The Raceless Gospel Podcast

Advent 2025 Episode 4: Bear Witness

Season six of “The Raceless Gospel” podcast continues in Advent, and it's an invitation to embody the evidence of your faith. Episode 4: Bear Witness Lectionary Text: Matthew 1:18-25 Before Joseph can back out of his marriage to Mary, an angel finds a backchannel in the dream space and explains why he will be the stepfather of the millennia. Accordingly, before Joseph gets out of bed, he agrees to step up and help Mary bring the prophecy to full term. In this episode, listeners hear Joseph as a silent partner, who answers the call to bear witness. Join Rev. Starlette Thomas, your podcast pastor, for “Bear Witness," the 2025 Advent installment of "The Raceless Gospel" podcast. Four episodes will drop on Wednesdays: November 26, December 3, December 10 and December 17. Subscribe wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts, and learn more at GoodFaithMedia.org. "The Raceless Gospel" podcast is produced by Good Faith Media, headquartered in Norman, Oklahoma. "Bear Witness" is written and produced by Starlette Thomas, and edited by Cliff Vaughn. Music by Pond5. The audio recording of "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" was gathered at State Farm, Women's Dormitory, Raiford, Florida, on June 4, 1939, by John and Ruby Lomax and performed by Julia Griffin, Johnny Mae Medlock, and Clifford Reed. It is preserved by the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. Learn more at https://www.loc.gov/item/lomaxbib000555/? Episode release date: December 17, 2025. Links: The Raceless Gospel Initiative: https://goodfaithmedia.org/the-raceless-gospel/ Explore more Good Faith Media podcasts: https://goodfaithmedia.org/podcasts/ Good Faith Media: https://goodfaithmedia.org/ Social: Starlette Thomas @racelessgospel ~ Good Faith Media @GFMediaOrg "Take Me to the Water" book by Rev. Dr. Starlette Thomas ~ https://goodfaithmedia.org/product/take-me-to-the-water-by-starlette-thomas/

Advent 2025 Episode 3: Get the Message

Season six of “The Raceless Gospel” podcast continues in Advent, and it's an invitation to embody the evidence of your faith. Episode 3: Get the Message Lectionary Text: Matthew 11:2-11 John the Baptizer sends a message from prison. Go and ask Jesus, “Are you the one who is to come or are we to wait for another?” His disciples have taken a look-see and Jesus’s response says, “Do your eyes deceive you?” In this episode, listeners join the call and response, the back and forth between John the Baptizer and Jesus until their disciples get the message. Join Rev. Starlette Thomas, your podcast pastor, for “Bear Witness," the 2025 Advent installment of "The Raceless Gospel" podcast. Four episodes will drop on Wednesdays: November 26, December 3, December 10 and December 17. Subscribe wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts, and learn more at GoodFaithMedia.org. "The Raceless Gospel" podcast is produced by Good Faith Media, headquartered in Norman, Oklahoma. "Bear Witness" is written and produced by Starlette Thomas, and edited by Cliff Vaughn. Music by Pond5. Episode release date: December 10, 2025. Links: The Raceless Gospel Initiative: https://goodfaithmedia.org/the-raceless-gospel/ Explore more Good Faith Media podcasts: https://goodfaithmedia.org/podcasts/ Good Faith Media: https://goodfaithmedia.org/ Social: Starlette Thomas @racelessgospel ~ Good Faith Media @GFMediaOrg "Take Me to the Water" book by Rev. Dr. Starlette Thomas ~ https://goodfaithmedia.org/product/take-me-to-the-water-by-starlette-thomas/

