The Paths To Understanding Podcast

Human Beings within the Ecosystem

Collectively, human beings are creating the conditions of an unparalleled ecological crisis. We will explore the relationship between the human being, the earth and all of life, explore the scope of the challenges we face and what the Abrahamic Traditions might offer us as we face them.

The Blessing and Bane of Love of Our In-Group

In the book of Genesis God says, “It is not good for the human to be alone.” Human beings need relationships to survive and thrive. Yet love for our in-group can lead to suspicion and even violence toward different cultures or religions. We will explore some of the challenges facing us as we engage with people of different cultures.

Challenege 2.0 No Mountain High

No Mountain Too High-Overcoming an addiction can seem like climbing a mountain. An impossibly high mountain. And there are many who find themselves on that trail. A federal study last year concluded that 32 million Americans aged twelve or older suffer from a substance abuse disorder. But therapists emphasize it’s just as important to focus on recovery rates...that many can and do reach ‘the summit’ of recovery. That’s the focus of this episode of Challenge 2.0-some remarkable stories realized through a program called Recovery BP.

Air Date: October 19th, 2019 at 7:30 AM on MeTV, carried through cable providers as well as DirectTV and Dish Network.

Host: Jeff Renner

Panelists: Mark Ursino, Dawn Brown, Shadow Behrends, Scott
Sowle

Challenge 2.0 From Evangelist to Post Evangelist

The Evangelical/Fundamentalist movement has seemed to be a monolith of Christians embracing conservative politics. But news and social media sources have increasingly been documenting rifts in the movement. ‘Ex-vangelical’ and ‘Post-Evangelical’ are both growing Facebook pages, friended by those disillusioned by what they term right-wing politics. One of our guests today, a former southern Baptist minister, never thought those terms would apply to him. But that was before he met a young Muslim boy in a North Carolina coffee shop.

Air Date: November 10th, 2019 at 7:30 AM on MeTV, carried through cable providers as well as DirectTV and Dish Network.

Host: Jeff Renner

Panelists: Jeff Burns, Aneelah Afzali

Challenge 2.0 Keep Your Tired and Poor

Keep Your Tired and Poor-The Statue of Liberty has greeted millions seeking better opportunity, even physical safety, in our country. “Give us your tired, your poor,your huddled masses yearning to breathe free” reads the welcome on the Statue. With each passing week, that welcomebecomes more remote. In this week’s episode of Challenge 2.0, we examine the issue of refugee camps and the connection to the internment camps of World War 2.

Air Date: November 3rd, 2019 at 7:30 AM on MeTV, carried through cable providers as well as DirectTV and Dish Network.

Host: Jeff Renner

Panelists: Maru Mora, Terry Kyllo, Tom Ikeda

Challenge 2.0 Does The Word Truth Still Have Meaning

Has truth really become whatever we want to believe? What are the costs of embracing what’s come to be called ‘Alt-Truth’. The Interfaith Amigos scrutinize this trend of ’the decade’ in this episode of Challenge 2.0. 

Host: Jeff Renner

Panelists: Rabbi Ted Falcon, Imam Jamal Rahman, and Pastor Dave Brown

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Challenge 2.0 The Unopened Gift Part Two

This edition of Challenge 2.0 focuses on what we miss when the wisdom of women is sidelined in faith communities, and examines the stories of women who have made a difference in enriching not only their faith communities, but that of the larger communities of which they are a part.

 

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Challenge 2.0 The Unopened Gift Part One

The Unopened Gift-Welcoming Female Faith Leaders The glass ceiling limiting women in the workplace isn’t limited to the corporate world; it also is alive if not well in faith communities. In this edition of Challenge 2.0, three female faith leaders from Christianity, Judaism and Islam explain why and how that need to change, and how it will gift their communities with a deeper faith experience.

 

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Challenge 2.0 When The Opressed Become the Oppressors

The United Nations calls it a textbook example of ethnic cleansing, and the world’s fastest growing refugee crisis. Nearly 700,000 Rohingya people have fled Myanmar, also known as Burma, in the last 18 months. But it’s a problem that first arose in the 1970’s when a military dictatorship seized power. In this episode of Challenge 2.0, we talk with an American who visited the refugee camps in Bangladesh, see his video, and hear from a Rohingya leader seeking help for his people.

 

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Challenge 2.0 Paper Promises Part Two

In the last edition of Challenge 2.0, we explored the gulf between promises made and promises kept in treaties signed by the U.S. government with Native American tribes. This week, we continue to explore the reality and consequences of treaty violation in part two of ‘Paper Promises’.

 

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