Homebrewed Christianity

Phyllis Tickle was at Fuller Seminary for a talk about her new book "The Age of the Spirit". She then came over to (a)Spire to have a pint with us. This was no ordinary pint! Tripp brewed 'The Grain Emergence: a 500 year rummage ale'.   We do some Q & R with Phyllis - then Barry Taylor chats with her. Then we played "Au Contraire Mon Frère II" with Tripp and Tony.  Round 3 will be in Chicago at th...

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Ahmed (@woodylovesJesus) & Tim 'the Elder of Hops' (@timothytalks) visit the throw-down! This TNT was recorded after the Hobbit LIVE video-cast with Gregory Walter. Suffice to say, it was a rowdy affair. We start with a 3 minute challenge for Tripp to answer each of Process Theology's big concerns. The 3 of us then judge him after each round. The 2nd question relates to drugs and tragedy. The 3rd...

Randy Woodley is back on the podcast - this time for HomeGrown episode 4!  You can listen to Randy's first visit when we talked about his book or his second (at Wild Goose West) where Tripp snuck up on him with some 'concerns'. Randy's Book "Shalom and the Community of Creation" is available on Amazon and Kindle   He is the Distinguished Associate Professor of Faith and Culture and the Director of...

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In part 2 we hear from friend of the podcast Jeremy Fackenthal and then get Caputo's response to all the papers - including those from part 1. If Jeremy Fackenthal sounds familiar, you may have heard him from the popular breakout session at EVTC 2012 session "Marx & Whitehead" or his previous AAR session on Occupy The Church. We look forward to your feedback on these fantastic papers - which will...

The HomeGrown Christianity series is pleased to welcome Jen Butler to discuss creation-care and Christian perspectives. We talk about the unique opportunity of our times and the challenges that are posed when addressing eco-theology in a seminary setting. The Reverend Jennifer L. Butler is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, where she currently serves in a call at First Congregati...

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The Caputo Session at AAR from the past year was amazing! This is part 1 of that night. Part 2 will follow in just a couple of days. We look forward to your feedback on these fantastic papers - which will be available in E-book format next month. The Theology Nerd Throwdown is excited to welcome Chalice Press. They are the offical publishing sponsor with lots of great books and resources for theol...

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Who doesn’t love J.R.R. Tolkien, the mythology of Middle Earth, and getting to see Smaug (the most EPIC of all dragons) on the big screen?  If Led Zeppelin can sing about it and nerds can roll 12 sided dice about it, then it must be pretty awesome.  On Thursday February 6th we hosted a live video streaming podcast with Gregory Walter to nerd out about Tolkien’s world.  It was an amazing conversati...

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With 20 calls queued up ... we made it through exactly 3. When you hear the 3rd call you will understand.  We did listen to a bunch of them and plan to keep working through as many as possible so click that speak pipe button. For more thoughts on the Pope (for Protestants) check out Bo's post from last week or read Tripp's (sort of) interview with the Pope. Click that banner over to the left.  You...

Who is Jesus Christ for us today?  Is there a way to even attempt to answer the question with intellectual credibility?  One of Germany's greatest theologians, Michael Welker, is on the podcast discussing his new book God the Revealed: Christology.  In the book and on the podcast we discuss the quest for the historical, theological engagement with the natural sciences, the cultural shifts in the c...

Dr. Matthew Sleeth is the author of Serve God Save the Planet, The Gospel According to the Earth, and 24/6 about sabbath.   He is also the executive director of Blessed Earth and the newly formed Seminary Stewardship Alliance. George Fox Seminary is our sponsor this month and they are in the Alliance. This is episode 2 of the HomeGrown Christianity Series. Leah Kostamo was episode 1 "Planted". Fol...

Last week's  2013 Year In Review show took longer than expected - so we had to break off this conversation into its own episode. First, Bo talks with Tripp about a 'Kind' of Conservatism. Then Micky and Bo chat about gendering God. You may want to check out Bo's old post on Calling God She and She Who Is Not as well as Elizabeth Johnson's Barrel-Aged podcast about the Quest for the Living God. At...

Leah Kostamo is the author of 'Planted: A Story of Creation, Calling, and Community'.   She is the co-founded  A Rocha in Canada -- a Christian conservation organization that endeavors to show God's love for all creation. A Rocha's environmental centers have helped thousands of visitors and hundreds of interns practically care for creation by restoring salmon streams, growing organic vegetables an...

2013 was an amazing year on the Homebrewed Christianity Podcast network.  So Bo and I decided that we would do a little year-end review show.  You will get to hear some of our favorite clips, hear what was going through our heads during some of the online scuffles, and find out just who won the coveted Homebrewed Christianity Deacon of the Year! In the episode we give out awards for Elder of the Y...

It's a new year and time to meet a new theologian!  Gregory Walter is a professor of religion at St. Olaf in Minnesota and author of Being Promised: Theology, Gift & Practice -  one of the 5 books on the Theology Nerd's Christmas list.  In our conversation we discuss Luther, Derrida, phenomenology, Jungel, and a bunch of other goodies.  Greg's book is pretty awesome.  It's ground-breaking, less th...

Santa & Jesus aren't white, Christmas isn't about Capitalism, the Pope isn't a Marxist leftist, the Christian Calendar is a hardcore form of resistance, and you find out that Roger Olson's own student turned Tripp into a Process theologian. That is just a bit of what is in store for you in this special Christmas episode! Tripp planned on just getting a TNT segment out of his chat with Adam... then...

What better time of year to take a tour of the world and see where God is at work?  Paul Jeffrey is a unique kind of missionary:  a photo-journalist.  He travels the world to chronicle the faces and stories of God's family.  He is an engaging story-teller and (needless to say) an amazing photographer. You can learn more about him and see more of his work below. Now sit back and listen to one of th...

Episode 10 of Unfolded is here. In this episode, a detective hopes that a mysterious figure named Edward might have some answers that would help him solve his baffling case. Talk to UsWe truly love feedback and dialogue. Please leave comments here on the blog and let us know what you thought of this episode -- Liked it? Didn't like it? Why? And be sure to follow Matt and Jesse on twitter. Make Art...

Tripp and Bo tackle everything from the problem of evil (theodicy) to eschatology, kenosis to creation ex nihilo - all from a Process perspective in this mega-cast. We enjoy call from Evelyn, Nathan, Bill and Tony. Roger Olson set off a fantastic conversation with blog post last week. We have been gearing up for this episode by responding to Roger Olson, engaging Tony Jones' post, and fleshing out...

A cast of two halves! In the first half Bo and Tripp respond to 3 letters from listeners. Then we get a call with Micky Jones about choosing a seminary (43rd minute) - and when we come back for the 4th and final letter things get a little rowdy.  It turns out the resurrection is a topic that brings some important distinctions between the nerds. Here are some resources that are mentioned on this ep...