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Theology for the CuriousEp.138 - Contrast and Comparisons: The Gospel of ‘Me’ or ‘We’ w/ Lisa Sharon HarperClick here to text us your thoughts and questions!Despite the great value of individual quiet times, singular Bible reading plans, and personal commitments to church ministries; the great danger prevails that as Christians we are in danger of increasingly privatising our faith. Could it be that we are losing the edge to look outward towards the other as we become ever more preoccupied with looking inward toward ourselves?The gospel has always historically been a gospel of the “we” as opposed to simply the “me“. The term “one another”, that so closely identifies the kernel of Kingdom u...
2025-09-101h 01
Talkin‘ Politics & Religion Without Killin‘ Each Other🎙️ Reckoning with Legacy — Dobson, MacArthur, and the Future of the Church with Special Guests Lisa Sharon Harper and Joe SmithDobson and MacArthur shaped a movement. Now it's time to ask: at what cost?
✨ Episode Summary
In this powerful roundtable conversation, host Corey Nathan is joined by author and public theologian Lisa Sharon Harper and pastor Joe Smith to explore the complex legacies of James Dobson and John MacArthur—two towering figures in American Evangelicalism who recently passed away.
What starts as a reflective discussion on personal experiences with Dobson’s and MacArthur’s teachings evolves into a profound analysis of spiritual formation, systemic violence, and the urgent need for a new way forward in faith co...
2025-09-051h 22Talkin‘ Politics & Religion Without Killin‘ Each Other🎙️ Reckoning with Legacy — Dobson, MacArthur, and the Future of the Church with Special Guests Lisa Sharon Harper and Joe SmithDobson and MacArthur shaped a movement. Now it's time to ask: at what cost?
✨ Episode Summary
In this powerful roundtable conversation, host Corey Nathan is joined by author and public theologian Lisa Sharon Harper and pastor Joe Smith to explore the complex legacies of James Dobson and John MacArthur—two towering figures in American Evangelicalism who recently passed away.
What starts as a reflective discussion on personal experiences with Dobson’s and MacArthur’s teachings evolves into a profound analysis of spiritual formation, systemic violence, and the urgent need for a new way forward in faith co...
2025-09-051h 22
Heretic Happy Hour#235: Lessons from Juneteenth with Dr. Angela Parker, Lisa Sharon Harper, and Jaxon PhoenixIn this week's episode, Keith is joined by Dr. Angela Parker, Lisa Sharon Harper, and Jaxon Phoenix to chat about the lessons that can be learned from Juneteenth, and how those lessons can be applied to what is happening in the United States today.If you want to call in to the Bonus Show, leave a voicemail at (530) 332-8020. We'll get to your calls on next Friday's Bonus Show. Or, you can email Matthew at matthew@quoir.com.Join The Quollective today, and use Promo Code: 1monthfree to get one month free... duh!...
2025-06-171h 10Heretic Happy Hour#219: How Anti-DEI Is An Assault on Human Rights with Lisa Sharon Harper and Shane ClaiborneIn this episode, we chat with Lisa Sharon Harper and Shane Claiborne how anti-DEI legislation is an all-out assault on human rights.If you want to call in to the Bonus Show, leave a voicemail at (530) 332-8020. We would love to get to your calls!LINKSQuoirCast on PatreonQuoirCast on PatheosPANELISTSLisa Sharon HarperShane Claiborne Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
2025-02-2558 min
Lady Preacher PodcastLisa Sharon Harper: A Very Good Gospel (Replay)For Black History Month, we are going back through the archives and listening to the voices of some of the incredible Black Women who have been on the show.Prolific author and speaker, Lisa Sharon Harper, joins us this week, speaking about how we are all made in God’s image and called good, and how often we forget that - about ourselves and about each other. She shares her journey of discovering what the “very good Gospel” is and offers that good news to us, inviting us into the vision God ha...
2025-02-241h 02
Give and TakeEpisode 276: Christian Witness in a Post-Democratic Age, with Lisa Sharon HarperMy guest is Lisa Sharon Harper. She's an author, podcaster, activist, and sought after speaker. She joins me to talk about what it looks like to bear witness to the Christian faith it what feels like an increasingly post-democratic cultural moment in America.Special Guest: Lisa Sharon Harper.
2025-02-121h 11Heretic Happy Hour#212: How To Survive Fascism in 2025 with Lisa Sharon Harper, Sandhya Jha, and Doug PagittIn this week's show, we talk to Lisa Sharon Harper, Sandhya Jha, and Doug Pagitt to talk about what the Donald Trump election win means for us in 2025 and beyond.If you want to call in to the Bonus Show, leave a voicemail at (530) 332-8020. We would love to get to your calls!LINKSQuoirCast on PatreonQuoirCast on PatheosPANELISTSLisa Sharon HarperSandhya JhaDoug Pagitt Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection...
2025-01-0756 minHeretic Happy Hour#198: How to Be Antiracist Part 2 with Lisa Sharon Harper and Daniel HendersonThis week, we run it back and join Lisa Sharon Harper and Daniel Henderson for Part 2 of our conversation from last week about race in America.If you want to call in to the Bonus Show, leave a voicemail at (530) 332-8020. We would love to get to your calls!Pick up Dan's book, The Spiritual Journey to Antiracism.Save 10% on Square 2 with the promo code "HAPPY"LINKSQuoirCast on PatreonQuoirCast on PatheosPANELLisa Sharon HarperDaniel Henderson Hosted...
2024-10-011h 02
Shake the DustHow to Stay Faithful to Jesus in Politics with Lisa Sharon HarperToday, we’re talking with veteran activist and theologian, the one and only, Lisa Sharon Harper! The conversation covers:- Lisa’s journey finding Jesus outside of Whiteness and White evangelicalism- The centrality of advocating for political and institutional policy change to our faith in Jesus- How respecting the image of God in all people is the starting point for following Jesus to shalom- The unavoidable job we have to speak truth, even when it is costly- Where Lisa finds her hope and motivation to keep going- And after tha...
2024-09-271h 07Heretic Happy Hour#197: How to Be Antiracist with Lisa Sharon Harper, Desimber Rose, and Daniel HendersonOn today's show, our panel discusses the differences between "non-racism" and "anti-racism," and why the latter is far superior to the former. Join Matthew and Keith, alongside Lisa Sharon Harper, Desimber Rose, and Daniel Henderson, to discuss this important topic.If you want to call in to the Bonus Show, leave a voicemail at (530) 332-8020. We would love to get to your calls!Pick up Dan's book, The Spiritual Journey to Antiracism.Save 10% on Square 2 with the promo code "HAPPY"LINKSQuoirCast on PatreonQuoirCast on Patheos
2024-09-2458 min
Shifting CultureEp. 213 Lisa Sharon Harper - Israel, Palestine, Justice, and a Common HumanityThis conversation with Lisa was recorded in June just a week after the bombing of Rafah – a refugee camp – a place that was supposed to provide safety from the war. In this conversation, Lisa Sharon Harper covers some incredibly important and challenging topics. We hear Lisa speak passionately about the need for humility - recognizing that we are not God, but rather are created in God's image and called to be stewards of the earth. She then dove deep into the current crisis in Israel and Palestine, expressing grave concerns about the potential for genocide and the urgent need for...
