In this season finale, we take a look back at our journey with you. Boyd and I had planned to take it in one direction, but as all great conversations go, this one went in a direction we completely did not expect! It really took on a life of its own.
A couple episodes that we had simply thought would be warm-ups as hot-button cultural or societal stories put a spotlight on some really strange things about the Evangelical movement, which then had us dissecting Evangelicalism in detail.
One of the distinctive features of Evangelicalism is the claim that we have a “personal relationship” with the Divine. We found we had to ask the challenging question: “Really? What does that mean?” So the second deep-dive was a search to find out how exactly we humans experience relationships, how we can manufacture the experience in our heads, and how we can get it all so horribly wrong.
Much of this was fueled by listeners writing in to us with their questions and personal perspectives, and our private Discussion Group page on Facebook. We treasure that. So, as we take some time off to enjoy the summer and prepare for teaching responsibilities, we ask for two things from you:
(1) keep writing in about where we should take this in Season 3 (maybe go back back through the Archive and see where we left threads hanging);
(2) help increase our listener base by simply telling a friend or two, and writing a review/rating at your favorite podcast catcher.
It’s been fun! Have a great summer holiday! See you again in the Fall.
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