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Lisa Gungor thought she knew her own story: small-town girl meets boy in college and they blissfully walk down the aisle into happily ever after. Their Christian faith was their lens and foundation for everything—their marriage, their music, their dreams for the future. But as their dreams began to come true, she began to wonder if her religion was really representative of the ‘good news’ she had been taught. She never expected the questions to lead as far as they did when her husband told her he no longer believed in God. The death of a friend, the unraveling of relationships and career, the loss of a worldview, and the birth of a baby girl with two heart defects all led Lisa to a tumultuous place; one of depression and despair. And it was there that her perspective on everything changed. The Most Beautiful Thing I’ve Seen tells the story of what can happen when you dare to let go of what you think to be true; to shift the kaleidoscope and see new colors and dimension by way of broken pieces. Lisa’s eloquent, soul-stirring memoir brings you to a music stage before thousands of fans and a front porch where two people whisper words that scare them to the core. It is the story of how doubt can spark the beginning of deeper faith; how a baby born with a broken heart can bring love and healing to the hearts of many, and ultimately, how the hardest experience in life often ends up saving us.
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When counteracting the evils of this world we are subject to burnout, grief, and despair. We can also become dragons while slaying dragons if we succumb to anger and bitterness. When facing the backlash, discouragement, and disillusionment we often experience in the work of social justice, self-esteem is not enough, affirmation is not enough, a strong will is not enough to get us through, to keep us going, to keep us healthy. We must find our identities from higher and a deeper places. The paths of Jesus and King were filled with joy and suffering. The conditions for happiness were often absent. Like them, we must suffer and we must dig deeper for joy.
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While this title may sound slightly familiar from religious programming circles, let me assure you that my program is just a LITTLE bit better. Many have asked what to expect from this program. Overall, it will be a ministry of laughter and blessings. I will offer my Christian perspective on current events and the news of the day. You will hear special guests share their testimonies. There will be a time where I get to minister to many of you individually. I will share insight on scripture. And finally, you will have an opportunity to ask me anything on your mind which needs my inspired response. Lives will be changed. People will be touched. Decisions will be made. Hallelujah!
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In this episode Alexia Salvatierra shares lessons from Latin America on how to create intentional communities that heal the soul and change the world.
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Rob Wilson-Black and Adam Dyer discuss making connections, the right time for energy, and going about connecting resources to people to move agendas forward.
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What does an encounter that lasted only a few moments have to say about the deep, invested manner that we engage each other's pain, even when that pain is historically predictable? In the Gospel narrative of Thomas, we find a demand for proof of pain from Christ that informs the same privilege we hold dear--choice, at any cost. But what is the literal human cost of our doubt in the presence of a pain and enduring suffering that has always been there, and who pays it? Xavier Ramey, a community activist, international public speaker, strategist, and poet guides an interactive discussion on the privilege of doubt, a country swirling in a self-obsession with using interrogation as a form of relationship rather than compassion and faith as a guide, and how we continue to use ineffective tools to correct historical wrongs such as racism, sexism, and homophobia.
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Carla Ewert and Dr. Tina Schermer Sellers discuss the roots of sexual shame and the tools to dismantle it.
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Jasmin Morrell with Adam Dyer discuss the need for conversation and action regarding accessibility and faith.
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Marthame and Helen discuss the weather, liberals, and the crazy duck festival.
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Enjoy an interview with Daresha Kyi, the award-winning visionary who writes, produces, and directs for film and television. Daresha's next project due for release next year is called Mama Bears. Mama Bears is a feature-length documentary that explores the many ways in which the lives of conservative, Christian mothers are impacted and utterly transformed when they decide to affirm and advocate on behalf of their LGBTQ children. Most recently Daresha co-directed and co-produced her first feature documentary, Chavela, with Emmy nominated filmmaker Catherine Gund. Chavela celebrates the wild, rollercoaster life of badass singer Chavela Vargas, who jumped onstage wearing pants, a poncho, and a pistol, smoked cigars, and drank tequila while she boldly sang love songs to women in the early 1950s in very conservation, macho Mexico. The film was nominated for the Teddy award and won the 2nd place Panorama Audience Award at the 2017 Berlinale, as well as Best Documentary and Audience Awards at Outfest and the San Francisco LGBTQ Film Festival. Chavela is on Netflix.
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Minister and Bryan Sirchio discusses progressive, substantive, uplifting AND challenging Christian music. Sirchia discusses the convergence music project with a guitar in hand.
Bryan Sirchio is an ordained minister who joined forces with well known author Brian McLaren and Rev. Cameron Trimble of the Center for Progressive Renewal in Atlanta to form a new worship music company called The Convergence Music Project (CMP). In 2012, Bryan published a book called The 6 Marks of Progressive Christian Worship Music ,which articulates the theological parameters for a new genre of worship music with progressive lyrics and theology. As of May, 2016, Bryan has released 14 CDs, 4 study guides, and 4 songbooks in all.
Bryan Sirchio has also traveled extensively since 1987 offering concerts, leading worship services and retreats, and offering keynote addresses at various regional and national conferences.
Bryan has also worked extensively with grass roots organizations in Haiti since 1991. He’s a founding member and leader of an organization called Haiti Allies www.haitiallies.org, that supports education, meal programs, and job creation in Haiti.
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A powerful story teller, Matt Bays presents an honest, raw, yet hopeful account of how we find God in the ruins of our lives. The magic in this communicator’s voice and way of looking at the world is that he is able to speak honestly about deep and tragic events while simultaneously illuminating beauty and hope. - Be empowered to be honest with a God who has felt far off and hard to understand. -Discover community with fellow broken travelers. - Find the courage to shed the skin of an inauthentic Christianity that has promoted a healing process which is, in actual practice, unredemptive. - Begin to understand how God is reaching out to you in unexpected and unique ways. Matt joins the ranks of narrative spirituality writers/speakers such as Ann Lamott, Donald Miller, Rachel Held Evans, and Ann Voskamp in offering readers an honest, raw, creative, and insightful companion for sorting through the struggles of life with a measure of joy and hope.
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Christianity receives a lot of attention in the media, but the most frequently discussed version represents a type of Christianity that sometimes turns people away from the Church.
