The Transform Network Podcast - A Progressive Christian Podcast

Rev. Jeanelle Nicolas Ablola is a second-generation Filipino American--queer, trans, neurodivergent, anti-imperialist--and is currently serving at Pine United Methodist Church, San Francisco. They are rooted in the movement for national democracy in the Philippines and regularly lead solidarity trips to the country. They are Co-Chair of the UMC Cal-Nev Philippine Solidarity Task Force (PSTF) and a member of the National Ecumenical-Interfaith Forum for Filipino Concerns - NorCal (NEFFCON). They serve Christ through serving the People. Subscribe to their podcast here: gomburza.podbean.com/. HOSTS: Vahisha Hasan, Founder & Exec. Dir. of Movement in Faith, is hosting Resipiscence 2020 on The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast. It's an accompaniment to this year's lenten devotional by the same name. Visit www.transformnetwork.org/podcast. BUY THE DEVO: It's not to late to get your lenten devotional. Print & eBook versions available at www.transformnetwork.org/bookstore.

Velda Love serves as Minister for Racial Justice in The Justice and Local Church Ministries of The United Church of Christ National Office in Cleveland, OH. The goal of her work is to dismantle and eradicate racism by understanding the role and intent of the creation of colorism categories, the construction of whiteness , and people of color myths. Velda brings an African-centered, black liberation, and Womanist approach to the Bible and theology, placing God at the center of life and faith.      

Kathryn V. Stanley is an Atlanta-based educator, writer, editor and public theologian. Her writings appear in a number of publications. Kathryn supports both youth and adults in enhancing their writing skills. Most recently, she served as writing coach to a group of women who participated in a writing intensive with Dr. Renita Weems at the Collegeville Institute. An intergenerational daughter of teachers and preachers, Kathryn was educated in the public schools of Washington, DC, Spelman College, the University of School of Law, and the Candler School of Theology at Emory University. She serves in ministry at the Ebenezer Baptist Church and is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. You can connect with her at katstan29@gmail.com or Sisterscribe on Facebook. HOSTS: Vahisha Hasan, Founder & Exec. Dir. of Movement in Faith, is hosting Resipiscence 2020 on The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast. It's an accompaniment to this year's lenten devotional by the same name. Visit www.tr

Dr. Teresa L. Smallwood earned a B.A from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a Juris Doctor from North Carolina Central University School of Law, a Master of Divinity at Howard University School of Divinity and a PhD at Chicago Theological Seminary. She is the Postdoctoral Fellow and Associate Director of the Public Theology and Racial Justice Collaborative at Vanderbilt Divinity School. She is licensed and ordained and serves as Social Justice Minister at New Covenant Christian Church in Nashville, TN.’ Find her on Facebook at Teresa Smallwood and on Twitter @YAMSIsrael. HOSTS: Vahisha Hasan, Founder & Exec. Dir. of Movement in Faith, is hosting Resipiscence 2020 on The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast. It's an accompaniment to this year's lenten devotional by the same name. Visit www.transformnetwork.org/podcast. BUY THE DEVO: It's not to late to get your lenten devotional. Print & eBook versions available at https://www.transformnetwork.org/bookstore. 

Cindy Cushman is a Presbyterian minister currently serving as Transitional Pastor at Corydon Presbyterian Church in Corydon, IN. Along with her work in the church, she is active in public education advocacy through the organization Dear JCPS. She and her husband are the parents of 2 biological children and 3 children adopted from foster care. They live in Louisville, KY. You can find Cindy on Facebook or @cushmancindy on Instagram or @ccush69 on Twitter. Natalie Cushman is a sophomore at Western Kentucky University double-majoring in Film Studies and Diversity and Community Studies. She is currently doing a semester abroad in Gaborone, Botswana. You can find Natalie at https://www.facebook.com/natalie.cushman, on Twitter @gnat_cushman, and on Instagram @gnataliecushman. HOSTS: Vahisha Hasan, Founder & Exec. Dir. of Movement in Faith, is hosting Resipiscence 2020 on The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast. It's an accompaniment to this year's lenten devotional by the same name. Visit

