from the AZ Creative Fund. Busy Being Black listeners get 50% off at Pluto Press, and 30% off at Duke University Press and Combined Academic Publishers. Tickets for Busy Being Black Live on Saturday, 5 November with Melz Owusu at Hackney Bridge. About Busy Being Black Busy Being Black is an exploration and expression of quare liveliness and my guests are those who have learned to live, love and thrive at the intersection of their identities. Your support of the show means the world. Please leave a rating and a review and share these conversations far and wide. As we continue to work towards futures worthy of us all, my hope is that as many of you as possible understand Busy Being Black as a soft, tender and intellectually rigorous place for you to land.  Thank you to our funding partner, myGwork – the business community for LGBT+ professionals, students, inclusive employers and anyone who believes in workplace equality. Thank you to my friend Lazarus Lynch for creating the ancestral and enlivening Busy Being Black theme music. Thank you to Lucian Koncz and Stevie Gatez for helping bring new Busy Being Black artwork into the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Religion, faith backgrounds and belief systems can be the source of mental health wounding that manifest in unexpected ways. Sometimes we can think we are talking about beliefs and yet be unaware that someone's experience of faith is hooked into a deep pain, making some conversations and teachings an attack on their humanity. We welcome The Rev'd Andrew Cooper to the podcast to share his own story and reflections in a conversation that is not so much an exposition on religious trauma as it is an opening of a critical discussion about its effects and how we are to build safer communities that honour the dignity of every human being. The Rev'd Andrew Cooper is a Parish Priest in Brisbane. He recently returned from the Scottish Episcopal Church which he describes as a blessed experience of complete affirmation and acknowledgment of personhood as a gay man and priest. He is very grateful to the Centre for Prophetic Imagination in Minnesota and the ongoing training in Spiritual Direction and Social Transformation which has helped him find his voice and enter the pathway of healing. Content warning: This conversation includes references to causes and symptoms of religious trauma. If anything in this conversation causes distress, support is available through the following providers. Lifeline: Call 13 11 14 anytime for confidential telephone crisis support. Beyond Blue: Call 1300 22 4636 https://www.beyondblue.org.au/get-support/get-immediate-support Open Doors Youth Service: support to young people with diverse genders, sex and sexualities.  https://www.opendoors.net.au/  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From time to time I will offer a "cross-over" podcast that lists in both A Church Dismantled as well as Imagination Restor(i)ed. I do this as a way of acknowledging all of  my listeners--both subscribed and unsubscribed--but also to let those of you who are unsubscribed to the new podcast and the Center for the Study and Practice of Prophetic Imagination aware of some of what you will find there. You can check out the new Center and subscribe for 9.95 annually at https://centerforpropheticimagination.org.To subscribe to the new podcast and other resources for 9.95 annually go to https://centerforpropheticimagination.org

Rounding out our episodes on Typology, Daniel and I look to the story of Jesus cursing the fig tree in Mark 11, seeing how Mark and Jesus use the image of the fig tree in the New Testament in conversation with its appearance in the Prophetic Imagination.

While the Covid-19 pandemic forced many churches to join the digital revolution, many have failed to accept the "Great Digital Commission." Believing that embracing social media can be a catalyst for church growth and transformation, Caleb Lines joins to the show to talk about the importance of evaluating vision and mission, why branding is more than just trendy graphics, and why not everything you do at your church needs to be replicated online also. Rev. Dr. Caleb J. Lines is Senior Minister of University Christian Church in San Diego. Additionally, he is the Co-Executive Director of Progressive Christianity.org and is the Co-Host of the podcast The Moonshine Jesus Show. Caleb has a passion for pursuing social justice for the marginalized, demonstrating the Good News of God's radically inclusive love, and proclaiming a relevant message for today's ever-changing world. Caleb is the author of The Great Digital Commission: Embracing Social Media for Church Growth and Transformation His writing has been featured in The Nation Magazine, Disciples News Service, Chalice Press, The Christian Left, The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, The Center for Prophetic Imagination, the Convergence Leadership Project, and Sojourners. Caleb has a D.Min from Duke Divinity and a M.Div from Yale.  The Future Christian Podcast is a production of Torn Curtain Arts and Resonate Media.

