Crackers and Grape Juice

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

talking faith without stained glass language


All Episodes

Episode 178- Addison Hodges Hart :James; A Pastor’s Commentary

Addison Hart joins the podcast to talk about his latest book, ‘The Letter of James: A Pastoral Commentary’.

https://www.amazon.com/Letter-James-Pastoral-Commentary/dp/1532650140

From the back cover: The Letter of James is perhaps needed more than…

Episode 177 – Austin Fischer: Faith in the Shadows

The intersection of faith and doubt is viewed either as a badge of honor for some Christians but for others, doubt has no place. In his new book, ‘Faith in the Shadows:
Finding Christ in the Midst of Doubt,’ pastor and author Austin Fischer explores…

Episode 175 – Charlotte Getz & Stephanie Phillips: Unmapped

Two longtime Mockingbird writers, Charlotte Getz and Stephanie Phillips, have written a book that features a patchwork of personal essays, pocket liturgies, and pseudo-fictional plays, and not a dull moment between them. Stephanie Phillips and…

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…