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In today's political environment, who speaks for whom is not always clear. Over the past couple of decades, evangelical Christians have tended to be associated with the religious right and the most conservative positions of the Republican Party. Rebelling against this designation are those who prefer to be called Red Letter Christians, desiring to live out the red letters of Jesus words in the New Testament. Believing that Jesus is neither a Republican nor a Democrat, Red Letter Christians want to jumpstart a religious movement that will transcend partisan politics and concentrate on issues such as fighting poverty, caring for the environment, advancing peace, promoting strong families, and supporting a consistent ethic of life, all viewed as critical moral and biblical values.
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Jill Henning and Sarah Pressly discuss experiencing the transformational spirit during challenging times.
A timely message for the American situation, Rev. William Barber brings his message to the people. This timeless recording from 2019 is inspiration for the work that must be done to confront systemic racism, poverty, the war economy, ecological devastation, and our nations distorted morality.
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The Rev. Gwen Fry and Sarah Pressly discuss the rejuvenating power of gathering in a place like Wild Goose.
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What do Charles Darwin, Adam Smith, and Karl Marx have in common? What does theology have to do with economics? Why is a radical transformation of our economic system a gospel imperative for our time? Why is the gospel an economic manifesto?
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Phil Fox Rose, Patheos director of content and Goose presenter since 2012, is joined by author, faith community leader and blogger Keith Giles and guests to discuss the state of Progressive Christian blogging. What is it for? Sure we lift each other up, and give some advice. But are we trying to reach people and change their hearts too, or is that pointless? What are the particular challenges and opportunities today? Has podcasting killed blogging, or is it seeing a comeback?
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In this episode, Barbara and Brian will speak briefly about the writing life, the road to publishing, and the mechanics of marketing before opening the floor for questions and wisdom from participants.
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Enjoy an interview with Sara Cunningham, the founder of Free Mom Hugs. Sara calls herself an accidental activist for LGBTQ kids, and their families. Sara admits she struggled with knowing how to respond to her youngest son's coming out since they were in an evangelical church that was not inclusive or affirming. It took her a little while, but Sara finally broke through the fog and fully embraced Palmer's sexual orientation. Since that moment, she has been on the front lines of LGBTQ advocacy. Recently, her story caught the attention of Hollywood legend Jamie Lee Curtis who has bought the rights to do a movie based on Sara's book How We Sleep at Night. Sara is funny, thoughtful, and making a difference through her organization Free Mom Hugs. You will love meeting her.
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Darci and Mathame discuss worship landscaping, performative art in church, and why art and church services shouldn't necessarily be separate.
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In this unique workshop episode, you’ll learn how to connect with others as an exploration of God and the divine. Whereas most spiritual practices are a retreat into solitary prayer or meditation, relating has us look for God by putting attention on relationships, with each other and the spaces between us. In addition to deepening our spirituality we also cultivate real world relational skills that help us meet others with greater presence, clarity, compassion and understanding.
Rainier Wylde is a wholeness guide, a spiritual teacher and a group facilitator. He holds a Masters in Psychology, and has been extensively trained in Eastern mindfulness, Western contemplative practice, and the art of Socratic questioning.He has spent literally thousands of hours professionally interacting with individuals in all different stages of life—from spiritual seekers wanting training in being present, to men scrambling to get their lives pieced back together; from businessmen craving to have the keys to success to world-weary travelers trying to find healing and hope. His passion for new tribes, strong individuals, and spiritual connection are what drives him.Click here to keep up with the latest Goose News: http://wildgoosefestival.org/signup/
Best-selling children's book author, Matthew Paul Turner, will read his books and talk about why he started writing books for kids. For kids, families, lovers of children's books, or those interested in learning more about the children's book publishing world - Matthew Paul Turner, author of When God Made You and When I Pray for You, will read his books, his favorite books by other authors, and answer your questions. Whether you're a child or a child at heart, you'll enjoy this session with Turner.
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In this episode, Michael Gungor (of the Liturgists podcast) discusses his faith and career journey over the past 3 years and how he arrived to the present moment.
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What can we learn from the last several years about the state of Christianity and the moral character of the evangelical Right in the United States today? More specifically, what can we learn — and what can we do — about the threat of white Christian nationalism? The facilitators of this session are both leading and emerging voices in the theopolitical resistance movement, emphasizing the importance of activism, understanding, and intersectionality. We recognize how the various forms of oppression interrelate to contribute to a vast, dynamic, and seeming impenetrable network of systemic injustice and marginalization. Politics, even in 2019, need not be played as a zero-sum game with a winner-take-all mentality; a critical theology is as urgently needed and as relevant now as ever. Presenters touch briefly on their own work of dismantling white Christian nationalism in their contexts, and lead listeners through exercises and reflections meant to help them think critically and creatively about their own experiences of intersectionality. We will address how listeners can utilize their experiences toward productive conversation and transformation.
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What is the goal of the Kingdom of God? Looking at the mission of Jesus it seems that the goal is human flourishing, or Jubilee. Thus, all "missional" activity and church planting should be centered around facilitating and empowering flourishing both of the faith community and the surrounding neighborhoods. By providing three key missiological elements, community organizing offers a parable of what the church can be when the church is at its best and offers hope for the church in a post-Christian culture. In this episode, we ask what it means to be "missional," look at the connection between the Kingdom of God and community organizing, and converse around the implementation of these three principles in your context to both plant new churches and rejuvenate existing ones.
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This year has provided me all kinds of weird and unexpected opportunities to be in conversation with people I totally disagree with. From appearing on Buzzfeed with a Baptist to being invited to President Trump's prayer breakfast I have had lots of facetime with people that many would deem "The other side." I am also the only main line and female leader in my towns "lead pastor group." As you can imagine we don't see eye to eye. What I am discovering is that I need these relationships even more than I need the people who agree with me. These are the very people that if I just relied on their online presence I would detest, or even be afraid of. These relationships are helping me be a better person and teaching me about the heart of God. I want to share ways that we can all engage the other and how this is the only way that any change is going to happen in our own lives and in the world. I believe that the only way we are ever going to over come the huge divide in our country and world is if some of us stand in the gap. This episode is a conversation about what it looks like to be in difficult relationships.
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Jacqui Lewis and Pete Enns discuss a working definition of Christianity and what it means to allow your life to conform to the model of Jesus.
