All Episodes
Church and Main — 113 episodes
Why America is Actually Breaking Apart with Lura Forcum | Episode 292
When Jesus Becomes a Mascot with Garwood Anderson | Episode 291
Why Don't Bad Things Happen to Bad People? with Jared Dodson | Episode 290
Stubbornly Choosing Hope in a Hopeless World with Jake Doberenz | Episode 289
There's Never A Good Time to Have Kids. Have them Anyway. with Griffin Gooch | Episode 288
Is AI A Tool For Love? with Cathie Caimano | Episode 287
The Local Church and the Grammar of Grace with Trygve Johnson | Episode 286
God is Still Speaking. We Should Listen. with Katherine Willis Pershey | Episode 285
Navigating the AI Apocalypse with Michael DeLashmutt | Episode 284
Prophets, Politicians, and Partisans with Ryan Self | Episode 283
The Problem With "Christian Nationalism" with Heath Carter | Episode 282
From the Table to the World — Building a Eucharistic Community with Jarrod Longbons | Episode 281
Rethinking Anne Boleyn with Martha Tatarnic | Episode 280
The Good News vs. the Good Work with Jackson Campbell Walker | Episode 279
Unpacking Romans 13 with Chris Nye | Episode 278
When the Cross Becomes a Brand with Andrew Donaldson | Episode 277
Can America Change Course? with Jerry Mitchell | Episode 276
Hunting for Heretics: America's Polarization Problem with Michael Baharaeen | Episode 275
Gen Z's Spiritual Awakening: Revival or Something New? with Rob Myallis | Episode 274
The Church and the Three-Quarter Life Crisis with Rob Myallis | Episode 273
The Quiet Christian Resistance to America's Refugee Crackdown with Emily Belz | Episode 272
A Theology of Protest with David Swanson | Episode 271
Why Social Justice and Spirituality Go Together with Wes Granberg-Michaelson | Episode 270
Is It Fascism? Reasoning Together About Trump 2.0 with Anthony Robinson | Episode 269
Why Minneapolis Needs Potlucks with Rachel Pieh Jones | Episode 268
Character Matters in Politics with Matt Lewis | Episode 267
Can AI Help or Hinder Human Flourishing? with Paul Hoffman | Episode 266
The Lost Cultural Influence of the Religious Left with Lane Davis | Episode 265
Renee Good and Minnesota ICE with Eric Elkin | Episode 264
The Role of Grace in Public Life with Brad Todd | Episode 263
How Grace Leads to Care for the Poor With Todd Brewer | Episode 262
The Future of the Disciples of Christ with David Emery and Loren Richmond Jr. | Episode 261
Don't Let the Devil Plan Your Liturgy with Benjamin Dueholm | Episode 260
Pray Without Ceasing with Yolanda Denson-Byers |Episode 259
Social Media and Provocateur Politics with Joseph Wolyniak | Episode 258
When ICE Comes to Town with Quincy Worthington | Episode 257
Non-Anxious Leadership in Anxious Times with Jack Shitama | Episode 256
A Good Word for Kumbaya with Anthony Robinson | Episode 255
Counter-intuititive Aruguments on Israel with Andrew Berg | Episode 254
Progressive Christianity's Barmen Mistake with Anthony Baker | Episode 253
How the Big, Beautiful Bill Killed Compassionate Conservatism with John Fea | Episode 252
The Mainline Churches and Gaza with Todd Stavrakos | Episode 251
Depriving Politics of Pathos with Jason Micheli | Episode 250
Compelling Preaching and the Iowa Preachers Project with Ken Sundet Jones | Episode 249
Anger, Grace, Politics and Jesus with Aaron Zimmerman | Episode 248
Revival, Renewal, and the Future of the Disciples – Live from GA with Loren Richmond Jr. | Episode 247
BONUS: August Break and the Magnificat
The Church, The Trump Administation and the Dual State with Chris Gehrz | Episode 246
Should Christians Leave Trump's America? with Amy Mantravadi | Episode 245
Reimagining Church Communication with Josh Linman | Episode 244
LGBTQ Allies and Effective Inclusion with Ryan Self | Episode 243
Is the Emergent Church Back? with Andrew Crowson | Episode 242
Resurrection Hope Amidst the Broken Politics of 2025 with Drew McIntyre | Episode 241
Are Free-Range Priests the Future? with Cathie Caimano | Episode 240
Luther Seminary and the Future of Mainline Protestantism with Rob Myallis | Episode 239
