...is a podcast that engages the spirit of uncertainty! Drop into the conversation as Eréndira and David embrace the wonderings and wanderings of unraveling colonial dynamics embedded in the institutional Christian systems where we work, gather, and pray.
Diversity vs. Equity and How to Make Church More Wild
In the ninth and final episode of season one, Eréndira and David discuss the drawbacks of making diverse communities ends in themselves, the importance of having identity-specific spaces, and the difference between diversity and equity.
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What we get into:
-what it means for a community to be welcoming (if everyone is welcome is everyone safe?)
-having identity-specific/homogenous spaces
-the limits of diversity as an end in itself
-Erendira’s story about La Casa
-balancing spaces of sameness and difference
-difference between equity and diversity as endgoals
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Some opportunities for learning and growth:
Check out the replay (https://spiritschool.us/learning-liberation) of February's "Zine 101" workshop
Visit our website (www.spiritschool.us) to see what new offerings are coming up!
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Get in touch with us:
Make sure to share your thoughts about the conversation with the voicemail link below!
25 Apr 2023
The Safety and Violence of Whiteness
In episode eight, Eréndira and David discuss the complex forces of whiteness and assimilation in our American context, as well as the way these forces impact the lifelong journey of finding our identities and living into our belovedness.
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What we get into:
-Assimilation and Americanization from an immigrant perspective
-Erendira’s experience of immigration, assimilation, and wrestling with identity
-how whiteness functions as both a protective and violent force
-the journey of wrestling with identity
-responsibility of white leaders in multicultural communities
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Some opportunities for learning and growth:
Check out the replay (https://spiritschool.us/learning-liberation) of February's "Zine 101" workshop
Visit our website (www.spiritschool.us) to see what new offerings are coming up!
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Get in touch with us:
Make sure to share your thoughts about the conversation with the voicemail link below!
18 Apr 2023
The Anti-capitalist Church
In episode seven, Eréndira and David discuss the invitation to the church to embody radical anti-capitalist practices and embody a new kind of community in the world.
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What we get into:
-the ways that churches can embody a radically different kind of community in the world
-inner tensions of pushing against capitalism
-how the church can live into an anticapitalist way of being
-how David and Eréndira have worked through the tensions around money in their relationship
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Some opportunities for learning and growth:
Check out the replay (https://spiritschool.us/learning-liberation) of February's "Zine 101" workshop
Visit our website (www.spiritschool.us) to see what new offerings are coming up!
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Get in touch with us:
Make sure to share your thoughts about the conversation with the voicemail link below!
11 Apr 2023
How Policy Can Unintentionally Uphold White Supremacy
In episode six, Eréndira and David discuss the implications of an Episcopal Church policy that classifies some congregations as parishes (independent organizations) and some congregations as missions (organizations dependent of the diocese), the practical impact it has on communities, and the ways such policies can uphold inequities in our world.
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What we get into:
-a brief explanation of the mission/parish policy
-the centrality of imagination in justice work
-conscious and unconscious ways we reinforce white supremacy though policy
-importance of recognizing how policies impact people differently based on context
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Some opportunities for learning and growth:
Check out the replay (https://spiritschool.us/learning-liberation) of last month's "Zine 101" workshop
Visit our website (www.spiritschool.us) to see what new offerings are coming up!
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Get in touch with us:
Make sure to share your thoughts about the conversation with the voicemail link below!
4 Apr 2023
Breathing into the Mystery
In episode five, Eréndira and David talk about the process of meaning making, especially in religious and spiritual traditions, the promise of open-ended community structures, and the importance of understanding our motivations.
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What we get into:
-breathing and embodiment
-moving away from solutions and towards uncertainty and questions
-universal vs. contextual solutions and ideas
-the complicated web of “why’s” that make up a community
-building systems around openness and open-ended outcomes
-creating community with uncertainty in mind
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Some opportunities for learning and growth:
Check out the replay (https://spiritschool.us/learning-liberation) of last month's "Zine 101" workshop
You can still sign up (https://spiritschool.us/learning-liberation) for the 9-week Zine workshop "What's Your Liberation Story?" led by Eréndira
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Get in touch with us:
Make sure to share your thoughts about the conversation with the voicemail link below!
28 Mar 2023
Finding Hope in Uncertainty
In episode four, Eréndira and David talk about the challenges of being creative in a culture focused on production. They also delve into the dynamics of the spiritual journey, the goal of "making progress," and the invitation to be find hope in non-closure.