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Doubt isn't sexy, trendy, rebellious or cool. It’s hard, unsettling, and sometimes feels like so much stress and dissonance are hardly worth the effort of keeping up appearances. Sooner or later, and for whatever reason, we all experience constant background noise “Do I really believe any of this?” And yet we’ve been conditioned to ignore our experience, or even shamed into believing that the Creator is disappointed at our performance, and if we just get in line, all will be well. So is that it?! I don't believe so. Not only is doubt a normal experience throughout history, not only is it part of the biblical tradition, but doubt does something FOR us that nothing else can. Doubt is a gift, a means of grace, that helps us get out of our own way.
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Are you passionate about spiritual writing? Writing for Your Life is a sessions that will help you gain inspiration and knowledge to empower your writing.
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In this episode, members from Brother's Bear discuss the intersection of music and faith and how that can be expressed at Wild Goose.
Joshua Brumley and James McCann had been playing music together, improvising and learning from mutual favorite artists, for years before the death of a dear friend launched the two of them into a deeper and more tethered friendship. Out of that time of deep yet childlike friendship coupled with heavy grief the band’s first album, Say, was written. An honest and holistic look at the lives of the two around that time, Say wasn’t really intended to be the stepping stone it became. In fact, it was recorded long before any Brother’s Bear songs would be performed live. But the process launched James and Joshua into a series of progressively more intentional endeavors, most recently writing a second album, Walking Each Other Home. For this year’s Goose, Joshua will be presenting all new songs written just for the Wild Goose community, supported by the Brother’s Bear string section.
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In this episode John Pavlovitz speaks about your God story, the power of privilege, and believing in a creator that is far greater than your whiteness.
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Storytelling is one of the most powerful resources for good and ill in the world. Healing the trauma of violent conflict requires a variety of interventions, but one of the most important is reframing the story we tell, inside and out. In this episode, Gareth discusses storytelling: how to change your story without losing yourself; find fuel for the journey; and make a better world, right here, right now.
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Just as hospitals and military have chaplains attending to the spiritual and emotional needs of those under stress, our social justice movements need people who are focused on the care and sustainability of activists, organizers and community leaders on the front lines of fighting for justice. In this episode, Micky ScottBey Jones and the Justice Doula discuss this emerging vocation.
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Brad Zable and Sarah Pressly discuss the nourishment and spirit of the Wild Goose.
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Experience the artful, playful, outrageously funny, and deeply moving storytelling craft of Peterson Toscano. Drawing on his bizarre personal experiences of conversion therapy along with references to history, literature, science, and the Bible, Peterson takes his audience on an off-beat mental mind trip. A shapeshifter, he transforms right before your eyes into a whole cast of comic characters who explore the serious worlds of gender, sexuality, privilege, religion, and environmental justice. Of Peterson’s work, Chara Armon, Ph.D at Villanova University said, “His mixture of vulnerability and comedy enabled those of us in his audience to access our own authentic feelings about the predicaments of the 21st century. Peterson brings extensive knowledge, extraordinary people skills, dramatic talent, and poignant characters to his presentations” This performance will entertain, enlighten, and enliven you; it may even speak deeply into your life as you consider your role on this rapidly changing planet.
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Peterson Toscano discusses the role of humor, how to discuss difficult topics, and strategies to shedding light on difficult issues.
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There’s a lot of conversation around the idea of deconstruction. For many of us, the categories that we inherited for understanding the world and our place in it are no longer convincing. The restlessness created by this destabilization has led to rethinking and reformulating our faith. The basic content of words, like God, Jesus, and Scripture, has been transformed. One key reason for this shift is the loss of fear as a motivator. We’ve discovered that not attending Church or not reading the Bible doesn’t mean we will contract an illness or get a flat tire. So, why would anyone still be Christian? If hell and damnation are no longer the motivation for engaging and participating in this tradition, why would anyone want to do so? In this session, Josh explores these themes and shares his own reasons for (still) being Christian.
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Diana Butler Bass opens the day speaking about catching large fish in Caesars lake and taking his breakfast. Butler Bass describes our breakfast at the edge of the sea and how we can feast without fear.
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Enjoy an interview with Randy Eddy-McCain. Randy serves as founding pastor of Open Door Community Church in Sherwood, Arkansas. He lives with his husband Gary and their son Bobby in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Hear Randy talk about his journey as a gay Pentecostal boy who always loved Jesus as he reconciled his faith with his sexual orientation and became a Pastor in the Bible Belt South. Randy is a true pioneer inspiring people like Tony and Peggy Campolo, Stan Mitchell, Ray Waters, and thousands more. His church affectionately called the 'House of Hugs' is a genuinely transforming community making a difference. Randy has much has to say, and you will fall in love with him.
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When Emily Joy unintentionally launched the #ChurchToo campaign in November of 2017, she had no idea the ripple effect that would follow her sharing her story. Now, a year and a half out, join Emily to discuss what she's learned from advocating for sexual revolution in faith communities and to hear what's next for the movement. Issues of power and purity culture will be explored, and Emily will show how sexually dysfunctional environments form the bedrock of sexual abuse and exploitation. Space for Q&A to follow.
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The decision to live authentically often comes with a hefty price tag. After the loss of a 23-year marriage, Matt Bays came out as a gay man. As a public figure (worship leader of a conservative mega-church of 7,000+ and nationally published author and speaker) the aftermath of this decision threw his life and career into a tailspin. While his book Finding God in the Ruins: How God Redeems Pain, was still lining the bookshelves of local Barnes and Noble booksellers, his publishers put his book out of print. As Laura Parrott Perry, author of She Wrote It Down: How A Secret-Keeper Became a Storyteller, stepped fully into the truths of the demise of her marriage, her childhood sexual abuse, and her struggles with addiction, she found the ground constantly shifting under her feet. Friends fell away and the life she had been living became incompatible with her decision to live out loud. Matt and Laura will discuss how to navigate and survive the grief of massive life change and what it is like to embrace the joy that comes from authentic living.
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In traditional Goose fashion, Micky ScottBey Jones and Marthame Sanders touch on a few elements of Wild Goose that they are thankful for.
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Creative Tensions is an interactive dialogue, a physically active, collective conversation where participants indicate where they stand on a question or issue by the place they stand in the room. Instead of the audience watching a speaker or panel discuss a topic, the Creative Tensions format invites the entire audience into the conversation, through movement. An interactive way to approach group conversation, Creative Tensions is a method for inclusive conversation and a way to show both where our differences and similarities lie but with specificity and nuance. Creative Tensions prompts reflection, invites openness, and celebrates the rare moment when someone changes their mind. Most importantly it stokes curiosity, promotes optimism, and inspires real empathy in participants. The way we practice it, we start in large room with a line down the middle, separating it in two parts.
Everyone is standing while the moderator offers a prompt or question. The tension is created by two possible answers and the spectrum of answers in between. Participants than choose where to stand based on how they interpret the question, how they interpret the answers and where along the spectrum they believe they lie (or stand). At that point, the fun begins. The moderator gets a volunteer to tell why they are standing where they are standing and invites others to move in response to any shared answers (whether it changes their mind or enriches their position or causes them to understand the question or answer in a different light). From then on the moderator may ask others who move in response, why they moved, while allowing others to respond why they didn't, all while inviting others to continue moving in response to what they are hearing and sparking more and new conversations. All of this is facilitated with microphones so all can hear the openly shared responses. We usually organize the prompts or questions around a theme so that some questions or prompts build on previous ones or provide a twist on a previous one. This allows an even greater depth of conversation than if we had questions and prompts on random topics, starting at the surface level with each one.
The physical form activates people viscerally, places them in close proximity to one another, and encourages eye-contact — all of which enhance one's ability to hear and absorb perspectives that may differ from one's own. The volleying nature of the conversation, which evenly engages audience and speakers alike, sparks a desire to hear from as many people as possible. Lastly, the invitation to move if one's perspective shifts during the conversation, opens participants to the possibility of change, a crucial step toward a growth mindset, learning, and adopting an optimistic point of view. Beyond being educational, it's also just fun and focuses and brings the body into connection with the heart and mind while navigating different issues.
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This session is a conversation with one of the well known “Nuns on the Bus,” a politically active group of religious Sisters who lobby at a federal level and speak truth to power as they traverse the country on a bus. Derived from encounters along the bus trips, the goal of the session is to explore how you can capture your unique power to influence policies impacting those who have repeatedly been left at the margins. We will discuss unexpected political success that can be realized when unique faith voices boldly speak the truth that we ARE our brothers’ and sisters’ keepers. In today’s political climate, it is people of faith who must hold our nation to its moral commitment to the common good, enshrined in the Constitution.
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People have questions they aren’t comfortable asking in their faith communities. They can be absurd curiosities or the deeply personal points of pain. What happens when a car turns on it’s headlights while traveling at light speed? Could God make a rock so heavy that God couldn’t lift it? How does cancer happen? What does science tell us about monogamy? How do I tell my family I don’t believe in God anymore? Ask Science Mike is a weekly podcast hosting an open, honest, and safe discussion about science, faith, and life. A global audience of hundreds of thousands show up every week to talk about the strange, confusing, and often taboo topics that show up at the intersection of ancient faith and modern science. This week, we’re doing it live at Wild Goose. What will we talk about? Whatever you ask. Ask Science Mike is a weekly podcast where no question or topic is off limits, where the genuinely curious find a safe space to voice what they’ve been afraid to say aloud. It’s a program run by its listeners–they choose the topics and focus of every episode.
This Wild Goose episode is a rebroadcast of a LIVE 'Ask Science Mike' recording from the 2019 Wild Goose festival.
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We're pretty solid on Christ's divinity in the church- we've spent a lot of airtime on that. But what about his humanity? If we talk about Jesus' humanity at all it's often apologetically. Based on my work in The Irrational Jesus I make a fully throated pitch for using what we know about cognitive bias, what Dan Ariely calls our "predictable irrationality" to highlight areas of Jesus' full humanity. In this episode, we learn about common cognitive biases, including implicit racial, gender, and sexual identity bias, and learn how understanding more about our bias makes us better able to work well and play with others.
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In this episode, musician Emily Musolino discusses music as a spiritual practice and sexism in the music industry.
Emily Musolino is a Durham, NC native who mixes soulful vocals with shredding blues rock guitar riffs. The depth of emotion in her voice is stunning and her songs have a classic sound and lyrics that tell compelling stories. A Berklee College of Music graduate, Emily has opened for and collaborated with artists like Ani Difranco, Nikki Hill, Vinx, Shana Tucker, Anna Wise (SonnyMoon, Kendrick Lamar) and Eric Hirsh (The Beast, Orquesta GarDel). She is also owner and head engineer at Blue Moose Recording Studio in Durham and Co-founder of the women's music and arts collective Mama May I. Emily released her newest album "The Vault" in April 2018. Emily has been featured several times on NPR’s the State of Things with Frank Stasio and written up in the News and Observer. She currently fronts the Emily Musolino Band and plays 200+ shows a year, both bandleader and soloist around the world.
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"Christ on the Psych Ward" is a story-sharing based on my experiences of mental illness, recovery, and faith. In telling my story, I weave together threads of personal experience, spiritual reflection, and ministry praxis. By ”going first” with my own story of mental illness and mental health, I open up the opportunity for other participants to share their own stories of mental health struggles in their personal lives, family lives, and/or communities of faith. In this episode, we work together to create a shared storytelling space of courage, lament, vulnerability, and hope.
David Finnegan-Hosey currently serves as the College Chaplain and Director of Campus Ministries at Barton College in Wilson, NC, having previously worked with campus ministries at Georgetown University, American University and the University of Hawaii. He holds an M.Div from Wesley Theological Seminary and a unit of Clinical Pastoral Education from the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center. He is certified by Mental Health First Aid USA to provide initial help to people experiencing depression, anxiety, psychosis, and substance use disorders. In 2011, David was diagnosed with bipolar disorder after a series of psychiatric hospitalizations. He now speaks and writes about the intersections among mental illness, mental health, and faith. You can read more of his writing on his blog, Foolish Hosey. David lives in Wilson, NC with his wife Leigh and their dog Penny Lane.Click here to keep up with the latest Goose News: http://wildgoosefestival.org/signup/
Storytelling is one way to chart our histories, and it can sometimes feel disconnected when we privilege our thinking over our body, which is historically the manner in which all life is lived. In this session, we learn how to re-story ourselves through somatic practice. Featuring Dr. Robyn Henderson-Espinoza and Erin C. Law
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Karen Stephenson and Marthame Sanders discuss church guardrails and what it means to do the work of the people in multiple church settings.
