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The Image of God in a Pornographic Age: A Conversation w/ Rev. Butler on (Re-)Learning How to See God and One Another

Trained as voyeurs, consumers, and addicts of images from ever-younger ages, how do we (re-)learn how to see one another and the Lord Himself in a way that deepens our

How to Enter Holy Week: A Conversation w/ Rev. Butler on the Integration of Ritual and Reality

Easter is the hinge of all reality.  But how do we enter into a deep observance and transformative remembrance of Easter (and Holy Week itself) when we have, we often

Now We See In An Enneagram Dimly: A Conversation on Self-Reflection and Spiritual Growth w/ Rev. Hayden Butler

Self-awareness. Self-improvement. Personal growth. Personal development. Personal progress. Personal productivity. What happens when the paradigms and strategies of self-improvement that have saturated our culture find their way into the church?

To Love the Church: A Conversation w/ Pastor Cole Beshore on Loving and Serving the Church without Growing Cynical

“In spite of the pain and its failures, I love the church.” On this episode of the pod, I am joined by my friend, Pastor Cole Beshore, a third-generation pastor

Love in the Ruins: John Donne and the Skeptical Crisis

In lieu of some technical difficulties with our previously scheduled episode this week (don’t worry, it’s still on the way!), I am rolling out an episode that was released previously

Finding the True Path When You’ve Lost Your Way: A Conversation w/ Rev. Hayden Butler on How Dante’s Divine Comedy Can Change Your Life

Every year, Rev. Hayden Butler teaches Dante’s Divine Comedy to teenagers. Why? What does a 14th-century poem that very few adults have ever read in full have to teach teenagers–or

From Ireland, With Love: A Conversation w/ Pastor Ray Clancy on the Call to Ireland, the Cost of Ministry, and the Grace of God

“Here am I, Lord, send me.” Many have read these words in Isaiah, others have imagined their implications, or even said them aloud, a precious few have actually followed through

A Christian Sense of Time: A Conversation w/ Rev. Hayden Butler on Anxiety, Hope, and How to Live Well in the Time that Remains

A new year has dawned . . . and it’s already off to a rocky start.  How should Christians approach and understand time and its passing?  How do we resist

Bonhoeffer’s America: A Conversation on Christian Nationalism and the Life and Thought of Dietrich Bonhoeffer w/ Dr. Joel Looper

“Are we primarily formed by the community of the church or the community of the nation?” As we are poised on the tense precipice of Jan. 20th, I hope this

The Collapse of Contemporary Christianity: A Conversation w/ Pastor John Hallowell on the Decline and Fall of a Movement

Perhaps unbelievably, this was recorded the day before the deadly chaos of January 6th.  Let that sink in as you listen to it.  Something is well and truly over, folks. 

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