Voices That Heal. Songs That Proclaim. Stories That Liberate.
Some gatherings give you information. Wild Goose gives you encounter. This week we’re introducing four co-creators who come from vastly different traditions—Catholic concert stages and Carnegie Hall, evangelical deconstruction, Bapticostal mysticism, and Indigenous ceremonial grounds—and yet share a single conviction: that faith, honestly lived, is the most transformative force on earth.
ValLimar Jansen
An internationally acclaimed singer, storyteller, and performing artist, Dr. ValLimar Jansen brings Scripture to life through dynamic, costumed performances that blend proclamation, music, and theater. A Kennedy Center honoree and Carnegie Hall headliner, she has ministered on six continents—and she’s still got more to say.
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Brian Recker
A former Marine, the son of a Baptist preacher, and onetime evangelical pastor, Brian Recker took the long road to a spirituality rooted in love rather than fear. His book Hell Bent dismantles the doctrine of hell and invites everyone—deconstructing, curious, or just church-hurt—into a Jesus-centered faith that actually sets people free.
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Bec Cranford
Certified spiritual director, artist, urban missiologist, and self-described Bapticostal misfit, Bec Cranford helps people heal from spiritual abuse, integrate their faith, and discover their most authentic selves. She’s painted icons, directed community engagement at Atlanta’s largest homeless shelter, taught at Candler School of Theology, and served Wild Goose as Director of Community—all while sitting on the porch talking about life and God with anyone who’ll show up.
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Chebon Kernell
Of Seminole and Muscogee Creek heritage, the Rev. Chebon Kernell is a land defender, water protector, cultural practitioner, and United Methodist minister whose work spans the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues to ceremonial grounds in Oklahoma. Through decades of advocacy, he has pushed the church to move from words of repentance to acts of repair—and challenged every room he enters to listen more deeply to Indigenous voices.
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Come with your questions, your wounds, and your wonder—and leave knowing you weren’t meant to do this alone.