Story Power Podcast

Critical Race Theory with Attorney and Abolitionist Amber Webb Sims

Attorney, Abolitionist, Writer, Podcaster, and Speaker Amber Webb Sims joined Jen for this episode of Story Power Podcast. Amber talked about her life's work and passions, getting free from patriarchy and white evangelicalism, and the much talked about, but barely understood hot topic of the year: Critical Race Theory.

Be sure to check out Amber's podcast Broke-ish, especially the latest episode Little White Lies: Critical Race Theory 101 https://brokeish.com/ep-48-little-white-lies-critical-race-theory-101

Follow Amber on Instagram @amberwsims

It Doesn't Have To Be This Way with Andre Henry

We're talking about all the things with Andre Henry in this episode.

Andre joined Jen to talk about his latest song- It Doesn't Have To Be This Way (remix) which dropped on Juneteenth, and he stayed to talk about finding his voice as a musician, revolution, social movement, the power of everyday people to change the world, and why he's not anyone's antiracism concierge.

Check out Andre's music and work here:

https://www.andrehenry.co/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ64Ut8O46E

Homelessness and Grace with Kevin Nye

Kevin Nye is a homeless services worker and advocate living in Los Angeles. He has an MDiv from Fuller Theological Seminary and an expired minister's license in the Church of the Nazarene.

 

He is also a writer, reflecting on how theology intersects all aspects of culture and is currently writing his first book on Homelessness and Grace.

 

Follow Kevin:

Twitter: @kevinmnye1

IG:@kevinmnye1

Demystifying Critical Race Theory with Brad Mason

On this episode of Story Power Podcast, Bradley Mason joined Jen to talk about Critical Race Theory, what it is, what it isn't, and why it's such a hot topic at the moment.

You can find Brad and his writings on the subject at www.alsoacarpenter.com 

Follow Brad onTwitter @alsoacarpenter

Yoga, Justice, and Living Fully with Sundari Malcolm (Part 2)

Sundari Malcolm is the Director of BIPOC Wellbeing and a Host for The Dinner Party. Sundari joined Jen for this episode of the Story Power Podcast to talk about her work as a Birth and Death Doula, her journey traveling through the US and Canada for 2 years in a converted bus, why she moved to Curaçao, yoga and justice work, and so much more.

 

Sundari Malcolm is the Director of BIPOC Wellbeing and a Host for The Dinner Party  At 27, and after 7 years of being her Caregiver, Sundari lost her mother to Breast Cancer. At 31 years old, she lost her father to Brain Cancer. Since then Sundari has dedicated her life to the support of Caregivers and all those managing life after loss. Outside of her work as the Director of BIPOC Well-being for TDP, Sundari is a birth and death Doula. She is a Yoga and Meditation teacher and has just finished traveling around the US and Canada in a converted school bus for 2 years, writing about racial injustice on her blog NamasteUSA.blog and talking about designing your life post-pandemic on her podcast, The Collective Reset. She is now a recent ex-pat to the island of Curacao!

Yoga, Justice, and Living Fully with Sundari Malcolm (Part 1)

Sundari Malcolm is the Director of BIPOC Wellbeing and a Host for The Dinner Party. Sundari joined Jen for this episode of the Story Power Podcast to talk about her work as a Birth and Death Doula, her journey traveling through the US and Canada for 2 years in a converted bus, why she moved to Curaçao, yoga and justice work, and so much more.

 

Bio: Sundari Malcolm is the Director of BIPOC Wellbeing and a Host for The Dinner Party  At 27, and after 7 years of being her Caregiver, Sundari lost her mother to Breast Cancer. At 31 years old, she lost her father to Brain Cancer. Since then Sundari has dedicated her life to the support of Caregivers and all those managing life after loss.

Outside of her work as the Director of BIPOC Well-being for TDP, Sundari is a birth and death Doula. She is a Yoga and Meditation teacher and has just finished traveling around the US and Canada in a converted school bus for 2 years, writing about racial injustice on her blog NamasteUSA.blog and talking about designing your life post-pandemic on her podcast, The Collective Reset. She is now a recent expat to the island of Curacao!

 

 

 

Liberating Theology with Dr. Drew Hart

It was an honor to have Dr. Drew Hart as a guest on the Story Power Podcast. We got to talk about Dr. Drew's work as a professor, author, pastor, and podcaster, and he shared insights into activism and justice work, liberating theology, white supremacy as a foundational part of the evangelical church, CRT, and so much more. Tune in, and be sure to share it with your friends.

 

Bio: Drew G. I. Hart is an assistant professor of theology at Messiah University and has 10 years of pastoral experience. He is the Program Director of Messiah University's Thriving Together: Congregations for Racial Justice program and co-host of Inverse Podcast. Hart is the author of Trouble I've Seen: Changing the Way the Church Views Racism (2016) and Who Will Be A Witness?: Igniting Activism for God's Justice, Love, and Deliverance (2020). He was the recipient of bcmPEACE’s 2017 Peacemaker Award, the 2019 W.E.B. Du Bois Award in Harrisburg, PA, and was Elizabethtown College’s 2019 Peace Fellow. Drew and his family live in Harrisburg, PA. (Twitter & Instagram @DruHart).

 

 

Becoming a Fully Affirming Faith Community with Kelly Matlock

On today's episode of Story Power Podcast, Jen is joined by Kelly Matlock to talk about the church and the LGBTQ+ community, and what the journey into becoming fully affirming was like for their small Texas church.

 

"Kelly Matlock is a wife, a mom of 4, and the lead pastor of Eikon Church in Kyle, TX. She has a heart that longs for people to find freedom from the confines of toxic religion and harmful theology. She is passionate about creating a fully inclusive faith community that pursues justice and invites people to be fully who they are and to wrestle honestly with their faith."

 

Creating Connection Through Art with Justin McRoberts

Today's guest on Story Power Podcast is Justin McRoberts. Justin joined Jen to talk about art, humanity, and his new book It Is What You Make Of It.

Justin's bio: "I create to provide language for the process of faith and life. What I create is to help you live generously as well as help you to faithfully produce good work in the world. For that reason, I really like teaching, storytelling, and songwriting, which I’ve done for nearly twenty years. I’ve written books, recorded albums, and also curate and host The @Sea Podcast.

Whether I’m teaching, sharing songs and stories, leading a workshop on the creative process, or inviting folks to engage in the fight against global poverty, I value every opportunity to encourage, challenge, and inspire."

Decolonizing Christianity and Indigenous Ways of Knowing with Sarah Quint

Sarah Quint is a citizen of the Mattaponi Nation of Tsenacommacah, Turtle Island (Eastern Virginia, USA).

 

In today's episode, Sarah and Jen talk about the ways "Christianity" steals identity, the power of dreams in Indigenous spirituality, and Sarah's journey into what she calls "becoming fully Mattaponi and fully a follower of Jesus."

 

More from Sarah's bio:

She is a mother of two boys, River and Reed. She is a creative who remodels homes for a living and also has a love for plant knowledge and foraging. With the help of her Elders and the Holy Spirit, Sarah has been walking the decolonizing, contextualizing, and reconnecting Way of Jesus. Sarah leads in this integrating journey through writing songs in her Tribe’s traditional tongue, connections to the land, writing, teachings and oral storytelling. She is a church planter, currently co-pastoring with her husband at Monroe City Church in Monroe, MI that is set to launch in 2021.