Rohadi Nagassar
Author. Creator. Podcaster. Minister.
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Coming Spring 2026
Whole & Human. Forty Meditations for Liberating Body and Spirit.
Awaken your senses to a life beyond survival
In an age of conflict, disparity, and uncertainty, do we really need more church practices built around self-denial, grief, suffering, penance, and fasting? For individuals and communities on the margins, we don’t need weekly or daily reminders about grief—we have enough already. Instead, we need traditions that oppose death and decay with resurrection and triumph. We need to shout “Increase!” for access and collective participation with the deep and wide ethic of radical love.
40 meditations on our relationships with land, body, spirit, and justice with invitations to engage life-giving spiritual practices rooted in the five senses await inside. In this guide for spiritual cultivation, we’re not ignoring the hard times or any losses. But in the midst of heavy things, we can learn to counter daily challenges with restorative possibilities that help us not only survive calamity but thrive toward a new way of life.
It’s time to nourish our bodies instead of denying them. It’s time to cherish simple and beautiful moments, reengage our curiosity, amplify our wonder, pursue justice, and most of all seek ways to love ourselves and one another well. One day at a time.
When We Belong. Reclaiming Christianity on the Margins
Searching for language to describe a faith where you can be your whole self? I’ve got a couple ideas. Step into a journey toward liberation, and belonging
We need belonging to survive and thrive. For Christians who know the pain, isolation, and loss of identity that comes with the ongoing struggle to be seen in churches and institutions full of barriers to belonging, you are not alone. Sometimes it can feel easier to walk away from faith completely. But there is another way. When it feels as though there’s no place left to belong, Jesus invites us into a love that knows no bounds and a community that truly liberates.
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“Well researched and passionately argued, this should be required reading for justice-minded churchgoers.” – Publishers Weekly
About Rohadi
Rohadi is a writer and speaker. Most of his attention is spent engaging the topics of decolonizing and deconstructing Christianity. Check out the podcast: Faith in a Fresh Vibe for more.
Rohadi lives in Canada, on Treaty 7 Lands, in the city of Calgary. He holds a Business Certificate from Mount Royal College, a BA in Economics from the University of Calgary, and a Master of Divinity from Canadian Theological Seminary. Read his full bio including bylines and guests appearances on the About Page.
Recent Entries From the Blog
On Empires
This is the final installment to a series I did on empire for Advent. I hope you find what you need. Today is Epiphany. The start of a ‘New Year’ according to the church calendar. Or if you’re part of church traditions that have no traditions, today is Tuesday. It’s...
On Disability Justice
How the church casts aside disabled folks from community and ways to do better. Today’s post is an article I wrote for Christians for Social Action (CSA). You can read the edited version here. I have included the unedited version below. The words from the apostle...
Whole & Human Cover Reveal
Forty Meditations for Liberating Body and Spirit It's here and I think you're gonna love it. The cover for my next book coming spring 2026. Here's the brief synopsis. I will be posting pre-order details soon but wanted to get this out to the world first! Awaken your...
Keep Politics in the Church
Fact. Christianity is a deeply political religion because Jesus was deeply political. Fact. What counts as ‘political’ changes over time and context. At some point you’ve probably heard someone say, “Keep politics out of the church.” Perhaps you’ve said it! I often...
82 Years Ago Today, The Japanese Internment Began
On February 24th, 1942, the Canadian government followed America's lead days prior, by issuing Order-in-Council P.C. 1486. The order provided the legal means to expel all Japanese Canadians residing within one hundred sixty kilometers of the Pacific coast. Thus began...
Season 11 of the Faith in a Fresh Vibe Podcast is Here
Season 11 of the Faith in a Fresh Vibe podcast is nearing completion! Friends, this season has taken almost a year to put together and it's finally in post-production. This is my most ambitious project to date.... "Farewell Evangelicalism" is a serial podcast with two...
Setting Values – In Pursuit of a ‘Good Way’
As 2025 begins, with capitalism entering its late stages and governing parties across the globe (and specifically in North America) favouring right-wing populism, now is the moment to revisit what we stand for that in turn helps shape where we put our precious and...
Decenter Preaching. The Exception and Not the Rule
*Originally posted in December 2015. A related post from 2018 on the subject of preaching as well.* For over 500 years the Sunday service has been dominated by preaching, the foundation for the vast majority of Western churches. Many churchgoers based both their faith...
2025 and Tethering Ourselves for Survival
Today is Epiphany. It marks Christ revealed to the Gentiles for the first time. The story is about the three wisemen. Often depicted at the nativity crèche, if the story of magi visitation is true, they met toddler Jesus just before the family escaped as refugees to...
Election Aftermath from my weekly newsleter….
This past week has been tumultuous esepcially for American folks. Heavy sighs all around. I remember 7 years ago I had a huge uptick of subscribers when I gave away a free anti-racism e-book (which you can still get for signing up to my newsletter). Oddly, the same...