Faith in a Fresh Vibe

Leaders either become a scandal to those they lead or embrace the scandalous way of Christ. Part 2 of 2 featuring JR Woodward. We discuss his latest book, an iteration of his recent dissertation, on the Powers and church leadership. The Scandal of Leadership is now available wherever books are sold. Those in church leadership of any kind will find this conversation a crucial component to diagnosin...

Part 1 of a 2 part interview featuring author, catalyst, and teacher, JR Woodward. JR recently released a book, The Scandal of Leadership: Unmasking the Powers of Domination in the Church . In an age where church leaders are hitting the news cycle for all the wrong reasons, JR details a theological outlook on WHY. If you’re connected to church leadership, church planting, or overall interest...

We interrupt Season 10 with this bonus episode responding to the war breaking out in Israel and Palestine and how Christians might respond. This is a repeat of last week’s newsletter (sign up on the homepage). A important article to read is penned by: Rabbi Dayna Rattenburg .

Welcome to Episode #70 with author Mekdes Haddis. Her debut book is called “A Just Mission. Laying Down Power and Embracing Mutuality.” Listeners who have read Rohadi’s book, When We Belong, will know the nascent Ethiopian connection formative to his journey in deconstructing Christianity. We launch off from his story to draw into Mekdes and her formation as an evangelical Christ...

How a Culture of White Supremacy Devalues Us and How We Can Reclaim Our Truth Worth A season on authors and their new books. In this episode I feature Caroline Sumlin. Here’s a brief synopsis of her debut. BREAK UP WITH THE STANDARD Society has told you that you’re not good enough unless you live up to the standard. Society lied to you. Our worth lies in our ability to measure up to the narr...

Season 10 already?! Hello friends, welcome to the Faith in a Fresh Vibe Podcast, where we journey through decolonizing and deconstructing the Christian faith. Season 9 just finished and this episode is the start of Season 10! It’s also a “bridge” episode. Since last season was one on  embodiment and mental health, and this season is for  authors and their new books , I thought an...

The final Episode of Season 9, a season on mental health, embodiment, and in this episode we throw in change and some DEI (diversity equity and inclusion) as well. Recorded on Treaty 7 territory in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Change is hard, and harder still when it involves institutions filled with individuals who don’t want to change. In this eye-opening and juicy conversation, Nkem Ndefo ,...

Part 2. This episode starts off with an “ah ha” moment on wholeness and the way perceptions of community are shaped through time of past, present, and future. This conversation previews decolonized pathways unto embodiment and mental health look like. Part 2 of a 2 part interview with Frances Elizabeth Moore. Frances speaks to worldview, and how our Western perceptions miss pathways of embodiment...

You don’t have to be a mental health professional or therapist to talk about mental health. And that goes for everybody! Come on through this two part series featuring Frances Elizabeth Moore. Frances Elizabeth Moore is an Anishinaabe Kwe from Timiskaming First Nations, Quebec residing in London, Ontario. She is a storyteller, community advocate, facilitator/educator, non-profit leader, and...

Ever heard a phrase from the pulpit that made you cringe? But not only cringe, distinctly left you on the outside looking in in a community you’re supposed to belong to? Let’s talk about that. Let’s talk about spiritual bypassing. Let’s also talk about why mental health is still a touchy subject in churches. Dr. Peace Amadi visits the show to share her expertise on the purs...

What if instead of white knuckling through life trying to keep up with the ‘Joneses’, we became more attuned to what our bodies need?   Season 9 continues with author and trauma therapist Aundi Kolber. Aundi recently celebrated 100,000 copies sold for her book Try Softer . She was also most recently featured on Good Morning America’s segment on faith. In this episode we discuss e...

It’s with great pleasure to invite Dr. Hillary McBride to the show to kick-off Season 9 , a season on embodiment and mental health . Formation in contemporary Christianity usually ignores the body, which is odd given the foundation of the faith is rooted in the mystery of incarnation.  But it makes sense because every time one thinks of the body, the messaging from the pulpit is how our bodi...

