Join Rev. Katie M. Ladd and producer Andrew Hackett and their special guests for conversations about power, violence, and peace; spiritual journey and pilgrimage; racial (in)equity; how to have difficult conversations; and food, faith, and planet. This podcast, launched during COVID-19, replaces The Well’s public engagements while they are paused. The Well is an intentional community committed to justice and compassion; a place to safely explore issues that affect mind, body, spirit, communi ...
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Psychedelics and Christianity with Rev. Dr. Jaime Clark-Soles
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53:44Rev. Dr. Jaime Clark-Soles is a Professor of New Testament and Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University. Jaime is a leading authority on faith and the use of psychedelics in both therapeutic and religious contexts. Her work in the area of psychedelics aims to build bridges between the m…
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Looking Inward, Living Outward with Daniel Wolpert
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1:03:23Our guest this week on The Well QA is Daniel Wolpert. We discuss his newest book "Looking Inward, Living Outward". Daniel Wolpert, a healer and student of the spiritual life, worked as a research scientist, psychologist, farmer, and teacher, before earning his Masters of Divinity degree at San Francisco Theological Seminary (SFTS). Co-founder and E…
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Jenny Smith and Justin White on Poetry and Grief
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1:08:46Our guests on The Well QA Podcast are author/pastor Jenny Smith and pastor Justin White to discuss grief. Rev. White is the pastor at Stanwood UMC. He is a spiritual director and retreat leader as well as the former chair of The Well’s board. Pastor Justin’s dad passed away unexpectedly last fall. He understands grief from the side of walking with …
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We welcome a wonderful guest this week on The Well QA Podcast! Norman Wirzba is Gilbert T. Rowe Distinguished Professor of Christian Theology and Senior Fellow at the Kenan Institute of Ethics at Duke University. He has authored such books as "Agrarian Spirit", "This Sacred Life", and "Food and Faith". His research and teaching interests are at the…
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Dr. Cornel West on King’s Philosophy of Non-violence
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1:52:44Dr. Cornel West joins the Seattle Regional Poor People's Campaign, The Well, and the WA State PPC for a talk on King's Philosophy of Non-Violence. This talk is in preparation of the Poor People's and Low-Wage Workers' Assembly and Moral March on Washington and to the Polls on June 16. Presenters: Dr. Cornel West is the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Chair at …
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The Poor People's Campaign with Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
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52:18Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove is a leader in the Red Letter Christian movement and the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. With the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, he co-authored “The Third Reconstruction: Moral Mondays, Fusion Politics, and he Rise of a New Justice Movement.” Jonathan is a pastor, author, speaker, and a leader in…
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Our guest today is Brian McLaren who is a pastor, public theologian, popular speaker, and prolific author. He is a faculty member of The Living School and podcaster with Learning How to See, which are part of the Center for Action and Contemplation (with Richard Rohr). His newest book comes out May 24; it is titled "Do I Stay Christian? A Guide for…
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Challenging Thoughts on John’s Passion with Wes Howard-Brook
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51:15Wes Howard-Brook is a retiring instructor of New Testament at Seattle University. He is an author of several books, including Come Out My People, John’s Gospel & The Renewal of the Church, and his most recent book Empire Baptized: How the Church Embraced What Jesus Rejected (2nd - 5th centuries). He co-leads Abide with Me with his life partner Sue …
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AJ Levine on John’s Passion, Christianity, and Antisemitism
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57:22Amy-Jill is our guest this week. We talk about Easter, Holy Week, and anti-semitism within Christianity - specifically the Gospel of John. Amy Jill Levine is the Rabbi Stanley M Kessler distinguished professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies at the Hartford International University for Religion and Peace. AJ is University Professor of New Testa…
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Janet Wolf and Non-Violent Organizing
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1:33:56Janet Wolf is our guest this week on The Well QA Podcast. Janet has worked as a poverty rights organizer, United Methodist pastor with urban and rural congregations; college and seminary professor; learner, teacher, and animator with think tanks inside prisons. She recently retired from the Children’s Defense Fund where she was focused on public th…
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Dr. Wil Gafney on the Advent Season
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1:05:57Our guest this week on The Well QA Podcast is womanist biblical scholar, the Dr. Rev. Wil Gafney, Ph.D. is the Right Rev. Sam B. Hulsey Professor of Hebrew Bible at Brite Divinity School in Fort Worth, Texas. She is the author of Womanist Midrash: A Reintroduction to Women of the Torah and of the Throne, a commentary on Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephani…
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Kristin Du Mez on "Jesus and John Wayne"
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1:06:16Kristin Kobes Du Mez is a New York Times bestselling author and Professor of History and Gender Studies at Calvin University. She holds a PhD from the University of Notre Dame and her research focuses on the intersection of gender, religion, and politics. Her most recent book is Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fra…
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Dr Angela Parker on Her Book "If God Still Breathes, Why Can’t I?"
