In light of the recent shooting of Congressman Steve Scalise and the combative political and cultural rhetoric of the day, we consider what it means to be in the American project together.

Our guest for this midweek Bullgeschichte episode is Jason Micheli. He's an author, pastor and podcaster and he's not sure he believes in hell, which is the topic for our conversation.

In this episode we talk about Pope Francis' recent statement, "God Cannot Be God Without Man."

In this Friday Night lights episode, recorded on Bill's birthday, we continue reflecting on the Holy Spirit and spirituality.

In this episode, the day after Pentecost, we talk about the Holy Spirit.

We talk about an article in the Aeon journal on the Frankfurt School entitled "Theory from the ruins", among other things.

In this episode we talk about the recent removal of Confederate Civil War monuments in New Orleans and the nature of historical memory.

Today is Ascension day 2017, the most overlooked day on the Christian religious calendar. We think that's a shame. It's an important doctrine that offers real hope to real people living a complex, messy world.

This is a bullgeschichte episode where we're joined by our friend Jace Broadhurst to talk about a recent David Brooks column in the NY Times entitled "The Alienated Mind".

In this episode, inspired by a short essay written by the renowned novelist Cormac McCarthy. It deals with the origins of human language, and whether evolutionary explanations do it justice.