Conversing with Mark Labberton

Broderick Leaks (PhD '19), director of counseling and mental health at USC Student Health, describes the increasing mental health needs of emerging adults and the work of providing them meaningful support in the university context. For more resources for a deeply formed spiritual life, visit Fuller.edu/Studio.

Brenda Salter McNeil, speaker, author, and professor, talks about the long work of reconciliation, the need to speak truth, and the ongoing process of repentance, forgiveness, and justice guided by God's Spirit. For more resources for a deeply formed spiritual life, visit Fuller.edu/Studio

Jennifer Wiseman, astrophysicist and astronomer, delves into the complexity and beauty of the universe and explains how being scientifically informed relates to the flourishing and improvement of life. For more resources for a deeply formed spiritual life, visit Fuller.edu/Studio.

Walter Brueggemann, renowned author and Old Testament scholar, speaks about engaging the Biblical text with an artistic interpretive lens that resists universal generalizations, then participates in a Q&A with the Fuller community. This audio was recorded during the 2015 Fuller Forum. For more resources for a deeply formed spiritual life, visit Fuller.edu/Studio.

Kerry Morrison, program director for Heart Forward LA, shares about her work on mental health with the homeless communities in LA and for her innovative and experimental approaches to taking on the broken systems. For more resources for a deeply formed spiritual life, visit Fuller.edu/Studio.

Vince Bantu, assistant professor of church history and Black Church studies, talks about the varied dynamics and histories of African American communities around the United States, Black experience in the American church, and his own journey of reclaiming identity through African history and Christianity. (As Dr. Labberton and Dr. Bantu speak briefly about Juneteenth, FULLER studio has chosen to release this episode outside of its regular schedule, for this very significant day.) For more resources for a deeply formed spiritual life, visit Fuller.edu/Studio.

Cedric Williams (PhD '19), founder and CEO of Legacy Consulting & Research Group, talks about his layered experiences of the military, ministry, and psychology, and about his current work of walking alongside others in the process of meaning-making. For more resources for a deeply formed spiritual life, visit Fuller.edu/Studio.

Andre Henry (MAT '16), writer, singer-songwriter, and activist, shares his personal journey of learning about systemic racism and explains the active and prophetic work he's taken up against it. This conversation was recorded on May 7, 2020. For more resources for a deeply formed spiritual life, visit Fuller.edu/Studio.

Dwight Radcliff, assistant provost for the William E. Pannell Center for African American Church Studies, speaks about the systems of oppression and generational trauma that plague Black communities and challenges the church to own a theology that responds rightly to suffering rather than dismissing it. For more resources for a deeply formed spiritual life, visit Fuller.edu/Studio.

Tony Amoury Alkhoury, PhD student in practical theology, shares about his experience of growing up with anxiety and what he's learned about living in the tension between fear and the reality of God's presence. For more resources for a deeply formed spiritual life, visit Fuller.edu/Studio.