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Welcome to the Why Behind the What where the 'what' can spark a conversation; the 'why' can open up one's soul. In Season Three, we are discovering the Divine all around us, seeing the Spiritual in everything, and hopefully being surprised by the Sacred. Learn more at nathanalbert.com.
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Monday Jul 20, 2020
Monday Jul 20, 2020
In this episode, I interview Megan Westra a pastor from Milwaukee, WI. Megan is the author of the soon-to-be-released book, Born Again and Again: Jesus’ Call to Radical Transformation, and is also the host of The Podluck Podcast.
We have a wonderful conversation about contemplative spiritual practices, leaving behind a rigid, conservative, fundamentalist upbringing, how we can discover the Divine in silence, and ways we can work for the good of all people.
You can learn more about Megan via her website and can connect with her on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.
Other resources mentioned in this podcast episode are: the Enneagram and Walter Bruggeman “Sabbath as Resistance”
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Monday Jul 13, 2020
Monday Jul 13, 2020
Reparations, contemplative prayer, the Good Samaritan, the Choctaw Nation, and the racial history and segregation in Lynchburg, VA are a few of the topics Dan Harrison and I talk about in this episode.
Dan is the third pastor of the infamous Church of the Covenant, which has been a force for racial justice and integration within Lynchburg, contemplation, and creating a community of people who live out the teachings of Jesus since 1954.
In this episode, we talk about our role of dismantling white supremacy, the Good Samaritan, reparations, contemplative prayer, and his journey of moving from a fundamentalist Christian faith to an expansive spiritual life.
Dan mentioned his interview with Quan McLaurin and the LUnderground Railroad GoFundMe Campaign to raise funds for staff who feel racial trauma at the institution and hope to leave Liberty University but are financially unable to do so.
If you want to learn more about Dan and Church of the Covenant, check out the website and you can follow them on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. And maybe someday a TikTok?!?
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Monday Jul 06, 2020
Monday Jul 06, 2020
In this episode, I have the privilege of speaking with Dr. Daniel White Hodge, Professor of Intercultural Communication and Department Chair of the Communication Arts Department at North Park University in Chicago.
He is the author of 5 books, including The Soul of Hip Hop, Heaven Has a Ghetto, Hip Hop’s Hostile Gospel, Homeland Insecurity, and his most recent, Baptized in Dirty Water: Reimagining the Gospel According to Tupac Amaru Shakur. He also hosts the podcast Profane Faith, which I am loving right now!
We talk about systemic racism, the ongoing black experience in our culture, a bit about how the president has changed communication and the presidency, as well as what white people do to screw up this work.
A few resources that Dr. Hodge recommended include Color of Fear Film and White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack. Be sure to check out his website and follow him on Twitter, Linkedin, Facebook.
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Monday Jun 29, 2020
Monday Jun 29, 2020
I’m happy to welcome back Darren Calhoun, who appeared on this podcast in episode eight of season one.
In this episode we continue our conversation around racial justice, the need for intersectionality as we dismantle systemic racism, and his response to living through a pandemic, engaging in protests, and the self-care needed to endure it all.
Darren is a worship leader, a justice advocate, and a photographer based out of the great city of Chicago. He is also a member of the band, The Many, which is creating some beautiful music and resources.
Darren is truly one of the best human beings I have ever met.
For more information about Darren, check out his website. You can also follow him on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Be sure to check out his band, The Many. You can support Darren and his work on Venmo and Cash.App with the handle @heydarren.
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Monday Jun 22, 2020
Monday Jun 22, 2020
Being healed from the leprosy of whiteness.
That, among other things, is what Dave Capozzi and I talk about in this episode. We talk about whiteness, when we've messed up, the importance of shutting up and listening, and checking our motives.
Be sure to follow Dave on Twitter and Instagram. A couple of resources Dave mentions in this episode are The Cross and the Lynching Tree, and Raising White Kids.
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Monday Jun 15, 2020
Monday Jun 15, 2020
What if the answer to the racial segregation within our churches is not diversity, but discipleship? And what if our church’s methods of discipleship have actually contributed to our racial segregation?
In this time of racial violence and protests, what if our role, as white people, is not to become woke, but to become dismantlers, repairers, and reformers?
In this episode, I interview David Swanson, pastor of New Community Covenant Church in the Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago and the author of Rediscipling the White Church: From Cheap Diversity to True Solidarity.
You can learn more about David on his website and follow him on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Resources that David recommends in this episode include: Be the Bridge, White Awake, Trouble I’ve Seen, Roadmap to Reconciliation, Divided by Faith, and every essay and book by James Baldwin.
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Monday Jun 08, 2020
Monday Jun 08, 2020
A metaphor, resources, and a moment of prayer. Let’s get to work.
Podcasts: Code Switch, Existential, Momentum, Pass the Mic, Profane Faith, Speaking of Racism, and White Homework.
Books: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, Just Mercy, How to be an Anti-Racist, Stamped from the Beginning, Antiracist Baby, Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You.
Between the World and Me, We Were Eight Years in Power, The Case for Reparations, The Beautiful Struggle, and The Water Dancer.
The Cross and the Lynchburg Tree and God of the Oppressed.
The Warmth of Other Suns, Slavery by Another Name, The Color of Law, I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness, Tears We Cannot Stop, and Trouble I’ve Seen
White Fragility, White Like Me, Waking up White, White Awake, Raising White Kids, and Rediscipling the White Church.
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Monday Jun 01, 2020
Monday Jun 01, 2020
In this episode, I interview Dr. Steve Dawson, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion at the University of Lynchburg, about the positive impact of meditation and yoga on his life. He introduces us to his personal journey of spiritual awakening through reading ancient texts as well as writing and journaling. Additionally, he shares how essential it is to actually practice contemplative spirituality rather than solely read or write about it. I hope this is a conversation that compels you to practice.
Resources Steve mentioned in this podcast are, The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, The Way of the Pilgrim, and To Know Yourself by Swami Satchidananda.
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Monday May 25, 2020
Monday May 25, 2020
In this episode, I interview Co-Rectors Rev. Dr. Diane Vie and Rev. Todd Vie of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. We discuss what it has been like for them to work together as married Episcopal priests, the power of ancient prayers found in the Book of Common Prayer, and shared how mysterious the Christian faith can and must be.
For me, the conversation was very enlightening and gave me an even greater appreciation for liturgy, the Book of Common Prayer, fixed-hour prayer, and the Episcopal Church. And, we end with a beautiful blessing from Diane that has become one of my all-time favorites.
“Life is short and we don't have much time to gladden the hearts of those with whom we travel. So, be quick to love and make haste to be kind. And the blessing of God Almighty, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit be with you and remain with you always. Amen."
For more information on anything we talked about, Rev. Diane and Todd recommend the following resources and websites as a good starting point: The Book of Common Prayer; The Online Book of Common Prayer; Your Faith, Your Life; Bishop Curry’s Way of Love Podcast; St. Paul’s Episcopal Church; the Episcopal Church.
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Monday May 18, 2020
Monday May 18, 2020
In this episode, I interview Steve Wiens, a spiritual teacher, writer, and pastor who loves helping people reconstruct their faith after their theological foundations have crumbled. He hopes to give people permission to experience new and expansive ways of understanding God, themselves, and the world in which they live.
We discuss his newest book, Shining Like the Sun: Seven Mindful Practices for Rekindling Your Faith, and how we can become more mindful so we might discover the Divine. Be sure to pick up a copy of this book, because it is so good! It’s the book I wish I wrote.
To connect more with Steve, check out his website and be sure to listen to his podcast, This Good Word with Steve Wiens. You can also find him on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook.
Additional resources mentioned in this podcast are: The Transforming Center, Ruth Haley Barton, and the Enneagram.
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