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Be the best version of you.42: CONFIDENCE, WORTH AND NOT SETTLING with Sarah ElizabethI am joined by my very good friend & soul sister Sarah Elizabeth - @sarahelizabthhb
Sarah is a girl with SO much good energy and charisma. She knows how to set boundaries, she knows how to put out standards in her life and she STICKS to them.
We discuss:
Confidence:
- Her journey with confidence
- Tips and advice on how to build confidence
- Benefits of confidence
Worth:
- What self worth means
-How having self worth and good self care can benefit your life
Settling:
-What settling means to Sarah
- How to avoid settling
- How to place boun...
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Be the best version of you.42: CONFIDENCE, WORTH AND NOT SETTLING with Sarah ElizabethI am joined by my very good friend & soul sister Sarah Elizabeth - @sarahelizabthhb
Sarah is a girl with SO much good energy and charisma. She knows how to set boundaries, she knows how to put out standards in her life and she STICKS to them.
We discuss:
Confidence:
- Her journey with confidence
- Tips and advice on how to build confidence
- Benefits of confidence
Worth:
- What self worth means
-How having self worth and good self care can benefit your life
Settling:
-What settling means to Sarah
- How to avoid settling
- How to place boun...
2022-04-141h 00
The American MilSpouseMeet Sarah LSarah Lenox is an active duty Army spouse, a mom, and an advocate with the armed forces housing advocates organization. Her husband, a paratrooper and almost three-year-old son, is stationed in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Today Sarah will share her quite harrowing experience with MHPI housing. She shares some major struggles with MHPI and her involvement with AHFA.
Be sure to tune in to this episode as it's incredibly insightful as Sarah shares all that AHFA is doing to help make this better for our military community.
Highlights from today's episode:
About Sarah (1:14)
Moving...
2022-02-0748 min
The American MilSpouseMeet SarahSarah works in higher education research and has a master's degree in public policy. It was really interesting to learn more about how she pursued her degree and the choices she and her husband made to make it happen as well as getting a better understanding of the world of public policy. We also talk about something that isn't necessarily addressed head-on especially often in the military community and that's homesickness. While the military community can become your family, it doesn't preclude us from missing our families of origin and Sarah does a great job talking about this.
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2021-05-0354 min
Theosophia PodcastStewardship & ParentingSara and Sarah chat about stewardship and parenting during covid-tide. Sara explains how her family of five are caring for one another and being extra thoughtful about how they are spending their time in their small town Tennessee life. We are keeping all our friends and family who are navigating these hard times in our prayers. Parents, teachers, administrators ya’ll are doing the lord’s work out there and we appreciate you. We hope this episode gives some guidance and framework for thinking about how to create a healthy family dynamic by centering our lives in, on and through...
2020-09-2548 minTheosophia PodcastAnn Ali: An Agent of ChangeThis week’s podcast features a very inspiring lay leader in Sarah's community of Oklahoma City, Ann Ali or as some folks in her call her in her community, “Rev” Ann Ali. Ann and Sarah chat about her life and service to her community and country as a police officer, army reservist, pastor and teacher. They also discuss what god is calling us to during this time of corona virus. Ann is full of cultural and familial wisdom antidotes and speaks of a faith that moves mountains and restores weary souls to their Maker. Ann is an agent of change and...
2020-08-1056 minThe American MilSpouseMeet Laura and SarahLaura and Sarah are two of the OG RHFP's. If you aren't already familiar with realhousewivesoffighterpilots on instagram-- you'll want to be! Their account is hilarious and relevant to anyone married to the military. We had a lot of fun talking about the background of RHFP as well as where they'd like to see the account go in the future.
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2020-08-031h 04Theosophia PodcastEthical Non-MonogamyHappy Pride Month! In celebration of the rich, beautiful, diversity God created in LGBTQ folks we wanted to share this episode on ethical non-monogamy! Sara and Sarah chat about their experiences with ethical-non monogamy. They explore the theological and practical expressions of this relational practice as they de-mystify its use in the world. They hope you all find this helpful as you navigate your own relationships and relational ethics.
2020-06-301h 14Theosophia PodcastNadia Bolz Weber Shameless Book DiscussionThis episode is a two part combined episode of a conversation around Nadia Bolz-Weber’s latest book entitled “Shameless - A Case for not feeling bad about feeling good, about sex.” The first part our co-host from last season, Kelsey Davis joins Sara and I for an Instagram Live session about the first half of the book. The second part is just the Sara’s talking about the second half of the book and what stood out most to us and how we could use the book practically in our contexts.
2020-06-011h 40Theosophia PodcastMother's Day Sermon "God Our Mother"Sarah explores what it means for mothers to image the Divine and how we can practically relate to God as Mother as we honor all mother figures today. The music before the sermon is Grace Church Episcopal Yukon’s amazing praise band’s rendition of This is My Mother’s World.
2020-05-1119 minTheosophia PodcastCatholic Women's Ordination ConferenceKate McElwee is the Executive Director who works from Rome Itay and Katie Lacz is the Program Associate who works from Denver, Colorado. The Women’s Ordination Conference is the uncompromising feminist voice for women’s ordination and gender equity in the Roman Catholic Church since 1975. The Conference has been championed and ran by some incredible women in theology including theologians Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, Rosemary Radford Ruether, Mary Hunt and Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz to name just a few.Sarah's conversation with Kate and Katie explores the meaning of Catholicism in their lives and how the Con...
