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
Holy Sawdust: Because Building the Kingdom gets Messy
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What if Jesus was a carpenter not just by trade, but by intention? What if his workshop was meant to show us how to build a kingdom table, one wide enough, strong enough, and welcoming enough for everyone?
In this episode, Kristen explores what it means to stop guarding the table and start building it bigger. She unpacks the difference between inclusion and belonging, why DEI/DEIB exists, and how the kingdom vision goes even deeper, and who’s actually holding the tools of leadership in our churches. She also digs into how worship can either reinforce exclusion or become a table where lament, justice, and diverse voices are centered. And she names the hard truth of how money and power have infiltrated the church and shrunk the table, along with a gospel-shaped remedy that points us back to Jesus.
We will ask God to give us the humility and imagination to trade our blueprints for the Carpenter’s tools. Because the kingdom table is still under construction. The only question left is: will we guard it, or will we build it?
Key Scriptures Mentioned
- Luke 5:27–32 (Jesus at Levi’s table)
- Acts 2 (Pentecost: all nations/languages)
- Revelation 7:9 (every tribe, people, language)
- Mark 10:42–45 (servant leadership)
- Amos 5:21–24 (worship + justice)
- 1 Timothy 6:10; Matthew 6:24 (money/love of money)
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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.
RESOURCES:
Holy Disruption: Reclaiming a Justice-Rooted Faith course info and interest list
Justice Coaching options!