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What we get into:
-the joys and challenges of the creative progress
-ways to push back against a culture of productivity and process
-finding opportunities in our lives to sit with sadness/suffering within our selves and other
-holding space for non-closure and the newness that can emerge when we do so
-the challenge of finding hope in the uncertain and recognizing when we are feeling stuck
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Some opportunities for learning and growth:
Check out the replay (https://spiritschool.us/learning-liberation) of last month's "Zine 101" workshop
You can still sign up (https://spiritschool.us/learning-liberation) for the 9-week Zine workshop "What's Your Liberation Story?" led by Eréndira
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Get in touch with us:
Make sure to share your thoughts about the conversation with the voicemail link below!
21 Mar 2023
What to Make of Multiculturalism
In episode three, Eréndira and David work through some of the complications around how we think about, talk about, and embody multicultural communities, especially within congregations.
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What we get into:
-wonderings about the joys and challenges of multicultural communities
-the pitfalls of making multiculturalism an end in itself
-the need for trust and depth of relationship in confronting racial, ethnic, and power dynamics in community
-how authentic multiculturalism challenges institutional structures and ways of being
-hoping for newness in the conversation and wondering what the next stage of this discussion will be in the future
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Some opportunities for learning and growth:
Check out the replay (https://spiritschool.us/learning-liberation) of last month's "Zine 101" workshop
You can still sign up (https://spiritschool.us/learning-liberation) for the 9-week Zine workshop "What's Your Liberation Story?" led by Eréndira
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Get in touch with us:
Make sure to share your thoughts about the conversation with the voicemail link below!
14 Mar 2023
Anti-Capitalism and WorkRestPlay
In episode two, Eréndira and David wrestle with the demands capitalism puts on our relationships and vocations, how we can move towards more freedom in our work, and the invitation to more play and rest in our daily lives.
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What we get into:
-questions about how spirit moves when we have vocational desires and callings
-cultivating financial support for our vocations
-pushing back against capitalism in how we do what we do
-moving towards being ok with uncertainty and questions rather than solutions
-the invitation of queer theory to move towards newness and non-normativity
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Some opportunities for learning and growth:
Check out the replay (https://spiritschool.us/learning-liberation) of our recent "Zine 101" workshop
You can still sign up (https://spiritschool.us/learning-liberation) for the 9-week Zine workshop "What's Your Liberation Story?" led by Eréndira
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Get in touch with us:
Make sure to share your thoughts about the conversation with the voicemail link below!
7 Mar 2023
All That Power
In episode one, Eréndira and David dive into the topic of power, how it functions in hierarchical systems, and the ways institutions can resist change for the sake of maintaining it.
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What we get into:
-Eréndira's use of Gene Keys (//genekeys.com) and Human Design (//jovianarchive.com) for personal growth and reflection
-our person relationship with power and how that informs how we use it within systems
-the challenge of change within large, hierarchical institutions
-the invitation to incorporate new spiritual experiences into the institutional collective for the sake of greater freedom and possibility
-the Episcopal Church's resistance to change and the challenges of bringing ones whole self to leadership within congregational and diocesan contexts
-the importance of creating safe spaces for spiritual exploration and wondering
-taking the courageous step to remain open to change, both personally and organizationally
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Some opportunities for learning and growth:
Check out the replay (https://spiritschool.us/learning-liberation) of our recent "Zine 101" workshop
Sign up (https://spiritschool.us/learning-liberation) for the upcoming 9-week Zine workshop "What's Your Liberation Story?" led by Eréndira
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Get in touch with us:
Make sure to share your thoughts about the conversation with the voicemail link below!
27 Feb 2023
Introducing: I Don't Know...
Join friends, colleagues, and Spirit School team members Eréndira Jiménez Esquinca and David Tremaine as they dive into conversations about multiculturalism, power, race, and inclusion in the faith communities where we work, gather and pray. In this introductory episode, Eréndira and David explain a little about how the project came about, how each episode will unfold, and what they hope will emerge from their conversations. You are also invited to join the conversation! You can share your own thoughts, questions, or ideas by calling in and leaving a message at the link below. Look out for episode one coming out on March 3, with new episodes premiering every Tuesday through mid-May. And make sure to check out more from Spirit School at https://spiritschool.us/ (https://spiritschool.us/)
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