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Danielle tells Krispin about why Christian romance has flown under the radar - and needs some attention! Did you grow up reading Christian Romance books? Why not try recapping one (under a minute is great) for us and making it onto the podcast! Simply call in to our voicemail line at ‪(612) 656-9562 or record a voice memo and email it to us at propheticimaginationstation@gmail.com.  Statistics on...

We decided for Krispin's book release day to drop an episode, and we're talking about feelings & faith. We listened to & discussed this episode about feelings, faith, evangelism, Jesus bracelets, worrying about salvation, and marriage. To pair with this episode, we are releasing a patreon-only episode where we talk about the attachment styles of Whit, Connie, Eugene, Tom and others!

Krispin and Danielle compare the film adaptation of Redeeming Love. Trigger warnings: sexual assault, childhood sexual abuse, domestic violence and panic attacks/anxiety attacks. Redeeming Love was a book written by a reformed romance author in 1991, to give a modern-but-not-that-modern retelling of the book of Hosea. ----- Send us an email or find us on social media to tell us about what movies y...

Trigger warning! Sexual & religious abuse. We think it's worth watching the 2-minute trailer before listening to this episode. We discuss the Netflix doc ' Procession ,' about survivors of sexual abuse by clergy. The documentary follows six male survivors as they create short films based on their experience, with a drama therapist. TW: sexual abuse, religious abuse. We mentioned some resources...

We talk about the movie American Underdog . Send us an email or find us on social media to tell us about what movies you think we should watch! You can support the show by  becoming a patreon .  You can follow the show on  twitter and  instagram , and  visit our website .  You can follow Krispin at  twitter and  instagram and sign up for a monthly email about attachment, spirituality and evangelic...

This is a replay of an episode from two years ago - we talk about Christmas in evangelicalism, evangelistic musicals and why Krispin thinks Christmas time is a sexy time.

We discuss T he Most Reluctant Convert , which featured Nicholas Ralph from All Creatures Great and Small (some of our favorite boringly-calming British TV). Check out our series on The Chronicles of Narnia , in case you missed it - including the episode about our former professor who collected C.S. Lewis artifacts. Send us an email or find us on social media to tell us about what movies you think...

Krispin tells DL about " The Jesus Music" documentary about CCM. Trigger warning: childhood verbal abuse. This is a documentary about Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, Kirk Franklin, Toby Mac -- and a lot of other CCM artists. Krispin went to see it in the theater, and told DL all about it.

DL went to The Eyes of Tammy Faye and we talked about how there are examples of Christians in conservative circles who were standing up for LGBTQ+ people in the church, even decades ago. We also talk about the documentary by the same name which you can stream on https://www.wowpresentsplus.com. --------- Send us an email or find us on social media to tell us about what movies you think we should w...

We're starting our new season where one of us watches a Christian movie and tells the other about it. This episode we discuss a documentary called Show Me the Father and discuss patriarchy, "father wounds," and if men can uniquely mediate between heaven and earth because of their gender (spoiler alert: we don't think so!). Send us an email or find us on social media to tell us about what movies yo...

We had two great conversations with people who have been interviewing numerous people within the scene, and how this scene impacted people (musicians and listeners) theologically and politically. We talked with Mason Mennenga - host of the A People’s Theology podcast and The Black Shee Podcast . I also talked with Professor Joel Harrison is Associate Professor of Religion at Northern Virginia Comm...

We wrap up the Shamecore season talking about how shame is healed - through relationship. Drew Hart is the author of Who Will be a Witness and Trouble I’ve Seen . Curt Thompson has published Anatomy of the Soul , The Soul of Shame and The Soul Of Desire: Discovering The Neuroscience Of Longing, Beauty, And Community . In the episode, Krispin mentions Judith Herman’s book Trauma and Recovery We men...

Curt Thompson has published Anatomy of the Soul and Soul of Shame Dr. Karyn Purvis audio was taken from lectures available from the Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development.  If you’re a parent interested in learning more about building secure attachment with your children, Krispin recommends The Whole-Brain Child by Payne and Seigel and The 6 Needs of Every Child by Amy & Jeffrey Olrick.  ...

