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We begin our collaboration process with playwright-pastor-scholar Amina McIntyre , talking about imagining, reorientation, risk, and what we have learned - and seemingly already forgotten - from COVID. Listen to our past aijcast conversation with Amina.

We wrap up our collaboration with photographer Eley by looking back on our co-creation of reweaving/unraveling , the give and take of notes, and Marthame’s promotion to honorary photo assistant. Listen to part three of our collaboration. Listen to part two of our collaboration. Listen to part one of our collaboration.

Ari Brazier joins our collaboration with photographer Eley as we make sights and sounds inspired by space and authenticity. Additional Sonification on this episode from SYSTEM Sounds (M. Russo, A. Santaguida). Listen to part two of our collaboration. Listen to part one of our collaboration. Watch the completed video.

Our collaborative process with photographer Eley continues as we brainstorm ideas, reminisce over old science textbooks, and remember that we are all just stardust. Listen to part one of our collaboration.

Host Marthame Sanders shares some thoughts on the deeper meaning of Christmas and the challenge and hope it brings.

We begin our collaboration process with photographer Eley , talking about outer space, inner space, and the possibility of being changed through relationship. Listen to our past aijcast conversation with Eley.

We wrap up our collaboration process with pastor/poet Jeremy Green, reflecting back on making the poster for our imagined horror movie One , making art in an increasingly fractured pop culture landscape, and how people are more complicated than we give them credit for being. Listen to part three of our collaboration. Listen to part two of our collaboration. Listen to part one of our collaboration.

In part three of our collaboration with pastor-poet Jeremy Green, we work together on creating a poster for our imagined horror movie One . Listen to part two of our collaboration. Listen to part one of our collaboration. See a full version of the poster.

We continue our collaboration with pastor/poet Jeremy Green, talking about the connection between fear and love, what terrifies us, and what our horror movie poster would look like. Listen to part one of our collaboration.

We begin our collaboration process with pastor/poet Jeremy Green, talking about the power of horror films, how “family” is being redefined in health ways, and bell hooks’ All About Love . Listen to our past aijcast conversation with Jeremy.

As we wrap up our collaboration process with filmmaker Weston Manders and look back at the creation of our short film Kudzu , we talk about perfection and fear, co-signing vs. collaborating, and finding God at work in it all. Listen to part three of our collaboration. Listen to part two of our collaboration. Listen to part one of our collaboration.

In part three of our collaboration with filmmaker Weston Manders , we work together on creating a short film called Kudzu. Listen to part two of our collaboration. Listen to part one of our collaboration. Watch the film.

In part two of our collaboration with filmmaker Weston Manders , we wonder what Japanese spiders have to do with the South, reflect on the invisible forces at work in the world, and dream about plastic beaches. Listen to part one of our collaboration.

As we start Season 20 of aijcast, we are launching our collaborating/co-creating process with filmmaker Weston Manders . Weston shares how he is finding inspiration in his marriage and why there’s a boldness is asking for help. Listen to our past aijcast conversation with Weston.

Host Marthame Sanders announces our next phase at aijcast, a collaborative process of co-creation with some of our favorite artists.

Host Marthame Sanders offers some thoughts on where we have come from at aijcast in anticipation of what is to come.

A collaborative song and reflection inspired by Jesus on the Road to Emmaus (Luke 24) with our friends Amantha Barbee, Aisha Brooks-Johnson ( Presbytery of Greater Atlanta ), and Samuel Yenn-Batah . Personnel (and past aijcast conversations): Marthame Sanders : lead vocals, guitar Amantha Barbee and Aisha Brooks-Johnson : backing vocals Samuel Yenn-Batah : saxophone Listen to the song and watch a...

In part two of our conversation, Moving in the Spirit ’s Dr. Charne Furcron, Dana Lupton, and Abby Richards talk about how they see students as artistic collaborators, the need to adapt and improvise, and their upcoming performance: Journey on the A-Train: A Human Canvas . Listen to part one.

In part one of our conversation, Moving in the Spirit ’s Dr. Charne Furcron, Dana Lupton, and Abby Richards talk about how the award-winning creative youth development organization use the art of dance to encourage children and teens to realize their highest potential. Listen to part two.

In part two of our conversation, designer-facilitator-consultant-author Ben Garrett speaks asset-based community development, the University of Chicago, and his work at The Hatchery at Emory . Listen to part one.

In part one of our conversation, designer-facilitator-consultant Ben Garrett speaks about his book What Remains , evangelicalism and formation, and faith-based community development. Listen to part two.

This week, we present an episode from our friends over at The Ministry Collaborative podcast as they feature our own Marthame Sanders on the topics of improv, adversity, and the fraudulent line between sacred and secular.

In part two of our conversation, preacher-teacher-author Jennifer Watley Maxell speaks about The Breakthrough Fellowship , The Ellipsis Experience , the process of publishing her book. Plus, she reads us a poem from her recently published poetry collection Ellipsis . Listen to part one.

In part one of our conversation, teacher-preacher-author Jennifer Watley Maxell speaks about her call to preaching, The Breakthrough Fellowship , and what it means to be incarnational in virtual spaces. Plus, she reads from her newly published collection of poetry Ellipsis . Listen to part two.

In part two of our conversation, pastor-musician Amantha Barbee talks about Jesus, learning - and unlearning - how to sing, and the lessons of the guitar string. She also sings live for us in the AIJCast studio! Listen to part one.