All Episodes

#368 It All Counts - with Natalia Terfa

#367 A Grab Bag of Topics

#366 iSn'T pRiDe A sIn

#365 What Are Sacraments Anyway?

#364 Rupture and Repair

#363 The Church's Weird Week

#362 A God of War? With Dr Michael Chan

#361 I Want to Have a Different Conversation About AI

#359 Are We… Catholic now?

#358 That's NOT God

#357 Does Easter Pass the Vibe Check? With Laura Fanucci

#356 You Can't Pray Away the Anything

#355 Jesus Never Said "Can't We All Just Get Along"

#354 Grab Bag and Bible Translations

#353 In All Things… Nuance.

#352 "The Files"

# 351 Notes from Occupied Suburbia

#350 We Remember Your Baptism, with Meta Herrick Carlson

#349 We Will Not Comply

#348 Highs and Lows in MN

#347 Find Your One Thing

#346 Not Good, But Better.

#345 Fair Game - with Ellie Roscher

#344 A Very Cafeteria Christmas

#343 23 & Me: Jesus Edition

#342 Hope and Despair

#341 They Tried to Bury Us: New Testament Ladies Edition

#340 Advent Countdown (chocolate not included)

#339 Viral Garbage and the Attention Economy

#338 No Kings Sunday w/Meta Herrick Carlson

#337 Just Go Feed People

#336 Confession: you're not inherently sinful

#335 Hot Take Chips

#334 I'm Going To Steal The Infancy Gospel of Thomas

#333 Micah: the OG Doom Scroll

#332 The Seven Heavenly Virtues (Finally!)

#331 Why Is No One Ok?

#330 Tragedy, Hot Takes, Stupid Joys, and What Is Ours To Do

#329 Seven Deadly Sins, pt. 2

#328 Thoughts. Prayers. Despair. Rage.

#327 Should We Celebrate When Someone Dies?

#326 Seven Deadly Sins Pt 1

#325 Rest Is Not a Deadly Sin

#324 A Rebellion of Care w/ David Gate

#323 Outside Safe Space with Mikah Meyer

#322 Saints, Icons, and a Beef with Bridget, w/Erik Nelson

#321 Find Your Pretzel

#23 (Repost): The Drive-Thru Cheeseburger Principle

#320 No Mega-Church May (June) part 3: The Church Search

#319 No Mega-Church May

#318 No Mega-Church May

#317 Practicing Being Human w/ Beth Silvers

#316 The Noise of Your Songs

#315 Get in Loser, We're Going Conclaving

#314 Post-Easter Mini-sode with Emmy

#313 Hope is Sewer Rat with Feathers

#312 Why Does Holy Week Matter?

#311 Theology of Reality

#310 Good Soil w/ Jeff Chu

#309 Disciples of White Jesus w/ Angela Denker

#308 Empathy IS Christian

#307 Lent Is a Rollercoaster Baby We're Gonna Die

#306 The Beatitudes (Emmy & Natalia's Bible Corner)

#305 Embodied - Even Now w/ Ellie Roscher

#304 A Few Things That Are Helping

#303 I've Got Questions w/ Erin Hicks Moon

#302 Even After Everything - w/Stephanie Duncan Smith

#301 This is January 20, 2025

#300 Full Circle

#299 What are YOU Doing for Christmas?

#298 Christmas is a Mess

#297 Apocalyptic on Purpose

#296 We Do Not Give Thanks

#295 Women of Fire

#294 A Snack and a Nap

#283 Meditations for Election Anxiety

#292 Salvation

#291 Parenting, Pandemic Life, and Praise Music with Emmy's Bestie Catherine

#290 The Mary We Forgot, with Dr Jennifer Powell McNutt

#289 Satanic Panic, the devil, and Halloween

#288 Discernment

#287 Why Is Confirmation?

#286 "I Am Me" - Tell Us More

#285 Is Confession "good for the soul"?

#284 Does God Still Anoint People?

#283 Baptism

#282 Open Tables

#281 We're Back Baby!

