Crackers and Grape Juice

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

talking faith without stained glass language


All Episodes

Episode 130 – Diana Butler Bass: Advent Longing [Live]

The Crackers & Grape Juice team hosted a live podcast event where we invited Tripp Fuller and Diana Butler Bass to offer thoughts about the 1st and 2nd Advents. In this episode Diana reflects on the announcement of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel,…

Episode 129 – Tripp Fuller: Make Advent Great Again [Live]

The Crackers & Grape Juice team hosted a live podcast event where we invited Tripp Fuller and Diana Butler Bass to offer thoughts about the 1st and 2nd Advents. In this episode Tripp reflects on what it means to Make Advent Great Again, the inherent…

Episode 128 – Why Did Jesus Come?

Tim Keller caused a stir this week on Twitter when he wrote, “Jesus didn’t come primarily to solve the economic, political, and social problems of the world. He came to forgive our sins.”

Did Jesus come to save us from our sin? Was the purpose of…

Episode 127 – David French: Evangelicals, Where Is Your Faith

With the soon to be election day dilemma for conservative evangelicals across Alabama, David French questions where the faith of evangelicals has gone.

In this episode, Teer and Jason interview French discussing trends in media and entertainment in…

Episode 126 – Christian Piatt: Surviving the Bible

Reading the Bible does not have to suck. That might sound like news to many. The Bible is a book that begs to be read critically and read often but if you’ve been told you’re not allowed to read it or that your reading is ‘wrong,’ you might have put…

Episode 125 – Donna Claycomb Sokol: New Day in the City

Church revival is not an easy task. While it took Jesus 3 days to overcome death, revival within the church takes more time. Donna Claycomb Sokol, pastor of Mount Vernon Place UMC in Washington, D.C., is leading her congregation in a revival.

Donna…

Episode 124 – Emma Green: Do Democrats Have a Religion Problem?

In this interview Jason talks with Emma Green of The Atlantic. Green is a staff writer at ​The Atlantic, where she covers politics, policy, and religion. She’s also responsible for the viral video based on what one of her articles, “Do Democrats Have…

Episode 123 – Theology Beer Camp: The Odd Couple

Todd Littleton joined to team for this interview with Adam Clark and Christian Piatt at the Theology Beer Camp in January. While the interview was over 9 months ago, who would’ve thought that the conversation would STILL resonate today as we deal with…

Episode 122 – Mike McCurry: From West Wing To Wesley

Jason had the opportunity to sit down for a conversation with Mike McCurry, the White House Press Secretary during the Clinton administration. Their conversation covers a range of topics including CJ Cregg on the West Wing, the cynicism that comes…