Love Rinse Repeat

Ep50.3 Seven Last Words: ”Woman, behold, thy son...” with Tau‘alofa Anga‘aelangi

To celebrate 50 episodes of the Love Rinse Repeat podcast, Liam interviewed seven guests about Jesus' seven last words from the cross. Here, Tau'alofa Anga'aelangi discusses the third words "Woman, here is your son... here is your mother". We talk about different cultural experiences of family, how these words shape the way the churches engage intergenerational and intercultural encounters, and resisting obligation with a view to seeing people as gift. Rev Tau'alofa Anga'aelangi is an Ordained Deacon in the Uniting Church in Australia, currently in placement as a Tertiary Chaplain at Charles Sturt University in Port Macquarie. Visit www.loverinserepeat.com/podcast to find more Follow the Show: @RinseRepeatPod Follow me: @liammiller87Music by Fyzex

Ep50.2 Seven Last Words: ”Today, you will be with me...” with Laura Jean Truman

To celebrate 50 episodes of the Love Rinse Repeat podcast, Liam interviewed seven guests about Jesus' seven last words from the cross. Here, Laura Jean Truman discusses Jesus' words to the man next to him on the cross, "today, you will be with me in paradise" and importantly the words of the two criminals preceding this promise. Repentance, solidarity, welcome, and a strange kind of presence are all concepts illuminated and provoked in this most powerful scene. Laura Jean is a queer writer, preacher, and former chaplain living in Atlanta, GA. Originally from New England, she has a BA in Philosophy from the University of New Hampshire and an MDiv from Emory University: Candler School of Theology, with emphases in Hebrew Bible, monasticism, mysticism, and existentialism. She supports her itinerant chaplaining and writing by slinging drinks at a local historic bar in downtown Atlanta! Follow Laura Jean on social media at @laurajeantruma, and become a regular supporter of her work through Patreon! Visit www.loverinserepeat.com/podcast to find more Follow the Show: @RinseRepeatPod Follow me: @liammiller87

Ep50! Seven Last Words with Seven Great Guests

To celebrate 50 episodes of the Love Rinse Repeat podcast, Liam interviewed seven guests about Jesus' seven last words from the cross. Here, Grace Ji-Sun Kim discusses the first words, "Father, forgive them, they do not know what they are doing" in the context of rising anti-Asian racism during the COVID19 pandemic. She reminds us that, as participants in unjust systems we all sin in ways that we do not see, and so all have need of forgiveness.Grace Ji-Sun Kim received her M.Div. from Knox College (University of Toronto) and her Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. She is Professor of Theology at Earlham School of Religion.Kim is the author or editor of 18 books, Reimagining Spirit, Keeping Hope Alive (Orbis Books), Intersectional Theology: An Introductory Guide (Fortress Press) cowritten with Dr. Susan Shaw; Healing Our Broken Humanity, co-written with Graham Hill, The Homebrewed Christianity Guide to the Holy Spirit, Mother Daughter Speak, co-written with Elisabeth Sophia Lee; Planetary Solidarity (Fortress Press) co-edited with Hilda Koster; Intercultural Ministry co-edited with Jann Aldredge-Clanton (Judson Press); Making Peace with the Earth (WCC); Embracing the Other (Eerdmans); Here I Am(Judson Press); Christian Doctrines for Global Gender Justice (Palgrave) co-edited with Jenny Daggers; Theological Reflections on “Gangnam Style” (Palgrave Macmillan) co-written with Joseph Cheah; Contemplations from the Heart (Wipf & Stock); Reimagining with Christian Doctrines co-edited with Jenny Daggers (Palgrave Macmillan); Colonialism, Han and the Transformative Power (Palgrave Macmillan); The Holy Spirit, Chi and the Other (Palgrave Macmillan); and The Grace of Sophia (Pilgrim Press).Englewood Review of Books listed Reimagining Spirit as one of the Best Theology Books of 2019 and Intersectional Theology co-written with Susan Shaw as one of the Best Theology Books of 2018! Healing Our Broken Humanity, co-written with Graham Hill was included in their list of Best Books of 2018 Advent Calendar.Visit www.loverinserepeat.com/podcast to find more Follow the Show: @RinseRepeatPod Follow me: @liammiller87

