Episodes

Thursday Sep 07, 2023
The Bible and Sexualized Violence
Thursday Sep 07, 2023
Thursday Sep 07, 2023
In this episode, Kat reads a reflection from Sacred Belonging on women, the Bible, and sexualized violence.
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Wednesday Aug 16, 2023
The Cosmic Conversation
Wednesday Aug 16, 2023
Wednesday Aug 16, 2023
In this episode, Kat shares a reflection on the word "logos" and how that connects to our relationship with all things.
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Wednesday Jul 12, 2023
Wisdom that Evolves
Wednesday Jul 12, 2023
Wednesday Jul 12, 2023
In this episode, Kat talks about a wisdom that is intuitive and embodied. A wisdom that becomes.
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Monday Jun 26, 2023
On Becoming Kin
Monday Jun 26, 2023
Monday Jun 26, 2023
This week Kat chats with Anishinaabe and Ukrainian writer from Lac Seul First Nation, Patty Krawec about her book Becoming Kin. Patty is the cohost of the Medicine for the Resistance podcast and cofounder of the Nii'kinaaganaa Foundation, which collects funds and disperses them to Indigenous people and organizations.

Tuesday Jun 13, 2023
A Chaotic and Balanced World
Tuesday Jun 13, 2023
Tuesday Jun 13, 2023
In this episode Kat chats about how ecologists have claimed that our world is both chaotic and stable- a truth that can change how we engage with each other and the divine.
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Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
Survival of the Fit
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
Did Darwin really say survival is of the "fittest"? and what does it mean to be at home in who we are? Perhaps Jesus had some thoughts on this (as we can see from his interaction with the demon possessed man).
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Wednesday May 31, 2023
A Post-Pentecost Reflection
Wednesday May 31, 2023
Wednesday May 31, 2023
Hola Protagonistas listeners! It's so wonderful to be back!
In this episode, Kat gives an update on the near-future of the Protagonistas and gives a post-Pentecost reflection.
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Tuesday Oct 18, 2022
Beyond Welcome
Tuesday Oct 18, 2022
Tuesday Oct 18, 2022
We have an exciting new episode today with Karen González about her recent book Beyond Welcome! Karen's new book takes us further into the conversation about immigration, challenging us to go deeper than simply welcoming immigrants. In this conversation, Karen and Kat chat about the myth of the good immigrant, immigration in the Bible, assimilation vs. integration, and so many more topics. We hope you enjoy the conversation!
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Tuesday Aug 30, 2022
On Disability and The Church
Tuesday Aug 30, 2022
Tuesday Aug 30, 2022
We are back!
We took a little hiatus to recuperate after a full Spring and Summer seasons, but Kat is back with an incredible new interview about disability and the church with Dr. Amy Kenny! If you haven't read Amy's book My Body is Not a Prayer Request yet, you 100% should. She is brilliant and hilarious and her work is a much-needed gift to the church.
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Tuesday Mar 22, 2022
How Race Broke the World
Tuesday Mar 22, 2022
Tuesday Mar 22, 2022
We have an exciting episode today with Lisa Sharon Harper about her recent book Fortune! As Harper lights a path through national and religious history, she clarifies exactly how and when the world broke and shows the way to redemption for us all. The book culminates with a vision of truth-telling, reparation, and forgiveness that leads to beloved community. You will surely enjoy the conversation!
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.
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