THOUGHTS: Theological Considerations during COVID

Episodes

1. 8

   Episode 8 - Don't Bother Me! I'm Comfortable.

   Ben and Gregg discuss Jesus' parable of the friends who have a middle of the night encounter with a request to meet a need. The implications of the story and its impact on communities in Christ is explored. Hosted by Benjamin Reese. Featuring Gregg D. Garner. Ben and Gregg are Professors at The...

   Aug 20, 2020

   44m
2. 7

   Episode 7 - Drop Your Agenda and Pray like Jesus

   This episode begins with some of the questions I had from our previous conversation. I guess I wasn’t getting this “alternative” way that Jesus was offering. I wanted to know more clearly what Jesus’ response actually entailed. The answer may not seem straightforward at first, but I realized, as…

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   Jul 18, 2020

   29m
3. 6

   Episode 6 - Privilege, Power, Advocacy, and Salvation

   By Benjamin Reese In this episode, you will hear a weariness in both mine and Gregg’s voice. This podcast was recorded several weeks ago, just days after the news of Geroge Floyd’s murder and the protests, and these event still weighed heavily on us. To make sense of it, to find perhaps some…

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   Jul 11, 2020

   31m
4. 5

   Episode 5 - "It Don't Matter! Come Up with a Better Way!"

   Hi Everyone, this is Gregg Garner. While editing this episode, I noticed just how much I referenced many of the soundbites that were circulating just days after the killing of George Floyd, as a result, we’ve included those soundbites where they seemed most appropriate to help you, the listener,...

   Jun 25, 2020

   24m
5. 4

   Episode 4 - Movements, Communities, Suffering, and God

   This is your host, Benjamin Reese. This talk came on the other side of the national news of the killing of George Floyd who suffocated under the knee of a Minnesota police officer. Prior to recording the episode, Gregg mentioned Luke 13 as a text to explore a biblical response to the subsequent...

   Jun 22, 2020

   37m
6. 3

   Episode 3 - Praying to the Heart Guarding God

   With all this talk about aloneness, I wanted to ask Gregg more about how to approach silence, prayer, and meditation. I wanted to know how these practices could be a countermeasure to the increased mental strain that COVID had put people under. In responding to my question, Gregg relied on, among...

   Jun 20, 2020

   28m
7. 2

   Episode 2 - The Finite Image Bearing Children of God

   I'm Benjamin Reese, your host. I think what struck me most about the following conversation was how Gregg described the ways that people avoid the discomfort of spending time with themselves. Just how restless and uncomfortable we are with being human. This resonated with me, as I imagine it will...

   Jun 16, 2020

   27m
8. 1

   Episode 1 - Loneliness, Hope, and Imagination

   Hello everyone, welcome to Thoughts: Theological Considerations during COVID, featuring Gregg D. Garner. I’m Benjamin Reese, your host. I’ve wanted to talk to Gregg because he’s always been someone who could help me isolate, out of the noise of a moment, essential issues and help me see them from…

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   Jun 12, 2020

   33m
9. 1

   Trailer

   THOUGHTS: Theological Considerations during COVID, featuring Gregg D. Garner (theologian, entrepreneur, and artist) and hosted by Benjamin Reese (theologian, writer, and poet) is a kind of out-loud processing of current events between two friends, hoping to be helpful to others who are also…

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   Jun 8, 2020

   1m