Episode 25: A Black Man’s View of Our Shared History and Future
The Conversation Jesus Wants Us to Have Podcast
Release Date: 10/27/2023
Episode 27: Be Active in the Service of Positive Political Change
The Conversation Jesus Wants Us to Have Podcast
Guest: David Albert, Activist We discuss: how the health of our democracy is threatened by an unholy marriage of politics and compromised religious beliefs; the importance of everyone who identifies as Christian, or just a fan of Jesus, to courageously move themselves out of atmospheres of irresponsibility, hate, and disinformation; why ego-motivated justifications for religious and political abuses of power are wake-up calls for all who desire to preserve a democracy that is for the people; and how the power of being informed about candidates and their policies enables us to vote responsibly...
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Episode 26: Jesus Would Remind Us: Together We Stand, Divided We Fall
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I this episode, I ask us to consider: if Jesus would be disappointed that we have apathetically allowed our representative form of government to become a bitter contest between rival teams, when we’re all supposed to be actively on the same team of democracy; whether partisan politics lends itself to bettering our nation and the lives of our citizens; that one-sidedness is devoid of the honesty and self-regulation necessary to overpower the egocentric motivation to rule and dominate; and, whether we grow, change, and advance our democracy in positive ways when we demand integrity, respect,...
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Episode 25: A Black Man’s View of Our Shared History and Future
The Conversation Jesus Wants Us to Have Podcast
Guest: Leslie Crawford, Esquire We discuss: we must acknowledge our past in order to change our present and future. We are all members of the human race with different color skin and characteristics; we do not have a race problem, we have a racism problem; that the rules have been rigged against black and brown communities; and why Jesus, who had dark skin, would tell us that to love him we must treat everyone as we want to be treated.
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Episode 24: Women of the World — We’re Sisters!
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Guests: Kimberlee Williams and Debby Irving, Authors We discuss: how, as white, brown, and Black women, we are wired to protect our sense of belonging, which keeps us in the bubble of our own experiences; that historically, the role of women of color has been to serve, comfort, protect, coddle, nourish, and elevate white women; how we can boldly disrupt that pattern; and the need for all women to bravely and honestly face our own beliefs and attitudes, so we can look upon and care about one another as sisters.
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Episode 23: Waking Up to Find Ourselves in the Story of Race
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Guest: Debby Irving, Author We discuss: the importance of white people realizing that they benefit from a prejudicial system simply because they are white; the truth about how the economic and social playing fields were never level between white people and those who are black and brown; how systemic racism is woven into every political, social, institutional, and religious structure; and the difference between well-meaning and well-doing.
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Episode 22: Be Better Stewards of Earth
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Guest: Dawn Wilson, Television Producer, Planet Activist We discuss the difference between dominance over the earth and good stewardship of the natural world. We imagine what Jesus would say about putting profits over people and the planet. We question why we are leaving our waste for future generations to clean up and dumping our toxic practices onto our children and theirs. And what each of us can do to be the positive change we want to see to help heal our environment and our bodies.
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Episode 21: Is Spoon-fed Religion Spiritually Nourishing?
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Guest: Christopher Pelch.
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Episode 20: God, the Most Qualified Art Appraiser of All
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We have been told what God is, but the truth is, we do not know. God is too expansive to be boxed into any form because if we simply take a drinking straw and look up into the night sky through it, we would see about 10,000 stars within the tiny circumference. Multiply the objects in that small space by the entire night sky and the number of stars, planets, and universes is beyond comprehension. So how can we know what God is?
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Episode 19: Small World Belief vs. Vast World God Created
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Ladies, how old were you when you began to notice that within society, your church, school, or home, you were considered less than your male counterparts? Gentlemen, how old were you when you began to understand you were considered more important than women and girls? It is time we face the dangerously dysfunctional male/female dynamic that is the sad, but true, legacy we are leaving our children.
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Episode 18: Would Jesus Be Proud of Christianity?
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Guest: Reverend Kirby Ingram on Connection, Consciousness, and God
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We discuss: we must acknowledge our past in order to change our present and future. We are all members of the human race with different color skin and characteristics; we do not have a race problem, we have a racism problem; that the rules have been rigged against black and brown communities; and why Jesus, who had dark skin, would tell us that to love him we must treat everyone as we want to be treated.