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Healing Our Original Wounds

October 11th, 2021|0 Comments

This month's podcast features Elaine Heath, Academy faculty, Upper Room Books author, and so much more. Elaine’s scholarly work is interdisciplinary, integrating pastoral, biblical, and spiritual theology in ways that bridge the gap between

The Embodied Spiritual Life

September 13th, 2021|0 Comments

The Academy Podcast is back with a new episode and new host. We are delighted to welcome Shalom Agtarap, alum of Two-Year Academy #29 and member of multiple Academy leadership teams, as our new

Conversation with Christopher Carter

April 12th, 2021|0 Comments

Today’s conversation features Christopher Carter, Assistant Professor and Assistant Chair & Department Diversity Officer in Theology and Religious Studies at the University of San Diego. Christopher Carter’s teaching and research focuses on philosophical and

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Conversation with Jenny Booth Potter

March 5th, 2021|0 Comments

In this episode, our host, Claire, is joined by Jenny Booth Potter. Jenny is the Co-Host and Producer of The Next Question, a video-based web-series devoted to expanding the imagination for racial justice. In

Conversation with Cole Arthur Riley

February 7th, 2021|0 Comments

In this episode, we’re joined by Cole Arthur Riley, who is a writer, speaker, and liturgist. She currently serves as the Content and Spiritual Formation Manager for a Center for Christian Studies at Cornell

Conversation with Safiyah Fosua

January 11th, 2021|0 Comments

In this episode, we’re joined by Safiyah Fosua, beloved Academy faculty and one of our four renowned teachers for our new one-year online offering, Spiritual Formation in Today’s World, that begins February 25, 2021. Claire's

Best of 2020

December 13th, 2020|0 Comments

December's episode is a compilation of the best moments of 2020 from Claire's podcast conversations with Lisa Yebuah, Dan Wolpert, Ben Boswell, Amos Disasa, Frank Rogers, M Barclay, Lanecia Rouse, and Amy Stroup. Of course,

Conversation with Luther Smith

November 9th, 2020|0 Comments

Today’s conversation features Luther Smith, who is an ordained elder in the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, longtime Academy faculty person, and a member of The Academy Advisory Board. Luther spent 35 years of his

Conversation with Rev. M Barclay

October 12th, 2020|0 Comments

Today, we’re joined by Rev. M. Barclay who is the co-founder and executive director of enfleshed, a nonprofit creating and facilitating resources of spiritual nourishment for collective liberation. M is passionate about bringing fresh

Conversation with Lanecia Rouse

September 14th, 2020|0 Comments

In this episode, Claire is joined by Lanecia Rouse Tinsley who is a multidisciplinary visual artist based in Houston, TX, and the owner/creator of LAR Art Studio. Lanecia's portfolio includes a range of work

A Conversation with Amos Disasa

August 10th, 2020|0 Comments

Today's conversation is with Amos Disasa, senior pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Dallas, TX. The conversation, recorded at the end of June, is deep and wide, intense and honest, vulnerable and, at times,

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