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The Open Table Collective Podcast
by Danny Cox
My name is Danny Cox and I am a former evangelical mega-church pastor who is passionate about Jesus and ALL human beings. I was part of leading a beautiful faith community for over two decades. In that time I started to notice some of our core beliefs and theologies were causing harm to some of our neighbors. I left and started The Open Table Collective especially for people who felt hurt, marginalized, forgotten, or excluded from the Christian community. These conversations are for us to explore and grow in our faith while RE-IMAGINING together a different kind of Jesus centered community.
Episodes
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Bette Dickinson: The Power of Lament (Season 2, Episode 3)
Bette Dickinson is an author, speaker, leader, and artist who has a passion for spiritually leading people into well-being and flourishing. Through her powerful artwork, writing, and leading Bette brings to light the critical importance of the spiritual practice of lament. By engaging in the...
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K. William Kautz: Rediscovering Wonder Out of Suffering (Season 2, Episode 2)
Sitting at the table with us is K. William Kautz, the author of the book "Milky Ways and Fireflies" which chronicles the tragic loss of two of his sons and how the journey through such devastating suffering and loss led to a rediscovery of wonder. Will has such a humble and thoughtful approach as...
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Michael Spehn: The Connective Tissue of Suffering (Season 2, Episode 1)
Sitting at The Open Table with us today is Michael Spehn. Michael and his wife Gina are New York Times best selling authors of the book The Color Of Rain which chronicles their journey through the loss of their respective spouses to cancer and how that experience drew their families together....
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Mallory Wyckoff: Finding Stillness in the Waiting (Season 1, Episode 17)
The Open Table Collective is grateful to welcome Mallory Wyckoff to the table. Mallory is an author of the book "God is..." she is also a spiritual director, peace builder and peace maker, speaker, and incredible leader. Mallory takes us on a journey of how to navigate the liminal times of our...
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Shane Claiborne Live in Detroit: Guns, Violence, The Death Penalty, & Jesus (Season 1, Episode 16)
On September 16th The Open Table Collective was honored to host author, speaker, and activist Shane Claiborne live in the Detroit area. In this talk Shane passionately challenges all Jesus-centered people to make a stand against the violence that is tearing through the United States and rethink…
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Dr. Isaac B. Sharp: The Other Evangelicals (Season 1, Episode 15)
The Open Table Collective is honored to have at the table Dr. Isaac B. Sharp as we discuss his new book The Other Evangelicals: A Story of Liberal, Black, Progressive, Feminist, and Gay Christians and the Movement that Pushed Them Out. In this table conversation we look at the rise of the modern...
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Dr. David Gushee: The Full Inclusion of the LGBTQ+ Community (Season 1, Episode 14)
In June of 2023, The Open Table Collective hosted a live gathering in Detroit featuring renowned author, pastor, teacher, and top Christian ethicist Dr. David Gushee. The topic was full inclusion of the LGBTQ+ community into the entire life of the Christian church. This podcast is a follow up...
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Danny and Bea Cox: A Pastor and His Trans Daughter Talk Jesus, Family and Life (Season 1, Episode 13)
Danny Cox, the host of The Open Table Collective Podcast and a former mega church evangelical conservative pastor, sits down at the table with his trans daughter Bea to discuss family, religion, sexuality, and Jesus. This conversation is raw, real, unscripted and unedited as they both are still...
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Jamie Winship: Living Fearlessly in Our Unique Identity (Season 1, Episode 12)
This episode we welcome Jamie Winship to the table as he talks so inspirationally about how every person can live within their unique God given identities to have immeasurable impact in the world. Jamie has learned what it takes for individuals to discover the transformative power of living...
