Crackers and Grape Juice

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

talking faith without stained glass language


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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

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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.

Episode 331: Matthew Milliner – The Everlasting People: G. K. Chesterton and the First Nations

What does the cross of Christ have to do with the thunderbird? How might the life and work of Christian writer G. K. Chesterton shed light on our understanding of North American Indigenous art and history? This unexpected connection forms the basis of…

Episode 330 : Election Day with Gretchen

Gretchen is a recovering evangelical, former political hack and a Republican refugee.

Episode 328: Bishop Scott Anson Benhase – Done and Left Undone: Grace in the Meantime of Ministry

In a post-Christian culture, parish clergy can find themselves at a loss, ill-equipped to deal with a reality for which seminary did not prepare them. As a result, the Church and its clergy can seem to flounder from one “program” to the next or get…