Season 2
The Big Lie
Dec. 15, 2021
For some of us, the Big Lie was first named a part of our vocabulary after November of 2020. For others of us, we'v watched lies around supremacy, Christianity, patriarchy and heteronormativity blanket the earth for decades.…
Violent White Men Are the Threat to Beloved Community
Dec. 1, 2021
When Kyle Rittenhouse was found not guilty, the nation further affirmed its divide regarding self defense, gun control, protesting, and how just our justice system really is. The violent nature of our community, specificall…
Christians Against Christianity - A Conversation with Dr. Obery Hendericks
Nov. 8, 2021
Obery M. Hendricks Jr. is a best-selling author, an activist, a religious scholar, a former theological seminary president, and an ordained elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. His books include The Politics of J…
Justice Is a Way of Life - A Conversation with Dr. Cari Jackson
Nov. 1, 2021
Rev. Dr. Cari Jackson is director of spiritual care and activism for the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, leading RCRC's mission to equip, galvanize and collaborate with faith and community leaders advocating for…
The Immigration Crisis - Live from McAllen, Texas
Oct. 25, 2021
Dr. Robyn and Rev. Anna record this episode live from the border of Reynosa, Mexico. They spent the weekend with We the People Ride and were introduced to the amazing folx from Practice Mercy . Hear our stories and this wond…
The Crash of Facebook and Instagram – Are We Thinking Differently?
Oct. 11, 2021
On Monday, October 4, 2021, the world watched as Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp went down for hours. This was only a day after a whistle-blower shared documents and truths with the world about the tech giants and the way t…
Will Sunday Church Ever Be a Thing Again?
Oct. 4, 2021
If the pandemic has taught us anything, it is that changes that felt like a slow burn over the last decade accelerated in ways we didn't expect over the last eighteen months. Once of things we are curious about it just that …
The Brain-Based Enneagram - A Live Conversation with Dr. Jerome Lubbe
Sept. 27, 2021
Dr. Jerome Lubbe had his first debilitating migraine when he was 17. Since then, he has averaged about 100 migraines per year. His life has been a journey of victory and defeat, despair and hope, faith and doubt. As a comple…
Spiritual Trauma
Sept. 20, 2021
Some of us come from an evangelical upbringing that asked us to understand hell as a literal place, abstinence as law and sin as avoidable. Others of us grew up in mainline denominational systems that put on a face of modera…
Relationships are Hard – Ours Is No Different
Aug. 24, 2021
Relationships are hard. Showing up and being present for the great stuff and the tough stuff is what being in relationship is all about. And that's really easy to say and often harder to do. Some of us communicate through wo…
How One Bishop Has Change the Face of the Mainline Church
Aug. 16, 2021
A Conversation with Megan Rohrer
On Being Fugitives and Displacing Power - A Conversation with Bayo Akomolafe
Aug. 9, 2021
Dr. Bayo Akomolafe considers his most sacred work to be learning how to be with his daughter and son, Alethea Aanya and Kyah Jayden – and their mother, his wife and “life-nectar”, Ijeoma. “To learn the importance of insignif…
Olympic Games – Racism, Sexism, Queerphobia and Mental Health Criticism
Aug. 4, 2021
We are in the thick of the 2021 Summer Olympic Games and we are watching racism, sexism, queerphobia and mental health criticism unfold before our eyes. While these games can bring humans together, they are highly problemati…
Why Don't We Give A Sh!t About Each Other?
July 26, 2021
Delta Variant Is Wreaking Havoc – Are We Being Honest?
