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In this episode Austin Channing Brown discusses racial justice, why the scripture can sometimes be complicit in racism, why the term "White Supremacy" might be more prevalent than we think and why there is hope for reconciliation between the majority and minority groups here in the US. Interviewer: Jonathan Williams ABOUT AUSTIN Austin is a Resident Director and Multicultural Liaison for Calvin College by day and a writer by night. She is passionate about the work of racial justice and reconciliation, especially as modeled and led by women. To get more info about Austin, visit austinchanning.com

Jennifer Fisher 2 Corinthians 1:3-7

Jonathan Williams 2 Corinthians 3:1-6

In this episode Doug Pagitt talks about the history of church movements in the USA and why younger generations are looking for a just and generous expression of Christianity. Interviewer: Jen Wills Fisher ABOUT DOUG Doug Pagitt is a pastor, author, speaker, Ultra-Marathoner, goodness conspirator and possibility evangelist. To get more info about Doug, visit dougpagitt.com ABOUT OPEN OPEN is a collective of Post-Evangelical, Progressive Evangelical, Non-Denominational and Free-Church tradition churches, organizations, leaders and networks seeking to embody an ecosystem for a '"Just and Generous Progressive Evangelical expression of faith in the United States." To get more info about OPEN, visit theopennetworkus.org

Jonathan Williams 2 Corinthians 9:7

Jonathan Williams Matthew 28:16-20

Jonathan Williams 1 Maccabees 13:50-52

In this episode our friend Rabbi Dan returns to teach us how to use midrash to explore the meaning of Biblical texts. Listen in as members of our community learn to read midrash together and explore the theology of the Old Testament book of Job. ABOUT RABBI DAN Rabbi Daniel M. Bronstein, Ph.D., is a scholar and educator who teaches at Hunter College and the 92nd Street Y in New York City. His dissertation, "Torah in the Trenches," examines the rabbinical military chaplaincy during World War II. He lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., with his family. To learn more from Rabbi Dan, read some blog posts at https://urj.org/blog/blog-author/rabbi-daniel-m-bronstein-phd

Jonathan Williams Job 40:15-41:1-12, 42:1-6

Jennifer Fisher Job, chapters 2-37

Travis Eades Job 38 - 42:1-6

Jonathan Williams Job 1:6-22, 2:1-10