2020-04-101h 36Theosophia PodcastThe Rev. Yadenee Hailu on Space and PlaceYadenee is a playful and fierce scout for the oracles of ease, wholeness, and liberation. Her practice and ministry are to cultivate spiritual wellness and healing as a lifestyle. She is a Unitarian Universalist minister based in Tulsa, OK. The first half of the episode is Sara and Yadenee chat about her pilgrimage to India and how space/place impact our spiritual lives. In the second half of the episode, Sara and Sarah digest Yadenee's wisdom and reflect on how her wisdom shows up in their current life situations especially in the aftermath of the Nashville tornado.
2020-03-151h 42Theosophia PodcastSeason 3 Kick Off with new Co-host the Rev. Sara GreenTo kick off Season 3 of the podcast Sarah interviews her new host, the Rev. Sara Green. Sara is a Unitarian Universalist minister as well as the youth and young adult of color ministry associate for the UU Association. Sarah and Sara chat about Sara's path to ordination in the UU tradition and what exactly UU theology is all about and how her questions have shaped her life in pursuit of liberation, healing and covenantal relationships.
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Wool n' Spinning RadioSarah of Sarah Elizabeth Fibre WorksDear Spinning Circle ~This month, I was so pleased to be able to get on the phone with Sarah of Sarah Elizabeth Fibre Works from Rossland, BC. Sarah is increbibly passionate about her business, building it and loving it, as well as her making and role as a parent. I really enjoyed listening to her ideas, thoughts and reflections. She's a pleasure to chat with and I hope you enjoy our conversation!To find more about Sarah, please check out her website here and her Instagram feed here.Music used as part of...
2019-12-1549 minTheosophia PodcastLoss and Movement Chaplaincy with the Rev. Margaret ErnstMargaret Ernst learned what she knows about faith and justice from organizing alongside clergy, school parents and airport workers in Philadelphia and has organized alongside immigrant communities resisting ICE in mid-Tennessee. A program manager with Faith Matters Network, she has helped build a curriculum on Movement Chaplaincy through Faith Matters Network's Daring Compassion Project under the leadership of Micky Scottbey Jones and Hilary Allen. Margaret lived for the past 4 years in Nashville, TN and recently moved back to Philadelphia. There she continues her work with Faith Matters Network, and has joined the pastoral team at Chestnut Hill United Church...
2019-09-171h 01Theosophia PodcastMulti-Cultural Church Creation with the Rev. Ruth Casipit PaguioMother Ruth tells the story of how her multi-cultural community came together with all it’s ups and downs. Holy Family is a mixed congregation of Anglo, Hispanic and Filipino folks from all over the San Jose and surrounding areas. I had the privilege of worshipping with them this Easter and I can tell ya’ll from first hand experience, this is what the Kingdom of God looks like on earth. It was BEAUTIFUL. It is the Beloved community. Thank you so much Mother Ruth for sharing your heart and wisdom and what thoughtful leadership looks like in holding together...
2019-08-2736 minTheosophia PodcastThe Rev. Ruth Casipit PaguioMother Ruth is the first female priest at Holy Family Episcopal Church, San Jose, CA. Holy Family is a multicultural and multigenerational community whose mission is to celebrate God through Jesus Christ. She is also a native of the Philippines. Mother Ruth and I met when I was in California visiting our co-host Kelsey Davis. Kelsey was giving the Easter homily at Holy Family as Mother Ruth presided over the celebration. We got to chat for a good half hour before the service and I was captivated by her story and immediately asked her to be on the...
2019-08-2031 minTheosophia PodcastThe Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis (Wild Goose Festival 2019)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, writer, theologian and fierce advocate for racial equality, economic justice, and LGBTQ equality. Middle Church and Jacqui’s activism for these issues has been featured in media such as The Today Show, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post, The New Yorker, Essence and The Huffington Post. Jacqui is a frequent contributor to MSNBC. Jacqui earned her Master of Div...
2019-08-131h 03Theosophia PodcastChose God, Chose Yourself - A Sermon by SarahThis week we are sharing Sarah's latest sermon. It was her first Sunday morning sermon at her home church of Grace Episcopal in Yukon, Oklahoma led by the wonderful priests Fr. Tim & Mother Kirsten Baer and Deacon Helen. She took a pastoral approach to the text instead of a strictly theological one. This means she was meeting the people where they are at and offering a personal story to relate to the congregation. She wasn’t coming at the text with a teaching head but rather a coming at it with a heart of love and compassion. These t...
2019-07-3018 minTheosophia PodcastGod as Mother - Part II with Khortlan BectonKhortlan Becton is a native Houstonian. By the grace of God, she has received Bachelor's degrees from the University of Alabama in African American Studies and Religious Studies as well as a Master's of Theological Studies from Vanderbilt Divinity School. Khortlan is passionate about affecting social change, serving underprivileged children and youth, and writing poetry. She will be attending law school in the Fall. In this episode, Kelsey and Khortlan talk about God as Mother and the myriad of ways God's character shines through women in motherly roles.
2019-07-2326 minTheosophia PodcastDivinity School to Law School with Khortlan BectonKhortlan Becton is a native Houstonian. By the grace of God, she has received Bachelor's degrees from the University of Alabama in African American Studies and Religious Studies as well as a Master's of Theological Studies from Vanderbilt Divinity School. Khortlan is passionate about affecting social change, serving underprivileged children and youth, and writing poetry. She will be attending law school in the Fall.
2019-07-1638 minTheosophia PodcastOpen & Affirming Prison Ministry with the Rev. Kayla BonewellThe Rev. Kayla Bonewell joins us for a second episode about her church Cathedral of Hope’s prison ministry. What started as visiting an incarcerated parishioner turned into a quarterly open and affirming worship service and pastoral care session for the many inmates at a prison in rural Oklahoma.
