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The Church that Will Remain: A 5-Point Manifesto for the Church Moving Forward

What if this historical moment is a turning point not only for ordinary life but for the Christian church? What if losing our normal freedom to conduct church as we

9 Theses on Life in the Age of Pandemics: Carnac the Magnificent Takes on Covid-19

In this week’s episode, I dust off the prophetic hat of CARNAC THE MAGNIFICENT to peer into the near future and make 9 pronouncements about what life in the new

How to Be a Christian in a Post-Christian World: On Christ and Culture in America

We’re Back!  And what a time to be alive!  The world is on the cusp of so much change, of rethinking so many social and cultural formations. This is the

Xenia: Reflections on Being a Good Neighbor in Uncertain Times

Last week, we reflected on what it means to be home during this crisis.  This week, we look outward from our homes and ask what it means to be a

Nostos: Reflections On Home and How to Get There

How has it been being… home?  What is a home for?  Recorded on an iPhone, this is the first pod since the general lockdown, in which David reflects on what

The Cloud of Unknowing: Clarity in the Age of Corona

The Corona Virus. Frozen 2. And Christian Sensationalism. Welcome to the new/old normal! Right before the ban, producer Zach Leetch and I snuck into the church to make one last

Stability in an Age of Flux: Spiritual Formation Among the Living and the Dead (w/ Rev. Hayden Butler)

STAY PUT. Those two words mean something very different to all of us today than they did even three weeks ago. And while I can’t claim any particular prescience here,

Life Together: Being Single in the Christian Church (w/ Pastor Aaron Gomez)

Love Island. The Bachelor. The Bachelorette. Are You the One? Temptation Island. Love Connection. Blind Date. The Dating Game. Beauty and the Geek. Next. Love is Blind… In a culture

The Neverending Story: A Modern Fairy Tale of Nihilism and Love

You do you.  Follow your desire.  Seek your own perfection.  Reality is something each of us constructs for ourselves by exerting our will and manifesting our desire.  Or so we’re

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