Speakeasy Theology

Scott Yarbrough, Professor of English at Charleston Southern University, is a leading “Cormackian.” In this episode, he talks with me about the theological woundedness of McCarthy’s characters and readers, compares McCarthy to Flannery O’Connor, and considers why and how pastors and theologians should read fiction. Scott hosts two podcasts: Reading McCarthy and Great American Novel. You can follow him on Twitter and read more about his scholarly work here. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode, Bill Buker, Senior Professor of Counseling at Oral Roberts University, talks with me about the meaning of trauma, the bonding power of shared weakness, the difference between transparency and vulnerability, and the crucial role imagination plays in resilience, recovery, and renewal. You can read more about Bill and his work here. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

Bill+, Christopher+, and I discuss Sunday’s texts, considering what it means for God to hide from us and why it is that God desires mercy, not sacrifice. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

Christopher and I talk with Cherith Fee Nordling about what Paul’s hymn to Christ teaches us about the need for “sound doctrine” and lively and life-giving theology—especially in our singing. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

In spite of some technical difficulties, Jordan Daniel Wood and I discuss Maximus’ reading of Colossians, especially 1:15-20, 24, 27 and 3:1-11. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

Christopher, Bill, David, and I talk about the texts for this week, exploring what it means to be people who wait on the Spirit. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

Bill, Christopher, David, and I discuss the opening verses of Colossians, considering how the apostle’s pastoral concerns and sensitivities shaped and were shaped by his theology. We also discuss what it means to be good shepherds of sheep who’ve always been treated as prey. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

Christopher and I launch what promises/threatens to be a lengthy series on Colossians, considering first how the letter ends, the tone and craft of Paul’s words, the politics of early Christian communities, and the need for sacred times and spaces, liturgies, and ecclesial as well as civic institutions. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

Bill and I talk with Jeremy Sims (Professor of Practical Theology at Southeastern and director of SEU’s Center for Sustainable Ministry) about the need for and purpose of spiritual direction. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

The guys and I discuss the texts for Good Friday, especially Isaiah 53 and Psalm 22, and consider how to speak of God’s wounds in the hearing of those who have been wounded. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe