space for faith with mike goldsworthy

Hey friends, it's been a minute!   For those who are still hanging out here...I wanted to offer an update on what's been going on and share a bit about what's next for me. 

Jayne Sugg joins us on the space for faith podcast today, where we talk about how her faith has evolved and changed, and the way that she expresses that journey through her music and particularly through her new album, Belief is Hard. She takes us on her journey of deconstruction and reconstruction, and as we hear portions of her album, she unpacks for us what she was expressing that will resonate...

    Chuck DeGroat is on the podcast today as we explore understanding what is trauma, the 3 questions from Genesis 3 that open us up to healing the wounds within us in order to become ourselves again, and the intersection of spiritual trauma and stages of faith. Chuck ends our time by leading us through a practice together.    Chuck DeGroat is a professor of pastoral care and Christian spiritualit...

Brit Barron joins me on the podcast today where we talk about her new book, Do You Still Talk to Grandma? , canceling our grandmas, progressive amnesia, messages of transformation that can make for movement,  a healthy suspicion about my own righteousness, our incessant need for an external authority, and the beautiful benediction that they offer at their church each week.  Brit is a professional...

Mariko Clark and Rachel Eleanor are the creators of the new Children's Bible, The Book of Belonging . It's a book of Bible stories for kind and contemplative kids, where they create space for wonder, contemplation, and identity, recognizing that everyone belongs. They share it's origin story (beginning with Mariko's daughter asking if God loves boys more than girls because of the representation sh...

Tiffany Bluhm joins me on the podcast today. We talk about a more redemptive way of reading women's stories in the Scriptures, self-care for social change, a better devotional, and some of the ways the stories of women in the Scriptures intersect with more modern historical stories of women.  Tiffany Bluhm is the author of  Prey Tell: Why We Silence Women Who Tell the Truth and How Everyone Can Sp...

Today I get to spend some time talking with Micha Boyett. We talk about her newest book, Blessed Are the Rest of Us . She shares about how her son with Down Syndrome and Autism gave her a new perspective on flourishing within limits and redefining the norms of society. We talk about reading the Beatitudes as a poem, and what it looks like to pursue the upside-down Kingdom of Jesus.  Micha Boyett i...

Jon Huckins is the co founder of Global Immersion, a peacemaking training organization, and was the co-director until 2023. He is now the founder of Journey Home and Adjunct Professor of New Testament at Point Loma Nazarene University.    Jon and I talk about vocational shifts, the performative nature of the way we found ourselves doing our work, his journey into post-evangelicalism, the Camino de...

Keri Ladouceur joins us today to talk about mutual flourishing for Israelis and Palestinians. Keri is the Executive Director of the Post Evangelical Collective and hosts A Third Way Podcast . She has been hosting a series on her podcast on a Christian Perspective on Peace in the Middle East. After a short conversation about why these conversations matter, we’ll listen in on one of those conversati...

We're finishing up our time together in The Divine Conspiracy Project this week as we cover the last chapter, chapter 10. We don't have a guest this week, and Mike tackles the chapter alone and then offers some reflections on re-engaging this book over the past few months. We talk a bit about the loss of a future hope for post-evangelicals as it relates to the afterlife, the significance of recogn...

We’re getting close to the end of our time in the Divine Conspiracy and joining us today in one of the final chapters is Justin Morgan. Justin is the pastor of Church on Morgan (which is not named after him…which we talk about in the episode). One of the reasons we wanted to have Justin on for this specific chapter is because Willard lays out some of the vision that Justin grabbed ahold of when he...

John Ortberg joins us on the podcast today as we continue on in the Divine Conspiracy Project, looking at Chapter 8 of the book. John is a pastor, author, and speaker. He’s been in ministry for over 40 years and teaches around a central theme of spiritual formation. John is a deep believer that the main thing God gets out of your life is the person you become. He desires for people to know God in...

