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Jesus Has Left the Building
by Marta & Mandy
For way too long, Jesus, the radical revolutionary of the Gospels, has been held hostage by a domesticated, polite, and watered-down church. What does it mean to follow Jesus? How do we leave the comforts of our old and familiar church life and do the hard work that Jesus is calling us to do? How can we reclaim the identity of "Christian" as the revolutionary way of Jesus? In this podcast, Marta and Mandy explore these questions in order to help bring about God's kin-dom, on earth as it is in heaven.
Episodes
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Church and State with Lori Walke
In this final episode of this season, Altered States, Marta and Mandy talk with Rev. Lori Walke, minister of Mayflower Congregational Church in Oklahoma City, OK. We hear about her journey from growing up Southern Baptist to becoming a pastor in the United Church of Christ, about her work at...
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Buffalo Youth Nation Project
In this episode, we expand our reach from Kansas and Colorado into Wyoming and beyond! Marta & Mandy talk to Lisa Ansell Frazier, the founder, director and president of Buffalo Youth Nation. Lisa is a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and currently lives in Wyoming. She is a mother of…
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Partnership is the Future
Marta and Mandy chat with Felicia Smith GrayBeal, the Priest of St Paul's Episcopal Church, " a community following Christ into risky, messy, compassionate relationship with God, our neighbors and the world." St. Paul's literally followed Jesus out of the building when they sold their church...
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Getting Connected with Amy Kay
Marta and Mandy chat with Amy Kay Pavlovich, a minister and the owner of Connected, a fair trade store in Lindsborg, Kansas. Amy Kay talks about how she got into fair trade and how impactful fair trade is on the lives of people all around the world.
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Kin-Dom work with Queen and Princess
Marta & Mandy get real with Queen and Princess as we talk about the work they are doing in and around Ft. Collins, Denver, and the surrounding areas. We talk about their non-profit organizations, the concept of ubuntu, reparations, liberation, and above all, the work of building the God's Kin-Dom...
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Faith is Built on Three Legs
Marta & Mandy chat with Reb Moti Reiber and Rev. Rachael Pryor of Kansas Interfaith Action (KIFA), a Kansas statewide, multi–faith issue–advocacy organization that “puts faith into action” by educating, engaging and advocating on behalf of people of faith and the public regarding critical social,...
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A Heartfelt Gift
Marta and Mandy speak with Melissa St. Clair and Wendy Davidson of Heart of the Rockies Church in Ft. Collins, a church who is literally giving away their land in order to create intentional community with folks who are struggling to find homes as housing costs sky-rocket in northern Colorado.…
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Marta & Mandy are in Altered States!
A lot has happened lately! In the fall of 2022, Mandy moved to a small town in rural Kansas, and in the spring of 2023, Marta moved to northern Colorado. We’ve been getting to know our new communities over the last year, and now we are ready to share the awesome work that is happening in Kansas…
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Youth For Change at Plymouth
Plymouth Congregational Church is doing cool things, and we want to highlight Youth For Change - an important ministry led by Plymouth's youth. Check it out, and then listen to the end for a promo of our upcoming season which will drop at the end of January 2024!
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Rev. Dr. Wil Gafney is here!
We are so excited to welcome The Rev. Wil Gafney, Ph.D. She is the author of A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church and Womanist Midrash: A Reintroduction to Women of the Torah and of the Throne, as well as many other publications. She is an Episcopal priest, and a delightful human, and we're...
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The Gospel of Musical Theatre
Marta & Mandy are joined by “cathedral deans and musical theatre queens” Nathan LeRud and Peter Elliott, the hosts of The Gospel of Musical Theatre, a podcast that takes a deep dive into musicals classic and contemporary, examining the intersection of musical theatre, spirituality, culture, and...
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How to Begin When Your World is Ending with Molly Baskette
Marta & Mandy chat with Molly Baskette, UCC pastor and author of several books, including her most recent, How to Begin When Your World is Ending: A Spiritual Field Guide to Joy Despite Everything. Molly shares some pro-tips for handling some of the most challenging experiences a person can live...
