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  • Fr. Joash P. Thomas

    \ud83d\udcdc Historian of St. Thomas Indian Christianity \ud83d\udc92 Priest & #1 Bestselling Liberation Theologian \ud83c\udfeb Faculty at St. Stephen’s University\ud83d\udcd5 The Justice of Jesus ↓

  • Jarrod McKenna

    Seeking to live that Love stronger than death. At the intersection of nonviolent social change/prayer/creativity on Wadjuk Noongar land (Perth, Australia on most maps).

  • Lisa Sharon Harper

    President/Founder of FreedomRoad.us, writer, podcaster, public theologian, author of Fortune: How Race Broke My Family And The World—And How To Repair It All

  • Jon Coutts

    I am an active theologian in Canada, with a PhD on forgiveness from Aberdeen. I'm teaching summer classes for St Stephens Uni and Wycliffe College, and writing a book for T&T Clark's Bonhoeffer Series. My 20 year old blog is in the links. he/him

  • Good on Wood Podcast

    A Production of St. Stephen's University and the Jim Forest Institute • “If you are going to follow Jesus, you better look good on wood.” - Daniel Berrigan SJ • Hosted by Steve Schallert & Jarrod McKenna

  • Jonathan P. Walton

    I write The Crux on Substack and wrote Beauty and Resistance (IVP 2025) and Twelve Lies that Hold America Captive (IVP 2019). I also deeply appreciate biscuits, poetry, music and all things love and justice.

  • David S Harvey

    I am a missional priest in the Diocese of St Anthony, Pastor at Westside King's Church, Calgary, Director of the St Anthony Institute (stanthonyinstitute.com) and co-host of the Two Texts Podcast (twotexts.com).

  • Cody Matchett

    Cody Matchett is a pastor, professor, and writer from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He is a PhD candidate at Ridley College, co‑author of Revelation for the Rest of Us, and co‑host of the Kingdom Roots podcast with Dr. Scot McKnight.

  • Jared Stacy, PhD

    Public theology in an age of disinformation. Jared Stacy (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is the author of “Reality in Ruins: How Conspiracy Theory Became an American Evangelical Crisis” with HarperOne—available wherever books are sold!

  • Mark Braverman

    I am the Executive Director of Kairos USA, part of the global network of church-related organizations responding to the 2009 call of the Palestinian Christians.

  • Kevin Nye

    writer // advocate // abolitionist // christian my book "Grace Can Lead Us Home: A Christian Call to End Homelessness" is available wherever books are sold

  • Shannan Martin

    Best-selling author of Counterweights & The Ministry of Ordinary Places. Community kitchen cook. 15-yr victim of the "slippery slope" out of Conservative politics. Cloud-gazing softens us. Community saves us.

  • Amar D. Peterman

    \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 Theologian | \ud83d\udcd6 Author of _Becoming Neighbors_ | \ud83c\udf93 PhD Student at the University of Chicago | \ud83c\udfd8️ Love thy neighbor, saints.

  • Bradley Jersak

    Bradley Jersak (Principal, SSU.ca / Pastoral Scholar, PTM.org). Normally 2 posts/week.

  • Holly Berkley Fletcher

    Former CIA analyst. Author of The Missionary Kids: Unmasking the Myths of White Evangelicalism. Daughter of missionaries. Lover of Kenya. Recovering evangelical. PhD historian.

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