Welcome to the Compassionate Christianity Podcast! We feature interviews with authors and activists of interest to compassionate Christians.
New episode: Book interview with Sophfronia Scott, author of Wild, Beautiful, and Free
Older episodes:
Episode 55: Book interview with Grace Ji-Sun Kim – “Invisible: Theology and the Experience of Asian American Women”
Episode 54: Book interview with Katelyn Beaty – “Celebrities for Jesus: How Personas, Platforms, and Profits Are Hurting the Church”
Episode 53: Book interview with Mark Yaconelli – “Between the Listening and the Telling: How Stories Can Save Us”
Episode 52: Book interview with Shannon Kearns – “In The Margins: A Transgender Man’s Journey With Scripture”
Episode 51: Book interview with Kevin Nye – “Grace Can Lead Us Home: A Christian Call to End Homelessness”
Episode 50: Book interview with Richard Mouw – “How to Be a Patriotic Christian: Love of Country as Love of Neighbor“
Episode 49: Book interview with Paul Miller – “The Religion of American Greatness: What’s Wrong with Christian Nationalism”
Episode 48: Book interview with Kate Ott – “Sex, Tech, and Faith: Ethics for a Digital Age”
Episode 47: Book interview with Amy Kenny – “My Body Is Not a Prayer Request: Disability Justice in the Church”
Episode 46: Book interview with Kate Meyer – “Faith Doesn’t Erase Grief: Embracing the Experience and Finding Hope”
Episode 45: Book interview with Sharei Green, Beckah Selnick, and Nikki Faison – “God’s Holy Darkness”
Episode 44: Book interview with Michael Granzen – “Breaking Through the Plate-Glass Window—Prophetic Fragments: On Doing Justice and Loving Kindness in a Time of Reckoning”
Episode 43: Book interview with Brianne Edwards for “A Thousand Pounds: Finding the Strength to Live and Love under the Weight of Unbearable Loss”
Episode 42: Book interview with Rohadi Nagassar for “When We Belong: Reclaiming Christianity on the Margins“
Episode 41: Book interview with Susanna Snyder and Ellen Ott Marshall for “Parenting for a Better World: Justice Practices for Your Family and the Planet”
Episode 40: 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”
Episode 39: Book interview with Brian McLaren for “Do I Stay Christian?: A Guide for the Doubters, the Disappointed, and the Disillusioned”
Episode 38: Book interview with Sarah Griffith Lund for “Blessed Youth: Breaking the Silence about Mental Illness with Children and Teens”
Episode 37: Book interview with John Roberto for “Lifelong Faith: Formation for All Ages and Generations”
Episode 36: Book interview with Glenys Nellist for “Baptized in the Water: Becoming a member of God’s family”
Episode 35: 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”
Episode 34: Book interview with Melissa Guthrie for “Colors of Hope: A Devotional Journal from LGBTQ+ Christians”
Episode 33: Compassionate Christian Voices – Episode 9 – featuring Kelly Brown Douglas, Parker J. Palmer, Lisa Sharon Harper
Episode 32: Book interview with Caryn Rivadeneira for “Saints of Feather and Fang: How the Animals We Love and Fear Connect Us to God”
Episode 31: Book interview with Douglas Brouwer for “Chasing after Wind: A Pastor’s Life”
Episode 30: Compassionate Christian Voices: Today and Tomorrow – Episode 8 – featuring Diana Butler Bass, Robert P. Jones, and Lamar Hardwick
Episode 29: Book interview with Khristi Lauren Adams for “Unbossed: How Black Girls Are Leading the Way”
Episode 28: Book interview with Liz Theoharis for “We Cry Justice: Reading the Bible with the Poor People’s Campaign”
Episode 27: 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”
Episode 26: Compassionate Christian Voices: Episode 7: Shane Claiborne, Michael W Waters, Jennifer Butler
Episode 25: Hymn interview with Wes Granberg-Michaelson and Ken Medema for “Love Can Open Any Door”
Episode 24: Book interview with Michael Coren for “The Rebel Christ”
Episode 23: Compassionate Christian Voices: Episode 6: John Pavlovitz, Susan K. Williams Smith, Carol Howard Merritt
Episode 22: Book interview with Brandan Robertson – “Filled to Be Emptied: The Path to Liberation for Privileged People”
Episode 21: Book interview with Lisa Sharon Harper – “Fortune: How Race Broke My Family and the World–and How to Repair It All”
Episode 20: Book interview with Jennifer Ohman-Rodriguez – “A Time To Mourn & A Time To Dance: A Love Story of Grief, Trauma, Healing, & Faith”
Episode 19: Book interview with Tracie Morrison – “PRAY-ER: Talk, Listen, Obey – Starting and Strengthening Conversations with God”
Episode 18: Book interview with Claire Brown and Anita Peebles – “New Directions for Holy Questions: Progressive Christian Theology for Families”
Episode 17: 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
Episode 16: Book interview with Jennifer Bailey for “To My Beloveds: Letters on Faith, Race, Loss and Radical Hope”
Episode 15: Book interview with Betty Pries for “The Space Between Us: Conversations about Transforming Conflict”
Episode 14: Progressive Christian Voices: Today and Tomorrow – Episode 5 – featuring Dr. Robyn Henderson-Espinoza, Bruce Reyes-Chow, and Adam Russell Taylor
Episode 13: 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”
Episode 12: Book interview with Mori Morris-Mitchell for “The Book on Joy”
Episode 11: Book interview with Ann Kansfield for “Be the Brave One: Living Your Spiritual Values Out Loud and Other Life Lessons”
Episode 10: Progressive Christian Voices: Today and Tomorrow – Episode 4: Angela Denker, Jennifer Farmer, Carl McColman
Episode 9: Book interview with Frank Schaeffer for “Fall in Love, Have Children, Stay Put, Save the Planet, Be Happy”
Episode 8: Book interview with Duke Kwon for “Reparations: A Christian Call for Repentance and Repair”
Episode 7: Progressive Christian Voices: Today and Tomorrow – Episode 3, featuring Yolanda Pierce, Marilyn McEntyre, Wes Granberg-Michaelson
Episode 6: Book interview with John Pavlovitz for “If God Is Love, Don’t Be a Jerk: Finding a Faith That Makes Us Better Humans”
Episode 5: Book interview with Diana Butler Bass for “Freeing Jesus: Rediscovering Jesus as Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way, and Presence”
Episode 4: “Progressive Christian Voices: Today and Tomorrow” Episode 2, featuring Brian McLaren, Sophfronia Scott, Jennifer Grant
Episode 3: An interview with Jemar Tisby about his book “How to Fight Racism”
Episode 2: An interview with Brian McLaren for his book “Faith After Doubt: Why Your Beliefs Stopped Working and What to Do About It”
Episode 1: “Progressive Christian Voices: Today and Tomorrow” Episode 1, featuring Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons, Khristi Adams, Kate Rademacher