Compassionate Christianity: Recent Episodes
Compassionate Christianity
Interviews with authors and activists of interest to compassionate Christians. An inclusive, welcoming, and affirming community, reflecting the compassion Jesus modeled for us.
Book interview with Lori Ann Wood – "Divine Detour: The path you’d never choose can lead to the faith you’ve always wanted"
Book interview with Grace Ji-Sun Kim – “Invisible: Theology and the Experience of Asian American Women”
Book interview with Katelyn Beaty – “Celebrities for Jesus: How Personas, Platforms, and Profits Are Hurting the Church”
Book interview with Mark Yaconelli – “Between the Listening and the Telling: How Stories Can Save Us”
Book interview with Shannon Kearns – “In The Margins: A Transgender Man’s Journey With Scripture”
Book interview with Kevin Nye – “Grace Can Lead Us Home: A Christian Call to End Homelessness”
Book interview with Richard Mouw – “How to Be a Patriotic Christian: Love of Country as Love of Neighbor“
Book interview with Paul Miller – “The Religion of American Greatness: What’s Wrong with Christian Nationalism”
Book interview with Amy Kenny – “My Body Is Not a Prayer Request: Disability Justice in the Church”
Book interview with Kate Meyer – “Faith Doesn’t Erase Grief: Embracing the Experience and Finding Hope”
Book interview with Sharei Green, Beckah Selnick, and Nikki Faison – “God’s Holy Darkness”
Book interview with Michael Granzen – “Breaking Through the Plate-Glass Window—Prophetic Fragments: On Doing Justice and Loving Kindness in a Time of Reckoning”
Book interview with Brianne Edwards for “A Thousand Pounds: Finding the Strength to Live and Love under the Weight of Unbearable Loss”
Book interview with Rohadi Nagassar for “When We Belong: Reclaiming Christianity on the Margins“
Book interview with Susanna Snyder and Ellen Ott Marshall for “Parenting for a Better World: Justice Practices for Your Family and the Planet”
Book interview with Eric Minton for “It’s Not You, It’s Everything: What Our Pain Reveals about the Anxious Pursuit of the Good Life”
Book interview with Brian McLaren for “Do I Stay Christian?: A Guide for the Doubters, the Disappointed, and the Disillusioned”
Book interview with Sarah Griffith Lund for “Blessed Youth: Breaking the Silence about Mental Illness with Children and Teens”
Book interview with John Roberto for “Lifelong Faith: Formation for All Ages and Generations”
Book interview with Glenys Nellist for “Baptized in the Water: Becoming a member of God’s family”
Book interview with Kevin Sweeney for “The Making of a Mystic: My Journey with Mushrooms, My Life as a Pastor, and Why It’s Okay For Everyone to Relax”
Book interview with Melissa Guthrie for “Colors of Hope: A Devotional Journal from LGBTQ+ Christians”
Compassionate Christian Voices - Episode 9 - featuring Kelly Brown Douglas, Parker J. Palmer, Lisa Sharon Harper
Book interview with Caryn Rivadeneira for “Saints of Feather and Fang: How the Animals We Love and Fear Connect Us to God”
Compassionate Christian Voices: Today and Tomorrow - Episode 8 - featuring Diana Butler Bass, Robert P. Jones, and Lamar Hardwick
Book interview with Khristi Lauren Adams for “Unbossed: How Black Girls Are Leading the Way”
Book interview with Liz Theoharis for “We Cry Justice: Reading the Bible with the Poor People's Campaign”
Book interview with Patrick Henry for “Flashes of Grace: 33 Encounters with God” and “Benedictine Options: Learning to Live from the Sons and Daughters of Saints Benedict and Scholastica”
Compassionate Christian Voices: Episode 7: Shane Claiborne, Michael W Waters, Jennifer Butler
Hymn interview with Wes Granberg-Michaelson and Ken Medema for "Love Can Open Any Door"
Compassionate Christian Voices: Episode 6: John Pavlovitz, Susan K. Williams Smith, Carol Howard Merritt
Book interview with Brandan Robertson – “Filled to Be Emptied: The Path to Liberation for Privileged People”
Book interview with Lisa Sharon Harper – “Fortune: How Race Broke My Family and the World–and How to Repair It All”
Book interview with Jennifer Ohman-Rodriguez – “A Time To Mourn & A Time To Dance: A Love Story of Grief, Trauma, Healing, & Faith”
Book interview with Tracie Morrison – “PRAY-ER: Talk, Listen, Obey – Starting and Strengthening Conversations with God”
Book interview with Claire Brown and Anita Peebles – “New Directions for Holy Questions: Progressive Christian Theology for Families”
An interview with Walter Fluker where we discuss his faith, writing, teaching, and research journey, including his books about Howard Thurman and the upcoming Howard Thurman conference
Book interview with Jennifer Bailey for “To My Beloveds: Letters on Faith, Race, Loss and Radical Hope”
Book interview with Betty Pries for “The Space Between Us: Conversations about Transforming Conflict”
Progressive Christian Voices: Today and Tomorrow - Episode 5 - featuring Dr. Robyn Henderson-Espinoza, Bruce Reyes-Chow, and Adam Russell Taylor
Interview with Dr. Lisa Miller for “The Awakened Brain: The New Science of Spirituality and our Quest for an Inspired Life” and “The Spiritual Child: The New Science on Parenting for Health and Lifelong Thriving”
Book interview with Ann Kansfield for “Be the Brave One: Living Your Spiritual Values Out Loud and Other Life Lessons”
Progressive Christian Voices: Today and Tomorrow - Episode 4: Angela Denker, Jennifer Farmer, Carl McColman
Book interview with Frank Schaeffer for “Fall in Love, Have Children, Stay Put, Save the Planet, Be Happy”
Book interview with Duke Kwon for “Reparations: A Christian Call for Repentance and Repair”
Progressive Christian Voices: Today and Tomorrow - Episode 3, featuring Yolanda Pierce, Marilyn McEntyre, Wes Granberg-Michaelson
Book interview with John Pavlovitz for “If God Is Love, Don’t Be a Jerk: Finding a Faith That Makes Us Better Humans"
Book interview with Diana Butler Bass for “Freeing Jesus: Rediscovering Jesus as Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way, and Presence”
“Progressive Christian Voices: Today and Tomorrow” Episode 2, featuring Brian McLaren, Sophfronia Scott, Jennifer Grant
At the “Progressive Christian Voices: Today and Tomorrow” webinar series we discuss today’s most important issues and books.
An interview with Brian McLaren for his book “Faith After Doubt: Why Your Beliefs Stopped Working and What to Do About It”
“Progressive Christian Voices: Today and Tomorrow” Episode 1, featuring Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons, Khristi Adams, Kate Rademacher
At the “Progressive Christian Voices: Today and Tomorrow” webinar series we discuss today’s most important issues and books.