Reclaim the Church

03/03/2026

We can be rooted in question. The first questions, and then the better questions. There is a model for this. We don’t have all the answers, AND we are compelled with the weight of the moral imperative of the moment.

Thanks to Pastor Jason Chesnut for joining us for this conversation!

03/03/2026

Pastor Tuhina reflects on her time in Minneapolis as a visiting clergy during the January 23 day of protest, strike, and story holding.

Holding in tension what we can be FOR each other and what we can do TO each other is indeed astounding.

03/03/2026

There has got to be a different— or even a better— way of being that gets us to a place of curiosity instead of fear and judgement.

It’s a choice we all get to make.

Claim it. Try it on.

02/04/2026

Why are private companies sometimes willing to take moral risks before the church does?

In this episode of Reclaim the Church, we talk with Annie Trafton of Old Lutheran about courage, backlash, justice, and what it means to speak when institutions hesitate. If the church believes what it says it believes, this conversation raises a hard [but hopeful] question: what are we waiting for?

Many thanks to Annie Trafton of Old Lutheran for joining us for this conversation.

Full episode in the comments!

02/03/2026

What’s the hope and dream, as a business enterprise rooted in the Lutheran Church? And how might other Christian business owners leverage their platforms to help make God’s vision of love more material here and now, too?

02/03/2026

A tectonic shift: separating theology from ethnicity and culture for the sake of belonging.

Pastor Tuhina describes the experience of seeing theology and values represented, and feeling included.

What would it be like to experience this more broadly in the church— centering belonging for all, and standing 10 toes down on theological and moral commitments that include more than the “in crowd?”

02/03/2026

Here we stand, but ACTUALLY.

If the faith we profess doesn’t DO anything, or make us rethink what our commitments are (beyond our spiritual life), what good is it?

Annie Trafton, the General Manager with Old Lutheran, talks about what it means to be a Lutheran who proclaims, “here we stand, for REAL for real.”

02/03/2026

“Not THAT kind of Christian.”

What does reclamation look like in the social enterprise and business space?

We need to be clear about WHICH Jesus we’re talking about. What does faith DO through business?

01/25/2026

The community is gathering in multiple ways in various places in the twin cities. Please share.

If you are needing to gather with people in community, see the comments below. Also please share if you have a vigil or healing space to add. Keep being church together.

01/23/2026

Reclaim the Target Center.

Tuhina and Ian are bearing witness to the faith, the care, and the powerful beloved community showing up with and for one another here in Minneapolis.

01/13/2026

“A prayer for the tired, angry ones” by Laura Jean Truman