Krispin talks with Robert Monson about the theology behind all these "soft songs," as well as short bit with Danielle Shroyer , who we heard earlier this season. Robert is part of the 3 Black Men podcast , as well as a writer and musician. In this episode we mention Mako Nagasawa , the book Gentler God , by Doug Frank and The Inner Voice of Love by Henri Nouwen. Also, here is the article on attach...

We’re posting on Sunday because this is a special 4th of July Episode! (You know we’re SO patriotic like that!) What’s the connection between Father John Misty (Joshua Tillman, also from Fleet Foxes) and the navy seal who killed Osama Bin Laden? This is a short episode where Krispin talks about this weird connection, and then we have a replay of an old Prophetic Imagination Station episode where w...

Why would anyone willingly choose hell over heaven? In this episode, we'll hear from a couple of people who found themselves in a place in which they would make just that decision - and why. Heather Beamish is an artist, speaker, activist and poet based in Toronto Canada. Follow her on Instagram here. You can watch Hellbound? by Kevin Miller on amazon. Listen to all of Ravage Ritual by Zao here. Y...

Krispin talks with Mandy Smallwood about Dead Poetic and hell anxiety. There's a clip from an Adventures in Odyssey episode that we talked about in our episode, Let's Talk About Hell Baby over two years ago. This episode features A Green Desire and Tell Myself Goodbye by Dead Poetic, and also Wrong Body by As Cities Burn. We'd like to get voicemails or voice memos from you! How did teachings about...

Krispin explains addictive behaviors from an attachment perspective and asks whether Christianity offers any concrete help when we’re stuck in behaviors we want to stop. He talks with Heather Patton Griffin about how many churches approach growth and transformation, “try harder to mean it more,” and what often gets missed. We keep talking about This From My Lips by Yours My Sin is Purged by As Cit...

"Oh how sweet is the sound / I know it saved, but is it changing a wretch like me?" Krispin explores the angst around purity culture that shows up in Christian hardcore, and discusses with Dr. Bradley Onishi how this element of evangelical culture impacted the Atlanta Shooter's actions in March 2020. Follow Brad on twitter and check out his podcast Straight White American Jesus , where he's discus...

Brandi Miller is the host of the Reclaiming My Theology Podcast . You can follow her on twitter and instagram . We talk about her love for Emery, end up talking a lot about Reese Roper, and also how theologies of sin have upheld oppressive power structures. We talk about Listening to Freddie Mercury by Emery …as well as Under Bridges by Brave Saint Saturn and Mr. Fahrenheit by Five Iron Frenzy . —...

Krispin & DL talk about Bindside and “the gospel” message based on having a dirty, rotten heart. Krispin interviews Danielle Shroyer about original sin -- and original blessing. Danielle Shroyer is a spiritual director, former pastor, speaker and author of Original Blessing and The Boundary-Breaking God . You can follow her on twitter . You can listen to the two Blindside songs here and here ....

Pádraig Ó Tuama is an Irish writer, poet & theologian. Host of On Being's Poetry Unbound podcast, he was recently named On Being's Theologian in Residence. From 2014-2019 he was the leader of the Corrymeela Community , Ireland's oldest peace and reconciliation organization.  Our favorite book by Pádraig is In the Shelter , which was just re-relased last month with a foreward from Krista Tippet...

Soong Chan Rah is author of several books , including Prophetic Lament . You can follow him on twitter here . Hillary McBride is the author of Mothers, Daughters, and Body Image . You can listen to her whole talk on emotions at Cascade Church (it’s great!). You can follow her on twitter and instagram . Joel Harrison is currently working on a book tentatively titled “Palms of Victory, Crowns of Glo...

Dr. Leah Payne is a professor of Christian studies at George Fox University, author of Gender and Pentecostal Revivalism: Making a Female Ministry in the Early Twentieth Century and co-host for The Weird Religion Podcast. You can follow her on twitter here. She is currently working on a book on CCM and you can help her out by filling out her CCM survey , if you grew up listening to any kind of Chr...

To start off the Shamecore Records season, Krispin interviewed director Chris White and composer/musician, Daniel Smith about their recent movie Electric Jesus . At the end of the episode, D.L. shares a bit about forming an evanegalistic punk rock band when she was 13 years old.  The soundtrack for Electric Jesus just released , and is filled with both Christian hair metal and Danielson’s weird in...