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Part 2... The convo continues with Diana, starting with "feelings!" Yup. She’s a bad ass Buddhist Reverend from the Tri-State Denver Buddhist Temple; you definitely don’t wanna miss episode 156 (Part 2 of 2 on "Visions of Self in Jodo Shinshu Buddhism"), friends!  Self: 1: the essential person distinct from all other persons in identity 2: a particular side of a person’s character (Merriam-Webster) Self: 1. A person’s essential being that distinguishes them from others, especially considered as the object of introspection or reflexive action. (Oxford online dictionary) These are definitions of the ‘self’ as it is understood in the English language. Both imply a unique, individual ‘something’ that makes us who we are. By using the word ‘essential’ these definitions also seem to imply that there is some permanence to this self, an absolute core at the center of our being that goes unchanged. This unique individual is one who stands out and apart from others, the ‘self-made’, ‘self-taught’ person who ‘rides a

Our good friend, Diana, is back! She’s a bad ass Buddhist Reverend from the Tri-State Denver Buddhist Temple; you definitely don’t wanna miss episode 155 (Part 1 of 2 on "Visions of Self in Jodo Shinshu Buddhism"), friends!  Self: 1: the essential person distinct from all other persons in identity 2: a particular side of a person’s character (Merriam-Webster) Self: 1. A person’s essential being that distinguishes them from others, especially considered as the object of introspection or reflexive action. (Oxford online dictionary) These are definitions of the ‘self’ as it is understood in the English language. Both imply a unique, individual ‘something’ that makes us who we are. By using the word ‘essential’ these definitions also seem to imply that there is some permanence to this self, an absolute core at the center of our being that goes unchanged. This unique individual is one who stands out and apart from others, the ‘self-made’, ‘self-taught’ person who ‘rides alone’. (I’m a loner, Dottie. A rebel.’)

In Episode 154 of the Brew Theology Podcast, Co-Director of Brew Theology, Janel Apps Ramsey, delivers a  highly relevant recording on all things Covid-19. Janel gleans from a variety of sources and provides extremely helpful information for coping with the new NEW of today's crazy world.. there are so many helpful tips in this show integrating body, mind, soul and spirit practices. Cheers (virtually), and don't forget to wear a mask out in public, friends.  If you are a fan of any of our Brew Theology shows, give this episode a share on the interwebs, rate Brew Theology on iTunes and give BT a brewtastic review! Head over to the Brew Theology website, www.brewtheology.org to learn more, and/or become a local partner, sponsor and financial contributor. Questions & inquiries about Brew Theology, the alliance/network, Denver community or podcast, contact Ryan Miller: ryan@brewtheology.org &/ or janel@brewtheology.org. /// Follow us on Facebook & Instagram (@brewtheology) & Twitter (@brew_theo

Who's ready for PART 2? Get ready for some hopilicious good times LIVE from Atlanta! On episode 153 of the Brew Theology Podcast, Ryan and Janel sit down with Dr. Thomas Slater from the McAfee School of Theology (Part 2) and brew up the topic of Revelation... and his book, "Revelation as Civil Disobedience." This talk leaves behind #LeftBehind and moves forward in context and courage. If you missed part 1, check out Dr. Robert Nash from McAffee... (Topic: The mission of the church in a 21st C. pluralistic world, and more!) We had the honor to unite with McAfee School of Theology at Mercer University  for their THIRD annual live podcast recording! This year's event featured McAfee's Dr Nash and Dr. Thomas Slater at the historic Selah Room at the Church at Ponce & Highlands.  If you are a fan of any of our Brew Theology shows, give this episode a share on the interwebs, rate Brew Theology on iTunes and give BT a brewtastic review! Head over to the Brew Theology website, www.brewtheology.org to learn more

Who's ready for some brewtastic goodness LIVE from Atlanta?! On episode 152 of the Brew Theology Podcast, Ryan and Janel get to sit down with Dr. Robert Nash from McAffee School of Theology  (Part 1 of 2) and brew up the topic of the mission of the church in a 21st C. pluralistic world, and more!  We had the honor to unite with McAfee School of Theology at Mercer University  for their THIRD annual live podcast recording! This year's event featured McAfee's Dr Nash and Dr. Thomas Slater (Part 2) at the historic Selah Room at the Church at Ponce & Highlands. Get ready to enjoy top-notch theological conversation in regard to Dr. Nash's upcoming book, "Moving the Equator: The Families of the Earth and the Mission of the Church." If you are a fan of any of our Brew Theology shows, give this episode a share on the interwebs, rate Brew Theology on iTunes and give BT a brewtastic review! Head over to the Brew Theology website, www.brewtheology.org to learn more, and/or become a local partner, sponsor and financ

