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Sandhya Jha: The Sacred Work of Justice
Sound of the Genuine
05/05/23 • 27 min
This week Dr. Reyes talks to Rev. Sandhya Jha about their multiracial, interfaith upbringing, which is deeply rooted in both a love of Jesus and the fight against injustice. Their work in politics, the church, and non-profits is where they find community, inextricably tied up with the sacred.
Sandhya Jha (they/them) is an anti-oppression consultant who particularly loves helping organizations get diversity, equity, and inclusion teams off the ground. Sandhya is the founder and former executive director of the Oakland Peace Center, a collective of 40 organizations working to create equity, access, and dignity as the means of creating peace in Oakland and the Bay Area. An ordained pastor with a master’s in public policy, Sandhya is comfortable in the pulpit, on the picket line, or hanging out with friends and friends-to-be over a good cup of tea and a good story. Sandhya’s fifth book with Chalice Press, Rebels, Despots, and Saints, is now available where books are sold.
Portrait Illustration by: Triyas
Music by: @siryalibeats
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Montague Williams: Living Ministry
Sound of the Genuine
04/28/23 • 36 min
This week, Dr. Patrick Reyes talks with Rev. Dr. Montague Williams. He recounts his early life navigating Chicago and serving as a cultural translator for his immigrant family. Steeped in church life as the child of a pastor, he didn’t always think ministry was in his future but always felt a deep sense of who God is and what is possible through prayer and connecting theology with people's lived experience.
Montague Williams is an ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene and has served in congregational, non-profit, and educational ministry over the past 15 years. His doctoral research offers an ecclesiological proposal that takes seriously the experiences and pastoral needs of youth and young adults in multiracial and multicultural ministry contexts. He has written articles and chapters for several publications and regularly speaks at conferences and retreats about the church's presence and engagement with society. His latest book, Church in Color: Youth Ministry, Race, and the Theology of Martin Luther King, Jr. is available wherever books are sold.
Portrait Illustration by: Triyas
Music by: @siryalibeats
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Michaela O'Donnell: Contexts and Constraints: Integrating Life, Work, and Faith
Sound of the Genuine
03/08/23 • 28 min
This week, Dr. Reyes talks with Dr. Michaela O’Donnell about her journey from a small town in the Midwest, through the American South, out to Los Angeles, then returning home to the people and places that nurtured her. The foundational love of family coupled with extensive wandering allowed Michaela to find new experiences and perspectives that she carries with her in both family and work life.
Michaela’s current work as executive director of the Max De Pree Center for Leadership at Fuller Theological Seminary allows her to help leaders across industries think about how they can show up in their work in ways that graft onto God’s redemptive mission in the world. She believes that spiritually formed leaders can and do change the world. Michaela is the author of Make Work Matter: Your Guide to Meaningful Work in a Changing World.
Portrait Illustration by: Triyas
Music by: @siryalibeats
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Cole Arthur Riley: The Call to Write
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03/03/23 • 29 min
To kick off season four of the Sound of the Genuine, Dr. Patrick B. Reyes has a conversation with Cole Arthur Riley. She talks about being a shy, often non-verbal child and how her love of words, nurtured by her family, helped her express herself as a writer at a very young age.
Cole currently serves as the spiritual teacher in residence with Cornell University’s Office of Spirituality and Meaning Making. She is also the creator of Black Liturgies, a space that integrates spiritual practice with Black emotion. Her debut book, This Here Flesh is a New York Times bestseller and available wherever books are sold.
Portrait Illustration by: Triyas
Music by: @siryalibeats
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Puanani Calvillo: Moving Toward Possibility
Sound of the Genuine
12/16/22 • 27 min
In this special episode, Rose J. Percy speaks with Puanani Rosario Poti Calvillo from a live recording at FTE’s Christian Leadership Forum. Puanani talks about her identity as a partner, teacher, mother, and spiritual director and how wearing a lot of different hats helps her connect with people. She lives out her call and ministry by creating spaces for BIPOC folx to lean into the wisdom of their own bodies.
Puanani is a proud Samoan Ilocana from Southern California. She is a spiritual director, facilitator, educator and weight lifter. She is a former elementary school teacher and co-led El Puente Community Church with her husband Jonathan in their beloved city of Santa Ana, a bilingual neighborhood ministry centered on healing, mentorship, accompaniment and community care. You can find out more about Puanani’s spiritual practice at puananirosario.com.
Rose J. Percy is a womanist theopoet whose work engages theologies of imagination, critical pedagogy, and Black literature to birth spaces for rest, belonging, and community care. She is the creator and host of the podcast, Dear Soft Black Woman.
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K. Monet Rice-Jalloh: Heeding the Inner Call
Sound of the Genuine
12/09/22 • 37 min
This week, Dr. Reyes talks to Rev. Dr. K. Monet Rice-Jalloh about her early call as a young girl in a context that did not affirm women in ministry. She recounts tales of skipping school to go to church and then later to audit classes in religion and theology at the local college. Her fascination with deep questions and her compassion are a natural fit for ministering to and with students and the academic community she serves.
K. Monet is an associate university chaplain at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC. She is also vice president of the Association for Chaplaincy and Spiritual Life in Higher Education (ACSLHE) and an ordained minister in the Baptist tradition.
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Music by: @siryalibeats
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Kate Ott: Theology at Work in the World
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11/11/22 • 47 min
Dr. Reyes and Dr. Kate Ott discuss her Catholic upbringing in a tight-knit community in the Midwest, her inherent love of learning, and her deep desire to do good in the world. She talks about being fueled by relationships and how her call manifests in creating moments to help the next generation figure out how religion fits into their daily lives and vocation through her writing, advocacy, and teaching.
Kate Ott is a Christian social ethicist addressing the formation of moral communities with specializations in technology, sexuality, youth and young adults, pedagogy, and professional ethics. Her newest book is Sex, Tech, and Faith: Christian Ethics in a Digital Age (2022).
Kate was recently appointed as the Jerre and Mary Joy Stead Professor of Christian Social Ethics and is director of the Stead Center on Ethics and Values at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, IL.
Instagram: @kates_take
Twitter: @kates_take
Vector Illustration: ReAl_wpap
Music by: @siryalibeats
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Anthony Ramos: Manifesting a Faith Journey Through Music
Sound of the Genuine
11/04/22 • 23 min
This week, Anthony Ramos joins Dr. Reyes for a conversation about his early years searching for direction and meaning in his life and how role models set him on a faith journey where he learned to trust God’s plan for him. Anthony uses hip-hop as a platform to share his life and faith experiences with the young adults he teaches and mentors.
Anthony “A-Ram” Ramos is a Philadelphia native of Puerto Rican descent. He is the project director at Esperanza Inc. and an adjunct professor at Esperanza College of Eastern University.
Instagram: @a.ram_official
Twitter: @ARam_Official_
The songs from this episode, "So Close" and "Can't Deny," can be found on all streaming platforms and for sale on iTunes and Amazon.
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Kathryn House: Learning and Unlearning in Community
Sound of the Genuine
10/28/22 • 27 min
In this episode, Dr. Kathryn House joins Dr. Reyes to talk about her childhood in the foothills of North Carolina, where her deep love for the church led to a call to ministry as a young person. She credits the faithful voices of friends and mentors who challenged and affirmed her to recognize her gifts in ministry and teaching.
Kathryn is a theologian and Baptist pastor who calls Louisville, KY home, by way of Boston, MA, and Morganton, NC. Her research interests include white evangelical purity culture, anti-racist theology, trauma and theology, theologies of vocation, religious leadership, and Baptist theology. Kathryn works to join in the creation of communities committed to deeper liberation and greater flourishing for all.
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Allison Arsenault: The Vocation of Discernment
Sound of the Genuine
05/12/23 • 28 min
This week, Dr. Patrick Reyes talks to FTE’s own Allison Arsenault. The two discuss her nomadic childhood and how she found deep affirmation and a welcoming community within the walls of Presbyterian churches. Allison has spent a lot of her life discerning her own vocation and now uses her experiences to help others do the same.
Allison is an experience design manager at FTE, where she works with programs supporting young adults in discernment and grantee partners. She received her Master of Divinity degree from Emory University’s Candler School of Theology and is currently a candidate for ordination in the Presbyterian Church (USA). She also serves on the alumni board of her alma mater, Millsaps College, and on the board of Memorial Drive Ministries. Allison and her husband live with their daughter and two corgis in Atlanta, Georgia.
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How many episodes does Sound of the Genuine have?
Sound of the Genuine currently has 71 episodes available.
What topics does Sound of the Genuine cover?
The podcast is about Higher Education, Ministry, Leadership, Women, Religion & Spirituality, Podcasts, Self-Improvement, Education, Diversity and Bipoc.
What is the most popular episode on Sound of the Genuine?
The episode title 'Allison Arsenault: The Vocation of Discernment' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Sound of the Genuine?
The average episode length on Sound of the Genuine is 35 minutes.
How often are episodes of Sound of the Genuine released?
Episodes of Sound of the Genuine are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of Sound of the Genuine?
The first episode of Sound of the Genuine was released on May 28, 2021.
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