Jonathan Foster offers responses to the question, “Why faith?” They may not be sensible responses, but you may find them compelling.

Christian attitudes towards creation have led to many forms of violence over the years. Listen as Peter Francis discusses how indigenous perspectives and oral traditions approach relationships with the land and each other. We'll also look at the book of Genesis and compare attitudes toward creation as it relates to violence and war.

Racism is an act of war against BIPOC bodies; It is America's original sin, and the struggle for economic justice continues even today. Listen as Dr. Joshua Bartholomew offers perspectives on how the biblical concept of jubilee has been applied and can be applied today to achieve equity in our communities.

Jesus’s life, ministry, and execution occurred under the occupation and power of the Roman Empire who falsely proclaimed peace and prosperity. Listen as Rev. Jessica Willams explores the false narratives proclaimed by the Roman Empire and the counter-narratives of the movement Jesus built as we reflect on the false moral narratives of our day.

Throughout history, Christianity has been used both to justify and resist countless acts of violence and widespread war. How can the Christian wisdom tradition be a conversation partner for the questions we have today about violence and nonviolence? Listen as Rev. Tyler Heston explores four stories about Jesus from the Gospels and how they’ve inspired people to think about violence, non violence, and faithful resistance.

Each of us carries the divine feminine within us. The desire to nurture our loved ones, humanity, and the earth - to curate safe space, to be a prophetic voice, and to leave our communities and home better than we found it. Listen as Rev. Dr. Letiah Fraser, Pakou Her, and Stephenie Godfroy celebrate our maternal instincts.

Theologians have long debated which is more crucial - action or contemplation. Thankfully, we also have examples of action and contemplation happening simultaneously. Listen as Rev Eric Garbison discusses ways we can be people of both action and contemplation.

Mysticism is something to be practiced, experienced, or embodied. Listen as Kevin Kelley, walks us through various contemplative practices that can create the environment necessary for intimate encounters with the Divine.

It is easy to operate in binaries: sacred vs secular, black vs white, good vs bad. Listen as Dr. Susangeline Patrick invites us to think about how physical material and spirituality intersect with each other, breaking down these binaries. She discusses how the material world can embody the mystery and beauty of life that draws us close to God in a suffering world.

Mysticism offers some very grounded ways to address trauma so that we can avoid its pitfalls and receive the gifts the mystic life offers. One such gift of mysticism is that it expands our language for God and helps us get rid of language that no longer suits the ways in which we relate to the Divine in and around us. Listen as Fr. Turbo Qualls of St Mary of Egypt Orthodox Christian Church explores God as Mystery.

Mystics are not just people who are religious hermits or people who live in monasteries. Mysticism can be cultivated by all in our everyday lives. Listen as we hear from Glenn Young, Assoc. Professor of Theology and Religious Studies. He will explore the history of mysticism through the voices of ancient mystics and give an overview of some of the principles of mysticism.

What if utopia isn't about a place of absolute perfection but is about what queer theorist Jose Munoz calls "an insistence on something else, something better, something dawning"? Listen as Rev. Tyler Heston leads a discussion exploring how queer thinkers and theologians say we can can insist on and practice "utopia" in our day-to-day lives in a way and how liberation theology is about more about orthopraxy (right practice) than it is orthodoxy (right belief).

The media often focuses on individual acts of violence, but seldom focus on the institutions that cause the vast majority of violence in our society. We recently welcomed Trinidad Raj Molina, board member of AIRR, and Samantha M. for a discussion about the liberation theology principle of calling out and addressing institutional violence.

Both religious and political structures are quick to blame the poor for their poverty, but the systems that produce poverty are seldom held accountable for wreaking havoc on millions. Listen in as Deth Im facilitates a discussion on structural sin, one of the core tenets of liberation theology.

Across the Americas in the 20th century, priests and theologians looked at Scripture through the eyes of the oppressed, and they rediscovered a gospel of liberation throughout the pages. Listen as Rev Letiah Fraser and Nick Pickrell lead a conversation about the tenets of liberation theology.

Healing and liberation are what social movements have been fighting for both in the past and the present. Listen in as we welcome Rev Dr Delesslyn Kennebrew, JD MDiv for a conversation about the intersection of healing, liberation, and spiritual communities.

What does authentic hope look like in the midst of all the angst and fear that marks our current social dynamics? Is hope even a possibility now? What's the responsibility of people of faith and moral courage? Perhaps the prophet Ezekiel offers a perspective. Listen in from our conversation on Sunday, May 23rd as Rev. Deth Im shared in conversation with us- If you squint, you can see it.

Is it possible to make a stranger into a neighbor? The journey toward kinship with someone who looks, thinks, votes, believes differently than you begins with the mutual sharing of our stories, and interacting and working together in community — putting our faith in action. Listen now to our conversation from 4/25 as we continue our series Hope Here and Now with Rev. David Fraccaro, Executive Director of FaithAction International House, and Chi Nguyen, a member of the Leadership Team at The Open Table and Board Member from FaithAction International House.

We began the Lenten season grounding ourselves in the reality that we are dust and are a part of the ecosystem of mother earth to which we will return. Listen as we reflect on Palm Sunday through to Easter. The events from this sacred week remind us that political theatre and uprisings, caring for the earth as a project of survival, and planting seeds that will sustain the movement for justice began with Jesus, was carried forward by our ancestors, and will be carried forward by us until our ancestors' dreams of a resurrection city comes to life on earth.