Continue to get your NERD ON with Dr. Amy Erickson (Distinguished Professor!) from the Iliff School of Theology as we dig into Genesis 1,2 & 3 (doing some 'ole fashioned - it's more than a tasty drink - hermeneutics with a relevant 21st C. twist!), and talk about how we shouldn't screw up the world! Episode 151 (part 2 of 2) coming at ya, friends. You just may fall in love with Hebrew.    If you are a fan of this episode and/or other Brew Theology shows, give this episode a share on the interwebs, rate Brew Theology on iTunes and give BT a brewtastic review! Head over to the Brew Theology website, www.brewtheology.org to learn more, and/or become a local partner, sponsor and financial contributor. Questions & inquiries about Brew Theology, the alliance/network, Denver community or podcast, contact Ryan Miller: ryan@brewtheology.org &/ or janel@brewtheology.org. /// Follow us on Facebook & Instagram (@brewtheology) & Twitter (@brew_theology) Brew Theology swag HERE. T-shirts, tanks, ho

Let's get nerdy with Dr. Amy Erickson (Distinguished Professor!) from the Iliff School of Theology as we dig into Genesis 1,2 & 3 (doing some 'ole fashioned - it's more than a tasty drink - hermeneutics with a relevant 21st C. twist!), and talk about how we shouldn't screw up the world! Episode 150 coming at ya, friends. You just may fall in love with Hebrew.  Coming soon... Janel & Ryan are headed to McAfee School of Theology in Atlanta on February 26 (7-9pm) for a LIVE podcast event! More 411 coming soon... But mark the date, HOTlanta! If you are a fan of this episode and/or other Brew Theology shows, give this episode a share on the interwebs, rate Brew Theology on iTunes and give BT a brewtastic review! Head over to the Brew Theology website, www.brewtheology.org to learn more, and/or become a local partner, sponsor and financial contributor. Questions & inquiries about Brew Theology, the alliance/network, Denver community or podcast, contact Ryan Miller: ryan@brewtheology.org &/ or jan

What do you do when you lose your faith? When your questions lead to more questions? What do you do when the temptation to belong outways your pull toward the unknown? Up until this point, Agnosticism has been a throw away term to define someone who is lost. Someone who is in between. Someone that is waiting to embrace their next certainty. I would like to ask the question, what if Agnosticism is the future of religion? Could our desperate desire for certainty be what is stopping us from truly embracing the divine and letting the spirit move like a winding river through our lives? Will you join us on episode 149 of the Brew Theology Podcast with Ryan, Janel, Sawyer and Josh, as they bring these questions to your curious earbuds? Maybe in that space, and in your own communal spaces, we can find what we are looking for... P.S. Thanks to Joshua Hoague from Denver for providing the content for this conversation. Coming soon... Janel & Ryan are headed to McAfee School of Theology in Atlanta on February 26

Episode 148 of the Brew Theology Podcast continues... Community, by our Denver Crew Get a taste of what Ryan and I experience every week - having the same/not same conversation more than once. We covered this content in Episode 141 with our friends at Wild Goose. Now hear how this episode sounds with a different set of friends. Community! It can help us and harm us. Were the hermits right all along? Everything from monks and beer to communal B.O., from transitional spaces to pastors who shouldn't be pastors... cheers to our eclectic, interfaith community of communities!  P.S. Thanks to Katie TenHulzen from Denver for providing the content for this conversation. Coming news... Janel & Ryan are headed to McAfee School of Theology in Atlanta on February 26 (7-9pm) for a LIVE podcast event! More 411 coming soon... But mark the date, HOTlanta! If you are a fan of this episode and/or other Brew Theology shows, give this episode a share on the interwebs, rate Brew Theology on iTunes and give BT a brewtasti

Episode 147 of the Brew Theology Podcast continues... Ditch Your Internet Diatribe: Being Together in Difference (Part 2) Ditch your usual diatribe for a fun podcast; come engage in conversation while enjoying some beer (unless you driving or on a treadmill). In the US, in an era where we confront division is regularly as ever, is it our responsibility to maintain relationship with "the other"? Quaker author Parker Palmer posits that "Our capacity to be 'We the people' depends more on the quality of our relationships than how many arguements or debates we win." What roles do spirituality, religion, and creativity play in learning to be together in difference? Bring your appetite for creative conversation in this zesty episode. Coming news... Janel & Ryan are headed to McAfee School of Theology in Atlanta on February 26 (7-9pm) for a LIVE podcast event! More 411 coming soon... But mark the date, HOTlanta! If you are a fan of this episode and/or other Brew Theology shows, give this episode a share on th