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Sophia Theological Seminary and Farms
This episode features Dr. Mark Biddle and Dr. Melissa Jackson, two of the founders and leaders of Sophia Theological Seminary & Sophia Farms, organizations that seek to re-imagine theological education. where seminary students will “pay” for their theological education while working on Sophia...
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Wildwood Wisdom with Kimberly Knight
Kimberly Knight joins Marta & Mandy for a conversation about her organization, Wildwood Wisdom. Kimberly is an expat living in the Netherlands, and has been a longtime Wild Goose Festival participant. She, too, is a WGF sponsor this year. Her work connects spirituality with nature, and literally...
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The ROCK Center
Corbin Tobey-Davis and Tierra Brown join Marta & Mandy to share the work they do at The ROCK Center in Aurora, Colorado. The ROCK Center is a community based organization serving children, youth and their families, offering arts based out of school programming for youth and families that focuses…
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The Wild Goose Festival!
In this episode, we interview Tim Kerr, Director of Partner Relations for the Wild Goose Festival, an annual 4-day Spirit, Justice, Music and Arts Festival. Now in it's 13th year, the Wild Goose Festival is an opportunity for people to "people flock together to celebrate a way of life rooted in...
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Divesting from Hierarchy
Divesting from Hierarchy features Jenny Whitcher and Javon Bracy, two ministers from Juniper Formation, a faith community where prophetically reimagine the Church from the margins. Juniper is women- and nonbinary-led, multiethnic and antiracist, affirming of undocumented neighbors, celebrating of...
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Jesus is in the Narthex
This episode features Rev. Lorraine Ceniceros, Conference Minister of the Kansas-Oklahoma Conference of the United Church of Christ. Lorraine is the first Latina woman installed into the position of Conference Minister in the United Church of Christ, and only the 5th Mexican-American woman to be...
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Flushing the Toilet of Racism
In this episode, we interview Rev. Claudia Aguilar Rubalcava, interim pastor at Park Hill Congregational Church in Denver, Colorado. Claudia shares her story as a Mexican woman serving the church in the United States. She talks about her own work towards anti-racism, and she gives us our all-time...
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The Danger of Ministry
Christian Watkins is the Campus Pastor/Executive Director of Ecumenical Campus Ministries at Kansas State University, and she is the Associate Producer of the independent film The Pulpit. In this episode, Marta, Mandy & Christian talk about ministry in rural settings, what it means to be a woman…
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Getting Rid of White Jesus (and more) with Nurturing Justice
Today we feature Kris Watson, founder and CEO, and Pat Dolin, board member, of Nurturing Justice, an organization that exists to "promote the dignity of all humanity, expose the fallacy of white skinned supremacy and promote the notion that there is no hierarchy of human value based on skin…
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Jesus and John Wayne with Kristin Du Mez and Jeff Scholes
Marta & Mandy are joined by friend and colleague Jeff Scholes to interview Kristin Du Mez about her book Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation. Kristin Kobes Du Mez is a New York Times bestselling author and Professor of History and Gender Studies…
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BONUS MATERIAL with Anthony Scott!
As you can imagine, we had lots of really great conversations with Rev. Dr. Anthony Scott while recording our mini-series "Facing Our F.E.A.R.S" and some of it didn't make it into the 3 episodes. We wanted to get this important discussion out, where we talk about finding a community of practice,...
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Facing Our F.E.A.R.S: Dismantling Racism
In this final episode of the mini-series with Rev. Dr. Anthony Scott, we talk about dismantling racism using the F.E.A.R.S framework. We dive deep into the ways that white people can do this much needed work with authenticity.
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Facing Our F.E.A.R.S: Discrediting Racism
In this second episode, we think about ways to discredit racism, using Rev. Dr. Anthony Scott's framework of Facing Our F.E.A.R.S. and we learn about how shaking the foundation of racism - both individually and systemically - can lead to important change.
