PostEverything

Whether you're a Boomer, Gen X, Millennial, or Gen Z, your generation is a spiritually formative influence on your life. But how? Being aware of this is a helpful step for identifying both the sins of our generation and it's strengths as we seek to follow Jesus. In this episode, John and Brad talk through Jeanne Twenge's new book, Generations, and how generational differences spiritually form us i...

Brad Edwards and John Houmes explore how cultural understandings of individualism and collectivism shape our identities and relationships. Guest Dr. Brad Vaughn discusses how Eastern cultures emphasize collective responsibility and interdependence versus the Western focus on individual rights and autonomy. They look at how these differing perspectives impact how we understand concepts like shame,...

We are formed by our history. Andrew Wilson helps us see how in his new book Remaking The World. Was this episode helpful or encouraging in some way? Great! Then you won't want to miss what's next so SUBSCRIBE now and send this episode to a friend! We appreciate it! 🙏 You can also leave a review (it really helps), or follow us on Twitter, Facebook, & Instagram to join the conversation!

John and Brad interview Mike Graham about the life and ministry of Jack Miller and the influence of his ministry through the Sonship program. The Sonship program, initially focused on leadership training, evolved into a counseling-focused program that helped individuals recover the gospel and experience transformation in their lives. Graham highlights the importance of embracing weakness as an adv...

John and Brad sit down with Bob Thune to discuss the turbulent cultural waters Christians now navigate. Bob sees expressive individualism raging through culture, accelerated by social media, eroding our identity. As liberalism drifts from God's created order, people bump into humanity's limitations. Yet constraints cultivate flourishing - if only we'd plant ourselves in place. Social media scatter...

In this teaser for the upcoming third season of Post Everything, hosts John Houmes and Brad Edwards discuss the themes of formation and flourishing. They explore how identity is formed through both common grace and as Christians. Additionally, they examine what social formation looks like as believers seek to bear the fruit of the Spirit in various areas of life from masculinity and femininity to...

On this episode, join Brad Edwards, John Houmes, and guest Steve Cuss who shares about his personal journey of understanding anxiety from a systems perspective. He discusses how recognizing his own anxiety patterns and the false beliefs that fueled them helped him lead with less reactivity. Steve also touches on how admitting mistakes publicly freed him to be human with his community and built tru...

This episode wraps up season two of the PostEverything podcast. John Houmes and Brad Edwards reflect on what they have learned over the season about artificial intelligence. Brad talks about the importance of thinking critically about AI and viewing technology as having a formative influence on people, rather than just seeing it as a neutral tool. They discuss different postures people can take to...

In this episode, we dive deep into the intersection of technology and theology with Michael Whittle, exploring the innovative tool, PulpitAI. This generative AI-based tool is not just a technological marvel but a pastoral assistant, enabling pastors to upload sermon audio and transform it into various content forms like devotionals, Bible reading plans, and discussion questions.  Michael shares th...

Join hosts Brad Edwards and John Houmes on the PostEverything podcast as they engage in a thought-provoking discussion with Jonathan Rauch, author of "The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth." Rauch sheds light on the current epistemological crisis, addressing issues such as cancel culture, thought policing, and the spread of disinformation. He emphasizes the importance of a reality-base...

In this episode, Brad Edwards, John Houmes, and our guest Michael Sacasas explore the complex issues surrounding the outsourcing of virtue in the age of social media. We delve into the challenges of moderating content on online platforms and the blurred boundaries of free speech. Drawing parallels to historical and bureaucratic settings, we discuss the difficulties of governing large communities....

In Robot Theology: Old Questions Through New Media, Joshua K. Smith doesn't so much as explain as demonstrate just how unprepared and unaccustomed to thinking Christianly about technology as a whole, and especially about Artificial Intelligence. How do we approach technology more like Imago Dei stewards than uncritical consumers? What difference does it make to ask not just how something was desig...

