Join Natasha Beckles and Natalia Nana in conversation with Christena Cleveland. Dr Cleveland is a social psychologist, public theologian, author, and activist. She is the founder and director of the Center for Justice + Renewal as well as its sister organization, Sacred Folk, which creates resources to stimulate people’s spiritual imaginations and support their journeys toward liberation. An award-winning researcher and former professor at Duke University’s Divinity School, Christena lives in Bo...
Jul 05, 2022•59 min•Ep. 118
In light of current events, we are re-releasing the conversation Stephen had with Virginia Linzee and Andrea Lippke in August 2021 about Abortion, Adoption and Down Syndrome. This is the second of a two part conversation. LifeUni can be found HERE . Download more Tent Courses and Resources HERE . Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE ....
Jun 29, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 117
In light of current events, we are re-releasing the conversation Stephen had with Virginia Linzee and Andrea Lippke in August 2021 about Abortion, Adoption and Down Syndrome. This is the first of a two part conversation. LifeUni can be found HERE . Download more Tent Courses and Resources HERE . Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE ....
Jun 28, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 116
Don't judge and don't throw pearls to swine. We explore Matthew 7:1-6 in today's episode on the Sermon on the Mount! Thanks to Jon and the Dig Deeper team of St Luke's Church for allowing us to release these recordings. You can find out more about them HERE . LifeUni can be found HERE . Download more Tent Courses and Resources HERE . Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE ....
Jun 28, 2022•46 min•Ep. 115
Natasha Beckles sits down with Natalia-Nana, who is a specialist in equity, diversity, inclusion and liberation. They discuss incarnation, the bible and the church, misogynoir and Child Q, as well as their wider work in EDIL, decolonisation and anti-racism and the task advising organisations and supporting leadership in hosting Safe Spaces for People of Colour and marginalised ethnic identities. Natalia-Nana Lester-Bush has been a Trustee of the Anti-Racist Alliance and is now Co-Chair of Women ...
Jun 21, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 114
The tenth of a series on the Sermon on the Mount. From Matthew 6:25-34. We have created a culture of all-pervasive fear, anxiety, and dread about "having enough." How might the way of Jesus help us escape the madness? Thanks to Jon and the Dig Deeper team of St Luke's Church for allowing us to release these recordings. You can find out more about them HERE . Download more Tent Courses and Resources HERE . Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by be...
Jun 14, 2022•56 min•Ep. 113
Dr Curtis Holtzen is a professor of philosophy and theology at Hope International University in California. As well as his most recent book The God Who Trusts, he is the coeditor of Connecting Faith and Science: Philosophical and Theological Inquiries, In Spirit and In Truth: Philosophical Reflections on Liturgy and Worship, and By Faith and Reason: The Essential Keith Ward. Find out more about the book HERE . You can find our more about Curtis HERE. Has anything we make been interesting, useful...
Jun 07, 2022•52 min•Ep. 112
In light of recent and apparently perennial gun violence in America we have decided to re-issue a previous Tent Talk on Buying Swords in Luke 22 from episode 45. Other Tent episodes on this topic include: 3. What About War 5. Culture Warriors 11. Romans 13 41. Violence 43. More Violence (with Justin Bronson Barringer) 50. Shane Claiborne 103. Turn the other cheek
May 31, 2022•33 min•Ep. 111
The ninth of a series on the Sermon on the Mount. Wealth vs Riches in Matthew 6:19-24. How do we come to terms with the fact that the god of money has shaped us much more than the God of mercy, the God of grace, the God of forgiveness? Here's the thing about gods: they always demand a sacrifice. Thanks to Jon and the Dig Deeper team of St Luke's Church for allowing us to release these recordings. You can find out more about them HERE . Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful fo...
May 24, 2022•52 min•Ep. 110
Prof. Norman Wirzba is a leading figure in the field of fields. He cares about farming, food, our connected lives and the justice that is inherent in living at peace with the land. Along with frequent collaborators such as Wendell Berry, Robert MacFarlane and others, Norman thinks deeply about the Anthropocene - our current age of significant human impact on the Earth's geology and ecosystems. Norman is based at Duke University where he is the Gilbert T. Rowe Distinguished Professor of Christian...
May 17, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 109
The eighth of a series on the Sermon on the Mount. Has the Lord's Prayer in Matthew 6:7-15 become old hat? What if we were meant to know God's will as we pray through it daily, but understanding God's will is far more straightforward and right in front of our faces than we realized? And finally, how might we see parallels between Jesus's temptation in the desert with Satan and the structure of the Prayer? Listen in for a reimagining of this most familiar prayer. Thanks to Jon and the Dig Deeper ...
May 09, 2022•51 min•Ep. 108
A Tent Talks first. Listen and lean in, as we are joined by the ground-breaking womanist theologian - the Very Reverend Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas. She is in conversation with our previous tent talk guest and theologian, Dr Selina Stone, and our host Reverend Natasha Beckles. They engage in a rare, rich transatlantic conversation exploring eschatology, church and the scars of Christ. The Very Reverend Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas serves as the Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological S...
May 03, 2022•56 min•Ep. 107
The seventh of a series on the Sermon on the Mount. The call to perfection in Matthew 5:48-6:9 and 6:16-18 is often taught as impossible, thus giving licence to Christians to ignore and even despise the Way of Jesus as irrelevant to their gleeful embrace of power, violence and nationalism. We take a closer look... Thanks to Jon and the Dig Deeper team of St Luke's Church for allowing us to release these recordings! Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can suppor...
Apr 26, 2022•35 min•Ep. 106
You can find out more about the YoHo journals and purchase a copy of Rotten Institutions HERE. Use promo code TENT10 for a ten percent discount. More about Linda Woodhead HERE . More about Eve Poole HERE . Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE ....
Apr 21, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 105
Stephanie Drury is the founder of stuffchristianculturelikes, the go-to site for anyone who if they did not laugh would rage. Underneath the wicked humour and sharp insight is the deeper work of binding up the broken hearted and setting the captives free, especially women harmed by evangelical culture. Stephanie joins the Tent to talk about being too vulgar for Christianity Today, fighting with theobros and her role in the "fall" part of the rise and fall of Mark Driscoll's Mars Hill. Follow Ste...
Apr 19, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 104
The sixth of a series on the Sermon on the Mount. From Matthew 5:38-48, Stephen discusses how turning the other cheek is not "doing nothing," but is instead a way of resisting violence and giving the violent a new way to see reality. The way of Jesus does not allow us to take a human life to solve a problem, no matter how logical that solution may seem. Thanks to Jon and the Dig Deeper team of St Luke's Church for allowing us to release these recordings! Has anything we make been interesting, us...
Apr 12, 2022•45 min•Ep. 103
Sara Billups is a breath of fresh air. She is smart, funny and kind, and has lived a varied and interesting life. She is a Seattle-based writer seeking a deeper faith in our complicated world. She's been the only Christian in the room in creative spaces in the city, but of late has also found herself increasingly alienated from culturally dominant American Christianity. Sara has written about these experiences in multiple places, including the New York Times. Her upcoming book is Orphaned Believ...
Apr 05, 2022•53 min•Ep. 102
The fifth of a series on the Sermon on the Mount. Should followers of Jesus swear oaths and pledges of allegiance? What if it is to the Queen or to the bishop as an act of obedience? Stephen weighs in on what Jesus has to say on the matter as we focus on Matthew 5:33-37. Thanks to Jon and the Dig Deeper team of St Luke's Church for allowing us to release these recordings! Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our P...
Mar 29, 2022•54 min•Ep. 101
Chris Marchand is an Anglican priest and church music leader from Peoria, Illinois in the USA. He also teaches history and literature classes at Schole Academy, an online Classical Christian school. He has just released Gentle Spacemakers an album of the music he's written for the Tent Talks podcast (which also includes the theme song for The Hyphen, Stephen's other podcast). You can stream or download the album on Bandcamp or wherever you stream music. Chris has two other podcasts, Postconsumer...
Mar 22, 2022•50 min•Ep. 100
The fourth of a series on the Sermon on the Mount. In this episode we focus on Matthew 5:27-32 and Jesus's teachings on lust and adultery. In this passage we see that the heart of Jesus's message was a concern about broken relationships, that sin is always a communal event, and that seemingly harsh teachings like this one were about protecting our own souls as well as the vulnerable among us. Thanks to Jon and the Dig Deeper team of St Luke's Church for allowing us to release these recordings! H...
Mar 15, 2022•42 min•Ep. 99
An extra episode offering some reflections on the war in Ukraine and the Way of Jesus in response to listener questions. Gracie and Bob Ekblad's writing and work can be found HERE . Tearfund is HERE . Red Letter Christians are HERE . Christian Peacemaker Teams are HERE .
Mar 09, 2022•24 min•Ep. 98
Dr Selina Stone is Tutor and Lecturer in Theology at St Mellitus College in London. Her doctorate was on ‘Holy Spirit, Holy Bodies?: Pentecostalism, Pneumatology and the Politics of Embodiment’. Dr Stone’s research and teaching focus on the themes of politics, power and social justice, which she began exploring as a practitioner while working as a community organiser and programme director at the Centre for Theology and Community from 2013-2017. She is a sought-after speaker and consultant, and ...
Mar 08, 2022•50 min•Ep. 97
The third of a series on the Sermon on the Mount. In this episode we focus on Matthew 5:17-26 and discuss how Christ himself fulfills the law, how we can apply the difficult to translate word "raca" to how we treat each other, and what we can learn from Jesus's reference to "Gehenna." Thanks to Jon and the Dig Deeper team of St Luke's Church for allowing us to release these recordings! Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Trav...
Mar 01, 2022•50 min•Ep. 96
Mohammed Girma is a Christian scholar and advocate who works all over the world in peacemaking and leadership development, He is a lecturer at the University of Roehampton in London and international advocacy officer at the International Bible Advocacy Centre. Girma has held visiting research and lecture positions at the London School of Theology, the University of Pretoria and Yale University. He is the author of Understanding Religion and Society in Ethiopia (2012) and the editor of The Healin...
Feb 22, 2022•59 min•Ep. 95
The second of a series on the Sermon on the Mount. In this episode we look at The Beatitudes and the beginning of the Sermon from Matthew 5:1-16. Thanks to Jon and the Dig Deeper team of St Luke's Church for allowing us to release these recordings! Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE .
Feb 15, 2022•51 min•Ep. 94
Jared Byas is the co-host of The Bible For Normal People podcast and the author of Love Matters More. But we hardly talk about any of those things and instead get stuck into a conversation about power, authenticity, and staying positive in a toxic world! Nietzsche gets name-dropped and Kierkegaard makes an appearance or three. You can find Jared's podcasts and books HERE . Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our ...
Feb 08, 2022•52 min•Ep. 93
The first of a series on the Sermon on the Mount. In this episode we look at the beginning and the end of the Sermon, as well as Matthew 4 which sets the context. Thanks to Jon and the Dig Deeper team of St Luke's Church for allowing us to release these recordings! Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE .
Feb 01, 2022•41 min•Ep. 92
Carolyn Mackie, researcher and academic, is an expert on the connections between Incarnation and anthropology in the writings of Søren Kierkegaard. She joins the Tent to discuss one of her latest published pieces: an exploration of how Kierkegaard's attack on 19th c. Danish Christendom and the post-holocaust writing of the German Hannah Arendt can help us resist the populist enthusiasms of our present evil age. More about Carolyn and samples of her writing can be found HERE . Carolyn's essay on ...
Jan 25, 2022•55 min•Ep. 91
Dr Jason Byassee is a wise, funny and kind man who knows a thing or two about a thing or two, especially when it comes to the future of old institutions and being a Follower in this present age. He is a professor at the Vancouver School of Theology, a prolific author and the editor of one of Tent's very favourite books! You can find all you need to know about Jason and his work HERE . Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Trave...
Jan 18, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 90
Lisa Sharon Harper is an activist, speaker and prolific, award winning author who joins the Tent to talk about her latest, Fortune: How Race Broke My Family and the World and How to Repair It All. You can find out more about Lisa and her work, and more about how to order "Fortune" HERE . Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE ....
Jan 11, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 89
