Surface Tension

Craig recounts the story of St. Patrick before he and Alex discuss the true meaning behind Saint Patrick's Day.

Craig and Alex discuss how to discern what someone needs from us in any given moment: a great question or hard truth.

Craig and Alex discuss a Henry Nouwen devotional:  "You have an idea of what the new country looks like. Still, you are very much at home, although not truly at peace, in the old country. You know the ways of the old country, its joys and pains, its happy and sad moments. You have spent most of your days there. Even though you know that you have not found there what your heart most desires, y...

Craig starts with a story about a messy situation that vaults the conversation towards the question: "Why do bad things happen to us when our intentions are good?"

Craig and Alex discuss Psalm 23, prompting a flurry of questions.

Craig opens with the question: "Where do you think most people's minds go when they hear the word 'chaos'?" 

Craig opens the episode with a personal rule: If any journey requires two U-turns, it's a sign to go home. From there, Alex and Craig discuss the ins-and-outs of "repentance," a subject that isn't many people's favorite.

Craig kicks off the episode with the question: What percentage of Christians are just "dabbling" with God? If you'd like to submit a question for us to explore, shoot an email to info@surfacetensionpodcast.com

Alex and Craig discuss how to reengage in our spiritual journeys if/when we ever find ourselves slightly "checked out." 

Craig kicks the episode off with "When was the last time you made someone cry?"

Craig and Alex expound upon this week's episode by clarifying how to find "your word."

Criag explores the idea of picking "a word for the year." To share your word with Alex and Craig, send an email to info@surfacetensionpodcast.com

Craig launches the episode with the question: "What percentage of Christians woke up flat this morning?"

Craig begins with the thought-provoking prompt: "What if the way we explain the world determines the way we experience the world?"

Craig and Alex review the popular story "A Christmas Carol," but quickly pivot into a much fuller conversation about the past, present, and future.

Craig opens with a question borrowed from a friend: "What's the next good thing I can do?"

Craig begins with the question of the day: "What if God showed up in a big way in your life?"

Craig presents the quesion: "In what areas do people need cheering on the most?"

Craig and Alex examine a wide variety of questions to better examine the difficult moments that might arise during Thanksgiving and Christmas this year.

The initial question of the day begins as: "How am I being unfair to myself in situation X, Y, and Z?" which Craig expands to "How can one determine how much responsibility he/she should be taking in any given situation?"

For the 50th episode of Surface Tension, Alex asks Craig: "If this podcast exceeded all of our wildest expectations and became 'humongous,' what would you want for the listenership?"

Craig modifies the question: "What would you do if you only had 1 month to live?" and changes it to "What two values would change for you if you knew your time was short?"

Craig brings the question to the table: "What if our biggest challenges in life are just story disorders?"

Craig opens with the Wilbur Rees poem entitled "$3 Worth of God" “I would like to buy $3 worth of God please, not enough to explode my soul or disturb my sleep, but just enough to equal a cup of warm milk or a snooze in the sunshine. I don’t want enough of him to make me love a black man or pick beets with a migrant. I want ecstasy, not transformation; I want the warmth of the womb, not a new birt...

Craig starts the discussion with the simple question: What does it mean to be "stuck"?