In this season finale of Beauty, Brokenness, & the Cross, we talk about the bizarre, sad, longing-filled story of Jesus' Ascension back to heaven. [01:02] Acts 1:3-11, New International Version.[02:29] Here are some

In this episode, our guest lecturer, Dr. Victoria Houser, will invite us to think toward resurrection through writing the body. Be prepared to take moments to pause and write throughout this episode.[01:17] You can find Dr. Hous...

This week’s episode of the podcast returns to Hannah Dyer’s ideas of “reading queerly” and “refusing empathy” alongside Rhiannon Graybill’s “unhappy reading” to discuss the ethics of witnessing. How might we bear witness to the suffering of oth...

This episode is about Holocaust, broadly defined, as a representation of Holy Saturday. The episode is heavy, as the past two episodes have been, but please trust that I’ve emphasized education over discomfort for this episode. The show notes a...

In this episode of the podcast, our guest lecturer Rachael Clinton Chen, M.Div., will introduce the historical arc of atonement theories in the Christian church and speak to some of the abuses of those atonement theories before offering more li...

In this episode, the question is posed, How have we become comfortable with the suffering of certain bodies? This question is explored through a 3rd century story of martyrdom and white American women’s true crime obsession.Plea...

In this episode of Beauty, Brokenness, and the Cross, Dr. Sawyer is joined by Billie Hoard to discuss Beauty, the beautiful, and suffering in light of Hoard & Hoard’s concept of eucontamination. There is a lot of food talk, so listen with a...