What Is Ethical Evangelism? with DeDe Dollinger and CeCe Cernansky | Episode 238
An All Saints Theology in a Political Halloween World with Jacob Smith | Episode 237
What "Elbows Up" Means to Canadian Christians with David Harrison | Episode 232
The Urgency of Grace in Today's World with David Zahl | Episode 236
A Church Restarts in Brooklyn with Ben DeHart | Episode 235
The Church and the Working Class with Brian Dijkema |Episode 234
Redefining Evangelism in an Age of Sadness with Andrew Root | Episode 233
The Good and Bad of DEI with George Yancey | Episode 231
The Rise and Fall of the United States Institute of Peace with Susie Hayward | Episode 230
USAID, Revisited with Peter Mandeville | Episode 229
Staying at the Communion Table in Politically Divisive Times with Jonathan Hall | Episode 228
Second Thoughts from a Republican Refugee with Gretchen Purser | Episode 227
Finding Hope in Trump 2.0 with David Gray | Episode 226
USAID, Church World Service and Foreign Aid with Alex Morse | Episode 225
Why Church Decline Matters with Ben Crosby | Episode 224
Cheerleading for Congregations with Travis Smith McKee | Episode 223
The Body of Christ in a Polarized Culture with Teer Hardy | Episode 222
Clergy Leadership and the Propensity to Mess* Things Up with Scott Benhase | Episode 221
Why You Should Pray for President Trump (Even If You Don't Like Him) | Episode 220
Polarization and the Campaign for Kindness with Cathy Bien | Episode 219
Talking About Success and Failure in the Church with Martha Tartarnic | Episode 218
Why Jimmy Carter's Legacy Matters with Andrew Donaldson | Episode 217
The Importance of Showing Up with Jim Mohr | Episode 216
Brian Thompson is a Sinner of Christ's Redeeming | Episode 215
The Culture War, the Working Class and Donald Trump with Luke Allen | Episode 214
Sociology in the Age of Trump with Jesse Smith | Episode 213
About the Purple Church Initiative with Beth Crissman | Episode 212
Discovering Dwelling in the Word with Tessa Pinkstaff | Episode 211
Congregational Renewal Through Listening with Liz Eide | Episode 210
Pre-post Election Thoughts | Episode 209
John Wesley's Voting Advice with Drew McIntyre | Episode 208
Does Election Day Communion Still Matter? with Andrew Camp | Episode 207
Foodtruck Ministry with Kari Olsen | Episode 206
Pastors and the Great Man Theory with Julian DeShazier | Episode 205
Faithful Christian Engagement in Politics with Miranda Zapor Cruz | Episode 204
What Does It Mean to Be Progressive and Inclusive? with Sam Wells | Episode 203
SHORTS: What Will You Preach the Sunday After the Election? with Joshua Gritter | Episode 202
Election Year Christianity with Doug Skinner | Episode 201
A Theology of Digital Ministry with Jim Keat | Episode 200
Navigating Digital Ministry with Ryan Dunn | Episode 199
SOLO: Thoughts? No. Prayers? Yes. | Episode 198
Ministry Along the Border with Joe Tognetti | Episode 197
Does God Care About the Working Class? | Episode 196
Christian Nationalism or Christian Conservatism with Mark Tooley | Episode 195
Beyond the Purple Church with Jack Haberer | Episode 194
Biden's Exit and Aging Gracefully with Loren Richmond Jr. | Episode 193
A Debate, An Assasination Attempt and Political Conventions with Robert Cornwall | Episode 192
(Prayer) Walking In Memphis with Geoff Mitchell | Episode 191
The End of the Religious "Big Tent" with Ted Smith | Episode 190
Debate Fallout and Politics as Salvation | Episode 189
Inclusion, Pluralism and the Presbyterian Church (USA) with Jack Haberer | Episode 188
The Aftermath of the United Methodist General Conference with Drew McIntyre | Episode 187
Did Mainline Protestants Birth Christian Nationalism with Beau Underwood | Episode 186
Spiritual Practices for the Neurodivergent | Episode 185
Starting and Restarting Spiritual Practices with Steve Thomason | Episode 184
A Journey of Faith and Food with Andrew Camp | Episode 183
The Cross and the Ballot with Joshua Gritter | Episode 182
The Intersection of Faith and Mental Health with Seth Perry | BONUS