Get ready for Episode 146 of the Brew Theology Podcast: Ditch Your Internet Diatribe: Being Together in Difference (Part 1) Ditch your usual diatribe for a fun podcast; come engage in conversation while enjoying some beer (unless you driving or on a treadmill). In the US, in an era where we confront division is regularly as ever, is it our responsibility to maintain relationship with "the other"? Quaker author Parker Palmer posits that "Our capacity to be 'We the people' depends more on the quality of our relationships than how many arguements or debates we win." What roles do spirituality, religion, and creativity play in learning to be together in difference? Bring your appetite for creative conversation in this zesty episode. Coming news... Janel & Ryan are headed to McAfee School of Theology in Atlanta on February 26 (7-9pm) for a LIVE podcast event! More 411 coming soon... But mark the date, HOTlanta! If you are a fan of this episode and/or other Brew Theology shows, give this episode a share on

Cheers to Episode 145, Part 2: “Getting to Know the Climate Apocalypse 101: An Introduction” with guest Rev. *Jessica Abell (GreenFaith & Spirituality Collective).  The world is changing and ecological devastation is all around us. Grief, anger, despair, and denial are all active. How can we weave hope, change, chaos, and community together into this fabric? Join us for a real conversation about living with creation, complicity, and compassion. If you are a fan of this episode and/or other Brew Theology shows, give this episode a share on the interwebs, rate Brew Theology on iTunes and give BT a brewtastic review! Head over to the Brew Theology website, www.brewtheology.org to learn more, and/or become a local partner, sponsor and financial contributor. Questions & inquiries about Brew Theology, the alliance/network, Denver community or podcast, contact Ryan Miller: ryan@brewtheology.org &/ or janel@brewtheology.org. /// Follow us on Facebook & Instagram (@brewtheology) & Twitter (@bre

Get ready for the 144th episode of the Brew Theology podcast “Getting to Know the Climate Apocalypse 101: An Introduction” with guest Rev. *Jessica Abell (GreenFaith & Spirituality Collective). The world is changing and ecological devastation is all around us. Grief, anger, despair, and denial are all active. How can we weave hope, change, chaos, and community together into this fabric? Join us for a real conversation about living with creation, complicity, and compassion. If you are a fan of this episode and/or other Brew Theology shows, give this episode a share on the interwebs, rate Brew Theology on iTunes and give BT a brewtastic review! Head over to the Brew Theology website, www.brewtheology.org to learn more, and/or become a local partner, sponsor and financial contributor. Questions & inquiries about Brew Theology, the alliance/network, Denver community or podcast, contact Ryan Miller: ryan@brewtheology.org &/ or janel@brewtheology.org. /// Follow us on Facebook & Instagram (@brew

On episode 143 of the Brew Theology podcast, Janel Apps Ramsey, Ryan Miller and Mark Donato continue the conversation with Eric Peter on Centering Prayer (Part 1) and more... This tradition was handed on by the Hesychasts of the Eastern Orthodox tradition, in particular by the sixth-century Syrian monk known as Pseudo-Dionysius; Meister Eckhardt, John Ruysbroeck, and the Rhineland mystics in the Middle ages; the anonymous author of The Cloud of Unknowing in the fourteenth century; later by the Carmelite tradition exemplified by Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross, Therese of Lisieux, and Elizabeth of the Trinity; and in the last century by Thomas Merton. Although traditionally a Christian prayer practice, Centering Prayer welcomes all interested in developing or strengthening their relationship with God. Centering Prayer is not meant to replace other kinds of prayer; rather it casts a new light and depth of meaning to them. It is at the same time a relationship with God and a discipline to foster that relation

On episode 142 of the Brew Theology podcast, Janel Apps Ramsey, Ryan Miller and Mark Donato talk to Eric Peter on Centering Prayer (Part 1) and more... This tradition was handed on by the Hesychasts of the Eastern Orthodox tradition, in particular by the sixth-century Syrian monk known as Pseudo-Dionysius; Meister Eckhardt, John Ruysbroeck, and the Rhineland mystics in the Middle ages; the anonymous author of The Cloud of Unknowing in the fourteenth century; later by the Carmelite tradition exemplified by Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross, Therese of Lisieux, and Elizabeth of the Trinity; and in the last century by Thomas Merton. Although traditionally a Christian prayer practice, Centering Prayer welcomes all interested in developing or strengthening their relationship with God. Centering Prayer is not meant to replace other kinds of prayer; rather it casts a new light and depth of meaning to them. It is at the same time a relationship with God and a discipline to foster that relationship. Eric Peter has b

