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Faithful Disruption: Religion in Public Life
The Faithful Disruption podcast, with host Trista Soendker Nicholson, is for fatihful people who want to be inspired and take action in their communities. Our guests tell stories of their work to weave a more just, kind, and diversity-inclusive society.
Email Trista Soendker Nicholson, executive director of the Center for Religion in Public LIfe, to let her know about someone in the community you've seen practicing faithful disruption.
Our thanks to the originator of this podcast, Gary…
Episodes
- Faithful Disruption: Religion in Public Life
Democracy Needs You
On this episode of the “Faithful Disruption” podcast, Trista Soendker-Nicholoson takes part in a midterm election webinar and conversation with Leslie LeSieur…
Faithful Disruption: Religion in Public LifePoll Worker Confidential
On this episode Trista’s guest is Krystal Grizzle, Director of Events and Hospitality at Phillips Theological Seminary and Bedford House. Grizzle, a dedicated…
Faithful Disruption: Religion in Public LifeHymns and Justice for All
On this episode Trista’s guest is Stephanie A. Budwey, the Associate Professor of Sacred Music and Dean of the Chapel at Austin Seminary. Budwey's teaching and…
Faithful Disruption: Religion in Public LifeImmersion in DC
Welcome to “Faithful Disruption: Religion in Public Life” with Trista Soendker Nicholson. She is the executive director of the Center for Religion in Public…
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Civics 101
On this episode of “Faithful Disruption,” Trista’s guest is Jessica Hill. She is a middle school civics teacher in the Kansas City area. She was also the…
Faithful Disruption: Religion in Public LifeClimate Corruption
On this episode of “Faithful Disruption,” Trista’s guest is U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse. He has represented Rhode Island in the United States Senate since…
Faithful Disruption: Religion in Public LifeChurches and Life on the Breadline
On this episode, Trista’s guest is Chris Shannahan, author of Life on the Breadline: Theology, Poverty and Politics in an Age of Austerity. He is an Associate…
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Considering Church and State in the U.K. and U.S.
On this episode of “Faithful Disruption: Religion in Public Life,” our host, Trista Soendker Nicholson, takes us to Cambridge, England for a conversation with…
Faithful Disruption: Religion in Public LifeCommunity Organizing
Kelli Driscoll Crews and Emilee Bounds discuss the importance and value of community organizing in this episode of Faithful Disruption with Trista Soendker…
Faithful Disruption: Religion in Public LifeFaith and the Gerrymander
Emma Olson Sharkey visits with Faithful Disruption host Trista Soendker Nicholson about the way congressional and other voting districts are changing to…
Faithful Disruption: Religion in Public LifeA Life of Faithful Resistance and Change
The Rev. Jesse Jackson Jr., a Phillips alum and longest serving pastor at East Sixth Street Christian Church in Oklahoma City, discusses his lifelong…
Faithful Disruption: Religion in Public LifeArt, Resistance, and Faith
On this episode, Trista Soendker-Nicholson talks with the artist Anthony Suber about the intersection of his art, resistance and faith. He is the featured…
Faithful Disruption: Religion in Public LifeThe Genesis of the Center for Religion in Public Life
Join Trista Soendker Nicholson as she discusses the origins of the Center for Religion in Public LIfe with its founder, Gary Peluso-Verdend. You can also read…
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Early Judaism and the New Testament Troubling Misunderstandings
The relationship between Judaism and the New Testament has often been clouded by misinterpretation and bias. On the new episode of Committing Faith in Public…
Faithful Disruption: Religion in Public LifeInterfaith Conversations
Before his retirement from Phillips, Gary Peluso-Verdend met with several faith leaders for a series of interfaith conversations. On this episode, Gary talks…
Faithful Disruption: Religion in Public LifePhillips Student Services Members and Their Journeys
What drives a person to seminary? What makes one choose a life of service and ministry in an everchanging world. Committing Faith in Public host Kurt Gwartney…
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Committing Faith in Public: Braver Angels
It has become cliché to note that America is highly polarized. Polarization has become something like the weather: something to complain about rather than act…
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Committing Faith in Public with Loren Richmond
What does one do with the master of divinity degree these days? The answer is not necessarily simple! In this episode of committing faith in public, the Rev…
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Committing Faith in Public with Marcia McFee
Marcia McFee, PhD, is one of the speakers and is worship designer for this year’s Remind and Renew, January 25-27, at Phillips Seminary and online. She is a…
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Committing Faith in Public with Chelsea Yarborough
The Rev. Dr. Chelsea Yarborough is one of the speakers this year at Phillips’ Remind and Renew event, January 25-27, in Tulsa and online. She is assistant…
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Committing Faith in Public with Victoria Loorz
