Fundamentally Drained

In this episode, I talk with Deacon Cindy Ritter about Holiday Grief.  Deacon Cindy hosts a grief group at our church (St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church in Broken Arrow, OK) and has years of experience with leading groups and providing resources and information.   Below you can find some of the resources she provided. Grief Resources: Principles of Grief Document - https://1drv.ms/b/s! AhuzDBwVGrXFhp...

In this episode, we begin the conversation on Grief.  We discuss where grief can show up in our lives.  Also, the confusions with grief and how we should act towards people mourning.  We discuss how we look for something to say when our presence may be enough.  We touch on how grief was viewed in our past churches and denominations. Part 2 is an interview with Deacon Cindy Ritter.  Deacon Cindy ho...

In this episode, continue the talk on Universal Something.  Justin introduces a ton of questions surrounding Universal Salvation and who’s in and who’s out and where Hitler is in all of this and what mental illness is and is it just a prayer that needs to be said and so on.  Then, Tom and Everett bring it all back into perspective with great context on what the Bible says of the “age to come”. Thi...

In this episode, talk about Universal “Something”.  Universal Restoration, Universal Salvation and all things universal.  We venture through Revelation interpretations of end times and what it means for all humans.  Everett goes on a tirade regarding Revelations 21:8 and breaks the whole convo open!  We wonder why Jesus goes to preach to the dead?!  Then we discuss The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis...

In this episode, we continue the conversation The Church: Social Saviors or Servants?  We discuss some of the labels used for Christians including conservative, liberal, progressive, evangelical, fundamentalist, etc.  We discuss the point of Social Action…is it for saving or to serve?  Does it change the person being served or the person serving?  We talk about how Christians respond to injustice...

In this episode, we begin the conversation The Church - Social Saviors or Social Servants.  We explore the mission of the church beginning with a look at some past experiences with outreach.  We discuss how instead of feeding people, like Jesus, we are called to eat and be in relationship with them.  Then Tom drops a bomb on Justin where he redefines the “least of these” and well…we hope you enjoy...

In this (recorded a very long time ago and we hope the sound is okay) episode, we begin the conversation Consumer Church.  We talk about reasons why people choose the church they do or leave a church for another church.  In the beginning of the church, there was one in every community and now we have almost one on every corner it seems (at least in Oklahoma).  We discuss reasons why someone may no...

In this episode, we continue our conversation on Prayer.  We talk about praying the Psalms and also how we are formed by what we pray.  If we act like God is Santa Claus, then what do we do when God does not deliver?  We also touch on the “thoughts and prayers” discussion that has been discussed in media in the recent past. Things Mentioned in this Episode: Praying the Psalms by Thomas Merton - ht...

In this episode, we begin the conversation on Prayer.  We discuss the different types of prayer, extemporaneous and written, and how some people can feel shamed from ever praying because of the expectations surrounding it.  We discussed that God already knows our heart and how we feel so why would we ever hide anything in prayer or try and prop ourselves up in prayer. Things Mentioned in this Epis...

In this episode, we continue the conversation on Creating Atheists and Justin tries to clarify some babbling while Everett introduces the Babylon Bee in all its glory.  We also discuss Liberal Protestantism and how it can lead to atheism as well until we wrap things up with how we can avoid this pitfall of teachings that can lead to atheism. Things Mentioned in this Episode: 1 Kings 16:11 – Oh yes...

In today's episode, we talk about how fundamentalism draws a line in the sand for people who assume that you must believe everything is literal or you’re not a believer.  We'll dig into the topic of how fundamentalism can create atheist. Find us on Twitter and Facebook at @fundrainpod We’d like help in steering our topics so feel free to let us know what topics you would like us to explore. If you...

In this episode, we begin the conversation on How the Church uses Fear and explore where fear is seen in the Bible and in the Christian faith.  Things Mentioned in this Episode: Proverbs 1:7 - The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction. 1 John 4:18 – perfect love cast out fear Matthew 7:21 Matthew 10:28 Find us on Twitter and Facebook at @fundrainp...

In this episode, we continue our talk on sports and move the focus to more on kid’s sports and wrap up this series. Things Mentioned in this Episode: Article on Kid’s Sports Tom Referenced - https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Family/Modern-Parenthood/2012/0611/Youth-sports-The-problem-say-kids-in-a-new-poll-is-adults Hebrews 10 Enough Earth for my Mule – Rob Bell Podcast - http://robbell.podbea...

In this episode, continuing the conversation that began with the question “Does God care who wins the Super Bowl?” and has since expanded into a conversation about sports in our culture, virtue and honor, pride and all kinds of fun and madness!  Hope you enjoy! (Be sure you check out the ending!) 😊 Things Mentioned in this Episode: Team Sport Benefits - http://www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/wellbeing/...

In this episode, we begin the conversation on the question “Does God care who wins the Super Bowl?”  Things Mentioned in this Episode: Matthew 16:25 – whoever wants to safe their live will lose it JJ Reddick on You Made it Weird Podcast - https://nerdist.com/you-made-it-weird-388-jj-redick/ Tebow & Kaepernick Article - https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/09/24/colin-kaepernic...

In this episode, we continue the convo on “What is the Gospel?” and discuss what are the toxic gospels out there.  We also discuss the world’s point of view of salvation from our culture.  What does Christ overcoming sin mean for us?  We also speak about how we have diminished the power of the Gospel.  What is the Gospel in a 3rd world country?  We had an interruption in this episode while recordi...

In this episode, we begin the conversation on the question “What is the Gospel?”  What is good news and how does it affect or change our lives. Things Mentioned in this Episode: Mark 1 - The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Theosis - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theosis_(Eastern_Christian_theology) Find us on Twitter and Facebook at @fundrainpod We’d like help in steeri...

In this episode, we continue the conversation on Scripture we finally get into the difference between truth and fact.  We dig into the truth of scripture and what do we find by proving whether certain stories really happened or not.  The alien overlords take Tom during our podcast which truly is the greatest moment in our podcast’s brief history!  Then the episode turns into an advertisement for T...

In this episode, we continue the conversation on Scripture where we try and make it to the part about truth and fact but there is just too much good stuff before that (haha…yes, there is an episode 3).  Scripture is compared to how we are to view the incarnation and then how Jesus is the example we follow over the Bible, but it is the Bible also that tells us about Jesus. Things Mentioned in this...

In this episode, we begin the conversation on Scripture and what it is, how we see it and use it.  We want to explore the differences between truth and fact but who knows where this will go and how many episodes it could be…I mean, how do you summarize the word of God!  No worries, we’ll still try like we all do and as Tom always says…I’m sure we’ll “wrap this up” where no other questions are left...

In this episode, we wrap up our conversation on Being Saved and what it means for all of us. Things Mentioned in this Episode: Everett’s $5 Word – Salvific! BOOM! 😊 For the Life of the World by Alexander Schmemann - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06Y144CB6/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 Book of Common Prayer – Catechism (Outline of Faith) – Holy Baptism – Page 858 1 Peter 1:3 (and on) T...

In this episode, we continue the conversation on Being Saved and what it means for all of us. Things Mentioned in this Episode: 2 Peter 1:3 Yom Kippur information on Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_Kippur After Virtue - Alasdair MacIntyre - https://smile.amazon.com/After-Virtue-Study-Moral-Theory/dp/0268035040/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1517874478&sr=8-1&keywords=after+virtue+alasdair Pe...

In this episode, we begin the conversation on Being Saved and what it meant for us and possibly still today in some Christian cultures.  Then we’ll begin to get into what it means for us now and that’s where we decided a Part 2 is necessary. 😊  Oh, and Welcome to the Part Side...we've got a lot of up and coming part series because some of these things just can't be discussed enough in one episode...

In this episode, we begin the conversation on dehumanizing others and how it is used in our society and how we can recognize it better in ourselves and in others, so we can ensure we do not belittle people that are different than ourselves. Things Mentioned in this Episode: Ephesians 6:12 2 Corinthians 5:16 Trouble I’ve Seen by Drew Hart - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01CF1TR1Y/ref=dp-kindle-redirec...

In this episode, we talk about our most influential authors.  Since we began the conversation on our Facebook page about the best books we read in 2017, we thought this would be a good episode to release for the first of 2018.  Books we talk about are listed below.  Enjoy and Happy New Year! Things Mentioned in this Episode: N.T. Wright The Day the Revolution Began - https://www.amazon.com/Day-Rev...