Helen Lewis is a staff writer at The Atlantic, the author of both Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights and The Selfish Genius (coming 2023). As the host of the BBC Radio 4’s The Spark, The Church of Social Justice, and (our favorite) The New Gurus, few journalists have a more consistent track record in asking hard, vulnerable questions about the beliefs and values of their own tribe...

Jason Thacker was thinking, writing, and speaking about AI before it was cool - and long before the most recent “hype cycle.” His first book, The Age of AI: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity, tackled the theological, ethical, and anthropological dimensions of technology in general, and AI specifically. And as you will no doubt be able to tell from our conversation, he’s more than...

Peter Warren Singer is the Strategist and Senior Fellow at New America, a Professor of Practice at Arizona State University, and Founder & Managing Partner at Useful Fiction LLC. He previously was a Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence at the Brookings Institution, and was named by the Wall Street Journal as “the premier futurist in the national-secur...

Danny Rankin is a jack-of-all-trades and a master of several: he served for 6 years in US military (cryptologic farsi linguist & US Air Force Band), invented and designed one of Kickstarter’s most popular projects in 2017 (a cooperative card game called “Ravine”), and graced the stage with his (hilarious) talk at TEDx Mile High on "the art of counterfeit design." As an instructor at the University...

Season 2 is officially HERE. As two pastors with zero combined experience using technology more advanced than a fancy microwave, we decided it would be only natural to dedicate an entire season to ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. And by "we," we mean "Brad." John was ALSO (very) skeptical at first, so we couldn't think of a better introduction to Season 2 than to force Brad to make the case for how this q...

Western culture has long celebrated the individual. But the global pandemic accelerated the pervasiveness of individualism within our long-held institutions, like churches. This has led to an incredible burden on individuals to make meaning and a deepening polarization of tribes. In other words, it’s not good. In March 2022, Brad Edwards gave a talk called “PLANTING CHURCHES THAT FUNCTION AS GREEN...

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Dr. George Yancey is a sociologist and professor of sociology at Baylor University. His 2006 book, Beyond Racial Gridlock, introduced a model for race relations beyond the false dichotomy of colorblindness and anti-racism. When George Floyd's death sparked a resurgence of interest in his model, Dr. Yancey developed it even further with Beyond Racial Division: A Unifying Alternative to Colorblindne...

There are few voices on leadership with as consistent of a track record in anticipating needed shifts in our approach to leadership as Dr. Tod Bolsinger. As the author of multiple books (including one we've referenced heavily - "Canoeing the Mountains") and Associate Professor of Leadership Formation at Fuller Seminary, he brings a rare combination of academic depth and practical breadth to "rethi...

If Part 2 felt heavy... good. That means you're feeling the weight of what it is leaders are called to. It's not for the faint of heart! Here's the good news: Part 3 is all about moving from surviving to thriving. It's all about giving up on being SUPER-human in order to become FULLY human. Thankfully, that's not only possible, it's promised.  Was this episode helpful or encouraging in some way? G...

Adaptive Leadership essentially means having an Institutional Mindset - seeing your role and responsibility as cultivating environments and communities where technical and adaptive growth happens. In other words, leaders build GREENHOUSES. Unfortunately, "building greenhouses" is far from safe. It requires pruning and pruning invites sabotage. According to Tod Bolsinger, "Acts of sabotage are not...

If Leadership is "the art of disappointing people at a rate they can handle" (John Ortberg), then how do we think about leadership when everyone's starting point is disappointment? Because "life in a liminal age" is one of unpredictability, disappointment will be far more normative right when we feel far less able to handle it.  How then, do we rethink leadership in a Liminal Age? While there is n...

Even before our Liminal Age, Christian orthodoxy is has been largely rejected as too narrow by the culture… and yet, it is now just one of many orthodoxies. Whether the social justice movement, right-wing conspiracy theorists, or both pop and academic humanism, they all function as implicit or explicit orthodoxies. Their adherents sincerely believe the rest of the world should share, with the more...