Program Staff Amy Valdez Barker and Adam Mixon speak with Dr. Olusimbo Ige (Commissioner, Chicago Department of Public Health) about compassion as her “why”, building trust across differences, and how she sees her public health work as ministry. This conversation is part of our ongoing…
Executive Director Mark Ramsey continues our “When Politics Is Upstream of Faith” series, speaking with the Rev. Leon Stevenson (Mack Avenue Community Church, Detroit) and the Rev. Dr. Barry Jones (Irving Bible Church, TX) about their advice for younger pastors, what we can learn from…
Program Director Adam Borneman speaks with the Revs. Carla Jones Brown (Arch Street Presbyterian, Philadelphia) and Sherrad Hayes (Union Baptist Church, West Point, GA) about trusting God more than self, the concentric circles of mission, and how each of their communities is most often misunderstood….
Program Curator Jennifer Watley Maxell continues our “When Politics Is Upstream of Faith” series, speaking with the Revs. Megan Johnson (Clairmont Presbyterian, Atlanta) and Justin Giboney (The AND Campaign) about the interplay between anxiety and empathy, the importance of both clarity and nuance, and why…
Content Curator Adam Mixon continues his conversation with the Revs. David Feltman and Jennifer Lusher (Family Promise, New Ministry Strategies) speaking about the importance of seeking “the common good”, the difficulty of confronting false gospels, and why we need to read Scripture in diverse community….
Content Curator Adam Mixon continues our “When Politics Is Upstream of Faith” series, speaking with the Revs. Jennifer Lusher (Family Promise, New Ministry Strategies) and David Feltman about seeing COVID as a prophetic moment, the pain of the “great divide”, and embracing the places we…
Program Staff Amy Valdez Barker and Adam Borneman speak with the Rev. Johannes George (St. Mark’s Episcopal, Houston) about his harrowing escape from the civil war in Sierra Leone, what that experience taught him about betrayal and trust, and his wisdom for the American context…