The Antioch Podcast

There are a lot of things in the news lately about justice.  Seems like about every other week there is something – some new insult, a new threat, a fresh tragedy – that makes headlines and fill our social media feeds with something to get upset about.  It can be emotionally overwhelming and over time, … Continue reading Episode 189: What’s The Problem With CRT? – “A Conver...

Here’s the situation.  You are minding your business, and someone comes up and asks you a question … one of those kinds of questions.  The kind because you are a person of color, or because you are interested in matters of race and justice, or because you are just you.  It doesn’t matter why exactly … Continue reading Episode 188: Not Today. – “Conversations We Can’t Handle...

In the past 2 years of so, many Americans have quit one job and taken another job … a phenomenon being called “The Great Resignation.” For some, a part of this calculation had to do with the toll their jobs had on their finances, mental health, and sense of safety. But this is an antiracism … Continue reading Episode 187: Should I Stay Or Should I Go? – “Counting the Cost of Belo...

Today on the Antioch Podcast, we are in the final episode of our series on Antiracist Spiritual Practices. Our team gathered today to talk about the antiracist spiritual practice of being in community. Our team of six Christian antiracism educators and friends is one such community… but community is much broader, spanning such diverse communities … Continue reading Episode 186: Antirac...

This is a special episode of the Antioch Podcast: Conversations About Biblical Antiracsim. On Monday, April 4th, Patrick Loyoya, a black man who immigrated from the Congo, was shot by a white police officer here in Grand Rapids, Mi – the city where this podcast is recorded. The struggle occurred following a traffic stop for … Continue reading Episode 185.2: Patrick Lyoya – “Race...

Today on the Antioch Podcast, we continue our series on Antiracist Spiritual Practices. Spiritual practices form us as believers to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul mind and strength and love our neighbor as ourselves. Practicing antiracism is one of those ways in which we love our neighbor. The spiritual disciplines … Continue reading Episode 185: Antiracist Spiritual Practice...

Today on the Antioch Podcast, we continue our series on Antiracist Spiritual Practices. Spiritual practices form us as believers to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul mind and strength and love our neighbor as ourselves. Practicing antiracism is one of those ways in which we love our neighbor. The spiritual disciplines … Continue reading Episode 184: Antiracist Spiritual Practice...

Today on the Antioch Podcast, we continue our series on Antiracist Spiritual Practices. Spiritual practices form us as believers to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul mind and strength and love our neighbor as ourselves. Practicing antiracism is one of those ways in which we love our neighbor. The spiritual disciplines … Continue reading Episode 183: Antiracist Spiritual Practice...

Today on the Antioch Podcast, we continue our series on Antiracist Spiritual Practices. Spiritual practices form us as believers to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul mind and strength and love our neighbor as ourself. Practicing antiracism is one of those ways in which we love our neighbor. The spiritual disciplines … Continue reading Episode 182: Antiracist Spiritual Practices...

Today on the Antioch Podcast, we continue our series on Antiracist Spiritual Practices. Spiritual practices form us as believers to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul mind and strength and love our neighbor as ourself. Practicing antiracism is one of those ways in which we love our neighbor. The spiritual disciplines … Continue reading Episode 181: Antiracist Spiritual Practices...

Today on the Antioch Podcast, we talk about what the Lenten season means, how we each practice it, and reflect on how practicing Lenten disciplines has shaped our faith journeys as Christians. This is a conversation full of good questions, which we hope, cause you to reflect as well during this holy season. Let’s go … Continue reading Episode 180: Antiracist Spiritual Practices – &#822...

Today on the Antioch Podcast, members of our team take a break from our series on Spiritual Disciplines to reflect on Black History Month. Members of our team share their thoughts on the meaning of the observance for them personally, as well as, for the nation and church. Their conversation draws connections between the past … Continue reading Episode 179 “Reflections on Black History...

Today on the Antioch Podcast, we are resuming the Antiracist Spiritual Practices series we started a few months ago.  In this series, our team has conversations about how Christian spiritual practices form and inform ways of living as Biblical antiracists.  This week our conversation turned to worship.  Author Temi Peters writes in her book Instruments … Continue reading Episode 178: Antirac...

