Faith in Motion, the Podcast
Hosted by Rev. Kelsey Peterson Beebe, this show explores what it means to have an embodied faith - a faith that comes alive in how we live, move, and love. Together, we slow down, reconnect with God, and learn to practice faith in tangible ways. In this space, you are invited to experience God’s love within and around you, and gently called forward to embody that grace in the world.
(Faith in Motion, the Podcast was formerly The Lady Preacher Podcast)
Faith in Motion, the Podcast
Faith & Feminism with Rev. Delaney Schlake-Kruse
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In this episode, Pastor Kelsey sits down with Rev. Delaney Schlake-Kruse to explore the intersection of faith, feminism, and leadership in the church. Together they discuss why the word feminism still raises resistance in many faith communities and how patriarchal assumptions have shaped expectations of leadership in ministry.
Delaney invites us to reimagine leadership by looking closely at how Jesus leads—not through domination, hierarchy, or control, but through relationality, mutuality, and power shared with others. Through a feminist lens, we explore what it might mean to cultivate leadership styles in the church that reflect the way of Christ, rather than the patriarchy.
About Delaney
Rev. Delaney Schlake-Kruse (she/her) is the rector at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in St. Louis, Missouri. Delaney recently completed her Doctor of Ministry, focusing on feminist pastoral leadership and congregational discernment. She lives in St. Louis with her family and enjoys gardening, taking walks, and drinking coffee.
Recommendations for further reading from Rev. Delaney:
- Gender Disrupted: Jesus as a “Man” in the Fourfold Gospel, by Brittany E. Wilson
- Theology for Skeptics: Reflections on God, by Dorothee Soelle
- Sexism and God-Talk: Toward a Feminist Theology, by Rosemary Radford Ruether
- The Man with the Flow of Power: Porous Bodies in Mark 5:25–34, by Candida R. Moss
- Behold the Man: Jesus and Greco-Roman Masculinity, by Colleen M. Conway
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