Posts tagged Race
The Meat and Potatoes of Ministry: Ken Grant

In this podcast, Kara took the opportunity to interview a man who reframed her story as a youth, her youth minister Ken Grant.  Listen as they discuss topics including leadership, what Christianity is today, social media, race and white privilege. Ken spent time teaching religion in high schools and universities, and has worked full time as a dad and in youth ministry.

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Grace Wins: Kirk Havel

In this episode, I am honored to speak with my childhood pastor, Kirk Havel. I wanted to interview him because of the role he has played in my life and how he has reframed stories in my life, especially around God. Kirk has shown me how to live out the gospel and a lot of times when you live out the gospel, it isn’t always popular. He also showed me care, respect, love, and how I have the capacity to be a leader. He is an example of the kind of Christian I want to be.

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Community Organizing and Race Relations: Elle Dowd

Elle Dowd (she/her/hers) is a bi-furious recent graduate of the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago and a candidate for ordained ministry in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. She facilitates workshops on gender and sexuality and the Church in both secular conferences and Christian spaces and is

Kara and Elle sit down in this episode to discuss community organizing and race in relation to Elle’s experiences and work as a writer, activist, and preacher.

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