the complexities of being pro-life

Today, our governor signed a bill banning abortion after 6 weeks, modeled after the law in Texas. I gasped as the headline popped up on my phone, and my 12-year-old asked what was up. I explained the bill to him, and he asked if we should be glad about that, since we value all life. …

Amanda Hood (Episode 18)

Amanda Hood lives in Orange, CA and works as a Case Manager and Benefits Specialist for a homeless outreach services agency. She grew up in a small town in Louisiana, and we talk about what that was like and how her worldview has changed as her exposure to diversity expanded. Amanda gives us some great insights …

Zach Scott (Episode 17)

CONTENT WARNING: Suicidal ideation Zach Scott recently moved from Arkansas to Las Vegas, NV with his husband.  He is the Head of Sales and Customer Success for The Dental A Team, a dental consulting company whose main goal is to increase profits, improve systems, and better everyone's involved in dental practices.   On this episode, we talk …

Christianity, Culture, and Community: Embracing Nuance and Moving the Needle Forward (Episode 16)

On this third and final episode of this series, April is joined by Jamie Corbin, Ben Cremer, Kelly Holder, and Elicia Zahm as they finish their discussion about equity versus equality, how people are created equal AND created in God’s image, the dueling theologies of the Constitution and the Bible, how this is anti-CRT rhetoric …

Christianity, Culture, and Community: Why the Words We Use Matter and Knowing Real History is Key (Episode 15)

On this second episode of this series, April is joined by Jamie Corbin, Ben Cremer, Kelly Holder, and Elicia Zahm as they pick up the conversation discussing the Christian voice that’s driving anti-CRT rhetoric and our personal struggles with church right now. Ben takes us to church as he shares about Jesus’ first sermon, the …

The Pretense of Protection: Another Layer of Privilege

I drove by the mall yesterday for the first time since a man opened fire, killing two people, injuring four more, and sustaining gunfire injuries which ultimately ended his own life. I prayed as I drove by: for the people impacted by this tragedy, for their families, for our community. The day it happened, I …

The Inefficiency of Love: Maintaining Humility and Curiosity as White Allies (Bonus Episode)

After episode 14, we received quite a bit of feedback, most of it positive, but some of it was critical. The main complaint we got was that we should not have addressed Critical Race Theory without a Black person on the panel. In this episode, Jamie Corbin and April discuss how they responded to the …

Honoring History Education and Addressing the Impact of Anti-CRT Rhetoric on Schools and Communities (Episode 14)

On this episode, April is joined by Jamie Corbin, Ben Cremer, Kelly Holder, and Elicia Zahm as they discuss Critical Race Theory through the lens of education, community, and faith. They also talk about power: who has it, who doesn’t, and why. This is the first episode in a series of 3 with this group …

Is God good all the time?

If God is “good” and “faithful” and “hears us” when someone recovers from sickness, what does that mean about God when they don’t recover? What does it mean about God when an 11-year-old dies of cancer? What does it mean when a vaccinated couple in their seventies dies of COVID-19 in the same week? What …

Kate King (Episode 11)

Kate King lives in a suburb just outside of Minneapolis with her husband of 12 years where she has been homeschooling her three kids ages 10, 9 and 6. She has spent the last couple of years writing about the unraveling of the Christianity she always called home, and now hopes to share her stories …