A recent Lifeway Research study on the American church was released this past week. The study revealed that more pastors believe that they would receive pushback if they spoke on the topic of racial reconciliation than they would have the year before the Trump presidency. While it is true that white Evangelical Christians voted for … Continue reading Episode 177: An Antioch Podcast Encore &#...

Today on the Antioch Podcast, we are continuing our series where each member of the Antioch Podcast team takes a turn sharing a bit about our antiracism journey over the past year.  This week, Susie Dixon shares her story.  Susie, in addition to being a regular co-host on the Antioch Podcast , now leads antiracism … Continue reading Episode 176: Susie Dixon – “Addressing Racism i...

Today on the Antioch Podcast, we are continuing our series where each member of the Antioch Podcast team takes a turn sharing a bit about our antiracism journey over the past year.  This week, Jane Bruin is sharing her story.  She gives context to her story as someone who identifies as a third culture kid … Continue reading Episode 175: Jane Bruin – “A TCK in COVID Time.”

Today on the Antioch Podcast, we are continuing our series where each member of the Antioch Podcast team takes a turn sharing a bit about our antiracism journey over the past year. This week, Michelle will be sharing her story. Michelle carries many titles – she is a professor, a preacher, a PhD and on … Continue reading Episode 174: Michelle Loyd Paige – “From Alignment to Reima...

Today on the Antioch Podcast, we are continuing our series where each member of the Antioch Podcast team takes a turn sharing a bit about our antiracism journey over the past year.  This week, Pastor Reggie Smith will be sharing his story of his journey over the last year in this episode we are calling … Continue reading Episode 173: Reggie Smith – “Daughters, Mother, Son.”

Today on the Antioch Podcast, we are starting a new series where each member of the Antioch Podcast team takes a turn sharing a bit about our antiracism journey over the past year.  This week, it is my turn to share my story.  I’ve not shared my story on the podcast before, and this is … Continue reading Episode 172: Eric Nykamp – “Comfort and Complicity.”

Sometimes I have a hard time dating forms after New Year’s Day. It is like my brain is on autopilot, and it takes me a good while to remember the year correctly. But not in 2021. On January 1st of 2021, I couldn’t wait to put all the awfulness of 2020 behind. I was so … Continue reading Episode 171: One Year Later … “Remembering the Insurrection.”

Today we are continuing our miniseries on the Antioch Podcast on Antiracist Spiritual Practices – the same Christian disciplines that Christians have been practicing for over two millennia, with an Antiracism focus. Biblical Antiracism swings the camera of our awareness to examine how sin-filled humans use their power to create systems and policies which many … Continue reading Episode...

Today we are starting another miniseries on the Antioch Podcast on Antiracist Spiritual Practices.  These are the same Christian disciplines that Christians have been practicing for over two millennia, with an Antiracism focus.  Biblical Antiracism swings the camera of our awareness to examine how sin-filled humans use their power to create systems and policies which … Continue reading Episo...

Today we are starting another miniseries on the Antioch Podcast on Antiracist Spiritual Practices.  These are the same Christian disciplines that Christians have been practicing for over two millennia, with an Antiracism focus.  Biblical Antiracism swings the camera of our awareness to examine how sin-filled humans use their power to create systems and policies which … Continue reading Episo...

Today on the Antioch Podcast, we are at the end of a three-part miniseries on Antiracism basics, we are calling “Antiracism 101.”  Two episodes back, we explored what antiracism is – and last week we had the first of two-episodes devoted to a discussion of what Biblical antiracism is. So today, we will finish our … Continue reading Episode 167: Antiracism 101 – “What Is Biblical...

Today on the Antioch Podcast, we are in the middle of a three-part miniseries on Antiracism basics, we are calling “Antiracism 101.” Last episode, we explored what antiracism is – and today we have the first of two-episodes devoted to a discussion of what Biblical antiracism is. So today, we will have the first of … Continue reading Episode 166: Antiracism 101 – “What is Biblical...