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Refugia Podcast

Episode 26 At School in Community: Ruth Padilla DeBorst on Intentional Christian Community, Resisting the Allure of Empire, and Planetary Gardening

A church of refugia will be one that is introspective enough to admit, to confess, to lament, to recognize that complicity; to seek then to open up to the work of the Spirit to convict of truth and to bring change, to change those hearts…

Debra RienstraOctober 9, 2022

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Episode 25 Houses of the Future: Rabbi Dean Shapiro on Biblical Stories, Renewed Ritual, and Facing Climate Change as Religious Communities

We want to create a shared space and curriculum through which religious leaders from a wide, wide range of wisdoms will produce and share knowledge with one another and train to lead their communities. And this is all rooted in the conviction that we can,…

Debra RienstraOctober 2, 2022

review

Yet More Books for Your Night Table

Here are some recent gems I would commend to you. If you can make it through the serious theology, you’ll get to a couple great novels at the end.

Debra RienstraOctober 1, 2022

Refugia Podcast

Episode 24 The Arc of Movement History: May Boeve on Bridging Refugia through Global Connection, Leveraging Prophetic Speech, and Looking into the Abyss with Faith

So much of the social change we need to make to confront climate change requires community structures, requires people working together to make change. And you can create new structures, and a lot of people do, but there are also a lot of existing structures,…

Debra RienstraSeptember 25, 2022

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Episode 23 Purple Zone Refugia: Leah Schade on Creation Crisis Preaching, the Prophetic Church, and the Trickster Christ

People who are in power want to silence the prophetic voice and the prophetic function of churches. But that is actually one of the reasons the church came into existence in the first place——was to challenge the power structures that victimized and profited and oppressed…

Debra RienstraSeptember 18, 2022

college life spirituality

We’ve Forgotten How to Read

Our brains are altered by swimming in digital media, its allures and distractions. And our lives of continuous partial attention make deep concentration more difficult. We can still do it, but it’s harder.

Debra RienstraSeptember 3, 2022

memoir

At What Point Do I Get Rid of This?

I did not realize that carpet replacement would be a spiritual experience, but it turned out to be a massive exercise in crap management.

Debra RienstraAugust 6, 2022

review

New Wine from The Porter’s Gate: The Climate Vigil Album

With their just-released album, Climate Vigil, The Porter’s Gate aims to help the church wake up to “one of the greatest moral challenges of our time.”

Debra RienstraJuly 23, 2022

cultural commentary politics theology

The Best Story Wins

I want to focus on the power of meaning-making narratives. In the wearying events of the last few years, we’ve seen two tiny little denominations struggle to figure out (once again) what narrative we are living into. Is the future of our denominations a game…

Debra RienstraJuly 9, 2022

Calvin events college life cultural commentary

Lies We Tell Young People

It's a modern day Cinderella trope, isn’t it? The long-suffering, virtuous-and-talented high schooler is visited by a talent agent/scout/special teacher/fairy godperson who provides them with the means to zing through the Dress Ball of Admissions and be whisked off to Handsome Prince University, which of…

Debra RienstraApril 30, 2022

Debra Rienstra

Episode 26 At School in Community: Ruth Padilla DeBorst on Intentional Christian Community, Resisting the Allure of Empire, and Planetary Gardening

Episode 25 Houses of the Future: Rabbi Dean Shapiro on Biblical Stories, Renewed Ritual, and Facing Climate Change as Religious Communities

Yet More Books for Your Night Table

Episode 24 The Arc of Movement History: May Boeve on Bridging Refugia through Global Connection, Leveraging Prophetic Speech, and Looking into the Abyss with Faith

Episode 23 Purple Zone Refugia: Leah Schade on Creation Crisis Preaching, the Prophetic Church, and the Trickster Christ

We’ve Forgotten How to Read

At What Point Do I Get Rid of This?

New Wine from The Porter’s Gate: The Climate Vigil Album

The Best Story Wins

Lies We Tell Young People

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