Jeremy Jernigan joins us on the podcast this week to discuss Chapter 7 of The Divine Conspiracy as we continue in The Divine Conspiracy Project. Jeremy is the founder of Communion Wine Co, he leads the Cabernet and Pray podcast, and is known as “The Wine Pastor”.  Jeremy and I talk about a wide array of topics that this chapter brought up for us - dealing with contempt, prayer, Open Theism and how...

Steve Carter- The Divine Conspiracy Ch 6 (071)   Steve Carter joins us on the podcast again today. Steve is the best selling author of the book, The Thing Beneath the Thing, he hosts a podcast about the intersection of the craft of preaching and who we are becoming called Craft and Character, he’s a coach to communicators, and is a Teaching Pastor at Forest City Church.    Steve and I first talk b...

Michael Hidalgo- The Divine Conspiracy Ch 5 (070)   Michael Hidalgo joins us today to continue in our discussion on The Divine Conspiracy. Michael is  the Lead Pastor of Denver Community Church, the author of Unlost: Being Found by the One We Are Looking For and Changing Faith: Questions, Doubts and Choices About the Unchanging God , the host of “ The Changing Faith Podcast ”, a speaker, retreat l...

Jason Miller joins us on the podcast again, this time to talk about Chapter 5 of the Divine Conspiracy, where Willard (and Jason) unpack the Beatitudes for us. Jason is a pastor who never quite felt at home in church, an artist who figured out the sermon is his song, and a teacher who still has some questions. he studied theology in the graduate school at the University of Notre Dame, and follows...

Jason Miller joins us on the podcast again, this time to talk about Chapter 5 of the Divine Conspiracy, where Willard (and Jason) unpack the Beatitudes for us. Jason is a pastor who never quite felt at home in church, an artist who figured out the sermon is his song, and a teacher who still has some questions. he studied theology in the graduate school at the University of Notre Dame, and follows...

Aaron Niequist is a liturgist, writer, and pastor currently living in New York City. He is the creator of A New Liturgy , founder of Pastors, Priests and Guides and the author of The Eternal Current .  Aaron and I shared together in his first earthquake, which hit New York while recording this podcast. But we also talk about understanding God’s presence and space and how we open ourselves up with...

Brian Zahnd joins us again on the podcast to engage in the third chapter of the Divine Conspiracy. Brian is the founder and lead pastor of Word of Life Church in St. Joseph, Missouri. He’s also a pastor-theologian who has authored eleven books, including most recently The Wood Between the Worlds .   BZ and I briefly talk about his new book, the unique story of how he first came across The Divine C...

Sean Palmer joins us today to delve into the first chapter of The Divine Conspiracy. Sean is an enneagram theorist, a preacher and a pastor, a speaking coach and author. He’s currently the Teaching Pastor at Ecclesia Houston, and most recently is the author of Speaking by the Numbers .  Sean and I talk about how the Divine Conspiracy helped to give Jesus as fresh hearing for those like us who had...

Jan Johnson is an author, speaker, college professor, and spiritual director. Amongst the many books she's written, she co-authored the Study Guide for the Divine Conspiracy. Jan also serves in leadership for the Dallas Willard School of Kingdom Living. She is someone who knew Dallas well, has been interacting with the ideas from the Divine Conspiracy for over two decades, and has been teaching an...

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where the space for faith podcast has been the past several months...what will it look like this year...and a few reflections from some of my learnings this past year

Meredith Miller is a pastor and parent who helps grownups, and the kids they love, engage with the Bible and faith in ways that are life-giving, fun, and a fit for their real lives. We talk about why it's a more helpful goal for kids to develop trust with God than obedience, what God-centered storytelling looks like, Moral Therapeutic Deism, and a bunch more. Regardless of whether you have kids or...

Jason Miller joins us on the podcast today where we talk about the way we read the Beatitudes as a transformative way forward when we suffer rather than an expectation that creates heavier burdens. He paints us a picture of the beauty of what it begins to look like when we let these blessings of Jesus do their work.   Check our Jason's new book, When the World Breaks Find him on the Instagram And...