Brueggemann's primary method with the text is rhetorical criticism. Words matter to Brueggemann, and one can tell that by listening to him speak as he hangs on to particularly theologically significant words. His magnum opus, Theology of the Old Testament (1997), is a rhetorical-critical look at the Old Testament through the lenses of “testimony, dispute, and advocacy.” Many have come to know Brueggemann through his book entitled The Prophetic Imagination, originally published in 1978. [from https://www.walterbrueggemann.com] For more information on Walter, visit https://www.walterbrueggemann.com/  To help sustain our work, you can donate here To check out what RLC is up to, please visit us www.redletterchristians.org  Follow us on Twitter: @RedLetterXians Instagram: @RedLetterXians Follow Shane on Instagram: @shane.claiborne Twitter: @ShaneClaiborne Common Hymnal information: https://commonhymnal.com/ 

   Kelly Skinner is the founder of Soul Care, a day retreat center in Urbana, Illinois that provides resources to nurture the soul, space for stillness, and a community to support spiritual growth for people of all faiths and no particular faith. She is passionate about working with others to cultivate love, co-creating a more just and whole world, and accompanying one another into deeper communion with the Divine and with one another.   She is currently studying spiritual direction as a practice for social transformation with the Center for Prophetic Imagination in Minnesota. Kelly is a founding member of the Beloved CU Inclusive Catholic Community and a monthly speaker at Unity Church & Spiritual Center. In her free time, she's an avid reader and podcast listener. An ideal day would involve hanging out with her husband Shawn or one of her five young adult children and enjoying a charcuterie tray with a good glass of red wine.Follow KellyInstagramFacebookListen to Kelly's podcast Everything Is SpiritualSign up for her weekly newsletterSoul Care WebsiteSupport the show

Friends, based on your feedback which I have appreciated so much I am going to take the following steps. I will continue to share these monologue blog posts for free and perioidically bundle them in both Kindle and paper back form. The most recent of these entitled "What in God's Name is Happening to the Church" is twenty-five essays from this Spring.  I am going   to keep the Ebook price at 1.99 and just self-published the collection in paperback for 5.99 with free prime shipping through Amazon. You can order the Kindle or paperback at this tab. I am currently working on two more for this series. Order Kindle or PaperbackSecond, I will be producing a "subscription-only" series entitled "Dismantling and Restoring: 1517-2025." This series will consist of bi-weekly interviews with a theologian or historian who will address what some have called the last major dismantling that resulted in the Protestand Reformation. I am beginning with 1517 because of Luther's 95 theses and ending with 2025 when the believer's church, and particularly Anabaptists celebrate their 500th anniversary. I have become particularly interested in this period through my study of German pietism related to Walter's biography and this research has put me in touch with many scholars, pastors, and theologians in the Lutheran and Calvinist tradition. And of course, as an Anabaptist I am excited about the upcoming celebration. The focus of this series will be on the European origins but will also expand to see how these movements have impacted other parts of the world. I have been invited to a small conference of German and American pastors and scholars in July to present a paper entitled Walter Brueggemann: From the Prussian Union to Prophetic Imagination." Subscribers to this series will receive a recorded copy of that presentation as well as other related "extras"  including several live roundtable gatherings throughout the year. The series will run from August 1, 2022 through July 31, 2023 and may be renewed after that.  All recordings of interviews will be distrubuted on Tuesday mornings bi-weekly. Subscribers will also receive free admission to al webinars of "A Church Dismantled." All of these events will be produced as YouTube and podcast recordings for subscribers only. Cost for the year is 150.00 and those who have subscribed to the five webinars this Fall will be automatically included without further cost. The link to subscribe by July 15 is below. Thank you friends for your encouragement and support and great ideas!To register for 1517-2025 Series

In this episode, we have the gift of hearing from Rev. Grace Imathiu, Senior Pastor of First United Methodist Church in Evanston, Illinois. Pastor Grace is a citizen of the world for whom ‘the world is her parish'. As an African who is married to a European and is raising an American son, Grace is fluent in three languages, was educated in Kenya, U.S.A., in England and Israel. She has preached in Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, Togo, Liberia, Denmark, Australia, Malaysia, Brazil, and all throughout the United States. Grace has a passion and gift for inspiring and nurturing prophetic communities of faith to live out loud the Jesus Story. For Grace, the quintessential expression of the resurrected Lord's presence is a community whose very DNA is a radical hospitality which births a loving and a healthy tension that is ideological, theological, racial, ethnic and cultural. She thrives on diversity. Grace is married to David Jones and together they are the parents to Erik. Pastor Grace will invite us to hold the posture of a prophet as she encourages us to imagine a new future. If it is true, what Einstein said, that“Imagination is more important than knowledge,”— then the task of prophetic ministry is to “to nurture, nourish and evoke imagination” Brueggemann.

