On this episode: Aaron is preparing people for unfamiliar conversations with curiosity. And it’s a hot Thursday in August for Nate. This week, Nate and Aaron talk to Lisa Sharon Harper. Lisa is the founder and president of Freedom Road, a consultant group. She is also a theologian, activist, speaker, podcaster, author, college faculty, and trainer. Lisa helps us understand different perspectives, with illustrations from the show Roots, Plato, and Genesis One. She leads us to consider where we find our ID in our Christianity and politics, and which is first. Lisa also gives a fascinating history of flip flopping politics in the United States. And a final consideration that you don’t have to join a political party to be on “God’s side”. Other topics include the exclusion of James, 500 crucifixions per day during Jesus’s time, dehumanization, race division laws, and more.Links:
Freedom Road
Freedom Road PodcastBooks:
The Very Good Gospel: How Everything Wrong Can Be Made Right
Fortune: How Race Broke My Family and the World - and How to Repair It All
Toward a Global Idea of Race, by: Denise Ferreira da Silva Sept. 12-14, 2025 Austrian Retreat
Nov 7-9, 2025 Santa Fe, NM Samson Summit
Nov 7-9, 2025 The Wild & Sacred Journey, Womens RetreatIf you have thoughts or questions and you’d like the guys to address in upcoming episodes or suggestions for future guests, please drop a note to piratemonkpodcast@gmail.com.The music on this podcast is contributed by members of the Samson Society.For more information on this ministry, please visit samsonsociety.com. Support for the women in our lives who have been impacted by our choices is available at sarahsociety.com.The Pirate Monk Podcast is provided by Samson Society, a ministry of Samson House, a 501(c)3 nonprofit. To enjoy future Pirate Monk podcasts, please consider a contribution to Samson House. FreedomRoad.us Home • FreedomRoad.us We consult, coach, train and design experiences that help groups in multiple sectors become just as they do justice. (87 kB) https://freedomroad.us/ FreedomRoad.us Freedom Road Podcast Archives • FreedomRoad.us (87 kB) https://freedomroad.us/category/freedom-road-podcast/

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