On the 193rd episode of the Brew Theology Podcast, Ryan and Janel chat with Rev. Dr. Josh Ritter and Rev. Sharyl West Loeung about MLK and his Interfaith world. As we honor the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., an ordained baptist minister, and pastor, we remember his work as a civic interfaith leader who collaborated with many from other traditions and faiths such as Dorothy Day, Thich Nhat Hanh, Rabbi Abraham Heschel, Paul Tillich, and Gandhi. Many know Dr. King as the head of the ci...
Nov 08, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 193
Divine Intellect Drift: Unlocking the Mysteries of Religious Thought in a Post-Christian Age with our guest, Josh Carney!* (or Religious Epistemology in a Post-Christendom Culture) Ryan and Janel talk to Josh about stages of formation & shifting, William Perry's cognitive scheme, the Authoritative spectrum and more.... Enjoy the goodies! *Josh Carney is the Chief of Staff for Waco Family Medicine’s Foundation. Before that Josh pastored University Baptist Church in Waco. He has a masters of d...
Nov 02, 2023•53 min•Ep. 192
Worship: Matrix and Human Experience – Why liturgy and the Word matter more than God as an object of worship with Rev. Dr. Leslie King* "It's the question that drives us, Neo. It's the question that brought you here. You know the question, just as I did" – Trinity (The Matrix) Ryan and Janel sit down and chat with Leslie as she speaks of caution when it comes to worship. We'll walk through several suppositions that integrative worship is cautious about one at a time, parse out essential traditio...
Oct 25, 2023•54 min•Ep. 191
We are back for part 2: Theology revolving around the Drug War: Globalization, Violence, and Salvation with Bill Walker III! Based on Dr. Bill Walker's book, “A Theology of the Drug War” (2019), this 2 part podcast is a political and theological reflection on the violence and injustice that has taken place in Mexico and Central America since 2006 as a result of the drug war. In order to understand and respond to this conflict in the age of globalization, Dr. Walker presents a theology of the dru...
Oct 18, 2023•41 min•Ep. 190
Who's ready for some Theology revolving around the Drug War: Globalization, Violence, and Salvation? Based on Dr. Bill Walker's book, “A Theology of the Drug War” (2019), this 2 part podcast is a political and theological reflection on the violence and injustice that has taken place in Mexico and Central America since 2006 as a result of the drug war. In order to understand and respond to this conflict in the age of globalization, Dr. Walker presents a theology of the drug war that transcends bo...
Oct 11, 2023•33 min•Ep. 189
Pull out your earbuds, and get ready for some much needed community talk! Ryan and Janel have a chat with Sharyl West Loeung on the 188th episode of the Brew Theology Podcast! We will explore the complexity of finding places of belonging amid and after a global pandemic, and if we are honest with ourselves, even before the spread of Covid-19. Can we reimagine our traditions to create spaces for belonging, where our tables are a place for gathering as our truest selves? Sharyl West Loeung, M.Div,...
Oct 04, 2023•39 min•Ep. 188
This August Janel and Ryan attended The Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago, IL. It was a great time of seeing how the world practices a wide variety of religious experiences. Set on the shores of Lake Michigan, it was a time of learning, reflection, and experience. The Parliament of the World's Religions describes itself as the world’s premier interfaith convening of civic, spiritual and grassroots changemakers. It is an international nonprofit, non-governmental organization affiliat...
Sep 26, 2023•50 min•Ep. 187
The BREW THEOLOGY Force Awakens (Part 2). May The 4th Be With You… get ready for this special Live Podcast event! Featuring The George Strikes Back! Attack of the Eisenbaum! & Return of the Ry-Guy to the Mile High! This is The Way to a galactic podcast packed with hyperspace theology, laser sharp theologians, rebellious questions, dark-sided brews, and party favors - unofficially - endorsed by Ewoks (Laugh if up, fuzzball! Cuz we partied, Endor-style!) The force is strong with these two star...
Sep 14, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 186
The BREW THEOLOGY Force Awakens. May The 4th Be With You… get ready for this special Live Podcast event! Featuring The George Strikes Back! Attack of the Eisenbaum! & Return of the Ry-Guy to the Mile High! This is The Way to a galactic podcast packed with hyperspace theology, laser sharp theologians, rebellious questions, dark-sided brews, and party favors - unofficially - endorsed by Ewoks (Laugh if up, fuzzball! Cuz we partied, Endor-style!) The force is strong with these two star theologi...
Jun 13, 2023•55 min•Ep. 185
Let's continue to brew... “The Truth about The Truth" with Kerri Fisher! (part 2) We are inundated with messages that beg us to embrace the world in black-and-white but the myths of "common sense" and "one-right-way" are tools of supremacy seeking to limit imagination and thus liberation not only for those of us who are marginalized but for those who bear the burden of being the witness, accomplice, or perpetrator of violence in the world. Many of us are on the path to embody more non-binary, di...