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Facing Our F.E.A.R.S - Disrupting Racism
In the first of a 3 episode series of conversations Rev. Dr. Anthony Scott shares his expertise and experience to help us disrupt racism within ourselves and larger systems of oppression. We unpack the F.E.A.R.S framework (F - Faith Formation, E - Education, A - Accountability, R - Reflection, S…
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I'm Too Sacred for That
Our final episode of Season 7, I’m Too Sacred for That, features Dr. Christena Cleveland. Christena Cleveland Ph.D. is a social psychologist, public theologian, author, and activist. A weaver of Black liberation and the sacred feminine, Dr. Cleveland integrates psychology, theology, storytelling,...
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I'd Rather Build
In the penultimate episode of Season 7, Marta & Mandy chat about what they've learned about Ritualizing Relationship in conversation with the many and varied guests. We hear from Angie Hong & Jennifer Guerra Aldana, two of the co-founders of Kinship Commons, a collective for artists of color...
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Un-Conference
Episode 8 of Ritualizing Relationships is called Unconference and it features Aaron Bailey and Jen Fisher, the co-founders of Launchpad Partners. Launchpad provides coaching, tools and resources to leaders who sense a calling to launch something new into the world – whether that something is a...
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Leaderfull: Failing into Relationship
We recorded Episode 7, Leaderfull: Failing into Relationship, on October 6, 2022 and it features Rev. Dr. Anthony Scott and Rev. Erin Gilmore, who were, at the time of recording, co-associate ministers of the Rocky Mountain Conference United Church of Christ. Less than a week before its scheduled...
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My Mama's Preaching
Episode 6, My Mama's Preaching, features Rev. Melech E. M. Thomas, a senior pastor, community organizer, and scholar with a heart for liberation, creativity, and African-centered theology. Rev. Melech was one of the youngest inductees into the 35th class of the illustrious Morehouse College…
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Mishkhah
In this episode, we are joined by Kate Eaton. Kate founded Mishkah in January 2010. Mishkhah is grounded in the beauty and wonder of the tradition, sacraments and architecture of Anglicanism. Kate brings her experience in directing the arts and music. Since founding Mishkhah, Kate has partnered...
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Lean on Me
In today’s episode, Lean on Me, we talk with Dr. Traci C. West. Dr West is Associate Professor of Ethics and African American Studies at Drew University Theological School. She is the author of Disruptive Christian Ethics: When Racism and Women's Lives Matter, among many other books. She has…
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Wear Your Grandmother's Hat or Have Grandchildren?
In this third episode of Season 7, we hear from Tim Burnette, Founder/Core Curator of Way Collective. Tim is a dreamer, philosopher, and theologian. He has spent years reflecting on the evolving Christian faith, and earned his doctorate from Claremont School of Theology, where he studied process...
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Working Within the Fragments
In this second episode, Working within the Fragments we hear from Dr. Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi. Kristina shares her perspective on intersectional feminism as a professor and minister and through her various intersectional lenses. Dr. Kristina is the Director of the Office of Professional Formation...
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Dismantling PMS
In this first episode of Season 7, Dismantling PMS, we hear from Dr. Irie Session. Dr. Irie is the pastor of The Gathering a Womanist church, the CEO of DreamBIG Coaching & Consulting, and the author several books. Dr. Irie shares the story of the womanist church she started, the difference…
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Words Shape Worlds
Our guest for Episode six is M Barclay, the director and co-founder of Enfleshed. Enfleshed is one of our favorite resources for liturgy, prayers, and other words, because of the focus on collective liberation. In this episode, Words Shape Worlds, we spend a lot of time discussing deconstruction...
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Presence Rather than Perfection
In Episode 5, Presence Rather than Perfection, Marta, Mandy & Lillie talk to Omar El-Hawagi, a screenwriter, employment discrimination attorney, and co-founder of the inclusive, spiritual Muslim organization, Grassroot Islam. Omar brings a presence and joy that we can't wait to share with you.
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Creativity is Code Word for God
In today's episode, Creativity is Code Word for God, Marta and Lillie speak with Rabbi Adina Allen, a spiritual leader, writer and social innovator. Adina is the co-founder and Creative Director of the Jewish Studio Project, and Bay area based organization that uses art making as a tool for…
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The Sacred is Always Here
In Episode 3 of Season 6, The Sacred is Always Here, we talk with Rev. Jen Crow & Rev. Arif Mamdani, pastors of First Universalist in Minneapolis, Minnesota, about the ways they are breaking down the patriarchy and decolonizing their congregation, in partnership with their leaders. We talk about...
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To See and Be Seen
In this Second episode of season 6 called, To See and Be Seen, Marta, Mandy & Lillie talk about Rev. Jen Butler, a UCC minister in Corvallis, Oregon, at First Congregational United Church of Christ where she has been a co-conspirator in the work of community and restoration since 2010. In the…
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Make Holy Sparks Fly
In this first episode of season 6, Make Holy Sparks Fly, Marta & Mandy chat with Lillie Benowitz about why she's joining our team this season, her in-between time, and how she came to be a relationship weaver and space builder. What we love most about Lillie is her desire to create containers for...
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How Can the Church Bridge the Gap?
Our country, and our world, is so divided, especially following this global pandemic. What is the church's role in finding common ground, while still upholding our values? How do we build relationships with people who are so different than we are? How do we protect the "least of these" when we...
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How Can the Church Dismantle Patriarchy?
Marta & Mandy are back after a break in season 5 to discuss another big question from church member Levi: the church and patriarchy. As Levi says, patriarchy might be considered the church's "original sin" from which all other forms of oppression stem. How do we turn over the tables in the church...
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How can the church support its families?
Marta, Mandy & Roger have an in depth conversation with author Frank Schaeffer about his new book, "Fall in Love, Have Children, Stay Put, Save the Planet, Be Happy." They talk about the ways capitalism fails families, and the way the church falls into the same traps. They consider ways that the...
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Why Are We So Afraid of Death?
Rev. Pedro Silva asks Marta and Mandy about why as Christians, we are so afraid of death, even though we believe in resurrection. The conversation that ensues brings even more questions to light, as we turn over tables, check under rocks, and truly explore one of the deepest held tenets of our...
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How do we cultivate church leadership in healthy ways?
In many churches, leadership structures stifle creativity and innovation. How do we get outside the box to create more fluid structures that honor all people's gifts - ministers, church staff, and lay people alike? Marta and Mandy explore Acts 16:10-15, and the ways Paul and Lydia lead their...
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Why is the Church SO Freaking Safe?
Season 5, Turning Over Tables, focuses on questions about "THE CHURCH" as we dive deep about why the church is the way it is. Episode 1 starts strong with challenging us to think about why the church so rarely engages in the kind of bold, risky behaviors Jesus did when he flipped over the tables…
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Grumpy Ol' Prophet
In the final episode of Season 4, Follow Me and Subscribe, Marta and Mandy are joined by Starlette Thomas. Starlette is a self-described "Grumpy Ol' Prophet," and her podcast, The Raceless Gospel, takes her listeners to church and to a virtual church where she and her guests tackle that taboo...
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The Art of Story Telling
In the penultimate episode of Season 4, Marta and Mandy chat with Leslie Sheley, member of Black Forest Community Church, and creator of the Instagram page ilovebarbies31. Leslie shares with us the lives of her Barbie friends who do wildly creative and deeply important work in their world.
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For way too long, Jesus, the radical revolutionary of the Gospels, has been held hostage by a domesticated, polite, and watered-down church. What does it mean to follow Jesus? How do we leave the comforts of our old and familiar church life and do the hard work that Jesus is calling us to do? How can we reclaim the identity of "Christian" as the revolutionary way of Jesus? In this podcast, Marta and Mandy explore these questions in order to help bring about God's kin-dom, on earth as it is in heaven.
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