Crackers and Grape Juice

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

talking faith without stained glass language


All Episodes

Episode 341: Christy Thomas – The UMC Must Die

Our guest for #341 is our friend Christy Thomas. Christy is a retired UMC Elder and journalist from Texas. She writes at the website The Thoughtful Pastor on Patheos. You may remember Christy from our coverage of the United Methodist Church’s General…

Episode 339: Bradley Jenson – Where God Meets Man

Our guest for #339 is Brad Jenson. A former pastor, Brad...

Episode 338: A Crackers Christmas Cocktail Special

The whole gang (well, mostly) poured some libations and got together to talk about Christmas, the incarnation, doubt and the miracle of faith.

Episode 337 : Fleming Rutledge — And in him there is no darkness at all

Back on the podcast is our friend, mentor, and muse, Fleming Rutledge. It’s our Christmas gift to you. Thanks to all our listeners!

Episode 336: Thomas J. Millay – Kierkegaard and the New Nationalism

Our guest for #336 is Dr. Thomas Millay, author of the new book Kierkegaard and the New Nationalism. Thomas is a graduate of Duke Divinity School and Baylor University and he currently serves a parish in Goldsboro, North Carolina.

Nationalism is a…

Episode 335: Brian Zahnd – When Everything is On Fire

Is it possible to hold on to faith in an age of unbelief?

Episode 334 : Kenneth Tanner – Our Hardened Hearts: The Plague of School Shootings, the Idolatry of ______, and the Light that IS Winning

Kenneth joined us on the podcast to talk about his experience of providing pastoral care to the students, families, and teachers in the immediate aftermath of the latest school shooting in the United States.

Give-Thanks Shopping for Afghan Allies

https://vaumc.org/grateful-for-the-service/

Veteran’s Day Weekend usually brings a lot of sales and commercial promotions. But this year, the Virginia United Methodist Church is asking you to join your fellow Methodists and shop for the Afghan…

Episode 329 : John Archibald – Shaking the Gates of Hell

Archibald writes of this difficult, at times uncomfortable, reckoning with his past in this unadorned, affecting book of growth and evolution.