Crackers and Grape Juice

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

talking faith without stained glass language


All Episodes

Episode 163 – Patton Dodd & Jana Riess: A New, Old Way To Pray

In this episode Taylor talks with 2/3 of the writers of The Prayer Wheel (Patton Dodd and Jana Riess). In 2015 a group of rare manuscripts went on display in New York and inside the front cover was a very well worn prayer wheel. Their book unpacks the…

Episode 162 – The Thing NO ONE Wants to Talk About

What happens when an entire denomination struggles with language regarding human sexuality and three pastors try to ask questions?

Episode 161 – Words and Buts Are Necessary

Taylor talks with Teer about a sermon Teer contributed to the newly released book from Crackers and Grape Juice. ‘I Like Big Buts’ is a collection of reflections and sermon from the C&GJ team on Paul’s letter to Rome.

In this episode Taylor and…

Episode 160 – I Like Big Buts

It is in Romans that Paul reveals that he is convinced that neither death nor life nor angels nor demons nor the present or future—really not anything or any power in all of creation—can separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus…

Episode 159 – Ken Jones: We’re All Babylon

In this episode Jason Micheli talks with Ken Jones, the pastor of Glendale Missionary Baptist Church in Miami, Florida and the co-host of the radio show “The White Horse Inn.” They cover a number of subjects including the Scofield Bible, grace over…

Episode 158 – We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know

Taylor and Teer got together to record an episode shortly before our last live event. Their conversation covers a range of topics including steep learning curves, the challenges of regular preaching, pastoral transitions, the intersection of politics…

Episode 157 – Erin McKenney: The Bible Is a Story of Immigration

For Episode #157, we talked with Erin McKenney who is the Executive Director of Just Neighbors, a legal aid and advocacy organization for immigrants in the DC-Northern Virginia Region. We talked to Erin amidst the furor over the administration’s…

Episode 156 – Faithful and Fractured

If its true that clergy suffer from certain health issues at a rate higher than the general population, the why are pastors in such poor health? And what can be done to help them step into the abundant life God desires for them?

We tackle these…

Episode 155 – Robert Hudson: The Monk’s Record Player

Jason has a conversation with Robert Hudson about his book The Monk’s Record Player. They discuss the connections between Bob Dylan’s music and Thomas Merton’s spirituality in addition to debating whether or not engaging with the wider world is a…