The Ride Home with John and Kathy

We’re asking the Wrong Tech Question: The consideration is not “How can we use this technology redemptively?” but rather “Should we use this technology at all?”(CT) … GUEST Mitchell East adult education and small groups minister at Memorial Road Church of Christ in Edmond, OK … writes about the Bible and theology at his Substack, East of Eden. I recovere...

What gets in the way of Christians finding out more about Judaism?  … GUEST Noah Schoen … Manager of Community Engagement for the Holocaust Center of Pgh. … GUEST Father Jason Charron ... Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church, Carnegie PA. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (LA violence  … + … Musk vs Trump  … + … US China trade talks  … + … ABC News reporter suspended for anti-Trump administration social post) … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN White House Correspndent. Fortitude ... GUEST Alan Noble ... associate prof of English at Oklahoma Baptist Univ, cofounde...

The theology of 30 heartbeats a minute … GUEST Dr Richard Mouw ... Professor of faith and public life at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA, where he served as president for 20 yrs ... He has written numerous books, including “Adventures in Evangelical Civility,” “Uncommon Decency,” “Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport,”“The Smell of Sawdust...

What Does It Mean When We Say God Is Our Help?… GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood. Last week Stanley Hauerwas said, “Celebrate the Eucharist as often as you can,” from The Riches of Your Grace: Living in the Book of Common Prayer (new book) … GUEST Julie Lane-Gay … writer and editor … she teaches at Regent College and also edits the c...

 Female caregiver:  devalued in our society? … GUEST Dorothy Little Greco ... writer & photographer who lives outside Boston ... The author of "Making Marriage Beautiful," and most recently, “Marriage in the Middle:  Embracing Midlife Surprises, Challenges & Joys” … Dorothy & her husband lead marriage workshops/retreats, speak at conferences nat...

A plane crash that happened two years ago -- five guys on board, all members or pastors at Harvest Church in Memphis. No chance of survival … GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra … senior writer and faith-&-work editor for The Gospel Coalition … also  coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Ins...

Healthy Calling: From Toxic Burnout to Sustainable Work… GUEST Dr Arianna Molloy … Assoc prof of Organizational Communication at Biola Univ,, where she researches meaningful work, work as a calling, and the connection between humility and burnout in the workplace. Church History: its integration with discipleship in local churches… GUEST Michael Betrus… lawyer who lives...

The Day When the (Christian) Music Died: What happened to the CCM “Revolution”? … GUEST Ryan Peter … writer and his substack is Just One Beautiful Thing … (he lives in Austin TX but is from South Africa. Gardening w Doug … GUEST Doug Oster … Editor of Gardening with Doug (Tricks for growing healthy tomatoes … + … Container gardening &hel...

4:10 PM - Focus on the Family a ‘hate group’? SPLC's designation is ‘dangerous and reckless,’ ministry says. Guest: Glenn T. Stanton is the director of Global Family Formation Studies at Focus on the Family. He debates and lectures extensively on the issues of gender, sexuality, marriage and parenting at universities and churches around the world.  Stanton also served...

Thursday is Ascension Day: Christians are familiar w what Christ accomplished in his death & resurrection, but less so w an ascended Lord … GUEST Rev Josh Brown … Lead pastor, Bellefield Presby Church, Oakland. What About the Wedding? GUEST Anne Kennedy ...author of “Nailed It:  365 Sarcastic Devotionals for Angry and Worn Out People” ... She blogs everyday at he...

Jesus Changes Everything:  A New World made Possible… GUEST Stanley Hauerwas  … theologian and Christian ethicist and prof emeritus of theological ethics and of law at Duke University … author or editor of more than 50 books including “Resdient Aliens:  Life in the Christian Colony” PA State Summit:  Help end Child Exploitation & Trafficking...

Drawn by Beauty:  Awe and wonder in the Christian Life… GUEST Matt Capps … senior pastor, Fairview Baptist Church, Apex, NC. What’s good to watch?… GUEST Abby Olcese… writer on film, pop culture and faith … she’s written for Think Christian and RogerEbert.com (she’s from Kansas City) … author of “Films for All Seasons: Experien...

