New Way 1001 New Worshiping Communities

The Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis grew up in activism and stops at nothing to name, reclaim, and live out God's solidarity with the poor and downtrodden. Rev. Liz is the Executive Director of the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, & Social Justice; and the Co-Chair of the Poor People's Campaign, a National Call for Moral Revival. 

In part one of our two-part conversation, Liz tells us why her work sharing God's call to end the abomination of systemic poverty fills her with hope; and why she recommends we let our children see us work for justice, too.

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The Reverend Veronica Cannon is a pastor who also heads up an initiative within the Presbyterian Mission Agency called ⁠Vital Congregations⁠; which helps worshiping communities of every age and stage empower their congregations to renew, recover, and live more fully into faithful discipleship to Jesus Christ.

In part two of our conversation, together we share several stories of how the larger script of our faith and relationship with God and our neighbor enabled us to get out of the way of the Holy Spirit and become new people, following that Spirit into the future.

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The Rev. Veronica Cannon is a pastor who also heads up an initiative within the Presbyterian Mission Agency called Vital Congregations; which helps worshiping communities of every age and stage empower their congregations to renew, recover, and live more fully into faithful discipleship to Jesus Christ.

In part one of our conversation, we discuss what happens when the urgency of the moment in worship demands something different of us than we had prepared for, or anticipated. Veronica walks us through several moments in her ministry when she put aside the plan she had, because she knew the Holy Spirit was driving the agenda.

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The Rev. ⁠Troy Bronsink⁠ is the founder of ⁠The Hive⁠, a center for contemplation art and action. Troy does his work at the intersections of spirituality and leadership. He is an expert, facilitator, and coach who walks the talk of contemplation. In part two, we pick up our conversation talking about the importance of both personal and communal change; and why communities of faith can be good - and complicated - places to do both.

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The Rev. Troy Bronsink is the founder of The Hive, a center for contemplation art and action. Troy does his work at the intersections of spirituality and leadership. He is an expert, facilitator, and coach who walks the talk of contemplation. In part one of our conversation, we discuss trauma: how human beings make sense of and deal with it. We explore the link between individual awareness and human connection, and we talk about what it means to come home to ourselves.

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The Rev. Bethany Peerbolte, known to many as “The TikTok Pastor”, took to the platform because she was so taken aback by the things her flock was not only observing, but absorbing. In part two of our conversation, we discuss spiritual triage and how - and why - she keeps going when the going gets tough.



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