Hello and welcome to a very special episode of faith adjacent. I'm your host and resident

Bible scholar Aaron Moon. And joining me today, we have a very special guest that I'm so excited

to chat with and I'm going to tell you all about him in just a second. guest that I'm so excited to chat with, and I'm going

to tell you all about him in just a second. But before I do, this is going to be one of those very

shareable episodes, because I believe our guest has so much wisdom to share. And these are topics

that we don't always feel comfortable engaging in with our families and close friends.

They're just really tender. And so just a reminder that if you

find something helpful in our conversation, we would love for you to share it with your people,

either via social media or in your group text or wherever. And if you do share on social,

be sure to tag us at Faith Adjacent because we would love to know what resonated with you.

I am here today with the very reverend Robert Shank, Reverend Rob.

I am so thrilled that you are here with us today.

Thank you.

And let me just tell you about my alternate title, which is the very irreverent, depending on the subject matter.

But everybody knows me as Rob, so I hope you'll feel comfortable.

Yes, Rob, we are so thrilled that you're here.

I actually, I was, I caught a video of you during the Minneapolis occupation, the ICE occupation in Minneapolis. I caught a video of you.

You were protesting with some other clergy. And I immediately shared this video because I was so struck

and we'll put a link in the show notes. I was so struck and I was like, does anyone know this man?

I simply must talk to him. And it happened to be that someone who listens to our

show, Holla First, who I have actually worked with in a lot of different context on, she's been a

very helpful advisor on a couple of episodes. She's a great person. She's a wonderful person.

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