Rethinking Faith

This week Josh and Greg are joined by Jennifer Garcia Bashaw to discuss ideas from her new book Scapegoats: The Gospel Through the Eyes of the Victims. Enjoy! Resources: Scapegoats: The Gospel Through the Eyes of the Victims (Book) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Josh and Greg were joined by Nelson Boschman to talk about spiritual growth and fine wine. Nelson took a sabbatical and spent time working in a vineyard... then he wrote a book about wine and spiritual growth. We had a wonderful conversation grounded in the metaphor of wine. Enjoy! Resources: The Growing Season: Contemplations on Wine and the Soul (book) Artisan Church Learn more about...

This week, Josh & Greg tackle our three centers of knowing: Body, Heart and Mind. Learning to trust all three of these infinitely wise centers and having them in alignment is a key aspect of the spiritual journey. Enjoy! Resources: Second Breath Center Theology Beer Camp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

That's right folks, (Re)thinking Faith is back! This week we introduce our new cohost Greg Farrand. We take a deep dive into his story and also discuss the vision and future for (Re)thinking Faith. We are both very excited to share with you all what we have been working on. Enjoy!   Resources: Second Breath Center Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh recently did some podcasting for the first time in months! He was a guest on Church and Other Drugs with our good friend Jedd. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, friend of the podcast Brian McLaren returns to ask an important question with me... do I stay Christian? Enjoy. Resources: BrianMclaren.net Center for Action and Contemplation Do I Stay Christian (Book) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, long-time friend Thomas Jay Oord returns to the podcast. Tom has a new book and it is fantastic! We sat down and had a great conversation around some of the main themes and points. Enjoy! Resources:  Pluriform Love (Book) ThomasJayOord.com  Center For Open and Relational Theology  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week I hung out with my friend Ariel aka Trans Regret Snoopy to discuss Colossians 1:15-20. Things get very Cosmic very fast! I had a ton of fun with this conversation and hope you enjoy it! Resources: Trans Regret Snoopy Presents the Bible Podcast Trans Regret Snoopy Patreon Is Your God Big Enough? Close Enough? You Enough? (Book)   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoi...

Why do we talk so much about love, but often fail to be loving? This is the question behind Molly LaCroix's new book "Restoring Relationship: Transforming Fear into Love Through Connection". Molly is a licensed marriage and family therapist who specializes in the Internal Family Systems model. Resources: Restoring Relationship (Book) MollyLaCroix.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megapho...

This week I got to hang out with Tripp Fuller. I invited Tripp on to discuss the historic Jesus with me, and to ask some questions I had been sitting on but was too afraid to ask. The conversation was awesome and we had a blast! Enjoy.  Resources: TrippFuller.com  Jesus De/Constructed Class Homebrewed Christianity  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week I was joined by John Mabry to discuss the importance of interfaith dialogue. Seeking and finding wisdom within other faith traditions has been helpful to both John and myself in our own journies as Christians. Enjoy.  Resources: Soul Journeys (Book) A Christian Walks in the Footsteps of the Buddha (Book) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week my friend Greg Farrand joins me to do another deep dive into our spiritual journies. Buddhism has become a surprising and very helpful friend to both Greg and I and we wanted to introduce you all to that friend. Buddhism has made us both better Christians and we know it will help you too! Enjoy.  Resources: Second Breath Center Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm...

This week my good friend Dr. Jace Broadhurst returns to the podcast. We had a fun conversation trying to trace the development of Satan throughout the Bible. So who or what is the Satan? Let's find out together. Enjoy.  RESOURCES: Reviving Old Scratch (Book) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week I had the privilege of being joined by one of my former professors, Dr. Eric A. Seibert. It's no secret that the Old Testament is a difficult section of Scripture to read and it causes a variety of issues to many. Seibert wrote a compelling guide to enjoying the Old Testament that takes seriously the concerns of many. Enjoy! Resources: Enjoying the Old Testament (book) Learn more about y...

This week I had the joy of hanging out with Trace Bell once again. We discuss our spiritual journies and the areas of growth we have been experiencing over the past year. Trace introduced me to Rupert Spira and his work has been so helpful to me, so we decided to do an episode discussing some of Spira's main points. Come hang out and experience the nature of consciousness with us. Enjoy! Resources...

This week I had the privilege of sharing conversation with John Philip Newell. John is an internationally acclaimed spiritual teacher and speaker who helped show me the beautiful tradition of Celtic Christianity. The Celtic wisdom tradition can enable us to rediscover the natural rhythms of life and deepen our spiritual connection with God, each other, and the earth. Enjoy! RESOURCES: Sacred Earth...

This week, J. Aaron Simmons joins me to discuss philosopher/theologian Soren Kierkegaard. Although Kierkegaard died in 1855, his message has deep resonance and relevance today. Enjoy! Resources: Philosophy For Where We Find Ourselves (Youtube) Walking with Kierkegaard (Online Class)   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, I was joined by Catherine Keller to discuss the wonder of Process Theology. What is Process Theology? Why do I find it so appealing? Listen, find out and enjoy! RESOURCES: On The Mystery (Book) Facing Apocalypse (Book) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, I invited Dan Koch and Matt Carter to join me for a very interesting conversation. What does it mean to all yourself a Christian? In what meaningful way can we still call ourselves Christians? Who gets to decide if we are Christians or not? Enjoy!   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week my friends Chad & Steve join me to discuss and reflect on the Netflix film "Pray Away". This is a film by Ryan Murphy that engages Ex-leaders and a survivor of the so-called "conversion therapy" movement as they speak out about its harm to the LGBTQ+ community and its devastating persistence. The episode was the idea of my friend Chad, a survivor of "conversion therapy". Chad offered us...

There are qualities we all yearn to experience in our lives - peace, simplicity, grace, connection, clarity. Yet these qualities evade us, because each of them arises from an experience of wholeness, and we live in a culture that enforces divisions within each of us. This week, Philip Shepherd joins me in conversation to discuss the countless ways in which we are persuaded to separate from the bod...

This week Terry Wildman joins the podcast to talk about a brand new Bible translation, 'The First Nations Version: An Indigenous Translation of the New Testament'. The FNV is a dynamic equivalence translation of the New Testament that captures the simplicity, clarity, and beauty of Native storytellers in English, while remaining faithful to the original language of the Bible. Whether you are Nativ...

This week I was joined by my friend Greg Farrand for a conversation you will not want to miss. Greg is the Executive Director of Second Breath an organization committed to 'teach spiritual practice and ancient Christian wisdom, and together, to celebrate as these learnings transform lives and the world.' Greg and I have a very deep, raw and honest conversation about our spiritual journies. We are...

The Scriptures are an essential aspect of the Christian faith. But often they are equated with the living Word Himself (Jesus), even elevating them above the One to whom they point. This has distorted their central message—and fractured our view of God. Tragically, this has caused multitudes of people unnecessary doubt, confusion, and pain in their encounters with the Scriptures.  Many of us under...

This week I invited my friend Joey Lantz on the show to have a deep and very personal conversation. Stealing the idea from my buddy Dan koch, I invited Joey on to discuss the god he no longer believes in and to find out if I believe in that god either.  Joey grew up a Christian and now identifies as an atheist. I wanted to have Joey on to hear his story and find some common ground. Enjoy! Learn mo...