Faith in a Fresh Vibe

Stories of Racialized Experiences A deeply formative and reflective episode with Ms Micah Morgan. Where does one land when balancing the tensions between a fascination with theological questions surrounding body and suffering, and the lived experience in the church and beyond? Grappling with a sense of belonging and questions of sovereignty, Micah inserts joyful tones from her faith experience in...

Pastor Trey coming through! You might remember him from such places as Twitter.com and as one of the endorsers for my book When We Belong. In this episode, Trey shares wisdom from his context and tradition rooted within the Black church. Hearing and learning from voices who have different, yet vibrant, faith experiences, is crucial to help re-imagine faith in new ways. Here’s what else is in...

Featuring Sharifa Stevens “Daughter of the King, and Kingstonians. Schooled in the Ivy League, the Bible Belt, and the Boogie-Down.” Coming at you from Treaty 7 Territory in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Don’t forget to rate and follow this podcast. Share it with your friends. Have you had a conversation and in the middle of it you realize you’ve found a kindred soul? That&#821...

Episode #46 with author Marla Taviano Marla shares a story about moving away from, and re-discovering, new roads of faith and spirituality. Making sense of Christianity after deconstructing takes time. The journey is fraught with loss, but there are pathways unto better. Here’s what’s in store. Show Notes We meet Marla and talk about her numerous books over the years. Taking a look at...

Episode #45 with author Gena Thomas Gena has written for several Christian publications , and published her first book,  A Smoldering Wick: Igniting Missions Work with Sustainable Practices  in 2016. Her book,   Separated by the Border: A birth mother, a foster mother, and a migrant child’s 3,000-mile journey  unpacks the story of reuniting her Honduran foster daughter with her family after...

Season 7 Arrives with Guest Host Gena Thomas and Rohadi The Faith in a Fresh Vibe podcast opens the Summer Series with a look inside how Rohadi’s book, “When We Belong. Reclaiming Christianity on the Margins.” came to life. Guest host, Gena Thomas, leads this episode, but don’t worry, she takes the role of guest in the next episode! This shorter episode is the perfect start...

We end Season 6, a season devoted to the topic of deconstruction with Michiko Bown-Kai (they/them). Michiko is a minister with the United Church of Canada. They grew up in Ontario in the UCC, and later became a minister, currently serving in Cambridge, Ontario. In Episode 43, we cover a lot of ground starting with an introduction and story of Michiko’s path into ministry. We then detour to s...

Episode 42 features David Hayward, a name you may not be familiar with, but whose art you certainly are. Found everywhere as the @ nakedpastor , David has a wide array of tools to share his message. In this episode we cover a lot of ground starting with an introduction into David’s art ranging from writing, water-colours, to his widely successful cartoons. As the #deconstruction picks up att...

Emotions of Deconstruction with Omar Reyes is here. In this episode I invite my friend Omar Reyes to share about his journey through deconstruction. Originally form El Salvador, Omar grew up in the Pentecostal tradition and found himself a pastor for a decade. But then something didn’t fit. Listen to Omar’s story, his thoughts on deconstruction, moving away from works and shame based f...

#exvangelical and all that Episode #40 welcomes Blake Chastain who coined the #exvangelical hashtag alongside the launch of the Exvangelical podcast in July 2016. Exvangelical conversations and communities have proliferated online across social networks like Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and Reddit. Blake Chastain is host of the Exvangelical and Powers & Principalities podcasts , and writer of T...

Drew and Rohadi conclude a three part series on deconstructing Christianity. In this episode they talk about their list of items from contemporary church traditions they would trash, keep, and reclaim. Listen in as both share their stories and paint a picture of what Christian community can look like moving forward. (more…)

Deconstructing the Christian Worship Industrial Complex with Rohadi and Drew Brown (Part 2). Continuing our series on deconstruction, Drew and Rohadi discuss major pillars in deconstruction. In this episode they tackle worship, or Christian music, and the ways it has formed Christian churches in good and bad ways. They discuss their experience, how they determined mainstream Christian music wasn&#...

Have you heard about  deconstruction?!  It’s all the rage. Season 6 will include multiple episodes on deconstruction. Drew and Rohadi challenge white hegemony in the realm of Christian deconstruction by offering their take. Part 1 examines the root cause of the deconstruction movement that’s not always obvious–white supremacy. Both share their stories growing up in different chur...

