Liz and Peter talk about about art and justice as well as the work of justice in a multi-faith world. They discuss at length two different renditions of the national anthem by our webinar speaker, Daniel Roumain, representing protest and proclaim. And terms like polysemy, multivocality, and epistemological humility lead to a conversation on our need to learn from others, especially people of various faith traditions. To dig deeper with us, join the Faith and Justice Network, an online learning community pursuing a more beautiful, expansive, and liberating vision of Christian faith in the world. Learn more here.

Liz and Peter talk about gender and justice, addressing gender in immigrant churches and Asian American cultures, new ways of reading the stories of Adam and Eve with the help of Katherine Bushnell, a new community called Miriam’s Song led by Rev. Riana Shaw Robinson, and more. A few resources mentioned: Kristin DuMez, A New Gospel for Women: Katharine Bushnell and the Challenge of Christian Feminism Miriam’s Song Church To dig deeper with us, join the Faith and Justice Network, an online learning community pursuing a more beautiful, expansive, and liberating vision of Christian faith in the world. Learn more here.

Liz asks Peter about the Future of Faith Conference which happened in January. They spend the bulk of their time discussing a new piece by Peter entitled, “Deconstruction Spirituality: Five Shifts for the Future of Faith,” which will appear in the June 2023 issue of The Christian Century. To dig deeper with us, join the Faith and Justice Network, an online learning community pursuing a more beautiful, expansive, and liberating vision of Christian faith in the world. Learn more here.

In this final episode of 2022, Liz and Peter share what Advent and Christmas mean to them, the gifts of womanism, Black liberation theology, the limits of academic theology, and progressive Christianity. They wrap up their conversation by reflecting on why the darkness of Advent may be a blessing to be savored beyond just a season. To dig deeper with us, join the Faith and Justice Network, an online learning community pursuing a more beautiful, expansive, and liberating vision of Christian faith in the world. Learn more here.

In this episode focusing on our November theme (the Long Journey), Liz and Peter discuss his previous statement that he might still be an evangelical, delving into the history of evangelicalism and the long journey of spirituality that forms each of us today. They also discuss supersessionism, the weaponization of the Bible, the peculiar (rancid?) smell of evangelicalism, and why the Episcopal Church and other mainline denominations may not be the solution post-evangelicals and exvangelicals think they may be. They also discuss Mark Noll's America's Book: The Rise and Decline of a Bible Civilization, 1794-1911 and the ways the Bible has been a blessing a burden in their lives and in American Christianity. To dig deeper with us, join the Faith and Justice Network, an online learning community pursuing a more beautiful, expansive, and liberating vision of Christian faith in the world. Learn more here.

Liz Lin and Peter Choi discuss Cole Arthur Riley’s book and webinar, which occurred at our fall gathering in Denver. They cover a range of topics including Howard Thurman’s invitation to hear the sound of the genuine, the doctrine of total depravity, internalized racism, the hubris behind some projects of evangelization, and their own spiritual journeys. A surprising realization (confession?) at the end that one of them may still be an evangelical brings this episode to a sudden conclusion, to be continued next time! To watch the webinar with Cole Arthur Riley and to dig deeper with us, join the Faith and Justice Network, an online learning community pursuing a more beautiful, expansive, and liberating vision of Christian faith in the world. Learn more here.

Peter Choi and Liz Lin talk about the struggle of making the inward journey as Asian American Christians, the founding of PAAC (Progressive Asian American Christians), the role of place in spirituality, their respective sojourns in the Midwest, what it means to decolonize faith, code switching, and more. To dig deeper with us, join the Faith and Justice Network, an online learning community pursuing a more beautiful, expansive, and liberating vision of Christian faith in the world. Learn more here.

Wrapping up our September unit, Liz Lin and Peter Choi discuss how being Asian American affects the ways we might draw boundaries, navigating white normativity, what to do with anger, why it’s important to learn from diverse voices, and more. Links to things we talked about: Saving Grace by Kirsten Powers The Voices We Carry by J. S. Park Letters to My Sister by Deborah Turner To dig deeper with us, join the Faith and Justice Network, an online learning community pursuing a more beautiful, expansive, and liberating vision of Christian faith in the world. Learn more here.

The Faith and Justice Podcast is back! In this opening episode for fall 2022, D.L. Mayfield, Liz Lin, and Peter Choi talk about the past, present, and future work of our community. D.L. and Peter fill us in on why the podcast ended so abruptly last season. And then they settle into a time of reflecting on what it means for us to be a community of learning and belonging. Links to things we talked about: This Here Flesh by Cole Arthur Riley Saving Grace by Kirsten Powers Register for our Fall Gathering in Denver (Oct 7-9) The Faith & Justice Network is an online learning community pursuing a more beautiful, expansive, and liberating vision of Christian faith in the world. Learn more here.

D.L. Mayfield talks with Damon Garcia about the subversive message of Easter, following a God who calls us to change, capitalism, mutual aid, the spiritual practice of relaxing, and more. A few resources mentioned:Follow Damon: YouTube / Instagram / Twitter / FacebookThe God Who Riots by Damon Garcia (coming out August 23, 2022!)Unruly Saint by D.L. Mayfield (coming out November 8, 2022!)Enfleshed - Liturgy That MattersThe Faith & Justice Network is an online learning community pursuing a more beautiful, expansive, and liberating vision of Christian faith in the world. Learn more here.

Peter Choi talks with Julie Rodgers about money, power, and justice. They explore how money and power serve the status quo and perpetuate injustice, often in subtle and imperceptible ways. They also talk about moving from power hoarding to power sharing and conclude by reflecting on repentance as a vital step toward healing and justice. A few resources mentioned; find the books at your favorite bookstore or library:Find Julie online: website / Twitter / Instagram / FacebookOutlove: A Queer Christian Survival Story by Julie RodgersThe Myth Of The American Dream: Reflections on Affluence, Autonomy, Safety, and Power by D.L. MayfieldDebt Cancellation as Sovereign Crisis Management by Devin Singh

D.L. Mayfield talks with Emmy Kegler, pastor and author of One Coin Found: How God’s Love Stretches to the Margins (2019) and All Who Are Weary: Easing the Burden on the Walk with Mental Illness (2021). They discuss growing up in low church and high church, learning from dogs and cats, the trauma and beauty of communion, making casseroles, the spiritual practice of homemaking, neurodivergence, and much more. A few resources mentioned:Find Emmy online: website / Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / Podcast: Cafeteria ChristianOne Coin Found: How God's Love Stretches to the Margins by Emmy KeglerAll Who Are Weary: Easing the Burden on the Walk with Mental Illness by Emmy KeglerVirtual communion: Emmaus TableTake This Bread: A Radical Conversion by Sara MilesThe Faith and Justice Network is now available as a monthly or annual membership! Join our community and get access each month to several virtual webinars, video resources, curated readings, spiritual practices, online forums, and more. Join us for a month, a season, or a year or more. Visit www.faithjustice.net to learn more!

D.L. Mayfield and Peter Choi talk about our theme for March: Gender, Sexuality, and Justice. They address the harmful effects of Christian patriarchy and the fallacy of the “two-thousand-years-of-church-history-can’t-be-wrong” argument. Is there really such a thing as a timeless and monolithic Christian teaching on gender and sexuality? Is progressive Christianity truly free of patriarchal thinking? How do we overcome fears of the slippery slope? What does it look like to imagine new ways of being gendered? And how might we pursue this work together in community? A few resources mentioned:The Making of Biblical Womanhood by Beth Allison BarrGod Is A Black Woman by Christena ClevelandD.L.'s forthcoming book on Dorothy Day: Unruly SaintResurrection Hope: A Future Where Black Lives Matter by Kelly Brown DouglasPublic Vows: A History of Marriage and the Nation by Nancy F. CottMarriage between Males by Craig WilliamsBecome a Member! Participation in the Faith and Justice Network is available through a monthly or annual membership. If you want to join the conversation, we’d love to welcome you into our community! Learn more on our website.

D.L. Mayfield talks with Robert Monson about running, poetry, reconfiguring our idea of what is foreign, losing ourselves in what we don’t know, womanist theology, indigenous poetry, curiosity in the face of pain, social media, and much more as spiritual practices. A few resources mentioned: Morgan Harper Nichols: https://morganharpernichols.com Robert Monson on Twitter: https://twitter.com/robertjmonson Robert Monson’s Podcast and Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/threeblackmen/postsWe also want to note that the Faith and Justice Network is now available through a monthly or annual membership. If you want to join the conversation, we’d love to welcome you into our community! Learn more on our website.

D.L. Mayfield and Peter Choi talk about our month of focusing on race and justice, discussing new books by Kelly Brown Douglas and Lisa Sharon Harper as well as texts that have been around a while by authors like Willie James Jennings and Robert Allen Warrior. They discuss the recent trend of opinion pieces in the mainstream media expressing nostalgia for better versions of Christianity in the past. Topics range from supersessionism to confederate monuments to epistemological privilege––all features of white supremacy that require closer examination if we are going to work for justice. A few resources mentioned (get the books from your local bookstore, library, or wherever you get your books!):Roots miniseriesResurrection Hope: A Future Where Black Lives Matter by Kelly Brown DouglasFortune by Lisa Sharon HarperThe Christian Imagination by Willie James JenningsUnruly Saint: Dorothy Day's Radical Vision and its Challenge for Our Times by D.L. Mayfield (releases November 2022)The God Who Riots by Damon Garcia (releases August 2022)We also want to note that the Faith and Justice Network is now available through a monthly or annual membership. If you want to join the conversation, we’d love to welcome you into our community! Learn more on our website.

D.L. Mayfield and Jessica Kantrowitz talk about the spiritual life in the midst of anxiety, depression, and chronic illness, asking what it means to pray when prayer feels bitter or like putting sand in your mouth. A few resources mentioned:Find Jessica's books hereFollow Jessica on social media: Twitter / Instagram / FacebookLearn about the Enneagram here

Peter Choi and D.L. Mayfield talk about what it looks like to pursue faith in the midst of crumbling institutions, a controversial talk given by Christena Cleveland at one of our past conferences that we’re focusing on this month on our platform, the perils of questioning religious authorities, and much more. A few resources mentioned (get the books from your local bookstore, library, or wherever you get your books!):Resurrection Hope: A Future Where Black Lives Matter by Kelly Brown DouglasFortune by Lisa Sharon HarperChristena Cleveland: Website / Instagram / Twitter / FacebookCheck out D.L.'s other podcast: Prophetic Imagination StationWe also want to note that the Faith and Justice Network is now available through a monthly or annual subscription, so if you want to join the conversation, we’d love to welcome you into our community! Learn more or subscribe at faithjustice.net.

D.L. Mayfield and Kelley Nikondeha talk about the duality of living in different worlds, making friends with sadness, adoption, the complexities of Palestine, food, art, friendship, and reclaiming Advent amidst the consumerization of Christmas. A few resources mentioned (get the books from your local bookstore, library, or wherever you get your books!):Kelley Nikondeha - Learn about her books here, and follow her social media: Facebook / Instagram / TwitterTelling the Truth: The Gospel as Tragedy, Comedy, and Fairy Tale by Frederick BuechnerSarah BesseyEn la Lucha / In the Struggle: A Hispanic Women's Liberation Theology by Ada Maria Isasi-DiazSliman Mansour

Peter Choi, D.L. Mayfield, and Riana Shaw Robinson talk about the outward journey, fumbling through Advent, their conflicted relationship with Christmas music, Rachel Held Evans’ Wholehearted Faith, James Cone on Reinhold Niebuhr, the perils and promise of deconstruction, and the role of Jesus and the Bible in the midst of it all. A few resources mentioned (get the books from your local bookstore, library, or wherever you get your books!):Kelley Nikondeha (who will be a podcast guest on the next episode!)Reclaiming My Theology Advent BookWhat is God Like? (and all of Matthew Paul Turner's children books)D.L. and Kelley's sermon (scroll down to March 7, 2021)Jessica Kantrowitz (check out her website to find her on your favorite social media platform)

D.L. Mayfield talks with J.S. Park, a hospital chaplain in Florida and author most recently of The Voices We Carry: Finding Your One True Voice in a World of Clamor and Noise. They discuss faith, writing, the spirituality of reading fiction, and many other spiritual practices. A few resources mentioned:The Voices We Carry: Finding Your One True Voice in a World of Clamor and Noise by J.S. ParkFollow J.S. on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook