David Toole shares lessons he's learned from the example of Maggy Barankitse, a woman driven to care for orphans of the Burundi and Rwanda genocides through her organization Maison Shalom.
Today, Maggy lives in exile in Rwanda after narrowly escaping an assassination attempt in 2015. Maison Shalom was declared an illegal organization in Burundi and she was sentenced to life in prison by the Supreme Court of Burundi, convicted in absentia. She has re-established Maison Shalom in Rwanda.
Maggy has received multiple humanitarian awards, including the Opus Prize, the UNESCO Prize, and the Aurora Prize.
David Toole holds a joint appointment as associate professor in the Duke Global Health Institute and Duke Divinity School. He is author of Love Made Me an Inventor, about Maggy, and founder of Love’s Inventions, a non-profit dedicated to spreading Maggy’s message to the world and supporting her ongoing work in Africa.
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Ep. 323: Witness to Suffering | J.S. Park
J.S. Park, chaplain at Tampa General Hospital, shares his unique role in offering spiritual and emotional support to patients and families during their most traumatic moments, including insights about the nature of grief and the intersection of mental health and faith.
J.S. Park is the author of As Long As You Need: Permission to Grieve, part hospital chaplain experience and part memoir. He is also the author The Voices We Carry: Finding Your One True Voice in a World of Clamor and Noise (2020).
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Ep. 322: Book Club When Things Fall Apart
Rachel Whipple joins the In Good Faith team for a discussion of Pema Chödrön's When Things Fall Apart--a classic in Buddhist literature for the last 20 years.
They explore themes such as dealing with fear, facing discomfort, embracing impermanence, and practicing non-attachment.
Pema Chödrön is a Buddhist nun, meditation teacher, and author. In 1981 she became the first American in the Vajrayana tradition to become a fully ordained nun. She has published over 20 books.
Rachel Whipple is an attorney and Provo City Councilor, and a former Research Fellow at the International Center for Law and Religion Studies. She is also a member of the Provo Awakening Valley Sangha Board of Directors.
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Ep. 321: Faith, Advocacy, & Art | Helen Boursier
Helen Boursier discusses her experiences as a volunteer chaplain at an immigrant family detention center in Texas. She reflects on the profound faith and resilience of the asylum-seeking families she met, highlighting their spiritual strength and the love they embody, despite their hardships.
The Rev. Dr. Helen Boursier, Ph.D., was known as “Pastora Helena” for two years inside an immigrant family detention center (2015 and 2016) where she used art as a pastoral care ministry with more than 5000 women and children seeking asylum. She continues to volunteer with, and advocate for, refugees seeking asylum. Dr. Boursier teaches religious and theological studies at the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, MN.
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Ep. 320: Building Bridges Within Our Own Communities | John Song
Reverend John Song shares his background growing up in an immigrant Korean church, his career transition from band teacher to pastor, and his involvement with the One America Movement.
Rev. John Song is the Senior Pastor at City of Hope Presbyterian Church in Columbia, MD. He is on the Board of Directors of the One America Movement, which partners with faith communities across religious, political, and racial divides to confront toxic polarization in our society.
He received his Master of Divinity at Reformed Theological Seminary in Washington D.C,, and was ordained in the Presbyterian Church in America.
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