R. C. Ferguson, an unconventional minister, is focused on faith, community uplift, and social change. She’s presently an outstanding author and a fantastic educator by trade. Her literary works include poetry, devotionals, children fiction, and Christian fiction. All of her works, no matter the genre, are faith-based and inspirational. Ferguson is a proud alumni of Fayetteville State University and has continuously pursued multiple educational opportunities. However, the labels she esteems most are that of loving wife and doting mother. You can find her on Facebook at R. C. Ferguson, on Instagram at rcferguson716, and on Twitter @RFerguson716. HOSTS: Vahisha Hasan, Founder & Exec. Dir. of Movement in Faith, is hosting Resipiscence 2020 on The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast. It's an accompaniment to this year's lenten devotional by the same name. Visit www.transformnetwork.org/podcast. BUY THE DEVO: It's not to late to get your lenten devotional. Print & eBook versions avail

Rev. Alba Onofrio and Yaz Mendez Nuñez are queer Latinx Southerners whose commitments are to love, joy, and the struggle for liberation. They serve as the Co-Executive Directors of Soulforce, a national organization whose mission is to end the religious and political oppression of LGBTQI people by sabotaging white Christian Supremacy through relentless nonviolent resistance. Soulforce’s theory of change rests on the idea that healing from religious-based trauma and building up Indomitable Spirits across movements will grow in us the agency and resiliency we need to combat ideological violence and build a New Creation that offers all of us whole and abundant Life. HOSTS: Vahisha Hasan, Founder & Exec. Dir. of Movement in Faith, is hosting Resipiscence 2020 on The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast. It's an accompaniment to this year's lenten devotional by the same name. Visit www.transformnetwork.org/podcast. BUY THE DEVO: It's not to late to get your lenten devotional. Print &

Sunday April 5 Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson is an Affrilachian (Black Appalachian) working class woman and the first Black woman Executive Director of the Highlander Research & Education Center, a historic social justice leadership training school and cultural center. Ash-Lee is a long-time activist working against environmental racism and for workers rights, racial justice, and women’s and LGBTQUIA+ rights across the South. She serves on the governance council of the Southern Movement Assembly and is a nationally recognized leader in the Movement for Black Lives. HOSTS: Vahisha Hasan, Founder & Exec. Dir. of Movement in Faith, is hosting Resipiscence 2020 on The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast. It's an accompaniment to this year's lenten devotional by the same name. Visit www.transformnetwork.org/podcast. BUY THE DEVO: It's not to late to get your lenten devotional. Print & eBook versions available at https://www.transformnetwork.org/bookstore. 

Saturday April 4   Sandhya Rani Jha serves as founder/director of the Oakland Peace Center, a collective of 40 organizations working to create equity, access and dignity in Oakland, California. A multiply-published author and widely requested public speaker and anti-oppression trainer, Sandhya’s 20+ years of community organizing experience position her to help cultivate sustainable social movement work. An ordained pastor with a masters in public policy, Sandhya is comfortable in the pulpit, on the picket line or hanging out with friends over a good cup of tea and a story.   HOSTS: Vahisha Hasan, Founder & Exec. Dir. of Movement in Faith, is hosting Resipiscence 2020 on The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast. It's an accompaniment to this year's lenten devotional by the same name. Visit www.transformnetwork.org/podcast.   BUY THE DEVO: It's not to late to get your lenten devotional. Print & eBook versions available at https://www.transformnetwork.org/bookstore. 

Friday April 3 Francisco Herrera is a classically-trained violist and orchestra conductor, speaks four languages, and is a passionate agitator for the Gospel. When he’s not doing other Christians’ dirty work or desperately trying to complete his PhD studies at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, he loves to write worship and devotional music and cook for people. If you wanna support him further, become a subscriber via his Patreon page (https://www.patreon.com/PolyglotEvangel), effectively helping him to keep his nose in a book and his hands out of trouble. HOSTS: Vahisha Hasan, Founder & Exec. Dir. of Movement in Faith, is hosting Resipiscence 2020 on The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast. It's an accompaniment to this year's lenten devotional by the same name. Visit www.transformnetwork.org/podcast. BUY THE DEVO: It's not to late to get your lenten devotional. Print & eBook versions available at https://www.transformnetwork.org/bookstore. 

Sunday March 29 Rev. Anne Dunlap is a pastor, activist/organizer, and herbal warrior; the Faith Coordinator for Showing Up for Racial Justice; and a UCC minister who recently moved to Haudenosaunee land currently called Buffalo, NY. She is committed to fierce love and collective liberation, working in freedom movements with folks across race, gender, and class lines for over 30 years. Catch her on Twitter at @fiercerev and visit her website at fiercerevremedies.com. And check out her podcast with a full re-interpretation of Romans here! https://soundcloud.com/thewordisresistance/32617-romans-the-wages-of-whiteness HOSTS: Vahisha Hasan, Founder & Exec. Dir. of Movement in Faith, is hosting Resipiscence 2020 on The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast. It's an accompaniment to this year's lenten devotional by the same name. Visit www.transformnetwork.org/podcast. BUY THE DEVO: It's not to late to get your lenten devotional. Print & eBook versions available at https://www.transform

Jessie J. Crockett is an up-and-coming teen author focused on equality for all no matter their race, gender, or sexual orientation. She has published one novel entitled Jessie Zion’s Divine Quest and is currently working on her second novel scheduled to be released early 2020. Like most teenagers, her hobbies are broad and range from singing, reading, and writing to Harry Potter and Broadway musicals. She is currently a freshman in high school and is looking forward to seeing whatever path life takes her down. Find her on Facebook as Jessie J. Crockett and on Instagram at issajessiecrockett. HOSTS: Vahisha Hasan, Founder & Exec. Dir. of Movement in Faith, is hosting Resipiscence 2020 on The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast. It's an accompaniment to this year's lenten devotional by the same name. Visit www.transformnetwork.org/podcast. BUY THE DEVO: It's not to late to get your lenten devotional. Print & eBook versions available at https://www.transformnetwork.org/bookstore. 

Wednesday March 25 Sophia Hayes-Jackson is a recent graduate of Pacific School of Religion where she earned her MDiv and Certificate of Spirituality and Social Change. Sophia is currently the HIV/PrEP Navigator at Roots Community Health Clinic in East Oakland, moderator of the NCNC UCCBay Association, and clergy lead for WOSA (Women of Spirit Action), a women’s ministry group in the Christian Church Disciples of Christ. Sophia hopes to become a prison chaplain; she is also founder of Phoenix Outreach, a recovery and reentry program fostering restoration and transformative change. HOSTS: Vahisha Hasan, Founder & Exec. Dir. of Movement in Faith, is hosting Resipiscence 2020 on The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast. It's an accompaniment to this year's lenten devotional by the same name. Visit www.transformnetwork.org/podcast. BUY THE DEVO: It's not to late to get your lenten devotional. Print & eBook versions available at https://www.transformnetwork.org/bookstore. 

Tuesday March 24 Rev. Carlton E. Smith is an ordained minister in the Unitarian Universalist Association and a member of its Congregational Life staff for the Southern Region. Much of his time goes to preaching, teaching, advising and facilitating the health and well-being of congregations and their leaders. He lives in the greater Memphis area and was recently a candidate for State Senate in north Mississippi. He serves on the Campaign Board for the LGBTQ Victory Fund and on the Board of Trustees for the Living Legacy Project, which conducts tours to Civil Rights era sites. He can be reached at carlton@carltonesmith.com, on Facebook at carlton.e.smith, on Instagram @carlton.e.smith19, and on Twitter @CarltonESmith. HOSTS: Vahisha Hasan, Founder & Exec. Dir. of Movement in Faith, is hosting Resipiscence 2020 on The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast. It's an accompaniment to this year's lenten devotional by the same name. Visit www.transformnetwork.org/podcast. BUY THE DEVO: It's n

Monday March 23 Amanda Emily Smith is a queer Black woman born and raised in New Orleans. She writes on motherhood, sacred sexuality and New Orleans. HOSTS: Vahisha Hasan, Founder & Exec. Dir. of Movement in Faith, is hosting Resipiscence 2020 on The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast. It's an accompaniment to this year's lenten devotional by the same name. Visit www.transformnetwork.org/podcast. BUY THE DEVO: It's not to late to get your lenten devotional. Print & eBook versions available at www.transformnetwork.org/bookstore.

Saturday March 21 Today's guest is Kimberly Mark a heart-centered, justice-seeking, pursuer of grace. Now several years into the business of deconstructing the faith that’s defined her, she is finding freedom through liberation theology and storytelling. Kimberly lives in Oakland where she practices massage therapy, tutors math, and generally helps people live their best life. Find her on IG @lilokimiko and FB @kimsiumark. HOSTS: Vahisha Hasan, Founder & Exec. Dir. of Movement in Faith, is hosting Resipiscence 2020 on The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast. It's an accompaniment to this year's lenten devotional by the same name. Visit www.transformnetwork.org/podcast. BUY THE DEVO: It's not to late to get your lenten devotional. Print & eBook versions available at www.transformnetwork.org/bookstore.

Wednesday, March 18 Today's guest is Tuhina Verma Rasche, an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), and currently serves as the Minister of Small Groups at University AME Zion Church in Palo Alto, CA. She is a frequent writer and speaker on the intersections of faith and race. She also has articles featured in Inheritance Magazine, Bearings Magazine, and a number of publications within the ELCA on preaching, spirituality, and identity. You can find her @tvrasche on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Her Medium account is at https://medium.com/@tvrasche and she blogs at https://thislutheranlife.blogspot.com. HOSTS: Vahisha Hasan, Founder & Exec. Dir. of Movement in Faith, is hosting Resipiscence 2020 on The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast. It's an accompaniment to this year's lenten devotional by the same name. Visit www.transformnetwork.org/podcast. BUY THE DEVO: It's not to late to get your lenten devotional. Print & eBook versions available at

Tuesday March 17 Today's guest is Nichola Torbett, a spiritual seeker, recovering addict, gospel preacher, podcaster, writer, resistance fomenter, dog-walker, nonviolent direct action trainer, and aspiring race traitor. Driven by her passion for both spiritual formation and social change, she co-founded Seminary of the Street, a training academy for love warriors, in 2009 and Second Acts, a liturgical direct action affinity group, in 2014. She is co-editor of Resipiscence: a Lenten Devotional for Dismantling White Supremacy and a contributor to The Word Is Resistance, a podcast from SURJ-Faith and SURJ-Action, as well as to Jesus Radicals, The Yoke, and other radical discipleship publications. She likes to lock herself to things at strategic moments. Find her on Facebook at Nichola Torbett. Her blog is at https://thelongingisthecompass.wordpress.com. HOSTS: Vahisha Hasan, Founder & Exec. Dir. of Movement in Faith, is hosting Resipiscence 2020 on The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podca

Saturday, March 14 Today's guest is Lyndsey Medford, a writer, speaker, activist with the Poor People’s Campaign, and author of the guided journal, Making Friends With My Body and God. She also manages autoimmune disease and a tiny front-yard garden. Lyndsey holds a Master’s degree in Theology from Boston University, but she’s most proud of her improv theater skills and her rescue dog Miya’s dainty high-fives. She writes regularly to her email newsletter, “Justice and Joy,” at lyndseymedford.com. HOSTS: Vahisha Hasan, Founder & Exec. Dir. of Movement in Faith, is hosting Resipiscence 2020 on The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast. It's an accompaniment to this year's lenten devotional by the same name. Visit www.transformnetwork.org/podcast. BUY THE DEVO: It's not to late to get your lenten devotional. Print & eBook versions available at https://www.transformnetwork.org/bookstore. 

MARCH 11 Today's guest is Margaret Conley, owner of MLC Consulting, LLC and the President of Mending Life Concepts Empowerment Group, Inc., where the focus of care is directed toward serving underprivileged populations at the intersection of spirituality and emotional wellness. Margaret has produced an evidence-based, clinically aligned, theological model designed for use by clergy, academics and clinicians to help lead the conversation around faith-based trauma in individual and community settings. You can find her on Facebook at Margaret L. Conley, LCSW, MDiv (@MLCHHC) and on Instagram @mending_life_concepts Her email is Margaret@mlcconsultingllc.com. HOSTS: Vahisha Hasan, Founder & Exec. Dir. of Movement in Faith, is hosting Resipiscence 2020 on The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast. It's an accompaniment to this year's lenten devotional by the same name. Visit www.transformnetwork.org/podcast. BUY THE DEVO: It's not to late to get your lenten devotional. Print & eBook ver