This week’s episode is a heartfelt one. After six transformative years, Telos’ Director of Communications and Christian Engagement, David Katibah, joins us for one final conversation before he steps into a new chapter.

David has left an indelible mark on Telos—shaping our mission, growing our story, and living out the work of peace and justice with clarity and conviction. In this farewell episode, he reflects on the journey: what he’s learned, what he’s holding onto, and what it means to stay rooted in hope amid uncertainty.

Though we’ll deeply miss his presence on this show and on our team, David leaves us with a call: to continue to work toward a future of mutual flourishing, interdependence, and peace.

His work is only just beginning. Show your support on social media as he enters this new season!

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This month marks five years since 2020 and a summer of protest across the world for Black lives, dignity, and justice. There was a lot of hope during that summer—hope that our communities would begin to ask questions about our history; pursue lasting, structural changes to our society; and begin to take serious steps towards true repair.

In the years since, we’ve worked hard at Telos to create space for this work through our ReStory US Program. In this episode, we have a conversation in review of what the past 5 years have meant for that program and for our nation: Where have we seen it work, how has the world changed around it, and what might be its future as we continue to face mounting challenges to honest conversations about race, history, and justice in this country.

We were delighted to have Director of US Programming, Dr. DeSean Dyson, Telos' co-founder and Executive Director, Todd Deatherage, and former Director of ReStory US and current Sprout NOLA Co-Executive Director, Administration and Operations, Yvonne Therese Holden, with us for this important conversation.

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Yvonne’s Video Game Recommendation: South of Midnight

We have a new ambassador in town. Earlier this month, the US Senate confirmed former Governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee, as US Ambassador to Israel.

As Ambassador, Huckabee is expected to endorse policies that forcibly promote Israeli government priorities. He has been quoted saying, “there is no such thing as a Palestinian” and that the West Bank is “Judea and Samaria,” a term used by Israeli settlers (and increasingly American Christian leaders) who claim ownership of the land based on their Biblical interpretations.

Huckabee, and millions of American Christians like him, champion a theology of Christian Zionism, which prioritizes Jewish ownership of the land between the Jordan river and the Mediterranean Sea by any means necessary.

This week, we discuss what that means, especially for the future of the millions of Palestinian in the West Bank, who are facing the most extreme circumstances of violence and displacement seen for decades. And we hear a special, bittersweet update from our colleague Sarah Sturm at the end of the show.

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Read Greg’s op-ed on the embassy move to Jerusalem circa 2016