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings discuss the healing of a blind man and Jesus's subsequent teaching on a different kind of blindness.Everyman's Talmud by Abraham CohenThe Prophetic Imagination by Walter BrueggemannAddendum to BEMA 80 — Marty Solomon, YouTube

A Tent Talks first. Listen and lean in, as we are joined by the ground-breaking womanist theologian - the Very Reverend Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas. She is in conversation with our previous tent talk guest and theologian, Dr Selina Stone, and our host Reverend Natasha Beckles. They engage in a rare, rich transatlantic conversation exploring eschatology, church and the scars of Christ.The Very Reverend Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas serves as the Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary (https://utsnyc.edu/eds) and the Bill and Judith Moyers Chair in Theology at Union.  She also is Canon Theologian at the Washington National Cathedral and Theologian in Residence at Trinity Church Wall Street. Dean Kelly's latest book is Resurrection Hope: A Future Where Black Lives Matter (November 2021, Orbis Books), She is the author of many articles and books, including Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God, and Sexuality and the Black Church:A Womanist Perspective. You can find her on social media at: @DeanKBD  on Twitter and @EDSatUnion on Facebook.Dr Selina Stone is Tutor and Lecturer in Theology at St Mellitus College in London and a research consultant. Her PhD completed in 2021 at the University of Birmingham focussed on Pneumatology, Pentecostalism and Social Justice. Revd Natasha Beckles is an Anglican priest in the Church of England, who has a background in educational leadership, safeguarding and inclusion. Natasha is curate at St Martin's Gospel Oak, London who has been commissioned to work part-time for London Diocese' Compassionate Communities team, developing and resourcing the mission, partnership working and outreach specifically on the issue of Serious Youth Violence & Contextual Safeguarding. Find her on Instagram at: @natashabelovedHas anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE.

As they walked through the Red Sea, I imagine that all of Israel marched together just like they do in the protests of today. They marched on dry ground surrounded by walls of impossibility, yet God made a way for them to cross over to the other side. And they are led by a prophet called Miriam as she sings and dances she embodies a place of liberation as the river swallows up their oppressors - the horse and rider. Miriam begins to give Israel prophetic imagination to exist and to live as something different...click here to read more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/erin-lashley/message

Recorded on March 27, 2022. During the season of Lent, we will give special attention to the women of the Bible each Sunday. Prepare to engage with us this season as we join Jesus in the wilderness, fast from whatever might limit us from receiving his liberating love, and lament that the world is not as it should be. ⁠For more information about Kaleo, please visit kaleophx.com or follow us on social media @kaleophx.

In our final episode for the season, Mandy McDow, pastor of Los Angeles First UMC, shares the story of LA First who razed their building in 2002. Yep. No building. That reality forces a posture of constant discernment: God, what is the difference you would have us make in this neighborhood in this season? Theirs is not a tidy, perfect story. It's messy and real and very much in process. We hope it inspires you as it has us! Wow!   QUOTES “That's the first barrier for entry to understanding how God loves you. The way the church behaves is the way people perceive that God behaves.” -Mandy McDow [12:02] “I think every congregation has the capacity to adapt. It's just a matter of when you decide to do it. Do you do it in crisis? Or do you do it so that you're not in crisis?” -Mandy McDow [19:09]   TIMESTAMPS [00:00] Intro [02:12] What to listen for in the conversation with Mandy [03:47] Meet Mandy McDow [04:46] This history of LA First [12:13] How they got to the parking lot [15:13] How the DNA is showing up now [19:27] Inviting congregation into imagination [25:09] LA First in 10 years [27:24] Distinguish between fan and follower [35:23] Outro   RESOURCES & RELEVANT LINKS Visit LA First's website here.  Read Lisa Greenwood's monograph about God's Mixed Ecology: The Changing Spiritual Landscape here. New Feature: Transcripts for this Season's Episodes We will have transcripts for each of our episodes this season. Visit our website to download this week's transcript. We hope these additional resources will help you share these conversations with your friends, colleagues, and leadership teams to spark the spirit within you, your organization, and “ignite imagination!” This podcast is brought to you by the Leadership Ministry team at TMF and Wesleyan Investive. Leadership Ministry connects diverse, high-capacity leaders in conversations and environments that create a network of courage, learning, and innovation in order to help the church lean into its God-appointed mission. Subscribe to our Leadership Ministry emails here. If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts / iTunes?   Mandy McDow's Bio Rev. Mandy McDow grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee and attended Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Georgia. She attended Princeton Theological Seminary for her Master of Divinity and is currently pursuing doctoral work at Candler School of Theology. Mandy has served congregations in Atlanta, Laguna Beach, and in 2017 accepted the appointment to Los Angeles First UMC with one catch and you'll hear about it in the interview: the church bulldozed their building in 2001. Mandy has a black belt in Taekwondo, she is an aspiring musician, still has a passion for sweet tea, and is the proud mother of three children.

