Staircase to Nowhere: A Ministry and Culture Podcast

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On today’s episode, we hear from one of STN’s very own hosts! Sam shares about his role as Director of Street and Community outreach and how his faith impacts the work he does with youth and young adults experiencing homelessness in his city. staircasepod@gmail.com

On today's mailbag episode we address some pressing listener questions, namely, aliens??? staircasepod@gmail.com

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Often times when we think of spiritual disciplines we think of a private practice that takes place alone, but Jesus also commands his followers to participate in formative practices as communities. On this week’s episode we discuss some of those corporate disciplines and how they shape us into communites that reflect God to the world.  staircasepod@gmail.com STN

On this week’s episode we discuss some of the outward disciplines. These practices not only shape our inner life, they are invitation to watching world to consider what a life changed by Jesus looks like.  staircasepod@gmail.com Instagram

This week we consider spiritual disciplines that are intended to shape our inward lives with God. The disciplines that Jesus encourages his followers to practice behind closed doors — not out of shame but for our own formation. Connect with us! staircasepod@gmail.com Instagram Delighting in the Trinity

In a world out to form us every day, it takes discipline to be formed into the image of Christ. We draw on the rich tradition of the church (and David’s course he taught this semester) in this first episode in a new series offering practical tips to practice spiritual disciplines as counterformation to the world around us. 🤘 What’s your current practice of spiritual disciplines? Which are more im...

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BREAKING NEWS: The United Methodist Church has been splitting. David shares some of his experience as a Methodist minster and offers some insight to the 5 year long slow motion split.  staircasepod@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram

Join us as we wrap up or series on Church and Mission! We give a brief overview of some of the ground we have covered the last few weeks. Rescuing Jesus from the Cowboys staircasepod@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram

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God wants to be worshiped by every culture on this planet. This is the impetus for global theology, how people live out the Scriptures with the Spirit in their context. If every nation is a pilgrim in the story of the people of God, no culture’s expression of church is “normal Christianity.” Dialoguing with our brothers and sisters around the world shows us what’s core to the church’s mission and...

Jesus commands us to make disciples, teaching them to obey everything he commanded. This means discipleship is experiential, lived out in real life—more like trade school than a classroom. In today’s show, we talk about ways we have experienced this in the church and discuss a helpful way to think of discipleship from John Mark Comer’s new book Practicing the Way. staircasepod@gmail.com STN Practi...

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The gospel is for every culture in every time and place, so who is our culture? We discuss one of the leading ideologies of American middle-class mass-culture, expressive individualism. In today’s episode, we talk about what is it and how we share the good news of Jesus with our neighbors who hold it.  staircasepod@gmail.com The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self

What pops into your head when you think of church? Pews and preaching, songs and coffee? Is that thing essential to church as commanded by Jesus and described in the New Testament or is it just an artifact of our cultural setting? We talk contextualization, the basics of church, and how it gets played out in different settings staircasepod@gmail.com Instagram Church Circle No Place Left tools

In American culture, we often measure the success of a church through the 3 B’s: buildings, budgets, and butts in seats—even though we know that’s not the best indicator of spiritual growth and health. So what is? stnpod@gmail.com stnpod

Today on the show, we are sharing some final thoughts and reflections on our deconstruction conversation. We talk a little bit about how to engage lovingly with our friends who have deconstructed, we respond to some listener mail, and we share a few final thoughts before landing the plane on the series. staircasepod@gmail.com stnpod

Bonus episode! Join the wives of the pod as they discuss ministry, work, marriage, and more! Have thoughts or feedback? Let us know! staircasepod@gmal.com Instagram: stnpod

This week, we are having a conversation about fundamentalism and we are joined by a very special guest, Sam’s mom. We try to answer some big picture questions regarding christian fundamentalism and try to navigate why people are drawn to a fundamentalist worldview. We also try to offer some ways forward to those who feel like they have been hurt by fundamentalist communities.   Shiny Happy People...

The cat is out of the bag, the church is full of toxic leaders. At least it feels that way sometimes. Lots of people are raising alarms and pointing out how messed up some of our pastors are and it’s causing a lot of people to ask hard questions. Why do communities dedicated to following Jesus produce leaders that turn out to be narcissistic and abusive? What’s wrong, and what needs to change? Joi...

This week we are discussing The Great DeChurching, a book highlighting trends in what the authors suggest is “the biggest religious shift in American history”. In this book, authors Jim Davis and Michael Graham ask and answer questions like, who is walking away from the church , and what’s causing them to leave? Their study finds that while millions of Americans have left the church, many of them...

Don’t mind us, it’s justa bit a banta’. We discuss our reactions to Apple’s release of the Apple Vision Pro.