#219 We Don't Talk About Mary (No No No)

#94 Nora's Bible Corner - Amos 5 Edition

#144 Kate Bowler and No Cure for Being Human

#66 Ordinary Blessings

#22 Bam Bam Christians with Emmy Kegler

#280 "Shield the Joyous" with Rev Lizzie

#279 The Body Stories w/ Ellie Roscher

#278 S is for Shipwreck

#277 What's On Our Tray (sorry Jesse) w/Jesse Ross

#276 The Bronze Medal Life: Summer Edition - w/Colleen Lindstrom

#275 Moral Injury and the Church - with Aaron Fuller

#274 Art is a Catalyst w/ Joe Davis

#273 The Exvangelicals w/guest Sarah McCammon

#272 A Grab Bag of Microaggressions w/Jesse Ross

#271 Voices of Persistence (on not giving up on the Bible)

#270 Ask Us Anything w/ Meta Herrick Carlson

#269 The End is the Beginning - with Matthew Ian Fleming

#268 Does God Have Favorites?

#267 You Who Remain

#266 Atonement Theories (CC Style)

#265 Holy Week & Anti-Semitism

#264 Actually, Not All Are Welcome

#263 Biblical Inconsistencies

#262 Theocracy Grab Bag

#261 "My Kingdom is Not of This World" - on Christian Nationalism, w/Angela Denker

#260 Giving Up Perfectionism for Lent (repost)

#258 Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth? (No.)

#257 Without Preface

#256 What does it mean to have a "call"?

#255 Squishy Season

#254 A Very Merry Messy Swiftie Honest Christmas

#253 You Can Believe Better Things w/ Janice Lagata

#252 December Flies Away

#251 An Enneagram Primer with Enneagram Ashton

#250 State of the Pod

#249 The Bronze Medal Life w/ Colleen Lindstorm

#248 Calling Out or Calling In w/ Jesse Ross

#247 Ordinary Blessings for the Christmas Season w/ Meta Herrick Carlson

#246 Mountaintops & Mission Trips

#245 Question & Response - Israel / Palestine Edition

#244 No Single Stories w/ Meta Herrick Carlson and Hiyam Tabash

#243 The Witchy Season

#242 Taylor Swift and the Religious Instinct

#241 An Evolving Faith with Sarah Bessey

#240 Faith is messy because people are messy

#239 Tiny Things and Holy Ground

#238 Heaven and Hell

#237 If All the World's a Stage, Are We All Performing?

#236 Transition and Ritual

#235 Community Response and Allyship w/ Jesse Ross

#234 Why Church Bonus Episode

#233 Why Church Pt 3 with Colleen Lindstrom, Megan Torgerson, and Emmy Kegler

#232 Why Church? Part 3 with Andrea Roske-Metcalfe, Miriam Samuelson Roberts, and Natalia Terfa

#231 Why Church? Part 2 with Dr. Michael Chan and Ellie Roscher

#230 Why Church? Part One with Meta, Jesse, and Matthew

#229 Why Church Matters Introduction

#228 All Are Welcome?

#227 Being the Mom of a Scary Trans Kid, with Jamie Bruesehoff

#226 Hillsong Gonna Hillsong... Again. w/Janice Lagata

#225 We Welcome Our AI Overlords

#224 Maycember

#223 Jesus was the OG Community Organizer

#222 Mother's Day is Fraught

#221 Seasonal Vocation

#220 Mystical Spirituality with Elle Dowd

#219 We Don't Talk About Mary (No No No)

#218 Faith, Doubt, and Certainty

#217 The Worst Friday

#216 Transforming Life, Identity, & Faith with guest Austen Hartke

#215 New Life and Old Testament

#214 Love Jesus. Do Crimes.