2024-08-2059 min
Talkin‘ Politics & Religion Without Killin‘ Each OtherLisa Sharon Harper (Part 1 of 2), Evangelicals for HarrisHow does our faith journey affect our politics? Or to what degree have our politics shaped our religious identity? Hard questions. But in this election season, these are questions that need to be explored.
*Special note: Since we recorded this conversation, Lisa Sharon Harper has been invited to join Evangelicals for Harris and will be attending the Democratic National Convention as part of her work with the organization.
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2024-08-131h 01Talkin‘ Politics & Religion Without Killin‘ Each OtherLisa Sharon Harper (Part 1 of 2), Evangelicals for HarrisHow does our faith journey affect our politics? Or to what degree have our politics shaped our religious identity? Hard questions. But in this election season, these are questions that need to be explored.
*Special note: Since we recorded this conversation, Lisa Sharon Harper has been invited to join Evangelicals for Harris and will be attending the Democratic National Convention as part of her work with the organization.
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2024-08-131h 01
Across the Divide PodcastCATC #4 Lisa Sharon Harper: Four Words that Change EverythingIn episode 4 of our Christ at the Checkpoint series we host author and activist Lisa Sharon Harper. At CATC she gave a presentation titled “Four Words that Change Everything." Here clips from Lisa's presentation are interwoven with a conversation with Daniel dissecting the 4 words and their application to the Palestinian and black experience in the U.S.
Lisa Sharon Harper is a prolific speaker, writer and activist. She is the founder and president of FreedomRoad.us, a consulting group dedicated to shrinking the narrative gap in our nation by designing forums and experiences that bring common understanding, co...
2024-07-201h 06
A World of DifferenceLisa Sharon Harper on The Struggle for Liberation: From Slave Ships to Freedom RoadsIf you're feeling overwhelmed by the weight of history and the struggle for justice, if you're tired of the whitewashed narratives and want to embrace the hard truths, then you are not alone! The journey to shalom, to a heaven on earth, requires all of us, and Lisa Sharon Harper's work is a testament to that. Are you ready to join in and make a difference?In this episode, you will be able to:
Understand the far-reaching effects of American exceptionalism on global politics and culture.
Explore the significance of Shalom in navigating contemporary conflicts and...
2024-07-171h 02Heretic Happy Hour#179: White Christian Nationalism with Shane Claiborne and Lisa Sharon HarperJoin activists and authors Shane Claiborne and Lisa Sharon Harper as we discuss why White Christian Nationalism is the biggest threat to American Democracy and American Religious Freedom imaginable, and what we can do about it.If you want to call in to the Bonus Show, leave a voicemail at (530) 332-8020.LINKSQuoirCast on PatreonQuoirCast on PatheosPANELLisa Sharon HarperShane Claiborne Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data...
2024-05-2151 min
Talkin‘ Politics & Religion Without Killin‘ Each Other2024 - A Look Ahead with Our Friends on the Freedom Road: Rev. Dr. Waltrina Middleton, Dr. Claudia Owens Shields and Lisa Sharon HarperOn this episode, Corey was part of a roundtable conversation over at Freedom Road with Lisa Sharon Harper. We were also joined by Rev. Dr. Waltrina Middleton and Dr. Claudia Owens Shields. This circle of friends came together to reflect on 2023 and consider what's ahead for us in 2024. It was originally recorded for the Freedom Road Podcast which you can find on all the major podcast apps.
Waltrina is the executive director of Community Renewal Society and a senior consultant with Freedom Road, specializing in Spiritual Formation. Claudia is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in m...
2024-01-2551 minTalkin‘ Politics & Religion Without Killin‘ Each Other2024 - A Look Ahead with Our Friends on the Freedom Road: Rev. Dr. Waltrina Middleton, Dr. Claudia Owens Shields and Lisa Sharon HarperOn this episode, Corey was part of a roundtable conversation over at Freedom Road with Lisa Sharon Harper. We were also joined by Rev. Dr. Waltrina Middleton and Dr. Claudia Owens Shields. This circle of friends came together to reflect on 2023 and consider what's ahead for us in 2024. It was originally recorded for the Freedom Road Podcast which you can find on all the major podcast apps.
Waltrina is the executive director of Community Renewal Society and a senior consultant with Freedom Road, specializing in Spiritual Formation. Claudia is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in m...
2024-01-2551 min
Impact Nations Podcast8-2 Jesus Never Said (Interview with Lisa Sharon Harper, part 2)Send us a textThis week Lisa Sharon Harper digs deeper into her book "The Very Good Gospel" as she explains the importance of cultural context. Connect with Lisa Sharon Harper: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lisasharper/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/lisasharonharper Lisa's Website - https://lisasharonharper.comFreedom Road - https://freedomroad.us/who-we-are/ Buy the book - https://www.amazon.com/Very-Good-Gospel-Everything-Wrong/dp/160142857X
2023-09-2153 minImpact Nations Podcast8-1 The Supremacy of Whiteness? (Interview with Lisa Sharon Harper, part 1)Send us a textLisa Sharon Harper is kicking off season 8 by giving us some wonderful insight on her book "The Very Good Gospel".Connect with Lisa Sharon Harper: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lisasharper/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/lisasharonharper Lisa's Website - https://lisasharonharper.comFreedom Road - https://freedomroad.us/who-we-are/Buy the book - https://www.amazon.com/Very-Good-Gospel-Everything-Wrong/dp/160142857X
2023-09-151h 13
Conversations on A More Beautiful Way05: Race, Lineage & the Power of Forgiveness w/ Lisa Sharon Harper from Freedom RoadWhat might it look like to find a more beautiful way to navigate the racial harm and disconnection of our time? What might it look like to find the healing pathways within our own family lineages and in the places we come from? What roles do repair and forgiveness play in cultivating a new world?In today's conversation, we are joined by author, activist and storyteller Lisa Sharon Harper. Through the lens of her most recent book, "Fortune: How Race Broke My Family and the World and How to Repair It All," Lisa walks through how...
2023-09-0743 minConversations on A More Beautiful Way05: Race, Lineage & the Power of Forgiveness w/ Lisa Sharon Harper from Freedom RoadWhat might it look like to find a more beautiful way to navigate the racial harm and disconnection of our time? What might it look like to find the healing pathways within our own family lineages and in the places we come from? What roles do repair and forgiveness play in cultivating a new world?In today's conversation, we are joined by author, activist and storyteller Lisa Sharon Harper. Through the lens of her most recent book, "Fortune: How Race Broke My Family and the World and How to Repair It All," Lisa walks through how...
2023-09-0743 min
Peace TalksLisa Sharon HarperPeace Talks Season 6 Debuts with an Interview with Lisa Sharon Harper and a New Format!Lisa Sharon Harper is a prolific speaker, author, and activist and the founder and president of FreedomRoad.us. Ms. Harper is the author of several books, including The Very Good Gospel: How Everything Wrong can be Made Right (2016) and Fortune: How Race Broke My Family and the World (2022). A columnist at Sojourners Magazine and an Auburn Theological Seminary Senior Fellow, Ms.Harper has appeared on TVOne, FoxNews Online, NPR, and Al Jazeera America. Her writing has been featured in CNN Bel...
