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
Exodus Faith – When You’ve Left, but Haven’t Arrived
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There’s a sacred tension between the Jesus we love and the version of faith many of us inherited. If you’ve ever felt caught in the messy middle, between belonging and questioning, between clarity and disorientation, this episode is for you.
In today’s conversation, Kristen names the holy discomfort so many of us carry and explores what it means to walk through a season of unraveling. With wisdom from the Exodus story, the life of Jesus, and the disciples’ own wilderness journey, you’ll find compassion, clarity, and courage to keep going.
This episode doesn’t ask you to throw it all out, but it does invite you to be honest about what no longer fits, to trust the Spirit’s stirring, and to recognize that what feels like falling apart may actually be the first step toward something more whole.
Because the wilderness isn’t where faith dies.
It’s often where it begins.
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Here’s to a faith that tells the truth, refuses silence in the face of harm, and follows Jesus all the way into healing and justice.
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