Our texts this week are here. Our prayer for this week is here: “Revise our taking” from Awed to Heaven, Rooted in Earth by Walter Brueggemann Other resources on our website: commentaries, discipleship, liturgics, music. Check out the Lenten Devotional! N4CC: How to Eat Together as a Church Walter Brueggemann writes about the geography of imagination in Israel's Praise and how imagination must come before implementation in The Prophetic Imagination. “Isaiah offers us hope that is grounded, but not limited.” -Rev. Aaron Moschitto

The first Sunday of Advent is the week of HOPE. And instead of starting in the gospels, we often are called back to the prophets. Why? What can the prophets teach us about Hope. Advent also starts in the dark. We don't have all the bells and carols and ornaments just yet. First we slow down and move into darkness. Why? What do we learn when we embrace the darkness? In this episode we hear some quotes from Walter Brueggemann's book The Prophetic Imagination. You can find this book here: https://www.amazon.com/Prophetic-Imagination-2nd-Walter-Brueggemann/dp/0800632877 Inspiration for this episode was also drawn from conversations between Alexander Shia and Rob Bell. You can find one such conversation here: https://robbell.podbean.com/e/episode-60-the-christmas-radiance-at-night-with-alexander-shaia/  Thanks!

In EP011 Brie is joined by entrepreneur, producer, and Forbes 30 under 30 recipient, Darius Baxter, to discuss the grit necessary for growth, the boldness of beginning and listening to the still small voice that inspires us to imagine what might be possible...and have the courage to manifest it.  To learn more about Darius Baxter and his work at Good Projects DC, visit his website here. To connect with Brie: Join Brie's Patreon to access the companion master class with Brie's reflections and suggested practices that correspond with each episode and join others in community on this path of creative possibility  For tax deductible donations or other inquiries info@unknowing.org Keep up with Brie more regularly on Instagram

Ezekiel 47:1-12 NIV 1 The man brought me back to the entrance to the temple, and I saw water coming out from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was coming down from under the south side of the temple, south of the altar. 2 He then brought me out through the north gate and led me around the outside to the outer gate facing east, and the water was trickling from the south side. 3 As the man went eastward with a measuring line in his hand, he measured off a thousand cubits[a] and then led me through water that was ankle-deep. 4 He measured off another thousand cubits and led me through water that was knee-deep. He measured off another thousand and led me through water that was up to the waist. 5 He measured off another thousand, but now it was a river that I could not cross, because the water had risen and was deep enough to swim in—a river that no one could cross. 6 He asked me, “Son of man, do you see this?” Then he led me back to the bank of the river. 7 When I arrived there, I saw a great number of trees on each side of the river. 8 He said to me, “This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah, where it enters the Dead Sea. When it empties into the sea, the salty water there becomes fresh. 9 Swarms of living creatures will live wherever the river flows. There will be large numbers of fish, because this water flows there and makes the salt water fresh; so where the river flows everything will live. 10 Fishermen will stand along the shore; from En Gedi to En Eglaim there will be places for spreading nets. The fish will be of many kinds—like the fish of the Mediterranean Sea. 11 But the swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they will be left for salt. 12 Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing.”

Fr. Jason discusses Isaiah 9:2-7, the Old Testament Lectionary Text for Christmas.

Fr. Jason does a deep dive into Isaiah 40:1-11 through the lens of Walter Brueggemann's Prophetic Imagination.

Fr. Jason gives us an introduction to the Prophetic Imagination and the work of Dr. Walter Brueggemann. This background is helpful in interpreting the book of Isaiah, a text that is a significant part of the season of Advent. The books by Prof. Brueggeman mentioned in this episode can be found here: The Prophetic Imagination Hope Within History