Sound of the Genuine
Sound of the Genuine is the Forum for Theological Exploration’s podcast exploring meaning and purpose. In each episode, we’re invited into the vocational journey of leaders of the church and academy. It is hosted by award-winning and bestselling author Patrick B. Reyes, PhD, FTE's Senior Director of Learning Design.
Episodes
71 episodes
Patrick B. Reyes: Risk Love
In the final episode of season four, Dr. Patrick Reyes answers questions from staff and previous guests that help him reflect on his past and present. He shares his thoughts on theological education, advancing technology, and the things in his ...
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Season 4
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Episode 12
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47:51
Allison Arsenault: The Vocation of Discernment
This week, Dr. Patrick Reyes talks to FTE’s own Allison Arsenault. The two discuss her nomadic childhood and how she found deep affirmation and a welcoming community within the walls of Presbyterian churches. Allison has spent a lot of her life...
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Season 4
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Episode 11
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28:18
Sandhya Jha: The Sacred Work of Justice
This week Dr. Reyes talks to Rev. Sandhya Jha about their multiracial, interfaith upbringing, which is deeply rooted in both a love of Jesus and the fight against injustice. Their work in politics, the church, and non-profits is where they find...
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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27:34
Montague Williams: Living Ministry
This week, Dr. Patrick Reyes talks with Rev. Dr. Montague Williams. He recounts his early life navigating Chicago and serving as a cultural translator for his immigrant family. Steeped in church life as the child of a pastor, he didn’t always t...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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36:21
Ched Myers & Elaine Enns: Solidarity and Justice Making
This week Dr. Patrick Reyes sits down for a conversation with Ched Myers and Elaine Enns. Each talks about their radically different upbringings and how their peacemaking and restorative justice work led to their chance meeting. Ched and Elaine...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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54:18
Belle Liang: Transcending the Performance Mindset
This week Dr. Reyes talks to Belle Liang about the transition from her early years, feeling the drive to succeed in order to meet the expectations of her family and community, to pushing past those expectations to reshape how she defined succes...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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25:41
Tuhina Rasche: Finding Faith in Community
This week, Dr. Reyes talks to Rev. Tuhina Rasche about growing up in an American context as the child of devout Hindus. Her experiences in college and after, forming deep community with friends and then finding the Evangelical Lutheran Church i...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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32:33
Angela Gorrell: Finding Joy in Belonging
This week Dr. Reyes talks to Rev. Dr. Angela Gorrell about her struggles in early childhood as she sought spaces to belong and the supportive family and community that cultivated her early gifts in writing and public speaking. She is passionate...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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39:57
Kaitlin Curtice: Living Resistance
This week, Dr. Reyes has a conversation with Kaitlin Curtice. She recalls the destabilizing effects of moving around a lot in childhood, her early experiences with conservative theology, and how she found refuge in expressing her love for peopl...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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28:26
Stephen Ray: Shaping the Future of Theological Education
In this week’s episode, Rev. Dr. Stephen Ray shares his journey from growing up in Jamaica Queens, New York, to serving as president of Chicago Theological Seminary. In his role as an educator and administrator, Dr. Ray has always sought ways t...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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36:18
Michaela O'Donnell: Contexts and Constraints: Integrating Life, Work, and Faith
This week, Dr. Reyes talks with Dr. Michaela O’Donnell about her journey from a small town in the Midwest, through the American South, out to Los Angeles, then returning home to the people and places that nurtured her. The foundational love of ...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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28:50
Cole Arthur Riley: The Call to Write
To kick off season four of the Sound of the Genuine, Dr. Patrick B. Reyes has a conversation with Cole Arthur Riley. She talks about being a shy, often non-verbal child and how her love of words, nurtured by her family, helped her expr...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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29:11
Puanani Calvillo: Moving Toward Possibility
In this special episode, Rose J. Percy speaks with Puanani Rosario Poti Calvillo from a live recording at FTE’s Christian Leadership Forum. Puanani talks about her identity as a partner, teacher, mother, and spiritual director and how wearing a...
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Season 3
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Episode 16
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27:52
K. Monet Rice-Jalloh: Heeding the Inner Call
This week, Dr. Reyes talks to Rev. Dr. K. Monet Rice-Jalloh about her early call as a young girl in a context that did not affirm women in ministry. She recounts tales of skipping school to go to church and then later to audit classes in religi...
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Season 3
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Episode 15
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37:17
Jean Nangwala: Survivor-Advocate and Artist
In this special episode, Nikole Lim talks to Jean Nangwala. Jean shares her experience of growing up in Zambia, the expectations for women and girls in her culture, and her continuing journey of healing and thriving as a survivor and advocate f...
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Season 3
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Episode 14
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37:28
Kat Armas: Abuelita Faith
This week, Dr. Reyes talks to Kat Armas about growing up in the Cuban community in Miami, her lifelong passion for stories, and the foundational relationship with her abuela that helped form her as a writer seeking to center the stories of wome...
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Season 3
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Episode 13
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28:09
Kate Ott: Theology at Work in the World
Dr. Reyes and Dr. Kate Ott discuss her Catholic upbringing in a tight-knit community in the Midwest, her inherent love of learning, and her deep desire to do good in the world. She talks about being fueled by relationships and how her call mani...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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47:33
Anthony Ramos: Manifesting a Faith Journey Through Music
This week, Anthony Ramos joins Dr. Reyes for a conversation about his early years searching for direction and meaning in his life and how role models set him on a faith journey where he learned to trust God’s plan for him. Anthony uses hip-hop ...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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23:00
Kathryn House: Learning and Unlearning in Community
In this episode, Dr. Kathryn House joins Dr. Reyes to talk about her childhood in the foothills of North Carolina, where her deep love for the church led to a call to ministry as a young person. She credits the faithful voices of friends and me...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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27:28
Nikole Lim: Freely In Hope
In this episode, Dr. Reyes talks to Nikole Lim about her artistic childhood and how her love of storytelling developed into a photography and filmmaking career. She discusses the transition from capturing stories of the pain and suffering in th...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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27:45
Chelsea Brooke Yarborough: The Courage to LOVE
This week’s episode features a talk from Rev. Dr. Chelsea Brooke Yarborough. Chelsea served as the Theologian in Residence for FTE’s online experience supporting young adults through short discernment gatherings. Her reflection serves to inspir...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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21:45
Claudio Carvalhaes: Finding the Sound of the Genuine in Relationships
This week, Rev. Dr. Cláudio Carvalhaes takes us from his childhood in São Paulo, Brazil, to his early days in ministry in small communities outside the city. He talks about the support of his family and ancestors, clearing out the noises of lif...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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38:41
Bill Lamar: Thriving in Authenticity and Centering Joy
In this live recording at FTE's Christian Leadership Forum, Rev. Bill Lamar recounts his childhood steeped in the deep love of family, embracing a call to ministry as a young person, and finding personal and professional freedom in centering jo...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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27:30
Janet Wolf: Witnessing the Gospel Rooted in Community Part 2
Janet Wolf has worked as a poverty rights organizer, United Methodist pastor with urban and rural congregations; college and seminary professor; learner, teacher, animator with think tanks inside prisons. She works with the Children’s Defense F...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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46:47
Janet Wolf: Witnessing the Gospel Rooted in Community
Janet Wolf has worked as a poverty rights organizer, United Methodist pastor with urban and rural congregations; college and seminary professor; learner, teacher, animator with think tanks inside prisons. She works with the Children’s Defense F...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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55:11