On AI Pastors & Ministries: A warning on why the work of the church must remain human  … GUEST O. Alan Noble. The New Pope from an Orthodox perspective… GUEST Fr Tom Soroka … St Nicholas Orthodox Church, McKees Rocks. Half-Price Tuition … GUEST Jennifer Szlembarski, Portersvlle Christian School. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

4:10 PM - Leo XIV is the new Pope… GUEST Dr Charles Camosy … Prof of Medical Humanities at the Creighton Univ School of Medicine. 5:10 PM - Downsizing: Letting Go of Evangelicalism’s Nonessentials (new book)… GUEST Michelle Van Loon … author of 6 books, including her most recent "Translating Your Past: Finding Meaning in Family Ancestry, Genetic Clues, & Gener...

This Week in the Nation’s Capitol … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent. The Soul … Thinking Through Bible Translations … GUEST Rev Kurt Bjorklund ... Senior Pastor, Orchard Hill Church. A Long Letting Go: Meditations on losing someone you love (2015 book) … GUEST Marilyn McEntyre … writer, prof, speaker … award-winning au...

Through the Bible … GUEST Steve Shwetz is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Thru the Bible, and a volunteer host of the program since the early 1990s. The Nature of Rest … GUEST Eryn Lynum … certified master naturalist and Bible teacher … podcast host of Nat Theo: Nature Lessons Rooted In the Bible … Eryn Lynum.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...

Reporting on Religion: How I find quirky, surprising and hope-filled religion stories while also tackling investigations … GUEST Kathryn Post … Pittsburgh-based reporter for RNS covering topics such as Gen Z spirituality, pop culture and abuse in religious contexts. Developing a reading habit: there’s some interesting research about how who‘s reading and not … GUES...

This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (US/China pause tariffs … + … American-Israeli hostage released … + … Admin seeks lower drug prices … + … Trump defends Quatar jumbo jet gift) … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent. Surrogacy … GUEST Katy Faust … Founder & President of Them Before Us. My Walmart Ev...

4:10 PM - Tomorrow is the Big Day ... GUEST Kevin Burrell ... is a pastor and an orni-theologist — a word penned by the theologian & birder John Stott … Kevin is convinced that every one of us should make an effort to attend toward some aspect of God's creation; and he has chosen birds … he lives in NC 5:10 PM - Spring Gardening … GUEST Doug Oster … Editor, Ga...

4:10 PM - Reckoning with Antisemitism … GUEST Noah Schoen  … Community Outreach Associate from the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh 5:10 PM - GUEST Michael Geer … founding President and CEO of the Pennsylvania Family Institute, a non-profit family policy council focused on promoting the sanctity of life, religious freedom and building stronger marriages and families as the...

4:10 PM - Greed’s pull and how to resist it… GUEST Dorothy Little Greco ... writer & photographer who lives outside Boston ... The author of "Making Marriage Beautiful," and most recently, “Marriage in the Middle:  Embracing Midlife Surprises, Challenges & Joys” … Dorothy & her husband lead marriage workshops/retreats, speak at conferences nationwid...

The first classical school on Capitol Hill … GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra… senior writer and faith-&-work editor for The Gospel Coalition … also  coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Insta World”. Meet the Orb: The futuristic device that verifies you’re human in the age o...

This Week in the Nation’s Capitol... GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent. Graduation and hope… GUEST Dr Richard Mouw ... professor of faith & public life at Fuller Theo Seminary in Pasadena, CA, where he served as president for 20 yrs ... written numerous books, incl “Adventures in Evangelical Civility,” “Uncommon Decency,” &ldqu...

God Chose Moms to Carry Out His Plans… GUEST Dr Amy Peeler … assoc prof of New Testament at Wheaton College and assoc rector at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Geneva, Ill … author of “Women and the Gender of God” Farewell to Paul events and GCC graduation … GUEST Paul J McNulty, 9th president of Grove City College ... Prior to returning to his alma mat...