How to Stay Faithful to Jesus in Politics with Lisa Sharon Harper

Today, we’re talking with veteran activist and theologian, the one and only, Lisa Sharon Harper! The conversation covers:

-        Lisa’s journey finding Jesus outside of Whiteness and White evangelicalism

-        The centrality of advocating for political and institutional policy change to our faith in Jesus

-        How respecting the image of God in all people is the starting point for following Jesus to shalom

-        The unavoidable job we have to speak truth, even when it is costly

-        Where Lisa finds her hope and motivation to keep going

-        And after that, we reflect on the interview and then talk all things Springfield, Ohio and Haitian immigrants.

Mentioned on the episode:

-            Lisa’s website, lisasharonharper.com/

-            Lisa’s Instagram and Facebook

-            The Freedom Road Podcast

-            Lisa’s books, Fortune and The Very Good Gospel

-            Make a donation to The Haitian Community Support and Help Center in Springfield, Ohio via PayPal at haitianhelpcenterspringfield@gmail.com.

Credits

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-        Our theme song is “Citizens” by Jon Guerra – listen to the whole song on Spotify.

-        Our podcast art is by Robyn Burgess – follow her and see her other work on Instagram.

-        Editing by Multitude Productions

-        Transcripts by Joyce Ambale and Sy Hoekstra.

-        Production by Sy Hoekstra and our incredible subscribers

Transcript

[An acoustic guitar softly plays six notes in a major scale, the first three ascending and the last three descending, with a keyboard pad playing the tonic in the background. Both fade out as Jonathan Walton says “This is a KTF