Episode 141 is brought to you from Hot Springs, North Carolina... LIVE at the Wild Goose Festival (summer 2019) Brian and Bridget Spears from the Raleigh Durham Brew Theology community join Janel and Ryan as they talk about Community! It can help us and harm us. Were the hermits right all along? Everything from monks and beer to communal B.O., from transitional spaces to pastors who shouldn't be pastors... cheers to our eclectic, interfaith community of communities!  P.S. Thanks to Katie TenHulzen from Denver for providing the content for this conversation. /// JERSEY Brew Theology presents ALEtruist coming up on November 23. A one-day interfaith community event sharing a cause and craft beer! More 411 and registration, HERE. /// If you are a fan of this episode and/or other Brew Theology shows, give this episode a share on the interwebs, rate Brew Theology on iTunes and give BT a brewtastic review! Head over to the Brew Theology website, www.brewtheology.org to learn more, and/or become a local partner,

Sorry for the delay... Part 2 is now here, BT podritioners! Humans face difficult collective decisions in the 21st century with the climate crisis and reactionary populism rearing their ugly heads. What are the ways forward and what role has religion played in dealing with crisis and is there any role for it moving forward as the term becomes redefined in the 21st century. Join Ryan, Janel, Rob and Bryan for episode 140 of the Brew Theology Podcast as they continue the conversation: Religion in the 21st Century - Pt. 2. /// JERSEY Brew Theology presents ALEtruist coming up on November 23. A one-day interfaith community event sharing a cause and craft beer! More 411 and registration, HERE. /// If you are a fan of this episode and/or other Brew Theology shows, give this episode a share on the interwebs, rate Brew Theology on iTunes and give BT a brewtastic review! Head over to the Brew Theology website, www.brewtheology.org to learn more, and/or become a local partner, sponsor and financial contributor. Qu

Humans face difficult collective decisions in the 21st century with the climate crisis and reactionary populism rearing their ugly heads. What are the ways forward and what role has religion played in dealing with crisis and is there any role for it moving forward as the term becomes redefined in the 21st century. Join Ryan, Janel, Rob and Bryan for episode 139 of the Brew Theology Podcast: Religion in the 21st Century - Pt. 1. /// JERSEY Brew Theology presents ALEtruist coming up on November 23. A one-day interfaith community event sharing a cause and craft beer! More 411 and registration, HERE. /// If you are a fan of this episode and/or other Brew Theology shows, give this episode a share on the interwebs, rate Brew Theology on iTunes and give BT a brewtastic review! Head over to the Brew Theology website, www.brewtheology.org to learn more, and/or become a local partner, sponsor and financial contributor. Questions & inquiries about Brew Theology, the alliance/network, Denver community or podcast,

Rabbi? Essene? Zealot? Was Jesus an apocalyptic prophet, charismatic healer, cynic philosopher or a prophet of social change? What did his followers mean by “Messiah?” Did the “The Son of Man” fail? Did his followers conjure up an epic story that changed the world? There have been countless debates regarding this 1st Century Jewish sage. The quest for the historical Jesus has been a rigorous academic pursuit since the 18th Century; the list of questions and brewtastic rabbit trails go on… and so will this zesty conversation on episode 138 of the Brew Theology Podcast! /// JERSEY Brew Theology presents ALEtruist coming up on November 23. A one-day interfaith community event sharing a cause and craft beer! More 411 and registration, HERE. /// If you are a fan of this episode and/or other Brew Theology shows, give this episode a share on the interwebs, rate Brew Theology on iTunes and give BT a brewtastic review! Head over to the Brew Theology website, www.brewtheology.org to learn more, and/or become a loca

In episode 137 (part 2 of 2) Ryan, Janel and Elizabeth continue their convo with guest, *Kaitlyn Mascher-Mace on "Reforming Western Stereotypes of Buddhism: A Look at Violence in the Buddhist World." The generalized narrative towards Buddhism(s) in the west have often divorced cultural history from the teachings. What is left is an idealized form of Buddhism, often without context, devoid of the causes and conditions which shaped the teachings that are part of the Buddhist world today. However, explicit and implicit violence have always been part of the Buddhist experience. This conversation will be a brief introduction to these realities. /// JERSEY Brew Theology presents ALEtruist coming up on November 23. A one-day interfaith community event sharing a cause and craft beer! More 411 and registration, HERE. /// If you are a fan of this episode and/or other Brew Theology shows, give this episode a share on the interwebs, rate Brew Theology on iTunes and give BT a brewtastic review! Head over to the Brew