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Brew Theology exists to brew theology and create interfaith communities through healthy, meaningful and eclectic dialogue in pubs. www.brewtheology.org

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Thursday Jan 25, 2024

EPISODE 200 - Ryan and Janel Look Back!

Thursday Jan 25, 2024

Can you believe it?! EPISODE 200!!!

What a journey it's been. In this episode Ryan and Janel will reflect on this amazing journey and bring back some clips from some of our favorite voices and laughs! You'll hear Dr. Pam Eisenbaum, Rabbi Steven Booth-Nadav, Rev. Diana Thompson, and Dr. Tink Tinker. We had a ton of fun putting this together and hope you enjoy it.

Also, if you have great memories from the podcast, please let us know! BIG shout out to Raf Zayas in Estonia! We'd love to share some of your thoughts on the podcast. And, if you have a topic you'd like to chat about, let us know!

Cheers!

Dr. Pam Eisenbaum - Paul Was Not a Christian

Dr. Tink Tinker - Missionary Conquest: The Gospel and Native American Cultural Genocide

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If you are a fan of any of our Brew Theology shows, give this episode a share on the interwebs, rate Brew Theology on iTunes and give BT a brewtastic review! Head over to the Brew Theology website, www.brewtheology.org to learn more, and/or become a local partner, sponsor and financial contributor. Questions & inquiries about Brew Theology, the alliance/network, Denver community or podcast, contact Ryan Miller: ryan@brewtheology.org &/or janel@brewtheology.org

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Wednesday Jan 17, 2024

Replay of Episode 135 - Aletruist 2019 - Dr. Ved Nanda, Dilpreet Jammu, and Rev. Diana Thompson

Wednesday Jan 17, 2024

This is a replay of the conversation between Dr. Ved Nanda, Dilpreet Jammu, and Rev. Diana Thompson at our 2019 Aletruist Event, in memorial of Dr. Ved Nanda.

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Dr. Ved Prakash Nanda was a leader in the interfaith community in Denver. He was a distinguished lawyer and worked for peace around the world. He was a survivor of the partition of India and has worked ever since for peace for all people. He was a practicing Hindu and joined us for our Aletruist event in 2019. In honor of Dr. Nanda, we are replaying his presentation on Hinduism, brief as it is. We are also replaying Episode 135 - as he was on a panel talking about religion and life.

We hope you enjoy this memorial presentation. We encourage you to read more about Dr. Nanda and his life's work.

Obituary: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/ved-nanda-obituary?id=54026874

Tribute in the Denver Post: https://www.denverpost.com/2024/01/07/ved-nanda-death-peace-university-of-denver-post/

Message from DU: https://www.du.edu/news/honoring-emeritus-professor-ved-nanda

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The finale - ALEtruist - Part 4 (Sikhism, Buddhism & Hinduism continued... )

What happens when faith leaders from the world’s 6 prominent religions come together for a day? Brew Theology presents, “ALEtruist!”

Altruist: noun. a person unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare

Aletruist: noun. a happier person unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others while drinking beer

Back in May, Denver Brew Theology put on an amazing 5 hour Interfaith Community event with a Cause over Craft beer!

This podcast (Episode 135) is part 4 of 4 - Hinduism (Ved Nanda), Buddhism (Diana Thompson), & Dilpreet Jammu (Sikhism) during a panel Q & A. Here's more 411 along with the entire schedule, below...

COMMUNITY?
- A 5 hour event with Jewish, Sikh, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist & Christian faith leaders cranking out altruistic content!
- Interactive Q & A panels with the speakers and participants engaging with the content.
- Brewing up heathy conversations with new friends across the faith-religious spectrum while sipping on local craft beer. I mean... What could be better?

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Wednesday Jan 17, 2024

Episode 199 - Memorial to Dr. Ved Nanda

Wednesday Jan 17, 2024

We hope you enjoy this memorial presentation. We encourage you to read more about Dr. Nanda and his life's work.

