Crackers and Grape Juice

Hosted ByJason Micheli, Teer Hardy, Taylor Mertins, & Johanna Hartelius

talking faith without stained glass language


All Episodes

Episode 303: Richard Stearns- Lead Like it Matters to God: Values-Driven Leadership in a Success-Driven World

Richard Stearns is a leader who has been tested as a CEO in both secular companies and also as the head of one of the world’s largest Christian ministries. After stints as CEO of Parker Brothers and then Lenox, Stearns accepted the invitation to leave…

Episode 302 – Tim Gombis : Power in Weakness

Tim Gombis joins the pod to talk about his newest book, ‘Power in Weakness: Paul’s Transformed Vision for Ministry.’ Tim and Teer explore a model for church leadership as old as Paul’s letter to the Romans.

From the publisher:
After Paul’s encounter…

Episode 301: Angela Gorrell – The Gravity of Joy: A Story of Lost and Being Found

“My vocation was supposed to be joy, and I was speaking at funerals.”

Shortly after being hired by Yale University to study joy, Angela Gorrell got word that a close family member had died by suicide. Less than a month later, she lost her father…

Episode 300: Brian Zahnd – How I Read the Bible

Brian Zahnd is the founding pastor of Word of Life Church in St. Joseph, Missouri. He’s also the author of many wonderful books, including, Water into Wine, Beauty Will Save the World, and most recently, Unvarnished Jesus. Brian was our first guest…

Episode 299: Miguel A. De La Torre – Decolonizing Christianity

Dr, De La Torre joins the podcast to talk about his latest book, ‘Decolonizing Christianity: Decolonizing Christianity: Becoming Badass Believers.’

In the interview, Dr. Del La Torre talks about his life in America as an immigrant, makes clear that…

Episode 298: Phillip Cary – Luther and the Gospel

On why a baptism “In the name of the Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer” is not a valid baptism (and you should be re-baptized), the resurrection of the flesh and what it means for burial practices, and the Gospel that gives you Christ and everything…

Episode 297 : Will Willimon – The Gospel for the Person Who Has Everything

Friend of the podcast and all around Gandalf to the gang, the irascible Will Willimon returns to talk about meeting the Risen Jesus, fighting in church, Karl Barth, preaching, and the new edition of his first book, The Gospel for the Person Who has…

Episode 296 : Jack Levison – To the Bowels

Our friend, Jack Levison, is back on the podcast to talk about his recent book, An Unconventional God, which examines the role of the Holy Spirit in the Gospels.

Jack Levison holds the W. J. A. Power Chair of Old Testament Interpretation and…

Episode 295 : Ken Sundet Jones – The Lutheran Toolkit

“When I started out in seminary, I thought I was going into a helping profession, a community-organizer, a therapist, an advice-giver. And then Gerhard Forde upended all that, showing me how a pastor is one is compelled to preach the forgiveness of…