The Word As Resistance

The Word As Resistance

“The Word Is Resistance” and its updated version "The Word As Resistance" is a podcast by white anti-racist Christians based on the Christian lectionary, offering an anti-racist Word for other white Christians -- though all are welcome to check it out. Originally a project of SURJ-Faith, the podcast is now lovingly stewarded by the Liberating Lineages Collective as an ongoing resource to help us all get free. Our text work is rooted in collective liberation and committed to dismantling fascist/imperialist, antisemitic, white supremacist, and other harmful readings of these stories. We believe we can tell a different story about what it means to be Christian, a story that is rooted in safety, care, and abundance so that all can flourish. Our traditions were made for these times. They come from these times. So we have resources in our texts, our practices, to help us right now. We can reclaim our stories and re-tell them to nourish our resistance against white supremacy and our work for collective liberation. This work, under both names, "The Word Is Resistance" / "The Word As Resistance" is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

  1. TWAR 4.5.26 Easter: Claiming Jesus, Claiming Each Other

    Mar 30

    TWAR 4.5.26 Easter: Claiming Jesus, Claiming Each Other

    In this Easter episode, join Rev. Liz Kearny, Rev. Anne Dunlap, and Rev. Brigitta Vieyra as they witness Mary Magdalene's grief, and find life-giving currents of intimacy, waiting, agency, and claiming in the movement of this story. Transcript available here: https://bit.ly/TWARepisodes

    1 hr
  2. TWAR 4.3.26 Good Friday: No Kings, No Crucifixions

    Mar 26

    TWAR 4.3.26 Good Friday: No Kings, No Crucifixions

    On this Good Friday, our hearts ache with Jesus and his community as they endure his arrest, interrogation and torture, and execution. Join Rev. Anne Dunlap, Dr. Sharon Fennema, and Rev. Liz Kearny as they keep tearful vigil through the Gospel of John's telling of this grievous story. Transcript available here: https://bit.ly/TWARepisodes

    1h 4m
  3. TWAR 3.29.26 De-Cloaking as Disarmament (Lent 2026)

    Mar 19

    TWAR 3.29.26 De-Cloaking as Disarmament (Lent 2026)

    This week, Jesus-the-organizer and his comrades enact a protest parade in opposition to Rome’s military procession happening on the other side of town, all during the feast of the Passover, when the Jewish people remember God’s liberating acts that brought them out of slavery in Egypt. Join Rev. Liz Kearny, Rev. Anne Dunlap, and Rev. Brigitta Vieyra as they join the crowd in this embodied act of liberation. Transcript available here: https://bit.ly/TWARepisodes

    53 min
  4. TWAR 3.22.26 A Weeping That Unbinds Us (Lent 2026)

    Mar 12

    TWAR 3.22.26 A Weeping That Unbinds Us (Lent 2026)

    This week we encounter yet another passage from John (11:1-45) where water and bodies play a central role, this time the water of tears and the dead body of Lazarus and the grieving bodies of Mary, Martha, Jesus, and the community gathered around them. Join Rev. Anne Dunlap, Rev. Liz Kearny, and Dr. Sharon Fennema as they consider the ways that resurrection and grief are inseparable and how God loves us, our real physical bodies, like water. Transcripts available here: https://bit.ly/TWARepisodes

    59 min
  5. TWAR 3.8.26 Where Every Body Is Met With Dignity (Lent 2026)

    Mar 6

    TWAR 3.8.26 Where Every Body Is Met With Dignity (Lent 2026)

    The 9th chapter of the Gospel of John is full of questions. What kinds of questions continue harm? What kinds of questions will get us free? Join Rev. Liz Kearny, Dr. Sharon Fennema, and Rev. Anne Dunlap as they wrestle with these questions, and wonder together how this story of a blind man receiving his sight can help us build a world where Every. Body. is met with care and dignity. In honor and heartbreak for the life of Nurul Amin Shah Alam. Transcript available here: https://bit.ly/TWARepisodes

    58 min
  6. TWAR 3.1.26 Lineages of Wells and Waters (Lent 2026)

    Feb 26

    TWAR 3.1.26 Lineages of Wells and Waters (Lent 2026)

    In this week's text, Jesus encounters a Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well, and they are both transformed in the course of their rather intimate conversation. Join Dr. Sharon Fennema, Rev. Anne Dunlap, and Rev. Liz Kearny as they navigate the many layers of lineages of Jacob's well and the waters of life. Transcript available here: bit.ly/TWARepisodes

    51 min
  7. TWAR 3.1.26 Conversations of Extravagant Love (Lent 2026)

    Feb 19

    TWAR 3.1.26 Conversations of Extravagant Love (Lent 2026)

    This week we get to eavesdrop on the conversation between Nicodemus and Jesus about what a life moving toward kindom-making looks like. We’re reminded that logos, usually translated as “word,” actually means something more like “conversation,” so here we recognize Jesus/the Conversation-made-flesh doing what Jesus does best - engaging beloveds in deepening their understanding and widening their love. Join Rev. Liz Kearny, Rev. Anne Dunlap, and Dr. Sharon Fennema in this episode that covers everything from word nerdery to camp to oceans of love. Transcript available here: bit.ly/TWARepisodes

    49 min
  8. TWAR 2.22.26 Tempted by The Great Confuser (Lent 2026)

    Feb 16

    TWAR 2.22.26 Tempted by The Great Confuser (Lent 2026)

    We're back! Join us for this special series for Lent 2026, on the gospel texts for Year A. In this episode, Rev. Liz Kearny, Rev. Anne Dunlap, and Dr. Sharon Fennema meet Jesus at the end of his 40 day wilderness journey, famished, not long after he has been baptized by John in the Jordan River, and go deep talking about the Son of God, the "diabolos," and temptations that tear us apart. Transcript available here: https://bit.ly/TWARepisodes

    45 min
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“The Word Is Resistance” and its updated version "The Word As Resistance" is a podcast by white anti-racist Christians based on the Christian lectionary, offering an anti-racist Word for other white Christians -- though all are welcome to check it out. Originally a project of SURJ-Faith, the podcast is now lovingly stewarded by the Liberating Lineages Collective as an ongoing resource to help us all get free. Our text work is rooted in collective liberation and committed to dismantling fascist/imperialist, antisemitic, white supremacist, and other harmful readings of these stories. We believe we can tell a different story about what it means to be Christian, a story that is rooted in safety, care, and abundance so that all can flourish. Our traditions were made for these times. They come from these times. So we have resources in our texts, our practices, to help us right now. We can reclaim our stories and re-tell them to nourish our resistance against white supremacy and our work for collective liberation. This work, under both names, "The Word Is Resistance" / "The Word As Resistance" is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

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  • Creator
    The Word As Resistance
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2026
  • Episodes
    321
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © All rights reserved
  • Show Website
    The Word As Resistance

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