Following God in the Midst of Suffering and Sin: Measha Brueggergosman-Lee

Theology in the Raw

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 17 July 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Measha Brueggergosman-Lee is a professional singer and musician, who in 2024 became the first black recipient and youngest recipient ever of the Lifetime Achievement Award for Classical Music from the Governor General of Canada. She’s also the author of her memoir Something Is Always On Fire and is currently writing a sequel entitled Open-Hearted. She is currently in the third year of a Masters in Practical Theology at Acadia Divinity College.

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0:00.0	Hey, friends, welcome back to another episode of Theology.
0:02.1	I'm on my guest today is my friend, Misha Brueger Goseman Lee, who is a professional singer and musician, who in 2024 became the first black recipient and youngest recipient ever of the Lifetime Achievement Award for Classical Music from the Governor General of Canada.
0:18.0	You can look her up on Spotify.
0:20.3	She is an incredible opera singer. Blew me away
0:23.5	when I found out she was part of the theology in the rock community. She, you know, yeah,
0:29.1	during a Zoom chat, you know, we kind of started to get hints to like, yeah, I think,
0:32.9	I think Misha is like famous or something. So somebody in our chat kind of looked her up and sent me a
0:38.0	link. She's like, do you know who this is? She's pretty famous. Anyway, she's the author of her
0:45.0	memoir. Something is always on fire and is currently writing a sequel entitled Openhearted.
0:49.3	And she is currently in the third year of her master's degree in practical theology at Acadia Divinity
0:54.9	College. Yeah, Misha's awesome. She's just been so fun to interact with in the Theology
1:01.6	Theology to Rock community is so sharp, has a really interesting story that her journey,
1:07.1	her journey has not been linear, okay? And then she talks all about that in the most raw
1:12.1	way in this conversation so please welcome to the show for the first time the one and only
1:16.6	misha brugher goesman lead oh my word, Misha.
1:30.1	Yeah, I've been waiting for this conversation for a while.
1:32.6	We've hung out a few times.
1:34.4	You've been a very valuable and persistent contributor to the theology in the raw community,
1:42.4	participating in Zoom chats, email threads, messages.
1:45.4	So it's good to have you on the show.
1:47.1	Oh my goodness.
1:48.0	I can't believe I'm here.
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