In part two of our conversation, pastor-musician Amantha Barbee talks about Jesus, learning - and unlearning - how to sing, and the lessons of the guitar string. She also sings live for us in the AIJCast studio!

In part one of our conversation, pastor-musician Amantha Barbee talks about making deals with God, how justice is intertwined with her call, and the importance of seeing people. Plus, she sings live in the AIJCast studio!

In part two of our conversation, scholar-activist-creative Taurean Webb talks about theological imagination, how violence goes uninterrogated, and how he sees himself as curatorial but not a curator.

In part one of our conversation, scholar-activist-creative Taurean Webb talks about Black Transnationalism, Israel/Palestine, and why he does not see institutions as the best vehicles for liberation.

We are revisiting our 2020 conversation with scholar-musician-author Dr. Daniel Omotosho Black to celebrate the publication of his new novel Don't Cry for Me. In this excerpt, we spoke about church music as well as his books Perfect Peace and The Coming.

In part two of our conversation with poet-activist-minister Analysis, we talk about the craft of writing and performing poetry, the breadth of topics his poems address, and what "on earth as it is in heaven" means. Plus, he performs a couple of his poems live for us. Analysis' debut album, A Couple Thousand Years Later, is now available on Bandcamp.

In part one of our conversation with poet-activist-minister Analysis, we talk about his slipping into right wing evangelicalism, his transformational experience in Lesotho, how he first got hooked by poetry, and what the church can learn from the spoken word scene. His debut album, A Couple Thousand Years Later, is now available on Bandcamp.

In part two of our conversation, advocate-educator-artist Noor Abbady speaks with us about the connections between her Islamic faith and artistic expression, our intrinsic ability to recognize beauty, and how justice is a truly beautiful thing.

In part one of our conversation, advocate-educator-artist Noor Abbady speaks with us about her self-taught woodworking skills, how her Islamic faith roots her, and how her experience as an immigrant led her toward equity work.

Part two of our conversation with pastor-author-poet Adam Mixon about the sacred and the profane, our shared complicity, and betting on yourself. Plus, he reads us a couple of his poems.

Part one of our conversation with pastor-author-poet Adam Mixon about finding your voice, getting past the caricatures, and living an undivided life.

Anticipating the upcoming ABC series "Women of the Movement", we are revisiting our 2019 conversation with actor Sekou Laidlow.

In part two of our conversation with musician/composer Paul Vasile, we speak about his work with Music That Makes Community, the wisdom of Bobby McFerrin, and what keeps us tender.

In part one of our conversation with musician/composer Paul Vasile, we speak about how desire connects with faith, his entry into composing, and the childhood tension he experienced between classical music and pentecostal faith.