Obituary: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/ved-nanda-obituary?id=54026874

Tribute in the Denver Post: https://www.denverpost.com/2024/01/07/ved-nanda-death-peace-university-of-denver-post/

Message from DU: https://www.du.edu/news/honoring-emeritus-professor-ved-nanda

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Thursday Dec 14, 2023

Episode 198 - Keegan Osinski and Alexa Oord - Why the Nazarenes Should Be LGBTQ+ Affirming

Thursday Dec 14, 2023

Join for the last episode of this season as we talk with Keegan Osinski and Alexa Oord about the Church of the Nazarene becoming LGBTQ+ affirming. Keegan, Alexa, and Janel will share what the challenges facing the denomination around this issue. If you have faced this issue in your own tradition, you will likely resonate with this conversation.

This discussion is centered around the book Why the Church of the Nazarene Should Be Fully LGBTQ+ Affirming by Tom and Alexa Oord. This volume contains 90+ essays from Nazarenes and ex-Nazarenes sharing their experiences around LGTBQ+ issues. You can get your copy here: https://a.co/d/8jjYngi

Keegan Osinski is a member of the Church of the Nazarene and is a librarian at the Vanderbilt Divinity Library. Her interests include ritual theory and sacramental theology and facilitating knowledge-sharing between scholars and clergy in new and creative ways. She is the author of Queering Wesley, Queering the Church. You can learn more about her here: https://keeganosinski.com/

Alexa Oord (she/they) was raised in the Church of the Nazarene. They are the Associate Director of Administration & Special Projects in University Life. They previously worked as the Administrative Assistant for Undergraduate Student Life in Columbia College and Columbia Engineering. Alexa holds a B.A. in Philosophy from Harvard University and an M.A. in Gender/Cultural Studies from Simmons University. She spends her free time listening to science-fiction audiobooks while working on her latest crochet, embroidery, or sewing project.

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If you are new to the LGBTQ+ discussion or want to learn more about the Biblical and theological issues, check out Changing Our Mind by David Gushee. This comprehensive and accessible volume is a great entry into the discussion. Dr. Gushee gives a thorough review of the issue and encourages to be kind and compassionate no matter where we land in the discussion.

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Thursday Dec 07, 2023

Episode 197 - Existential Grief with Rev. Dr. Jason Whitehead

Thursday Dec 07, 2023

Jason Whitehead is back on the Brew Theology podcast. Janel and Ryan talk to him about the intersection of Existentialism and Grief. A pastor, theologian, and therapist, Jason is able to approach these complicated topics with deep knowledge and understanding.

As we walk through days where grief can be found in many places, we’ll explore some of the basic ideas around existentialism, why it matters, and how it might inform our lives together. Join us on this journey as we look into anxiety, death, grief, and what it means to celebrate life.

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Rev. Dr. Jason Whitehead is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, ICF Coach and Presbyterian Minister. He is also a Process Theologian who has shared with us previously and enjoys a good beer.

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Check out Jason from episodes 34 and 35 as he talks about process theology and co-creating along with episode 106 at our Open and Relational Theology Extravaganza LIVE event!)

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Thursday Nov 30, 2023

Episode 196 - The Death of Omnipotence and Birth of Amipotence with Rev. Dr. Thomas Jay Oord

Thursday Nov 30, 2023

Get ready for a fun one! In this 196th episode of the Brew Theology Podcast, Ryan and Janel chat with Dr. Thomas J. Oord on reasons we should stop saying "God is omnipotent." Oord suggests a new word, "Amipotence,"which combines two Latin words ami and potens. The first means “love,” and we find it in words like “amicable,” “amity,” and “amigo.” The second is the Latin word for power or influence, and we find it in “potential” and “potency.” Amipotence is pronounced, “am” (as in “Amsterdam”), with a short “i” (as in “it”), and “po-tence” (similar to “moments”). Oord coined this word to stress the priority of love over power in God. Divine love (ami) comes logically and conceptually prior to divine power (potens). Oord believes that we best understand God in general and divine power in particular if we give love pride of place. Love comes first.