Ep49. Reading the Bible, Melissa Florer-Bixler and Emmy Kegler

How does one pick up a Bible and start to read it?It’s a deceptively complex question. And in the time of COVID19 when many people are reaching for their Bibles outside of their familiar contexts of a worshipping community, shared liturgy and the proclamation of the word, it’s a question well worth considering.To help us consider it I sat down with two wonderful pastors, authors, and friends of the podcast, Melissa Florer-Bixler and Emmy Kegler. We talk about the questions we bring to scripture and the questions scripture asks of us. I ask about resisting the urge of reading scripture to “come to something” and we discuss how to approach texts that have been used to wound. We cover how the pandemic is re-shaping their ministries and how it feels to have their books turn one.Melissa Florer-Bixler is the pastor of Raleigh Mennonite Church, and a graduate of Duke University and Princeton Theological Seminary. She studied in Kenya, worked on an archaeological dig in Israel, worked as a barmaid in East Oxford, and lived with the L'Arche community in the Pacific Northwest. Now she prefers the Eno River and her raised beds in the Piedmont. She writes as a feminist working to dismantle whiteness, a disposition that emerged from sticking near to Jesus Christ for almost four decades. She is the chair of L'Arche North Carolina. She and her spouse parent their three children in Raleigh, NC. She is the author of, Fire By Night: Finding God in the Pages of the Old Testament, released with Herald Press.More about Melissa: https://www.melissaflorerbixler.com/ Follow on Twitter: @MelissaFloBixEmmy Kegler is a pastor, author, and speaker called to ministry at the margins of the church, especially among LGBTQ+ Christians. She serves as pastor of Grace Lutheran Church in Northeast Minneapolis, a small servant-hearted neighbourhood congregation focused on feeding the hungry and community outreach. Emmy has a Master’s in Divinity from Luther Seminary in Saint Paul, Minn., and is an ordained pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. She was raised in the Episcopal Church and spent some time in evangelical and non-denominational traditions before finding her home in the ELCA. She is a co-leader of the Queer Grace Community, a group of LGBTQ+ Christians in the Twin Cities who meet for worship, Bible study, and fellowship. She is also the founder and editor of the Queer Grace Encyclopedia, a curated collection of online resources around LGBTQ life and faith. She lives in Saint Paul and enjoys biking, board games, books, and spending time with her wife Michelle and their two dogs and cat. Her first book, One Coin Found: How God’s Love Stretches to the Margins, tells her story as a queer Christian called to ordained ministry and how it formed her relationship with Scripture, available with Fortress Press.More about Emmy: http://emmykegler.com/ Follow on Twitter: @emmykeglerFind more of the show here Follow on Twitter: @RinseRepeatPod and @liammiller87Music by Fyzex

Ep48. Doctrine - the what, why, and how; Geoff Thompson

I sat down with Geoff Thompson to talk about his new work, Christian Doctrine: A Guide for the Perplexed (T&T Clark). We talk about the constructive and creative work of doctrine, its role in the church, its range of genres and purposes, the gift it can be in times of conflict and upheaval, the relationship of parts to the whole, and Geoff's excellent proposal of the link between doctrine and the Christian Social Imaginary. Buy the Book.Geoff Thompson is Co-ordinator of Studies of Systematic Theology at Pilgrim Theological College and Associate Professor at the University of Divinity, Melbourne, Australia.Read his blog. Follow Geoff on twitter: @gtsystheolFind more interviews and writingFollow the Show: @RinseRepeatPod // Follow Me: @liammiller87Music by Fyzex

Ep47. Biblical Experiments in Decolonisation, Steve Heinrichs

Is it possible for the exploited and their allies to reclaim the Bible from the dominant powers? I sat down with Steve Heinrichs, Director of Indigenous-Settler Relations for the Mennonite Church Canada, to talk about Unsettling the World: Biblical Experiments in Decolonisation, a volume he edited, out now through Orbis Books. In Unsettling the Word over 60 Indigenous and Settler authors come together to wrestle with Scripture, reimagining ancient texts for reparative futures. With poem, essay, art, proverb, and provocation this is an excellent and essential work. In this episode we discuss Steve's own journey with Scripture and decolonisation, how this work came together, what surprised him in its compilation, how churches in settler-colonial contexts might start hard, but necessary conversations, what his job entails, and much much more. Buy the bookFollow Steve on Twitter: @heinrichs_steve Find more interviews and writingFollow the Show: @RinseRepeatPod // Follow me: @liammiller87 Music by Fyzex This podcast was recorded on Darkinjung Land.

