Jesus, Justice + Mercy: Bold faith, radical love and justice for the church

By Kristen A. Brock

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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.


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