May 17, 2023•40 min•Ep. 184
“The Truth about The Truth" with Kerri Fisher! (part 1) We are inundated with messages that beg us to embrace the world in black-and-white but the myths of "common sense" and "one-right-way" are tools of supremacy seeking to limit imagination and thus liberation not only for those of us who are marginalized but for those who bear the burden of being the witness, accomplice, or perpetrator of violence in the world. Many of us are on the path to embody more non-binary, diunital, both/and/and ways ...
Apr 28, 2023•29 min•Ep. 183
Spoiler Alert: We are all going to die! (and Janel apologizes up front for saying milieu wrong.) So, let's brew theology with the Death Scholar! Grief theory until now is largely the product of the Protestant (and white) experience, and often emphasizes the Remembering of the Dead, rather than the Care of the dead, stressing the importance of grief “work” and grief “tasks” while working to a goal of reintegration without the deceased. There are some lingering problems with contemporary grief the...
Mar 05, 2023•27 min•Ep. 182
Spoiler Alert: We are all going to die! So, let's brew theology with the Death Scholar! Grief theory until now is largely the product of the Protestant (and white) experience, and often emphasizes the Remembering of the Dead, rather than the Care of the dead, stressing the importance of grief “work” and grief “tasks” while working to a goal of reintegration without the deceased. There are some lingering problems with contemporary grief theory... Relationships with the dead are not static ones, b...
Feb 26, 2023•27 min•Ep. 181
Tran Part 3: The Finale (with the Toronto blessing to boot y'all!) After Christianity’s morally disastrous complicity with American racism, does the Christian church have anything left to offer? Ryan & Janel have a brewtastic time with Dr. Tran on another Brew Theology episode (part 3 of 3). Dr. Jonathan Tran examines this complex question and more, discussing his recent book Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial Capitalism. Jonathan Tran holds the George W. Baines Chair of Religion at Ba...
Feb 15, 2023•29 min•Ep. 180
After Christianity’s morally disastrous complicity with American racism, does the Christian church have anything left to offer? Ryan & Janel have a brewtastic time with Dr. Tran on another Brew Theology episode (part 1 of 3). Dr. Jonathan Tran examines this complex question and more, discussing his recent book Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial Capitalism. Jonathan Tran holds the George W. Baines Chair of Religion at Baylor University. His research focuses on linguistic theology, theol...
Jan 27, 2023•28 min•Ep. 179
It's time to kick off the New Year with some hopilicious heat! After Christianity’s morally disastrous complicity with American racism, does the Christian church have anything left to offer? Ryan & Janel have a brewtastic time with Dr. Tran on another Brew Theology episode (part 1 of 2). Dr. Jonathan Tran examines this complex question and more, discussing his recent book Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial Capitalism. Jonathan Tran holds the George W. Baines Chair of Religion at Baylor...
Jan 16, 2023•24 min•Ep. 156
Today we're talking Sports and Religion. Now, before all you non-sports fans tune out, I beg you to give it a chance. In researching this topic we found some deep connections between sports and religion. So please listen up as we talk Super Bowl and Olympics, New Testament and Old, and get a better understanding of where sports competitions came from and what those competitions meant to the various gods that demanded their participation. I promise you'll be surprised and probably learn something...
Aug 20, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 155
We know you are ready for some more brewtastic goodness LIVE from Atlanta! On episode 176 of the Brew Theology Podcast, Ryan and Piper (Tallahassee BT Director) sit down with the Rev. Dr. Robert N. Nash Jr. from McAfee School of Theology , and brew up the topic of preaching as community development. It's a good one, gang! We had the honor to reunite with McAfee School of Theology at Mercer University for their Fourth annual live podcast recording! This year's event featured McAfee's Rev. Dr. Oti...
May 03, 2022•43 min•Ep. 154
Are y'all ready for some brewtastic goodness LIVE from Atlanta?! On episode 175 of the Brew Theology Podcast, Ryan and Piper (Tallahassee BT Director) get to sit down with the renowned REV Otis Moss III* from McAfee School of Theology (Part 1 of 2), and brew up the topic of preaching as community development. You definitely don't want to miss out on this one, friends! We had the honor to reunite with McAfee School of Theology at Mercer University for their Fourth annual live podcast recording! T...
Apr 04, 2022•54 min•Ep. 153
Today we're talking about the big "D" - Deconstruction. A pretty loaded word at the moment, we're talking about faith, growth, falling apart, and moving on when faith changes. Listen to Ryan and Janel share their own evolving stories, and learn about this every changing process. Not for the faint at heart, deconstruction is hard work and we're here to walk with you. We mentioned a few things in the Podcast that we want to highlight here. Faith Shift by Kathy Escobar has been a really helpful boo...