Biblical interpretation that does not result in love of God and neighbor is incorrect and compels you to go back and interpret again. Rohadi invites Karen Keen back for Part 2 of a small series on How to Read the Bible. What do we do with the way we’ve been formed around the Bible and specifically any teachings we’ve come to realize are incongruent with the way of Jesus, or at worse, spiritually a...

Do you have a complicated relationship with the Bible? This episode (in two parts) is for you. Are you struggling to figure out how to interpret scripture without past baggage? Wondering if there is a different way to move forward especially coming out of traditions that hold high importance for the Bible but often misuse it? Karen Keen is a biblical scholar and author who discusses what it’...

Have a listen to the latest podcast episode for some hahas, a blast into the worship past, and insight on REVIVAL! One thing is for sure, you don’t name a movement ‘revival’ before it even gets started. Yes. I went there, and a lot of white evangelicals ain’t gonna be happy, cause they used to be being the boss of everything. Claims of ‘revival’ swept contempora...

A short little Bible study in this episode on the Faith in a Fresh Vibe podcast. Stemming from regular occurrences of oft cited cultural events that conservative Christians decry for whatever moral reason, Rohadi ponders the question, “why do some (conservative) Christians seem to hate the world so much? It all comes down to how you read the Bible, and we discover how many verses leading mod...

Part 2 in our two part episode centers around Patty’s latest book, Becoming Kin. I begin with the question about the way forward: what does a decolonized and liberating community look like? Patty responds by sharing a story she recounts in her book about the deer. The relationships we have with the land can help inform and change the ways we organize our society. We examine how the racialize...

Every episode begins with two questions: where are you situated (the traditional lands on which you dwell), and who are your people. Patty is located in the Niagara region which is Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee territory. Listen as she shares a marvellous story about finding her people. Her book Becoming Kin is part memoire describing her journey to find her people and what it means to be a good r...

Have you ever heard of the Enneagram? From church groups to corporate development, the Enneagram is a tool used to help find your personality type. Increasingly, church groups are adopting the tool in their small groups and leadership development. But what if, like so many personality systems out there, the way we understand the type numbers are filtered through a particular gaze? Jessica D. Dicks...

Season 8 continues with Episode #54 featuring the voice of Rose J. Percy. Listen in as the rain falls and the thunder hits in the background as Rose and I discuss all pieces decolonizing faith. We start off with a “get to know you” through a conversation on food, then quickly pivot to the importance of cultivating rest for imagination. We switch gears into identity, and how vocation is...

Season 8 opens featuring author Camille Hernandez. Currently located in California, Camille is a writer and public educator pursuing an abolitionist world by dismantling systems of oppression created by settler colonization. Her forthcoming debut book is entitled, “ The Hero and the Whore. Reclaiming healing and liberation through stories of sexual exploitation in the Bible. ” Sound in...

Welcome to another season of the Faith in a Fresh Vibe podcast! Season 8 picks up where Season 7 leaves off–deconstructing and decolonizing Christianity. To do so, we include a number of different guests who offer important insight on the Christian faith that you may not usually hear from. Centering voices from the margins, authors and public theologians, is crucial to the formation of our p...

BONUS: Marla Taviano Interviews Rohadi on His Writing Including His Latest Book, When We Belong Check out this Bonus Episode! Season 7 opened with a cool interview where Gena Thomas hosted and I was the guest. We talked about my book, When We Belong . In this episode, my friend Marla Taviano, whose episode you can find here , asks me questions about the book and how the ideas flow into a renewed f...

Featuring Pastor and Author Jonny Rashid The oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed. Simone de Beauvoir In this conversation, pastor and author Jonny Rashid, shares a wonderful cross-section of topics ranging from being brown in America, and church leadership in predominantly white spaces. We discuss spiritual formation as it intersects the racialized b...

Featuring Mandy Capehart We live in a world that’s a barrage of grief, yet we lack the skills and communities to support through it all. Why is that? In this episode, Mandy and I meander our way through what it takes to cultivate life giving community where all can belong. Before that, Mandy shares her story walking through deconstruction and her own seasons of grief. As a grief coach, she h...