Faith in a Fresh Vibe

Feb 25 2025 87 ep. 41 mins 2
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Season 11. "Farewell Evangelicalism". On decolonizing and deconstructing Christianity towards a wider imagination for collective liberation. With special guests re-imagining liberation and spirituality through a decolonial lens. Hosted by Rohadi, author of "When We Belong". Recording on Treaty 7 lands in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

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Preview: Farewell Evangelicalism: Season 11 – A Serial Podcast

Feb 25 2025 2 mins  
It’s been written that the “scandal of the evangelical mind is that there is no evangelical mind…” A suggestion that evangelicals as a whole don’t stand for anything in particular when it comes to the Christian faith. That’s not to say today’s evangelicals (and conservative Christians in general) don’t have values. Rather, when evangelicals show up, it’s for t

#79 – “Othered”, Navigating Toxic Church Environments to Reclaim Agency, Liberation, and Renewal

Apr 03 2024 57 mins  
The FINAL episode of Season 10 arrives featuring Jenai Auman! Don’t forget to rate the show and share it widely! In this episode…. This conversation revolves around themes explored in Jenai’s book “Othered,” focusing on her experiences navigating toxic church environments and the subsequent journey toward healing and liberation. After introductions, Je

#78 – Beyond Ethnic Loneliness with Prasanta Verma

Mar 06 2024 44 mins  
Prasanta Verma’s debut book, Beyond Ethnic Loneliness, is the topic for our conversation. If you’re not white then you have at some point or another, maybe even recently, have fielded the question, “so what are you?” or “where are you really from?” Trying to fit into community often means assimilating, or giving up a piece of yourself in order to

#77 – How Ableism Fuels Racism with Lamar Hardwick

Feb 14 2024 50 mins  
One of the top books for Christian non-fiction in 2024, Lamar Hardwick joins Rohadi on the show to talk about his latest book and the topic: How Ableism Fuels Racism. This eye opening connection between disability and racism will shift paradigms for listeners. This episode is released as full hour long conversation. We begin the conversation surrounding the historical formation of

#76 – Rohadi with Trey Ferguson on his debut book, Theologizin’ Bigger

Feb 08 2024 48 mins  
Theologizin’ Bigger: Homilies on Living Freely and Loving Wholly. Title pique your interest? Pastor Trey returns to the Faith in a Fresh Vibe podcast for the second time. His first interview was so nice that we had to do it twice. We discuss expanding our imagination around the Bible. Many listeners have grown up in traditions where the treatment of scripture lacks humility.

#75 – T.C. Moore on the Chosen Family and his Book “Forged”

Jan 31 2024 49 mins  
Forged: Following Jesus into a new kind of family. That’s TC Moore’s book title. We talk about what it looks like to redeem the language around family given so many have bad experiences in their own families, and in churches that use that type of language. You may be familiar with it, and how it can be used to harm rather than give life. We unpack what it looks like to

#74 – On Family, Ethnicity & the Sacred Work of Belonging with Tasha Jun

Jan 11 2024 41 mins  
Season 10 continues with a season of authors and their (mostly new) books. Rohadi invites author Tasha Jun to the show to chat about, Tell me the Dream Again. Reflections on Family, Ethnicity & the Sacred Work of Belonging. This episode discusses themes from her book including: The Why behind, Tell me the dream again, and how writing projects span decades to produce. On dissoc

Bonus: Advent 4 – Advent and the Blues

Dec 24 2023 8 mins  
The Blues and Advent Advent is a rhythm of waiting. Waiting for deliverance from a darkness. That can mean different things for each of us meandering through various seasons and life. In the Christian tradition this observance awaits liberation ushered in by a Saviour. This idea, or notion in history, only means something if your faith tradition or worldview ties Jesus’ victo

Bonus: Advent 3 – Peace Makers

Dec 17 2023 11 mins  
Give Peace a Chance? I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately following the violence in Gaza and Israel. What unique thought can I possibly add to the corpus of material and calls to action already online? Nothing really. I also think about how we ought to respond. Thought I suppose this makes an assumption–response. Christians should have a clear direction here. When

Bonus: Advent 2 – Joy from the Margins

Dec 10 2023 6 mins  
I’ve often wondered if noticing beauty is a practice. We often say some folks have, “an eye” for things that strike us as beautiful. I think we all have it. And it’s something we can cultivate–an intention to spot and create beauty. In fact, finding beauty is an act of repair. , This becomes more poignant when it’s finding beauty amidst the rubbl