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The Openness Of Richard Rice, Part 1

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In this first conversation in a multi part series, I interview Richard Rice, PhD, about his biography and extensive bibliography. We discuss Dr. Rice’s early life, what he learned in graduate school at the University of Chicago, and the early 1980s controversy around the publication of “The Openness of God.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Developing Faith In Adventist Schools

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In this conversation, Ben Archer, an Adjunct Research Fellow at Avondale University, shares about his recently published research on faith engagement in schools. In utilizing a sco

Floyd Of Kinship On Lgbtq Pride And True Conversion

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The president of Seventh day Adventist Kinship International talks about what pride means to him. We discuss how it’s different from the biblical vice of ego and about how some C

Politician Marianne Thieme On Animals & Adventism

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An interview with Marianne Thieme, Dutch political leader, convert to Adventism, and environmental activist. With others, she founded the Party for the Animals in 2009 and was its

Hopeful Director Kyle Portbury On Adventist Movies

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Filmmaker Kyle Portbury talks about his film, The Hopeful, which tells the early Adventist story for any audience. The film premiered on 900 cinema screens across North America. In

The Hopeful Director Kyle Portbury

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Filmmaker Kyle Portbury talks about his film, The Hopeful, which tells the early Adventist story for any audience. The film premieres on 900 cinema screens across North America on

“The Story Of Moses” Netflix Producer

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On March 27, 2024, “Testament: Story of Moses” premiered on Netflix. Spectrum correspondent Kevin McCarty interviews series producer Kelly McPherson about the docudrama approac

Eric Anderson On Ellen White

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Historian and retired university president Eric Anderson discusses next steps after the Ellen White working conference last fall at Pacific Union College. He discusses the meanings

Sex, Love, And Purity Culture Episode 3/3 - Youth Group

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This is the third in a three part series on Sex, Love, and Purity Culture. This episode focuses on next steps in growth and development past Purity Culture. Sofia, Ari, and Kendra

Sex, Love, And Purity Culture Episode 2/3 - Youth Group

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This is the second in a three part series on Sex, Love, and Purity Culture. This episode focuses on the creation of purity culture as well as the history and political ideology beh

Can We Talk About Sex, Love, And Purity Culture?

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This begins a three episode conversation about the history, theology, and personal impact of purity culture. Although rooted in socioreligious mores that pre date the term, purity

From Uganda To Un Judge

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Seventh day Adventist judge Daniel Nsereko has lived a remarkable life: from humble beginnings in a small rural village in Uganda, to the highest levels of international law in The

Pastor Embraces Community Engagement, Church Grows

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Pastor Claval Hunter leads the Berean Transformation Center, a Seventh day Adventist Church in South Bend, Indiana. He shares how engaging his community on social and political iss

Free Hanz!

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I interview Hanz Gutierrez about his retracted theological teaching endorsement by the General Conference’s International Board of Ministerial and Theological Education. Gutierre

From Discrimination To Dedication

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In the gritty neighbourhoods of Sydney, Australia, Nimrod faced the stark challenges of racial discrimination. Battling racial profiling and mistreatment by white law enforcement,

Breaking Church Open

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Elizabth Pule started her career journey aimed at becoming a lawyer, when an unexpected mission call changed her mind. With support from the Ontario Conference she attended Andrews

Iron Claw Director On Family And The Physical

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The Iron Claw (2023) director and writer Sean Durkin talks with Alexander Carpenter about the meaning in his film. In theaters now, the saga of the Von Erich professional wrestling

Celebrating Cultural Complexities

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Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Alex now serves as Sligo Church’’s senior pastor. He came to understand God from among diversities of cultures around him while seeing chur

Disquisitive: Who Gets To Mind God’s Business?

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Growing up in Kenya, Jeanne was confused by God’s calling into pastoral ministry, as she never knew women could be any kind of church leader. With time spent in the USA during he

Ghosts Of Cultural Memories

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Growing up in Washington State, Anthony saw two very different cultural sides to Adventism. With a move to Seattle so his father could pastor a mainly black church, Anthony realize

Destigmatize: Breaking The Glass Box

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Dr. Courtney Ray started her academic career with a double major in theology and psychology, becoming an ordained minister of the Adventist church. She now works as a neuropsycholo

Greg Hoenes On Racism And Creation Care

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Greg Hoenes is a career pastor with more than 25 years of ministry experience in the Central and Southern California Conferences. He became the West Region Director of the Southern

On Stan Brock And Free Healthcare

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I grew up watching Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom TV shows featuring Stan Brock. In this Adventist Voices conversation I talk with Paul Michael Angell, the director of Medicine M

From Rocky Soil: Why Sprout Change?

