Jamie Corbin is an educator and storyteller who has been navigating whiteness and non-whiteness her entire life thanks to her own interracial adoption at birth and her interracial marriage to her best friend, Kelvin, in 2011. She is raising her three Afro-Latina daughters to change the world with love, by first loving themselves deeply and … Continue reading Jamie Corbin (Episode 5)
April Kolman (Episode 4)
April Kolman is the host of the No Ordinary People podcast and while she prefers the conversations she has with other people on the show, in this episode, she gets to share about her own story. She shares how she went from staunch Republican with highly conservative values to writing in the name of social … Continue reading April Kolman (Episode 4)
Charity Lewis (Episode 3)
Charity Lewis is the host of the podcast Charity Speaks, a candid conversation at the intersection of Christianity, Blackness and Womanhood. Charity has the heart of a shepherd, is a student of Torah, and has a passion to "act justly, love mercy, and live humbly." She is a community advocate with degrees in law and public … Continue reading Charity Lewis (Episode 3)
Caitie Fredrickson (Episode 2)
CONTENT WARNING: In this episode we discuss mental illness and suicide, so please be aware of that before listening. Caitie Fredrickson lives with her husband and weenie dog Baron in SW Washington, and she has bipolar disorder. On this episode, we discuss how she knew something was wrong, how her mental illness affects her everyday … Continue reading Caitie Fredrickson (Episode 2)
Shawanda Bonner Morgan (Episode 1)
Shawanda Bonner Morgan is a dear friend and a high school teacher in Lakeland, Florida. In this episode, she shares with us about her pandemic wedding, the importance of story, how she connects with her students, and the impact we have on one another. She opens up in a vulnerable way about her own story … Continue reading Shawanda Bonner Morgan (Episode 1)
Welcome to the No Ordinary People Podcast! (Episode 0)
It's here! The No Ordinary People Podcast is officially out into the world! This labor of love starts with a short episode introducing you to the podcast: how the idea was birthed and what inspired the name. I’m so excited for this journey and am so grateful to y’all for joining me. You can listen … Continue reading Welcome to the No Ordinary People Podcast! (Episode 0)
We’re all Judas
I’ve always been fascinated by complicated villains; they’re often my favorite characters. Loki. Rumplestiltskin. Javert. Snape. The Joker. Gollum. Moriarty. Thanos. (Yes that’s two for Marvel ) Not only does a complex villain make for a more compelling story, it shows us that any one of us is capable of becoming a villain. I think that’s … Continue reading We’re all Judas
hope as a post-insurrection companion
January 6th messed me up, and I still haven’t really recovered. I knew things had been escalating, and while I was shocked by the insurrection and the actions against America by Americans, I wasn’t really all that surprised. Yet, for some reason, I’ve been off since that day. I’ve been sad and frustrated and broken-hearted. … Continue reading hope as a post-insurrection companion
decide now who you’ll be november fourth
At the time of this writing, we are four days away from what many are calling the most important election in US history. I don’t know about that, but I think we can say with some certainty that it has been the most contentious of our lifetime. (I think many of us thought it couldn’t … Continue reading decide now who you’ll be november fourth
How you vote is NOT the most important thing…
I've been reading and listening, trying to learn what the Bible says about Christians and how they should vote. Here's what I've learned--there is NO candidate or party that will EVER fulfill everything we should be striving for. Ever. So what do we do? We advocate for our neighbors and families and the unborn and … Continue reading How you vote is NOT the most important thing…