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Adam Dyer discusses what it's like to bring one's own self to Wild Goose and what churches are "supposed to be".
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Kiya discusses her accomplished career in music and how it has become a spiritual practice.
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Alexia Salvatierra and Micky ScottBey Jones discuss how people find their way to the Wild Goose Festival. Alexia Salvatierra discusses her journey from dance to Jesus.
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In this session, Stan Mitchell discusses his early beginning to preaching and his evolution to a theology based in truth.
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In this session, Hillary McBride discusses reclaiming the body as good and as the site of creativity, identity, health, sensuality, and divine communion.
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Tevyn East discusses how we need to recreate and re-wild our liturgy to dismantle the schisms that have separated us from our body and from nature.
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What does it mean to be Christian? To take Jesus at his word is to love God with all we have and our neighbor as ourselves. Dr. Jacqui Lewis argues that to be Christian is to live life with the fiercest love—Love. Period. Ken Medema provides improvised musical response to this session.
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Jacqui Lewis and Brian McLaren discuss the Galápagos Islands, the damage humans can do, and what happens when we take action.
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Diana Butler Bass discusses what she is considering historically, spiritually, and politically: 1.) Our capacity for distraction. 2.) How to call people's attention to what is really important.
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Diana Butler Bass and Micky ScottBey Jones discuss the origins of Wild Goose and how the festival has evolved.
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Sarah Heath interviews Alexia Salvatierra about what is really happening at the border. What is the difference between refugee and asylum, who do children belong to once parents are deported, and how do we find hope?
Rev. Alexia Salvatierra is the author with Dr. Peter Heltzel of Faith-Rooted Organizing: Mobilizing the Church in Service to the World (Intervarsity Press). She is a Lutheran Pastor with over 40 years of experience in congregational and community ministry, including church-based service and community development programs, congregational and community organizing and legislative advocacy. She is an affiliate professor at Fuller Theological Seminary and adjunct at four other academic institutions. In addition to coordinating the Guardian Angels Project and assisting at Hope Lutheran Church, she serves as a consultant (training, facilitating, organizing and leading strategic planning) for a variety of national/international organizations, including World Vision, Intervarsity Christian Fellowship and the Christian Community Development Association. She is a national leader in immigrant justice, co-founder of the New Sanctuary Movement, the Evangelical Immigration Table and M25 (Matthew 25/Mateo 25). Rev. Sarah Heath currently serves First United Methodist Church in Costa Mesa California, where she is the lead pastor for a church re-start and revitalization. Along with being a pastor Sarah is a speaker and a writer. She is the author of “What’s Your Story? Seeing your life through God’s eyes” and “The Authenticity Challenge: 21 days to a more content life.” She is the host of Sonderlust the podcast. You can hear Sarah featured on the litrugists podcast, Homebrewed Christianity, A tiny Revolution with Kevin Garcia and other podcasts or catch her on youtube with buzzfeed for ask a pastor anything. www.revsarahheath.comClick here to keep up with the latest Goose News: http://wildgoosefestival.org/signup/
Over the last decade, flags, monuments and even certain ways of thinking about the past have become central to an increasingly ugly debate about what America is all about. How should Christians respond as their local college campuses, court houses, and other public spaces become cultural battlegrounds where groups fight for control of the past? Drawing on my own work curating museum-based exhibits of removed confederate statues, this session will begin by addressing the history of those statues, the motivations of those who erected them, and the meanings/uses of confederate statues today. It will then broaden out into a more general discussion about how history, heritage, memory and ritual play out in the present.
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It has been said that Trump did not change America… he revealed America. The same is true of evangelicalism. Trump has surfaced some very troubling things in American evangelicalism. And Jesus is the best corrective to where we’ve gone wrong. This is a session about Jesus. And it’s about discovering a Christianity that acts more like Jesus again.
Shane Claiborne graduated from Eastern University and did graduate work at Princeton Seminary. In 2010, he received an Honorary Doctorate from Eastern. His adventures have taken him from the streets of Calcutta where he worked with Mother Teresa to the wealthy suburbs of Chicago where he served at the influential mega-church Willow Creek. As a peacemaker, his journeys have taken him to some of the most troubled regions of the world – from Rwanda to the West Bank, Afghanistan and Iraq.
Shane is a founder and board member of The Simple Way, a faith community in inner city Philadelphia that has helped birth and connect radical faith communities around the world. He is married to Katie Jo, a North Carolina girl who also fell in love with the city (and with Shane).
Shane writes and travels extensively speaking about peacemaking, social justice, and Jesus. His books are translated into more than a dozen languages. Shane speaks over 100 times a year, nationally and internationally.
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Shane Claiborne and Adam Dyer discuss short backs, long backs, and the ways we come together from different places at the Wild Goose.
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Authors Brian McLaren and Diana Butler Bass, and religious historian Mike Clawson discuss the rise, evolution, and now seeming disappearance of the provocative Emerging Church Movement, offering their insights both as scholars/observers and as first-hand participants and leaders in the movement.
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In this Wild Goose Media tent exclusive, Marthame Sanders and Amythyst Kiah discuss Amythyst's road to musicianship and life as an introvert performer.
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Desire is a very powerful gift from the Divine that we each possess, but it has long been vilified as shameful and dangerous. In the legacy of Audre Lorde's work on the Power of the Erotic, Reverend Sex (aka Rev. Alba Onofrio) introduces the Gospel of the Erotic as a way to facilitate deep connection to ourselves, to each other, and to the Divine through practices of Spiritual Discipline. The Erotic is deeply threatening to systems of domination that seek to control our bodies through guilt and shame, through coercion and violence. So how do we name and claim our desires in the face of spiritual domination and build our practice of noncompliance to evil? Let's find out together. Note: This space is open to everyone, but it centers the experiences of Queer and Trans People and People of Color.
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In this Wild Goose session, hear a live recording of the Liturgists podcast! Science Mike, Michael Gungor, and Hillary McBride discuss the American epidemic of loneliness and the role faith (or lack there of) has in healing this sadness.
