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Episode 51: Guilt
In this episode of the show we discuss about guilt. We talk about how it feels and what to do with it when it’s weighing you down.
Solid Gold Jesus: Scary Jesus
Over the course of 2016 we’ve decided to do a series of podcasts on the Top Ten pop songs in which Jesus figures in some way, our own Solid Gold list so to speak. Some of you voted for songs on our Facebook page.
Episode 49: Loss
The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths. -Elisabeth Kubler-Ross In this episode we deal with loss.
Episode 48: This American Religious Life: Greg Strawbridge
We’re going to do a non-scientific profile of different religious communities and personolaties and how they shape the American religious landscape. We’re not sociologists, but that’s never stopped us before. This is the first edition of the series,
Weird (and Wondrous!) Science
Scientists recently discovered the sound waves generated from the sound of two black holes which merged into one larger one. We reflect on what this means for how human beings see ourselves in the cosmos and what it might mean for people of faith.
Episode 46: Trump Vs. Francis
Pope Francis alluded to the fact that Donald Trump might not be a Christian in a recent press conference on his flight back from Mexico. Is he wrong or right? Is it even his place to make these kind of judgments.
The Wheaton College Controversy…a conversation with Matt Milliner
In this episode we talk with Matt Milliner, an Art History professor at Wheaton College. He gives a first hand account of the recent controversy regarding a faculty member who made statements about Islam that ultimately led to her and the instituion pa...
We’re Not Moving To Canada Yet!
The results of the early primary states are in and we spend some time reflecting on the results what they tell us about our culture and what the results mean for people of faith. Show Notes: We reference some charts in the podcast.
A Theology For Mutants
mu·tant /?myo?otnt/ adjective 1. resulting from or showing the effect of mutation. “a mutant gene” noun 1. a mutant form. synonyms: freak (of nature), deviant, monstrosity, monster, mutation “is this insect some sort of mutant?
The One and Only…Paul Zahl
We recently had the privilege of talking at length with Paul Zahl. Paul Zahl is affectionately know to friends, fans and many other as “PZ”. He’s a husband, father, friend, preacher, theologian, author and student of religious psychology,