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Thomas Jay Oord is a theologian, philosopher, and scholar of multi-disciplinary studies. He is an award-winning author, and he has written or edited more than thirty books. Oord directs a doctoral program at Northwind Theological Seminary and the Center for Open and Relational Theology. He won the Outstanding Faculty Award twelve times as a full-time professor and now speaks at institutions across the globe. Oord is known for his contributions to research on love, open and relational theology, science and religion, and freedom and relationships for transformation.

Oord was raised on a farm in the small community of Othello, Washington. He attended Northwest Nazarene College and graduated in 1988. After four years in pastoral ministry in Walla Walla, Washington, he attended Nazarene Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri. Upon graduating with a Masters of Divinity, he attended Claremont Graduate University in Southern California. He earned a Masters of Arts in Religion and a Ph.D. at Claremont. While pursuing graduate studies, he was a part-time associate pastor in Bloomington, Ca.

Oord taught philosophy at Eastern Nazarene College for three years. In 2002, he returned to the Northwest to teach at his undergraduate alma mater. He taught at Northwest Nazarene University for sixteen years and served as Senior Research Fellow for the university’s Wesley Center. He is a leading theologian in the Wesleyan, Holiness, and Church of the Nazarene traditions.

Thomas Jay Oord is an ordained elder and speaks often at churches, conferences, and other settings. He serves in various consulting and administrative roles for academic institutions, scholarly projects, and research teams. Oord and his wife, Cheryl, have three daughters, a son-in-law, and two grandchildren.

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Thursday Nov 23, 2023

Episode 195 (Mini) - Wholly Kicks - Santa in the Park

Thursday Nov 23, 2023

On Dec 2, the Fourth Annual Wholly Kicks Santa in the Park event will give away 1000 pair of kicks! We got the pleasure of interviewing Tyg Taylor and learning more about this great event. We wanted to share this beautiful story with you as we start the holiday season. If you'd like to help out, you can donate at whollykicks.org.

Wholly Kicks is a non-profit organization whose presence in Aurora, Colorado, and the Denver Metro area, exists for the purpose of “walking with” those in impoverished areas or those at risk of or, experiencing homelessness. Through the distribution of new shoes and socks, the focus of Wholly Kicks is to mentor and build relationships in “walking with” individuals experiencing economic disparity.

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Tyg”er” Taylor who is the Founder and Executive Director of Wholly Kicks. Tyg founded Wholly Kicks in November 2018 after a curious conversation in an alley with a man wearing a bowtie who reflected with him about what it means to walk in the shoes life has given to you…

Tyg grew up in Steamboat Springs, attended Colorado State University and Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary in the Bay Area, before landing in Monument, CO for 28 years as pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church. During his time in Monument, Tyg spent many years working amongst those experiencing homelessness in Colorado Springs. Tyg’s experiences of visiting homeless camps, hanging out in the park and at low rent motels, learning the systems and culture of homelessness, creating friendships and developing leaders amongst the community of those living outdoors and on the street, led to the vision of moving to North Aurora to work as a street pastor along Colfax, working with other non-profits, and the development of Wholly Kicks. Wholly Kicks asks the question: Who You Walking With?

Tyg loves spending time on the street in North Aurora and East Denver, meeting new faces and kindling relationships with those whom he has met over the years. Tyg’s greatest joy of leading Wholly Kicks is creating leaders right from those experiencing homelessness, to run new shoe events! Tyg sees his life as a mission to Walk With Others: using his heart, his experience and relationships, his truck and resources, his boldness and trust, his limitations and possibilities, to live a life that serves and loves others.

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Thursday Nov 16, 2023

Episode 194 - Engaged Buddhism via Thich Nhat Hanh with Dr. Lisa Pettitt

Thursday Nov 16, 2023

Get ready for some Zen! Janel and Ryan chat with Dr. Lisa Pettitt on this timely episode channeling the late Thich Nhat Hanh's Engaged Buddhism on the 194th BT pod! Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh was a Vietnamese Buddhist monk. He founded the ENGAGED BUDDHISM movement including the School of Youth and Social Service, a grassroots relief organization of 10,000 volunteers based on the Buddhist principles of non-violence and compassionate action.

