Crackers and Grape Juice

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

talking faith without stained glass language


All Episodes

Voices of the General Conference – Mark Tooley

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 – Anna Golladay: See the Humanity

If 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…

Rumors! – (Live: GC 2019 Day 2 Update)

The team talks about the early legislative session from Day 2 of General Conference 2019 as we prepare for the first debates about the proposed plans from The Way Forward.

Episode 195 – Will Willimon: Keep On Muddling (Live: GC 2019)

The team had a chance to sit down with Bishop Will Willimon to talk about the Special General Conference, hopes, challenges, and the call to keep muddling.

Episode 194 – Love Will Tear Us Apart (Live: GC 2019)

Why do I get the feeling like we’re on the Titanic and we’re all acting like Billy Zane? The team from C&GJ is in St. Louis for the United Methodist Church’s Special General Conference on human sexuality and this is the first of many uploads about our…

Episode 193 – Professor John Goldingay: The First Testament; A New Translation

Professor John Goldingay has Old Testament at Fuller Seminary and now at Oxford. His most recent work is his translation of the Old Testament.

Episode 192 – Bishop Andy Doyle: The Jesus Heist

Andy Doyle is the Episcopal bishop of Texas and the author of numerous books including his most recent work, The Jesus Heist.

Episode 191 – Jason Micheli: Cancer is (Still) Funny,: The Paperback Version

Jason wrote a book. It’s out in paperback. Do him a solid and buy a copy for 10 of your favorite people. He’ll be eternally grateful.

This is not a book for people who have cancer. This is a book for people who are mortal.
–Brian Zahnd, Pastor of…

Episode 190 – Martin Doblmeier: Backs Against The Wall – The Howard Thurman Story

This week the award-winning director and founder of Journey Films, Martin Doblimeier is back to talk about his newest film, Backs Against The Wall: The Howard Thurman Story. Listen as he talks about how the life of theologian, philosopher and civil…