2023-08-1054 min
Right Side Up Podcast with Danielle StricklandQueen Charlotte feat. Lisa Sharon Harper | God at the Movies Ep. 10Welcome to God at the Movies! We're glad you're here. Co-hosts Danielle Strickland and James Sholl spend this season diving deep into popular movies and TV shows and what's being said about culture today. The base from which they approach this task is found in the belief that God is at work redeeming all things everywhere. This weeks content is on the ShondaLand hit Bridgerton spinoff, Queen Charlotte. The spin-off miniseries revolving around Queen Charlotte consists of two plot lines: one in the present of Bridgerton, beginning in 1817 with the death of the royal...
2023-07-211h 03
Freedom Road PodcastBONUS EPISODE: Lisa Sharon Harper on Talkin' Politics & Religion Without Killin' Each OtherThis is a special presentation of an interview with Lisa Sharon Harper on TALKIN' POLITICS & RELIGION WITHOUT KILLIN' EACH OTHER. Here are the show notes on this episode from our friends at TP&R:"In this conversation with renowned speaker, writer, activist and artist, Lisa Sharon Harper, we discuss Lisa's own genealogy, which she painstakingly researched for her 2022 book FORTUNE: How Race Broke My Family and the World and How to Repair It All, and how doing the work of genealogy is doing the work of history. We also got into some theology! In...
2023-06-071h 18
Talkin‘ Politics & Religion Without Killin‘ Each OtherLisa Sharon Harper: Decolonizing the church, repairing what race broke in the world, ”telling our stories”In this conversation with renowned speaker, writer, activist and artist, Lisa Sharon Harper, we discuss Lisa's own genealogy, which she painstakingly researched for her 2022 book FORTUNE: How Race Broke My Family and the World and How to Repair It All, and how doing the work of genealogy is doing the work of history. We also got into some theology! In particular, we explored a profound reading of the first chapters of Genesis. Spoiler alert: I love when Lisa said, "It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know this is not science!" The truths communicated in Genesis are much more...
2023-05-231h 17Talkin‘ Politics & Religion Without Killin‘ Each OtherLisa Sharon Harper: Decolonizing the church, repairing what race broke in the world, ”telling our stories”In this conversation with renowned speaker, writer, activist and artist, Lisa Sharon Harper, we discuss Lisa's own genealogy, which she painstakingly researched for her 2022 book FORTUNE: How Race Broke My Family and the World and How to Repair It All, and how doing the work of genealogy is doing the work of history. We also got into some theology! In particular, we explored a profound reading of the first chapters of Genesis. Spoiler alert: I love when Lisa said, "It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know this is not science!" The truths communicated in Genesis are much more...
2023-05-231h 17
The Collective TableLisa Sharon Harper: Sermon Podcast HourWelcome to season 7 of The Collective Table Podcast, Sermon Podcast Hour!
During this season Rev. Chelsea, Dana and Rev. Claire are going to interview some of our favorite preachers about a sermon they have given. These sermons will be following the lectionary calendar from Epiphany all the way until Easter. In the various episodes, not only will you hear clips from the sermon and you will also hear the follow-up conversation with the preacher!
Today’s episode features Lisa Sharon Harper, who talks with Dana and Chelsea about Good Friday. Listen to Lisa’s Sermon here...
2023-04-0746 min
Lady Preacher PodcastLisa Sharon Harper: A Very Good GospelProlific author and speaker, Lisa Sharon Harper, joins us this week, speaking about how we are all made in God’s image and called good, and how often we forget that - about ourselves and about each other. She shares her journey of discovering what the “very good Gospel” is and offers that good news to us, inviting us into the vision God has for the world, and a profound belief that God’s peace is possible.About LisaFrom Ferguson to New York, and from Germany to South Africa to Australia, Lisa Sharon Harper leads tr...
2023-03-271h 06
This Undivided Life#137 Lisa Sharon Harper:Building Connection & Erasing ShameLisa Sharon Harper, is the author of several books, including Evangelical Does Not Equal Republican…or Democrat (The New Press, 2008); Left Right and Christ: Evangelical Faith in Politics (Elevate, 2011); Forgive Us: Confessions of a Compromised Faith (Zondervan, 2014); and the critically acclaimed, The Very Good Gospel: How Everything Wrong can be Made Right (Waterbrook, a division of Penguin Random House, 2016). The Very Good Gospel, recognized as the "2016 Book of the Year" by Englewood Review of Books, explores God's intent for the wholeness of all relationships in light of today's headlines. In 2015, The Huffington Post named Ms. Harper one of...
2023-02-0757 min
The Story BoxLisa Sharon Harper Unboxing | Healing The Racial DivideFrom Ferguson to New York, and from Germany to South Africa to Australia, Lisa Sharon Harper leads training that increases clergy and community leaders’ capacity to organize people of faith toward a just world. A prolific speaker, writer, and activist, Ms. Harper is the founder and president of FreedomRoad.us, a consulting group dedicated to shrinking the narrative gap in our nation by designing forums and experiences that bring common understanding, common commitment, and common action.Ms. Harper is the author of several books, including Evangelical Does Not Equal Republican…or Democrat (The New Press, 2008); Left Righ...
2023-01-0154 min
The PuddcastDebriefing Lisa Sharon Harper on race, monarchy & forgivenessJust in time for Christmas comes a wild ride of a B-Side. Looking back at our interview with Lisa Sharon Harper, Tryphena and I reflected on themes of forgiveness and reparations, the gift of tongues as Indigenous celebration, how the monarcy dehumanizes people, the emotional impact on Europeans of that dehumanization, the myth of an American Christian nation and more. We were both deeply impacted by Lisa’s book Fortune and so we sounded off, big time.For maximum impact, make sure you listen to the source episode, #133: How race broke the world (with Lisa Sharon Harper)...
2022-12-2252 min
Escaping Samsara#8 Lisa Sharon Harper: My Spirituality Is Only As Powerful As I Allow It To Engage With the World Around Me From Ferguson to New York, and from Germany and South Africa to Australia and Brazil, Lisa Sharon Harper leads trainings that increase clergy and community leaders' capacity to organize people of faith toward a just world. A prolific speaker, writer and activist, Ms. Harper is the founder and president of FreedomRoad.us, a consulting group dedicated to shrinking the narrative gap in our nation by designing forums and experiences that bring common understanding, common commitment and common action. Show notes Lisa's Podcast about social justice and activism Milk, donuts and...
2022-12-081h 13Escaping Samsara#8 Lisa Sharon Harper: My Spirituality Is Only As Powerful As I Allow It To Engage With the World Around Me From Ferguson to New York, and from Germany and South Africa to Australia and Brazil, Lisa Sharon Harper leads trainings that increase clergy and community leaders' capacity to organize people of faith toward a just world. A prolific speaker, writer and activist, Ms. Harper is the founder and president of FreedomRoad.us, a consulting group dedicated to shrinking the narrative gap in our nation by designing forums and experiences that bring common understanding, common commitment and common action. Show notes Lisa's Podcast about social justice and activism Milk, donuts and...
2022-12-081h 13
The PuddcastHow race broke the world (with Lisa Sharon Harper)Acclaimed speaker, activist, playwright, and the author of several books, Lisa Sharon Harper is on The Puddcast! Recognized as one of the most important and powerful voices speaking to matters of justice and religion today, Lisa joined us to talk about her latest book Fortune: How Race Broke my Family and the World - and How to Repair it All. Blending fascinating ancestry research, family biography and memoir with a detailed history of race law in the United States, Fortune moved me profoundly. In this interview we discuss colonialism, radical re-connection to our stories and land; we explore shalom...