Advent 2025 Episode 2: Preaching Up a Hissy Fit

Season six of “The Raceless Gospel” podcast continues in Advent, and it's an invitation to embody the evidence of your faith. Episode 2: Preaching Up a Hissy Fit Lectionary Text: Matthew 3:1-12 John the Baptizer is screaming, “Prepare the way,” echoing the prophet Isaiah when he notices the Pharisees and Sadducees are standing in line. The “kin-dom” of God is near and he wants to know what they are doing here. John informs them that he is getting folks washed up, but Jesus is coming to clean house. In this episode, listeners hear John the Baptizer’s hissy fit aimed at the snake pit, a “brood of vipers” and learn the difference between water and fire baptism. Join Rev. Starlette Thomas, your podcast pastor, for “Bear Witness," the 2025 Advent installment of "The Raceless Gospel" podcast. Four episodes will drop on Wednesdays: November 26, December 3, December 10 and December 17. Subscribe wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts, and learn more at GoodFaithMedia.org. "The Raceless Gospel" podcast is produced by Good Faith Media, headquartered in Norman, Oklahoma. "Bear Witness" is written and produced by Starlette Thomas, and edited by Cliff Vaughn. Music by Pond5. Episode release date: December 3, 2025. Links: The Raceless Gospel Initiative: https://goodfaithmedia.org/the-raceless-gospel/ Explore more Good Faith Media podcasts: https://goodfaithmedia.org/podcasts/ Good Faith Media: https://goodfaithmedia.org/ Social: Starlette Thomas @racelessgospel ~ Good Faith Media @GFMediaOrg "Take Me to the Water" book by Rev. Dr. Starlette Thomas ~ https://goodfaithmedia.org/product/take-me-to-the-water-by-starlette-thomas/

Advent 2025 Episode 1: A Wake-Up Call

Season six of “The Raceless Gospel” podcast continues in Advent, and it's an invitation to embody the evidence of your faith. Episode 1: A Wake-Up Call Lectionary Text: Matthew 24:36-44 Claims of the rapture are making the rounds but people need to keep their feet on the ground. No one is going anywhere right now. No one knows what time it is or how to get these false prophets to pipe down. In this episode, listeners are reminded of Jesus’s instructions to keep their eyes peeled but there is no peeking as no one knows when Jesus is coming. Join Rev. Starlette Thomas, your podcast pastor, for “Bear Witness," the 2025 Advent installment of "The Raceless Gospel" podcast. Four episodes will drop on Wednesdays: November 26, December 3, December 10 and December 17. Subscribe wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts, and learn more at GoodFaithMedia.org. "The Raceless Gospel" podcast is produced by Good Faith Media, headquartered in Norman, Oklahoma. "Bear Witness" is written and produced by Starlette Thomas, and edited by Cliff Vaughn. Music by Pond5. Episode release date: November 26, 2025. Links: The Raceless Gospel Initiative: https://goodfaithmedia.org/the-raceless-gospel/ Explore more Good Faith Media podcasts: https://goodfaithmedia.org/podcasts/ Good Faith Media: https://goodfaithmedia.org/ Social: Starlette Thomas @racelessgospel ~ Good Faith Media @GFMediaOrg "Take Me to the Water" book by Rev. Dr. Starlette Thomas ~ https://goodfaithmedia.org/product/take-me-to-the-water-by-starlette-thomas/

Advent 2025 Trailer: "Bear Witness"

Season six of “The Raceless Gospel” podcast continues in Advent, and it's an invitation to embody the evidence of your faith. “Bear Witness” will move listeners away from faithless finger-pointing to becoming a case in point for the Jesus way. Mary, the mother of Jesus, has a testimony. She put her body on the line after a different kind of pregnancy scare. The announcement that Jesus is coming makes people scared, including the men in and around her life, who are afraid for their lives in one way or another: John the Baptizer, the Pharisees and Sadducees, and Joseph, her soon-to-be husband--all bearing witness of one kind or another. “Bear Witness." Join Rev. Starlette Thomas, your podcast pastor, for the 2025 Advent installment of "The Raceless Gospel" podcast. Four episodes will drop on Wednesdays: November 26, December 3, December 10 and December 17. Subscribe wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts, and learn more at GoodFaithMedia.org. "The Raceless Gospel" podcast is produced by Good Faith Media, headquartered in Norman, Oklahoma. "Bear Witness" is written and produced by Starlette Thomas, and edited by Cliff Vaughn. Music by Pond5. Trailer release date: November 19, 2025. Links: The Raceless Gospel Initiative: https://goodfaithmedia.org/the-raceless-gospel/ Explore more Good Faith Media podcasts: https://goodfaithmedia.org/podcasts/ Good Faith Media: https://goodfaithmedia.org/ Social: Starlette Thomas @racelessgospel ~ Good Faith Media @GFMediaOrg "Take Me to the Water" book by Rev. Dr. Starlette Thomas ~ https://goodfaithmedia.org/product/take-me-to-the-water-by-starlette-thomas/