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Wild Goose Festival is a transformational annual event grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Over the course of four days, there are hundreds of sessions focused on social justice, spirituality, the arts, and more. This is the Year-Round Wild Goose Festival! Catch some of what you missed and maybe revisit a few personal highlights. Click here to keep up with the latest Goose News: http://wildgoosefestival.org/signup/

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Sending the Goose feat. Yvette Flunder

Click here to keep up with the latest Goose News: http://wildgoosefestival.org/signup/ Bishop Flunder, one of the world’s best loved, most called on, and most anticipated preachers will fan the flames of the Spirit in our “going out, sending off” finale. Serendipity will likely show up dressed in Wild Goose clothes. Bishop Flunder will be supported by Beth Nielsen Chapman, Ken Medema, Wild Goose House Band, and others. Goose community leader Gwen Fry will lead us in the celebration of communion ...

Sep 03, 2019•49 min

The Weight of Carbon Dioxide and Chihuahuas feat. Peterson Toscano

Click here to keep up with the latest Goose News: http://wildgoosefestival.org/signup/ Through comedy, storytelling, and inspiring success stories, performance artist Peterson Toscano, hones in on a gallon of gasoline--where it comes from, where it goes once combusted, and the many different ways it weighs on us all. Oh, and you will learn a lot about chihuahuas too!

Aug 27, 2019•14 min

The Poor People’s Campaign- A Public Conversation

Click here to keep up with the latest Goose News: http://wildgoosefestival.org/signup/ Hosted by Rev. William Barber with Otis Moss III, Brian McLaren, Jacqui Lewis, and Marianne Williamson, this panel of thought leaders and activists will delve into the ways and means of the Poor People’s Campaign and challenge the Goose community to engagement.

Aug 22, 2019•18 min

Stories We Wish We Could Take Back feat. Robert Lee

Click here to keep up with the latest Goose News: http://wildgoosefestival.org/signup/ All we have are our stories, they weave a legacy of grace and disaster. In this session we will seek to re-frame the stories that make us who we are and find grace amidst the fray. After losing his job, and reflecting on life with the South's most treasured name, Rev. Robert Lee will seek to paint a different picture of how "What was intended for evil, God intended for good."...

Aug 20, 2019•42 min

Waking The Goose with William Barber

Click here to keep up with the latest Goose News: http://wildgoosefestival.org/signup/ Wake Up Wild Goose – Rev. William Barber and special guests bring the Poor People’s Campaign – a National Call for Moral Revival to the Wild Goose. Music that moves us, stories from people on the ground that compel us, and inspired preaching that points our way – calling the Wild Goose to unify in challenging systemic racism, poverty, the war economy, ecological devastation, and our nations distorted morality....

Aug 16, 2019•44 min

Denise Donnell Conversation with Sarah Pressly

Click here to keep up with the latest Goose News: http://wildgoosefestival.org/signup/ Rev. Dr. Denise Donnell is the State Director for the Human Rights Campaign where she spends all her time fighting for equity, equality and inclusion for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Queer (LGBTQ) people. She was educated in the Jackson Public School District in Mississippi. She received an undergraduate degree in English from Jackson State University (1990), a Master of Arts in Secondary Education from the Univers...

Aug 14, 2019•7 min

Want to change the world? A Practical Guide to Getting Elected

Click here to keep up with the latest Goose News: http://wildgoosefestival.org/signup/ Elections matter. Just look at Donald Trump. But before you can change the world, you have to get elected. Political campaigns are not what most people think, but winning campaigns have certain elements in common. There are a few simple, common sense, concepts which work because they’re grounded in real research into human nature – how we perceive the world and how we make decisions. We’ll lay it out for you. ...

Jul 04, 2019•50 min

Bridging Radical Difference

Click here to keep up with the latest Goose News: http://wildgoosefestival.org/signup/ In order to change the world, we must change ourself. This is hard work, especially when we are socialized to be opposed to ideas and politics that might be harmful. Bridging is a chance to cross into new relational space that has the power to fiercely hold the complexities of multi-dimensional people. None of us are single-issue folk who are attempting to do justice work, but oftentimes, we fail to enact rela...

Jul 02, 2019•51 min

Heart and Mind: The Four-Gospel Journey for Radical Transformation

Click here to keep up with the latest Goose News: http://wildgoosefestival.org/signup/ In this session, Alexander will articulate his ground-breaking book on the four gospels, “Heart and Mind.” Of this work, Marc Andrus, Episcopal Bishop of California says, ” In ‘Heart and Mind’ Alexander gives us back our central sacred text–the four gospels–not as conflicted and faulty historical records, but as a vibrant, luminous path of transformation. He reveals ‘The Four-Gospel Journey’ as a living guide,...

Jun 28, 2019•47 min

Barbara Brown Taylor with Stan Mitchell

This episode is sponsored by A New Creation - an organization that guides your community in the faith-filled, accessible, collaborative creation of theological art. Learn more at https://www.hereisanewcreation.com Barbara Brown Taylor is a New York Times best-selling author, college professor, and Episcopal priest. Her first memoir, Leaving Church, won a 2006 Author of the Year award from the Georgia Writers Association. Her last book, Learning to Walk in the Dark, was featured on the cover of T...

Jun 26, 2019•43 min

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