The Sacred Slope turns 1!- Anniversary Episode
🎙️ 30. Christina Zini (United Methodist) - This Is What Christianity Looks Like When It’s Not About Control w/ music by
@derekwebb
Alexis Rice sits down with
@christinazini , a friend of 20+ years, a leadership coach, Christian woman, global citizen, for a deeply personal and reflective conversation marking one year of The Sacred Slope.
Christina shares her journey of faith from growing up Lutheran in a small town in the US to living across the world and discovering a Christianity rooted not in control or coercion, but in love, openness, and deep respect for others. Together, Alexis and Christina explore what it actually looks like to follow Jesus in a complex and divided world.
They reflect on friendship, church, and culture, and what this past year of The Sacred Slope has revealed: that faith is far more expansive than many were taught, that people across religions are not enemies but neighbors, and that people are drawn to Jesus not by force, but by how we show up.
At the heart of this conversation is a powerful message: they are to know us by our love.
💬 In This Episode
• Celebrating one year of The Sacred Slope
• Growing up in Lutheran and Methodist traditions
• Faith shaped by global experiences and travel
• Church shopping and finding aligned community
• Respecting other religions while following Jesus
• Women’s leadership and agency in faith and life
• IVF, health decisions, and bodily autonomy
• Letting go of control and learning to trust God
• Navigating faith in a time of division
• Friendship as a spiritual anchor
• What it means to live out the fruit of the Spirit
💛 Thank you Derek Webb A special thank you to Derek Webb
@DerekWebb and his team for allowing me to use his music in this anniversary episode from his album, Survival Songs: rekwebb.com/dwdwdw/p/survival-songs-cd-digital-download
Derek was one of my first interviews and it was so healing: https://youtu.be/Gr-lWvMLj9A?si=GQR4mlKygpRMMf3U
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