Author, Speaker, Pastor
Rohadi Nagassar
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When We Belong
Reclaiming Christianity on the Margins
If you’ve been searching for language to describe a faith and community where you can live out your whole being…I’ve got a couple ideas. Step into a journey toward liberation, belonging, and a faith that makes you whole again.
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.
“Well researched and passionately argued, this should be required reading for justice-minded churchgoers.” – Publishers Weekly
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Podcast Episodes
BONUS: Faith formation out of whiteness
BONUS: Marla Taviano Interviews Rohadi on His Writing Including His Latest Book, When We Belong Check out this Bonus Episode! Season 7 opened with a cool interview where Gena Thomas hosted and I was the guest. We talked about my book, When We Belong. In this episode,...
#51 – Being Brown and Jesus Picks a Side (You Should Too)
Featuring Pastor and Author Jonny Rashid The oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed. Simone de Beauvoir In this conversation, pastor and author Jonny Rashid, shares a wonderful cross-section of topics ranging from being...
#50 – On Cultivating Depth, Walking with Grief, and Deconstructing Worship
Featuring Mandy Capehart We live in a world that's a barrage of grief, yet we lack the skills and communities to support through it all. Why is that? In this episode, Mandy and I meander our way through what it takes to cultivate life giving community where all can...
#49 – On the Black Reconstructing Christian with Micah Morgan
Stories of Racialized Experiences A deeply formative and reflective episode with Ms Micah Morgan. Where does one land when balancing the tensions between a fascination with theological questions surrounding body and suffering, and the lived experience in the church...
#48 – Trey Ferguson on Discipleship and Reclaiming Scripture
Pastor Trey coming through! You might remember him from such places as Twitter.com and as one of the endorsers for my book When We Belong. In this episode, Trey shares wisdom from his context and tradition rooted within the Black church. Hearing and learning from...
#47 – Resistance, Liberation, and the Prophetic Voice with Sharifa Stevens
Featuring Sharifa Stevens "Daughter of the King, and Kingstonians. Schooled in the Ivy League, the Bible Belt, and the Boogie-Down." Coming at you from Treaty 7 Territory in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Don't forget to rate and follow this podcast. Share it with your...
#46 – Walking Away From White Evangelicalism with Marla Taviano
Episode #46 with author Marla Taviano Marla shares a story about moving away from, and re-discovering, new roads of faith and spirituality. Making sense of Christianity after deconstructing takes time. The journey is...
From the Blog
Massive Declines – 2011-2021 Religious Affiliation Numbers in Canada
Stats Canada data on religious affiliation is out with the 2021 census data and the numbers are confirming some trends regarding Christian affiliations. Here are the highlights as I see them, comparing some key denominations. This builds off of my my book Thrive....
Helpful Tips to Publish and Write Your Book
Posted in 2019 and reposted. Writers will tell you they just have to write. That's why we do it. My mind, body, and soul compel me to write. It's not only a cathartic release and a form of therapy, but it's a craft I've committed to. Some days writing beats me,...
When churches try to be too cool
One day, I was walking in a cool and artsy inner-city neighborhood and was handed a little flyer card not once, not twice, but thrice, in a span of a block by dudes from a church promoting their monthly 'parachute into the neighborhood' service. I knew who it was so I...
What the ‘Billy Graham Rule’ Says About Leaders
Originally posted in April 2017 and reposted. The Billy Graham rule is sexist. Full stop. And reveals deeply seated problems in evangelical formation surrounding patriarchy and the devaluing of women. The United States Vice-President Mike Pence, is in the middle of a...
More On the Model Minority Myth
As we wind down Asian Heritage Month (AAPI History Month in the USA), I am republishing a short thread on the model minority myth that I recently posted on Twitter. I have written on this subject before, noting the "terms and conditions" Asian folks need to adhere to....
Stop Mass Shootings: Fix American Gun Culture, Fix the Gun Problem – From Canada with Love
Reposted from February 20th, 2018. It's been noted on social media: When children in Sandy Hook were massacred by semi-automatic fire, America had a choice to do something. And they did. They did nothing. The implications are grave. To do nothing after school children...
White replacement theory is not fringe
Ok, here goes. A post from a thread I recently wrote in light of recent violence (yet again) out in Buffalo. It pertains to replacement theory, or as I describe it here, white replacement theory. This idea is not fringe. It is an embedded cultural understanding most...