Jesus, Justice + Mercy: Bold faith, radical love and justice for the church
Jesus, Justice & Mercy
Bold faith, radical love, and justice for the church.
Welcome to Jesus, Justice & Mercy — a podcast for Christians who sense that justice matters but feel the tension between Jesus and much of what they see practiced in the church.
If you’re wrestling with inherited faith, questions that don’t have easy answers, or the growing gap between the Gospel and the world we’re navigating, you’re not alone.
I’m your host, Kristen Brock, rooted in the church and committed to following Jesus with honesty, courage, and compassion. Each season, we engage Scripture, history, and lived experience to explore the intersections of faith, justice, and discipleship. We talk about race, trauma, power, civic responsibility, and the ways faith has been both a source of harm and a force for healing.
Whether you’re deconstructing, rebuilding, or simply learning to ask better questions, this is a space for thoughtful reflection, faithful wrestling, and a faith shaped by justice, deeply rooted in Scripture.
Jesus, Justice + Mercy: Bold faith, radical love and justice for the church
Latest Episodes
Inside Out: A Mental Health Theology Big Enough to Hold the Dark
Mental health in the church is one of the most underprepared gaps in the Christian community, and for families in crisis, that gap has real consequences.This episode is personal. Kristen reads a piece of writing kept private for years, a...
Pulpit Fiction: The Women They Renamed, Silenced, and Forgot
Women in church leadership is not a new idea; it's a biblical one. The record is full of women leading, prophesying, teaching, and apostling. The church just worked very hard to make you forget them.In this episode, we go directly into t...
No Casseroles Required: What the Women of Scripture Knew About Grief
Grief doesn’t arrive alone. It brings everything you’ve ever lost with it. And the church has rarely known what to do with that. In this episode, we sit with the women of Scripture who grieved loudly, honestly, and without apology, ...
Undressed: Are We Unwittingly the Emperor?
What if the most dangerous thing happening in American Christianity right now isn't happening in Washington, it's happening in us? In this episode, Kristen sits with two early voices: Paul writing to a fractured community inside Cae...
No Tap-Dancing Required: A Theology of Being Beloved with Kieawnie Clar
Centering prayer isn’t about emptying your mind or saying the right things. According to Kieawnie Clar, it’s about finally stopping and letting God do what God needs to do.In this episode of Jesus, Justice and Mercy, Kristen sits dow...
