Songwriter and musician Lucy Grimble joins the Tent to talk about the politics of praise music, playing to the crowd, and sharing the stage with people with whom you disagree while keeping integrity, grace and hope!Watch the video for Lucy's song "Still I Will Praise" (featuring Bianca Rose) HERE You can discover more about Lucy and her music HEREMore about the Tent Summer School HEREHas anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE

The country has usurped holiness. There is no true power in patriotism. The second of a two-part talk on Justice, Love and the Imaginary Nation.The lecture was originally given for the Certificate in Religion, Peace and Justice, an online course accredited by the Institute of Religion, Peace and Justice at St Stephen's University, New Brunswick. It is reproduced here with permission. More information about the IRPJ can be found at irpj.org/certificate and irpj.org/graduate-degrees. Applying online is quick and easy to do at ssu.ca/irpj-application.Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE. 

Ross Lawhead is an author and illustrator (The Ancient Earth Trilogy, !Hero, The Death of Godman) and he joins us in the tent to discuss The Myth of Redemptive Violence and to help us ponder how to begin telling better stories. With Die Hard as our origin story, we dissect the surprisingly troubling Back to the Future, and parse out why the recent Marvel films typically tell a different kind of story than their DC counterparts. If you like what you hear, an extended conversation will be put up for our Patreon subscribers, where we further reflect on the films of Tarantino, Scorcese, and the Coen Brothers.You can discover more about Ross HERE, view The Death of Godman HERE, and catch up on episodes of his previous podcast Fiction Hack HERE. Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE 

Nations are incapable of real justice. Patriotism is incapable of real love. The first of a two-part talk.The lecture was originally given for the Certificate in Religion, Peace and Justice, an online course accredited by the Institute of Religion, Peace and Justice at St Stephen's University, New Brunswick. It is reproduced here with permission. More information about the IRPJ can be found at irpj.org/certificate and irpj.org/graduate-degrees. Applying online is quick and easy to do at ssu.ca/irpj-application.Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE.

Richard Beck is the kindest, wisest person you will hear today. He is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at Abilene Christian University. He is a celebrated teacher and author of a number of works, including Unclean, Reviving Old Scratch and The Slavery of Death. His new book Hunting Magic Eels: Recovering an Enchanted Faith in a Skeptical Age is out now. Beck contributes to his brilliant blog regularly, which also contains all the info you need about his life and work and which can be found HEREHas anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE.

Meekness? Powerlessness? How does this work for people who do not live and move in spheres of privilege? Priest, teacher and youth advocate Natasha Beckles does NOT want Christianity to be a religion of cringing worms. She pushes back at some of the stuff she has heard on this podcast, and a great conversation ensues!Natasha works HERE. More about her can be found HEREHas anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE

Tobias Jones is no stranger to bestseller lists and best-of-year reviews. He writes books: investigative journalism, current events and fiction, as well as chronicles of his adventures in community living. There are few people who have thought as deeply, or written as well, about human cultures and movements and the hidden powers that govern our principalities.More about Tobias and his work can be found HERE and HEREHas anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE

Elizabeth Oldfield is the Director of the think tank Theos and the host of The Sacred, a podcast which attracts an astonishing array of diverse people to talk about what they hold sacred in life. More about Elizabeth and her work can be found HEREHas anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE

Shane Claiborne heads up Red Letter Christians, a movement of folks who are committed to living "as if Jesus meant the things he said." Amongst other things we talk about nationalism, capital punishment and his project turning guns into gardening tools. You can find out more about Shane HERE.Read, sign, and endorse Christians Against Christian Nationalism HERE.Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE.

Graham Singh is the founder of director of the Trinity Centres Foundation, an exciting venture bringing new communities to life through their old religious buildings. He is also the rector of St. Jax, an Anglican Church in the heart of Montreal, and a friend to Tent Theology. Indeed, you cannot find an older friend. Fun fact: he made up the name!You can find out more about Graham and the work of the Trinity Centres HERE and HEREHas anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE.