In today’s conversation, I'm joined by my friend Eagle Spits from Nottingham, United Kingdom. As a teenager, Eagle discovered his passion for punk rock. In 2009, he had a profound experience with Jesus. Inspired by the writings and stories of Dorothy Day of providing radical Christian hospitality towards the poor, Eagle began organizing punk shows …

In today’s conversation, I am joined by Ariatna Karlet, a 24 year old remarkable entrepreneur from Colonia Tovar, Venezuela. Ariatna started Monos, a casual clothing company in the midst of recent social, political and economic turmoil of Venezuela. Through her business, Ariatna hopes to provide quality clothing as well as jobs while supporting her…

In today’s conversation, I’m joined by my friend Eric Knox from Portland Oregon USA. As a former pastor, Eric noticed how students of color often lacked role models of color within the Portland school system. As a result Eric started the HOLLA Foundation in 2013 with the goal of providing mentors for students of color in response to the lack of rep…

In today's conversation we are joined by Johanna Puirava from Helsinki, Finland where she started Levähdyspaikka (Finnish for Resting Place), a mobile outreach program for those struggling with homelessness and substance abuse out of the back of her Volvo. The underlying vision of Levähdyspaikka is the idea that every person is created and precious…

Navigating life with a disability presents profound challenges, often catching us off guard. We all tend to take our health for granted—until it’s gone. Then, it’s all too easy to obsess over what we’ve lost. But while we can’t wish away our limitations, we can change the way we think about our disabilities. Join us as we reflect on our growing awa…

Rob & Ken kick off season four of Rumors of Doing Good with a short but poignant conversation about navigating life's transitions such as stepping into new opportunities and recent health challenges. Reflecting on the mantra of never letting the pressure exceed the pleasure, they share about the need to sometime make changes in their lives in order…

Throughout Season 3 of Rumors of Doing Good, Ken and Rob have been taking time to answer a few questions from listeners they have received over the last few years. In today’s season three finale, Rob and Ken takes the time to answer the question of what advice they would give to their younger selves and those who are looking to start doing good in …

In today’s conversation Rob and Ken are joined by Deborah Loyd who you might have guessed is Ken's partner. In 1998 at an invitation from a friend, they moved to Portland Oregon USA and helped start a church called The Bridge with those in the subcultures. The Bridge offered refuge and a safe space for those who did not fit in but nevertheless love…

In today’s conversation Rob and Ken are joined by Andrea Campanale from Kingston upon Thames, in Southwest London, England. In 2005 a friend approached Andrea with an unexpected spiritual experience. Andrea found it difficult to find the words to help her friend, and connect the experience with her own faith. Becoming more aware of spiritual seeker…

In today’s conversation, we reflect on how not everyone has had a positive experience with those who are seeking to do good such as faith based communities, the foster care system, the police and so on. What if every interaction you had with someone trying to do good was painful, what if every interaction you had with a person in the support system…

In today’s conversation Rob and Ken are joined by Sesay Abdul Rashid from Makeni Town, Sierra Leone where he and his family noticed hundreds of children living out on the streets, having lost their families due to the Ebola Epidemic in 2014. Previously a teacher, Sesay and his family began to recognize the knock-on effects of Ebola. Parents were dy…

In today’s conversation Rob and Ken are joined by Elizabeth Sparks from Tacoma, Washington USA where she lives and works with the Catholic Worker community for the past seven years. Since 1983, the Tacoma Catholic Worker seeks to build community defined by deep respect and mutal belonging with their houseless neighbors. They do this by providing a …

Throughout Season 3 of Rumors of Doing Good, Ken and Rob will be taking time to answer a few questions from listeners they have received over the last few years. In today’s conversation, Rob and Ken takes the time to answer the question of what keeps them from giving up on themselves when doing good becomes hard. Listen in to their candid conversat…

In today’s conversation, Ken and Rob are joined by Vivian Labib Nouer, an award winning artist and social entrepreneur from Cairo, Egypt. Initially an interior designer, she decided to combine her skills in marketing and interest in the arts to start up Charisma Arts in order to showcase local artists who were struggling to market themselves. Howev…

How we make sense of our world is shaped by the culture in which we find ourselves. In contrast, uncommon sense can be described as thinking outside of the box that culture presents us with. In today’s conversation, Ken and Rob talk about how the prevailing common sense of Western culture may not always be helpful in seeking to engage or trying to …

In today’s episode, Ken and Rob continue their conversation with Peter and Liz Digitale Anderson who happen to live a few blocks away from where George Floyd was murdered by a white male police officer in Minneapolis Minnesota. As community peacebuilders, Liz and Peter decided to journey with their neighbors towards healing and justice in light of …

In today’s conversation, Rob and Ken are joined by Peter and Liz Digitale Anderson who happen to live a few blocks away from where George Floyd was murdered by a white male police officer in Minneapolis Minnesota. Within days the protests spread all over the world as Floyd’s murder inspired a global reckoning with racism. As community peacebuilders…

Throughout Season 3 of Rumors of Doing Good, Rob and Ken will be taking time to answer a few questions from listeners they have received over the last few years. In today’s conversation, Ken and Rob will be taking time to answer the question of how their childhood experiences have influenced who they are and what they are passionate about today. It…

In today's final conversation of season two of Rumors of Doing Good podcast, Ken & Rob are joined by Josh Hawk who helps lead St. Johns Church in Portland Oregon which was born when two local churches merged together when they realized they were better together than apart. With limited resources, they made a decision to partner with the city of Por…

You might have heard the expression, "A little bit of kindness goes a long way". Join Rob and Ken as they share and reflect on their experiences of how practicing goodwill with others can do wonders for the person we are helping as well as ourselves. If you have enjoyed today's conversation, why not practice kindness today by sharing, rating as wel…

In today's conversation, Ken & Rob are joined by Turinawe Samson from Kampala, Uganda where he seeks to create space for the LGBTQ community as well as creating spaces for dialogue and understanding in a society that is actively hostile towards the LGBTQ community. Samson believes that "every human being should be respected simply for being who the…

In today’s conversation, Ken reads a page from his dairy about the time he had the runs but nevertheless needed to go out and take care of some errands when he noticed he wasn’t exactly alone. Join us as we reflect on how the world can be a shitty place for the most vulnerable among us. If you have enjoyed today's conversation, it would mean the wo…

In today’s conversation Rob and Ken are joined by Zion Tauamiti, Samoan born and raised in Christchurch, New Zealand where he currently lives to this day working with young people as a wellness chaplain. At the age of 33 Zion suffered a cardiac arrest and subsequently went into coma for six days. As a result of this life changing event, Zion was in…

In trying to do good, we often measure success in a variety of ways such as how many meals we have served or how many people we have helped. In today's conversation, Ken and Rob take the time to talk about the ups and downs of trying to measure success in their adventures of doing good. If you enjoyed today’s conversation, please consider sharing, …

In today’s conversation Rob and Ken are joined by Annika Spalde from Vadstena, Sweden. Annika is a deacon in the church of Sweden as well as an activist for peace, animal rights as well as climate change. One of the many ways she commits to doing good is by practicing veganism which is the practice of abstaining from the use of animal products, par…

Oftentimes we hear what is being said, however hearing is a lot different from listening. In today's conversation Ken and Rob talk about how listening is often something we take for granted when communicating with those we are journeying with. Join them as they discuss how active listening can do wonders for the person we are in conversation with- …

In today's conversation Ken and Rob are joined by artist and musician John Friedrick from Silverton, Oregon USA, a rural town where he has lived for the last 13 years, pastoring Oak Street Church. Listen in as John shares about the joys of getting to know his neighbors, including starting an annual arts event focusing on inclusion and participation…

At some point in our journey of doing good, we will probably experience grief. It can manifest itself in so many different ways such as shock or disbelief, denial, guilt anger and even depression. Join Rob and Ken as they share and reflect on their experiences of grief and how grieving with others can be a powerful and transformative experience in …

In today’s conversation Rob and Ken are joined by Bill and Eve Perry who were running a bustling fruit and veg shop in the heart of the East End of London, England when they felt a divine nudge to close down the shop in 1995 and open a community space called The Garden Cafe. The cafe aims to bring the local community together and improve quality of…

Join Ken and Rob as they kick off season two of Rumors of Doing Good talking about becoming curious instead of imposing their own rules when engaging different cultures as well as their experiences of engaging and respecting the cultural norms of folks who live outdoors as well as the anarchist community in their adventures of doing good. Cultural …

Have you ever found yourself on the receiving end of doing good? What happened and how did it make you feel? Often times when we seek to do good in the communities that we are part of, we can get caught up thinking that we are the ones doing the good. But what about the times when we unexpectedly find ourselves on the receiving end from those we ar…

In today's conversation Rob & Ken are joined by Blessi Kumar, a health activist from New Delhi, India. For the past ten years, Blessi has been passionately advocating on behalf of folks with TB in the developing world. She is the co-founder of the Global Coalition of TB Activists which seeks to destigmatize as well as create space at the table for …

Everybody Now is a conversation about what it means to be human on the threshold of a global climate emergency, in a time of systemic injustice and runaway pandemics. Scientists, activists, farmers, poets, and theologians talk bravely and frankly about how our biosphere is changing, about grief and hope in an age of social collapse and mass extinct…

Sometimes in doing good we find ourselves in situations where the environment is unpredictable, hostile, where the demands are overwhelming, and the social support is sorely lacking. When this happens, the joy of caring for our neighbors can become difficult. When we're running on empty, it's hard to continue to care for others when we find ourselv…

We’ve all been there. That feeling you get when you’re so overwhelmed, all you want to do is… nothing. That feeling has a technical name — burnout — and it occurs when we’re over-worked, overtired, and generally over it. Mission-driven leaders, who tend to be highly motivated, passionate, and over-committed, are even more at risk of burnout than th…

In today's conversation Ken and Rob are joined by Vivian Brocato from Southern California where she started and heads up Punx & Monx, a church for those on the fringes of society. Listen in as Vivian shares her experiences of loving folks who live in the margins in San Diego county, and her passion for the arts. Vivian also discusses her commitment…

As people who are endeavoring to do good, what does it mean to befriend others? In today’s conversation Ken and Rob explore what it means to engage with folks on their terms rather than on our terms and why its important. Ken and Rob also take some time to share their experiences of relating to punks, metalheads, folks without homes as well as anar…

In today's conversation, Rob & Ken are joined by Mark Seger who facilitates Community Dinners in low income apartment buildings in Portland Oregon USA. Listen in as Mark shares how Community Dinners was born out of the ashes of a "failed" church plant and how it transformed his understanding of what doing good looks like. Intro/Outro music by skinf…

What message do we communicate when we seek to do good in our communities and what does it say about the values that we hold? In today's conversation Ken and Rob take some time to share their hearts on what they hope to communicate when they are out and about doing good in their communities. Intro/Outro music by skinfiltr8r. If you enjoyed today’s …

Jhon Henry Camargo from Barrancabermeja, Colombia joins us in today's conversation as he shares about his experiences as part of Christian Peacemaker Teams, accompanying campesinas who are experiencing the effects of corruption in Colombia. For more info including links and show notes for today's conversation, please visit www.rumorsofdoinggood.com…

Ken and Rob take time to chat about Ken’s mantra, ‘Because Everyone Deserves to Be Loved‘ and how this mantra can help guide us in our day to day lives. For more info including links and show notes, please visit www.rumorsofdoinggood.com. Intro/Outro by skinfiltr8r.Rob Schellert, Ken Loyd tarafından oluşturuldu

In today's conversation, we are joined by Rachel Byers from Cologne, Germany. Listen in as Rachel shares about her experiences of journeying with sex workers in one of the largest brothels in Europe. For more info including links and show notes, please visit www.rumorsofdoinggood.com. Intro/Outro by skinfiltr8r.…

We thought it was only fitting that we begin this podcast by taking the time to introduce ourselves and talk about how and why we got into doing good, especially among marginalized folks. Join us as we take a trip down Memory Lane and chat about some of the highlights of what we have been up to over the years until now. If you enjoyed today's conve…

Rob and Ken talk about how they first met on Valentine's Day 2002 in Portland Oregon which sparked a lifelong friendship as well as what Rumors of Doing Good podcast is about and how it got started. For more info including links and show notes, please visit www.rumorsofdoinggood.com Intro and Outro music by skinfiltr8r.…