Crackers and Grape Juice

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

talking faith without stained glass language


All Episodes

Episode 200 – Guy Talk

200 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!

Episode 199 – Barbara Brown Taylor: Holy Envy

Jason 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…

Episode 198 – Mandy McDow: Being A Christian Doesn’t Mean Obsessing Over Someone Else’s Sexuality

Now 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…

Episode 197: Emma Green — Because Beth Moore is Their Pastor (GC2019)

The podcast team caught up with Emma Green to talk about the implications of what occurred at the Special General Conference in St. Louis. Emma argues the storyline coming out of #GC2019 is a common storyline being experience throughout the United…

Voices of the General Conference – Christy Thomas: Debriefed in St. Louis

By a slim margin the ‘traditional plan’ was selected to be the way forward for the United Methodist Church. Disciplinary action against LGBTQIA clergy will be swifter and without the benefit of due process. In all reality, the plan selected by the…

Episode 196 – Diana Butler Bass: Birthing Something New (Live: GC2019)

The team caught up with Diana Butler Bass on the eve of the conclusion of the UMC’s Special General Conference. She offers thoughts about the historical and theological significance of a denomination’s discernment over human sexuality.

Voices of the General Conference – Jeff Mullinix and Steve Shamblin-Mullinix: You Are a Beloved Child of God

In an effort to provide honest conversations from the 2019 Special General Conference, the Crackers & Grape Juice team invited supporters of all of the plans being considered by the United Methodist Church’s governing body to explain why the plan they…

Voices of the General Conference – Christy Thomas: How is it with your soul?

In an effort to provide honest conversations from the 2019 Special General Conference, the Crackers & Grape Juice team invited supporters of all of the plans being considered by the United Methodist Church’s governing body to explain why the plan…

Let’s Talk About The Future – (Live: GC2019 Day 2 Debrief)

The team sat down to talk about day two from the Special General Conference in St. Louis…