Brew Theology Podcast

Can you believe it?! EPISODE 200!!! What a journey it's been. In this episode Ryan and Janel will reflect on this amazing journey and bring back some clips from some of our favorite voices and laughs! You'll hear Dr. Pam Eisenbaum, Rabbi Steven Booth-Nadav, Rev. Diana Thompson, and Dr. Tink Tinker. We had a ton of fun putting this together and hope you enjoy it.  Also, if you have great memories f...

This is a replay of the conversation between Dr. Ved Nanda, Dilpreet Jammu, and Rev. Diana Thompson at our 2019 Aletruist Event, in memorial of Dr. Ved Nanda.  /// Dr. Ved Prakash Nanda was a leader in the interfaith community in Denver. He was a distinguished lawyer and worked for peace around the world. He was a survivor of the partition of India and has worked ever since for peace for all peopl...

Dr. Ved Prakash Nanda was a leader in the interfaith community in Denver. He was a distinguished lawyer and worked for peace around the world. He was a survivor of the partition of India and has worked ever since for peace for all people. He was a practicing Hindu and joined us for our Aletruist event in 2019. In honor of Dr. Nanda, we are replaying his presentation on Hinduism, brief as it is. We...

Join for the last episode of this season as we talk with Keegan Osinski and Alexa Oord about the Church of the Nazarene becoming LGBTQ+ affirming. Keegan, Alexa, and Janel will share what the challenges facing the denomination around this issue. If you have faced this issue in your own tradition, you will likely resonate with this conversation.  This discussion is centered around the book Why the...

Jason Whitehead is back on the Brew Theology podcast. Janel and Ryan talk to him about the intersection of Existentialism and Grief. A pastor, theologian, and therapist, Jason is able to approach these complicated topics with deep knowledge and understanding. As we walk through days where grief can be found in many places, we’ll explore some of the basic ideas around existentialism, why it matters...

Get ready for a fun one! In this 196th episode of the Brew Theology Podcast, Ryan and Janel chat with Dr. Thomas J. Oord on reasons we should stop saying "God is omnipotent." Oord suggests a new word, "Amipotence,"which combines two Latin words ami and potens. The first means “love,” and we find it in words like “amicable,” “amity,” and “amigo.” The second is the Latin word for power or influence,...

On Dec 2, the Fourth Annual Wholly Kicks Santa in the Park event will give away 1000 pair of kicks! We got the pleasure of interviewing Tyg Taylor and learning more about this great event. We wanted to share this beautiful story with you as we start the holiday season. If you'd like to help out, you can donate at whollykicks.org . Wholly Kicks is a non-profit organization whose presence in Aurora,...

Get ready for some Zen! Janel and Ryan chat with Dr. Lisa Pettitt on this timely episode channeling the late Thich Nhat Hanh's Engaged Buddhism on the 194th BT pod! Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh was a Vietnamese Buddhist monk. He founded the ENGAGED BUDDHISM movement including the  School of Youth and Social Service , a grassroots relief organization of 10,000 volunteers based on the Buddhist princip...

On the 193rd episode of the Brew Theology Podcast, Ryan and Janel chat with Rev. Dr. Josh Ritter and Rev. Sharyl West Loeung about MLK and his Interfaith world. As we honor the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., an ordained baptist minister, and pastor, we remember his work as a civic interfaith leader who collaborated with many from other traditions and faiths such as Dorothy Day, Thich...

Divine Intellect Drift: Unlocking the Mysteries of Religious Thought in a Post-Christian Age with our  guest, Josh Carney!* (or Religious Epistemology in a Post-Christendom Culture) Ryan and Janel talk to Josh about stages of formation & shifting, William Perry's cognitive scheme, the Authoritative spectrum and more.... Enjoy the goodies! *Josh Carney is the Chief of Staff for Waco Family Medi...

Worship: Matrix and Human Experience – Why liturgy and the Word matter more than God as an object of worship with Rev. Dr. Leslie King* "It's the question that drives us, Neo. It's the question that brought you here. You know the question, just as I did" – Trinity (The Matrix) Ryan and Janel sit down and chat with Leslie as she speaks of caution when it comes to worship. We'll walk through several...

We are back for part 2: Theology revolving around the Drug War: Globalization, Violence, and Salvation with Bill Walker III! Based on Dr. Bill Walker's book, “A Theology of the Drug War” (2019), this 2 part podcast is a political and theological reflection on the violence and injustice that has taken place in Mexico and Central America since 2006 as a result of the drug war. In order to understand...

Who's ready for some Theology revolving around the Drug War: Globalization, Violence, and Salvation? Based on Dr. Bill Walker's book, “A Theology of the Drug War” (2019), this 2 part podcast is a political and theological reflection on the violence and injustice that has taken place in Mexico and Central America since 2006 as a result of the drug war. In order to understand and respond to this con...

Pull out your earbuds, and get ready for some much needed community talk! Ryan and Janel have a chat with Sharyl West Loeung on the 188th episode of the Brew Theology Podcast! We will explore the complexity of finding places of belonging amid and after a global pandemic, and if we are honest with ourselves, even before the spread of Covid-19. Can we reimagine our traditions to create spaces for be...

This August Janel and Ryan attended The Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago, IL. It was a great time of seeing how the world practices a wide variety of religious experiences. Set on the shores of Lake Michigan, it was a time of learning, reflection, and experience. The Parliament of the World's Religions describes itself as the world’s premier interfaith convening of civic, spiritual a...

The BREW THEOLOGY Force Awakens (Part 2). May The 4th Be With You… get ready for this special Live Podcast event! Featuring The George Strikes Back! Attack of the Eisenbaum! & Return of the Ry-Guy to the Mile High! This is The Way to a galactic podcast packed with hyperspace theology, laser sharp theologians, rebellious questions, dark-sided brews, and party favors - unofficially - endorsed by...

The BREW THEOLOGY Force Awakens. May The 4th Be With You… get ready for this special Live Podcast event! Featuring The George Strikes Back! Attack of the Eisenbaum! & Return of the Ry-Guy to the Mile High! This is The Way to a galactic podcast packed with hyperspace theology, laser sharp theologians, rebellious questions, dark-sided brews, and party favors - unofficially - endorsed by Ewoks (Laugh...

Let's continue to brew... “The Truth about The Truth" with Kerri Fisher! (part 2) We are inundated with messages that beg us to embrace the world in black-and-white but the myths of "common sense" and "one-right-way" are tools of supremacy seeking to limit imagination and thus liberation not only for those of us who are marginalized but for those who bear the burden of being the witness, accomplic...

“The Truth about The Truth" with Kerri Fisher! (part 1) We are inundated with messages that beg us to embrace the world in black-and-white but the myths of "common sense" and "one-right-way" are tools of supremacy seeking to limit imagination and thus liberation not only for those of us who are marginalized but for those who bear the burden of being the witness, accomplice, or perpetrator of viole...

Spoiler Alert: We are all going to die! (and Janel apologizes up front for saying milieu wrong.) So, let's brew theology with the Death Scholar!  Grief theory until now is largely the product of the Protestant (and white) experience, and often emphasizes the Remembering of the Dead, rather than the Care of the dead, stressing the importance of grief “work” and grief “tasks” while working to a goal...

Spoiler Alert: We are all going to die! So, let's brew theology with the Death Scholar!  Grief theory until now is largely the product of the Protestant (and white) experience, and often emphasizes the Remembering of the Dead, rather than the Care of the dead, stressing the importance of grief “work” and grief “tasks” while working to a goal of reintegration without the deceased. There are some li...

Tran Part 3: The Finale (with the Toronto blessing to boot y'all!) After Christianity’s morally disastrous complicity with American racism, does the Christian church have anything left to offer? Ryan & Janel have a brewtastic time with Dr. Tran on another Brew Theology episode (part 3 of 3). Dr. Jonathan Tran examines this complex question and more, discussing his recent book Asian Americans and t...

After Christianity’s morally disastrous complicity with American racism, does the Christian church have anything left to offer? Ryan & Janel have a brewtastic time with Dr. Tran on another Brew Theology episode (part 1 of 3). Dr. Jonathan Tran examines this complex question and more, discussing his recent book Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial Capitalism. Jonathan Tran holds the George W. B...

It's time to kick off the New Year with some hopilicious heat!   After Christianity’s morally disastrous complicity with American racism, does the Christian church have anything left to offer? Ryan & Janel have a brewtastic time with Dr. Tran on another Brew Theology episode (part 1 of 2). Dr. Jonathan Tran examines this complex question and more, discussing his recent book Asian Americans and the...

Today we're talking Sports and Religion. Now, before all you non-sports fans tune out, I beg you to give it a chance. In researching this topic we found some deep connections between sports and religion.  So please listen up as we talk Super Bowl and Olympics, New Testament and Old, and get a better understanding of where sports competitions came from and what those competitions meant to the vario...