Stop the Madness, Start the Healing
Bob Houghtaling joins Jonathan to talk about the problems with the death penalty, racial strife, and good books to read to keep us thinking.
Read MoreBob Houghtaling joins Jonathan to talk about the problems with the death penalty, racial strife, and good books to read to keep us thinking.
Read MorePart of the challenge of life is that we can never truly know what it is like to be someone else. We can only speak for ourselves and our experiences. Yet we live in community at various levels and thus need to try to understand each other.
Read MoreA conversation with Pastor Cheryl Harris about relaxing and enjoying life. This is something that we do not do very well as we are often told that we should be moving faster and faster. We need to figure out how to relax and let that feed our spirituality. Also, the book of Ruth, and some other great books to read.
Read MoreIt is very easy to become so comfortable in our context that we can lose our accent, our culture as Christians. It can become very ease to slip into a way of speaking that makes sense to everyone else, but that cannot be understood as a specifically Christian way of speaking and being.
Read MoreFantasy sports, old books, and LARPing. What else could you ask for? How about a good discussion about truth and knowing as well as what our religious accent might be and how we can let it be heard through our voice and actions.
Read MoreWe could view and experience Wicked on a surface level, enjoying the music and such and that would be nice. Or, we could engage on a deeper level, letting the symbolism and subtext shape and guide how we view our society and the ways that we live in society.
Read MoreAuthor and cofounder of The Raven Foundation, Suzanne Ross joins Jonathan for a conversation about religious freedom, having compassion towards those who do not agree with you, and the wonderful mess of spirituality.
Read MoreThere are good healthy ways to manage the demands between the expectations of the church and the experience and boundaries of the family.
Read MoreApril Beth Wiles joins Jonathan to talk about people who think everyone should know everything, prudes in the church (but not prunes), spirituality, healing, and geeking out with the Bible.
Read MoreThere is something to the mystery and the artistic approach to knowing. To have such an approach leaves room for creativity, for individuality, for the influence of society, and for the mess of humanity.
Read MoreThis episode was recorded right after the Pulse Night Club shooting in Orlando and responds in large part to that horror and pain. Where can we find hope and safety? Where can we find hope and safety in the presence of God? Jonathan and guest host Steve Williamson wrestle with such a question and respond to the tragedy of Orlando.
Read MoreThe danger of guilt can weigh heavy on the pastor and can lead to burnout. It is important for the pastor to have a sense of her or his identity in one’s ordination and to hold to that identity. It is important to not be pulled too far in one direction or another because that can lead to exhaustion and burnout.
Read MoreFrom angry opinions to hatred of mosquitoes to chilling in the summer, Jonathan is joined by Phinn Marr and Jeff Savage to discuss those things that make them angry, and the human struggle that is found in the Psalms.
Read MoreConsider what your “best practices” might be for your own faith tradition and how those practices may overlap with other faith traditions. And try to be nice to each other.
Read MoreThere is a brokenness in the community when one group of people look to make others angry just to make them angry. It is a demonstration of one showing a lack of compassion and humanity towards others. It is an immature expression that one would expect to see exhibited by toddlers, but not adults. Or at least one would hope.
Read MoreCompassion of self can also lead to compassion of others. Listen to others. Listen to yourself. Find compassion.
Read MoreIt is important to have a public space for people to express questions of faith.
Read MoreWriter and public theologian Adam Ericsksen joins Jonathan for a conversation about false dichotomies in politics, Paul as a public theologian in the book of Acts, and fun with sports and being naked... sorta.
Read MoreHow do we mentor young people in their lives? Not just helping people make good choices, but to live in such a way that calls you to be the kind of person that God desires you to be. The role of the community is integral in this process. One can grow on their own, but to have a community help someone guide can make a big difference.
Read MoreIn this current political climate there is a lot to be angry about and Pastor Jabulani McCalister joins Jonathan in expressing anger - but in a kind a pastoral way. They also consider the role of the pastor in calling people to embrace and live into their own spiritual gifts.
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