All Issues, Big and Small
Tuba player and pastor Doug Avilesbernal brings to question some major concerns about racism and denial while Jonathan keeps it light and mundane. They also talk about community and Biblical values.
Read MoreChose Your Own History
We need to understand what our history is and how it is told. It is good to have a healthy suspicion towards those things which we assume to be true or valid and to question why or if there is another way to understand events of the past.
Read MoreFocus on What Matters
Father Doug, Anthony, Perkins and Jonathan get angry about those things that get in the way of living. The details can drown us all and we need to be true to who we are really called to be.
Read MoreBaked-In Goodness
If you do something that breaks relationship with God or with someone then you probably should not do that. It becomes a wedge between you and others and your faith.
Read MoreLate Nite Chills and Hellfire
From easy weather to finding food late at night to revenge; what do we do with our anger and our rage over things small and stupid and over things that are real?
Read MoreLive Napping
We schedule vacations, we claim to have day offs, but do we really get rest? Not just sleep, but the kind of rest where you regain balance with your own life, your relationships, and with your faith.
Read MoreThe Most Beautiful
It is important to not define beauty, but to consider the ways in which beauty can be experienced however it is found. The arts are not always “beautiful” by one standard, but can connect one with a beauty at a deeper level.
Read MoreThe Longest Time... In Line
People like what they like, and dislike what they dislike and if you have a problem with that all you Billy Joel hater haters, get in line.
Read MoreBook Reports!
Read books. Books are still a great way to share ideas, to transport you to a different place and invite you to have a profound experience.
Read MoreA Political Hangover
On this side of the election there is a rise of certain behaviors and attitudes that can be harmful to those who are already on the margins and this should be a cause of concern for us all. It is important for us to continue to push a way of living that is generous towards those who are different than we are, that is compassionate towards those who are on the margins, and that never loses sight of justice.
Read MoreI'd Like to Teach the World to...
Worship is not meant to be a moment of just observing and taking in stimuli, but being a part of the experience, creating something and being a part of something that is greater than one’s self.
Read MoreListen and Sing
It is one thing to have a song that we sing and to want to share it with the world, but we also need to remember that others have their own songs and sometimes we need to stop and listen to what it is that others are singing/saying.
Read MoreAbsurd Conversations
Good conversations are important to have. It is a precious thing to have that space to get deep with someone, have a long-form conversation, to be honest, be pushed and to push back.
Read MoreEpisode 100!
The 100th episode! Adam Ericksen is the host and Jonathan is the guest for this historic episode. Fun for all!
Read MoreThe Perfect Lineup
One of the great things about the Bible is that the majority of the characters are multivalent in their strengths and weaknesses. We do not find many two dimensional characters in scripture who are all good or all evil. This means that there is more often than not a place where we can connect with the humanity of the people who are found in scripture.
Read MoreStop the Madness, Start the Healing
Bob Houghtaling joins Jonathan to talk about the problems with the death penalty, racial strife, and good books to read to keep us thinking.
Read MoreEmpathy Read
Part of the challenge of life is that we can never truly know what it is like to be someone else. We can only speak for ourselves and our experiences. Yet we live in community at various levels and thus need to try to understand each other.
Read MoreSlow Down, You Move to Fast
A conversation with Pastor Cheryl Harris about relaxing and enjoying life. This is something that we do not do very well as we are often told that we should be moving faster and faster. We need to figure out how to relax and let that feed our spirituality. Also, the book of Ruth, and some other great books to read.
Read MoreY'All, You Guys, Youse
It is very easy to become so comfortable in our context that we can lose our accent, our culture as Christians. It can become very ease to slip into a way of speaking that makes sense to everyone else, but that cannot be understood as a specifically Christian way of speaking and being.
Read MoreLARP-Ball!
Fantasy sports, old books, and LARPing. What else could you ask for? How about a good discussion about truth and knowing as well as what our religious accent might be and how we can let it be heard through our voice and actions.
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