We have a special bonus episode today as we remember one year ago and the Jan 6th (2021) insurrection at the capitol. We’ve asked former guests, friends and colleagues what they remember about this day? What this event meant to them? How they are feeling a year later.
Read MoreCanadian based David Hayward, the artist behind the NakedPastor, joins us for a conversation about how he uses art to illustrate real honest truths about people's experience in the church with spiritual abuse, patriarchy, exclusion, deconstruction and reconstruction of faith.
Read MoreDanielle and I (Maggie) met virtually this week with author, filmmaker, theologian, poet and PhD candidate, Phil Allen Jr. to discuss the themes in his new book Open Wounds: A Story of Racial Tragedy, Trauma and Redemption around the layers of racism, the ways trauma effects us intergenerationally and the difference between reconciliation and solidarity.
Read MoreNotes from our conversation with Trauma Coach Marisa Wandeler about resilience, consent and decolonizing healing practices.
Read MoreWe are filled with sorrow and rage. In the last year, violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders has surged 149% according to a recent article in Time. It is sickening and heartbreaking. The most recent attack gaining national attention happened last week in Atlanta on March 16th, the murder of 8 people, 6 of whom were Asian women in what has still yet to be classified as a hate crime.
Read MoreRev. Dr. Susie Biel and Deanna Gemmer, Director of Community Development and Engagement, of Summit Ave Presbyterian Church on how to engage conversations around the current political climate and the events of Wed Jan 6th, 2021.
Read MoreWe’re more than nine months in to this global pandemic; exhaustion and fatigue are settling in. Uncertainty continues even with the hope of “imminent” vaccines on the horizon… There is still more waiting ahead.
Read MoreIn our second season kick off episode Danielle S. Castillejo chats with Desiree Cadengo and Dr. Kimberly Riley about what schooling in the Pandemic looks like, how families of all shapes and sizes are coping, and offers encouragement to one another and listeners to build community.
Read MoreWe build many memorials to Americans who have died to defend our country, but how will we remember those who have died due to COVID-19?
Read MorePuerto Rican Pastor and leader Melyssa Cordero chats about life and ministry under shelter-in-place and how she believes this time could be like "Streams in the Desert" if we pay attention to what's in front of us.
Read MoreArise Podcast had a chance to connect with three different women who are continuing to lead in their spheres of influence even in the midst of COVID social distancing.
Read MoreHeather Stringer is from Chicago, IL originally. She came out to Seattle to attend graduate school for counseling and psychology. While at the Seattle School she took a theology class that gave her the opportunity to do an art piece rather than a paper and it connected her back to roots in performing arts. She views performing arts as a way to use the body as a place work out concepts in a way that invites the audience to participate. It’s not just a consumeristic experience. This led her to continue to explore performance arts as she began practicing therapy and realized there is something more that she was wanting. It was through a friend’s desire to create an experience for her birthday that led Heather to ritual making.
Read MoreCollege missionary Sandhya Oaks has a job that is built on relationships in this time of social separation. We chat her about her work in reconciliation and the racism that is coming up as a result of COVID. Sandhya gives five practical tips for engaging yourself and others during this time.
Read MoreWhat if this time of shelter in place brings restoration, healing and love to a marriage that was on the path to signing divorce papers?
What if this time of shelter in place is inviting us to become more playful through creativity, wonder and curiosity?
What if this time of shelter in place forces us to stop, breathe, light a candle and rest?
Chris and Beth Bruno and Tracy Johnson of Restoration Counseling in Colorado chat with Maggie and Danielle about how the coronavirus has shifted the mental health field to digital format and how we can look at our past experiences with trauma as a way to inform our current responses to trauma. Check out their resources, both individual and group services at: www.careduringcorona.com
Read MoreThe climate among the nurses are the hospital she works at is this overall sense of deprivation and fear. “And that fear looks different for everybody… it looks like snapping at other people… it looks like lack of empathy towards others… A crass-ness…” It’s very low morale. There are people who are very angry and people who are very tearful.
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