#213 Embodiment As a Spiritual Practice

#212 Giving Up Perfectionism for Lent

#211 HeGetsUs

#210 Black History and Black Futures

#209 #blessed

#208 Holy Land Q&A

#207 Sounds from the Holy Land

#206 The Embodied Path with Ellie Roscher pt. 3

#205 Sabbath and Snow Days

#204 Christmas Fluff

#203 - The Embodied Path with Ellie Roscher, part 2: Embodied Church

#202 A Child Shall Lead Us w/ Andrea Roske-Metcalfe

#201 Making Room This Advent

#200 Celebrating 200!!! w/ the whole crew

#199 The Embodied Path w/ Ellie Roscher (Pt 1)

#198 Brown Fall

#197 God Takes Sides and Other Heresies We Love

#196 Antisemitism and Christian Nationalism

#195 Faith v Science

#194 My Faith Is Weird Right Now

#193 The Wreckage of Christian Nationalism - with Angela Denker

#192 Open Frame

#191 Reclaiming Autonomy with Janice Lagata

#190 Spiritual Direction and Original Blessing with Danielle Shroyer

#189 A New Elder - with Beth Silvers

#188 Bible Bruises with Matthew Ian Fleming

#187 CC Group Therapy - with Whitney Logan

#186 Ordinary Blessings for Parents - with Meta Herrick Carlson

#185 Emmy's Church Exit Interview

#184 On Repentance and Repair - with Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg

#183 My Life Is Not a Q&A Session

#182 God and Galaxies

#181 A Better Way

#180 This Country Is a Dystopian Nightmare

#179 Reclaiming Spiritual Sovereignty with Dr Kelly Sherman Conroy

178 - None of These Facts Are Fun

#177 People Are Messy with Colleen Lindstrom

#176 I Just Can't Christian Right Now

#175 Why You Gotta Be So Mean: Internet Edition

#174 BS (Bible Study, Obviously)

#173 But I Want the Flower! and other Mother's Day Rants

#172 Why You Gotta Be So Mean?

#171 Burn It All Down with Janice Lagata

#170 The PK Life - with Layla Terfa

#169 Blessed Holy Week?

#168 Not All Facts Are Fun: Gender Identity

#167 Sideways Grief

#166 Messy, Whole, & Human

#165 God Loves Trans Kids

#164 Life: Where Bad Things Happen and People Change

#163 Welcome to the Long Sadness

#162 Free-Range Church with Pr Jenny Sung

#161 Love is what brings us together

#160 Mini Series - Sex - Episode Four - Marriage

#159 Sex Talk - Part Three - The Bible and Sex

#158 Sex Talk - Episode Two - Shame

#157 Sex Talk Episode One

#156 New Year, Same You

#155 Caregiving 101 - with Allison Breininger

#154 RSVPlease Don't Come

#153 Your Christmas Pageant is a Lie: the transmogrification of Christmas

#152 Faith Lost

#151 Adventus

#150 Don't Be Nice

#149 Nests, Depression, and Grace for us all

#148 Take Me to Church

#147 Both / And

#146 Grab Bag

#145 Faith Over Fear?

#144 Kate Bowler and No Cure for Being Human

#143 Welcome to the Matrix

#142 Future Church

#141 All Who Are Weary

#140 The Church of the Uncomfortable Middle, with Kristina Harutoonian

#139 Anti-Racism in the Church

#138 How Are We?

#137 Turn Us Over, We're Done

#136 Baptized in Tear Gas - with guest Elle Dowd

#135 Deconstruction is just a word - with Janice Lagata

#134 Olympics + Capitalism + Ethics = profit?

#132 Call Stories - Emmy and Natalia

#132 "Yo fam, I need to rock wichu" - Jesus

#131 Juneteenth Fixed Racism!!

#130 A Reminder

#129 Create Space

#128 What's Church for Anyway?

#127 And They Were All Together In ONE PLACE

#126: Israel and Palestine

#125 Already Hot

#124 (Un)Happy Mother's Day

#123 Air it Out, with Dr. Anna Roth

#122 Hope is Weird

#121 Hot Xtian Goss: White Lady Influencer Edition

#120 Ramadan Mubarak - with Asma Mohammed

#119 Minisodes: Nora's Bible Corner with Romans 3:23

#118 A Literal Get Out of Jail Free Card

#117 It Is What It Is

#116 Dr Suess, JK Rowling, and Consequence Culture

#115 The Bad News is You're Probably* Racist (*99.9%)

#114 Lent and Constant Wilderness

#113 Black History Month: Pop Culture Edition

#112 Gospel and Justice

#111 Being Exvangelical Part 2: Black History Month - with Janice Lagata

#110 Fig Trees and Inaugural Christianity

#109 Self Care Isn't Just a Face Mask

The Aftermath of January 6

#107 12 Tiny Things, with guest Ellie Roscher

#106 Current Event Round-up: Christmas-ish edition

#105 Being Exvangelical (part 1) with Janice Lagata

#104 You Better Watch Out

#103 Advent

#102 Nora Flips Arizona

#101 Post-election Feelings-Dump

#100 Our 100th Episode!!

