

Gravity Commons Podcast
Gravity Commons
Conversations to help us develop a Christian spirituality rooted in love that fosters resilient faith in everyday life
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Dec 8, 2020 • 50min
What Brain Science Teaches Us About Leadership with Marcus Warner
Marcus Warner joins us for an invigorating and illuminating conversation about the intersection of leadership and neuroscience, which is what his latest book is all about (co-authored with Jim Wilder): Rare Leadership:4 Uncommon Habits For Increasing Trust, Joy, and Engagement in the People You Lead. Dr. Marcus Warner has served as president of Deeper Walk […]
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Dec 1, 2020 • 47min
Leading in Times of Anxiety and Uncertainty with Jim Herrington
Recorded back when the pandemic first hit us, this conversation with Jim Herrington on leading in the midst of anxiety and uncertainty is rich, and still so applicable 9 months into the pandemic. Jim Herrington has been a pastor for 45 years. He has served as a denominational executive and pastor to pastors since 1989 where he […]
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Nov 27, 2020 • 38min
Living and Leading From Rootedness with Susan Carson
Susan Carson is the founder and director of Roots&Branches Network, a citywide listening and healing prayer ministry in Cincinnati, Ohio. She authored the spiritual guidebook, rooted (IN): Thriving in Connection with God, Yourself, and Others. (Which you can now buy 1 and get 1 free to gift as a part of her holiday promotion on her […]
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Nov 24, 2020 • 40min
Following Jesus Off the Beaten Path With Kristan Dooley
Pastor, author, and Gravity coach Kristan Dooley joins us on the podcast to talk about walking through desert seasons, taking “left turns,” and the deep refinement of character that can come from these times in our lives. Kristan encourages us to embrace the identity and alignment work that comes with following Jesus into the unknown. […]
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Nov 17, 2020 • 57min
Greg Boyd on How the Bible’s Problems Enhance Its Authority
The Bible has problems, but is this a problem? Or a feature? Greg Boyd thinks the Bible’s imperfections actually enhance its authority as Scripture, which is what we talk with him about in this episode. This is the topic of his book Inspired Imperfection: How the Bible’s Problems Enhance Its Divine Authority. Greg Boyd is […]
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Nov 13, 2020 • 37min
Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost with Traci Rhoades
Writer and Bible teacher Traci Rhoades shares some of her journey of abandoning the search for the “perfect” church and instead exploring the many ways believers worship Jesus, and what she learned along the way. Traci’s website is tracesoffaith.com. You can follower her on Twitter or connect via Facebook and Instagram. Check out her book […]
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Nov 10, 2020 • 47min
Becoming Yourself By Forgetting Yourself with Marlena Graves
Marlena Graves talks with us about the upside-down way of the kingdom of God (the way up is the way down, you save your life by losing your life, you become yourself by forgetting yourself), and how this helps us connect spiritual formation to justice. Marlena is a writer, deep thinker, and speaker who is […]
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Nov 3, 2020 • 34min
Election Day Series Recap: Being a Christian in America
Matt, Ben, and Ben conclude our Being a Christian in America series with an Election Day discussion about what we’ve learned in this series, and about what’s more clear now to us about being a Christian in America, and what’s less clear. Connect with Gravity Leadership Want to stay connected with us? Here are a […]
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Nov 1, 2020 • 52min
A Pastor’s Struggle With Whether to Vote and Who to Vote For
Okay we jammed one more episode into our Being Christian in America series! This conversation with Justin Wallace, a Gravity coach and pastor in North Carolina, was originally only going to go out to our Patreon supporters, but it fit really well into our current series, so here it is. Justin and Matt have […]
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Oct 29, 2020 • 42min
A Swedish Evangelical’s Perspective on American Evangelicalism
In this bonus episode of our series Being a Christian in America, we talk with Joel Halldorf, a Swedish evangelical, who gives us some outside/inside perspective on American evangelicalism. Joel Halldorf is currently an associate professor of church history at Uppsala University. He works as a senior lecturer at the Stockholm University of Theology, and […]
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