“In engaged action, you don’t have to die to get your message across. We have to remember that even if our protest is very strong, protesting may not be able to remove the fear, the anger, and the craving in those we are protesting against. Real protest is to help them wake up and take up a new direction. To do that is real action. We can do it by setting an example. You create a community of peace and true solidarity. You consume in a way that protects the planet. You speak and listen in a way that transforms anger and division. You live simply and yet you are happy. This is a radical way of peace making. You embody good health for yourself and for the world and live in such a way that proves a future can be possible.”

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Dr. Lisa Pettitt - Dr. Pettitt has a BA in Psychology with a Theology minor from the College of St. Benedict and a PhD in Developmental Psychology from the University of Denver. Dr. Pettitt was ordained in Vietnamese Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh’s Order of Interbeing in 2011. She is a feminist who has learned about disability and self-advocacy from her sister with Down Syndrome and anti-racism and intersectionality from wise and generous women and men of color. Lisa teaches yoga, volunteers with high school students around topics of environmental activism and positive youth development, and spends time in contemplation and deep listening.

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Wednesday Nov 08, 2023

Episode 193 - MLK: Interfaith Hero with Rev. Dr. Josh Ritter & Sharyl West Loeung

Wednesday Nov 08, 2023

On the 193rd episode of the Brew Theology Podcast, Ryan and Janel chat with Rev. Dr. Josh Ritter and Rev. Sharyl West Loeung about MLK and his Interfaith world. As we honor the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., an ordained baptist minister, and pastor, we remember his work as a civic interfaith leader who collaborated with many from other traditions and faiths such as Dorothy Day, Thich Nhat Hanh, Rabbi Abraham Heschel, Paul Tillich, and Gandhi. Many know Dr. King as the head of the civil rights movement, but fewer know of his significant interfaith friendships and influences that shaped him into the leader that he came to be. Dr. King also championed the practice of nonviolence and nonviolent communication, which he also learned from his interfaith connections.

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Rev. Dr. Josh Ritter, M.Div., Ph.D., is a communication consultant and a trainer and facilitator of public deliberation who focuses on risk mitigation, diversity education, and conflict transformation. He worked in the higher education sector for over 15 years as a chaplain and a teacher of rhetoric, writing, leadership, and public speaking. He is an interfaith activist, a minister of 20 years, a contemplative Christian, and co-founder and co-owner of Kardia House Consulting, LLC. Josh focuses on civic interfaith leadership and religious communication in the public sphere, and his real passion is the practice of engaged contemplative spirituality and reframing the ways we approach religion, justice, communication, and the spiritual imagination. His most recent publication is his co-authored book, Following the Way of Wisdom Jesus, that focuses on communication as a mindfulness practice of generosity.

Sharyl West Loeung is a TEDx speaker, author, consultant, event producer, and social entrepreneur who facilitates spaces of belonging where connection, collaboration, and creativity can flourish. She is co-founder of Kardia House Consulting, a consulting group that seeks to reframe the world through our words, stories, and conversations. Using the framework of Generous Communication, Kardia House offers communication services - speaking, writing, and publishing - to reframe divisive conversations and bring healing to communities, congregations, and work cultures. When she is not writing, speaking, or appearing as a podcast guest, Sharyl is a Speaker Success Coach at The Big Talk with Tricia Brouk (Brook) and co-producer of The Belief & Belonging Festival. Sharyl is married with two sons and a herd of cats.

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Thursday Nov 02, 2023

Episode 192 - The Divine Intellect Drift with Josh Carney

Thursday Nov 02, 2023

Divine Intellect Drift: Unlocking the Mysteries of Religious Thought in a Post-Christian Age with our guest, Josh Carney!* (or Religious Epistemology in a Post-Christendom Culture)

Ryan and Janel talk to Josh about stages of formation & shifting, William Perry's cognitive scheme, the Authoritative spectrum and more.... Enjoy the goodies!

*Josh Carney is the Chief of Staff for Waco Family Medicine’s Foundation. Before that Josh pastored University Baptist Church in Waco. He has a masters of divinity from Truett Seminary. During his 15 year tenure, attendance declined. He hasn’t written any books. (but he's still a bad ass!)

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