Drawing on her experience as a clinical psychologist and professor of practical theology, Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes diagnoses whiteness as the hidden wound that lies at the heart of racism and racial injustice.

Award-winning author Diana Butler Bass explores how cultivating lives of gratitude can help us more deeply experience the transformative and subversive reign of God.

A new leading voice in racial justice, Austin Channing Brown offers a compelling look at what the journey towards justice entails in an era of rising racial hostility.

How do we respond to uncertainty? Rather than deny it or simply try to survive it, Rev. Olu Brown, lead Pastor at Impact Church in Atlanta, offers three fundamental truths that can help us embrace uncertainty.

In this moving testimony of her own experience with addiction, Dr. Carlier implores faith leaders to practice vulnerability and brokenness in the church sanctuary so that all may feel welcome in that space.

Activist Shane Claiborne probes what it would look like for the church to rediscover its calling to stand for life and love in the midst of the challenges of poverty and gun violence.

Dr. Du Mez describes her process of studying the history of White evangelicalism for her best-selling book, “Jesus and John Wayne,” and challenges her listeners to dig deeper into and be honest about our own religious histories.

What does it look like to address poverty in ways both faithful and effective? Shawn Duncan, Director of The Lupton Center, reimagines traditional approaches to charity and mission.

Reflecting on protests in Ferguson and the work of Howard Thurman, Gregory Ellison probes questions about identity, vocation, and social justice.

OT scholar Pete Enns shows how the Bible, rather than giving simple answers about faith and life, models for us a process of reimagining the way in which God communes with humanity.

A distinguished womanist biblical interpreter, Dr. Wil Gafney reveals the Bible’s use of masculine and feminine imagery for God and how it invites us to look beyond traditional gender categories.

Dean of the Chapel at Spelman College, Rev. Dr. Neichelle Guidry, asks questions core to our faith and humanity, including why it can be hard set limits, embrace rest, and extend grace to ourselves after failures and mistakes.

In memory of her great-grandmother Leah Ballard who lived in slavery, Lisa Sharon Harper preaches the good news of God's liberation.

Using biological processes of human vision as an analogy, Rev. Dr. José Irizarry lifts up the expansive vision God has for us.

A storyteller and minister, Mihee Kim-Kort reflects on how learning her mother tongue (Korean) opened up new ways of understanding God, culture, and her own vocation.

Researcher and parent Dr. Kara Powell lifts up three questions that teenagers today (and all of us) are asking and provides insights into how church leaders and parents can address these questions.

Old Testament professor Brent Strawn explores how reading Scripture as poetry can transform how we understand its content and function in Christian life.

Through movement and laughter, Rev. Dr. Lewis takes listeners on a journey through the history of liberation through dance and invites them into a dance partnership with God.

In this moving talk, Dr. Mason walks his listeners through a history of what he calls “toxic religion and toxic politics” and then proposes a way to reframe our understanding of religious violence by looking to the eternal kingdom of Jesus.

Therapist and author Hillary McBride illumines how recovering a positive view of our bodies is crucial to self-understanding, empathy for others, and a commitment to justice.

With compelling vulnerability, podcaster and author Mike McHargue de-stigmatizes suicide and calls the church to be on the front lines of addressing the crisis of suicide in our society.

Through reflections on his own fundamentalist upbringing and faith journey, Brian McLaren encourages listeners to continue growing in their faith in a way that allows them to embrace where they have come from and be gentle with their past selves.

Acclaimed journalist Jonathan Merritt explores what it takes to talk about faith in ways that are honest, authentic, and understandable in an increasingly pluralistic society.

Executive Director of the National Plan for Hispanic/Latino Ministry of the UMC, Rev. Dr. Muñoz argues that worship spaces and the way we behave in them have been largely shaped by whiteness and calls for more authentic liturgy in worship.

Author and former youth pastor John Pavlovitz explains why he wishes he would have been more open about his doubts and questions as a pastor.

What does it mean that God calls each of us to life? Latinx practical theologian Patrick Reyes explores the idea of vocation through the lens of the biblical story of Hagar and Ishmael.

Drawing on Barna research and their own marriage, Jeff and André Shinabarger, co-hosts of the podcast Love or Work, ask, “Is it possible to change the world, stay in love, and raise a healthy family?”

Doug Shipman, Founding CEO of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, examines the complex history of racial reconciliation in America and what it looks like to pursue reconciliation at a personal and corporate level.

Old Testament professor Brent Strawn explores how reading Scripture as poetry can transform how we understand its content and function in Christian life.

In his provocative talk, Ted Smith, Professor of Preaching and Ethics at Candler School of Theology, considers how and why we are called to devote our lives to things that do not last.

Bishop Wright challenges his listeners to think of leadership as a “delivery system for love” and provides insights into how to develop the leadership skills necessary to best love our neighbors.

Drawing on the book of Job and his training as an astrophysicist, Paul Wallace reveals how science and faith both bring us face to face with beauty and mystery.

Reflecting on his own experiences growing up in segregated Detroit, Dr. Wallis provides a brief history of racism in the United States and makes an impassioned religious argument against structural racism and White Christian nationalism.

Author Lauren Winner explains how engaging overlooked metaphors for God can open up new avenues for spiritual growth.