On this episode, April is joined by Jamie Corbin, Ben Cremer, Kelly Holder, and Elicia Zahm as they discuss Critical Race Theory through the lens of education, community, and faith. They also talk about power: who has it, who doesn’t, and why. This is the first episode in a series of 3 with this group … Continue reading Honoring History and Addressing CRT (Episode 14)
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Is God good all the time?
If God is “good” and “faithful” and “hears us” when someone recovers from sickness, what does that mean about God when they don’t recover? What does it mean about God when an 11-year-old dies of cancer? What does it mean when a vaccinated couple in their seventies dies of COVID-19 in the same week? What … Continue reading Is God good all the time?
Kate King (Episode 11)
Kate King lives in a suburb just outside of Minneapolis with her husband of 12 years where she has been homeschooling her three kids ages 10, 9 and 6. She has spent the last couple of years writing about the unraveling of the Christianity she always called home, and now hopes to share her stories … Continue reading Kate King (Episode 11)
Katya Baxter (Episode 8)
CONTENT WARNING: Eating disorders Katya Baxter is originally from St. Petersburg, Russia. When she was 16, she hopped on the plane, by herself, and flew over to Boise, Idaho to visit a friend. But instead of a two-week long trip, God had something else in store for her. She ended up staying in Boise and going to … Continue reading Katya Baxter (Episode 8)
Caleb Stanton (Episode 7)
Caleb Stanton is a caffeine-dependent husband and father of two young children. Even though he loves his job, he'd rather spend his days at the beach, strumming a guitar and pondering the human experience. When he's not looking for his keys, you might find Caleb writing a story he'll never post or composing a song … Continue reading Caleb Stanton (Episode 7)
Bekah Bowman (Episode 6)
Bekah Bowman is a coach's wife, a special needs mom, speaker, and author of Can't Steal My Joy. She is passionate about bridging the gap between churches and families with disabilities. On this episode, she shares her story raising two sons with terminal illnesses, how joy and grief can coexist, and her vision for how … Continue reading Bekah Bowman (Episode 6)
Jamie Corbin (Episode 5)
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)
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…
