The good Samaritan story is about loving our neighbor, and Jesus’ visit with Mary and Martha is about loving God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength. To Al Tizon, these encounters have everything to do with Christmas, because Christmas is ultimately a love story.
In this episode, we discuss Daniela Amestegui’s art piece titled “Advent” from her larger collection called “Pallay: Andean Weaving of Liturgy and Design.” We invite you to reflect with us on this piece of art that roots us in this season of anticipation, exemplifies a creative approach to liturgy, and inspires us to do art and theology from our local contexts.
In this episode, we discuss Zach Stewart’s art featured in the music video for “The Medicine,” a song composed by Common Hymnal, Dee Wilson, and Alex Aiono. We invite you to reflect with us on the experience of creating art that intertwines praise and protest and how art can be used as a space and an invitation.
In this episode, we feature a conversation with Abdiel Espinoza, on his collection of poems entitled “Days of exile.” Let’s reflect together on the experience of COVID-19 through the lens of exile and our shared lament.
We are excited to launch a series of posts that spotlight INFEMIT community members and how they help shape the way we live Mission as Transformation. One of our main goals is to serve our global community by curating resources on holistic, contextual theology from around the world. This series seeks to shine a spotlight on the life and work of those in the INFEMIT community who have significantly contributed to this movement. Before we launch, let’s explore together why it is important to learn from people around the globe and do theology together.
This episode features a conversation with Thandi Gamedze that centers on her poem, “That Day…” In this conversation we discuss Thandi’s story as an artist, how her context informs and inspires her art, and how we can begin imagine a truly just future together.
In this series, we interview Networking Team members of INFEMIT about the impacts and implications of COVID-19 on our understanding of mission and theology. In this conversation (originally recorded in November of 2020), Al Tizon reflects on COVID-19 in the U.S. and global mission contexts. Now, in mid 2021, it is apparent that it is necessary to continue these conversations in order to reflect on the role of the Church during the pandemic and what mission looks like in the midst of today’s realities.
In this series, we interview Networking Team members of INFEMIT about the impacts and implications of COVID-19 on our understanding of mission and theology. In this episode, we talk to Brooke Prentis, who has experienced COVID-19 from her home in the lands now called Australia. As an aboriginal Christian leader from the Wakka Wakka peoples, Brooke particularly explores what this time has meant for aboriginal people in her context.
In this series, we interview Networking Team members of INFEMIT about the impacts and implications of COVID-19 on our understanding of mission and theology. In this episode, we talk to Seble Daniel, who has experienced COVID-19 from her home in Ethiopia. Seble particularly explores what COVID looks like for the vulnerable and the churches in her context.
NEW: Podcasts by INFEMIT COVID-19 Series In this series, we interview Networking Team members of INFEMIT about the impacts and implications of COVID-19 on our understanding of mission and theology. In this first episode, we talk to Las Newman, who … Continued