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Faith shifting, deconstruction, possibly reconstruction in fits and stages of some sort, is a challenging, exhausting, and slow process under any circumstances. Doing so while also parenting children can feel utterly overwhelming. Are we hurting our children? What about their spirituality and friends at church? How do we navigate the often suffocating pressure from well-meaning family members who worry that it isn’t just our eternal salvation that is now at risk but also our children’s? We parents in a faith shift need to connect and hear from each other that we aren’t alone. We need to share our resources, ideas, hearts, and space to be on this journey together. This is a parent support session facilitated by Daneen Akers, Brian McLaren, and Micky Scottbey Jones
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In this Wild Goose Media Tent conversation, Bushi Yamato Damashii and Adam Dyer discuss the similarities of Jesus and Buddha, the importance of interfaith discussion, and allowing space for the holy spirit.
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We exist within an epoch of immense progress-however, also incredible disconnection. The dis-ease created by isolation from one another, from creator and creation, and from our own self, is tangible. We need new ways, paired with strong foundations. In this talk Rainier looks at what it means to re-discover these lost connections, and utilize traditional faith streams to anchor us into the more beautiful world that our hearts know is possible.
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“A New Reformation?” – Is it justifiable that this is an epochal moment that commands the same historical gravitas as “Luther’s Reformation"? Have a listen to Stan Mitchel, John Pavlovitz, Anna Golladay, & Sarah Heath discuss this question.
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Director Linda Midgett, Dr. Larycia Hawkins and Dr. Michael Mangis discuss the recent documentary "Same God". They cover the process and challenges of filming, and answer questions about the film, what the experience was like and "where they are now."
This panel features Dr. Larycia Hawkins, Linda Midgett & Michael Mangis.
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Dr. Larycia Hawkins and Micky ScottBey Jones discuss faith shifts and how they contribute to our faith journey.
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This is a panel discussion, as well as question and response on the variety of spiritual and energetic healing modalities practiced by varying religious and spiritual traditions. In this discussion we delve into the Common Unifying Source behind these practices and seek to discover how we may better understand and integrate these (and more) modalities for the betterment of the world.
This conversation features Shaman Nar (aka Pastor Nar), Jasmin Morrell, Dirk van der Duim, Bushi Yamato Damashii & Zenaida Chandler
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Challenging assumptions and thinking imaginatively – Nadia Bolz-Weber and Mike McHargue, two of the world’s most creative thinkers and most accomplished communicators, “talk it out” in a public space.
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Barbara Brown Taylor is a New York Times bestselling author, including Holy Envy, her most recent book, and she’s among the greatest preachers alive (so says CNN). Perhaps more importantly to so many Goose community folks, her writing encourages us, holds us up, and helps us through. Rob Wilson-Black is CEO of Sojourners and a Wild Goose board member. Barbara interviewed by Rob puts two very smart, very nice people together and promises a very good experience – a special treat.
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Barbara Brown Taylor and Jacqui Lewis discuss Taylor's new book, Holy Envy, and the experiences that lead up to its creation.
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Privilege is hard to talk about. We can feel confused by the idea, put on the spot, responsible for things we have no control over, fearful, and instinctively defensive. But what if recognizing our privilege (or lack of it) is really about hearing other people's stories? Understanding the ways other people and their lives are different from us and our lives? Stories can take something big, abstract, and systemic and make it specific and personal. They let us see others and ourselves more clearly. And stories of interruption and transformation can make us ask new questions of ourselves and consider new possibilities for our lives.
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Dr. Larycia Hawkins, the first female African-American to be tenured at Wheaton College, was placed on “administrative leave” for posting photographs of herself wearing a hijab in solidarity with Muslims during Advent. The photographs were posted on her personal social media page. Less than a month later Wheaton began the process of terminating her and soon Dr. Hawkins, a tenured faculty member, and the school “decided to part ways.”
Barbara Brown Taylor, teacher of world religions, best-selling author, including her most recent Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others, and listed as one of twelve most effective preachers in the English language (CNN, May 2018) will interview Dr. Hawkins.
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While most progressive or post evangelical churches hold egalitarian doctrines, there are still very few women leading in those churches. This session explores how purity culture and complementarianism continue to impact women in faith leadership by looking at the core tenants and history of these two ideas to create context for current gendered struggles in churches.
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Jacqui Lewis and Mathame Sanders discuss what it means to be a Christian vs. what it means to follow Jesus.
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Gun violence is a public health crisis. It is also a spiritual and moral crisis. In the US, We have nearly 5 times more gunshops than McDonald restaurants. More Americans have died from guns in the US in the last fifty years than in all the wars in American history. In the US, we manufacture 9.5 million guns a year, 26,000 a day, 18 per minute, one gun every 3 seconds. With less than 5% of the world's population, the people of the US own nearly half the world's guns. America also has the most annual gun deaths--homicide, suicide, and accidental gun deaths--at 105 per day, or more than 38,000 per year. Some people say it's a heart problem. Others say it's a gun problem. We say it’s both. And God changes hearts, but people change laws. The biblical prophets Micah and Isaiah imagine a world where God’s people beat their swords into plows and their spears into pruning hooks… transforming the tools of death into tools of life, building a world free of violence. This session includes a LIVE weapon transformation with RAW Tools, where a gun will be turned into a garden tool. With special guest Rev. Sharon Risher.
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Mystic and theologian, Howard Thurman (1899-1981) cherished silence and stillness. He found in quietness an opportunity to commune with the Eternal that he believed lies deep within the heart. He shares these insights in his book, Meditations of the Heart.
In this Wild Goose session Lerita Coleman Brown illustrates how our hearts overflow with divine guidance and that there is an invitation to engage in deep inner listening. This session will be punctuated with recorded meditations, silence, discussion, and guided moments of active imagination designed to tap the mystical heart and its wealth of spiritual wisdom.
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The Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis is Senior Minister at Middle Collegiate Church, a 1000-member multiracial, welcoming, and inclusive congregation in New York City. She is an activist, preacher, and fierce advocate for racial equality, economic justice, and LGBTQ equality. She has also written three books, hosted a television program, been a frequent contributor to MSNBC, and taught at seminaries across the country.
Jacqui earned her Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary, and earned a M.Phil. and a Ph.D. in Psychology and Religion from Drew University. Ordained in the Presbyterian Church (USA), Jacqui is the first African American and first woman to serve as senior minister in the Collegiate Church, which was founded in New York City in 1628.
Diana is an author, speaker, and independent scholar specializing in American religion and culture. She holds a Ph.D. in religious studies from Duke University and is the author of nine books, including Grounded: Finding God in the World—A Spiritual Revolution (HarperOne, 2015) and the widely influential Christianity After Religion: The End of Church and the Birth of a New Spiritual Awakening (HarperOne, 2012). Her other books include A People’s History of Christianity: The Other Side of the Story (HarperOne, 2009), and the best-selling Christianity for the Rest of Us: How the Neighborhood Church is Transforming the Faith (2006) which was named as one of the best religion books of the year by Publishers Weekly and was featured in a cover story in USA TODAY. Diana regularly writes at The Huffington Post and The Washington Post and comments on religion, politics, and culture in the media including USA TODAY, Time, Newsweek, CBS, CNN, FOX, PBS, and NPR.
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Micky Scott Bey Jones is a CREATIVE EXTREMIST FOR LOVE * JUSTICE DOULAI am a mama-activist-contemplative-healer-public intellectual who believes in throwing parties as a key revolutionary strategy. I am a healing justice practitioner, writer, faith-rooted activist & organizer, and speaker. I love bringing people together to explore the intersections of our lives, awaken empathy and fight oppression. I am obsessed with shalom, spend too much time on social media reading articles and making up hashtags. I long to lead in a way that would make Ella Baker proud. I believe with all that I am that my liberation is tied up in yours – so let’s get free together.
Brian D. McLaren is an author, speaker, activist, and public theologian. A former college English teacher and pastor, he is a passionate advocate for “a new kind of Christianity” – just, generous, and working with people of all faiths for the common good. Notable among the many books he has authored are: “A New Kind of Christian””A Generous Orthodoxy,” “Everything Must Change,” “We Make the Road by Walking,” and “The Great Spiritual Migration.” He co-authored a picture book for all ages called “Cory and the Seventh Story,” and his book “The Galapagos Islands: A Spiritual Journey” will be released this October. Brian is married to Grace, and they have four adult children and five grandchildren. His personal interests include wildlife and ecology, fly fishing and kayaking, music and songwriting, art, history, and literature. https://brianmclaren.net/
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Marianne Williamson is a bestselling author, lecturer and non-profit activist. She has worked with thousands of individuals, as well as large and small groups, in transforming crisis into opportunity. For 35 years she has been helping people heal from problems that in many ways have been created by an irresponsible political establishment. She has an up close and personal understanding of the impact of bad policy on average American’s lives.
For three decades Marianne has been a leader in spiritual and religiously progressive circles. Her book about the intersection of spirituality and politics, Healing the Soul of America, was released in 1997 and re-released in a revised edition earlier this year. Her book A POLITICS OF LOVE: Handbook for a New American Revolution, was released in April 2019. In total she has written 13 books, four reaching # 1 on the New York Times Best Sellers List. Marianne has founded nonprofit organizations such as Project Angel Food, that in 1989 started delivering meals to homebound AIDS patients. The organization has now served over 11 million meals. She has also worked throughout her career on poverty, anti-hunger and racial reconciliation issues. She has advocated for reparations for slavery since the 1990’s and was the first candidate in this presidential primary season to make it a pillar of her campaign. In 2004, she co-founded The Peace Alliance and supports the creation of a US Department of Peace. In addition, she advocates a cabinet level Department of Children and Youth to more adequately address the chronic trauma of millions of American children.
Diana Butler Bass is an author, speaker, and independent scholar specializing in American religion and culture. She holds a Ph.D. in religious studies from Duke University and is the author of nine books, including Grounded: Finding God in the World—A Spiritual Revolution (HarperOne, 2015) and the widely influential Christianity After Religion: The End of Church and the Birth of a New Spiritual Awakening (HarperOne, 2012). Her other books include A People’s History of Christianity: The Other Side of the Story (HarperOne, 2009), and the best-selling Christianity for the Rest of Us: How the Neighborhood Church is Transforming the Faith (2006) which was named as one of the best religion books of the year by Publishers Weekly and was featured in a cover story in USA TODAY. Diana regularly writes at The Huffington Post and The Washington Post and comments on religion, politics, and culture in the media including USA TODAY, Time, Newsweek, CBS, CNN, FOX, PBS, and NPR.
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“Going to a new church as a disabled person is a brave act.” These words, spoken by Shannon Dingle, are bold truth for her as a person of faith who is disabled and mother to children with disabilities. Often, once a ramp is built many faith communities believe ‘access’ is complete. Yes, physical accessibility is important - but so much more is needed. What does ‘access’ mean - especially when it comes to communities of faith? How do faith communities become accessible for people across the physical and neurodiverse disability spectrum? How do issues of economics, race, gender and sexuality impact accessibility needs? The answers to these questions are not simple. We propose these answers come as we listen - and listen deeply - to the stories of those with lived disability and faith experiences. We invite you to join this ongoing, much-needed conversation.
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Bishop Flunder, one of the world’s best loved, most called on, and most anticipated preachers will fan the flames of the Spirit in our “going out, sending off” finale. Serendipity will likely show up dressed in Wild Goose clothes. Bishop Flunder will be supported by Beth Nielsen Chapman, Ken Medema, Wild Goose House Band, and others. Goose community leader Gwen Fry will lead us in the celebration of communion and then we’ll begin to hug our way home.
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Through comedy, storytelling, and inspiring success stories, performance artist Peterson Toscano, hones in on a gallon of gasoline--where it comes from, where it goes once combusted, and the many different ways it weighs on us all. Oh, and you will learn a lot about chihuahuas too!
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Hosted by Rev. William Barber with Otis Moss III, Brian McLaren, Jacqui Lewis, and Marianne Williamson, this panel of thought leaders and activists will delve into the ways and means of the Poor People’s Campaign and challenge the Goose community to engagement.
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All we have are our stories, they weave a legacy of grace and disaster. In this session we will seek to re-frame the stories that make us who we are and find grace amidst the fray. After losing his job, and reflecting on life with the South's most treasured name, Rev. Robert Lee will seek to paint a different picture of how "What was intended for evil, God intended for good."
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Wake Up Wild Goose – Rev. William Barber and special guests bring the Poor People’s Campaign – a National Call for Moral Revival to the Wild Goose. Music that moves us, stories from people on the ground that compel us, and inspired preaching that points our way – calling the Wild Goose to unify in challenging systemic racism, poverty, the war economy, ecological devastation, and our nations distorted morality.
