Chasing Justice

About Chasing Justice

Chasing Justice is your guide to see God's goodness for our world and learn to live justly.

Publisher

Chasing Justice

Category

religion & spirituality · religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 May 2020

Latest episode

15 Apr 2026

Latest episodes

3 of 60 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   15 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT

   We Got Us: Building Unity Across Divides

   What does it really take to build unity across difference, across history, across pain? In this episode of We Got Us, we take you to Chicago's neighborhoods of North Lawndale and South Lawndale (Little Village). These neighborhoods have long been separated not just by a train track, but by decades of disinvestment, segregation, and misunderstanding. In 2020, in the midst of national unrest following the murder of George Floyd, local faith leaders made a different choice. Instead of retreating into their own corners, they stepped toward each other, starting what is now known as the One Lawndale movement. This season is titled, We Got Us: Stories of Faith, Justice and Collective Hope. It is an immersive journey that invites you to witness how neighbors and local leaders are answering a powerful question. How do we acknowledge brokenness and challenge oppression to cultivate and preserve communities so everyone can flourish? Together we'll explore how neighbors are confronting injustice, cultivating resilience, and creating communities where everyone can flourish. This is what it looks like when we say: We Got Us. Are you longing for a space in community to imagine a healed future and strengthen your leadership? Auburn Theological Seminary invites you to the Heal the World Summit 2026, June 22–26 at Zephyr Point in Lake Tahoe. If you are a religious, faith, or emerging leader passionate about building community, bridging divides, pursuing justice, and healing the world, this is for you! Join us for five days of faithful and inspiring programming. Tiered registration rates, scholarships, and more information can be found at auburnseminary.org/heal-the-world-summit (https://auburnseminary.org/heal-the-world-summit). In the Episode Pastah J at Lawndale Christian Community Church Pastor Paco Amador at New Life Community Church La Villita Chicago foundation awards $15 million for construction of two West Side community centers The Next Worship by Sandra Van Opstal Compassion and Kinship: Father Greg Boyle (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipR0kWt1Fkc) Social links https://chasingjustice.com/ IG: @chasingjustice_ YouTube: @chasingjustice_ We have an active Patreon community where you can access more resources. Support Chasing Justice || Patreon: patreon.com/ChasingJustice ||  PayPal: paypal.me/ChasingJustice || Donate: chasingjustice.com/donate Producer, Writer, Host: Roslyn Hernández Sound Engineer: Nasim Bowlus Storytellers: Pastor Jonathan Brooks and Pastor Paco Amador A Chasing Justice Podcast Network Production This podcast season was made possible by the Storytellers Collective, a program of Christians for Social Action. The theme song for this season is We Got Us. It was produced in collaboration with Common Hymnal and the Storyteller's Collective.

2. 

   19 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   We Got Us: Feeding Hope in Hard Times

   When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Chicago's Little Village neighborhood, infection rates soared and thousands of people suddenly struggled to put food on the table. But young people from the neighborhood began showing up. What started as a small church pantry quickly grew into a massive community effort to feed families across the southwest side of
Chicago. In this episode, Ken Alvarado of New Life Centers shares the story of how decades of quiet community work, combined with the courage and leadership of young people during the pandemic, helped create something lasting. Are you longing for a space in community to imagine a healed future and strengthen your leadership? Auburn Theological Seminary invites you to the Heal the World Summit 2026, June 22–26 at Zephyr Point in Lake Tahoe. If you are a religious, faith, or emerging leader passionate about building community, bridging divides, pursuing justice, and healing the world, this is for you! Join us for five days of faithful and inspiring programming. Tiered registration rates, scholarships, and more information can be found at auburnseminary.org/heal-the-world-summit. Producer, Writer, Host: Roslyn Hernández Sound Engineer: Nasim Bowlus Storyteller: Ken Alvarado A Chasing Justice Podcast Network Production This podcast season was made possible by the Storytellers Collective, a program of Christians for Social Action. The theme song for this season is We Got Us. It was produced in collaboration with Common Hymnal and the Storyteller's Collective. Social links
https://chasingjustice.com || Instagram: @chasingjustice_ We have an active Patreon community where you can access more resources. Support Chasing Justice || Patreon: patreon.com/ChasingJustice ||  PayPal: paypal.me/ChasingJustice || Donate: chasingjustice.com/donate

3. 

   4 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   We Got Us: When Borders Divide, Community Holds

   In this episode, Jessica shares the story of her stepfather's decision to self-deport and how that choice reshaped her family's understanding of home, safety, and belonging. What began as fear and uncertainty became a deeper reckoning with how immigration policies impacts generational families and communities. Welcome to our season titled, We Got Us: Stories of Faith, Justice and Collective Hope. This season is an immersive journey that invites you to witness how neighbors and local leaders are answering a powerful question. How do we acknowledge brokenness and challenge oppression to cultivate and preserve communities so everyone can flourish? Together we'll explore how neighbors are confronting injustice, cultivating resilience, and creating communities of collective flourishing. This is what it looks like when we say: We Got Us. Are you longing for a space in community to imagine a healed future and strengthen your leadership? Auburn Theological Seminary invites you to the Heal the World Summit 2026, June 22–26 at Zephyr Point in Lake Tahoe. If you are a religious, faith, or emerging leader passionate about building community, bridging divides, pursuing justice, and healing the world, this is for you! Join us for five days of faithful and inspiring programming. Tiered registration rates, scholarships, and more information can be found at auburnseminary.org/heal-the-world-summit (https://auburnseminary.org/heal-the-world-summit). Producer, Writer, Host: Roslyn Hernández Sound Engineer: Nasim Bowlus Storytellers: Jessica, Elena, and Ari A Chasing Justice Podcast Network Production This podcast season was made possible by the Storytellers Collective, a program of Christians for Social Action. The theme song for this season is We Got Us. It was produced in collaboration with Common Hymnal and the Storyteller's Collective. Social links Instagram: @chasingjustice_ (https://chasingjustice.com/) We have an active Patreon community where you can access more resources. Support Chasing Justice || Patreon: patreon.com/ChasingJustice ||  PayPal: paypal.me/ChasingJustice || Donate: chasingjustice.com/donate

Inside a recent episode

We Got Us: Building Unity Across Divides

Published 15 Apr 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And we ended up at the neighborhood park like a week and a half later. with leaders, young leaders from North Lawndale and South Lawndale eating tacos together and talking. And that sort of unity could not have been brokered without honest conversations and deep sorrow and deep repentance as well, and trying to correct what we had messed up. Face-to-face dialogue around places of tension is countercultural. What we do nowadays is we just spit characters and proof points out over social media and And then say, either you're with me or you're against me. The deep relational work is to remember, first and foremost, that there's a person always on the other end of the argument. […]

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