Crackers and Grape Juice

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

talking faith without stained glass language


All Episodes

Episode 269 – Ryan Newson : Cut In Stone

Our guest today is Dr. Ryan Newson, Professor of Theology and Ethics at Campbell University, about his new book, “Cut in Stone”: Confederate Monuments and Theological Disruption.”

Confederate monuments figure prominently as epicenters of social…

Episode 267 – David Bentley Hart : We Are The Worst Of All

The one, the only David Bentley Hart joins Jason and Dr. Johanna Hartelius to talk about his latest book, Theological Territories: A David Bentley Hart Digest. In particular, we talk about an essay included in the Digest that’s timely for our current…

Episode 266 – The C&GJ Team: Quarantunes

“Sing lustily and with good courage.” John Wesley wrote those words in the Hymnbook for Methodist in 1761. We at Crackers and Grape Juice take those words seriously! Therefore we decided to bring you some of our current “Quarantunes” – songs that have…

Episode 265 – Bryan Jarrell: Growing Up in The Lost Cause

“The Lost Cause had taught me that faith, particularly faith in Jesus and going to church, was an indispensable part of what it meant to be a good person. But now that very same faith which The Lost Cause had commended was forcing a decision which…

Episode 264 – William Lamar: Bad Theology Kills

Rev. William H. Lamar IV joins Crackers & Grape Juice to talk about his latest piece featured in Faith & Leadership: ‘It’s not just the coronavirus — bad theology is killing us.”

The Rev. William H. Lamar IV is pastor of Metropolitan African…

Episode 263 – Tara Isabella Burton: Strange Rites

Jason and Teer are joined by author Tara Isabella Burton to discuss her latest opinion piece in the New York Times and new book, ‘Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World.’

From the publisher: “In Strange Rites, religious scholar and…

Episode 262 – Drew Hart: Who Will Be a Witness

Drew Hart joins Jason and Teer to discuss his forthcoming book, ‘Who Will Be A Witness ‘ (September 2020), the ghosts of America’s racist past, and what the Gospel says to us in a moment of pandemic, protest, and movement.

Drew G. I. Hart is a…

Episode 261 – Shea Tuttle: Exactly As You Are

We could all use the comfort of Fred Rogers right about now. Joining this episode of the podcast is author Shea Tuttle, the author of “Exactly as You Are: The Life and Faith of Mister Rogers.” Mister Rogers touched the lives of many, and that is an…