In honor of the All Saints triduum, Bartcast #51 features Ched’s reflections on his father, who passed away almost 30 years ago. He reads from a piece originally published in the mid-90s titled “Pulpo en su Tinta”; you can find it in the Appendix to his book Our God is Undocumented.We encourage you to remember…
Mauricio and Ched got together in August 2020 for a CLBSJ Scholar-Activist Encounter and discussed their work to create capacity for movement-building through arts, documentation and scholarship, and the way this work has shaped and been shaped by their faith.Mauricio is a BCM friend and Partner, former intern and is currently an Assistant Arts Professor…
On Summer Solstice 2020 Elaine & Ched led an online liturgy for our local Farm Church. As it was also Father’s Day and Indigenous Peoples Day in Canada, we had a conversation with our friends and colleagues Harry and Germaine Lafond from the Muskeg Cree First Nation in Saskatchewan. The Lafonds talked about the importance…
by Elaine Enns and Ched Myers: list price $38.00Available now direct from Wipf & Stock in the US. In Canada, you can purchase from Common Word bookstore. In their latest book, Healing Haunted Histories: A Settler Discipleship of Decolonization, Elaine Enns and Ched Myers take on the “ghosts” of settler colonialism, Indigenous displacement, and white…
In June, 2013, Ched and Elaine interviewed Liz McAlister, a mentor and “mother of the movement” for peace and justice, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Jonah House, the Christian peacemaking community in Baltimore, MD Liz cofounded. This podcast is in honor of her 80th birthday, and in solidarity as she is awaiting…
Passing through Oak View in late November 2018, Undertaking a sabbatical journey at a transition point in his life, Joshua Grace stopped by Oak View for a quiet chat with Elaine and Ched. Joshua’s CV is too long to list here, but he is a long time friend of BCM, and a key member of…
Myers Park Baptist Church in Charlotte, NC, recently hosted Elaine and Ched. Listen in as pastors Ben and Chrissy talk with them about their personal and political journeys of faith (individually and together) and how they found themselves as activist-teacher-scholars dedicating their lives to the critical re-connection of sanctuary, seminar, streets, and soil.
In this Bartcast Elaine and Ched describe the life and the hospice journey of dying of their dear mentor, Ladon Sheats on the 16th anniversary of his passing. They discuss Ladon’s commitments to radical discipleship, and the profound lessons of accompanying him in a remarkable experience of community hospice, including their experiment of green burial.
Part 1 of a 2-part interview with Liz by Elaine and Ched from June, 2013, during the 40th anniversary of Jonah House, her Christian peacemaking community in Baltimore, MD. (If you prefer the visuals, you can also see this interview as a recorded webinar for free here.
Part 2 of a 2-part interview with Liz by Elaine and Ched from June, 2013, during the 40th anniversary of Jonah House, her Christian peacemaking community in Baltimore, MD. (If you prefer the visuals, you can also see this interview as a recorded webinar for free here.