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The Cluttered Table Collection: Being Transfigured (Season 1, Episode 11)
Bea and Danny talk through the moment when Jesus closest disciples got to witness upon the mountain the transfiguration of Jesus alongside Elijah and Moses. It is a very mysterious but relevant moment not just for the early followers and friends of Jesus but for all Jesus-centered people…
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Dr. Craig Mayes: Now Here or No Where (Season 1, Episode 10)
The intriguing title encapsulates all of what this dynamic conversation embodies. Dr. Craig Mayes sits down at the table to discuss his decades of ministry experience but in particular his time spent in New York City serving, loving, and communing with a marginalized group of people who are...
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The Cluttered Table Collection: Smudge Pots (Season 1, Episode 9)
On this episode of The Cluttered Table Bea and Danny continue to discuss the weekly church lectionary. Bea gives some basic definitions, reasons, and ways to understand the lectionary and how it can be used to shape and grow our faith. They also discuss a passage of scripture in the book of 1...
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Jesus as Fully Human: A Special Holy Week Message (Season 1, Episode 8)
Jesus was not only God but Jesus was fully human. Jesus was born as a vulnerable baby having to rely on his parents, family members, and community to help him grow and mature. Scripture claims Jesus would grow in wisdom and in stature throughout his life. The thought of God learning and growing...
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Shane Claiborne: Rethinking Life (Season 1, Episode 7)
Shane Claiborne visits The Open Table Collective to discuss his new book, Rethinking Life: Embracing the Sacredness of Every Person. Shane challenges and ignites our imagination to envision and embrace a holistic ethic of life, not just protecting life within the womb but truly valuing all life...
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The Cluttered Table Collection: Death That Brings Resurrected Life (Season 1, Episode 6)
Danny and Bea once again sit at their cluttered table of faith but the conversation took a turn they did not expect. Reading from the most well-known chapter in all of scripture which starts with a man named Nicodemus coming to Jesus in secret, under the covering of darkness, they then finish…
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Carolyn Custis James: Ezer Kenegdo, Women as Spiritual Warriors (Season 1, Episode 5)
It is ridiculous in 2023 that there are still certain sects of the Christian church arguing, justifying, and putting up barriers to limit women in their roles and capacities of influence and leadership within the church. Carolyn Custis James is one of the modern-day faith heroes that has been...
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The Cluttered Table Collection: Xenia The Holy Fool (Season 1, Episode 4)
This is the first episode of what we are calling "The Cluttered Table Collection". These are smaller "appetizer" episodes of Danny and his youngest child Bea discussing what they are learning as they journey together through the yearly church lectionary. These are not necessarily in order but…
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Eli Garza: The Nations Around Us (Season 1, Episode 3)
Nicole Wilson and Danny Cox have a lively conversation with pastor and leader Eli Garza about the importance of understanding cultures, how to have an inter-cultural mindset, and what a gift it can be to truly do the work to see the uniqueness of all our neighbors.
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Dr. Eric Moore: Looking Through the Eyes of Another (Season 1, Episode 2)
Should our ethnicity, culture, race, or skin color influence our faith and how we view ourselves, God, our neighbors, and the world? This is the core question that Dr. Eric Moore and Danny wrestle with together at the table. What comes out of this discussion is intriguing and challenging.
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The Maiden Voyage (Season 1, Episode 1)
This is The Open Table Collective's first podcast; its maiden voyage. We will share the history of the project, some of the tenets we are built upon, and share some of our hopes and dreams as we venture out to sea on this journey of reimagining, rethinking, and reclaiming faith and the person of...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
My name is Danny Cox and I am a former evangelical mega-church pastor who is passionate about Jesus and ALL human beings. I was part of leading a beautiful faith community for over two decades. In that time I started to notice some of our core beliefs and theologies were causing harm to some of our neighbors. I left and started The Open Table Collective especially for people who felt hurt, marginalized, forgotten, or excluded from the Christian community. These conversations are for us to explore and grow in our faith while RE-IMAGINING together a different kind of Jesus centered community.
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My name is Danny Cox and I am a former evangelical mega-church pastor who is passionate about Jesus and ALL human beings. I was part of leading a beautiful faith community for over two decades. In that time I started to notice some of our core beliefs and theologies were causing harm to some of our...
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