This is season six. We're into episode three with my dear colleague, Rebecca Wheeler Walston, and she's going to be talking about her perceptions of reality and experiences was in the context of story work. She's an amazing lawyer, works for a nonprofit. Yeah, I think you're really going to love getting to know Rebecca and what she's about as a story worker, as a storyteller, as a human being moving through this world, and I'm personally hoping this isn't the last time she's on the podcast, and hopefully she listens to this. She hears me say that. Additionally, at the end of the podcast in the show notes, there are mental health resources. There's also a link to Rebecca's bio, link to how to get in touch with her if you want to work with her. I really encourage y'all to take care, find someone that helps you ground yourself in reality, put your feet in some dirt,
What is reality? How do we determine reality? What our the inputs? Who is in our circle? As it pertains to faith, race, gender, and the church - how do we find the reality and experience of this moment? This introduction was recorded over vastly changing reality and political violence and school violence. You will hear that shift in the recording. (It’s painful to be around people who think differently. The question is: how do we converse without devolving into hate or shouting? Today is September 11. Between Charlie Kirk’s assassination, yesterday’s school shooting, and attempted political killings, it’s clear our nation is split into competing realities that shape everything—from how we see safety to how we practice faith and empathy. This podcast is about examining those realities and how we process them.)
But also we're the leaders. We are, we're the leaders. They're a leader of something, but they're not the leader of us. We're the leaders. We're the leaders. So no matter what they say, no matter what hate they spew, I really love Cesar Chavez. He's like, I still go out and feed the farm worker and I don't make them get on the boycott line because if they're pushed under the dirt, then they can't see hope. So people that have more economic power, a little more privilege than the other guy, we're the leaders. We're the ones that keep showing up in love. And love is a dangerous thing for these folks.
We have a special bonus episode today as we remember one year ago and the Jan 6th (2021) insurrection at the capitol. We’ve asked former guests, friends and colleagues what they remember about this day? What this event meant to them? How they are feeling a year later.
Canadian based David Hayward, the artist behind the NakedPastor, joins us for a conversation about how he uses art to illustrate real honest truths about people's experience in the church with spiritual abuse, patriarchy, exclusion, deconstruction and reconstruction of faith.
Danielle and I (Maggie) met virtually this week with author, filmmaker, theologian, poet and PhD candidate, Phil Allen Jr. to discuss the themes in his new book Open Wounds: A Story of Racial Tragedy, Trauma and Redemption around the layers of racism, the ways trauma effects us intergenerationally and the difference between reconciliation and solidarity.
We are filled with sorrow and rage. In the last year, violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders has surged 149% according to a recent article in Time. It is sickening and heartbreaking. The most recent attack gaining national attention happened last week in Atlanta on March 16th, the murder of 8 people, 6 of whom were Asian women in what has still yet to be classified as a hate crime.
Rev. Dr. Susie Biel and Deanna Gemmer, Director of Community Development and Engagement, of Summit Ave Presbyterian Church on how to engage conversations around the current political climate and the events of Wed Jan 6th, 2021.
We’re more than nine months in to this global pandemic; exhaustion and fatigue are settling in. Uncertainty continues even with the hope of “imminent” vaccines on the horizon… There is still more waiting ahead.
In our second season kick off episode Danielle S. Castillejo chats with Desiree Cadengo and Dr. Kimberly Riley about what schooling in the Pandemic looks like, how families of all shapes and sizes are coping, and offers encouragement to one another and listeners to build community.
Gloria says she is still a work in progress and it doesn’t always work with her —sometimes they can’t meet her where she wants to go and sometimes it’s not a good fit. The focus is family of origins, trauma, diversity stuff. But if there is help rejecting and deflection of responsibility makes its really hard to do the work.
Puerto Rican Pastor and leader Melyssa Cordero chats about life and ministry under shelter-in-place and how she believes this time could be like "Streams in the Desert" if we pay attention to what's in front of us.
Arise Podcast had a chance to connect with three different women who are continuing to lead in their spheres of influence even in the midst of COVID social distancing.
Heather Stringer is from Chicago, IL originally. She came out to Seattle to attend graduate school for counseling and psychology. While at the Seattle School she took a theology class that gave her the opportunity to do an art piece rather than a paper and it connected her back to roots in performing arts. She views performing arts as a way to use the body as a place work out concepts in a way that invites the audience to participate. It’s not just a consumeristic experience. This led her to continue to explore performance arts as she began practicing therapy and realized there is something more that she was wanting. It was through a friend’s desire to create an experience for her birthday that led Heather to ritual making.
College missionary Sandhya Oaks has a job that is built on relationships in this time of social separation. We chat her about her work in reconciliation and the racism that is coming up as a result of COVID. Sandhya gives five practical tips for engaging yourself and others during this time.
