The Mapp

Click here to give us feedback! What do you love or hate about the show? What topics should we go more narrow and deeper on? Everybody wants alignment right now. We want absolutes, clean answers, a solid forecast, and a way to feel safe when the world feels unstable. But when we aim our lives at politics, culture, or any “lower rung” of reality and expect it to carry the weight of our hopes, it ev...

Click here to give us feedback! What do you love or hate about the show? What topics should we go more narrow and deeper on? A guy with a ring light can reach more people than a pastor with a congregation, and that single fact is reshaping how we think about truth, discipleship, and leadership. We sit down to untangle the fracture between power and authority: why the internet can amplify a voice w...

Click here to give us feedback! What do you love or hate about the show? What topics should we go more narrow and deeper on? What if the end of faith isn’t merely obedience, but union — not just serving God, but becoming one with Him? In this soul-stretching conversation, Tim Churchward returns to walk with us through the wild, often tangled forest of Christian expression. We speak not of building...

Click here to give us feedback! What do you love or hate about the show? What topics should we go more narrow and deeper on? What does it mean to pursue the divine across cultures, languages, and spiritual traditions—and can we do so without losing the anchor of truth? In this rich and reverent conversation, Michael sits down with Johnny Ganta—a man shaped by the soil of India, the skyline of Duba...

Click here to give us feedback! What do you love or hate about the show? What topics should we go more narrow and deeper on? What if your suffering isn’t a detour—but the very road you’re meant to walk? In this reflective devotional, I share the defining loss of my early life: both of my parents gone by the age of five. That rupture didn’t just take them—it shattered the basic assumption that life...

Click here to give us feedback! What do you love or hate about the show? What topics should we go more narrow and deeper on? What happens when the map you’ve been following leads you astray? This meditation explores the unsettling experience of being lost not just physically, but on a much deeper level: spiritually and emotionally. We confront that quiet, creeping realization that despite all our...

Click here to give us feedback! What do you love or hate about the show? What topics should we go more narrow and deeper on? What happens when the Church trades the slow, sacred work of forming souls for the quick, efficient business of managing consumers? In this episode, we wrestle with a pressing question: how has the industrial spirit  once meant to build economies  crept into the heart of the...

Click here to give us feedback! What do you love or hate about the show? What topics should we go more narrow and deeper on? What if your charity is doing more harm than good? In this honest and unsettling conversation, Michael Pursley and Ethan Bricker take a hard look at poverty—not just as an economic condition, but as a deeply human struggle shaped by broken systems, generational patterns, and...

Click here to give us feedback! What do you love or hate about the show? What topics should we go more narrow and deeper on? Have you ever grappled with the idea that forgiveness might hold the key to your own liberation? In this episode, we set out on a journey—one part introspection, one part revelation—to untangle the deep truths of forgiveness, trust, and the fragile architecture of human rela...

Click here to give us feedback! What do you love or hate about the show? What topics should we go more narrow and deeper on? What if unlocking the full scope of human potential means embracing the great paradox within us: the delicate dance between logic and intuition, the left and right hemispheres of our minds? Join Johnny Ganta and Michael Pursley in a rich, thought-provoking dialogue from 2020...

Click here to give us feedback! What do you love or hate about the show? What topics should we go more narrow and deeper on? What does it mean to lose the people you love most—and to find meaning in the aftermath? This episode is a raw and reflective conversation with my long-time mentor and a spiritual father, Jim Kelly. Jim, a retired United Methodist minister who has walked alongside me for yea...

Click here to give us feedback! What do you love or hate about the show? What topics should we go more narrow and deeper on? What happens when a top-performing salesman trades his commission checks for a life of service? Meet Ethan Bricker, a man who stepped off the fast track of professional success to plunge headlong into full-time ministry. In this episode, we follow Ethan’s remarkable journey,...

Click here to give us feedback! What do you love or hate about the show? What topics should we go more narrow and deeper on? Can the flawed anti-hero teach us more about ourselves than the classic hero? Join us for an illuminating conversation with Tim Churchward as we challenge the traditional good-versus-evil narrative by examining the rise of the anti-hero archetype. We explore how these comple...

Click here to give us feedback! What do you love or hate about the show? What topics should we go more narrow and deeper on? Dive into an eye-opening conversation with Tim Churchward as we tackle some of the biggest challenges in today’s culture head-on. We dig deep into the societal pressures that shape our identities and beliefs, calling out biases and assumptions we don’t even realize we carry....

Click here to give us feedback! What do you love or hate about the show? What topics should we go more narrow and deeper on? Can forgiveness truly liberate us from the shackles of bitterness, and how can the crucifixion be transformed into a symbol of hope? Join us as we welcome back Tim Churchward, a pastor with a unique perspective rooted in history, philosophy, and social work. Tim's insig...

Click here to give us feedback! What do you love or hate about the show? What topics should we go more narrow and deeper on? This is a brief introduction to the heart of what this podcast is about. I originally launched this podcast in 2020 during the pandemic stuck in an apartment in Bavaria Germany during lockdowns. I have a good amount of archived content I will cycle out as well as new content...