2022-12-0758 min
Tent Talks with Dr Stephen BackhouseWhite Tears #3 with Sara Moslener and Lisa Sharon HarperThe third of four episodes in our series looking at the phenomenon of White Tears. This episode features Sara Moslener and Lisa Sharon Harper. You can find out more about Sara Moslener at her website: https://www.afterpurityproject.com/You can find out more about Lisa Sharon Harper (a former guest on Tent Talks) at her website: https://lisasharonharper.com/Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE.
2022-11-2958 min
A More Beautiful Way with Bethaney WilkinsonRace, Lineage, and the Power of Forgiveness with Lisa Sharon HarperThis is a re-release of a podcast episode I recorded with Lisa Sharon Harper, Author of Fortune: How Race Broke My Family and the World—and How to Repair It All.Listen at the embed link below.Episode show notes and transcript are accessible below as well. Enjoy.Thanks for reading A More Beautiful Way !Show NotesIn this conversation, host Bethaney Wilkinson and guest Lisa Sharon Harper follow the threads of Lisa's history as an act of re-membering our collective racial and social history in the Un...
2022-10-2158 min
Mere ChristiansLisa Sharon Harper (Author of The Very Good Gospel)Jordan Raynor sits down with Lisa Sharon Harper, Author of The Very Good Gospel, to talk about why it’s significant that God creates with beauty and function, how a “thicker” gospel gives greater purpose to your work, and the biblical case for “reconnecting shalom” through our work.Links Mentioned:Lisa Sharon HarperThe Very Good GospelLisa Sharon Harper on TwitterLisa Sharon Harper on InstagramFortuneBecoming Rooted
2022-10-0526 min
Talkin‘ Politics & Religion Without Killin‘ Each OtherBONUS EPISODE: Freedom Road Podcast with host, Lisa Sharon Harper and Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III - The VoteThis is a bonus TP&R episode of Freedom Road Podcast with our friend and colleague Lisa Sharon Harper and her guest the Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III.
Listen in as Lisa Sharon Harper and Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III do this deep dive on the meaning of and the hunger for the unfettered right to vote in the United States of America.
Freedom Road Podcast brings together national faith leaders, advocates, and front-lines activists for candid conversations about the pressing issues of our times.
Lisa Sharon Harper leads trainings that increase clergy an...
2022-09-081h 09Talkin‘ Politics & Religion Without Killin‘ Each OtherBONUS EPISODE: Freedom Road Podcast with host, Lisa Sharon Harper and Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III - The VoteThis is a bonus TP&R episode of Freedom Road Podcast with our friend and colleague Lisa Sharon Harper and her guest the Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III.
Listen in as Lisa Sharon Harper and Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III do this deep dive on the meaning of and the hunger for the unfettered right to vote in the United States of America.
Freedom Road Podcast brings together national faith leaders, advocates, and front-lines activists for candid conversations about the pressing issues of our times.
Lisa Sharon Harper leads trainings that increase clergy an...
2022-09-081h 09
Celebrate Story!Celebrate Story! - An Interview with Author Lisa Sharon Harper, Fortune: How Race Broke My Family and the World--and How to Repair It AllJulie speaks with Lisa Sharon Harper who's recently published book draws on her lifelong journey to know her family's history, leading Christian activist Lisa Sharon Harper recovers the beauty of her heritage, exposes the brokenness that race has wrought in America, and casts a vision for collective repair.Enjoy this candid conversation!Link to the book:Fortune: How Race Broke My Family and the World--and How to Repair It All by Lisa Sharon HarperIf you are enjoying Celebrate Story! please Subscribe, Like and Review in you favorite Podcast Playing App.
2022-07-2657 min
Talkin‘ Politics & Religion Without Killin‘ Each OtherLisa Sharon Harper: HOW RACE BROKE MY FAMILY AND THE WORLD - AND HOW TO REPAIR IT ALLLisa Sharon Harper is Founder of Freedom Road, a consulting group which leads trainings all around the globe that increase clergy and community leaders’ capacity to organize people of faith toward a just world. Ms. Harper is a critically acclaimed author of several books including her latest, Fortune: How Race Broke My Family and the World and How to Repair It All, which we discuss in this episode. Ms. Harper earned her Masters degree in Human Rights from Columbia University, is an Auburn Theological Seminary Senior Fellow and served as Sojourners Chief Church Engagement Officer. We were also grateful to...
2022-07-071h 21Talkin‘ Politics & Religion Without Killin‘ Each OtherLisa Sharon Harper: HOW RACE BROKE MY FAMILY AND THE WORLD - AND HOW TO REPAIR IT ALLLisa Sharon Harper is Founder of Freedom Road, a consulting group which leads trainings all around the globe that increase clergy and community leaders’ capacity to organize people of faith toward a just world. Ms. Harper is a critically acclaimed author of several books including her latest, Fortune: How Race Broke My Family and the World and How to Repair It All, which we discuss in this episode. Ms. Harper earned her Masters degree in Human Rights from Columbia University, is an Auburn Theological Seminary Senior Fellow and served as Sojourners Chief Church Engagement Officer. We were also grateful to...
2022-07-071h 21
Word Made DigitalS08 E08: Do you Want Power or Jesus? with Lisa Sharon HarperWelcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast!--- It's time to choose and Lisa Sharon Harper is asking the tough questions.Ms. Harper leads training that increases clergy and community leaders’ capacity to organize people of faith toward a just world. A prolific speaker, writer and activist, Ms. Harper is the founder and president of FreedomRoad.us, a consulting group dedicated to shrinking the narrative gap in our nation.Her latest book "Fortune: How Race Broke My Family And The World–And How To Repair It All" is at the center of this conv...
2022-06-221h 02
For the Life of the World / Yale Center for Faith & CultureLisa Sharon Harper / Fortune: How Race Broke My Family & the World—and How to Repair It AllSeldom do we think of the study of history as a journey of self-discovery. And if that claim has any truth, it's because we modern people tend to see ourselves as autonomous, independent, untethered, and unaffected by our biological and cultural genealogies. But there's a story in our DNA that didn't start with us. And Lisa Sharon Harper has been on a decades-long journey of self-discovery, piecing together her family's lineage from their arrival on America's shores—via slave boats, through the twists and turns of slavery and indentured servitude, through America's post-civil war attempt at Reconstruction, down into th...
2022-06-2148 min
Plucking Up with Liz BohannonLisa Sharon Harper on Listening and Learning From Our AncestorsAfter a brief hiatus, we're back on the mic with Lisa Sharon Harper. Lisa is an activist, speaker, and author of multiple books, including one of my favorites, The Very Good Gospel.In this episode, Lisa tells us about her first encounter with success—writing an award-winning play in college—and how she handled the regret that came from walking away from what could have been a big, Broadway career. Lisa’s still an incredible storyteller and today she uses that gift to help us learn about the power and potential of our ancestors.Learn...
2022-05-021h 00Plucking Up with Liz BohannonLisa Sharon Harper on Listening and Learning From Our AncestorsAfter a brief hiatus, we're back on the mic with Lisa Sharon Harper. Lisa is an activist, speaker, and author of multiple books, including one of my favorites, The Very Good Gospel.In this episode, Lisa tells us about her first encounter with success—writing an award-winning play in college—and how she handled the regret that came from walking away from what could have been a big, Broadway career. Lisa’s still an incredible storyteller and today she uses that gift to help us learn about the power and potential of our ancestors.Learn...
