Matthew and Deb get real and honest about their own journey toward healing from racialized trauma and hurt. As they share their own experiences of pain, they also talk about ways they have seen hope.
#2.5 It's not too late to discover your story with Pastor Colin
May 27, 2024 • Deborah Wong, Colin Wallace
Settle in for storytime with Colin as he shares about his own journey in understanding his culture and ethnicity. Discovering the other half of his birth family has been a story decades in the making, and one that has brought a deeper knowing of God’s goodness to Colin.
#2.4 Aftershow: How immigration policies shape a church and community with Pastor Szeto
May 13, 2024 • Deborah Wong, Matthew Thomas
Matthew grills Deb seeking to learn all about her experience growing up in a Chinese immigrant church. They reflect on the encouragement Pastor Szeto left as it relates to shaping a multi-ethnic church, locally and globally. Listen in and consider what giftings you bring to your church, especially the story God has given you!
Watch the episode with Pastor Szeto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hazob9dvkx8&t=0s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hazob9dvkx8&t=0s
#2.2: The gospel of Jesus includes social justice with Dr. Rhonda Britton
February 29, 2024 • Deborah Wong, Matthew Thomas
Being the first female pastor of a historical African Nova Scotian church, Dr. Rhonda Britton shares the joys and challenges of leading New Horizons Baptist Church in the ever-changing landscape of the community around her. From the overflow of God’s grace and promise of liberation, Rev. Britton challenges us to grow in caring for the needs in our city as an integral way of living out the gospel of Jesus.
#2.4 How immigration policies shape a church and community with Pastor Szeto
May 13, 2024 • Deborah Wong, Colin Wallace
Trace the history of the Chinese church in Halifax with Pastor Szeto as he shares how serving an immigrant community ebbs and flows with the policies and practices of the Canadian government and local university institutions. As immigration policies continue to shape our city, Pastor Szeto shares lessons he has learned in ministry and how a church like Deep Water can grow in its multiethnic journey.
#2.1 Aftershow: The help and harm of categories
February 24, 2024 • Deborah Wong, Matthew Thomas, Samuel Prime
What if you’ve never really thought about your culture or ethnicity as a category? Sam can relate! Join the Aftershow trio as they digest the topic of categorization a bit further, and keep the conversation going.
#2.3 Aftershow: Ji-gaabiikwe and Matt Leblanc - Honouring Indigenous Stories
April 26, 2024 • Deborah Wong, Matthew Thomas
Matthew and Deb chat about the thought-provoking conversation they received from Matt and Ji-gaabiikwe, and ways they seek ongoing learning.
Here is the course mentioned for further learning: https://courses.http://baptist-atlantic.ca/course/walking-in-a-good-way-with-our-indigenous-neighbours
#2.3 Ji-gaabiikwe and Matt Leblanc: Honouring Indigenous stories
April 26, 2024 • Deborah Wong, Matthew Thomas
Matt Leblanc and Ji-gaabiikwe serve, lead, and care for Indigenous youth and communities through iEmergence, a member of the Indigenous Pathways family. Get a glimpse into two different journeys of discovery, healing, faith, and helping the next generation, as Matt and Ji-gaabiikwe invite us into a deeper inspection of the roots of our faith and cultural traditions.
#2.2 Aftershow: The gospel of Jesus includes social justice with Dr. Rhonda Britton
March 2, 2024 • Deborah Wong, Matthew Thomas
Matthew shares additional backstory highlighting the cost of reconciliation. Deb reflects on Dr. Britton’s resilience. Sam reflects on how he has been challenged in caring for those experiencing homelessness. Join the aftershow trio and consider how you can respond!
#2.1: The help and harm of categories
February 24, 2024 • Deborah Wong, Matthew Thomas
Deb and Matthew explore how understanding categories we give ourselves and each other can be helpful and harmful, especially when navigating topics of race, ethnicity, and culture.
#2.0: It took a minute, but we’re back at the table + the aftershow
February 13, 2024 • Deborah Wong, Matthew Thomas
Co-hosts Deb and Matthew chat about what’s coming up for season two, share a little life update, and unveil the addition of a new mini-sode called the Aftershow.
This podcast brings different people, perspectives and experiences around the Same Table to talk about ways the church can live out what it means to be multiethnic and multicultural.
Episode 4: What We Have Learned So Far
June 1, 2022 • Matthew Thomas, AJ Thomas, Deborah Wong
As we wrap season one, Matthew, AJ, and Deb reflect on the conversations so far through what they have experienced in their own growth, and what they have been learning from guests from season one and each other.
Stay tuned for season two of Same Table podcast!
Episode 3: Systemic Racism & Biblical Justice
March 14, 2022 • Matthew Thomas, Deborah Wong, Danny Zacharias
On this episode of Same Table, we hear from an Indigenous perspective about what systemic racism looks like in Canada, and how followers of Jesus can grow in biblical justice.
Join us as we learn from our host Matthew Thomas, special guest Dr. Danny Zacharias, and co-host Deb Wong.
Dr. Danny Zacharias is an assistant professor at Acadia Divinity College, a NAIITS faculty member, and ordained with the Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada.
*** Please note that this episode was recorded prior to the Indigenous delegation to Rome and the papal apology at the end of March 2022. In the podcast, Danny directly references the TRC Call to Action requesting the Pope's apology (and how it had not been done).
Episode 2: Unconscious Bias
March 21, 2022 • Matthew Thomas, AJ Thomas, Deborah Wong
On this episode of Same Table, host Matthew Thomas explores unconscious bias with co-hosts AJ Thomas and Deb Wong. With perspectives of African Nova Scotian, white Canadian, and second generation immigrant Canadian at the same table, the conversation brings forward the impact of internal and external unconscious bias, and how to move towards growth.
Episode 1: Reconciliation While Black
February 28, 2022 • Matthew Thomas, Rev. Dr. Lennett J Anderson, AJ Thomas
On this episode of Same Table, we hear stories of the African Nova Scotian experience and the role of the black church in the journey towards Racial Reconciliation. Join us as we learn from our podcast host Matthew Thomas, co-host AJ Thomas, and guest speaker Rev. Dr. Lennett J Anderson, Lead Pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church (The Meeting Place) in Upper Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia.