We BACK! Get yourself prepared for SEASON 6 of Faith in a Fresh Vibe Podcast on DECONSTRUCTION. Bringing the often excluded marginalized voices to the centre, we take a deep dive into the past, present, and future chase in deconstruction. Who’s we? From the Prairies to the Great Lakes, Rohadi and Drew Brown combine for bulk of episodes in this season. Check in on this intro and sneak peak on...

Episode #36 Featuring Pastor and Author, Melissa Florer-Bixler In the final episode of the summer season 5 edition of Faith in a Fresh Vibe, we welcome pastor Melissa. This insightful episode offers a number of interesting and pragmatic ways to re-think Christian formation. Ranging from leadership formation for predominantly white congregations seeking racialized justice, to to tangible ways to ac...

On deconstruction and picturing what is to come…. It’s often challenging to picture a world after deconstruction and following old formation from institutional Christianity. In this episode, Starlette paints a picture of what is to come. An idea, a vision, the possibilities, of rooting our faith in the Kingdom coming. “There’s another way things are supposed to be!” S...

Part 2 of this 2 part series. We dig into Chandra Crane’s book, Mixed Blessing. Embracing the Fullness of Your Multi-Ethnic Identity. To the multi-ethnic listeners out there, you’re up, you’re not a mistake!, your time is now. About Chandra: “So what are you?” Chandra Crane knows what it’s like to get that question. She has a Thai birth father, an European Ameri...

So what are you ? Ya, that’s a question I’ve grown up fielding. Chandra Crane has a thing or two to say about that. Two fantastic episodes you don’t want to miss. Devoted to multi-ethnic people, we dig into identity and the superpowers we have. Most often overlooked, multi-ethnic/multi-racialized people are finally coming to the forefront. As we learn to live and own our bodies a...

In this edition, deconstruction at its finest. A story about coming out of fundamentalism, and into a journey of deconstruction. We mark pathways out of white supremacy and white evangelicalism. My guest, @the_decolonized_Christian from Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_decolonized_christian/. This account exposes the church’s colonial past from an anti-colonial perspective; amplifyin...

Episode #31 Featuring Terence Lester SPEAKER, ACTIVIST, AUTHOR, AND THOUGHT LEADER IN THE REALM OF SYSTEMIC POVERTY. Find him online @imTerenceLester (Twitter) and https://linktr.ee/imterencelester .   He’s known for nationwide campaigns that bring awareness to issues surrounding homelessness, poverty, and economic inequality. His awareness campaigns have been featured on MLK50, CNN, Go...

Welcome to Season 5! How about a quick intro into the latest season of the Faith in a Fresh Vibe podcast? Guests include Terence Lester, Starlette Thomas, the_decolonized_christian, Melissa Florer-Bixler, and Chandra Crane. I open this season, however, with an inside look at my forthcoming book, When We Belong. Reclaiming Christianity on the Margins. You get an exclusive preview inside as I share...

Rohadi interviews author and spiritual formation director Lisa Colon DeLay in this hour long episode. The two venture through a conversation on spirituality and where the church fits in a modern world in formation. They spend time unpacking some features in the first book from Lisa Delay , “The Wild Lands Within”. The landscape around culture, religion, and spirituality is shifting, an...

On Centering Marginalized People: Might from the Margins with Rev Dr. Dennis Edwards. Dr. Edwards is Professor of NT at Northpark Theological Seminary. He’s also an ordained minister with the Evangelical Covenant Church. In this episode, Rohadi interviews Dr. Edwards and his early days church planting and leading multi-ethnic churches. We ask, can white evangelicalism become more inclusive a...

Recorded days after the 2020 American inauguration, Rohadi welcomes author and spiritual formation director, Charlotte Donlon. In this part two, Charlotte unpacks her book and her story. “The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other” offers vignettes on facing loneliness and vulnerability in the bid for freedom and belonging. I value her story as she shares her own journe...

Recorded days after the 2020 American inauguration, Rohadi chats with author and spiritual formation director, Charlotte Donlon. This two part series begins with Charlotte’s introduction, a bit about her people, and then what it’s like to live Birmingham, Alabama. The heart of white Christian evangelicalism and its cultural grip on the region comes with challenges. We discuss bearing w...