2022-05-021h 00
The determinetruth PodcastGospel of Luke #5: Interview with Lisa Sharon HarperRob and Vinnie continue to wrestle with the Gospel of Luke and Jesus' call to love the poor and the marginalized even if it doesn't benefit us in the now. In this episode, they interview Lisa Sharon Harper of Freedom Road and wrestle with the questions of Jesus, race, gender, and justice.
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2022-04-261h 01
Colored CommentaryAncestry, Race and Redemption: An Interview with Lisa Sharon Harper (Author/Speaker)Send us a textToday we release an interview with Lisa Sharon Harper, author of new book "Fortune" as well as other released works (namely "Evangelical Does Not Equal Republican or Democrat"). In her new book, Lisa uses the power of story to recount a rich, ancestral story of how race affected her family history and what she's doing to repair it.Join in for this riveting conversation.Works by Lisa Sharon Harper for your own study.https://www.amazon.com/Evangelical-Does-Equal-Republican-Democrat/dp/1595584196https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
2022-04-221h 12
The Beached White Male Podcast with Ken KempS3E28 Lisa Sharon Harper: Fortune - How Race Broke My Family and the WorldSend us a textKen is pleased to welcome Lisa Sharon Harper and her new groundbreaking book, Fortune - How Race Broke My Family and the World--and How to Repair It All. It all began with the results of her submission of DNA to ancestry.com. Lisa learned of her Nigerian roots - and ancestry that extends all the way back to the onset of slavery in America in the 1600s. Lisa shares her story of awakenings, which began when she became a Christian as a high school student in ...
2022-04-181h 03
THE FOURPART 2: HOW TO DEFEAT AMERICAN FASCISM AND OTHER LESSONS FROM THE MOVEMENTLEAD CO-HOSTS: Lisa Sharon Harper and Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis GUEST: Rev. Dr. Otis Moss, Jr. The FOUR continue the conversation with Reverend Dr. Otis Moss, Jr. Globally revered, Dr. Moss is one of America’s most distinguished leaders in the decades-long struggle for civil and human rights, health care, education and social justice. Join The FOUR for Part 2 of their conversation. Reverend Moss co-pastored with Rev. Martin Luther King, Sr. at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, and was a board member and regional director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC...
2022-04-1437 min
THE FOURPART 1: HOW TO DEFEAT AMERICAN FASCISM AND OTHER LESSONS FROM THE MOVEMENTLEAD CO-HOSTS: Lisa Sharon Harper and Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis GUEST: Rev. Dr. Otis Moss, Jr. Where to begin? Reverend Dr. Otis Moss, Jr. is one of America’s most distinguished voices, advocating for the achievement of education, civil and human rights, health care and social justice. His influence is global and revered. The FOUR are honored to invite Dr. Moss into a two part conversation with this influential and very special leader. Reverend Moss co-pastored with Rev. Martin Luther King, Sr. at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, and was a board member and regi...
2022-04-1344 min
What If ProjectEpisode 199: Lisa Sharon Harper Talks To Me About Race, Slavery, And Parts Of History I Never Knew AboutToday we're sitting down with Lisa Sharon Harper to talk about her book "Fortune: How Race Broke My Family and the World and How to Repair It All". Enjoy!
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2022-04-1144 min
The PreambleHow to Seek Truth and Find Freedom in Our Stories with Lisa Sharon HarperIn today’s episode, Sharon speaks with Lisa Sharon Harper, whose book, Fortune: How Race Broke My Family and the World–and How to Repair It All, is the result of thirty years of family history research. Lisa believes that there is a power in knowing your story and the story of your ancestors. Many African Americans face the challenge of gaps in their family history, origins obscured by enslavement histories. It’s when we know our stories and our truths that we can start to heal and release. Seeking and telling the truth can be like wading into troubled waters...
2022-03-2542 min
Permission To BERerooting Yourself w/ Lisa Sharon Harper (Part 2)Join Tommy, Olivia, and Becka for part two of their conversation with Lisa Sharon Harper as they look at the significance and impact of rerooting ourselves within our peoples' story.
Lisa's newly released book is, Fortune: How Race Broke My Family and the World--and How to Repair It All.
If you would like to learn more in community and/or help support the creation of the Permission To Be Podcast please go to https://www.patreon.com/tommyallgood
For this episode's show notes and to learn more about the work Lisa Sharon Harper...
2022-03-061h 08
THE FOUR“MAMA RUBY”LEAD HOST: Lisa Sharon Harper GUEST: Ruby Sales “I never will talk about my ancestors as being back in the day as they are part of a continuum.” Few have worked harder to cut and mend the ties between oppressor and oppressed than the one and only Ruby Nell Sales. The FOUR are honored to be joined by this iconic human rights activist, public theologian, and social critic. She offers wisdom beyond words for all of us on the unconquerable strength of the Black spirit through history; the subversiveness of prayer; and the “social and spiritu...
2022-03-031h 01
THE FOUREnjoy LISA SHARON HARPER as she reads a brief passage from her new book FORTUNEEnjoy LISA SHARON HARPER as she reads a brief passage from her new book FORTUNE: How Race Broke My Family and the World, and How to Repair it All
2022-03-0302 minPermission To BEAn Oral Narrative of Generational Trauma w/ Lisa Sharon Harper (Part 1)Tommy, Olivia, and Becka are joined by Lisa Sharon Harper for a conversation centered around generational trauma, a journey towards healing, and Lisa's newly released book, Fortune: How Race Broke My Family and the World--and How to Repair It All.
If you would like to learn more in community and/or help support the creation of the Permission To Be Podcast please go to https://www.patreon.com/tommyallgood
For this episodes show notes and to learn more about the work Lisa Sharon Harper is doing, go to PermisisonToBePodcast.com
2022-02-2448 min
Let's Give A Damn#221 - Lisa Sharon Harper Returns!From Ferguson to New York, and from Germany and South Africa to Australia and Brazil, Lisa Sharon Harper leads trainings that increase clergy and community leaders’ capacity to organize people of faith toward a just world. A prolific speaker, writer and activist, Lisa is the founder and president of FreedomRoad, a consulting group dedicated to shrinking the narrative gap in our nation by designing forums and experiences that bring common understanding, common commitment and common action.
Read the rest of Lisa’s incredible bio on her website.
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2022-02-221h 22
For the Life of the World / Yale Center for Faith & CultureLisa Sharon Harper & Miroslav Volf / The Case for Reparations, Historical Restorative Justice, Ancestry, and Christian Power"I am because they were." Lisa Sharon Harper joins Miroslav Volf to discuss the significance of narrative history for understanding ourselves and our current cultural moment; the sequence of repeated injustices that have haunted America's past and directly impacted Black Americans for hundreds of years; the Christian nationalist temptation to hoard power; the necessary conditions for true repair, the role of reparations in the pursuit of racial justice, and the goodness of belonging.This month, Lisa Sharon Harper released a new book that traces her family's history. Even with the aid of new mail-order genetic testing and...
