The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast

Posted Every Monday

The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast is a free, weekly thirty-minute podcast, posted on every Monday, featuring Fr. John Dear and his reflections about Jesus, Gospel nonviolence, and peacemaking, and guests who teach, speak out, organize and work for a more just, most peaceful, more nonviolent world. Through these weekly reflections, we hope to inspire everyone to follow the nonviolent Jesus more faithfully and do our part to welcome God’s reign of peace with justice on earth!

Here is the schedule for the first five podcasts. The link we will provided on the day they are posted; the podcast APP will be available in early February. It will also be posted every Monday on the homepage of the National Catholic Reporter, HERE.

Episode #12: John Dear in conversation with Shane Claiborne on resistance, organizing & Gospel living

“Our love doesn’t stop at our own borders.” That’s what popular speaker and author Shane Claiborne tells John Dear in this episode of “The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast.” He talks about public organizing, bold resistance, and living out the Gospel where it matters most—on the streets, in communities, and on the frontlines of change; and how we need to respond to the worsening violence, authoritarianism, white supremacy, racism, warmaking, greed, lies, and warmaking overtaking our nation and the world.

We need to go where people are hurting, and serve them, and stop the pain, violence and injustice, he says. “The closer we are to the pain, the more urgently we respond to it.”

Shane knows a lot about living the Gospel and responding to the pain and needs of the poor. He has worked on the streets of Calcutta with Mother Teresa, spent time in Rwanda and Iraq, and journeyed with me to Kabul, Afghanistan during the war. He lives in inner-city Philadelphia with the Simple Way community serving, advocating, and organizing on the streets. His best-selling books include The Irresistible Revolution and Beating Guns: Hope for People Weary of Violence.

He also speaks out all over the world. A dynamic, popular speaker and activist, he is the founder of Red Letter Christians which works with thousands of young evangelicals for justice, disarmament and creation. Shane has put radical love and nonviolence into action and invites us to do the same through the testimony of his life. “Our protest is a form of liturgy,” he says. “We can bring joy in the midst of public lament.” Visit: www.redletterchristians.org Hope you feel energized by Shane’s witness for the nonviolent Jesus!

Upcoming Podcasts

March 31st. #13. John Dear on “Carrying on Jesus’ Grassroots Movement of Peace & Nonviolence–Luke 10.”
April 7th, #14. John Dear in conversation with Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy and founder and director of Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama.
April 14th, #15. John Dear in conversation with Eric Stoner, founder and editor of www.wagingnonviolence.org
April 21st, #16. John Dear in conversation with Martha Hennessy, longtime peace activist, member of Maryhouse Catholic Worker in New York City, granddaughter of Dorothy Day
April 31st, #17. John Dear in conversation with Kazu Haga, author of the new book, Fierce Vulnerability, on trauma healing and creative nonviolence

The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast

Posted Every Monday

Jan. 6th. #1 John Dear on “Living the Beatitudes”
Jan. 13th. #2 John Dear in conversation with actor and activist Martin Sheen
Jan. 20th. #3 John Dear in conversation with Dr. Bernard Lafayette, Dr. King’s personal assistant
Jan. 27th. #4 The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast with Sr Helen Prejean
Feb. 3rd. #5 John Dear in conversation with Fr. Richard Rohr about his new book on the prophets, “The Tears of Things: Prophetic Wisdom for an age of outrage.”
Feb. 10th. #6, Fr. John Dear on “The Nonviolence of Jesus: 10 Essentials”
Feb. 17th. #7 Fr. John Dear in conversation with Sr. Joan Chittister on “Jesus and the Beatitudes,” Part 1 of 3
Feb. 24th. #8 Fr. John Dear in conversation with Sr. Joan Chittister on “Jesus and the Beatitudes,” Part 1 of 3
Mar. 10th. #10, John Dear in conversation with Marie Dennis
Mar. 17th. #11 Fr. John Dear in conversation with Brian McLaren

In a time of rising Christian nationalism, oligarchy, and fascism, here at home and around the world, what does it mean to follow the nonviolent Jesus? How do we respond to authoritarianism as people of Gospel nonviolence? Theologian Brian McLaren warns us: “We are going to have to keep our eyes and ears open for the right time to do the right thing.”

This week, John Dear talks with the best-selling author, brilliant theologian, and activist Brian McLaren to explore how Jesus challenged the violent, authoritarian rulers of his day and how we can respond with bold, creative nonviolent action today: “Jesus was an agent of dissent,” he says. “He is the absolute inverse of an authoritarian!”

Brian McLaren is Dean of Faculty for the Center for Action and Contemplation, founded by Fr. Richard Rohr, and a podcaster with Learning How to See, a leading voice in progressive Christianity. He brings deep wisdom from his many books such Faith After Doubt, Do I Stay Christian?, and Life After Doom. If you’re questioning what to do, resisting the culture, and/or seeking a faith rooted in justice and peace, this episode will help encourage you to go forward as the first Christians did in a spirit of nonviolent resistance and universal love.
Visit: www.brianmclaren.net

Upcoming Podcasts

Mar. 24th. #12 Fr. John Dear in conversation with Shane Claiborne
March 31st. #13. John Dear on “Carrying on Jesus’ Grassroots Movement of Peace & Nonviolence–Luke 10.”
April 7th, #14. John Dear in conversation with Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy and founder and director of Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama.
April 14th, #15. John Dear in conversation with Eric Stoner, founder and editor of www.wagingnonviolence.org
April 21st, #16. John Dear in conversation with Martha Hennessy, longtime peace activist, member of Maryhouse Catholic Worker in New York City, granddaughter of Dorothy Day
April 31st, #17. John Dear in conversation with Kazu Haga, author of the new book, Fierce Vulnerability, on trauma healing and creative nonviolence