Reports from the Spiritual Frontier

Reports from the Spiritual Frontier


Latest Episodes

Climate Changed Podcast
June 07, 2022

Ben is co-hosting a new podcast, “Climate Changed”, about finding faith, life, and love in a climate-changed world, with in-depth interviews with activists, poets, philosophers, and others about how w

Ben Yosua-Davis – Five Years of Reports From the Spiritual Frontier
December 11, 2020

Join us for our final episode, as Beth Estock interviews Ben about his experience over five years of hosting Reports From the Spiritual Frontier. Episode Highlights Include: What changes and patterns Ben has seen over his five years hosting Reports Why...

Imagine a New Planet- Bill McKibben and Rev. Lennox Yearwood
December 02, 2020

Join us for a recording of Ben’s conversation with Bill Mckibben, founder of 350.org and Rev. Lennox Yearwood, founder of the Hip Hop Caucus as part of the BTS Center’s series, “Unlocking Possibility: Catalyzing Spiritual Imagination in Uncertain Times...

Imagine a New Church: Emily Scott and Heber Brown
November 20, 2020

Join us for a recording of Ben’s conversation with Rev. Dr. Heber Brown III of The Black Church Food Security Network and Pastor Emily Scott of Dream and Visions to imagine a new church, as part of the BTS Center’s series,

Casper ter Kuile and Erica Williams Simon – Imagine a New Democracy
November 12, 2020

Join us for a recording of Ben’s conversation with Casper ter Kuile and Erica Williams Simon about Imagining a new Democracy, as part of the BTS Center’s series, “Unlocking Possibility: Catalyzing Spiritual Imagination in Uncertain Times”. And,

Rob Hopkins and Dominique Christina – Unlocking Possibility in Uncertain Times
October 23, 2020

Join us for a recording of Ben’s conversation with Rob Hopkins and Dominique Christina about the art and practice of imagination in uncertain times in the BTS Center’s series, “Unlocking Possibility: Catalyzing Spiritual Imagination in Uncertain Times”...

[Bonus] Ciona Rouse: Open Sunday Mornings and Supportive Friends
August 13, 2020

Join us for a little more of our conversation with Ciona Rouse, as she shares about the gift of open Sunday mornings and supportive friends. If you haven’t heard it yet, check out our full conversation with Ciona,

[Updated] Ciona Rouse – Resting on A Limb of the Tree of Knowledge
August 07, 2020

Join us for an updated conversation with poet Ciona Rouse, first about her experience of the pandemic and our national reckoning with racism, and then about her journey from cradle United Methodist and pastor’s kid out of Christianity.

[Bonus] Ophelia Hu-Kinney – Her Relationship with Methodism
July 30, 2020

Join us for a little more of our conversation with Ophelia Hu-Kinney, as she shares about why she’s United Methodist. If you haven’t heard our full conversation with Ophelia, make sure to check it out: “Why Not Take A Leap of Faith For Once?

[Updated] Ophelia Hu-Kinney – “Why Not Take a Leap of Faith For Once?”
July 29, 2020

Join us for an updated conversation conversation with Ophelia Hu-Kinney, of Queering the Kindom and the Reconciling Ministries Network, about what she’s learned over the course of thee pandemic, about her journey into Christianity in early adulthood an...