2022-02-1954 min
In Conversation… with Frank SchaefferLisa Sharon HarperFrank Schaeffer In Conversation with Author Lisa Sharon Harper, exploring her book, Fortune, and creating experiences that bring common understanding, common commitment and common action._____LINKShttps://lisasharonharper.comhttps://freedomroad.us_____BOOKFortune: How Race Broke My Family and the World--and How to Repair It Allhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/1587435276?tag=&linkCode=osi&th=1&psc=1_____From Ferguson to New York, and from Germany and South Africa to Australia and Brazil, Lisa Sharon Harper leads trainings that increase clergy and community leaders’ capacity to organize people of...
2022-02-151h 04
Can I Say This At Church‽Fortune and Re-membering with Lisa Sharon HarperSupport the show: Patreon l Glow l Episode TranscriptRe-membering the church through history and our lineage. This is a powerful conversation from a powerful story of Lisa's family.Guest Bio:Lisa Sharon Harper is the founder of Freedom Road, a consulting group dedicated to shrinking the narrative gap. Harper has written several books including the critically acclaimed The Very Good Gospel: How Everything Wrong Can Be Made Right. Her work has been featured in the New Yorker, Relevant, Essence, HuggPost, the National Civic Review, and CNN, and she has appeared on PBS's Relig...
2022-02-1453 min
TypologyTruth-telling, Reparations, and Forgiveness w/Lisa Sharon Harper (Type 3) [S05-029]How do you repair that which is broken? You must first be willing to see the truth. We all have broken stories that directly impact the choices we make today. But, when we take the time to reflect on and see the whole truth of who we are, only then can we choose to do things differently. Only then can we craft a new narrative…one that is fueled by forgiveness, kindness, and love. Activist, author, and founder of Freedom Project, Lisa Sharon Harper shines light on the connection between the choices we make and th...
2022-02-1158 min
Pulpit Fiction PodcastTNS 9-6: Lisa Sharon HarperA conversation with Lisa Sharon Harper, speaker, writer, activist, artist, and Founder of Freedom Road about her new book: Fortune: How Race Broke My Family and the World--and How to Repair It All Also by Lisa Sharon Harper The Very Good Gospel: How Everything Wrong Can Me Made Right and more!
2022-02-1156 min
This Is Not Church PodcastPart 2 with Lisa Sharon Harper - A deeper dive into her book FortuneIn this second part episode we dive deeper into Lisa Sharon Harper's new book Fortune
Ms. Harper is the author of several books, including Evangelical Does Not Equal Republican…or Democrat (The New Press, 2008); Left Right and Christ: Evangelical Faith in Politics (Elevate, 2011); Forgive Us: Confessions of a Compromised Faith (Zondervan, 2014); and the critically acclaimed, The Very Good Gospel: How Everything Wrong can be Made Right (Waterbrook, a division of Penguin Random House, 2016). The Very Good Gospel, recognized as the “2016 Book of the Year” by Englewood Review of Books, explores God’s intent for the wholeness of all rela...
2022-02-091h 08
Activist Theology PodcastFortune - A Conversation with Lisa Sharon HarperDrawing on her lifelong journey to know her family’s history, leading Christian activist Lisa Sharon Harper recovers the beauty of her heritage, exposes the brokenness that race has wrought in America, and casts a vision for collective repair.Harper has spent three decades researching ten generations of her family history through DNA research, oral histories, interviews, and genealogy. Fortune, the name of Harper’s first non-indigenous ancestor born on American soil, bore the brunt of the nation’s first race, gender, and citizenship laws. As Harper traces her family’s story through succeeding generations, she shows how Amer...
2022-02-0846 min
Reimagining the Good Life with Amy Julia BeckerRacism: Can Learning History Bring Healing? with Lisa Sharon HarperLearning the history of enslavement and racism illuminates the path to repentance and repair. Lisa Sharon Harper, leading faith and race activist and author of Fortune, joins Amy Julia Becker and looks at the power and beauty of her ancestors, the ways that America’s race and enslavement laws broke her family (and our nation), and why there is hope for healing.SHOW NOTES:Go to amyjuliabecker.com/lisa-sharon-harper/ for complete show notes, transcript, and BOOK GIVEAWAY info.GUEST BIO:“Lisa Sharon Harper (LSMA, Columbia University; MFA, University of Sout...
2022-02-0849 minThis Is Not Church PodcastHow Race Broke America and How We Can Fix It: A Conversation with Lisa Sharon HarperIn this episode we chat with Lisa Sharon Harper
Ms. Harper is the author of several books, including Evangelical Does Not Equal Republican…or Democrat (The New Press, 2008); Left Right and Christ: Evangelical Faith in Politics (Elevate, 2011); Forgive Us: Confessions of a Compromised Faith (Zondervan, 2014); and the critically acclaimed, The Very Good Gospel: How Everything Wrong can be Made Right (Waterbrook, a division of Penguin Random House, 2016). The Very Good Gospel, recognized as the “2016 Book of the Year” by Englewood Review of Books, explores God’s intent for the wholeness of all relationships in light of today’s headline...
2022-02-0750 min
The HabitLisa Sharon Harper Closes the Narrative GapActivist and author Lisa Sharon Harper spent three decades researching ten generations of her family’s story through DNA research, oral histories, interviews and genealogical records. That research is the basis of her new book, Fortune: How Race Broke My Family and the World—and How to Repair It. In this episode, Lisa Sharon Harper and Jonathan Rogers discuss truth-seeking, truth-telling, forgiveness, and repair.Support the show: https://therabbitroom.givingfuel.com/memberSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2022-02-0744 min
Dream Big Podcast with Bob Goff and FriendsLisa Sharon Harper - FortuneLeading Christian activist, author and founder of the consulting group Freedom Road, Lisa Sharon Harper has spent three decades researching ten generations of her family history through DNA research, oral histories, interviews and genealogy. In her new book, Fortune: How Race Broke My Family and the World—and How to Repair It All (Brazos Press, February 8, 2022), Harper draws on her lifelong journey to know her family’s history to recover the beauty of her heritage, expose the brokenness that race has wrought in America, and cast a vision for collective repair.
Fortune, the name of Harper’s first...
2022-02-0229 min
Dream Big Podcast with Bob Goff and FriendsLisa Sharon Harper - FortuneLeading Christian activist, author and founder of the consulting group Freedom Road, Lisa Sharon Harper has spent three decades researching ten generations of her family history through DNA research, oral histories, interviews and genealogy. In her new book, Fortune: How Race Broke My Family and the World—and How to Repair It All (Brazos Press, February 8, 2022), Harper draws on her lifelong journey to know her family’s history to recover the beauty of her heritage, expose the brokenness that race has wrought in America, and cast a vision for collective repair.
Fortune, the name of Harper’s first...
2022-02-0229 min
Holy Heretics: Losing Religion and Finding JesusInventing Whiteness: How Race Broke My Family & The World w/ Lisa Sharon HarperThroughout this country’s history, the hallmarks of American democracy – opportunity, freedom, and prosperity – have been largely reserved for white people through the intentional exclusion and oppression of people of color. America’s original sin is white supremacy, born and bred into the first laws of our land and fully endorsed by the church. Am I right Southern Baptist Convention? Yesterday’s segregationists are today’s Christian Nationalists. But what is “whiteness?”If you are deconstructing your faith, odds are you are going to have to untangle yourself from white privilege and white supremacy, two hallmarks of American evangel...
2022-01-2557 min
Gravity Commons PodcastLisa Sharon Harper: How Racism Broke the World, and How to Repair ItLeading activist and author Lisa Sharon Harper spent three decades researching ten generations of her family history through DNA research, oral histories, interviews and genealogy, and in her new book, Fortune: How Race Broke My Family and the World--and How to Repair It All, Harper draws on her lifelong journey to know her family's history […]
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2022-01-181h 02
Love Period with Rev. Dr. Jacqui LewisFind Joy Purposefully with Lisa Sharon HarperLisa Sharon Harper joins Jacqui for this episode of Love Period where they discuss the themes found in the 8th Chapter of Fierce Love: Find Joy Purposefully, It Is The Water of Life. From Ferguson to New York, and from Germany and South Africa to Australia and Brazil, Lisa Sharon Harper leads trainings that increase clergy and community leaders’ capacity to organize people of faith toward a just world. A prolific speaker, writer and activist, Ms. Harper is the founder and president of FreedomRoad.us, a consulting group dedicated to shrinking the narrative gap in our nation by designing fo...
2021-12-2946 min
For the Life of the World / Yale Center for Faith & CultureEverything Wrong Can Be Made Right: Racial History, Reparations, and Belonging / Lisa Sharon Harper & Miroslav Volf"I am because they were." Lisa Sharon Harper joins Miroslav Volf to discuss the significance of narrative history for understanding ourselves and our current cultural moment; the sequence of repeated injustices that have haunted America's past and directly impacted Black Americans for hundreds of years; the Christian nationalist temptation to hoard power; the necessary conditions for true repair, the role of reparations in the pursuit of racial justice, and the goodness of belonging.About Lisa Sharon HarperFrom Ferguson to New York, and from Germany to South Africa to Australia, Lisa Sharon Harper leads trainings...
2021-05-1552 min
Right Side Up Podcast with Danielle StricklandFreedom in Scripture w/ Lisa Sharon HarperS07 E07 Lisa Sharon Harper is an infectious leader who is filled with grace and truth (someone else was described this way in Scripture - oh yeah! It was Jesus!). Seriously, Lisa shares such amazing wisdom here - blowing our minds! Listen and be amazed and then be moved to support her incredible work and life - check out her initiatives here: A prolific speaker, writer and activist, Ms. Harper is the founder and president of FreedomRoad.us, a consulting group dedicated to shrinking the narrative gap in our nation by designing forums and experiences tha...
2021-03-0443 min
Inverse PodcastLisa Sharon Harper: "Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?"Drew Hart discusses Chapter One of Martin Luther King Jr's final book "Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?" with Lisa Sharon Harper for Freedom Road. This conversation was recorded on MLK Day 2021 in front of a live audience via Zoom and Facebook. For more information on this book club please go to https://freedomroad.us/downloads/national-book-study-where-do-we-go-from-here-by-rev-dr-martin-luther-king/
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2021-01-211h 10
The Wise IdeaEpisode 143 – Hearing The Voice & Wisdom Of Ms. Lisa Sharon Harper (Special Episode)Episode 143 - Hearing The Voice & Wisdom Of Ms. Lisa Sharon Harper (Special Episode) Episode sponsored by DiverseChurchJobs.comIn this special edition of the The Wise Idea Podcast, we welcomed Ms. Lisa Sharon Harper, Founder and President of FreedomRoad.us. Her visit to our podcast was specifically in response to her engagement and discussion and response to the statement released by the Southern Baptist Convention Seminary Presidents in December 2020.Several weeks ago, the Evangelical and Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) was set ablaze with a statement that was released by the six SBC Seminary Presidents essentially making a...
2020-12-2051 min
The Wise IdeaEpisode 143 – Hearing The Voice & Wisdom Of Ms. Lisa Sharon Harper (Special Episode)Episode 143 - Hearing The Voice & Wisdom Of Ms. Lisa Sharon Harper (Special Episode)
Episode sponsored by DiverseChurchJobs.com
In this special edition of the The Wise Idea Podcast, we welcomed Ms. Lisa Sharon Harper, Founder and President of FreedomRoad.us. Her visit to our podcast was specifically in response to her engagement and discussion and response to the statement released by the Southern Baptist Convention Seminary Presidents in December 2020.
Several weeks ago, the Evangelical and Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) was set ablaze with a statement that was released by the six SBC Seminary Presidents essentially making a pretty forceful stance a...
2020-12-2051 min
Protestants & PoliticsCritical Race Theory and SBC - Lisa Sharon HarperCritical Race Theory — how did these three words become so politically divisive? My guest is author, speaker and activist Lisa Sharon Harper, president and founder of Freedom Road. Harper tweet thread: https://twitter.com/lisasharper/status/1335689358859509761Harper website: https://lisasharonharper.com/Freedom Road: https://freedomroad.us/ Protestants & Politics Newsletter: https://protestantpolitics.substack.comSupport this podcast: https://ko-fi.com/protestantpoliticsMusic: https://www.purple-planet.com
2020-12-1144 min
And The Church Said...Loving vs. Dominating Others with Lisa Sharon HarperAuthor, Speaker, Artist and Activist Lisa Sharon Harper joins the podcast today to discuss how we should love others who are made in the image of God. She shares how the Body of Christ can foster healthy relationships when we love and serve others instead of trying to dominate them. Lisa Sharon Harper’s information: https://lisasharonharper.com/https://instagram.com/lisasharper?igshid=dkxhx9oza3hvhttps://twitter.com/lisasharperhttps://www.facebook.com/lisasharonharper.pagehttps://freedomroad.us/https://instagram.com/freedomroad.us...
2020-11-0854 min
Deeper and WiderLisa Sharon Harper- Decolonising the Gospel to make it The Very Good GospelIn this week episode we are speaking with Lisa Sharon Harper on decolonising the gospel in order to get back to the true gospel proclamation message, or what Lisa calls- and is also the name of her bestselling book- “The Very Good Gospel”. For some of our listeners, words such as “decolonising” might be new to you, or might even be something that sounds worrisome- and for other listeners this might sound like liberation. Regardless of your reaction, may I ask you to breathe deeply and trust me as we go into this episode and talk about The Very Good Gospel w...
2020-09-221h 09
The Pursuit with Richard LeeLisa Sharon Harper - Freedom RoadWhite Evangelicalism
Boyz N the Hood
Rodney King Uprisings
Today on The Pursuit: Lisa Sharon Harper
Lisa is a speaker, writer, and founder and president of Freedom Road, a consulting group that designs experiences that help groups do justice in just ways. Her activism has helped lead churches from Ferguson & Charlottesville to S. Africa, Brazil Australia & Ireland. You may have read her book: “The Very Good Gospel” or seen her writing on the Huffington Post, or Sojourners, or Relevant or Essence Magazine.
Show notes:
Freedo...
2020-08-1950 min
Be the Bridge Podcast with Latasha Morrison203 - What Can Solidarity Look Like Among People of Color? (Part 1) with Lisa Sharon HarperIn this episode of the Be the Bridge podcast, founder Latasha Morrison and public theologian Lisa Sharon Harper discuss the implications of America’s historical narrative gap, Lisa’s journey to discover the stories of her ancestors, and how we can build bridges from our nation’s past to become more present.
“Scripture itself, particularly the biblical concept of shalom, is not about domination but rather about servanthood of the other—service, protection, and cultivation of all.” –Lisa Sharon Harper
“Race as a construct was created to determine one thing on this land that we call America: Who has the divin...
2020-07-0753 min
The Same 24 HoursLisa Sharon Harper: History of Racism, Freedom Road and Planting SeedsLisa Sharon Harper, former chief church engagement officer of Sojourners in Washington DC and prolific writer, speaker, and grass-tops organizer, founded Freedom Road in 2017 and set out to assemble an equally prolific and diverse team of leading experts, advocates and trainers dedicated to shrinking The Narrative Gap, as coined by Lisa Sharon Harper, in our nation.
Through the power of story, the Freedom Road consulting group identifies your community’s core issues and strengthen its capacity to build a just world together.
Our team works with faith communities, non-profits, academic institutions and the business sector. At...
2020-06-081h 21
STRONGWILLEDFrank Peretti's America Episode 3: Cosmic Clash of Modernism vs. Spiritual Forces (Interview with Lisa Sharon Harper)Lisa Sharon Harper, author of The Very Good Gospel, founder of Freedom Road--a consulting group dedicated to helping people do justice more justly (Check out her excellent podcast here).“I wasn’t taught to interpret Scripture. I was just given Scripture and told to do it.”19 min: Peretti’s books were a spiritualization of the culture wars which launched in the 1980s through the moral majority. 26 min: Viv Grigg says that the “powers” move us away from the ethics of God. What does it mean to be ruled by God? It means to come under th...
2020-03-0958 min
Failing BoldlyConversation with author Lisa Sharon Harper (rebroadcast)The episode this week is a rebroadcast of my conversation with Lisa Sharon Harper.
Lisa is a prolific speaker, writer and activist and is the founder and president of FreedomRoad.us, a consulting group dedicated to shrinking the narrative gap in our nation by convening forums and experiences that bring commonalities toward a just world. She's the author of several books, including The Very Good Gospel, recognized as the "2016 Book of the Year" by Englewood Review of Books, explores God’s intent for the wholeness of all relationships in light of today’s headlines.
This was a...
2020-02-2700 min
Guardians Of The Flame PodcastLisa Sharon HarperIt was a privilege to conduct this interview along with my wife Jenn, with Lisa Sharon Harper. From Ferguson to New York to Germany and South Africa, Lisa Sharon Harper leads trainings and helps mobilize clergy and community leaders around shared values for the common good. A prolific speaker, writer and activist, Ms. Harper is the founder and president of FreedomRoad.us and author of several books including “The Very Good Gospel”. Walter Brueggemann said that Lisa witnesses “to a saving transformative, reconciling faith that is indeed “very good”.” In 2015 The Huffington Post recognized her as one of “50 Powerful Women Religiou...
2019-12-101h 11
Profane FaithS.3 E.3 Grassroot Power and Protests: Lisa Sharon HarperI hope you all are ready to vote! This week I sit down with grassroot legend, Lisa Sharon Harper. Wowzers...From Ferguson to New York to Germany and South Africa Ms. Harper leads trainings and helps mobilize clergy and community leaders around shared values for the common good. A prolific speaker, writer and activist, Ms. Harper is the founder and president of FreedomRoad.us, a consulting group dedicated to shrinking the narrative gap in our nation by convening forums and experiences that bring common understanding, common commitment, and common action toward a just world. A columnist at Sojourners Magazine and...
2018-10-281h 35
Truth's Table#SilenceIsNotSpiritual with Lisa Sharon HarperIn light of the #metoo and #churchtoo movement, Lisa Sharon Harper joins Christina and Ekemini at the table to discuss #SilenceIsNotSpiritual.
From Ferguson to New York to Germany and South Africa Ms. Harper leads trainings and helps mobilize clergy and community leaders around shared values for the common good. A prolific speaker, writer and activist, Ms. Harper is the founder and president of FreedomRoad.us, a consulting group dedicated to shrinking the narrative gap in our nation by convening forums and experiences that bring common understanding, common commitment, and common action toward a just world. Ms. Harper is the author...
2018-07-071h 06
Black Like MeLisa Sharon Harper & The "Little" White Lie That Has Divided Our CountryDr. Alex Gee welcomes Lisa Sharon Harper to the show to talk about her genealogy research and her commitment to speak truth into American history. You don't want to miss Ms. Harper's passionate insight into our current political and religious landscape. A prolific speaker, writer and activist, Ms. Harper is the founder and president of FreedomRoad.us, a consulting group dedicated to shrinking the narrative gap in our nation by convening forums and experiences that bring common understanding, common commitment, and common action toward a just world. Ms. Harper is the author of several books, including: Evangelical Doe...
2018-07-031h 09
Coffeepot Fellowship PodcastCoffee with Lisa Sharon HarperLisa Sharon Harper confirms here that one reason President Obama was able to create the DACA program was because of a broad coalition of evangelical Christians advocating for major immigration reform? From Ferguson to New York to Germany and South Africa, Lisa leads trainings and helps mobilize clergy and community leaders around shared values for the common good. A prolific speaker, writer and activist, Lisa is the founder and president of FreedomRoad.us, a consulting group dedicated to shrinking the narrative gap in our nation by convening forums and experiences that bring common understanding, common commitment, and...
2018-03-1231 min
Love in a Dangerous TimeTHEOLOGICAL DECLARATION ON CHRISTIAN FAITH and WHITE SUPREMACY – A talk with Rev. Trey Lyon & Writer/Activist, Lisa Sharon Harper [LDT097]Rev. Trey Lyon
This show was supposedto be released on October 23, but my computer has been completely out of commission for three days, and here I am, publishing this very important program (and it really is an important one) a week late on October 30. My apologies to all who have been waiting for it. I do believe my tech is in order, and I’ll be back on schedule but….. you know.
Lisa Sharon Harper
TODAY’S EPISODE
Speaking of joining God in Saving the World, today’s episode is a perfect example. We have a...
2017-10-301h 12
Tea With AliceLisa Sharon Harper - Faith and CharlottesvilleOver Rooibos tea, Alice talks to Lisa Sharon Harper, consultant, church engagement officer and activist about the American Narrative Gap, the conflicts of identity, her experience at Charlottesville, and more.
Lisa Sharon Harper can be found at @lisasharper on twitter or from mid-nov at FreedomRoad.us
2017-10-231h 10
Engaging MissionsHow to Form Right Relationship Between All Things, with Lisa Sharon Harper – EM174aIn a season of tension, conflict, and division, Lisa Sharon Harper comes to remind us of the Very Good News of Jesus. Not only has God come to save us from sin or hell, but He has come to restore the very relationships around us. Through Christ, we are reconciled to God, to others, and to creation, which brings a peace that passes understanding, the shalom of God.In her book to believers, Lisa encourages us to see the Image of God in others, to hear others’ stories, and to bring reconciliation to this broken world. With ev...
2017-01-2047 min
Pulpit Fiction PodcastTNS 4-3: Lisa Sharon Harper!TNS 4-3: Lisa Sharon Harper! We sat down with Lisa Sharon Harper over a warm cup of Skype to talk about ethnicity, Shalom, fixing the world and her new book, The Very Good Gospel: How Everything Wrong Can Me Made Right Support the Show: Donate and Audible The Very Good Gospel: How Everything Wrong Can Me Made Right is available now! @LisaSHarper LisaSharonHarper.com fb.com/LisaSharonHarper
2016-11-0557 min