Rupture Is Essential For Liberation – A Conversation with Danté Stewart
July 19, 2021
Danté Stewart is a speaker and a writer whose work in the areas of race, religion, and politics has been featured on CNN and in The Washington Post, Christianity Today, Sojourners, The Witness: A Black Christian Collective, …
Navigating the Creator Economy - A Conversation with Blake Chastain
June 28, 2021
AND - Our Big Announcement
Introducing Abolitionist Sanctuary
June 19, 2021
We are thrilled to host Rev. Dr. Nikia Roberts on Juneteenth, the day she launches Abolitionist Sanctuary. Abolitionist Sanctuary’s mission is to help Black churches connect emancipatory religious values and abolitionist pri…
This Season of Pride and Spirituality - A Conversation with Sara Rosenau
June 10, 2021
Sara is a spiritual leader, facilitator, and teacher. She was educated at Earlham College, University of Denver, Iliff School of Theology, and holds a PhD in Theology and Women and Gender Studies from Drew University. Sara…
White Rage
June 7, 2021
What makes white folx so angry? How do they deal with a disappearing hold on privilege and power? Why is it difficult to acknowledge their pain in ways that aren't physically harmful to others? In this important episode, Dr.…
Palestine & Israel: Navigating the Conflict
May 31, 2021
Dove Kent has two decades of experience in grassroots organizing, political education, and movement building. Dove currently serves as the Senior Strategy Officer at Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice . She serve…
We Belong to One Another - A Conversation with Marcie Alvis-Walker
May 20, 2021
Black Coffee With a White and Latinx Friend
What is Family? A Conversation with Dr. Nikki Young
May 13, 2021
Having just passed the Sunday where the U.S. celebrates mothers (birth and chosen), the understanding many have about family can be conflicting. As kin and chosen family, Nikki Young and Dr. Robyn have a relationship that is…
Rest Is Political, But Not Always Easy
May 6, 2021
Dr. Robyn is heading off on sabbatical for the month so it's a great episode to talk about the politics of rest and spaciousness. Some of us are really good at creating time in our day to rest (er, Robyn). Some of us are abs…
Murder, War, Guns, Sex Work & Trans Rights: A Brain Dump
April 29, 2021
What the F%ck Is Happening In This Country?
Standing in Solidarity with Our Asian Siblings: Yuki Schwartz
April 22, 2021
Confronting Shame and Violence
Standing in Solidarity with Our Asian Siblings: Emiko Soltis
April 15, 2021
Dr. Laura Emiko Soltis serves as the Executive Director at Freedom University , an underground school for undocumented students in Atlanta. Born in rural Minnesota, Emiko was raised in a biracial Japanese/Slovak household an…
Standing in Solidarity with Our Asian Siblings: Sarah Bounse
April 8, 2021
Sarah Bouse is a skilled anti-racism facilitator, strategist, trainer. She has developed organizational equity policies/practices, facilitated anti-racism initiatives, and led authentic community engagement strategies to bes…
Standing in Solidarity with Our Asian Siblings: Jackie Shao
April 2, 2021
Jackie Shao is a life coach for creative entrepreneurs and impact-driven creatives. Through coaching, she helps people fully express themselves so that they can be the creative, innovative, brilliant people they are in all a…
Standing in Solidarity with Our Asian Siblings: Sahar Alsahlani
March 25, 2021
Sahar Alsahlani is an interfaith peace activist with a background in television and radio broadcast media and entertainment. Amplifying the voices, and sharing the stories of, individuals and communities who champion for jus…
Standing in Solidarity with Our Asian Siblings: Alex Wong
March 20, 2021
Only a day after the horrific shootings in greater Atlanta, we begin our series on anti-Asian racism. When a gunman violently assaulted and killed eight humans, six of whom were Asian women, in a matter of an hour, wounding …
Judas & the Black Messiah - What We Thought
March 13, 2021
Join Dr. Robyn and Rev. Anna as they dive into the recent release, Judas & the Black Messiah. To support the Save the Hampton House GoFundMe, click here: To support this podcast, please visit www.kindful.activistheology.com …
Navigating Love & Legislature – A Conversation with Rep. James Talarico
March 4, 2021
Continuing Our Texas Exchange
The Disaster in Texas
Feb. 25, 2021
What we watched transpire in Texas last week was not just a fluke. The systems that were designed to so-call protect the state's residents failed in ways that proved catastrophic. Between power and grid issues, climate chang…
Unconditional Basic Income - A Conversation with Scott Santens
Feb. 18, 2021
Making a Liberation-Focused Case for UBI
The Problem With the Middle
Feb. 12, 2021
On February 7, 2021, the biggest yearly sporting event in America took place. While the Superbowl is known as the championship for the NFL, it is also an advertising frenzy, as new commercials are anticipated. One of the mos…
Mutual Aid During Untenable Times - A Conversation with Dean Spade
Feb. 4, 2021
Caring for Community & One Another
Praying With Our Feet - A Conversation With Lindsey Krinks
Jan. 28, 2021
Abolishing Systems of Houselessness and Poverty
Fascism & Abolition – A Conversation with Jeannie Alexander
Jan. 22, 2021
The Insurgency at the Capital Was Not the First and Not the Last
How Did We Get Here? The Insurrection At The Capital
Jan. 14, 2021
Recorded Live at the Q Christian Fellowship Conference
Here We Go! Season Two
Jan. 8, 2021
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