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Rev. Dr. Denise Donnell is the State Director for the Human Rights Campaign where she spends all her time fighting for equity, equality and inclusion for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Queer (LGBTQ) people. She was educated in the Jackson Public School District in Mississippi. She received an undergraduate degree in English from Jackson State University (1990), a Master of Arts in Secondary Education from the University of Mississippi (1996), a Masters degree in Divinity from Southern Methodist University (2003) and a Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Leadership from Jackson State University (2008). Denise is an artist whose images reflect life at the intersection of Race, Sexual Orientation and Religious Oppression. She sings, plays piano, practices American Sign Language, sketches, reads and writes. https://www.hrc.org/hrc-story/staff/denise-donnell
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Elections matter. Just look at Donald Trump. But before you can change the world, you have to get elected. Political campaigns are not what most people think, but winning campaigns have certain elements in common. There are a few simple, common sense, concepts which work because they’re grounded in real research into human nature – how we perceive the world and how we make decisions. We’ll lay it out for you. We’ll also give you a practical guide to the actual mechanics of campaigning – how to get on the ballot, how to frame a winning message, and how to get that message to those voters who matter in your election. Who does what job in campaigns. How to raise money – and how to stay out of trouble with the law and the press. Come learn how it works, then go change the world.
Joe McLeanA veteran political and public affairs specialist with a winning history in groundbreaking political campaigns, not-for-profit institutions and advocacy organizations, McLean was part of the founding leadership team of Barack Obama’s successful U.S. Senate race and managed Governor L. Douglas Wilder’s historic election in Virginia. He is widely recognized for breaking new strategic ground to keep his clients ahead of the political curve. McLean established the development structure for VoteVets.org, which rose to prominence by making the voices of soldiers and veterans heard in the debate about the Iraq war. McLean currently serves as President of the Crockett Policy Institute, a non-partisan think-tank dedicated to finding practical solutions to policy roadblocks in our hyper-partisan, divided polity. McLean lives in Washington, DC with his wife, Kiki McLean and their two children.
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In order to change the world, we must change ourself. This is hard work, especially when we are socialized to be opposed to ideas and politics that might be harmful. Bridging is a chance to cross into new relational space that has the power to fiercely hold the complexities of multi-dimensional people. None of us are single-issue folk who are attempting to do justice work, but oftentimes, we fail to enact relational politics in the work we are doing. And, so, the work of bridging radical difference is at the cusp of both personal and interpersonal change. Through the radical act of bridging, we find renewed capacity to our mission for social change and find unlikely comradeship in the process.
Anna GolladayArt Director/Creative Guru Anna is the Sr Director of Communications and Marketing for the Center for Progressive Renewal / Convergence. She thrives on curating creative, spiritual & entrepreneurial possibility.
Via her social enterprise Work of Place she helps urban churches understand how their underutilized facilities can work alongside burgeoning entrepreneurs, often lacking in resource and financing, with the intent of sparking both neighborhood revitalization and an increase in ideators who change their communities. Additionally, she is the Executive Producer of the Inhabit Conference and works in a multitude of other ways with the Parish Collective and their affiliates..
She is a pastor in the United Methodist Church. Her ministry is focused on social justice and any inequity that exists both in and outside the walls of the corporate church. She is diligent in her advocacy of full inclusion of all persons in the United Methodist denomination. http://www.workofplace.com
Dr. Robyn Henderson-EspinozaCurator, Justice Camp Named at 1 of 10 Faith Leaders to watch in 2018 by the Center for American Progress, Dr. Robyn is an anti-oppression, anti-racist, non-binary Trans*gressive Latinx. Dr. Robyn takes seriously their call as an activist theologian and ethicist to bridge together theories and practices that result in communities responding to pressing social concerns. Dr. Robyn sees this work as a life-orienting vocation, deeply committed to translating theory to practice, and embedded in re-imagining our moral horizon to one which privileges a politics of radical difference.
To learn more, check out Dr. Robyn’s website: www.iRobyn.com www.irobyn.com
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In this session, Alexander will articulate his ground-breaking book on the four gospels, “Heart and Mind.” Of this work, Marc Andrus, Episcopal Bishop of California says, ” In ‘Heart and Mind’ Alexander gives us back our central sacred text–the four gospels–not as conflicted and faulty historical records, but as a vibrant, luminous path of transformation. He reveals ‘The Four-Gospel Journey’ as a living guide, re-centering human life on wisdom, compassion, and service, rooted in a mystical relationship with Christ. And the potential for this living guide is already becoming manifest, as individuals, groups and entire communities are using it all over the world, and the word is spreading.” Alexander is a frequent guest on the Robcast, The Deconstructions and Can I Say This At Church. For more, see www.quadratos.com
Alexander John Shaia is an internationally sought-after author, speaker, ritualist and pilgrim mentor. He is known as a poetic and reflective gay man, living the ancient rhythms of his Lebanese, Aramaic and eastern Christian heritage. His seminal work, Heart and Mind: The Four-Gospel Journey for Radical Transformation, is being hailed as a breakthrough that restores the four gospels to their first-century context, revealing how they were chosen to be one, continuous, non-dualistic account of Jesus the Christ. In this way, the Gospel becomes a wise and numinous text, leading us on the journey of growth and transformation.
Alexander holds a doctorate in clinical psychology and has been a spiritual director, Jungian and Sandplay psychotherapist, cultural anthropologist, and pastoral associate. When not on the road, a perfect day finds him with his dog, a book of poetry, and the presence of ancient trees.
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Barbara Brown Taylor is a New York Times best-selling author, college professor, and Episcopal priest. Her first memoir, Leaving Church, won a 2006 Author of the Year award from the Georgia Writers Association. Her last book, Learning to Walk in the Dark, was featured on the cover of TIME magazine. She has served on the faculty of Piedmont College since 1998 as the Butman Professor of Religion and has been a guest speaker at Emory, Duke, Princeton, and Yale, as well as a guest on SuperSoul Sunday with Oprah Winfrey. Taylor and her husband Ed live on a farm in the foothills of the Appalachians, sharing space with wild turkeys, red foxes, white-tailed deer and far too many chickens. http://www.barbarabrowntaylor.com/bio.htm
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