Committing Faith in Public
28 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 months ago -The Committing Faith in Public podcast is for people who want to be inspired by individuals and communities of faith doing good work in public. Our guests tell stories of their work to weave a more just, kind, and diversity-inclusive society.
The podcast is produced by the Phillips Seminary Center for Religion in Public Life. Our thanks to the originator of this podcast, Gary Peluso-Verdend, the former executive director of the Center and president emeritus of Phillips.
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Episodes
Interfaith Conversations
September 22, 2023 21:29 - 40 minutes - 440 MBBefore his retirement from Phillips, Gary Peluso-Verdend met with several faith leaders for a series of interfaith conversations. On this episode, Gary talks with the Rev. Barbara Prose, who until recently served at Tulsa, Oklahoma’s All Souls Unitarian Church. Email Kurt Gwartney with your questions, comments, or possible guests for this podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Phillips Student Services Members and Their Journeys
April 13, 2023 10:30 - 21 minutes - 241 MBWhat drives a person to seminary? What makes one choose a life of service and ministry in an everchanging world. Committing Faith in Public host Kurt Gwartney interviews Phillips Theological Seminary Student Services members to get their perspectives on why they chose their journey. This episode, Kurt will interview Cortney Lemke, the Director of Admissions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Committing Faith in Public: Braver Angels
April 28, 2022 12:00 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBIt has become cliché to note that America is highly polarized. Polarization has become something like the weather: something to complain about rather than act on. Braver Angels is an organization dedicated to depolarize America and to revive the spirit of our democracy. One cannot imagine a more important contribution to reviving civic faith of America and in America than helping citizens of opposing views to know each other. Here in Oklahoma, we have a Braver Angels alliance. In this episo...
Committing Faith in Public with Loren Richmond
April 13, 2022 20:50 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MBWhat does one do with the master of divinity degree these days? The answer is not necessarily simple! In this episode of committing faith in public, the Rev. Loren Richmond (MDiv 2013) talks about his journey after seminary. He has been a church pastor, a church planter, a hospital chaplain, and a student in an MBA program specializing in nonprofit management. In this very challenging era for the institutional church, Loren is trying to equip himself and, through his podcast, prepare others...
Committing Faith in Public with Marcia McFee
January 21, 2022 16:56 - 34 minutes - 31.2 MBMarcia McFee, PhD, is one of the speakers and is worship designer for this year’s Remind and Renew, January 25-27, at Phillips Seminary and online. She is a visiting professor at Redlands University where San Francisco Theological Seminary finds its home. With a PhD in Liturgical Studies and Ethics, and related work in cultural anthropology, she brings a rich perspective on the intersection of liturgy, ethics, culture, and both ecclesial and public life. About halfway through the interview,...
Committing Faith in Public with Chelsea Yarborough
January 13, 2022 14:00 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MBThe Rev. Dr. Chelsea Yarborough is one of the speakers this year at Phillips’ Remind and Renew event, January 25-27, in Tulsa and online. She is assistant professor of liturgical studies at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, IL. Dr. Yarborough recently completed her PhD at Vanderbilt Divinity School. She is a professor and minister known for exploring liturgy in the context of black theology and preaching outside the pulpit. In her wide-ranging conversation with Committin...
Committing Faith in Public with Victoria Loorz
January 11, 2022 02:40 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBVictoria Loorz, MDiv, is one of the speakers at this year’s Remind & Renew Conference at Phillips and online, January 25-27. Rev. Loorz is a "wild church pastor," an "eco-spiritual director" and co-founder of several transformation-focused organizations focused on the integration of nature and spirituality. After 20 years as a pastor of indoor churches, she launched the first Church of the Wild, in Ojai CA and began to meet others with the same sense of call to leave building and expand the...
Committing Faith in Public: "Songs of Conscience, Sounds of Freedom"
September 16, 2021 20:20 - 36 minutes - 50.2 MBOn this special edition of Committing Faith in Public, Gary Peluso-Verdend walks and talks with Woody Guthrie Centerexecutive director Deana McCloud through the exhibit, “Songs of Conscience, Sounds of Freedom.” This traveling exhibit debuted in Tulsa and is at the WGC through October 11. Listen as Gary interviews Deana regarding select items from the collection that sweeps from the Revolutionary War to the murder of George Floyd and the commemoration of the Tulsa Race Massacre. Their tour ...
Committing Faith in Public with the Rev. Dr. Annie Lockhart-Gilroy
July 29, 2021 18:44 - 26 minutes - 29.9 MBIn September 2020, Center for Religion in Public Life director Gary Peluso-Verdend interviewed Dr. Lockhart-Gilroy, Assistant Professor of Christian Education and Practical Theology. Besides introducing her work generally, Dr. Lockhart-Gilroy talked about the book which she co-edited and to which she contributed: From Lament to Advocacy: Black Religious Education and Public Ministry. She is also the author of a more recent publication, Nurturing the Sanctified Imagination of Urban Youth. She ...