Ep46. Christians for the Abolition of Prisons, Hannah Bowman

I sat down with Hannah Bowman to talk about the Prison Abolition movement and why Christians should get involved. Its a wide-ranging, informative, and impassioned conversation about the reality of prisons, their fundamental flaws, why reform isn't enough, better alternatives which promote responsibility and relational healing, and how churches might get to work. Be sure to check out the Christians for the Abolition of Prisons website for loads of resources, articles, blogs, and FAQs. Hannah Bowman is a layperson in the Diocese of Los Angeles, where she works as a literary agent and serves as a volunteer chaplain in the LA County Jails. The founder of Christians for the Abolition of Prisons, she is pursuing an M.A. in Religious Studies at Mount Saint Mary’s University, Los Angeles. Follow Hannah on twitter: @hannahnpbowman Follow the show: @RinseRepeatPod // Follow me: @liammiller87 More blogs and podcasts Music by Fyzex

Ep45. Remembering Lived Lives, Michael Jimenez

I sat down with Michael Jimenez to talk about his attempt to take the foreignness of history to another level. We engage his book, Remembering Lived Lives: A Historiography from the Underside of Modernity (Cascade, Books, 2017) - and I ask him about "not remembering to forget the past", empathetic reading, Barth's view of history, engaging history through cinema and image, and how history can be seen as resistance. Michael Jimenez (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is an instructor of both history and theology at a number of schools in Southern California, including Azusa Pacific University. He is the author of Karl Barth and the Study of Religious Enlightenment. Buy Remembering Lived Lives Follow Michael on Twitter: @mikeets14 Follow the Show: @RinseRepeatPod // Follow Me: @liammiller87 Find more Music by Fyzex.

Ep44. John‘s Missional Theosis, Michael J. Gorman

I sat down with Michael J. Gorman to discuss his recent book on the Gospel of John, Abide and Go: Missional Theosis in the Gospel of John (Cascade 2018). We talk theosis, participation, spirituality, and mission – and how, in this gospel, these categories are not as separated as we might have thought. Gorman’s work reconfigures our thinking on a lot of topics, from forgiveness of sins, to the formation of community, and the ethic of enemy love.Buy the bookMichael J. Gorman holds the Raymond E. Brown Chair in Biblical Studies and Theology at St. Mary’s Seminary & University in Baltimore, Maryland. He is the author of numerous books, including The Death of the Messiah and the Birth of the New Covenant, Reading Revelation Responsibly, and Reading Paul (all from Cascade), as well as Becoming the Gospel: Paul, Participation, and Mission, and the recent Participating in Christ: Explorations in Paul’s Theology and Spirituality.Find more: www.loverinserepeat.com/podcastFollow the Show: @RinseRepeatPod // Follow Me: @liammiller87Music by Fyzex

Ep43. Discipleship, Michael Mawson

I sat down with Michael Mawson to talk discipleship, suffering, weakness, and the way of the cross. I start by asking if discipleship is inextricably tied to concepts such as these and if so, is being a disciple of Christ something we should wish on anyone... from there we range through a number of related topics and interesting thinkers from M. Shawn Copeland, to Julian of Norwich, Martin Luther to Dietrich Bonhoeffer. And we end with a helpful discussion on how this focus on the weakness of God as the locus of our salvation and basis of our faith shapes how we approach Christian mission and evangelism. If you're interested in exploring these ideas further, Mike is teaching a course with through United Theological College (Charles Sturt University) in Port Macquarie NEXT WEEK (starting Jan 20) which you can audit. To find out more, email joannes@nswact.uca.org.au - If you can't make that but still want to study with Mike, we talk about another course he is teaching in Sydney at the end of the episode. Mike also has some books you should check out: Christ Existing as Community: Bonhoeffer’s Ecclesiology (OUP, 2018); The Freedom of a Christian Ethicist: The Future of a Reformation Legacy, co-edited with Brian Brock (T&T Clark, 2016), and - just-released - The Oxford Handbook of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, co-edited with Philip Ziegler (OUP, 2019). Michael Mawson is Senior Lecturer in Systematic Theology & Ethics at Charles Sturt University teaching at the United Theological College in Sydney. He received his PhD in Theology from the University of Notre Dame, USA. He previously taught for seven years at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland.Follow the show: @RinseRepeatPod // Follow me: @liammiller87 // Find more: www.loverinserepeat.comMusic by Fyzex