Barefoot to Emmaus

In an earlier season, we recorded an episode on the spiritual significance of shame. In this episode, Byron and Char explore the unique nature of sexual shame and its impact on our freedom. 

Byron and Char try to wrap up a semester of thoughts from Byron's Philosophy of Education course. What IS a philosophy of education? Why do we need them? Why can't we avoid them? We look at some benefits and limitations of Existentialism, the theology of Martin Buber, and more. 

All theology is contextual. Our contexts lend us unique richness to experiencing the Divine. Join us as Char shares how their theology has been shaped by their identity as an identical twin - the first published geminist theology.

Char and Byron delve into the theological implications and meanings behind nakedness, King David, shame, Adam and Eve, the Naked Church, we cover (or uncover) a lot! 

Join us in this week’s exciting episode where we talk about atonement - various theories, important cultural imagery, and the question of what actually happened, spiritually speaking. Stay tuned in for the exciting epiphany towards the end! (An edit - Char gets entropy backwards; high entropy is great disorder, not order.)

This is a little bit of a longer episode. Char and Byron go into the difference between Pacifism, Nonviolent Resistance, and Antiviolence. As well as some other fun questions like: would you slap a Nazi? 

Love is a quintessential pillar of Christian faith and living. But what does that love look like practically? What is Christian community, and what does it require of us? Join us as we explore these vital questions. 

Join Char and Byron and they tall about the Christian abolition of prison. And check out Henea De Savy's thesis on the development in the prison system in the antebellum North: https://tinyurl.com/3hu4bs55

In this exciting episode, Byron and Char explore a Rohrian notion of the Trinity (who was in turn inspired by Augustine) -- God as formlessness, form, and the relationship between -- with special emphasis on the Holy Spirit as the most under-explored member of the Trinity.

Wrapping up the 2021 fall season, Char unpacks their radical Christian economics with the thesis that it is antithetical to the Christian call and teachings of Jesus to be rich. Interested? Upset? Tune in to hear more and please share your thoughts!

Second take on Astro theology and the possible moral and spiritual implications brought up by our understanding of and possible expansion into space. This week Char and Byron explore questions about aliens, the soul, and what an infinite universe might say about Jesus. 

Do the planets have supernatural power? Is quantum physics the materialistic source of moral free will? Is it possible that humanity can transcend time and space and become a self-caused cause? All these and more in this week's episode. Astro-theology is one of Byron's happy places and Char brings all the good questions. 

What is prayer? What is its purpose? Is there a right way to pray? In this week's episode, Byron and Char scratch the surface on what is a central practice not only of Christianity but most if not all religions and spiritualities. 

What can the early evangelical church teach us about religious splits? What does it mean for a church to split? Does unity as a community have to look like unification? Hear all these and more in this weeks of Char and Byron's random musings! 

Y'all ready for this one? We've defined sin before, but here we both take another stab at it to get to the conundrum of if it is possible for us to be without sin in this life. Did Jesus sin when He walked the earth? Was it possible for Him not to? Join us this week as we explore such juicy questions!

What is the apocalypse? The end of the world? A message from God? A Genre of Biblical literature? Maybe all of the above? Let's find out in this weeks episode with Char and Byron. 

We're back! Finally on Princeton campus, Byron and Char hit off the season with a deep dive on whiteness: whether the identity of whiteness is redeemable or not, how it relates to queerness, and how this construct fits into God's redemptive work.

Emily Huff is a true gem, and in this episode of Barefoot to Emmaus she shares with us some of her wisdom on the holy gift of parenting. Tune in to bask in her presence and her profound reflections.

In a very special interview episode, Barefoot to Emmaus interviews the hosts of No Small Thing, our phenomenal older sister podcast on exploring all things with curiosity. We go deep fast on the topic of curiosity, looking at the privilege of curiosity, consent (and self-consent), containers, and the spiritual side of Mace and Scott's journey with curiosity. Don't miss this legendary conversation!

This week IS your Grandpappy's podcast. Char and Byron Interview Byron's Grandfather, Dave. This episode can maybe best be called an interfaith dialogue more than anything. Join as we discuss and try to find some things we can agree on between an older conservative evangelical missionary and two young progressive queer/affirming universalists. In the end we certainly DO NOT agree on everything, bu...

In this week's summer episode, Connie Bernard opens up about her struggle to leave Christianity despite her disillusionment from the religion. This powerful interview calls into question what real faith is, and what spiritual integrity demands of us. Don't miss it!

Join us as we interview Matt, an aficionado of heavy metal, and formless music and sound. We touch on the depths and heights of the spirituality of such music and how it might work as a catharsis for our own senses of anger and passion. CW for some talk about self harm and violent ideologies such as the alt. right. 

In this summer interview episode, Byron and Char hear from Ash Robin on how her experience with chronic illness has shaped her understanding of community and boundaries, the struggle of invisible disability, and her theology. Check it out!

Listen in as Char and Byron interview Byron's Orthodox Priest Father Micah. Eastern Orthodoxy offers so much wisdom and insight new and old to some of the core questions of the faith, what is our relationship to God, goodness, and each other? 

What do the depths of grief have to teach us? How does grieving change us? Join us as we engage in this raw and important topic with Tian Qing (TQ) Yen - a brilliant scholar, adventurer, and philosopher of life.