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1:02:52Our guest today is the Rev. Dr. Angela N Parker who is a Womanist New Testament Scholar. She is assistant professor of New Testament and Greek at McAfee School of Theology at Mercer University in Georgia. Her most recent book is “If God Still Breathes, Why Can’t I? Black Lives Matter and Biblical Authority,” which came out last month. Thanks to Dr.…
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Jack Munayer on Non-Violent Resistance and Life as a Palestinian Christian
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1:05:48Jack Munayer was born and raised in Jerusalem to a British mother and Palestinian Christian-citizen of Israel father. Jack completed his BA in Sociology and Criminology from the University of York and an MA in Human Rights and Transitional Justice from Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Jack currently manages the World Council of Churches’ Ecumenical …
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Marcie Lenk and Mohammad Darawshe on Peacemaking in Israel/Palestine
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1:20:51This is the first of a series of conversations about Israel and Palestine on The Well QA Podcast. On this episode we talk with Marcie Lenk and Mohammad Darawshe about the recent violence and their hopes for future peace. Marcie Lenk is the former Director of the Shalom Hartman Institute’s Christian leadership programs. Marcie has taught Early Chris…
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Walter Brueggemann on Sabbath Justice Beyond Pharaoh
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53:59While we prep for our next interviews with the beginning of our second season of The Well QA - here is a wonderful talk from gatherings in person from a few years ago. This was presented jointly by The Well and Saint Mark's Cathedral. Here is Walter Brueggemann on "Sabbath Justice Beyond Pharaoh" from the Spring of 2015. Famous for his books The Pr…
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Diana Butler Bass is our guest this week on The Well QA Podcast to talk about her newest book Freeing Jesus. Her secular friends often ask her “How can you still be a Christian?” In the book, she explains that her experience of Jesus has changed over the years, viewing him in different ways at different times. And that, though she is still a Christ…
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Nance Adler on Resistance, Survivors, and Upstanders
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1:12:45Nance Adler is a Jewish educator. She is a Teachers Fellow at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum as well as a Powell Fellow at the Holocaust Center for Humanity in Seattle. She is the educator and curriculum designer for WE ARE HERE! Foundation for Upstanders. Nance has received many accolades and awards and is published both for pedagogy and curricu…
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A Theopoetic of the Streets with Dr. Charles Lattimore Howard
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1:14:10The Rev. Dr. Charles L. Howard is called to work for a communal increase in joy, peace, justice, and love. Dr. Howard serves as the University Chaplain and Vice President for Social Equity and Community at the University of Pennsylvania, his alma mater. He has served as a chaplain in hospice and hospitals, and as a street outreach worker to individ…
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Aneelah Afzali is Executive Director of MAPS-AMEN (American Muslim Empowerment Network). She is also a Board Member of Faith Action Network, Washington For Black Lives, and Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network. A graduate of Harvard Law School, Aneelah left her legal career in 2013 to serve as a community activist and interfaith leader. Since th…
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This episode deals with the ongoing division within, and likely schism of, The United Methodist Church, the second largest Protestant denomination in the US and a global church of approximately 12 million members. It is the largest single body within the 80 million member World Methodist Council, a consortium of Wesleyan and Methodist denominations…
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Katherine Stewart on the Rise of Religious Nationalism
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1:13:51Katherine Stewart is an investigative reporter and author who has covered religious liberty, politics, policy, and controversies over the separation of church and state for over a decade. On this episode of The Well QA we talk with Katherine about her newest book "The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism". The book …
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Julie Hutson on Advent and Christmas
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1:05:54Julie Hutson is the Director of Contextual and Experiential Formation at Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus, Ohio. Julie was a parish pastor for 15 years and is currently working on a DMin in Liturgical Studies. We had Julie on to discuss this season of Advent and Christmas. We talk about Mary, the impossible, being comfortable in the darkness, …
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Amy-Jill Levine is University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies, Mary Jane Werthan Professor of Jewish Studies, and Professor of New Testament Studies at Vanderbilt Divinity School. We talked about her newest book "The Bible With and Without Jesus" which is co-authored with Dr. Marc Zvi Brettler, professor in Judaic Studies at Duke Univ…
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Dr. Cornel West: On Fire For Justice
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1:10:42We are so fortunate to have Dr. Cornel West on our show. Dr. West is a public intellectual, academic, activist, music lover, author, and most definitely on fire for justice. While considering our own difficult times we look to how people have been in the struggle for a long time. The result is a conversation that will fire you up to continue in lov…
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Our guest this week is Dr. Willie James Jennings. He is Associate Professor of Systematic Theology and Africana Studies at Yale Divinity School. Dr. Jennings is also the author of "The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race" and the upcoming "After Whiteness: An Education in Belonging". This is part 2 of our talk where have have a …
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Our guest this week is Dr. Willie James Jennings. He is Associate Professor of Systematic Theology and Africana Studies at Yale Divinity School. Dr. Jennings is also the author of "The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race" and the upcoming "After Whiteness: An Education in Belonging". This is part 1 of our talk where have have a …
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How to Parent During a Pandemic with Dr. Gigi Youngblood Whaley
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1:05:28Dr. Gigi Youngblood Whaley is a pediatrician practicing outpatient pediatrics in the Birmingham area. She has been vocal on social media about the truths and fictions of how to protect yourself and your family during this pandemic. This is a particularly challenging time for children and parents. Dr. Youngblood discusses these issues with clarity a…
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S1 E1 - Reggie Williams - Black Jesus & White Supremacy
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1:09:32For our first episode of The Well Podcast we are proud to share this conversation with author and ethicist the Reverend Reggie Williams. We discuss the current state of race relations in America and how they connect to our past. This is a talk that both confronts our tough history while looking with hope towards a better future. Check out his wonde…
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