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Jesus, Justice & Mercy
Bold faith, radical love, and justice for the church.
Welcome to Jesus, Justice & Mercy — a podcast for Christians who sense that justice matters but feel the tension between Jesus and much of what they see practiced in the church.
If you’re wrestling with inherited faith, questions that don’t have easy answers, or the growing gap between the Gospel and the world we’re navigating, you’re not alone.
I’m your host, Kristen Brock, rooted in the church and committed to following Jesus with honesty, courage, and compassion. Each season, we engage Scripture, history, and lived experience to explore the intersections of faith, justice, and discipleship. We talk about race, trauma, power, civic responsibility, and the ways faith has been both a source of harm and a force for healing.
Whether you’re deconstructing, rebuilding, or simply learning to ask better questions, this is a space for thoughtful reflection, faithful wrestling, and a faith shaped by justice, deeply rooted in Scripture.
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Shabbat | Rest, Recalibration, and Why I'm Not Going Quiet
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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Unlocked: Pentecost for Doubters, Deconstructors, and the Depleted
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May 28, 2026 |
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Inside Out: A Mental Health Theology Big Enough to Hold the Dark
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May 21, 2026 |
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Pulpit Fiction: The Women They Renamed, Silenced, and Forgot
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May 14, 2026 |
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No Casseroles Required: What the Women of Scripture Knew About Grief
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May 07, 2026 |
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Undressed: Are We Unwittingly the Emperor?
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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No Tap-Dancing Required: A Theology of Being Beloved with Kieawnie Clar
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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Everyday Prophets: You Can't Heal What You Won't Name with Conscious Coore
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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He Knows Your Name | A Resurrection for the Scarred, the Shut Out, and the Still Waiting
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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We are Saturday People | A theology for the Weary, Waiting, and the In-Between
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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The Texts They Used Against You: The truth about harm and repair
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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Back Porch Mercy: What Faithful Looks Like on a Tuesday
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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Won't You Be My Neighbor: What Mr. Rogers Understood That the Church Forgot
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Starting in the Rubble: Reconciliation That Holds
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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Faith in the Wilderness You Didn’t Choose: When Certainty Cracks and Comfort Fades
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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The Comfort We Called Holy: How White Christian Nationalism Formed Us
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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The Cost of Staying Awake: How Long, O Lord?
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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Just Left of Centered: Black Theology, Liberation & the Gospel
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Take a Break: Hamilton, Sabbath, and the Resistance of Rest
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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Risky Business: It's Not Just an '80s Movie; Just Ask Esther
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Episode 50 | MLK Bonus: What King Said About People Like Me
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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Ready or Not: The Year Courage Stops Being Optional
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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Discipleship on Fire: Season 3 Trailer
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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2026: The Year the Planner Didn’t Save Us
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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The Advent of Justice: Love Comes to the Margins | God With Us
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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The Advent of Justice: Joy for a Weary World
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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The Advent of Justice: Peace that Disarms
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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The Advent of Justice: Hope in the Dark
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Truth With a Side of Potatoes: Thanksgiving Bonus Episode
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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Fault Lines: When Religion Fails Us and God Shows Up Anyway
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Weapons Down: What God Requires for a Faith at War with Itself
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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Noise Complaint: When Worship Gets Loud but Justice Goes Silent
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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The Gospel According to Empire: And the Jesus Who Refused to Preach It
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Prophet? Please.: Rethinking prophecy, courage, and how to follow love’s voice in fearful times
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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Reread, Repent, Repair: Exegesis for Everyday Disciples
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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Jesus Isn’t Running for Office: Because God Doesn’t Need Political Power to Bring His Kingdom
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Holy Ghosting: Faithful but Left Behind
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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Holy Sawdust: Because Building the Kingdom gets Messy
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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Jesus Made Me Do It: The Spiritual Work of Unlearning
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Half a Gospel Is No Gospel at All: Liberation for the poor, resisted by the powerful
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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Tariffs of Faith: The Price of Justice-Rooted Discipleship
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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When Faith Refuses to Whitewash: Candice Zakariya on Justice and Discipleship
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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"Choose This Day Whom You Will Serve: Faith at the Altar of Power"
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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Over Before It Started: Power, Oppression, and the Systems That Decide Who Wins
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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The Part We Skipped in Sunday School: What History Forgot and Faith Can’t Ignore
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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Not Just Pie and Playlists: Bias, Privilege, and the Bible
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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Exodus Faith – When You’ve Left, but Haven’t Arrived
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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Jesus Isn’t Triggered by Justice, (But We Might Be): Why God’s vision of justice goes beyond culture wars, punishment, or politics.
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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Why Does Social Justice Feel So Divisive in the Church?
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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Is it possible to love Jesus and pursue justice?
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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The Other Side of Adoption: Systems, Families, Trauma, and Hope
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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Generational Shadows: Youth Incarceration's Legacy on Trauma and Poverty
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May 30, 2024 |
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Bearing Witness: Navigating Mental Health and Miracles
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May 16, 2024 |
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Unraveling Inequities: Poverty, Race and the Foster System
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May 09, 2024 |
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Beyond the System: A Journey of Love, Loss, Healing and Faith
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May 02, 2024 |
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Threads of Inequality: Exploring Poverty Through a Christian Lens
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Embracing the Other: Faith, Justice, and Immigration in America
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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Radical Restitution: The Revolutionary Vision of Jubilee
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Justice Envisioned: Untangling the threads of faith and action
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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Justice Renewed: Redemption through Resurrection
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Justice Embodied: Mercy Matters with Luke's Gospel
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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Prophetic Justice Unleashed: Dismantling Oppression from the Courts of Heaven
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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Justice unveiled: Exploring divine justice in God’s law
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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Lessons from Dr. King: Navigating Social Justice and the Gospel
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Journey to Justice: True confessions of a nice white girl
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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Church, Race and Justice: Three words nobody wants in the same sentence
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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Generational Trauma and the Lie
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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The history we don't want to know - an introduction to Black History Month
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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What in the world is a girl like me doing talking about social justice?
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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Season 1 Trailer
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Sep 24, 2022 |