#99 What's on your tray?

#98 Being Blue Among Red State Christians

#97 Hide Self View

#96 Indigenous Peoples' Day (with Ashley Fairbanks)

#95 IDI

#94 Nora's Bible Corner: Amos 5 Edition

#93 Cafeteria Nuanced Christian Life

#92 #savethechildren

#91 Labor and Rest

#90 Jacob Blake.

#89 Rage (be nice to teachers!)

#88 All the Feels

#87 Covid and Church

#86 Infallibility, Inerrancy, and Infectability

#85 Kanye 2020

#84 Prove It

#83 Patriotism in 2020

#82 Pride

#80 My Black Friend

#80 Dear Karen

#79 Protest and Privilege w/ Jesse Ross

#78 George Floyd

#77 Ahmaud Arbery

#76 (Un)happy Mother's Day

#75 Ramadan Mubarak

#74 Adiaphora (or the not-so-main-thing)

#73 Easter!!

#72 Listener Questions

#71 Into the Unknown

Do Not Fear

#69 Dear Church with Rev. Lenny Duncan

#68: Lent

#67 Intersectionality

#66 Ordinary Blessings

#65 Forgive and Never Forget

#64 Live Show / Youth Group

#63 It's an Epiphany!

#62 Holiday Boundaries

#61 Consumerist Christmas

#60 Merry ChristMESS

#59: Hot Christian Gos

#58: Advent is Here

#57: Burnout

#56 God of Wrath with Dr. Chan

#55 Dude, Bro.

#54 Natalia's Bible Corner w/ Emmy - Revelation

#53 Dating, etc. pt. 3

#52 Dating, pt. 2

#51 Alter Guild Season 4

#50 Dating, etc. pt. 1

#49 Denomination Nation

#48 Sabbath

#47 Jesus

#46 Family Baggage

#45 Megachurches are Mega-something

#44: What about grace?

#43 Q&R with Natalia

#42 You Don't Even Go Here!

#41 God and Country?

#40 #gratitude

#39 The Great Divorce

Natalia's Bible Corner (and Emmy) - 1 Corinthians 6 edition

#37 What We Believe

#36 What the Bible?

#35 Remembering Rachel

#34 Shitty Christian Phrases that Need to Get Retired

#33 Let's Get Biblical

#32 Natalia's Bible Corner: Women of the Bible with Pastor Emmy Kegler

#31 Natalia's Bible Corner: Holy Week

#30 Ugh Consumerism

#29 Love vs Like

#28 Mental Health

#27 Choices

#26 Forgiveness, Do I Have To?

#25 Let's Talk About Sex

#24 When you pray, pray like this

#23 Bam Bam Christians with Pastor Emmy Kegler

#22 What the tithe?

#21 Unequally Yoked

#20 Church in the Worst

#19 Prosperity Gospel

#18 How we do Christmas

#17 Happy Holidays and Merry Everything

Welcoming and Affirming with Pr Emmy Kegler

#15 Grief and Sadness

#14 Mini-Episode Q&A with Natalia

#13 Special Election Edition

#12 Ritual Promise

#11 Enneagram 100 (less than 101)

#10 Overcoming Church PTSD

#9 Raising Little Non-Dingbat Christians

#8 Suicide Awareness Month

#7 What happens when we die?

#6 Church Anywhere, God Everywhere

#5 Would Jesus Get Elected?

#4 All or Nothing

#3 Blessed Ramadan

Mini Episode - The Invitation

# 2 Take What You Like and Leave the Rest

#1 Cafeteria Christian