Crackers and Grape Juice

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

talking faith without stained glass language


All Episodes

Episode 174 – Luke Norsworthy: God Over Good

Luke Norsworthy is known for a few things: amazing hair, a CrossFit body most dads dream of, and a keen awareness that what we say about God has implications that go beyond the cliché. In his new book, ‘God Over Good,’ Luke explores what it means to…

Episode 173 – Natasha Robinson: A Sojourners’ Truth

Natasha S. Robinson joins the podcast to talk about her new book, ‘A Sojourner’s Truth.’ Natasha is a Naval Academy graduate, served in the United States Marine Corps, was the Senior Diversity Admissions Counselor in the Office of Admissions at the…

Episode 172 – Lisa Cressman: Backstory Preaching

Everyone has a backstory, and for preachers, that backstory sets the stage for preaching.

Lisa Cressman is the author of ‘Backstory Preaching: Integrating Life, Spirituality, and Craft’ (The Liturgical Press: Collegeville, 2018), and Craft an…

Episode 171 – Parker Palmer: If It’s Good Enough For Jesus…

In this episode Jason talks with Parker Palmer about his new book On The Brink Of Everything: Grace, Gravity, and Getting Old. In addition to the book they talk about a number of other subjects including community organizing during social unrest,…

Episode 170 – Rolf Jacobson: Law vs. Gospel & the Community of Care

I met Dr. Rolf Jacobson at the Festival of Homiletics where, eavesdropping on me preaching, he said I sounded more Protestant than any of his students at Luther Seminary. You can check out his sermon here.

Dr. Jacobson is the author of Crazy Talk…

Episode 169 – Johanna Hartelius: Preaching from the Pew

Dr. Johanna Hartelius, host of the (Her)Men*You*Tics podcast, offers her 3 do’s and don’ts of preaching.

Johanna has a Ph.D. in communication/rhetoric from the Moody College of Communication at The University of Texas at Austin. I teach…

Episode 168 – John Nugent: The Proper Sense of Prophetic

“Protest that precedes prayer is theologically disordered.
“It’s pastorally cruel to exhort unbelievers who do not have the gift of the Holy Spirit to live up to the standards of our baptismal covenant.”
”There’s no urgency in either Testament for…

Episode 167 – The Elephant in the Room

A conversation between Teer & Taylor about Taylor’s sermon, “The Elephant in the Room” which can be found in the #1 New Release, ‘I Like Big Buts.’

https://www.amazon.com/Like-Big-Buts-Reflections-Letter/dp/1983368830/

Episode 166 – Kendall Soulen & Johanna Hartelius: Names Are Verbal Sacraments

During our recent live podcast event in Hampton, Virginia we were able to open the space up for questions to our guests Dr. Johanna Hartelius and Dr. Kendall Soulen. In their responses they address kinship language, the fullness of God, proper names,…