Igniting Imagination is a podcast to spark the spirit within you, from Wesleyan Investive and Texas Methodist Foundation. We believe every movement for change starts with conversation. We hope the conversations in these episodes might invite you into new perspectives and possibilities, inspire you with an idea, give you insight about your next faithful step…and further equip you to engage in the conversations in your context that can lead to deep change. This season, we are sharing with you conversations with the inaugural class of Tom Locke Innovative Leader Award winners.
Co-hosts Lisa Greenwood and Casper ter Kuile talk with Rev. Jen Bailey about her womanist-led Faith Matters Network and how the organization has focused on “healing the healers” of transformative social movements through a variety of programs.
Leroy is a seasoned innovator who has spent decades as a spiritual entrepreneur and yet, he now serves deep in the center of the institution of the church. How does an edge leader thrive when working in the heart of the center? Relationships.
Co-hosts Lisa Greenwood and Casper ter Kuile talk with Dr. Matt Russell about what he calls the “improbable friendships'' that have enriched his life and influenced the direction of his ministry.
DeAmon is the original “Roving Listener” who defined the role by his posture of curiosity and his passion for discovering the gifts and talents of the people in his community.
Lisa and Casper talk with Emmanuel Andre who prefers to be known as a “Community Defender” instead of a “Defense Attorney.” This conversation invites us all to consider our responsibility to create spaces where hope and healing can flourish.
Rev. Lisa Greenwood interviews her co-host for this season, Casper ter Kuile. Casper is the author of The Power of Ritual and the co-founder of Sacred Design Lab, a soul-centered research and development lab.
Musician
Mark Miller has a passion for building community through music and believes that everyone is a Child of God. He also adheres to Cornel West’s belief that “Justice is what love looks like in public.” Mark is Associate Professor of Church Music, Director of Chapel, and Composer In Residence at Drew University in Madison NJ, and is a Lecturer in Sacred Music at Yale University. He is also the Minister of Music of Christ Church in Summit, New Jersey.
