Crackers and Grape Juice

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

talking faith without stained glass language


All Episodes

Episode 374: Will Willimon— Don’t Look Back: Session Three

The third in a three part online study of the new book Don’t Look Back: Methodist Hope for What Comes Next

Episode 374 : Dale Allison – Encountering Mystery : Religious Experience in a Secular Age

Despite widespread skepticism on the matter, a significant number of people today have stories of religious experience – moments of inexplicable terror or rapturous joy, visions, near death experiences of the afterlife, encounters with angels,…

Episode 373: Bekah McNeel – Bringing Up Kids When Church Lets You Down: A Guide for Parents Questioning Their Faith

Our guest this week with Jason and Johanna is Bekah McNeel. Bekah is a journalist who covers education, immigration, and religion. A graduate of the London School of Economics, her new book, Bringing Up Kid When Church Lets You Down is a guide for…

Episode 366: Dr. Jeffery Pugh – Cages: A Tale of Insurrection

Rev. Dr. Jeffrey Pugh joins the podcast to talk about his...

Episode 364: Jennifer Rosner – Finding Messiah

Jennifer Rosner joins the podcast to share her latest book, Finding...

Episode 363: Chris Hayes – God and Guns, The Bible Against American Gun Culture

God and Guns is the first book to argue against gun culture from a biblical studies perspective.

Episode 360: Kara Slade – Live at Virginia Annual Conference

Rev. Dr. Kara Slade joined the podcast for the return of...

Episode 361: Brian Kaylor & Beau Underwood – The Church is an Embassy not a Chaplain

Brian and Beau are, respectively, the President & Editor-in-Chief and the...

Episode 359: Tiffany Brooks – Gaslighted By God

What happens when the God we’ve been taught to believe in seems powerless to help us in the struggles of life? What do we do when the God we personally encounter no longer resembles the God we’ve been shown in narrow interpretations of the Bible?