Gravity Leadership Podcast

Dr. Angie Ward joins us to discuss her new project, When the Universe Cracks: Living as God’s People in Times of Crisis. We chatted about the need in our present cultural moment to navigate crisis faithfully, and how to draw on our Scriptures, tradition, and church history to do so. Dr. Angie Ward brings three […] The post Dr. Angie Ward: Living as God’s People in Times of Crisis appeared first on Gravity Leadership.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/gravity-leadership-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Meghan Tschanz talks with us about her journey of befriending oppressed and exploited women across the globe, and how she noticed a connection between the worst kinds of abuse of women and the systems her childhood church had taught. (Trigger warning: sexual assault.) Meghan’s book Women Rising: Learning to Listen, Reclaiming Our Voice is her […] The post Meghan Tschanz: Resisting Oppression By Listening to Women appeared first on Gravity Leadership.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/gravity-leadership-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Many LGBTQ people face overwhelming challenges in navigating faith, gender, and sexuality. Author and speaker Bridget Eileen Rivera joins us to talk about the harm and pain that LGBTQ Christians have experienced in the church, and how churches can develop a better pastoral approach. Bridget’s book is Heavy Burdens: Seven Ways LGBTQ Christians Experience Harm […] The post Bridget Eileen Rivera: How the Church Harms LGBTQ Christians appeared first on Gravity Leadership.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/gravity-leadership-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

What if some of our greatest theologians aren’t normally recognized as theologians at all? Second-generation Cuban American Kat Armas joins us to talk about how marginalized and overlooked voices–mothers, grandmothers, sisters, and daughters–have more to teach us about following God than we realize. Kat’s book is Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us […] The post Kat Armas: What Women on the Margins Teach Us About Faith appeared first on Gravity Leadership.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/gravity-leadership-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Nearly everyone knows someone on the autism spectrum, yet most of what people think they know about autism is wrong. Author, poet, and professor Daniel Bowman Jr. joins us for a conversation on how autism and other neurodiversities interact with our faith and relationships, and how neurodiversity can be received as a gift to ourselves […] The post Daniel Bowman Jr. on Autism, Faith, and the Gifts of Neurodiversity appeared first on Gravity Leadership.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/gravity-leadership-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Bethany Dearborn Hiser joins us to talk about the importance of soul care for pastors, therapists, chaplains, and others who work closely with the suffering of others, how soul care is different from “pampering” yourself (which often requires affluence), and how to pay closer attention to the health of our souls as we seek to […] The post Bethany Dearborn Hiser: Soul Care For Wounded Healers appeared first on Gravity Leadership.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/gravity-leadership-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Longtime friend of Gravity Brian Zahnd returns to chat about his new book, When Everything’s on Fire: Faith Forged from the Ashes. As is usual with Brian, we got into some unexpected territory and loved every second of it. Brian Zahnd is the founder and lead pastor of Word of Life Church, a non-denominational Christian […] The post Brian Zahnd Deconstructs Deconstruction appeared first on Gravity Leadership.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/gravity-leadership-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Spiritual companion and podcast host Lisa Colón DeLay joins us to talk about the lifelong journey of cultivating wholeness in the “wild places” of our hearts through intentional spiritual practice. Through specific spiritual practices from early desert monastics, as well as Latinx, Black, and Indigenous contemplatives, along with the insights of neuroscience and trauma-informed therapy, […] The post Lisa Colón DeLay: Cultivating Wholeness Through Spiritual Practice appeared first on Gravity Leadership.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/gravity-leadership-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

We spoke with our friend A.J. Swoboda about his new book After Doubt: How to Question Your Faith Without Losing It. A.J. challenged us to think through the theological and cultural challenges surrounding our current moment. We talked about the complexities of church hurt and abuse and how that influences people who question their faith. […] The post A.J. Swoboda: Deconstructing Without Losing your Faith appeared first on Gravity Leadership.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/gravity-leadership-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

We talked with Dr. Jeff McGee about his book, One Human Race: Five Stages to Empower Transformative Change. Dr. McGee shared with us his Cross-Cultural Model of Collaboration, which provides a theoretical method for Christian leaders to dismantle systemic racism within their churches and organizations. Dr. Jeff McGee is a published author and thought leader […] The post Jeff McGee: How to Foster Cross-Cultural Collaboration appeared first on Gravity Leadership.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/gravity-leadership-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

