In this episode, Jason talks with Amy Laura Hall of Duke University about her upcoming work on muscular Christianity, her most recent book “Laughing at the Devil,” Julian of Norwich, and their mutual affection for Stan the Man.
Read MoreThis week is a real treat! We are sharing Jason’s unedited live talk from the Mockingbird Annual Conference in New York! A huge thank you to Mockingbird for having Jason speak and for recording it as well!
Read More“Orthodoxy is historically defined according to the creeds, and there is nothing at all in the creeds about human sexuality.”
Steve Harper, author of the new book, Holy Love, published today, is our guest for Episode #206. Steve is a former…
Read MoreIn a culture of performancism, virtue-signaling, and enoughness-chasing, Nick Lannon’s new book tells us the good news that Life is Impossible (and that’s the good news). Nick is an Anglican priest in Louisville, a movie buff and sports buff, and a…
Read MoreMartin Luther said that God loves to hide himself behind his opposites. Though we prove time and again to think we need to strive and succeed so that we might be found acceptable by God or, in succeeding, find God in God’s glory, the God who…
Read MoreCalvin said the human heart is an idol factory. Augustine said our hearts are restless until they find rest in God. DZ of Mockingbird Ministries and the author of the new book, Seculosity, says we’re more religious than ever before we’re church “in…
Read MoreJerry Herships joins the podcast to talk about his newest book, ‘Rogue Saints: Spirituality for Good-Hearted Heathens.’ In this episode, we talk about what exactly Jerry means by “shitty church,” if you are looking for a church how you can avoid one,…
Read More200 Episodes!!! Say what?!? Listen as the guys take a trip down memory lane to talk about their favorite episodes, their white whale guests and what’s to come for the podcast Crackers and Grape Juice!
Read MoreJason crushes on his hero Barbara Brown Taylor while talking with her about her new book, Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others. The author of previous books like the Preaching Life and Leaving Church, Baylor University recognized Taylor as…
Read MoreNow that the sting of the UMC Special General Conference is lessening, what is next? How can those who are dissatisfied with the work done by the delegates in St Louis organize and be better prepared for GC2020?
Rev. Mandy Sloan McDow is the Senior…
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