Committing Faith in Public with the Rev. Dr. Lisa Barnett
July 15, 2021 14:10 - 27 minutes - 37.8 MBOne of the most unfortunate pieces of data from graduate seminary graduating student interviews is which courses graduands wish they had fewer of: history. In this pivotal era of the churches’, the nation’s, and the planet’s lives, there is a great deal of re-imagining and re-telling history happening; and that work directly feeds our current sense of what is necessary today for faithful living. The Rev. Dr. Lisa Barnett, Assistant Professor of American Religious History at Phillips Theolog...
Committing Faith in Public with the Rev. Dr. Charisa Hunter-Crump
June 10, 2021 16:12 - 26 minutes - 30 MB“What were the challenges of doing and being church during a pandemic? How prepared was your congregation? What were the learning curves you embraced? What did you learn about church that you might not have known or that became more or less important? What did you start that you will continue doing?” These are some of the questions host Gary Peluso-Verdend (executive director, Center for Religion in Public Life) asked the Rev. Dr. Charisa Hunter-Crump. Charisa is the pastor of Cairn Christian...
Committing Faith in Public with Lisa Davison
May 03, 2021 22:26 - 25 minutes - 28.9 MBIn October 2020, Center for Religion in Public Life director Gary Peluso-Verdend interviewed Dr. Lisa Davison, the Johnnie Eargle Cadieux Professor of Hebrew Bible and Director of Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Denominational Formation. Dr. Davison joined the Phillips faculty in 2010. Since coming to Tulsa, she has continued her work of teaching in many settings—academy, church, training programs, civic organizations. Her work on the Bible and sexuality, sexual expression, and gender ...
Committing Faith in Public with the Rev. Dr. Lisa Davison
May 03, 2021 22:26 - 25 minutes - 28.9 MBIn October 2020, Center for Religion in Public Life director Gary Peluso-Verdend interviewed Dr. Lisa Davison, the Johnnie Eargle Cadieux Professor of Hebrew Bible and Director of Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Denominational Formation. Dr. Davison joined the Phillips faculty in 2010. Since coming to Tulsa, she has continued her work of teaching in many settings—academy, church, training programs, civic organizations. Her work on the Bible and sexuality, sexual expression, and gender ...
Committing Faith in Public with Cartoonist Marlin Lavanhar
April 23, 2021 14:46 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBMany listeners and readers will know the Rev. Dr. Marlin Lavanhar as the senior pastor of All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Marlin is well-known in Tulsa and, in UU circles far beyond Tulsa, for his preaching, leadership, and for his community work in matters of race and of race and policing. But Marlin is also an amateur cartoonist. His topics range from the religion to the political and social—just the kind of material we love to feature on “Committing Faith in Public.” Gary ...
Committing Faith in Public with Vic Hunter
November 11, 2020 16:35 - 39 minutes - 54.1 MBWhen the Nazi regime essentially nationalized the Christian churches in Germany, making them one of the legitimizing arms of their evil program, some church leaders capitulated and embraced their roles. Others resisted. One of the most famous expressions of that resistance was the Barmen Declaration. The threat of Christian nationalism in the U.S. today has brought renewed attention to the Declaration. In this podcast, Center director Dr. Gary Peluso-Verdend interviews the Rev. Dr. Vic Hunt...
Committing Faith in Public with Russell Cobb
August 17, 2020 19:15 - 34 minutes - 47.1 MBDr. Russell Cobb, currently Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Latin American Studies at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, is a longtime Tulsa who wrote many essays for This Land Press. Some of those essay and other writings are the basis of The Great Oklahoma Swindle, an eye-popping read for anyone interested in what makes Oklahoma the unique and often weird place that it is. Russ’s story ranges from the Black towns to the first Jewish community in Oklahoma in A...
Committing Faith in Public with Chaplain Jacob George
June 03, 2020 19:58 - 37 minutes - 51.4 MBChaplains can be found in all kinds of institutional roles these days, from Tyson Foods to the military and hospitals. The Rev. Dr. Jacob George is the director of pastoral care at Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa. After years in hospice work, he moved into the hospital setting. He is a Clinical Pastoral Education supervisor at the highest level, directs a very religiously-diverse program at Hillcrest, and also directs the congregationally-based CPE program at Phillips Theological Seminary...
Committing Faith in Public with Toby Jenkins
April 18, 2020 22:17 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBCommitting Faith in Public with Toby Jenkins, Oklahomans for Equality Oklahomans for Equality is a state-wide 40-year old organization that seeks equal rights for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) individuals and families through advocacy, education, programs, alliances, and the operation of the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center. It is led by Toby Jenkins. On this edition of Committing Faith in Public, Toby talks about his richly-textured background in conservative circ...
Committing Faith in Public: Talking Reconciliation is Not Enough with the Rev. Robert Turner and the Rev. David Wiggs
February 29, 2020 23:09 - 32 minutes - 22.7 MBCommitting Faith in Public: Talking Reconciliation is Not Enough with the Rev. Robert Turner and the Rev. David Wiggs In this special collaborative edition of the Boston Avenue United Methodist Churchpodcast ASCENDS, its hosts are joined by co-host, Dr. Gary Peluso-Verdend from the Committing Faith in Public podcast. The guests are the Rev. Robert Turner and the Rev. David Wiggs to discuss the relationship between Historic Vernon AME and Boston Avenue UMC and why talking reconciliation is n...
Committing Faith in Public with Jesse Ulrich
January 31, 2020 23:04 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MBCommitting Faith in Public Podcast with Jesse Ulrich What was it like growing up Jewish in Tulsa, attending a nearly all African-American elementary school where one was a dual minority, then having the experience of living in a large Jewish community in Boston before returning to Tulsa? Jesse Ulrich talks about these and other formational experiences that have helped him navigate the boundaries between cultures and develop skills that have been helpful to the places where he was employed ...
Committing Faith in Public Talking Theology and Impeachment
January 21, 2020 23:04 - 40 minutes - 23.1 MBCommitting Faith in Public Talking Theology and Impeachment Sit down with two Phillips faculty to talk about theology and impeachment and what do you get? A half hour of insight, perspective, and something to chew on. Dr. Joe Bessler, the Robert Travis Peake Professor of Theology and acting dean, and Dr. Sarah Morice Brubaker, Associate Professor of Theology, are the guests on this episode of Committing Faith in Public. With host Gary Peluso-Verdend, they provide a stark contrast to Christi...
Committing Faith in Public with State Senator George Young, Sr.
January 10, 2020 22:57 - 40 minutes - 23.1 MBCommitting Faith in Public Podcast with State Senator George Young, Sr. The Rev. Dr. George Young, Sr., is well known to Phillips’ audiences as a double alumnus (master’s and doctoral degrees), adjunct instructor, and former trustee. In addition, we know him as a long-time pastor who cultivated links between the congregations he served and the civic community. When Dr. Young retired from pastoral work, he took up another form of service. He was elected to the Oklahoma State House and then ...
Committing Faith in Public with Aliye Shimi
December 20, 2019 22:47 - 38 minutes - 22.4 MBCommitting Faith in Public Podcast with Aliye Shimi Aliye Shimi is the executive director of Tulsa’s oldest ecumenical/interfaith organization, Tulsa Metropolitan Ministry. In that role, and in the MANY volunteer hours Aliye gives, Aliye is among the fiercest and kindest advocates for justice, dignity, compassion, and basic human decency in Tulsa and everywhere. She lives her Muslim faith, in public, for the sake of a better Tulsa, a better Oklahoma, a better nation, and a better world. In ...
Committing Faith in Public Podcast with the Rev. Clark Frailey
December 12, 2019 22:43 - 29 minutes - 23.8 MBCommitting Faith in Public Podcast with the Rev. Clark Frailey, Public Education Advocate There are not many organizations these days that are able to create coalitions that cross partisan divides. But the Rev. Clark Frailey, pastor of Coffee Creek Church(Southern Baptist) in Edmond, OK, has found a way to do that on the issue of public education in Oklahoma. The Rev. Frailey is one of the founders of Pastors for Oklahoma Kids, which has done excellent work in a short time to keep faith lea...
Committing Faith in Public with the Revs. Marlin Lavanhar and Carlton Pearson
December 05, 2019 22:39 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBCommitting Faith in Public Podcast with the Revs. Marlin Lavanhar and Carlton Pearson When folks from around the country think of religion in Tulsa, they are likely to think about Oral Roberts University, Victory Christian, or Rhema Bible. But many don’t know about All Souls, the largest Church in the Unitarian Universalist Association and a potent progressive spiritual force in public life in Northeast OK. A recent documentary movie, called “American Heretics: The Politics of the Gospel,” ...
Committing Faith in Public with the Rev. Chris Moore
November 22, 2019 22:35 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MBCommitting Faith in Public Podcast with the Rev. Chris Moore A trip to the Southern Border. A nativity display on the church lawn. A chain-link fence. An act of contrition that is misunderstood. A signboard message connecting the words “Jesus” and “Migrant.” How it all became a national story during Advent and Christmas 2018. The Rev. Chris Moore, pastor of Fellowship Congregational Church in Tulsa (United Church of Christ) tells about the church’s public liturgical art display and response...
Committing Religion in Public with the Rev. Dr. Ray Owens
November 15, 2019 22:26 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBWhat leads a congregation to start what became Oklahoma’s first public partnership school, and what has been their experience with the venture? The Rev. Dr. Ray Owens, senior pastor of Metropolitan Baptist Church in Tulsa, addresses these and other matters related to the Greenwood Leadership Academy. Links mentioned in the podcast: The Metcares Foundation, Greenwood Leadership Academy, Metropolitan Baptist Church. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Committing Faith in Public with the Rev. Shannon Fleck
October 31, 2019 15:27 - 31 minutes - 43.7 MBThis is the podcast for people who want to be inspired by individuals and communities of faith doing good work in public. Our guests tell stories of their work to weave a more just, kind, and diversity-inclusive society. Our first guest is the Rev. Shannon Fleck, executive director of the Oklahoma Conference of Churches. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.