e81: Soul Medicine for a Fractured World: A Conversation with Liza Rankow

🧑🏽 Your Host, Bruce Reyes‑Chow

Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow is a 3rd Generation Filipino/Chinese American and an active speaker, writer, coach, and podcaster on topics of faith, leadership, activism, culture, race, and technology. An ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), he also works with organizations on immigration, decarceration, and Palestinian liberation. He is the author of six books, most recently Everything Good about God is True: Choosing Faith with his next book, "Prophets, Priests, Pastors & Poets: Being and Becoming the Ressurected Christ," due out in Fall 2026. He and his wife live in San Jose, CA.

✊🏽 About Our Guest

Liza J. Rankow, PhD, MHS, is an interfaith minister, educator, activist, and author. Her lifework centers the deep healing that is essential to personal and social transformation. Liza is the founder and former executive director of OneLife Institute, which for almost 20 years nurtured the well-being of frontline changemakers. She has been a spiritual counselor and teacher for more than three decades, working with individual clients, facilitating healing retreats, and offering classes and workshops in a variety of community and academic settings. Liza is the producer and co-editor of The Living Wisdom of Howard Thurman audio collection. Her new book is Soul Medicine for a Fractured World: Healing, Justice, and the Path of Wholeness. Find her at: lizarankow.org

1. Book - soulmedicinebook.com
2. LinkTree - linktr.ee/lizarankow
3. Blog - lizarankow.substack.com
4. IG - instagram.com/liza.rankow/
5. Facebook - facebook.com/liza.rankow
6. LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/lizarankow/
7. YouTube - youtube.com/@LizaRankow
8. Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/lizarankow.bsky.social

🎧 Episode Summary

In this episode of The Amalgamation, host Bruce Reyes-Chow sits down with Interfaith Movement Builder and community leader Liza J. Rankow for a wide-ranging conversation about faith, justice, and what it means to stay rooted in values during times of deep social and political...