Victoria Loorz, MDiv, is one of the speakers at this year’s Remind & Renew Conference at Phillips and online, January 25-27. Rev. Loorz is a "wild church…
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Committing Faith in Public: "Songs of Conscience, Sounds of Freedom"
On this special edition of Committing Faith in Public, Gary Peluso-Verdend walks and talks with Woody Guthrie Centerexecutive director Deana McCloud through…
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Committing Faith in Public with the Rev. Dr. Annie Lockhart-Gilroy
In September 2020, Center for Religion in Public Life director Gary Peluso-Verdend interviewed Dr. Lockhart-Gilroy, Assistant Professor of Christian Education…
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Committing Faith in Public with the Rev. Dr. Lisa Barnett
One of the most unfortunate pieces of data from graduate seminary graduating student interviews is which courses graduands wish they had fewer of: history. In…
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Committing Faith in Public with the Rev. Dr. Charisa Hunter-Crump
“What were the challenges of doing and being church during a pandemic? How prepared was your congregation? What were the learning curves you embraced? What did…
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Committing Faith in Public with the Rev. Dr. Lisa Davison
In October 2020, Center for Religion in Public Life director Gary Peluso-Verdend interviewed Dr. Lisa Davison, the Johnnie Eargle Cadieux Professor of Hebrew…
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Committing Faith in Public with Cartoonist Marlin Lavanhar
Many listeners and readers will know the Rev. Dr. Marlin Lavanhar as the senior pastor of All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Marlin is well-known…
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Committing Faith in Public with Vic Hunter
When the Nazi regime essentially nationalized the Christian churches in Germany, making them one of the legitimizing arms of their evil program, some church…
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Committing Faith in Public with Russell Cobb
Dr. Russell Cobb, currently Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Latin American Studies at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, is a…
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Committing Faith in Public with Chaplain Jacob George
Chaplains can be found in all kinds of institutional roles these days, from Tyson Foods to the military and hospitals. The Rev. Dr. Jacob George is the…
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Committing Faith in Public with Toby Jenkins
Committing Faith in Public with Toby Jenkins, Oklahomans for Equality Oklahomans for Equality is a state-wide 40-year old organization that seeks equal rights…
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Committing Faith in Public: Talking Reconciliation is Not Enough with the Rev. Robert Turner and the Rev. David Wiggs
Committing Faith in Public: Talking Reconciliation is Not Enough with the Rev. Robert Turner and the Rev. David Wiggs In this special collaborative edition of…
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Committing Faith in Public with Jesse Ulrich
Committing Faith in Public Podcast with Jesse Ulrich What was it like growing up Jewish in Tulsa, attending a nearly all African-American elementary school…
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Committing Faith in Public Talking Theology and Impeachment
Committing Faith in Public Talking Theology and Impeachment Sit down with two Phillips faculty to talk about theology and impeachment and what do you get? A…
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Committing Faith in Public with State Senator George Young, Sr.
Committing Faith in Public Podcast with State Senator George Young, Sr. The Rev. Dr. George Young, Sr., is well known to Phillips’ audiences as a double…
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Committing Faith in Public with Aliye Shimi
Committing Faith in Public Podcast with Aliye Shimi Aliye Shimi is the executive director of Tulsa’s oldest ecumenical/interfaith organization, Tulsa…
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Committing Faith in Public Podcast with the Rev. Clark Frailey
Committing Faith in Public Podcast with the Rev. Clark Frailey, Public Education Advocate There are not many organizations these days that are able to create…
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Committing Faith in Public with the Revs. Marlin Lavanhar and Carlton Pearson
Committing Faith in Public Podcast with the Revs. Marlin Lavanhar and Carlton Pearson When folks from around the country think of religion in Tulsa, they are…
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Committing Faith in Public with the Rev. Chris Moore
Committing Faith in Public Podcast with the Rev. Chris Moore A trip to the Southern Border. A nativity display on the church lawn. A chain-link fence. An act…
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Committing Religion in Public with the Rev. Dr. Ray Owens
What leads a congregation to start what became Oklahoma’s first public partnership school, and what has been their experience with the venture? The Rev. Dr…
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Committing Faith in Public with the Rev. Shannon Fleck
This is the podcast for people who want to be inspired by individuals and communities of faith doing good work in public. Our guests tell stories of their work…