Love Period with Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis

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Do you yearn for a new vision of Christianity—one with love and justice at the core of its practice? Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis animates a renewed faith for our times in her new podcast Love. Period. Writer, scholar, activist, and leader of a radically accepting congregation in New York City, Rev. Jacqui brings her devotion, clarity, and energy to this conversational podcast.  In conversation with artists, activists, and faith leaders, such as actor Titus Burgess, Rev. Barbara Brown Taylor, Rev. William Barber, V Ensler, and many others, Rev. Jacqui reveals the transformative potential—and urgent need—for radical love in our times. The podcast begins May 5th, 2020.

In this mini-episode, Rev. Jacqui Lewis is interviewed by Kaliswa Brewster about the formations of Love. Period. the podcast; why it exists and what she hopes to listeners will take away from it. Subscribe now wherever you listen to podcasts and join us in May for the official launch!

How do we extend love beyond our neighbors? In this episode, Episcopal Priest, Author, and Teacher Barbara Brown Taylor joins Jacqui to officially kick off Love. Period. Listen in as they explore how she has experienced a deeper understanding of loving herself and the world around her on her farm in Georgia. Resources: The transcript for this episode will be available on Friday, May 7th. Connect with us: We’d love to hear your thoughts, comments, or feedback. Send us an email. Rev. Jacqui Lewis Ph.D.: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Barbara Brown Taylor: Facebook | Website Center for Action and Contemplation: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter This podcast is made possible, thanks to the generosity of our donors. If you would love to support the ongoing work of the Center for Action and Contemplation and the continued work of our podcasts, you can donate at cac.org/podcastsupport Thank you!

How does self-love transform the way we show up in the world? In this episode, columnist, public speaker, and recovering attorney Wajahat Ali joins Jacqui for Love. Period. Listen in as they explore his journey to self-love. Connect with us: We’d love to hear your thoughts, comments, or feedback. Send us an email. Rev. Jacqui Lewis Ph.D.: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Wajahat Ali: Twitter | Website Center for Action and Contemplation: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter This podcast is made possible, thanks to the generosity of our donors. If you would love to support the ongoing work of the Center for Action and Contemplation and the continued work of our podcasts, you can donate at cac.org/podcastsupport Thank you!

In this episode, Ruthie Lindsey joins Jacqui for Love. Period. Listen in as they explore her journey of becoming a love doula as she transformed her story of immense pain and hopelessness into a source of love and connectedness with all. Connect with us: We’d love to hear your thoughts, comments, or feedback. Send us an email. Rev. Jacqui Lewis Ph.D.: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Ruthie Lindsey: Instagram | Website Center for Action and Contemplation: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter This podcast is made possible, thanks to the generosity of our donors. If you would love to support the ongoing work of the Center for Action and Contemplation and the continued work of our podcasts, you can donate at cac.org/podcastsupport Thank you!

Today on the show, Jacqui is joined by her husband, John Janka. Together they explore the various aspects of his journey as a clergy, activist, dad, grandfather, and Jacqui's husband, and all of those have informed his ability to love well. Connect with us: We’d love to hear your thoughts, comments, or feedback. Send us an email. Rev. Jacqui Lewis Ph.D.: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Center for Action and Contemplation: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter This podcast is made possible, thanks to the generosity of our donors. If you would love to support the ongoing work of the Center for Action and Contemplation and the continued work of our podcasts, you can donate at cac.org/podcastsupport Thank you!

In this episode, Robert P. Jones, Ph.D., the founder and CEO of Public Religion Research Institute joins Jacqui to talk all things faith, politics, and love. He is most recently the author of "White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity" and “The End of White Christian America,” which won the 2019 Grawemeyer Award in Religion. You can also find his writing on politics, culture, and religion for The Atlantic online, NBC Think, and other outlets. Connect with us: We’d love to hear your thoughts, comments, or feedback. Send us an email. Rev. Jacqui Lewis Ph.D.: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Robert P. Jones. Ph.D.: Twitter | Website Center for Action and Contemplation: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter This podcast is made possible, thanks to the generosity of our donors. If you would love to support the ongoing work of the Center for Action and Contemplation and the continued work of our podcasts, you can donate at cac.org/podcastsupport Thank you!

In this episode of Love. Period., Emmy nominated actress Aunjanue Ellis mentors us on how to love the world better. Aside from being an actress, she's also an activist who recently worked to get the Mississippi flag changed. She is the president and CEO of Miss Myrtis Films, and co-founder of Take it Down America. These are two great organizations that have strived to abolish racist southern symbols from Mississippi and other surrounding states through education, advocacy, and short documentaries. Production Note: We recorded this episode during high COVID exposure rates and stay-at-home orders. As such, this episode was recorded over the internet and not in a studio. Some elements of the conversation may not reflect current COVID situations. Connect with us: We’d love to hear your thoughts, comments, or feedback. Send us an email. Rev. Jacqui Lewis Ph.D.: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Aunjanune Ellis: Twitter | Facebook Center for Action and Contemplation: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter This podcast is made possible, thanks to the generosity of our donors. If you would love to support the ongoing work of the Center for Action and Contemplation and the continued work of our podcasts, you can donate at cac.org/podcastsupport Thank you!

On this episode, Genesis Be joins Rev. Jacqui Lewis for Love. Period. As an artist and activist, her music and art explore the nuances of her intersectionality as a queer, muslim, biracial black woman. Her long work fighting to remove the Confederate flag from the Mississippi state flag culminated in an incredible collaborative victory in June of 2020. She is also the founder of Strive Till I Rise, an organization in which Genesis advocates for racial healing, fighting racism & white supremacy, promoting voting rights, youth empowerment and the importance of healthy communication between opposing views. Connect with us: We’d love to hear your thoughts, comments, or feedback. Send us an email. Rev. Jacqui Lewis Ph.D.: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Genesis Be: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Center for Action and Contemplation: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter This podcast is made possible, thanks to the generosity of our donors. If you would love to support the ongoing work of the Center for Action and Contemplation and the continued work of our podcasts, you can donate at cac.org/podcastsupport Thank you!

The Justice Doula Micky ScottBey Jones joins Jacqui for this episode of Love. Period. sharing what she has learned from grief and loving herself and others well. Micky accompanies people as they birth more love, justice and shalom into our world. As a womanist, faith rooted, contemplative activist, movement chaplain, and nonviolence practitioner, Micky supports students, clergy, activists and everyday leaders in a variety of roles - speaker, writer, facilitator, pilgrimage guide and teacher. She is the Director of Resilience and Healing Initiatives with Faith Matters Network & visionary leader of the Daring Compassion Movement Chaplaincy Project, which has already trained hundreds of people in accompaniment, healing & resilience building in social change movements. Micky earned a M.A. in Intercultural Studies from NAIITS/Portland Seminary and is a trained and certified Enneagram teacher. She is featured in two multi-authored books - Becoming Like Creoles: Living and Leading at the Intersections of Injustice, Culture and Religion and Keep Watch With Me: An Advent Reader for Peacemakers.  Connect with us: We’d love to hear your thoughts, comments, or feedback. Send us an email. Rev. Jacqui Lewis Ph.D.: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Micky ScottBey Jones: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Center for Action and Contemplation: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter This podcast is made possible, thanks to the generosity of our donors. If you would love to support the ongoing work of the Center for Action and Contemplation and the continued work of our podcasts, you can donate at cac.org/podcastsupport Thank you!

For the last week of Pride, Kevin Garcia joins Jacqui for Love. Period. Kevin is an author, podcaster, digital pastor and an intuitive soul coach who helps people heal spiritual wounds, create new practices for a healthy life, process experiences related to queerness + faith identity, practice radical honesty, avoid spiritual burnout, and reminds people of their infinite connection to Love. He is also the author of the book Bad Theology Kills. Connect with us: We’d love to hear your thoughts, comments, or feedback. Send us an email. Rev. Jacqui Lewis Ph.D.: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Kevin Garcia: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Center for Action and Contemplation: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter This podcast is made possible, thanks to the generosity of our donors. If you would love to support the ongoing work of the Center for Action and Contemplation and the continued work of our podcasts, you can donate at cac.org/podcastsupport Thank you!

Mark Charles joins Jacqui on this episode of Love. Period. He is the son of an American woman (of Dutch heritage) and a Navajo man, Mark teaches the complexities of American history regarding race, culture, and Christendom in order to help forge a path of healing and conciliation for the nation. He is the co-author of the book, Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery, and he authors the blog Reflections from the Hogan. Connect with us: We’d love to hear your thoughts, comments, or feedback. Send us an email. Rev. Jacqui Lewis Ph.D.: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Mark Charles: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Center for Action and Contemplation: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter This podcast is made possible, thanks to the generosity of our donors. If you would love to support the ongoing work of the Center for Action and Contemplation and the continued work of our podcasts, you can donate at cac.org/podcastsupport Thank you!

Richard Rohr joins Jacqui on this episode of Love. Period. Richard is a Franciscan priest of the New Mexico Province. He is the founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation and academic dean of the CAC’s Living School. An internationally recognized author and spiritual leader, Fr. Richard teaches primarily on incarnational mysticism, nondual consciousness, and contemplation, with a particular emphasis on how these affect the social justice issues of our time. His latest book is The Universal Christ. Connect with us: We’d love to hear your thoughts, comments, or feedback. Send us an email. Rev. Jacqui Lewis Ph.D.: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Richard Rohr: Twitter | Sign up for Richard's Daily Meditations Center for Action and Contemplation: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter To learn more about Conspire, visit cac.org/conspire This podcast is made possible, thanks to the generosity of our donors. If you would love to support the ongoing work of the Center for Action and Contemplation and the continued work of our podcasts, you can donate at cac.org/podcastsupport Thank you!

Rev. Amanda Hambrick Ashcraft joins Jacqui for this episode of Love. Period. She is the Executive Minister for Justice, Education & Movement Building at Middle Church and is also the founder of Raising Imagination, a platform that examines social issues through the lens of imagination and encourages activism with young and old alike. Her activism has been featured on CNN, MSNBC, Yahoo, the Wall Street Journal, and Refinery29. She's a regular writer and inaugural board member of The Resistance Prays, and serves on the Junior Board of The Lower East Side Girls Club. She’s presented nationwide on topics including systemic injustice, religion, and involving young children in advocacy. Originally from a small town in Kentucky, she now lives in Manhattan with her husband, 6-year-old twin boys, 4-year-old girl and thinks pizazz & grit (along with a lot of love and justice) can change the world. Connect with us: We’d love to hear your thoughts, comments, or feedback. Send us an email. Rev. Jacqui Lewis Ph.D.: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Rev. Amanda Hambrick Ashcraft: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Center for Action and Contemplation: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter This podcast is made possible, thanks to the generosity of our donors. If you would love to support the ongoing work of the Center for Action and Contemplation and the continued work of our podcasts, you can donate at cac.org/podcastsupport Thank you!

Rev. Darrell R. Hamilton, II joins Rev. Jacqui Lewis for this episode of Love. Period. Darrell is the Executive Minister for Operations and Resource Development at Middle Church. Prior to his time at Middle Church, he served as the Pastor for Formation and Outreach at First Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain, MA, and the Program Director for Urban Pastoral Ministry Program at City Mission Boston. Darrell is impassioned by the way politics and faith merge together in the Christian theological traditions of justice and liberation. He believes that through the Christian values and ideals of diversity and inclusiveness, advocacy for the vulnerable and marginalized, the Christian tradition has within itself the means necessary to inspire our nation and world toward greater justice and love for all.  Darrell is also an ordained Baptist minister, and his leadership has had him serve on the Board of Directors of The American Baptist Churches of Massachusetts and the Alliance of Baptists. He has worked as an adjunct professor for Contextual Education at Boston University School of Theology. He has held leadership within the Massachusetts' Poor People's Campaign, and he brings his energy and enthusiasm for the gospel message to spread a deeper and fuller appreciation for the traditions of justice and liberation. Love Period will return for Season 2 in November. Connect with us: We’d love to hear your thoughts, comments, or feedback. Send us an email. Rev. Jacqui Lewis Ph.D.: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Rev. Darrell Hamilton: Instagram | Twitter This podcast is made possible, thanks to the generosity of our donors. If you would love to support the ongoing work of the Center for Action and Contemplation and the continued work of our podcasts, you can donate at cac.org/podcastsupport Thank you!

Love Period. returns with a brand new season based on the themes found in Rev. Jacqui's new book Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World. To kick things off, Wajahat Ali is returning to discuss the theme of Chapter One: "Love Yourself Unconditionally. It All Starts Here." In this conversation, Wajahat explains what loving himself unconditionally has meant to him, and how he was able to pass that on to his children. New to Season 2, after the interview, Jacqui concludes with a reflection on making this practical in everyday life. Wajahat is the author of the forthcoming book Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American. Resources: Jacqui's new book Fierce Love can be found here. Wajahat's new book Go Back to Where You Came From (out January 2022) can be found here. A transcript for this episode can be found here. Connect with us: We’d love to hear your thoughts, comments, or feedback. Send us an email. Rev. Jacqui Lewis Ph.D.: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Wajahat Ali: Twitter | Website Center for Action and Contemplation: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter This podcast is made possible, thanks to the generosity of our donors. If you would love to support the ongoing work of the Center for Action and Contemplation and the continued work of our podcasts, you can donate at cac.org/podcastsupport Thank you!

Michael-Ray Mathews joins this episode of Love Period to discuss the theme of Chapter Two: "Speak Truthfully. It Will Set You Free." Michael-Ray Mathews brings over 30 years of leadership experience – as a senior pastor, grassroots leader, psalmist and community organizer – to his work as Deputy Director for Faith in Action (formerly PICO National Network). He is the host of the Prophetic Resistance Podcast, where he engages multi-faith leaders in conversations about cultivating communities of belonging and sacred resistance to injustice. Rev. Mathews is president of the Alliance of Baptists, a progressive movement for justice and healing, and co-editor of Trouble the Waters: A Christian Resource for the Work of Racial Justice. A visiting professor of public theology at American Baptist Seminary of the West in Berkeley, he is also a senior fellow at Auburn Seminary in New York. Michael-Ray is co-founder of and public theologian-in-residence with Sympara, a multifaith/interspiritual community of practice, repurposing spiritual assets for the common good. New to Season 2, after the interview, Jacqui concludes with a reflection on making this practical in everyday life. Resources: Jacqui's new book Fierce Love can be found here. A transcript for this episode will be available Friday, November 19th. Connect with us: We’d love to hear your thoughts, comments, or feedback. Send us an email. Rev. Jacqui Lewis Ph.D.: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Michael-Ray Mathews: Twitter | Instagram Center for Action and Contemplation: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

On this episode of Love Period, Valarie Kaur joins Jacqui in conversation to discuss the theme of Chapter Three: "Travel Lightly. Downsize the Burdens You Carry." Valarie Kaur is a renowned civil rights leader and celebrated prophetic voice "at the forefront of progressive change" (Center for American Progress). Valarie burst into American consciousness in the wake of the 2016 election when her Watch Night Service address went viral with 40 million views worldwide. Her question "Is this the darkness of the tomb – or the darkness of the womb?" reframed the political moment and became a mantra for people fighting for change. Valarie now leads the Revolutionary Love Project to reclaim love as a force for justice in America.  In the last twenty years, as a lawyer, innovator, and award-winning filmmaker, Valarie has helped win policy change on multiple fronts – hate crimes, racial profiling, immigration detention, solitary confinement, Internet freedom, and more. She founded Groundswell Movement, Faithful Internet, and the Yale Visual Law Project to equip new generations of advocates. Valarie has been a regular TV commentator on MSNBC and contributor to CNN, NPR, PBS, the Hill, Huffington Post, and the Washington Post. A daughter of Sikh farmers in California's heartland, Valarie earned degrees at Stanford University, Harvard Divinity School, and Yale Law School. Valarie's debut book, See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love, expands on her "blockbuster" TED Talk and is available wherever books are sold. New to Season 2, after the interview, Jacqui concludes with a reflection on making this practical in everyday life. Resources: Jacqui's new book Fierce Love can be found here. Valarie's memoir, See No Stranger can be found here. A transcript for this episode can be found here. Connect with us: We’d love to hear your thoughts, comments, or feedback. Send us an email. Rev. Jacqui Lewis Ph.D.: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Valarie Kaur: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Website | Revolutionary 911 Hub Center for Action and Contemplation: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

Frank Schaeffer joins Jacqui for this episode of Love Period where they discuss the themes found in the fourth chapter of Jacqui's new book Fierce Love which is titled "Show Kindness and Affection Wildly. Make Fierce Love Real." Frank is an artist and a New York Times bestselling author of both fiction and nonfiction. Frank has lectured at a wide range of venues from Harvard’s Kennedy School to the Hammer Museum/UCLA, Princeton University, Riverside Church Cathedral, DePaul University and the Kansas City Public Library. New to Season 2, after the interview, Jacqui concludes with a reflection on making this practical in everyday life. Resources: Jacqui's new book Fierce Love can be found here. Frank's new book can be found here. A transcript for this episode will be available Friday December 3rd. Connect with us: We’d love to hear your thoughts, comments, or feedback. Send us an email. Rev. Jacqui Lewis Ph.D.: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Frank Schaeffer: Facebook | Twitter | Website Center for Action and Contemplation: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter