Practicing Gospel Podcast

Practicing Gospel Podcast


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The Race Relations Station PGE34
March 01, 2021

Part of the outgrowth of Meta Commerse's work in racial healing is the development of The Race Relations Station. The Race Relations Station is a community action project which has the vision of a well, diverse,

The Art of Foundling House PGE33
February 15, 2021

My guests for this episode are the creators and editors of and some of the artists who participate with Foundling House. Foundling House is a website, journal, and resource, birthed in Knoxville, TN, dedicated to exploring the human truths of the Kingd...

Peacebuilding 3 Ken Sehested Part 2 PGE 32
February 01, 2021

During my interview with Ken Sehested in the previous episode, and especially as I reflected on the interview immediately afterwards, I felt there was more that need to be discussed and it shouldn't wait until a date several months in the future as I i...

Peacebuilding 3 Ken Sehested Part 1 PGE 31
January 18, 2021

As I say in the introduction to this episode, I have two goals in this ongoing series on peacebuilding. The first goal is to enable you to become aware of the extent of people active in peace work and peacebuilding efforts and to learn how each person ...

LGBTQ Christian Stories PGE 30
January 04, 2021

In her extensive work with peacebuilding, Rabbi Nancy Fuchs Kreimer (Listen to PGE12 below.) stresses the importance of focusing more on the heart than the head. By this she means that building bridges of peace and relationships between people who disa...

Interview with Bill Leonard about the Church PGE 29
December 21, 2020

As I say in my introduction to this interview, in her superb book, These Truths: A History of the United States, historian Jill Lepore holds a particular understanding of history. She says that history is, ‘…not merely a form of memory but also a form ...

Biblical Storytelling 3 Kathy Culmer PGE 28
December 07, 2020

As I say in the introduction to this episode, an article in The Lancet by Jane Davis makes the case that reading literature out loud has potential for healing and wellness. As a part of The Reader Organization, Davis says,

Steady State Economics 3 Herman Daly PGE 27
November 23, 2020

The reason I am seeking to keep Steady State Economics as a subject before you, as my audience, is that few other economic options subsume economics under the ecosystem. Rather other economic options subsume the ecosystem under the economy.

Racial Healing-Meta Commerse Interview Part 3 PGE26
November 09, 2020

This episode is Part 3 of my interviews with Meta Commerse. In this episode we bring together the threads of Meta's writing and aesthetic arts and her healing arts into the tapestry of their use in racial healing. As I say in the interview,

Racial Healing-Meta Commerse Interview Part 2 PGE 25
November 02, 2020

This episode is the Part 2 of 3 interviews with Meta Commerse. Part 1 focused on Meta's poetry and novel. In this episode we discuss the story/journey of Meta's development of Story Medicine and her use of it to facilitate healing. -