New Way

This year, our annual Christmas episode features highlights from the last two years, including guests Jeff Eddings , Becca Blake , Ray Bowden , Chris Romine , Carlton Johnson , and Samuel Henry .

Minha convidada é Fabiana Araujo. A experiência dela como música e arquiteta influenciaram a atuação dela no ministério. Em sua adolescência em Itararé, no estado de São Paulo, ela orava para desenvolver um interesse por Deus ou pela Igreja, mas Fabiana e o marido (Xechel) passaram os últimos vinte anos atuando no ministério ao redor de seu país, o Brasil. Agora, eles estão nos Estados Unidos, na...

Fabiana Araujo’s backgrounds as a musician and architect have shaped her approach to ministry. Once the teenager from Itararé, São Paulo, who reluctantly prayed to have an interest in God or the church, Fabiana and her husband have spent the last twenty years ministering throughout their home country of Brazil. They are now in the United States, in Atlanta, Georgia, where she serves as a resident...

Minha convidada é Fabiana Araujo. A experiência dela como música e arquiteta influenciaram a atuação dela no ministério. Em sua adolescência em Itararé, no estado de São Paulo, ela orava para desenvolver um interesse por Deus ou pela Igreja, mas Fabiana e o marido (Xechel) passaram os últimos vinte anos atuando no ministério ao redor de seu país, o Brasil. Agora, eles estão nos Estados Unidos, na...

Fabiana Araujo’s backgrounds as a musician and architect have shaped her approach to ministry. Once the teenager from Itararé, São Paulo, who reluctantly prayed to have an interest in God or the church, Fabiana and her husband have spent the last twenty years ministering throughout their home country of Brazil. They are now in the United States, in Atlanta, Georgia, where she serves as a resident...

Rob Douglas is the founding pastor of Lightshine Church in Thousand Oaks, California. He’s one of the nicest people you'll ever meet, and is the author of the new book The Missional Disciple-Making Handbook . In part two, we talk about Rob's new book, the church’s call to “innovations of mercy”, and Rob's advice for people taking on something new. And what does a former handbell choir...

Rob Douglas is the founding pastor of Lightshine Church in Thousand Oaks, California. He’s a surfer and a sports fan, and one of the nicest people you'll ever meet. He's also the author of the new book The Missional Disciple-Making Handbook . In part one, we talk about our hypothetical sports podcast called Sportsball! , and we discuss that singular hour of the week that often takes place...

Author and spiritual director Therese Taylor-Stinson is a member of the Shalem Society for Contemplative Leadership . She is also the founding managing member of the Spiritual Directors of Color Network , and the editor of the award-winning collection on the emancipative properties of holy listening: Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around . In part two, we talk about her organization the Spirit...

Spiritual director and guide Therese Taylor-Stinson is a member of the Shalem Society for Contemplative Leadership . She is also the founding managing member of the Spiritual Directors of Color Network , and the editor of the award-winning collection on the emancipative properties of holy listening: Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around . In this episode, we talk about how Therese shares time...

Gina Yeager-Buckley is the Mission Associate for Christian Formation of Youth of the Presbyterian Mission Agency . She's a brave and enthusiastic advocate for young people in the church who looks for ways to encourage congregations to be shaped by the faith and life the young people in their midst. In part two of our conversation, we talk about the inborn activism of Generation Z; and the ways...

Gina Yeager-Buckley is the Mission Associate for Christian Formation of Youth of the Presbyterian Mission Agency . She's a brave and enthusiastic advocate for young people in the church who looks for ways to encourage congregations to be shaped by the faith and life of the young people in their midst. On this episode, we talk about Generation Z; discuss possibly the sweetest thing ever to happ...

The Rev. Chantilly Mers-Pickett was born on the island of Maui and now co-leads The Common Ground in New York City. She's a musician, artist, and facilitator of The Circle Way , and has some really profound things to say about indigenous spirituality and the way of Jesus. In part two: the wisdom and knowledge inherent in our systems - even our bodies; and the grammar of animacy, and what it me...

