Rethinking Faith

This week, friend of the podcast Brian McLaren returns to ask an important question with me... do I stay Christian? Enjoy. Resources: BrianMclaren.net Center for Action and Contemplation Do I Stay Christian (Book) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, long-time friend Thomas Jay Oord returns to the podcast. Tom has a new book and it is fantastic! We sat down and had a great conversation around some of the main themes and points. Enjoy! Resources:  Pluriform Love (Book) ThomasJayOord.com  Center For Open and Relational Theology  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week I hung out with my friend Ariel aka Trans Regret Snoopy to discuss Colossians 1:15-20. Things get very Cosmic very fast! I had a ton of fun with this conversation and hope you enjoy it! Resources: Trans Regret Snoopy Presents the Bible Podcast Trans Regret Snoopy Patreon Is Your God Big Enough? Close Enough? You Enough? (Book)   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why do we talk so much about love, but often fail to be loving? This is the question behind Molly LaCroix's new book "Restoring Relationship: Transforming Fear into Love Through Connection". Molly is a licensed marriage and family therapist who specializes in the Internal Family Systems model. Resources: Restoring Relationship (Book) MollyLaCroix.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week I got to hang out with Tripp Fuller. I invited Tripp on to discuss the historic Jesus with me, and to ask some questions I had been sitting on but was too afraid to ask. The conversation was awesome and we had a blast! Enjoy.  Resources: TrippFuller.com  Jesus De/Constructed Class Homebrewed Christianity  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week I was joined by John Mabry to discuss the importance of interfaith dialogue. Seeking and finding wisdom within other faith traditions has been helpful to both John and myself in our own journies as Christians. Enjoy.  Resources: Soul Journeys (Book) A Christian Walks in the Footsteps of the Buddha (Book) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week my friend Greg Farrand joins me to do another deep dive into our spiritual journies. Buddhism has become a surprising and very helpful friend to both Greg and I and we wanted to introduce you all to that friend. Buddhism has made us both better Christians and we know it will help you too! Enjoy.  Resources: Second Breath Center Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week my good friend Dr. Jace Broadhurst returns to the podcast. We had a fun conversation trying to trace the development of Satan throughout the Bible. So who or what is the Satan? Let's find out together. Enjoy.  RESOURCES: Reviving Old Scratch (Book) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week I had the privilege of being joined by one of my former professors, Dr. Eric A. Seibert. It's no secret that the Old Testament is a difficult section of Scripture to read and it causes a variety of issues to many. Seibert wrote a compelling guide to enjoying the Old Testament that takes seriously the concerns of many. Enjoy! Resources: Enjoying the Old Testament (book) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week I had the joy of hanging out with Trace Bell once again. We discuss our spiritual journies and the areas of growth we have been experiencing over the past year. Trace introduced me to Rupert Spira and his work has been so helpful to me, so we decided to do an episode discussing some of Spira's main points. Come hang out and experience the nature of consciousness with us. Enjoy! Resources: TraceBelll.com Rupert Spira Author Page Rupert Spira Youtube Channel  Radical Wholeness (book) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices