The Distillery

Khristi Adams shares her profound encounters with young black girls in her book, Parable of the Brown Girl: The Sacred Lives of Girls of Color , in which she uncovers the negative stereotypes put upon them, often limiting them from taking up space with pride and confidence. The Distillery is a podcast that explores the essential ingredients of book and research projects with experts in their field...

Even a small amount of faith can hold us in place as participants contributing to the mending of the world. In this episode, Cynthia Rigby discusses how various understandings of particular doctrines play out in relation to the way we live our lives, and reminds us how faith is an overflow of the unconditional love of God. The Distillery is a podcast that explores the essential ingredients of book...

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Shaped by a society that values productivity and achievement, young people are sleep deprived, over scheduled, and anxious.  In this interview, Nathan Stucky discusses how, through the gift of Sabbath rest, God invites young people into an identity that is rooted not in personal achievement but in the grace, life, and provision of God.   The Distillery is a podcast that explores the essential ingr...

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In this episode, Lisa Bowens delves deep into 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 and explores its different interpretations. What can we make of Paul’s ascent to the third heaven? What is Paul’s “thorn in the flesh?” Giving context in both breadth and depth, Bowens elaborates on how this passage is a commentary by Paul to the Corinthian congregation about the larger cosmic conflict taking place in their midst....

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We invite you back to The Distillery for Season 3, which launches July 19, 2019.  Hear about confirmation, apocalyptic literature, and the life and legacy of the great American preacher, Gardner C. Taylor.  Explore the complexities faced when making decisions about the end of life and when walking with someone struggling with addiction.  We’ll address spiritual warfare in 2 Corinthians 12 and the...

Stories have the power to shape individual and communal identity. In this episode, Brian Bantum accounts for the ways in which the story of race has constructed a formative social narrative. He points toward the death of race as the way forward and shares stories of hope and embodiment that claim a positive counter-narrative. The Distillery is a podcast that explores the essential ingredients of b...

Reading the Bible is never an individual act. In this episode, Eric Barreto demonstrates the beauty and necessity of reading with others, especially readers who bring different perspectives to the table. He fields fundamental questions about the Bible, encouraging that identity and testimony are integral components of biblical interpretation. The Distillery is a podcast that explores the essential...

Christian mission cannot be about converting others to Western culture; rather, it must be about living according to the Christian faith. In this episode, Deanna Ferree Womack uses encounters between American missionaries and Arab residents of Ottoman Syria to explain that mutually transformative mission is necessary both for the future church and for healthy interreligious dialogue. The Distiller...

Augustine once said that he knew what time was until someone asked him to describe it. In this episode, John Swinton attempts to do just that. His thoughts on time, traumatic brain injury, and discipleship challenge believers to slow down and settle into God’s time. The Distillery is a podcast that explores the essential ingredients of book and research projects with experts in their field of stud...

People with disabilities are the largest multicultural minority group in the world. Yet, as Benjamin Conner explains in this episode, the Church is still learning what it means to embrace disability within the body of Christ. Conner describes what the mission of God looks like when people with disabilities bear the witness of the Spirit. The Distillery is a podcast that explores the essential ingr...