National Council of Churches
Periodic Podcasts from the National Council of Churches. Enjoy the best features and interviews from insightful guests from across the ecumenical and interfaith movement exploring today's most important issues.
Episodes
Part of the Faith & Fire Conversation Series "Chaos or Community: Courageous Conversations During Chaos."
Panelists:
- Rabbi David Saperstein - Senior Advisor for Policy and Strategy, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
- Erica Littlewolf - Program Coordinator for Indigenous Visioning Circles, Mennonite Central Committee
- Mohamed Elsanousi - Executive Director, Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers
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Part of the Faith & Fire Conversation Series "Chaos or Community: Courageous Conversations During Chaos."
Panelists
- Dr. Loida Martell - VP of Academic Affairs and Dean and Professor of Constructive Theology, Lexington Theological Seminary
- Dr. Heidi A. Miller - Director and Assistant Professor of Practical Theology, Pfeiffer University
Moderator:
- Min. Christian Watkins - NCC
Part of the Faith & Fire Conversation Series "Chaos or Community: Courageous Conversations During Chaos."
Panelists:
- Derrick Lewis - National Field Organizer, NAACP Youth and College Division
- Abigail Scholar - Executive Director, Central Washington Justice for Our Neighbors
- Rev. Dr. Shazetta Thompson-Hill - Associate Pastor, Christian Chapel Temple of Faith, Fort Worth, TX
Moderators:
- Rev. Aundreia Alexander, Esq. -...
Part of the Faith & Fire Conversation Series "Chaos or Community: Courageous Conversations During Chaos."
Panelists:
Rev. Dr. Canon Kelly Brown Douglas - Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary, Canon Theologian at Washington National Cathedral
Rev. Dr. Stacey Cole Wilson - Executive Minister of Justice and Service, Baltimore-Washington Conference, United Methodist Church
Moderators:
Rev. Aundreia Alexan...
NCC's "Faith & Fire Conversations" series "Chaos or Community: Courageous Conversations During Crisis”
Panelists:
• Rev. Dr. Dennis Edwards: New Testament at North Park Seminary and author of “Might from the Margins”
• Christian Brooks, MDiv, MSPPM: Representative for Domestic Issues, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Office of Public Witness
• Rev. Noel Anderson: UCC elder and Grassroots Coordinator for Church World Service
• Sara Be...
Episode 3 of the Faith and Fire Conversations series “Chaos or Community: Courageous Conversations During Crisis”
Panelists
Rev. Dr. Rob Schenck, President and CEO of the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Institute
Amanda Tyler, Exec Director of Baptist Joint Committee
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Episode 2 of the Faith and Fire Conversations series “Chaos or Community: Courageous Conversations During Crisis”
Panelists
Rev. Dr. John Dorhauer - General Minister and President, United Church of Christ
Rev. William H. Lamar, IV - Sr. Pastor, Metropolitan AME Church, Washington, DC
Episode 1 of the Faith and Fire Conversations series “Chaos or Community: Courageous Conversations During Crisis”
Panelists
Reuben Eckels - Church World Service
Rev. E. Michelle Lederer - General Committee on Religion and Race, United Methodist Church
Rev. Dr. Angela Ravin-Anderson - Wheeler Ave. Baptist Church, Houston, TX
On Wednesday we celebrated Earth Day, a day that has been celebrated every year since 1970 on April 22nd. It’s a day for raising awareness of human activity’s negative impact upon the earth and is a day for political action and civic participation as well. It’s the culmination of an entire month of focus on the environment, and for people of faith, it has a special significance as a day of reverenc...
The COVID-19 pandemic has altered nearly every aspect of life in the US and around the world. Every institution is affected, and the church is no exception. Colleges have sent students home, cleared out the classrooms, and are adapting to an online-only world. Churches have, for the most part, closed their doors on Sunday mornings and are struggling with how to maintain the kind of community life t...
The COVID-19 pandemic has altered nearly every aspect of life in the US and around the world. Every institution is affected, and the church is no exception. Colleges have sent students home, cleared out the classrooms, and are adapting to an online-only world. Churches have, for the most part, closed their doors on Sunday mornings and are struggling with how to maintain the kind of community life t...
As we ponder the horrors of the massacre of 49 Muslims in Christchurch, New Zealand, we have to reckon with the fact that home-grown hatred and extremism has gone global. One of the great things about working with other faith groups is that we get to see how others view their mandate to fight hatred and extremism through the lens of their faith.
Simran Jeet Sin...
Stop and think about it for a second: if you were to encourage churches to work together, wouldn’t it make sense to be reading the same translation of the Bible together? This has been one of the hallmarks of the ecumenical movement for decades, and this is receiving a special amount of attention. For the first time in 30 years, the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible is getting an update.
This week’s podcast is an encore presentation of my interview with Dru Johnson, author of “Human Rites: the Power of Rituals, Habits, and Sacraments,” which is to be released on Thursday, February 21.
The quote goes like this: “The Death of Christianity within the United States has been a slow process, and it may very well be in its final throes. So I say, let the dead bury their dead.” Professor and speaker Miguel De La Torre has a new book out, and this always-challenging author is critiquing a Christianity that he says has sold its soul to white nationalism.
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How has your life been most changed, and where has God been most visible to you in that change? Social science suggests that relationships are the most likely to change our point of view, and if we are limited in the kinds of people we are in a relationship with, we’re more likely to see things as we always have.
My guest today is Max Finberg. Max is here to t...
Greetings from the 2019 government shutdown! As I record this podcast, we’re in the middle of the longest government shutdown in history. The central issue of the shutdown is immigration, and the central object is a wall.
My guest today is Noel Anderson, Grassroots Coordinator for Immigrants’ Rights for the United Church of Christ and Church World Service. I’...
Aside from going to church every Sunday, which I’m sure you do, and eagerly participating in the liturgy and ceremonies of worship, what are some other rituals you participate in on a regular basis? The author of “Human Rites,” spelled R-I-T-E-S, would like you to think about the rituals we live by, what they mean, and how they function in all aspects of life.
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Tomorrow is election day! And many are saying that this is the most consequential election in modern history.
Today we’re once again hearing from our guest host, LaKesha Womack, as she interviews Rev. Brenda Girton-Mitchell, Founder of Grace and Race Ministries, and a former head of the Washington office for the National Council of Churches. Brenda has devoted...
Over the past few weeks we have been holding webinars, with mixed success, designed to help us learn better ways of getting out the vote. Our host for these webinars, LaKesha Womack, has interviewed experts on state and local elections, the importance of the Supreme Court, and has hosted a town hall at our Christian Unity Gathering. Due to some technical problems encountered along the way, we’ve sh...
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