Sancta Colloquia

Conversion, Encounter, & Politics Of Communion [ft. Nic Don Stanton-Roark]

In this episode of Sancta Colloquia, I had the incredible privilege of interviewing my Twitter friend: Nic Don Stanton-Roark (@ExilePolitics). Through our conversation, Nic Don shares the journey he’s been on from Atheism to Theism to Christianity. We get the details of how this journey worked itself out: from the comical episodes to the serious […]

The Body, Religious Trauma, and Hope in Healing [ft. Jamie Lee Finch]

In this episode we talk about our bodies, that the body can remember and harbor memories in its flesh, religious trauma, and hope in healing.

The Book Of Numbers [ft. Liam Miller]

In this episode, Liam Miller and I are talking about the book of Number, the fourth book of the Old Testament of the Christian Bible, the fourth of five books that make up Israel's Torah. Liam does an excellent job walking us through large portions of the book of Numbers or, as he refers to it, "The Book of the Wilderness."

Purity Culture in American Evangelicalism via Toxic Application of Theology [ft. Anastasia Satterfield]

Anastasia does an excellent job in this episode of detailing out and driving home just how bad the toxic application of theology can be by using her own story about her journey in American Evangelicalism and purity culture and her exit from--what she'd call her deconstruction.

Stoicism [ft. John-Marc Ormechea]

In this episode I talk with my friend and philosophical and theological interlocutor John-Marc Ormechea (Twitter: @EpicTillich), and we discussed all things Stoicism, how Stoicism is inherently situated to stand against oppressive systems, and the emphasis within Stoicism that we all fit together (equity). I have to tell you that I know practically nothing about Stoicism; this conversation was mostly selfish: I wanted to learn about this philosophical school. Simultaneously, John-Marc is a person I admire in many regards and Stoicism for him is a way of life; according to the way he loves and has compassion and works--brick by brick and day by day--to build a better world, how could I not want to know more? How could I not share what we discussed with you?  Whatever version of Stoicism I had in my narrow-minded view of Stoicism was quickly and efficiently dispelled my John-Marc's passion and expertise; he's truly a great teacher.

Mysticism, Feminism, and White Supremacy [ft. Kate Hanch]

Welcome to the very first episode of Sancta Colloquia! In this episode, I talk with my friend and colleague Rev. Kate Hanch (@katehanch) and we discuss mysticism, feminism, and white-supremacy.  It’s clear that in this conversation I am wading into unknown theological waters, and Kate proves to be a good swim coach and life guard. […]