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The importance of supportive relationships is examined as Andrea shares her struggles growing up Queer. The roles of teachers, parents and pastors all come to play in the developme

Dissonance: Addressing Cultural Vertigo

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Hailing from Eastern Canada, with time spent as a chaplain in Western Canada. Ben now works as the youth pastor at La Sierra University Church. By being connected to and inspired b

Code Red: What Being Difference Means

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Morghin currently teaches high school sciences at an Adventist Academy, where his Queer identity has caused some tension. He brings talents of music and singing to church, school a

Transcendence | The Story Of Ari Bates

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This week on Imago Gei, Kendra Arsenault interviews Ari Bates, a transgender woman currently studying and employed at Southern Adventist University. After publicly coming out as tr

The Openness Of Richard Rice, Part 1

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In this first conversation in a multi part series, I interview Richard Rice, PhD, about his biography and extensive bibliography. We discuss Dr. Rice’s early life, what he learne

The Lgbtq Experience

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On this episode of Imago Gei, a multitude of LGBTQ voices share their stories of struggle, triumph and faith, along with their complicated relationship with the church. Understandi

The Community Of Richard Rice

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Here is part 2 of our series exploring Dr. Richard Rice’s books and biography. In this Dr. Rice talks about how he came to write Adventism’s first serious theology textbook, Th

Saying No To Homophobia | Matthew Korpman

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Imago Gei is an affirmation of dignity for LGBTQ members, a declaration that we too are imago dei, or made in the image of God. On this episode, Kendra Arsenault interviews Matthew

Pastor Golovenko On Ukraine

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Pastor Alex Golovenko was born in Ukraine and leads the Windsor Seventh day Adventist church in Canada. He shares how the Russian invasion is affecting his own family and the large

On Ukraine With Charles Scriven And Ron Osborn

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Troubled by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Charles Scriven and Ron Osborn discuss violence, moral deflation, and the responsibility to protect. Both have published books explorin

Lgbtq Discrimination And Title Ix

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Civil rights attorney Amanda Ghannam and Kendra Arsenault discuss why LGBTQ Discrimination at religious institutions is legal unfortunately. Prosecution of LGBTQ discrimination cas

King David Bisexual? Sodom And Gomorrah Gay?

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Was David bisexual? Is Sodom and Gomorrah really a reference to homosexuality or something else? On this episode of Imago Gei, Kendra Arsenault talks with Matthew Korpman about his

Is It Safe To Come Out?

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Kendra Arsenault, Spectrum Magazine and SDA Kinship have come together to bring you the premiere episode of Imago Gei where we share the latest on queer theology, stories, and a mi

Imago Gei

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This two minute clip provides an introduction for a new podcast partnership between Spectrum and SDA Kinship, produced by Kendra Arseneaux. The first episode drops soon.See omnystu

Brazil, Bangladesh, Berrien Springs

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I talk with Agnes and Carine, two media savvy Brazilians who served a missionaries in Bangladesh and now spend time learning and traveling in America. We discuss how they met, the

28 Black Adventist History Questions Part 2

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Back for a second round, Benjamin Baker, PhD, covers the 20th century of Black Adventist history including the cultural and spiritual meaning of Oakwood University, the origins and

28 Black Adventist History Questions Part 1

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I ask Dr. Benjamin Baker some common questions about Black Adventist history including: Why do some Adventists think Ellen White was Black? Was Sojourner Truth an Adventist? Did Ad

What Is Family? Pride Edition

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Happy Pride month everyone, today, I have Chaplain and Spiritual Care Provider Roxan Del Valle. In honor of pride month, I want to talk about what is family. There is often controv

Valentine On Siegfried Horn

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In our third conversation on the three main figures in Gil Valentine's Ostriches and Canaries: Coping with Change in Adventist 1966 1979, we focus on Siegfried H. Horn, influential

Trans-Woman | Struggle And Triumph

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On this episode of Imago Gei, Randi Robertson discusses her journey as a trans woman married to her college sweetheart and working as an Air Force pilot for 22 years as well as an

The Theodicy Of Richard Rice

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Concluding our tripartite conversation through Dr. Richard Rice’s intellectual and publishing history, in this third episode we discuss his 2014 book Suffering and the Search for

The Power Of Personal Story And Counternarrative In Reflective Theology

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On this LGBTQ Podcast, Dr. Melodie Roschman discusses her dissertation, "Identity, Counternarrative, and Community in Progressive Christian Women's Memoir," with Kendra Arsenault o

The Dangers Of Deconstruction

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This week on Imago Gei, we are talking about the importance of the "box," as well as the dangers of deconstruction, especially when done in isolation. Imago Gei is a podcast dedica

The Bible & Lgbtq Adventists (Pt. 2) Pastor Alicia Johnston

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Welcome back to Imago Gei, a podcast dedicated to the value of Imago Dei, because equality and dignity are what we impart when I see the image of God in each other. This week, host

The Bible & Lgbtq Adventists (Pr. Alicia Johnston)

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Welcome back to Imago Gei, a podcast dedicated to the value of Imago Dei, meaning we are all deserving of dignity because we are all made in the image of God. This week I am excite

The Androgyny Of Christ

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This week we are making space to hear Nathon Hilton’s story of being disfellowshipped at his church due to the affirmation of himself and other gay Christians. We also discuss hi

Superstition, Intuition, Or Something Else?

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On Imago Gei Halloween Special we discuss superstition and the ways it shows up in our spirituality. How do we integrate our encounters with coincidence, intuition, and bad energy

Spooky Encounters

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This Halloween, we’re talking about spooky encounters and experiences that could be classified as supernatural. How do we determine what’s real, what’s not, and what might be