Welcome back to another episode of The Collective Table podcast - the ultimate female perspective on Jesus, justice, and joy! Today Chelsea and Dana are joined by Emmy Award winner Lyvonne Briggs, who is a body and sex-positive womanist spiritualist. She is a writer, pastor, preacher, spiritual life coach, and highly sought after transformational speaker and seminar leader. In today’s conversation, we discuss Lyvonne’s book, Sensual Faith: The Art of Coming Home to Your Body. *Episode note: This is an important, necessary, and faithful conversation - that being said, sex and sensuality are hea ..read more

This week on The Collective Table podcast, join Chelsea and Dana in a conversation with Debie Thomas, author of A Faith of Many Rooms: Inhabiting a More Spacious Christianity, and Into the Mess and Other Jesus Stories: Reflections on the Life of Christ. Debie is a columnist and contributing editor for The Christian Century, and from 2014 to 2022, was a staff writer for Journey with Jesus: A Weekly Webzine for the Global Church. She studied English Literature at Wellesley College and Brown University, and earned an MFA in Creative Writing at Ohio State University. Currently, she serves as the M ..read more

This is a prayer from Debie Thomas’ book, A Faith of Many Rooms: Inhabiting a More Spacious Christianity. Debie shared this poem with us during Dana and Chelsea’s recent conversation with her, which will air on Monday, April 8th! Until then, sit back and rest in these words.  --- Discover more about Debie and her impactful work at debiethomas.com.  For a closer look at Debie's journey and insights, follow her on Instagram: @debiethomas1  Stay connected with The Collective Table on Instagram: @the_collective_table. Explore the mission of The Collective Table further at www.thecol ..read more

This week, join Chelsea and Dana in a conversation with Amy Kenny, an accomplished disabled scholar, writer, and advocate. Amy's critically acclaimed book, "My Body Is Not a Prayer Request: Disability Justice in the Church," skillfully blends humor, narrative, and theology. It serves as a powerful call for faith communities to re-evaluate unintentional ableism and embrace the valuable insights offered by the embodied wisdom of disabled individuals. Discover more about Amy Kenny and her impactful work at amy-kenny.com. For a closer look at Amy's journey and insights, follow her on Instagram: @d ..read more

Listen in on Dana & Chelsea’s conversation with Rev. Mark Feldmeir, author of Life After God: Finding Faith When You Can't Believe Anymore.  Learn more about Mark here: https://www.markfeldmeir.com/  Follow The Collective Table on Instagram @the_collective_table Learn more about the work of The Collective Table at www.thecollectivetable.org Episode edited by Claire Watson. Learn more at podswithclaire.com ..read more

Welcome back to Season 8 of The Collective Table Podcast! This week, Chelsea & Dana sit down with Rev. Danté Stewart, a pastor and award-winning writer whose work has appeared in The Atlantic, New York Times, the Washington Post, TIME, ESPN, Andscape, Oxford American, Sojourners, NPR, CNN, MSNBC, and more. His most recent book is entitled, Shoutin’ in the Fire: An American Epistle. In this conversation, Danté also discusses his most recent ESPN essay which teases a forthcoming documentary on a small Black rural town’s relationship to football. Learn more about Danté here: https://www.dante ..read more

With the Lenten season now on the horizon, we have a bonus episode this week! Listen as Dana & Chelsea chat with authors Rachel Gilmore and Tyler Sit in a conversation on their new Lent study, Where We Meet.  In Where We Meet: A Lenten Study of System, Stories, and Hope , four members of the Intersect network (Rachel Gilmore, Tyler Sit, Candace Lewis, and Matt Temple) invite you to immerse yourself in the stories of Jesus and the early church. Together, they also explore their own stories, examine past shortcomings of the church, address difficult questions, and envision a brighter fu ..read more

This week, Chelsea & Dana sit down with Kat Armas, a Cuban American theologian, writer and podcaster from Miami, FL. Her recent book, Sacred Belonging: a 40-Day Devotional on the Liberating Heart of Scripture shows us that reading the Bible with fresh eyes allows us to experience the divine in new and liberating ways. Learn more about Kat here: https://katarmas.com/  Follow Kat on Instagram @kat_armas Follow The Collective Table on Instagram @the_collective_table Learn more about the work of The Collective Table at www.thecollectivetable.org   ..read more

Welcome to Season 8 of The Collective Table Podcast! Today Dana and Chelsea sit down with author and friend of the podcast, Cole Arthur Riley, to discuss her new book, Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human. Cole is also the creator of Black Liturgies, a space that integrates spiritual practice with Black emotion, Black literature, and the Black body; and a project of The Center for Dignity and Contemplation where she serves as Curator. Learn more about Cole and her work at https://colearthurriley.com/. Follow The Collective Table on Instagram @the_collective_table ..read more

Dana & Chelsea have been doing a lot of reading - and now we want to invite you to read with us! Join The Collective Table over the next couple of months as we interview some of our favorite authors. Episodes will release every other Monday wherever you listen to podcasts. In the meantime, keep up with us on Instagram @The_Collective_Table and visit our website thecollectivetable.org ..read more