Things Not Seen Podcast
Things Not Seen
"Things Not Seen" talks with people of faith who are working to make sense of why we are here and how we can all live together despite our deep differences in belief. The show is hosted by Dr. David Dault, and features guests from a broad spectrum of public life, with in-depth conversations about real struggles at the intersection of faith and culture.
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Apr 17, 2017 • 49min
#1601a - A Ministry of Accompaniment: Marge Nykaza [Rebroadcast]
Marge Nykaza is the founder and director of Harmony, Hope and Healing - a ministry to homeless and under-resourced families across the Chicago area. The most visible part of the ministry is choral groups composed of the homeless - but as Nykaza points out, their work is much more about the soul repair, which happens through the music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 14, 2017 • 49min
#1419a - Forgiving a Killer: Jeanne Bishop [Rebroadcast]
On Palm Sunday in 1990, attorney Jeanne Bishop received a phone call with the news that three members of her family - including her sister - had been brutally murdered. We take the full hour of our show this week to hear Bishop's account of her twenty-five-year journey towards forgiveness and reconciliation with her sister's killer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 27, 2017 • 49min
#1506a - Bringing the Word to Life: Curt Cloninger [Rebroadcast]
This hour we revisit our interview with actor and director Curt Cloninger, who has spent 30 years traveling the country performing thoughtful and thought-provoking one-man shows. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 19, 2017 • 49min
The Lazarus Perspective: Rev. Jason Micheli
Jason Micheli has cancer, and its not going away. His recent book, Cancer is Funny, is an honest, heartfelt reckoning with the reality of mortality and the Gospel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 16, 2017 • 49min
#1508 - Truth Box Tune Up: Nancy Ellen Abrams [Rebroadcast]
We revisit our award-winning talk with Nancy Ellen Abrams, author of A God That Could Be Real: Spirituality, Science, and the Future of Our Planet, about new discoveries in cosmology and their profound effect on our understanding of the universe and religion. In 2016 this episode won a national award for excellence in radio and podcasting from the Religion News Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 6, 2017 • 49min
#1622a - The Invisible Bestseller: Kenneth Briggs [Rebroadcast]
Kenneth Briggs went on a road trip to discover the condition of the Bible in America. What he found may surprise you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 26, 2017 • 49min
#1417a - A Zeal for History: Reza Aslan [Rebroadcast]
We revisit our 2014 interview with Reza Aslan. In early March, Aslan will premiere "Believer," a new documentary series on CNN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 20, 2017 • 49min
#1401a - Emerging, Emergence, Emergent: Phyllis Tickle [Rebroadcast]
We're rebroadcasting our 2014 interview with the late Phyllis Tickle. In our conversation we explore the idea that our culture has been shaped by roughly 500-year cycles, which have helped define our major religious traditions for the past two millennia. According to Tickle, our present epoch - referred to by some as "The Great Emergence" - has the potential to yield a new Christianity distinct from Protestantism, Catholicism, and Orthodoxy. Dr. Tickle passed away in 2016. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 12, 2017 • 49min
#1518a - The Gospel Is Personal, Never Private: Jim Wallis [Rebroadcast]
We revisit our 2015 interview with Jim Wallis, founder of Sojourners. We discuss his recent book, America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 9, 2017 • 49min
#1604a - Rethinking the Church in the 21st Century: Diana Butler Bass [Rebroadcast]
We revisit our far-ranging conversation with Diana Butler Bass. Her recent book Grounded: Finding God in the World--A Spiritual Revolution is now out in paperback Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
