Good God

12/18/2025

11/14/2025

“If my theology isn’t blessing my neighbor, there’s something wrong with it.”

In this clip, Palestinian Christian theologian John Munayer shares the compass his parents gave him for navigating faith, politics, and the complexity of Israel–Palestine.

His reminder is simple but searching: our love of God is bound up in our love of neighbor, and that truth can guide us when the headlines feel overwhelming and the path forward seems unclear.

🎧 Episode title: “John Munayer: Understanding Israel-Palestine Through a Theology of Neighbor” | Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and at goodgodproject.com.

11/07/2025

“We work on mindful listening—being able to hear the other without judging, without trying to justify ourselves.”

In this Good God conversation, Hana Bendcowsky describes how the Rossing Center for Education and Dialogue in Jerusalem uses listening as a tool for healing and connection. She and George Mason explore how personal experiences and trauma shape the way we see one another—and how true dialogue begins with curiosity, not certainty.

Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Qsy6MGbxsOU

11/06/2025

What does peacebuilding look like in a place marked by fear and trauma?

In this conversation, George A Mason talks with Hana Bendcowsky, Program Director of the Rossing Center for Education and Dialogue in Jerusalem. She shares how her team fosters understanding among Jews, Christians, and Muslims through mindful listening, trauma awareness, and relationship building—work made even more urgent after October 7.

Together they reflect on faith, identity, and the courage it takes to keep listening when the world feels divided.

What does peacebuilding look like in a place marked by fear and trauma?George Mason speaks with Hana Bendcowsky, Program Director at the Rossing Center for E...

10/30/2025

“Keeping the peace isn’t the same as making peace.” - Mara

George A Mason talks with Rev. Mara Richards Bim about what she witnessed in Chicago—how clergy and communities of faith are responding to intensified immigration enforcement, and what it means to love our neighbors, even when it’s uncomfortable.

Watch the full conversation on YouTube. Also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and on the Good God website.

As immigration enforcement intensifies in cities like Chicago, people of faith are grappling with how to respond. In this episode, George Mason speaks with R...

10/22/2025

“Fear not.”

Rev. Eric Folkerth says it’s the gospel’s most repeated command—and the antidote to the fear that divides us.

In conversation with George Mason on Good God, he reflects on how faith can move us from fear to compassion, even amid conflict and loss.

Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/uH8ULlDTIIA

10/20/2025

“We pray for ICE every week—both for their safety and that they act with justice and compassion. Those two things are not inconsistent.” — Rev. Eric Folkerth

Each week, clergy gather outside the Dallas ICE field office to pray—for migrants and for ICE agents. Rev. Eric Folkerth explains why holding both compassion and conviction is an act of faith.

🎧 Episode title: “Faith Over Fear: Rev. Eric Folkerth on Prayer, Immigration, and Moral Courage” | Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and at goodgodproject.com.

10/09/2025

"My faith compels me to pray for and demand the just treatment of the vulnerable. And right now, in our society, migrants are among the most vulnerable.”

Each week, Rev. Eric Folkerth of Kessler Park United Methodist Church joins clergy and people of faith outside the Dallas ICE field office for a prayer vigil—an act of peace and presence in a time of fear and division.

In this episode of Good God, George A Mason talks with Rev. Folkerth about why prayer can be both faithful and prophetic, what’s happening at the border and in our city, and how the recent shooting at the Dallas ICE facility has deepened both the fear and the urgency of their witness.

As fear and tension rise around immigration enforcement in North Texas, Rev. Eric Folkerth has helped lead an interfaith clergy vigil outside the Dallas ICE ...