15. Mother and Minister in Minneapolis w/ Rev. Angela Denker

I’m joined by Rev. Angela Denker, Lutheran minister, journalist, and mom in Minneapolis, as the city groans under intensified ICE activity. We discuss realities on the ground for families and schools, how she talks with her own kids about fear and safety, and why she believes clear, steady adult context matters in a fragmented media world.

As a minister, Denker's visitation and public theology assignments weave pastoral care and sacramental life into public resilience. As a journalist, the core revelation of her book Disciples of White: The Radicalization of American Boyhood, revolves around her framework of “White Jesus” as a cultural product that sanctifies hierarchy, masculinity, and domination. We talk about how that distortion links to the wider ecosystem of white Christian nationalism.

Part 2 now up on Patreon, explores misogyny in the church, antifascist readings of parables, and hard questions about force, nonviolence, and witness.

Notes:

Disciples of White Jesus: The Radicalization of American Boyhood | Broadleaf Books

All theme music by the amazing www.kalliemarie.com.

Antifascist Dad: Urgent Conversations with Young People in Chaotic Times (North Atlantic Books, April 2026).
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Chapters

(00:00:05) - Mother and Minister in Minneapolis
(00:15:06) - Lutheran and Catholic clergy: an ecumenical conversation
(00:18:23) - What Does a Visitation Pastor Do?
(00:25:15) - White Jesus: The Story of Christian Nationalism
(00:32:42) - White Jesus and the Right

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