Gravity Commons Podcast

Therapist Sam Jolman discusses healthy masculine sexuality, societal influences, therapy for healing harmful beliefs, biblical perspectives, emotional connection, purity, arousal, embodiment, navigating societal expectations, and having vulnerable conversations on sex and gender.

Lee C. Camp, award-winning professor, discusses human flourishing, ethics, and politics. They explore the importance of habits in shaping character, virtues in moral formation, justice, and narratives in ethics. The conversation also touches on global injustices, media influence, and the impact of personal well-being. Lee's insights provide a thought-provoking look at living a good life.

Elizabeth Oldfield, host of The Sacred podcast, discusses tending to our souls in turbulent times using the framework of the seven deadly sins. She explores the importance of resilience, kindness, and empathy in a divisive world. The podcast touches on reframing sin, embracing simplicity, and navigating difficult emotions for personal growth.

Spiritual director Terra McDaniel discusses rediscovering lament as a practice of hope, offering profound insights on processing grief, honoring vulnerability, and embracing lament as a tool for healing. The conversation touches on overcoming societal resistance to grief, creating rituals for processing pain, and reimagining a way forward through authentic expression of emotions.

Aaron Gardner, in the midst of deconstruction, discusses the misconceptions around the process in a personal journey straddling belief and unbelief. The podcast delves into struggles with faith, scriptural interpretation, and the motivations behind deconstruction within Christianity, emphasizing empathy and dialogue.

Jon DePue, co-author of a book on Paul's Gospel, discusses the disjunction in Paul's thought, proposing a unifying way forward. They explore liberation beyond justification by faith, critique atonement theories, and challenge traditional views of God's love. The conversation delves into Paul's Jewishness, gospel in Romans and Galatians, and how a transformative participatory gospel offers freedom.

The fact that "good evangelical Christians are Republican" seems obvious means the propaganda is working.Professor and author Scott Coley helps us understand how evangelicalism became fused with right-wing politics and now presses evangelical theology into the service of authoritarian politics, which he outlines in his new book Ministers of Propaganda: Truth, Power, and the Ideology of the Religious Right.Scott M. Coley is a lecturer in philosophy at Mount St. Mary's University. His research interests include philosophy of religion, moral epistemology, and political philosophy.Connect with Gravity Commons:Leave us a message or ask a question about this or any other episode and we'll answer it on a future episode.Join the Gravity Community to interact with other listeners, and get our list of curated links each week to all things edifying and interesting.Are you interested in advertising on the Gravity Podcast? Contact us at podcast@gravitycommons.com.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/gravity-leadership-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Rabbi Shai Held discusses how Judaism is about love, challenging the misconception of it being solely about law. They explore love in Judaism, forgiveness in Christianity/Judaism, love as an existential posture, and the biblical story of Hagar. Additionally, they touch on interfaith dialogue and Jewish-Christian relations.

In her book Forgiveness After Trauma: A Path to Find Healing and Empowerment, Christian minister and scholar Susannah Griffith explores what the Bible says--and doesn't say--about the biblical call to forgive. She helps readers understand a "trauma-informed forgiveness" that is healing and restorative, framing forgiveness within broader concerns around lament, anger, accountability, release and rebirth, and reconciliation.Susannah Griffith (PhD, Vanderbilt University) is an independent scholar whose work focuses on the intersection of biblical studies and trauma. She is also a licensed minister of the Mennonite Church USA, a role she embodies to advocate and care for the marginalized outside the walls of the church. Her first book, Leaving Silence, was a Christianity Today Book Award finalist for Christian discipleship. Griffith resides in Northern Indiana with her husband and three young daughters.Connect with Gravity:Leave us a message or ask a question about this or any other episode and we'll answer it on a future episode.Join the Gravity Community to interact with other listeners, and get our list of curated links each week to all things edifying and interesting.Are you interested in advertising on the Gravity Podcast? Contact us at podcast@gravitycommons.com.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/gravity-leadership-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Elesha Coffman, a history professor at Baylor University, discusses pivotal events in American church history. Topics include the influence of historical events on faith, the intersection of religion and science, and the impact of politics on Christianity. The conversation explores the evolution of interpretations of faith, societal influences, and the formation of the religious right within conservative Christianity.