Jenny Smith and Justin White on Poetry and Grief
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Our guests on The Well QA Podcast are author/pastor Jenny Smith and pastor Justin White to discuss grief. Rev. White is the pastor at Stanwood UMC. He is a spiritual director and retreat leader as well as the former chair of The Well’s board. Pastor Justin’s dad passed away unexpectedly last fall. He understands grief from the side of walking with others through it and as someone amidst it. When faced with unexpected loss, pain and grief set up camp in our bodies and we don’t always know how to talk about what we’re experiencing, especially in the first...
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Norman Wirzba on Agrarian Spirit
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We welcome a wonderful guest this week on The Well QA Podcast! Norman Wirzba is Gilbert T. Rowe Distinguished Professor of Christian Theology and Senior Fellow at the Kenan Institute of Ethics at Duke University. He has authored such books as "Agrarian Spirit", "This Sacred Life", and "Food and Faith". His research and teaching interests are at the intersections of theology, philosophy, ecology, and agrarian and environmental studies. Raised on a farm in Southern Alberta, Norman went on to study history at the University of Lethbridge, theology at Yale University Divinity...
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Dr. Cornel West on King’s Philosophy of Non-violence
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Dr. Cornel West joins the Seattle Regional Poor People's Campaign, The Well, and the WA State PPC for a talk on King's Philosophy of Non-Violence. This talk is in preparation of the Poor People's and Low-Wage Workers' Assembly and Moral March on Washington and to the Polls on June 16. Presenters: Dr. Cornel West is the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Chair at Union Theological Seminary. Dr. West teaches on the works of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, as well as courses in Philosophy of Religion, African American Critical Thought, and a wide range of subjects. He has a passion to communicate to a vast variety of...
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The Poor People's Campaign with Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
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Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove is a leader in the Red Letter Christian movement and the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. With the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, he co-authored “The Third Reconstruction: Moral Mondays, Fusion Politics, and he Rise of a New Justice Movement.” Jonathan is a pastor, author, speaker, and a leader in the movement seeking to create small intentional communities where “surprising friendships” are possible. Thanks to Jonathan for being our guest!
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Brian McLaren on "Do I Stay Christian?"
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Our guest today is Brian McLaren who is a pastor, public theologian, popular speaker, and prolific author. He is a faculty member of The Living School and podcaster with Learning How to See, which are part of the Center for Action and Contemplation (with Richard Rohr). His newest book comes out May 24; it is titled "Do I Stay Christian? A Guide for the Doubters, The Disappointed, and the Disillusioned." It is a natural follow to "Faith After Doubt", which was released a year ago. Let's dive right into the conversation with Brian McLaren!
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Challenging Thoughts on John’s Passion with Wes Howard-Brook
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Wes Howard-Brook is a retiring instructor of New Testament at Seattle University. He is an author of several books, including Come Out My People, John’s Gospel & The Renewal of the Church, and his most recent book Empire Baptized: How the Church Embraced What Jesus Rejected (2nd - 5th centuries). He co-leads Abide with Me with his life partner Sue Ferguson Johnson. They have led a weekly Bible study for 11 years. We invited Wes on the podcast as a follow up to our previous talk with Amy-Jill Levine, who encourages Christians to stop using the Passion of John as part of the Good Friday...
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AJ Levine on John’s Passion, Christianity, and Antisemitism
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Amy-Jill is our guest this week. We talk about Easter, Holy Week, and anti-semitism within Christianity - specifically the Gospel of John. Amy Jill Levine is the Rabbi Stanley M Kessler distinguished professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies at the Hartford International University for Religion and Peace. AJ is University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies Emerita. Mary Jane Werthan Professor of Jewish Studies Emerita. Professor of New Testament Studies Emerita at Vanderbilt University. These are not easy conversations but it's essential that we have them....
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Janet Wolf and Non-Violent Organizing
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Janet Wolf is our guest this week on The Well QA Podcast. Janet has worked as a poverty rights organizer, United Methodist pastor with urban and rural congregations; college and seminary professor; learner, teacher, and animator with think tanks inside prisons. She recently retired from the where she was focused on public theology, transformative justice, and nonviolent direct action organizing to disrupt and dismantle the cradle to prison pipeline through leadership by and partnership with those who are now or have been caged. She is the Dean of ’s Dale P. Andrews Freedom...
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Dr. Wil Gafney on the Advent Season
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Our guest this week on The Well QA Podcast is womanist biblical scholar, the Dr. Rev. Wil Gafney, Ph.D. is the Right Rev. Sam B. Hulsey Professor of Hebrew Bible at Brite Divinity School in Fort Worth, Texas.
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Kristin Du Mez on "Jesus and John Wayne"
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Kristin Kobes Du Mez is a New York Times bestselling author and Professor of History and Gender Studies at Calvin University. She holds a PhD from the University of Notre Dame and her research focuses on the intersection of gender, religion, and politics. Her most recent book is "Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation."
info_outlineDiana Butler Bass is our guest this week on The Well QA Podcast to talk about her newest book Freeing Jesus.
Her secular friends often ask her “How can you still be a Christian?” In the book, she explains that her experience of Jesus has changed over the years, viewing him in different ways at different times. And that, though she is still a Christian, she isn’t the same kind of Christian she used to be, or that they many think she is.
Freeing Jesus explores the many images of Jesus we encounter and embrace through a lifetime—and how we make theology from the text of our lives in conversation with scripture and tradition. Freeing Jesus invites us to liberate Jesus and free ourselves when it comes to the ever-compelling and yet often-elusive figure at the center of Christian faith.
Join us for this talk with Diana Butler Bass and check out her book Freeing Jesus.