The Rev. Chantilly Mers-Pickett was born on the island of Maui and now co-leads The Common Ground in New York City. She's a musician, artist, and facilitator of The Circle Way , and has some really profound things to say about indigenous spirituality and the way of Jesus. In part one, relishing the slow pace of life; and the joy of being in relationship with things: waves, mountains, fire, eve...

Noted ethicist and theologian Jonathan Tran is the Associate Professor of Philosophical Theology and Chair of Religion at Baylor University . In part two of this conversation, we look at what makes for a view of the world sophisticated enough for the world; the habits and rituals of faith; the exploration of identity and belonging; and the courage it takes to put oneself out in the world in the fi...

Noted ethicist and theologian Jonathan Tran is the Associate Professor of Philosophical Theology and Chair of Religion at Baylor University . In part one of this conversation, we look at what makes for a view of the world sophisticated enough for the world; the habits and rituals of faith; the exploration of identity and belonging; and the courage it takes to put oneself out in the world in the fi...

Pastor Zac Morton grew up hanging out among the blackberry brambles of rural West Virginia and Pennsylvania accompanying his grandparents to bluegrass festivals. While they played, he played among the wild earth. He has since returned to the region, where he pastors First Presbyterian Church of Morgantown in West Virginia.  Part two of this conversation is all about trails: off-trail, on-trail, fo...

Pastor Zac Morton grew up hanging out among the blackberry brambles of rural West Virginia and Pennsylvania accompanying his grandparents to bluegrass festivals. While they played, he played among the wild earth. He has since returned to the region, where he pastors First Presbyterian Church of Morgantown in West Virginia.  In part one of this two part conversation: catching crayfish, the setting...

Rola Al Ashkar is a pastor and New Worshiping Community leader living in Sacramento, California. In part two of Sara’s conversation with Rola, she shares the profoundly moving sounds of Holy Week of her homeland; and they wonder together about Jesus on that Holy Saturday between Good Friday and Easter Sunday.

Rola Al Ashkar is a pastor and New Worshiping Community leader living in Sacramento, California. In part one of Sara’s conversation with Rola, she describes the Holy Week atmosphere of her native Lebanon; sings for us the beautiful chant of Mary Magdalene at the empty tomb; and together, they discuss the precious mystery of our faith and imagine what might have happened to Jesus and his followers...

So Jung Kim is a South Korean theologian who has lived and studied many years in the United States. She is an Associate for Theology for the Presbyterian Mission Agency and hosts the vlog God-talk . In part two of this two-part conversation, Sara Hayden and So Jung Kim reflect on the psychological and communal consequences of toxic positivity in our God Talk, and how we might consider observing Ea...

So Jung Kim is a South Korean theologian who has lived and studied many years in the United States. She is an Associate for Theology for the Presbyterian Mission Agency and hosts the vlog God-talk . In part one of this two-part conversation, Sara Hayden and So Jung Kim reflect on the urgency of God Talk; and the sacred mysteries that unfold when a fourteenth-century French Mystic named Marguerite...

Theologian and pastor Claudio Carvalhaes is the brilliant liturgical artist and professor at Union Theological Seminary in New York City . He is so full of life, creativity, and love for the world. Being around him is profoundly transformative. In part two, he and host Sara Hayden talk about prayer as a movement, a rhythm, a force that forms and shapes us and, through us, our communities; what it...

Theologian and pastor Claudio Carvalhaes is the brilliant liturgical artist and professor at Union Theological Seminary in New York City . He is so full of life, creativity, and love for the world. Being around him is profoundly transformative. In part one, he and host Sara Hayden examine the way the desert maximizes our own current life predicaments, and how all the spaces in the world that might...

The Rev. Dr. Bill Brown is the William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary . His books include numerous commentaries on the Psalms and other Old Testament literature. He has an abiding interest in the use of scripture in the life of the church and the world, particularly in the context of ecology and justice. Listen to part two of the conversation, all...

The Rev. Dr. Bill Brown is the William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary . His books include numerous commentaries on the Psalms and other Old Testament literature. He has an abiding interest in the use of scripture in the life of the church and the world, particularly in the context of ecology and justice. Listen to part one of the conversation, wher...