Reclamation Faith
Reclamation is all about helping spiritually displaced people reclaim their role in God's story. This project explores, through conversation and storytelling, faith on the margins of or completely removed from traditional religious institutions.
Episodes
54 episodes
50. Reclamation Faith, In a Nutshell
For our 50th (!) full episode, we decided to record something that several people have asked us for - a summary episode dedicated to the premise of Reclamation Faith. In these 40 minutes, we attempt a (somewhat rambling) comprehensive discussio...
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Mini-Musing: Maun-dy Maun-dy (Bah-da bah-da-da-da)
This week Josh and Alison take a brief look at Maundy Thursday, that oft-overlooked day of Holy Week, and see how it is absolutely crucial in our understanding of God's love and the call we have to love people in the same fashion as Jesus. Too ...
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49. We Don't Talk About Bruno's Deconstruction
This week on the Reclamation Faith podcast, we (Josh and Alison) talk about one of our favorite recent movies, Encanto, and how it can function as a wonderful extended metaphor for the process of deconstruction! In this movie, we see the proces...
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Mini-Musing: Wait, Are We Contradicting Ourselves?
This week we have another mini-musing, or a short reflection recorded on a week where we don't have time for a full episode! This musing looks back on our last episode about church silence, and asks whether we contradict our passion for a non-i...
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48. Keeping Secrets: Why Churches Bury Painful Truths
In this week's episode, Josh and Alison discuss the idea of secrecy, and the ramifications of when secrecy is weaponized to protect the powerful at the expense of those who have been harmed or victimized in institutional religion. While we only...
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47. Josh's 2022 Bday Reflections: Focusing on the Big and Beautiful
At Reclamation we have a tradition of interviewing each other on our birthdays (or, at least its' a tradition after this episode)! This week, Josh turns 38...errr....or is it 9.5?...it's confusing. But anyway, Alison interviews Josh on the past...
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Mini-Musing: Was That the Holy Spirit?
In Reclamation's first "mini-musing" we (Josh and Alison) respond to a question about how to discern when we've heard from the Holy Spirit. Though commonly treated as a mysterious messenger that comes and goes, the presence of the Spirit is mor...
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46. Who is Christianity For?
This week, we look at the idea of reclaiming the universal audience of the story of God. Too much of contemporary Christianity has framed the biblical narrative in a way where Jesus exists just for Christians, or those who will become Christian...
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45. When You're Tired
This week, Alison and Josh discuss the exhaustion that many of us are facing in this current moment, and how reclaiming faith might contribute to OR alleviate some of the tiredness that we are experiencing. What does it mean to take breaks, slo...
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44. You're Probably a Fundamentalist
In the midst of faith crises and questioning our relationship to Christianity, it is extremely valuable to take a historical view of the forces that have shaped what we believe and why. In this episode, Josh and Alison tackle the roots of Ameri...
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43. Nourishment: Origins and Hopes for Reclamation
In this episode, Josh and Alison talk about some of the desires behind Reclamation and where the idea originated. We use a big ol' extended metaphor of cooking and "chefs vs. home cooks" to talk about our hearts behind this project, and the way...
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42. Work in Progress: Resolutions, Spiritual Shame, and Defining "Growth"
In our first episode of 2022, Alison and Josh reflect on New Year's resolutions and how they have spiritual overlap with the ways we view growth and formation in the Christian faith. In Christian circles, there is almost an obsessi...
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41. The Unexpected King (Advent 4)
In our last week of Advent, we reflect on the oddness of the Christmas story, and just how completely unexpected the whole situation of Christ's birth was in the context of Israel's expectations. It is important, in a world where Christmas has ...
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40. Centering Women (Advent 3)
This week in our Advent series, we take a look at the absolute necessity of the female voice in the birth narrative of Jesus, and the time leading up to the Christmas event. Too often neglected in Evangelical circles, this centering of women an...
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39. Immanuel (Advent 2)
Josh and Alison continue the Advent-themed series this week, looking at concepts at the heart of the season that are often overlooked by Evangelical churches, and what impact that has on faith. This week, we dive deeper into the idea that Chris...
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38. Great Expectation (Advent 1)
We're back after a long, long time away with a jump into the Advent season! This week, Josh and Alison look at the topic of expectation, or hopeful longing, and how a disregard for this element of Advent and the Christian story impacts our abil...
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37. Alison's Birthday Reflection: Rapid Shifts and Rhubarb Pie
In this week's episode, I (Josh) get to interview Alison about her year as part of our attempt at a birthday interview tradition! Among other topics, Alison shares about the hardships and opportunities that she's found in this past year, discus...
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36. CRT, SBC, WTF?! Why American Christianity's Gospel is Too Small
(To be clear, that's Critical Race Theory, Southern Baptist Convention, and Why The Friction?!)This week, Josh and Alison reflect on some interested conversations that arose at the annual Southern Baptist Convention around critical ra...
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35. Systems, Power, and Patriarchy (Interview w/Meghan Tschanz)
This week, Josh and Alison are thrilled to share a recent interview with Meghan Tschanz. Meghan is a former missionary, host of the Faith and Feminism podcast, blogger, and author of the recently-released book
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34. Disembodiment, Evangelicalism, and White Supremacy (Interview w/Dr. Justin R. Phillips)
This week, we are so excited to share an interview with Justin R. Phillips, author of the recently-released book Know Your Place: Helping White, Southern Evangelicals Cope with the End of The(ir) W...
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33. Jesus is Not Your Boyfriend, Part 2: Experiencing and Sharing Love
This week we share the 2nd half of our conversation from last week about the love of God. Here, we focus more on the question of why the church is able to proclaim love as an intention, while living or conducting itself in a way that doesn't de...
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32. Jesus is Not Your Boyfriend, Part 1: Defining "Love"
This week, Josh and Alison begin a conversation about the core idea of the Christian faith: the love of God. What we see is that the way our current society understands and imitates "love" may not be how the concept was understood or lived out ...
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31. I Doubt It: Balancing Questions and Convictions in our Faith
How do we ask questions, constructively entertain doubts, and evaluate our sources of authority in our faith life....without just throwing all our beliefs our the window? That's the topic Josh and Alison dive into in conversation this week. By ...
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30. Faith in Absentia: Spiritual Practices for People Without Churches
This week, Josh and Alison engage another question from the Reclamation Faith community: What are some spiritual practices for those who no longer find themselves part of an institutional church? We talk about identifying areas of meaning and p...
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29. Oh Ye of Little Faith: Building Faith that Matters When Our Well Seems Dry
This week, Josh and Alison are starting a short series of episodes responding to follower questions and suggestions. The first question is: "How do you build your faith back up?" In this episode, we look at the question of what exactly we mean ...
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