2019-07-0928 minTheosophia PodcastThe Rev. Kayla Bonewell - Queer UCC PastorThe Rev. Kayla Bonewell was born in Oklahoma City. She earned a BA in Religion from Oklahoma City University (2002), a Master of Liberal Arts from Naropa University (2004), and a Master of Divinity from Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California (2008). Ordained in the United Church of Christ (2010), Kayla has ministry experience as a hospital chaplain, campus minister, social justice activist, youth minister, associate pastor, and solo pastor. Her personal mission statement is “To empower community, through experiences of the divine, to lead lives of deep meaning, while cultivating health, peace, and beauty in our world.” She is passionate about releva...
2019-07-0227 minTheosophia PodcastLost in Translations Documentary: Rocky Roggio Part IIRocky’s work is a ministry to those who have oppressed and harmed by people’s interpretations of the Bible. The documentary traces the steps two scholars took in uncovering the history of how the word homosexual was put into the text nearly 50 years ago and subsequently used as a weapon against the LGBTQ community. This is a powerful and timely story for not just the queer community but all christians that have struggled with what they were taught about the biblical text in terms of sexuality and sin and how to treat others. Rocky recounts how her sto...
2019-06-2544 minTheosophia PodcastFilm Maker Rocky Roggio Part ITo honor Pride Month we are highlighting stories of LGBTQ women. Rocky Roggio is a film maker out of Los Angeles, California. Rocky shares that “As an LGBTQ female Christian, I have been navigating a religious environment that views me as “other,” “less than,” and “not equal,” for too long. These beliefs, held by many dear to my heart, have cast a dark, dangerous shadow over my life. After years of searching for my voice, and calling, as a storyteller, my path has led me here. It is my goal to change the Christian narrative and liberate the many LGBTQ people liv...
2019-06-1830 minTheosophia PodcastThe Rev. Chelsea Brooke Yarborough Part IIThis week is part II with the Rev. Chelsea Yarborough. Chelsea is a Ph.D. candidate at Vanderbilt in Homiletics and Liturgics in the Graduate Department of Religion. If you missed last week’s conversation I would highly recommend listening to that first episode. As one of our friend’s commented, it is completely and utterly a delicious conversation on Chelsea’s notion that "if it’s not dialogical, it’s not ethical." This second episode echoes this ethical framework - the process of homiletics and preaching should be transformative, authentic, real and vulnerable. Ya’ll this one is full of wisdom b...
2019-06-1120 minTheosophia PodcastThe Rev. Chelsea Brooke Yarborough Part IThe Rev. Chelsea Brooke Yarborough is a Ph.D. candidate at Vanderbilt in Homiletics and Liturgics in the Graduate Department of Religion. She is an ordained minister, a poet, an enneagram enthusiast, and a lover of leadership development. Her motto is "live to love and love to live each day” and is excited to continue her journey of cultivating and engaging curiosity in all that she pursues.
2019-06-0435 minTheosophia PodcastStory Part IIThis week Kelsey and Sarah chat about stories to continue our mini series on Story. We explore what it means to share stories, what stories do to us, how they impact the way we see the world, how we see ourselves and how stories are created and for what purpose.
2019-05-2831 minTheosophia PodcastStory Part I: Margo GuernseyKelsey and Margo dive deeper into the importance of story telling and how it can be a transformative practice. Margo Guernsey is a filmmaker and director of Time Travel Productions LLC, a documentary film and media company.This weeks episode is the beginning of a mini-series on Story. Filmmaker Margo Guernsey shares her wisdom on the power of storytelling. In theological language, this episode explores story as "hermeneutic." Hermeneutic is a fancy word for interpretation. It is how a story shapes and informs our lives, as our lives influence how we hear/understand a story.
2019-05-2120 minTheosophia PodcastFilm Maker Margo GuernseyMargo is the Director and Principal of Time Travel Productions, which she founded in 2012 to produce documentary films and related media. Margo's feature directorial debut, Councilwoman, is touring the country and will air on PBS's WORLD Channel in fall 2019. Her current project is tentatively titled, The Philadelphia Eleven: To Be Whole. It tells the story of the Episcopal Women who were ordained as priests in 1974, against the rules of the church, and found themselves at the center of a media firestorm about who speaks the word of God.
2019-05-1430 minTheosophia PodcastWe Need the Fire - An Easter Sermon from the Rev. Becca StevensThank you to my sweet mentor and friend Mother Becca Stevens for letting us share your powerful and eloquent message of God’s Love living in us as Fire. She reminds us of Jesus’ message of Love saying “You think that cathedral is beautiful, you think that temple is amazing, you think those stones are huge? it is nothing it is DUST compared to the kingdom of Love that God is building in you.” The sermons starts with the gospel reading for Easter Day which is John 20: 1-18 then a beautiful song written and...
2019-05-0721 minTheosophia PodcastThe Rev. Dr. Ruth MeyersThis week on the podcast is the Rev. Dr. Ruth Meyers. Dr. Meyers is an episcopal priest, dean of academic affairs and the Hodges-Haynes Professor of Liturgics at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific. We chat about her sabbatical project on multi-cultural worship congregations and what got her hooked on liturgical theology.
2019-04-3028 minTheosophia PodcastEaster Message 2019Kelsey's Easter sermon given on April 21, 2019 at Holy Family Episcopal Church in San Jose, California. The sermon is spoken in English and in Spanish.All are welcome at Holy Family Episcopal Church. They are a multicultural, multigenerational community whose mission is to celebrate God through Jesus Christ; proclaiming, living and sharing the Good News in their daily lives. They believe that all people are God’s people.
2019-04-2323 minTheosophia PodcastCatholic Faith and the Gender Relations Center at the University of Notre Dame with Dr. Christine Caron GebhardtThis week features Dr. Christine Caron Gebhart. Christine has been the Director of the Gender Relations Center at the University of Notre Dame since 2012. The mission of the GRC mission is to help students form healthy and safe relationships as they learn about who they are and how they want to be with others. In addition to her administrative duties, Christine is a First Year Moreau instructor and serves as a co-chair of the Committee for Sexual Assault Prevention, co-chair of the greeNDot violence prevention program, a Title IX Resource Coordinator and a Pregnancy & Parenting Support Specialist. The...
2019-04-1645 minTheosophia PodcastThe Rev. Becca Stevens - Thistle Farm Founder and CNN HeroThe Rev. Becca Stevens is an author, speaker, priest, social entrepreneur, founder, and president of Thistle Farms. Kelsey and Becca talk about mentoring and community.
2019-04-0928 minTheosophia PodcastThe Meaning of LentKelsey and Sarah sit down and talk about the meaning of Lent. Lent is the liturgical season in the Christian calendar that represents the 40 days Jesus went to the desert before his death. The season begins with Ash Wednesday and ends with Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday. Kelsey and Sarah explore the ways in which Lent has been used to as a theology of shame and guilt and how we might offer a theology of original goodness to help modern believers to find a balance in our tradition’s season of penitence.
2019-04-0234 minTheosophia PodcastThe Rev. Naomi Tutu: Sermon for New Zealand MuslimsThis week we are featuring a sermon by the Rev. Canon Naomi Tutu on Luke 13:31-35. The Rev. Tutu is a dear friend of mine from our time together in Divinity school and was on the pod last year in episode 7. The Rev. Tutu joined the All Souls Cathedral in Ashville, NC in November 2018 as the Cathedral Missioner for Racial and Economic Equity and Missioner for Kairos West Community Center.
2019-03-2619 minTheosophia PodcastBishop Mary Gray Reeves Part IIKelsey and Bishop Mary talk Burning Man and the Emerging Church Movement.
2019-03-1220 minTheosophia PodcastUMC Decision Part 2: Rev. Jen Logsdon Kellogg from Quail Springs UMCThis episode features the Rev. Jen Logsdon Kellogg she is the Associate Pastor at Quail Springs United Methodist Church in OKC, OK. Rev. Jen actually attended the conference and will share with us first hand experience of what it was like there. We chat about the differences interpreting scripture, understanding the Holy Spirit and how pastoring to both sides is critically important.
2019-03-0334 minTheosophia PodcastUMC Decision Part 1 - Rev. Sam McGlothlinThe Rev. Sam McGlothlin is Associate Pastor for Belle Meade United Methodist Church near Nashville, TN. Sarah and Sam discuss the latest decision the UMC Church made on the ordination of LGBTQ people and the ability to facilitate same-sex marriages. Sam explains the 3 different plans that were voted on and how her church community has taken the news. She also shares her pastoral response.
2019-03-0132 minTheosophia PodcastBishop Mary Gray Reeves Part IBishop Mary was born and raised in Miami, Florida. She graduated from California State University, Fullerton, in 1987 with a Bachelor of Arts in History and a minor in Music. She earned her Master of Divinity degree from the College of St. John the Evangelist in New Zealand in 1994. She was ordained in the Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Los Angeles to the diaconate in 1994, the priesthood in 1995 and to the episcopate in 2007 in the diocese of El Camino Real.As a priest, +Mary served as assistant rector in two parishes in the Diocese...
2019-02-2623 minTheosophia PodcastSeason 2 PilotWelcome to Season 2 everybody! This week Kelsey and I sit down to talk about our work in the world, why we love theology and what our hopes and dreams are for Theosophia Podcast.
2019-02-1934 minTheosophia PodcastListening is the Seed of JusticeA sermon Kelsey delivered last year on the Feast Day of Transfiguration. Kelsey Davis will be joining the Theosophia Podcast for season 2 as a co-host and co-creator of Theosophia. She’s currently the curator of Emerging Communities for the Episcopal Diocese of El Camino Real in CA.
2019-02-1119 minTheosophia Podcast28.2 Mental Health & PastorsRev. Hanlin currently serves as an associate minister at Marble Collegiate Church in New York. We dive into a lovely discussion about self-care for pastors and the importance of talking about mental health in the church.
2019-01-2834 minTheosophia Podcast28.1 UCC Rev. Brittany HanlinRev. Brittany was born in East Orange, NJ, and moved to Charlotte, NC at age 11. She graduated from Howard University in Washington, DC with a major in Sociology and minor in Community Development. Upon graduating, Brittany became an AmeriCorps Volunteer, serving as Youth Care Worker for young ladies between the ages of 11-14 at Mercy Home for Boys and Girls in Chicago. She earned her Master of Divinity from Vanderbilt Divinity School in 2016. Brittany is very passionate about providing authentic and effective pastoral care to children and youth. She is currently an Associate Minister at Marble Colliegate Church in...
2019-01-2136 minTheosophia Podcast27.2 Evangelism as RelationshipThis week we talk about evangelism in the church. We talk specifically about Evangelism as Relationship and Community Building instead of the old traditions and histories of the evangelism as colonization. We chat about the unique ways churches are evangelizing to their communities and how evangelism is a loving spreading difference as the church acting as the hands and feet of Christ.
2019-01-1430 minTheosophia Podcast27.1 Episcopal Priest Kirsten BaerWith a passion for people and for God, Kirsten sees the best in everyone she meets. She is a nurturer and loves being a pastor and priest. Her and her husband Rev. Tim Baer co-founded the church plant Grace Church in Yukon, Oklahoma. After serving at Grace Church for 5 years, Rev. Kirsten began full time as Assistant Chaplain at Casady Episcopal School in OKC in the fall of 2018. She is the first female priest to serve at Casady School. While she serves at Casady during the week, she is blessed to continue to serve at Grace on Sundays. She is...
2019-01-0733 minTheosophia Podcast26.2 Marriage with the Davis'This week we hear from Heather and Kelsey about what marriage means to them. We explore the idea of marriage as sacrament, what they did to prepare for marriage and what they do to help their relationship flourish. Hope ya’ll enjoy this lovely conversation, here’s the Davis’
2018-12-3138 minTheosophia Podcast26.1 Christmas Couple Heather & Kelsey DavisMerry Christmas! Christians around the world are celebrating the birth of Jesus, the god-son who was born of the mother of God, Mary. The theology surrounding God incarnate as man or incarnational theology is the idea or beliefs that God came to be with us in our own flesh and take on our experience in this world with us. Our God is a relational god, one that wants to know us and share with us in this life. And to celebrate this theological moment in our tradition I thought it would be fitting to have the first couple on the...
2018-12-2540 minTheosophia PodcastOne Year Anniversary of TheosophiaSarah shares some exciting news about the podcast for next year and her best friend Phillip asks her questions about the past year and the future for the podcast and her career.
2018-12-1735 minTheosophia Podcast25.2 Parisian Wedding BlessingsMichelle is the creator and owner of Ruffled By Grace: Parisian Wedding Blessings. She serves as an officiant for couples seeking personalized spiritual wedding blessings or to renew their wedding vows in Paris. In the episode, Michelle and I talk all about her entrepreneurial church business Ruffled By Grace.
2018-12-1038 minTheosophia Podcast25.1 Presbyterian Rev. Michelle WahilaRev. Michelle Wahila was born and raised in Endicott, New York. She graduated with honors from Grove City College in 2002 and received her Master's of Divinity from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in May 2005. Michelle was ordained to the ministry of Word and Sacrament in the Presbyterian Church (USA) in November 2005. Michelle is the creator and owner of Ruffled By Grace: Parisian Wedding Blessings. She serves as an officiant for couples seeking personalized spiritual wedding blessings or to renew their wedding vows in Paris. She works with a team of professionals to offer creative and tailored services that reflect the...
2018-12-0334 minTheosophia Podcast24.2 Children's Atonement TheologyThis is the last week with Rev. Anita Peebles who is the Associate Pastor for Next Generation Ministries at Seattle First Baptist Church. We discuss her work on atonement theology for children. Atonement theology is more or less the meaning of Jesus’ life, death, resurrection and ascension. It can be very heavy stuff so Anita’s strategy for presenting this to children is really fantastic and I think super helpful for even adults who are learning about atonement for the first time or just trying to explore their theological understandings of god more
2018-11-2640 minTheosophia Podcast24.1 Seattle Baptist Rev. Anita PeeblesRev. Anita serves as the Associate Pastor for Next Generation Ministries at Seattle First Baptist Church.
2018-11-1938 minTheosophia Podcast23.2 Polyamory and Ethical Non-MonogamySarah and Dr. Robyn have a lively discussion about the ethics and theology of polyamory and ethical non-monogamy. And also, what it means to be in christian relationality.
2018-11-1234 minTheosophia Podcast23.1 Dr. Robyn Henderson-Espinoza“Knowing intimately that the borderlands are a place of learning and growth, Dr. Robyn draws on their identity and heritage as a queer Latinx in everything that they do. From doubt to divine and everywhere in between, their call as an activist-theologian demands the vision to disrupt hegemony and colonialist structures of multi-layered oppression.As an anti-oppression, anti-racist, non-binary Trans*gressive Latinx, 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. Robyn sees this work as a life-orienting vocation, de...
2018-11-0535 minTheosophia Podcast22.2 Rabbi Hammer on ShekinahI’m honored to share another episode with Rabbi Jill Hammer. This is one way I think we can build relationships across religious lines and learn from other amazing humans. This is my act to make the world just a little bit better, a little more loving and to start tearing down the ignorant walls of anti-semitic bigotry. Rabbi Hammer shares about the Jewish Tradition’s history of speaking about God as woman.
2018-10-3036 minTheosophia Podcast22.1 Rabbi Jill HammerRabbi Jill Hammer, PhD, is the co-founder of the Kohenet Hebrew Priestess Institute, a program that trains women in embodied, earth-based, feminist Jewish spiritual leadership. She is also the Director of Spiritual Education at the Academy for Jewish Religion, a pluralistic seminary for rabbis, cantors, and educators. She is the author of eight books, including Sisters at Sinai: New Tales of Biblical Women, The Jewish Book of Days: A Companion for all Seasons, The Omer Calendar of Biblical Women, The Hebrew Priestess: Ancient and N...
2018-10-2132 minTheosophia Podcast21.2 Catholic Church Sex Abuse ScandalsMegan Black is the National Clergy Organizer for Faith in Action and a life-long Catholic woman. Megan and I chat about the clergy sex abuse scandal in the Church. Megan shares a beautiful and raw poem she wrote about her experience walking out of mass in response to how her Church is handling their sins. Hope you all enjoy this super honest and emotionally stirring conversation. Here’s Megan.
2018-10-1532 minTheosophia Podcast21.1 Being Catholic with Megan BlackMegan Black is the National Clergy Organizer for Faith in Action, a multi-faith, multi-racial network of faith-based community organizations committed to ending racial inequity and economic injustice in our communities. Megan earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame and a Master's of Divinity from Vanderbilt Divinity School.In this episode, Megan and I chat about her life and upbringing in the Catholic Church and why she chooses to stay in it. We also explore her racial and spiritual identities and call to ministry as a layperson.
2018-10-0840 minTheosophia PodcastColin Kaepernick and NikeThese episodes are meant to engage current events happening in the world and provide a little theological and social reflection from actual theologians.
This week Dr. Bryant and I discuss Colin Kaepernik and Nike. I am thrilled to have such a learned and eloquent ethicist on the show. I think ya’ll will really enjoy this one. We get into the notion of communal solidarity, willful ignorance and theological connections of the erotic.
2018-10-0135 minTheosophia Podcast20.2 Jennifer Knapp (part 2)Round 2 with singer, song-writer, recording artist and LGBT advocate Jennifer Knapp.
In this episode, I ask Jennifer why she went to Divinity School and we dive into the importance and value of theological education and how her faith continues to guide her life sense of community as a traveling musician and speaker.
She’s currently on tour with her Kansas and Love Comes Back Around sets. Check out her latest work and tour dates on her website jenniferknapp.com and follow her on all the social media platforms.
2018-09-2439 minTheosophia Podcast20.1 Jennifer Knapp (part 1)Jennifer Knapp is a beloved singer-songwriter who got her start in 90s Contemporary Christian Music scene. She received four Dove Awards and two Grammy nominations during her CCM career then left abruptly leaving her successful albeit stressful career behind.
Seven years later Knapp came back with news that she was gay and wrote a lovely memoir about her childhood growing up in rural Kansas to her path to the CCM world, why she left and her how faith never ceased during her self discovery of her sexuality.
Now Jennifer is an advocate for LGBT issues in the church and she...
2018-09-1744 minTheosophia Podcast19.2 Our Bible AppOur Bible App supports the belief that spirituality is a spectrum and that faith is a journey. At its core, the holy text was written to be inclusive of all of God’s creation especially those on the margins. Our Bible App is bringing it back to the roots celebrating the diversity of God’s creation with devotionals highlighting the inclusiveness of the text. Whether one goes to church to find spiritual clarity or to the sanctuary of nature, Our Bible App supports the belief that we are each trying to understand our place in this grand universe. Our goal is t...
2018-09-1035 minTheosophia Podcast19.1 Crystal CheathamCrystal Cheatham is a social activist creating conversation and action concerning LGBT people in religious spaces. Crystal works as a ghostwriter but maintains a public voice through articles op-eds and blogs. She is a columnist for the Philadelphia Gay News and a contributor at both the Huffington Post and the New Civil Rights Movement. She’s a musician, a podcaster and most recently she is the founder and CEO of the OurBible App which seeks to “Uplift Believers of All Stripes.”
What I admire most about Crystal is her unwavering faith in the Holy and her devotion to her spirituality in all...
2018-09-0431 minTheosophia Podcast18.2 Sermon Writing and PreachingThis week is round two with the newest female Episcopal priest in Oklahoma, Rev. Erin Jean Warde. Erin serves as rector of St. Luke's in Ada, OK.
We chat about preaching and sermon writing. We discuss her theology of preaching, methods of sermon creation and the importance of connecting everything to scripture.
You can find Erin @TheRevEJ on Twitter & IG and her most recent written work at www.erinjeanwarde.com.
2018-08-2737 minTheosophia Podcast18.1 Rev. Erin Jean WardeRev. Erin Jean Warde serves as rector of St. Luke's in Ada, OK. She received her bachelors in English and Creative Writing from Troy University in Troy, AL, and her masters of divinity from Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, TX.
Erin and I talk about her unchurched path to ordination, what sacraments mean to her and how she understands priesthood as story telling.
2018-08-2032 minTheosophia PodcastLebron's I Promise SchoolToday we are launching a new episode format. Once a month we will be featuring Sarah and another woman in theology talking about a current social issue. We will provide theological reflection on something that’s going on in our world.
Today's episode includes Rev. Shantell Hinton and Sarah discussing Lebron James’ new I Promise school and its theological implications on the world and society.
“What’s Going On with Sarah and Shantell”
2018-08-1329 minTheosophia PodcastSermon: St. Mary Magdalene Feast DayFr. Joe Alsay of St. Augustine's OKC invited me to preach on the Feast Day of St. Mary Magdalene on July 22nd, 2018. He thought it would be most fitting to have a female preacher on the day we celebrate the first disciple male or female who was commissioned by Jesus to spread the word of his resurrection. Mary Magdalene was the first person to meet the resurrected Christ.
Also, following in her legacy, I wanted to note that yesterday, July 29th was the 44th anniversary of the ordination of the Philadelphia Eleven. In 1974, The Philadelphia Eleven were the first women...
2018-07-3016 minTheosophia Podcast17.2 Army Chaplain: A Day in the LifeThis is Episode 2 with Army Chaplain Jennifer Lane. We chat about her life as a woman serving in the United States Army as a chaplain charged with “nurturing the living, caring for the wounded, and honoring the fallen.”
You can follow Jen on twitter @CHJenLane and @loveusveterans
And as always, please rate and review Theosophia on iTunes and visit us at theosophiapodcast.com and theologycorner.net.
2018-07-2335 minTheosophia Podcast17.1 Army Chaplain Jennifer LaneJennifer has a bachelors degree from the University of North Carolina, a Masters in Public Administration and Juris Doctorate from Indiana U and most recently a Master In Divinity from the Vanderbilt University. She wrote her final thesis on "Soul Repair of Moral Wounds from War.” In 2014 she was ordained as an American Baptists pastor and went Active Duty as an Army Chaplain with the 209th Aviation Support Battalion on Wheeler Army Airfield November 1, 2016. She also founded The Veterans Chapel in 2014 to teach churches and clergy how they can better minister to military families and Veterans, particularly marginalized groups of Ve...
2018-07-1638 minTheosophia Podcast16.2 Guns and ViolenceWe chat about the difficult topic of guns and violence in our world today. Becky and I have differing views on guns which makes for an exciting conversation. We ask a lot of questions of each other and approach the topic like Becky would on the Twisted Sisterds podcast - we dissect and deconstruct a social issue and how it affects our world.
2018-07-0944 minTheosophia Podcast16.1 Chemist Becky SevilleShe’s a chemist, a Nazarene and host of the Twisted Sisterds podcast which highlights - "women deconstructing culture, theology and a random stray thought here and there.” We chat about the Nazarene tradition, the genesis of the Twisted Sisterds podcast and how she experiences the divine.
2018-07-0232 min
Theosophia Podcast15.2 Faith and PolitcsToday we talk faith and politics and wrestle with the question of can and should our faith be political? We get into Emilie’s take on this question especially as it relates to theological education and her post as Dean of a Divinity School. She drops some serious wisdom bombs in this episode ya’ll are gonna love it.
2018-06-2532 min
Theosophia Podcast15.1 Emilie TownesEmilie is currently the Dean of Vanderbilt Divinity School and the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of Womanist Ethics and Society.This week we chat about Emilie’s life and discernment of her vocation(s) of ministry, teaching and leadership in academia. She’s a pioneer, a visionary, and dare I say - a prophet.
2018-06-1835 min
Theosophia Podcast14.2 A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What it Means to Follow Jesus TodayA Flexible Faith is a project aiming to create a theology of dialogue. Bonnie surveys the history of the Christian tradition to show how Christians have responded to life’s questions theologically. She presents topics from atonement theory to should Christians vote to women’s equality and offers various responses and discussion questions to help folks engage with one another. Also, throughout the chapters, Bonnie includes brief interviews with Christians from varied traditions such as Anabaptist, Pentecostal, Methodist, Womanist, Liberationist and many more. We discuss what sparked Bonnie’s interest in this project and how it has shaped her theology.
2018-06-1133 min
Theosophia Podcast14.1 Political Writer - Bonnie KristianBonnie is a political writer and author. She's an editor at The Week and a fellow at Defense Priorities. Her publications also appear on news outlets including Time, CNN, Politico, The Hill, Relevant Magazine, Rare, The American Conservative, and more. She holds a Masters in Christian Thought from Bethel Seminary. Bonnie recently came out with a new book entitled “A Flexible Faith” : Rethinking what it means to follow Jesus today. We discuss her religious upbringing, journey to the Mennonite Church as well as her passion for news and politics and what led her to pursing theological education.Find Bonnie at bonn...
2018-06-0433 min
Theosophia Podcast13.2 Intersectionality and the ChurchChanhee and I discuss a paper she wrote about the troubles the church has in dealing with the intersectionality of human identity including race, gender, sexuality, nationality and ethnicity. We focus in on korean immigrant churches structures of power and then to the purpose of church writ large. Can church be a home for minority peoples and how can it be when it preaches problematic ideologies from the pulpit and perpetuates hegemonic norms that regulate and create “otherness?”
2018-05-2837 min
Theosophia Podcast13.1 Rev. Chanhee Heo - #metooChanhee Heo is a Korean immigrant that is an ordained minister in the Disciples of Christ Church. In this episode, Chanhee and I talk about her background coming from Korea to the US to study gender and sexuality issues in Christian Theology.
Trigger Warning: #metoo Chanhee shares a story of sexual harassment that was monumental in her vocational and theological development. So to those who are not needing to hear a story like this you may want to wait until next week’s episode where we get into theological questions of identity.
2018-05-2141 min
Theosophia Podcast12.2 Incarnational Health CareToday’s talk is about how Caroline uses her theological education in the field of medicine. We explore the doctrine of incarnation and how the lens of understanding God as with us helps her treat each patient with the dignity, respect and care all god’s children deserve. We also chat about her non-profit clinic she started for LGBT youth.
2018-05-1442 min
Theosophia Podcast12.1 Caroline Leithner - Nurse PractitionerCaroline Leithner is a Nurse Practitioner in the State of Washington. She received a dual degree in nursing and theology from Vanderbilt University. She’s also an Episcopalian and has gone through a large portion of the ordination process but has put that part of her path on hold to pursue her career in health care. Caroline is insanely smart and an absolute delight of a person to be around. We discuss her religious upbringing in the church, her path to divinity school and nursing school and we begin to chat about how theology informs her nursing practice.
2018-05-0740 min
Theosophia Podcast11.2 Sin & Death in Paul's Apocalyptic Theology - Kait DuganKait is a doctoral candidate in systematic theology at the University of Aberdeen and the curator for the Barth Collection at Princeton Theological Seminary where she earned her Master of Divinity. In this episode, Kait and I get into her dissertation work on Paul’s apocalyptic theology on sin and death. This conversation ties in nicely from the previous episode about Kait’s encounter with the alt-right white supremicast groups in Charlottesville where she wrestled with questions of death and darkness in the form of racism.
2018-04-3029 min
Theosophia Podcast11.1 Charlottesville Protest with Kait DuganKait is a doctoral candidate at the University of Aberdeen and Curator for the Barth Collection at Princeton Theological Seminary. In this episode, Kait shares about her dreadful experience during the Charlottesville protests confronting racism in the flesh with her clergy friends as they counter protested the alt-right white supremacist groups.
2018-04-2337 minTheosophia PodcastAtonement as Reconciliation - Sarah Elizabeth SmithToday, I’m posting a sermon I gave over spring break when I was in Breckenridge Colorado. Fr. Charlie Brumbaugh of St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church was kind enough to let me share a homily with his community during a Eucharistic service on March 21st 2018. In this sermon I am using the Lent 5 gospel text which is John 12:20-33. I explore the idea of atonement as reconciliation.
2018-04-1615 min
Theosophia Podcast10.2 Her Story - Julia NusbaumJulia Nusbaum shares about the genesis and purpose of her writing community project Her Story. Julia began the project during her time working at Thistle Farms, a social enterprise helping women get off the streets. Inspired by Thistle Farms theological vision of Love Heals she created brave spaces for women to share their stories. Julia says, “When you write down your own story…all of a sudden you realize the power inside of you.”
2018-04-0931 min
Theosophia Podcast10.1 Julia Nusbaum - StorytellerJulia Nusbaum is small town farm girl raised in Illinois. She currently holds the position of Event Manager for Your People’s Ministry in the United Methodist Church. She has a Masters of Theological Studies from Vanderbilty University and Bachelors in history and religion from Augustana College. She lives in Milwaukee where she’s writing her first novel. She’s also the founder of HerStory an online blog that empowers women through storytelling. In today’s episode Julia shares about her upbringing in the Lutheran tradition, her passion for social justice work and finding the divine outside of the church.
2018-04-0238 min
Theosophia Podcast9.2 Church at the Lipstick Lounge - Amy VioletteAmy founded The Church at the Lipstick Lounge in 2017 in East Nashville, TN. The Lipstick Lounge is a lesbian dive bar that’s famous for its night life and karaoke. Amy and I talk about what it means to create a sacred space for folks on the margins, how to build organic pastoral care and ministry and how to maintain professionalism in a non-traditional church setting.
2018-03-2637 min
Theosophia Podcast9.1 Amy Violette - Baptist Preacher, Professor, EntrepreneurAmy is a Baptist Preacher, Professor, Entrepreneur. Amy is a certified Life-Coach, Former NCAA Track and Field Athlete for Belmont University, she started six companies before the age of 30. She is a member of the Academy of Homiletics, Society of Biblical Literature, Academy of Preachers. She is a professional songwriter and actor, most recently on the show Nashville. Amy holds a MDIV from Baylor University. She is an adjunct faculty at Belmont University in the College of Theology and Christian Ministry. She was ordained to Gospel Ministry on August 13, 2017 by First Baptist Church Decatur, GA. She lives in Nashville, TN...
2018-03-1939 min
Theosophia Podcast8.2 Erotic Womanist TheologyThis week we really flesh out Courtney’s work on the Erotic or Eros. Courtney posits the Erotic is not simply sex, but it is a mode relationality through the flesh. We chat about bodies, womanist thought, pornographic ideologies and how the church is asking the wrong questions.
2018-03-1240 min
Theosophia Podcast8.1 Baptist Courtney Bryant-PrinceRev. Courtney Bryant-Prince shares her journey to priesthood and vocation as a theologian. We also start discussing her dissertation work on using Womanism to explore the idea of God as Eros and Erotic Theology.
2018-03-0540 min
Theosophia Podcast7.2 Wealth, Power and the ChurchRev. Naomi Tutu discusses what it means to be a Christian in 2018 with the reality of society's obsession with wealth, power and materialism. She posits that the church should be a source of critique and challenge to our social structures. Instead of giving charity, the church should simply live in community, a community like Jesus envisioned and created while he was on earth.
2018-02-2642 min
Theosophia Podcast7.1 Rev. Nontombi Naomi TutuThe challenges of growing up black and female in apartheid South Africa have been the foundation of Nontombi Naomi Tutu’s life as an activist for human rights. Tutu is the third child of Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Nomalizo Leah Tutu. She was born in South Africa, was educated in Swaziland, the US, and England, and has divided her adult life between South Africa and the US. Sarah speaks with Naomi about her new title as "Mother" and the problem with titles for men and women in the church. They also discuss her experience of racism in South Africa and th...
2018-02-1941 min
Theosophia Podcast6.2 Recovering Evangelical Coming OutRev. Valle shares with us a liturgical play she created as a coming out ritual. Coming out as what? You will have to listen and see. Lis performs this ritual in her burlesque stage presence called Sofia Diviniatrix. Lis’ creative, artistic vision opens up our imaginations to consider other important moments of our lives as sacred and holy. It also opens up our imaginations of how we think about God and implores us to engage in a more intimate relationship with God as Holy Eros.
2018-02-1243 min
Theosophia Podcast6.1 Presbyterian Rev. Lis ValleA daughter of a female pastor, Lis Valle shares her story of growing up in Puerto Rico. She first obtained her juris doctorate and practiced immigration law in Puerto Rico before starting Divinity school there. She came to the states to finish her MDIV at Louisville Seminary and later started her phd at Vanderbilt University in Homiletics and Liturgics. Lis and Sarah discuss her quest for gender justice in law and faith, how and why her gender informs her questions and how the church is the problem but needs to be a solution.
2018-02-0537 min
Theosophia Podcast5.2 Motherhood and Priesthood with Claire Brown"Christ demonstrates grace through the care of bodies through the feeding and washing and healing and restoring households, very concrete practical things that are lived out in flesh." Claire and Sarah discuss embodied theology through the lived experiences of motherhood and priesthood.
2018-01-2937 min
Theosophia PodcastA Sermon for MLK Day 2018BONUS EPISODE!!! Sarah Elizabeth Smith preaches at Casady School, an Episcopal k-12 school in Oklahoma City, OK. To honor MLK's legacy, her message is centered around the theological truth that RACE IS A GIFT FROM GOD.
2018-01-2107 min
Theosophia Podcast4.2 Beloved Community and White Supremacy with Joy BronsonSarah and Joy discuss a theology of Beloved Community as it relates to the Eucharistic table and the effects of White Supremacy
2018-01-1547 min