You’re about to embark on a journey through the fascinating, sometimes tumultuous terrain of history education. Renowned educators Dr. Karlos Hill, from the Clara Looper Department of African American Studies at the University of Oklahoma, and Dr. Brian Hosmer, head of the OSU History Department, are in the driver seat, […]
Navigating Gender: At the Intersection of Transgender Care and Discrimination
In this episode of Intersections, Rev. Chris Moore and guests Aiden Waidner-Smith and Attorney Josh Payton discuss the recent advancement of a bill in the Oklahoma Senate that would prohibit gender-affirming care and gender reassignment surgery to transgender minors. They discuss how the bill seems to fly against “parental rights” arguments […]
At the Intersection of Housing and Faith
In the fourth episode of Intersections, Rev. Chris Moore is joined by Mack Haltom, executive director of the Tulsa Day Center for the Homeless, and Becky Gligo, executive director at Housing Solutions. The call for compassion and care for the poor is central to all faith traditions, and this conversation […]
At the Intersection of Religion and State
In the third episode of Intersections, Rev. Chris Moore is joined by Aliye Shimi, ed of Tulsa Metropolitan Ministry and Rabbi Dan Kaiman of Congregation B’nai Emunah to discuss the recent ruling by the Supreme Court in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District. They talk about how this ruling redefines the […]
Reconciliation, Reparations and Atonement
In the second episode of Intersections, Rev Chris Moore speaks with city counselor Vanessa Hall Harper, councilor for district 1 since 2016, and Dr. Robert P. Jones, the CEO and founder of public religion research Institute PRRI and most recently the author of White Too Long: The Legacy of White […]
The Intersections of Safety and Worship
In the inaugural episode of Intersections, Aliye Shimi, executive director of Tulsa Metropolitan Ministry, Reverend Chris Moore, of Fellowship Congregational UCC, and Rabbi Michael Weinstein of Temple Israel discuss the kidnapping and hostage crisis at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, the unending vigilance required by religious minorities in the […]
Welcome to Intersections
The American Trappist Monk, theologian and poet, Thomas Merton, a regular participant in interfaith work, once wrote – God speaks to us in three places: in scripture, in our deepest selves, and in the voice of the stranger. Here at Tulsa Metropolitan Ministry, we say that we don’t have to […]