After recording our last podcast episode with MelindaJoy Mingo, she suggested that we have a subsequent conversation where she could ask us some questions to get to know us better. We suggested recording it as a bonus podcast episode so people could hear MelindaJoy model the kind of listening and learning in conversation that she […] The post BONUS: MelindaJoy Mingo Models Listening and Learning in Conversation appeared first on Gravity Leadership.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/gravity-leadership-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

MelindaJoy Mingo talks with us about the importance of making friends across difference, in the midst of all the forces that seek to keep us at odds with each other, and some of the practices necessary to facilitate the deep healing and deep reconciliation we all need. MelindaJoy writes about all of this in her […] The post MelindaJoy Mingo: Connecting With Each Other Across Difference appeared first on Gravity Leadership.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/gravity-leadership-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Mark Scandrette joins us to chat about his new book The Ninefold Path of Jesus: Hidden Wisdom of the Beatitudes, a modern contextualization of Jesus’s beatitudes in Matthew 5. Mark is the executive director of Reimagine: A Center for Integral Christian Practice and has created resources for churches to use his new book in groups. […] The post Mark Scandrette: The Beatitudes For Today appeared first on Gravity Leadership.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/gravity-leadership-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

(Note: the original version of this podcast episode had an audio error. This is the corrected version of the episode.) Do you feel at ease with God? Or do you anxiously try to keep closeness? Do you lean more on academic theology than real connection? Do you worry about being judged or punished? Do you […] The post Krispin Mayfield: Understanding Spiritual Attachment Styles (CORRECTED) appeared first on Gravity Leadership.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/gravity-leadership-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Do you feel at ease with God? Or do you anxiously try to keep closeness? Do you lean more on academic theology than real connection? Do you worry about being judged or punished? Do you feel unworthy of God's love? Therapist and author Krispin Mayfield helps us understand “spiritual attachment styles,” and shares on what […] The post Krispin Mayfield: Understanding Spiritual Attachment Styles appeared first on Gravity Leadership.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/gravity-leadership-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

David Eaton talks with us about the challenges and opportunities of cultivating ongoing, life-giving connections and conversations with parents and teens about faith and culture. David co-founded Axis, an organization that provides resources for parents who want to better connect with the teenagers. You can find more resources and info from Axis on their website. […] The post David Eaton: Connecting Parents and Teens in a Disconnected World appeared first on Gravity Leadership.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/gravity-leadership-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Pastor and professor Jin S. Kim talks with us about the vital but difficult work of decolonizing Christian leadership and theological education, a prophetic task he embodies through his work with Church of All Nations and Underground Seminary in Minneapolis. Dr. Kim is the founding Pastor of Church of All Nations and chief cultural architect […] The post Jin S. Kim: Decolonizing Christian Leadership & Theological Education appeared first on Gravity Leadership.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/gravity-leadership-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Our friend Geoff Holsclaw joins us to chat about the intersection of neuroscience and discipleship. We zero in on Attachment Theory as a helpful tool to assess our relationships with God and others. Our ability to love God and love others is greatly enhanced by secure attachments, and a sober reckoning of our dominant (insecure) […] The post Geoff Holsclaw: How Attachment Theory Helps Us Live Our Faith appeared first on Gravity Leadership.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/gravity-leadership-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

For many of us, for too long, Christianity has been unhelpfully entangled with Western culture. Pastor and author Mandy Smith teaches us that the way forward is to embrace childlike faith again. In her new book Unfettered: Imagining a Childlike Faith Beyond the Baggage of Western Culture, she lays out a model of learning that […] The post Mandy Smith: Childlike Faith Beyond the Baggage of Western Culture appeared first on Gravity Leadership.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/gravity-leadership-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Every ministry leader needs consistent soul care, even when there’s NOT a global pandemic disrupting our lives. Matt Alexander shares why soul care is so important, along with the 6 vital aspects of any good soul care practice. Matt is also starting new Soul Care Cohorts this fall. To find out more, fill out the […] The post Matt Alexander: Why Every Ministry Leader Needs Regular Soul Care appeared first on Gravity Leadership.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/gravity-leadership-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy