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Future Christian explores church leadership, church renewal, and the future of Christianity through conversations with pastors, authors, theologians, and other faith leaders. Each episode offers practical wisdom and fresh ideas for navigating church decline, cultural change, ministry, and the challenges facing congregations today.
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Dec 22, 2020
Dec 22, 2020
47 min
Paula Stone Williams joins the pod to talk about progressive Christian church planting and what churches need to think about going forward from Covid.
Paula Stone Williams is an internationally-known speaker on issues of gender equity, LGBTQ advocacy, and religious tolerance. She has been featured in TEDWomen, TEDSummit, TEDxMileHigh, the New York Times, Red Table Talk, the Denver Post, the New York Post, New Scientist Magazine, Radio New Zealand, and NPR. Her TED talks have had over five million views.
To learn more about Paula, visit her website https://paulastonewilliams.com/
Her church, https://www.lefthandchurch.org/
The Future Christian Podcast is a production of Torn Curtain Arts and Resonate Media.
To support the pod: https://patron.podbean.com/futurechristian
Dec 15, 2020
Dec 15, 2020
45 min
Sarah Jackson is the founder and executive director of Casa de Paz, a hospitality home in Denver, Colorado. Casa’s family of more than 2,000 volunteers ministers to immigrants and families separated by detention with visits, meals, shelter, transportation, and emotional support through the arduous process of reunification. Sarah’s mission is to help end the isolating experience of immigrant detention one simple act of love at a time.
Learn more about Casa de Paz here: https://www.casadepazcolorado.org/
Check out Sarah's book here: https://www.zondervan.com/author/6553/sarah-jackson/
The Future Christian Podcast is a production of Torn Curtain Arts and Resonate Media.
Dec 8, 2020
Dec 8, 2020
40 min
Amanda Udis-Kessler joins the pod to talks her project "Queer Sacred Music," a resource for anyone who is socially marginalized and institutionally punished, AND ALSO for anyone with power, status, and privilege who wishes to live in solidarity with the oppressed, devalued, and threatened.
Amanda is a hymnwriter, songwriter, composer, and writer who specializes in music and lyrics for liberal/progressive religious people and communities, including inclusive, social justice-minded Christians, Unitarian Universalists, and other open-hearted religious traditions. Amanda's religious music is in use across the US and in Canada, the UK, South Africa, and New Zealand.
https://queersacredmusic.com/home
The Future Christian Podcast is a production of Torn Curtain Arts and Resonate Media.
Dec 1, 2020
Dec 1, 2020
42 min
Rev. Dr. Stephany Rose Spaulding joins the pod to talk about her work with the Truth and Conciliation Commission, and how each and every person can be a repairer of the breach with the resources we already have.
Pastor Stephany is a well sought out keynote speaker; respected commentator on social and political issues; and a popular diversity, equity and inclusion workshop facilitator. Drawing on her thorough academic training as a critical race and gender scholar, as well as her work in public advocacy, she is a refreshing voice in justice and liberation practices.
The Future Christian Podcast is a production of Torn Curtain Arts and Resonate Media.
Nov 24, 2020
Nov 24, 2020
53 min
Pastor David Petty joins the pod to talk about CrossFire Gaming, a project he helped create, that seeks to provide alternative spaces and opportunities for people to connect with God and with one another.
Rev. David Petty currently serves as the pastor of Meeker UMC and is the founder of CROSSFIRE: faith+gaming. He enjoys spending time with his family and loves the great outdoors.
The Future Christian Podcast is a production of Torn Curtain Arts and Resonate Media.
Nov 3, 2020
Nov 3, 2020
54 min
Dwight Zscheile joins the pod to talk about disintegration and decline in the mainline church and why he sees churches as having an opportunity to rediscover their identity. We talk about an article he wrote a couple years back on decline in the Lutheran church and it's application to the wider church at large. https://faithlead.luthersem.edu/decline/
Rev. Dr. Dwight Zscheile is the Vice President of Innovation and Associate Professor of Congregational Mission and Leadership at Luther Seminary.
The Future Christian Podcast is a production of Torn Curtain Arts and Resonate Media.
Oct 27, 2020
Oct 27, 2020
41 min
DL Mayfield joins the pod to talk about her book The Myth of The American Dream and the problems with white, middle class, evangelical theology.
D. L. Mayfield lives and writes on the outskirts of Portland, OR with her husband and two small children. She is trying very hard to be a good neighbor. To learn more about her work: http://www.dlmayfield.com/menu
The Future Christian Podcast is a production of Torn Curtain Arts and Resonate Media.
Oct 20, 2020
Oct 20, 2020
55 min
Jay Bakker talks about trauma, suffering, celebrity pastors and more totally random questions that Loren sprung on him! A really great conversation you need to check out. Props to Jay for being willing to answer questions off the cuff!
Jay speaks to congregations and other groups all over the country about faith, grace, and his experiences with the underbelly of life and Christianity.
The Future Christian Podcast is a production of Torn Curtain Arts and Resonate Media.
Oct 13, 2020
Oct 13, 2020
41 min
Natalie Wigg-Stevenson joins the pod to talk about what it is Ethnographic theology and why pastors and church leaders would benefit from putting it into practice more often.
Dr. Wigg-Stevenson is Associate Professor of Contextual Education and Theology at Emmanuel College, where she directs the MDiv and Contextual Education Programs. Her current research delves into how ethnographic methods could help create theological conversations across church, academy and everyday life. She is also interested in liturgical, feminist and queer theologies, cultural theories of practice, aesthetics, pop culture, and in decolonizing pedagogies.
Her new book, Transgressive Devotion: Theology as Performance Art, comes out in February, 2021.
The Future Christian Podcast is a production of Torn Curtain Arts and Resonate Media.
Oct 6, 2020
Oct 6, 2020
51 min
Nikki Frontz joins the pod talks about innovative ministry in a time of intense disruption.
Rev. Nikki Frontz Community and Spiritual Leader (Pastor) at of Solomon's Porch in Minneapolis. She is a creative out of the box thinker and doer that thrives on possibility. She loves to boldly inspire people to their fullest potential by empowering them and by challenging the status quo.
https://www.solomonsporch.com/team
The Future Christian Podcast is a production of Torn Curtain Arts and Resonate Media.