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 time...
I think hope is about eyesight, keeping our eyes on the Holy One who is at work in us and in the world.
As we prepare for a brand new season in 2025, Rev. Jacqui wanted to do a series of monologues this fall exploring ways in which we could listen, learn, and lean into peace during these challenging times.
In this reflective piece, Jacqui explores the themes of Advent, focusing on the journey from darkness to light, and the significance of hope in challenging times. She discusses the importance of community, the role of faith, and the promise of restoration as articulated in the biblical text of Jeremiah. Jacqui emphasizes that hope is not just a feeling but an active decision to see beyond current struggles and trust in a brighter future. She draws on insights from various thinkers (Emily Dickinson, Howard Thurman, Martin Luther King Jr.) to illustrate the multifaceted nature of hope and how we can embrace it as a guiding principle in our lives.
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A transcript for this episode can be found here.
Here is a link to the sermon Rev Jacqui references: LINK
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Love Thy Neighbor
"You are a theologian in residence in your own life, beloved."
As we prepare for a brand new season in 2025, Rev. Jacqui wanted to do a series of monologues this fall exploring ways in which we could listen, learn, and lean into peace during these challenging times. In this monologue, Jacqui explores the power of love as a guiding principle in a world filled with division and hate. Drawing upon teachings within Christianity, and the power of Ubuntu, Jacqui explores how love is not just a personal sentiment, but a way of life that requires action, compassion, and a commitment to seeing the humanity in others.
May you choose love as a lens through which to view the world, and to build communities that foster understanding and empathy for one another.
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A transcript for this episode can be found here.
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The Transformative Power of Love with Tiq Milan
What if your deepest identity came from God?
On this episode, writer and thought leader Tiq Milan joins Jacqui to discuss the transformative power of Love—particularly when we offer it freely and generously to our LGBTQ friends and family.
He offers: "My transness and my queerness make me closer to God. It's my gift. I feel present in this life because I get to be the man I need to be. I've come into the best version of myself."
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To learn more about Tia, check out his website here.
The transcript for this episode can be found here.
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On Repentance and Repair with Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
What can we do today to prevent a bit more suffering for those around us?
An award-winning writer who serves as Scholar in Residence at the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg joins Jacqui for the latest episode of Love Period, to discuss healing work that is happening around us even amid chaos and uncertainty.
She offers: “We must do the best we can to prevent as much suffering as possible. That is our main job down here, on earth. That’s the work.”
Don’t miss this moving conversation about finding clarity for the questions we face in our world today. Listen now online or subscribe to Love Period on your favorite podcast platform.
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg's latest book On Repentance and Repair can be found here.
The transcript for this episode can be found here.
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Does Your Work Fulfill Your Spiritual Purpose? with Majora Carter
Does your work fulfill your spiritual purpose?
On this episode of Love Period, Majora Carter joins Jacqui to help us understand what it means to be inspired to create a professional life that is fueled by spiritual principles.
As a real-estate developer, urban revitalization strategy consultant and MacArthur Fellow, Majora Carter’s thriving professional life is built on the moment she “found real meaning in the scriptures when Jesus says, ‘there are only two important laws: Love God and Love thy neighbor.’ And I realized—that is what I do! I love God and I love my neighbor. My work is a manifestation of that.”
We hope this engaging conversation inspires you to shift your way of living—and giving—to the world.
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Majora Carter's book Reclaiming Your Community can be found here. To learn more about her work, visit her website here.
Rabbi Harold Kushner's book When Bad Things Happen to Good People can be found here.
The transcript for this episode can be found here.
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. As a 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 Rev. Barbara Brown Taylor, Wajahat Ali, and many others, Rev. Jacqui reveals the transformative potential—and urgent need—for radical love in our times.
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