Feb 26, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 151
We're back with the Brew Theology Podcast. Listen in as Ryan and Janel bring you an update about life during COVID-19. We'll talk reality, mental health, what we're reading, and new endeavors. In fact, Ryan has started a new chapter in Waco, TX and we have a new community starting in Gainesville, TX. Thanks so much for listening. _________ If you are a fan of any of our Brew Theology shows, give this episode a share on the interwebs, rate Brew Theology on iTunes and give BT a brewtastic review! ...
Nov 06, 2021•45 min•Ep. 150
Part 2 with Eric Smith. Immigration is as old as the story of America. Who belongs and who can come is an ongoing debate. (While we must also acknowledge that this episode was recorded on the land of the Arapahoe, Cheyenne, and Ute tribes.) Everyone knows the old saying that when you mix politics and religion, things get messy. But we also all know that more often than not, politics and religion have gotten mixed together, and that sometimes they are indistinguishable. Listen in on our conversat...
Feb 16, 2021•40 min•Ep. 149
Immigration is as old as the story of America. Who belongs and who can come is an ongoing debate. (While we must also acknowledge that this episode was recorded on the land of the Arapahoe, Cheyenne, and Ute tribes.) Everyone knows the old saying that when you mix politics and religion, things get messy. But we also all know that more often than not, politics and religion have gotten mixed together, and that sometimes they are indistinguishable. Listen in on our conversation with guest speaker, ...
Feb 04, 2021•39 min•Ep. 148
Get ready to brew theology with Dr. Mike Campbell* on episode 170 (part 2 of 2). The United States incarcerates a larger proportion of its population than any other nation and those imprisoned are disproportionately poor and people of color. Mass incarceration, as scholars have dubbed America’s imprisonment binge, has become a normalized fact of life over the last thirty years as corrections budgets have soared and incarceration has become a normalized element of life for people from the nation'...
Jan 28, 2021•50 min•Ep. 147
Get ready to brew theology with Dr. Mike Campbell* on episode 169 (part 1 of 2). The United States incarcerates a larger proportion of its population than any other nation and those imprisoned are disproportionately poor and people of color. Mass incarceration, as scholars have dubbed America’s imprisonment binge, has become a normalized fact of life over the last thirty years as corrections budgets have soared and incarceration has become a normalized element of life for people from the nation'...
Dec 17, 2020•1 hr•Ep. 146
The Jersey Brew Theology community got IN on a conversation with Rabbi Marc Katz from Temple Ner Tamid who wrote a book called The Heart of Loneliness: How Jewish Wisdom Can Help You Cope and Find Comfort . It was a particularly poignant conversation given what's going on these days; it is plain brewtastic-goodness for the BT podcast, and your glorious earbuds! /// If you are a fan of any of our Brew Theology shows, give this episode a share on the interwebs, rate Brew Theology on iTunes and giv...
Nov 29, 2020•1 hr•Ep. 145
A heavy and important topic... On episode 166, Paul Myskiw, brews up the following topic with Janel, Ryan & Billie: Religious Involvement Related to Suicide or Feelings About Suicide? What is the role of suicide prevention in the community? Suicide is not a popular topic that most people are anxious to read or talk about and this includes the position and response of all major religious groups. With the staggering numbers of those of have committed suicide or attempted suicide continues to r...
Nov 24, 2020•33 min•Ep. 144
Join us as we talk with Dr. Tad DeLay, Dan, Ryan and Janel about the election. In this episode we discuss the role of propaganda and fascism in the current election cycle. The relationship between church and empire. The celebration of new babies and jobs during the pandemic. The visibility of Black Lives Matter and the underlying reality of the Climate Crisis. And, we share our word for undecided voters. Please join us for the Election2020 edition of the podcast.
Oct 30, 2020•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 143
A heavy and important topic... On episode 165, Paul Myskiw, brews up the following topic with Janel, Ryan & Billie: Religious Involvement Related to Suicide or Feelings About Suicide? What is the role of suicide prevention in the community? Suicide is not a popular topic that most people are anxious to read or talk about and this includes the position and response of all major religious groups. With the staggering numbers of those of have committed suicide or attempted suicide continues to r...
Oct 22, 2020•42 min•Ep. 142
Let Go... The concept of non-attachment can be traced in and through Daoism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and other Asian Philosophies. Within the Buddhist tradition, we find Four Noble Truths. The first, roughly translated, is the truth of suffering, and the second is the truth of the origin of suffering. That origin, according to The Buddha, is craving, or misplaced desire (Tanhā). Though the Pali words differ, they are conceptually related. Clinging and craving cause us suffering. So, what does lettin...
Oct 15, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 141
