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All Episodes

Church and Main — 102 episodes

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1

The (Communion) Meal That Makes Us One with Jarrod Longbons | Episode 281

2

Rethinking Anne Boleyn with Martha Tatarnic | Episode 280

3

The Good News vs. the Good Work with Jackson Campbell Walker | Episode 279

4

Unpacking Romans 13 with Chris Nye | Episode 278

5

When the Cross Becomes a Brand with Andrew Donaldson | Episode 277

6

Can America Change Course? with Jerry Mitchell | Episode 276

7

Hunting for Heretics: America's Polarization Problem with Michael Baharaeen | Episode 275

8

Gen Z's Spiritual Awakening: Revival or Something New? with Rob Myallis | Episode 274

9

The Church and the Three-Quarter Life Crisis with Rob Myallis | Episode 273

10

The Quiet Christian Resistance to America's Refugee Crackdown with Emily Belz | Episode 272

11

A Theology of Protest with David Swanson | Episode 271

12

Why Social Justice and Spirituality Go Together with Wes Granberg-Michaelson | Episode 270

13

Is It Fascism? Reasoning Together About Trump 2.0 with Anthony Robinson | Episode 269

14

Why Minneapolis Needs Potlucks with Rachel Pieh Jones | Episode 268

15

Character Matters in Politics with Matt Lewis | Episode 267

16

Can AI Help or Hinder Human Flourishing? with Paul Hoffman | Episode 266

17

The Lost Cultural Influence of the Religious Left with Lane Davis | Episode 265

18

Renee Good and Minnesota ICE with Eric Elkin | Episode 264

19

The Role of Grace in Public Life with Brad Todd | Episode 263

20

How Grace Leads to Care for the Poor With Todd Brewer | Episode 262

21

The Future of the Disciples of Christ with David Emery and Loren Richmond Jr. | Episode 261

22

Don't Let the Devil Plan Your Liturgy with Benjamin Dueholm | Episode 260

23

Pray Without Ceasing with Yolanda Denson-Byers |Episode 259

24

Social Media and Provocateur Politics with Joseph Wolyniak | Episode 258

25

When ICE Comes to Town with Quincy Worthington | Episode 257

26

Non-Anxious Leadership in Anxious Times with Jack Shitama | Episode 256

27

A Good Word for Kumbaya with Anthony Robinson | Episode 255

28

Counter-intuititive Aruguments on Israel with Andrew Berg | Episode 254

29

Progressive Christianity's Barmen Mistake with Anthony Baker | Episode 253

30

How the Big, Beautiful Bill Killed Compassionate Conservatism with John Fea | Episode 252

31

The Mainline Churches and Gaza with Todd Stavrakos | Episode 251

32

Depriving Politics of Pathos with Jason Micheli | Episode 250

33

Compelling Preaching and the Iowa Preachers Project with Ken Sundet Jones | Episode 249

34

Anger, Grace, Politics and Jesus with Aaron Zimmerman | Episode 248

35

Revival, Renewal, and the Future of the Disciples – Live from GA with Loren Richmond Jr. | Episode 247

36

BONUS: August Break and the Magnificat

37

The Church, The Trump Administation and the Dual State with Chris Gehrz | Episode 246

38

Should Christians Leave Trump's America? with Amy Mantravadi | Episode 245

39

Reimagining Church Communication with Josh Linman | Episode 244

40

LGBTQ Allies and Effective Inclusion with Ryan Self | Episode 243

41

Is the Emergent Church Back? with Andrew Crowson | Episode 242

42

Resurrection Hope Amidst the Broken Politics of 2025 with Drew McIntyre | Episode 241

43

Are Free-Range Priests the Future? with Cathie Caimano | Episode 240

44

Luther Seminary and the Future of Mainline Protestantism with Rob Myallis | Episode 239

45

What Is Ethical Evangelism? with DeDe Dollinger and CeCe Cernansky | Episode 238

46

An All Saints Theology in a Political Halloween World with Jacob Smith | Episode 237

47

What "Elbows Up" Means to Canadian Christians with David Harrison | Episode 232

48

The Urgency of Grace in Today's World with David Zahl | Episode 236

49

A Church Restarts in Brooklyn with Ben DeHart | Episode 235

50

The Church and the Working Class with Brian Dijkema |Episode 234

51

Redefining Evangelism in an Age of Sadness with Andrew Root | Episode 233

52

The Good and Bad of DEI with George Yancey | Episode 231

53

The Rise and Fall of the United States Institute of Peace with Susie Hayward | Episode 230

54

USAID, Revisited with Peter Mandeville | Episode 229

55

Staying at the Communion Table in Politically Divisive Times with Jonathan Hall | Episode 228

56

Second Thoughts from a Republican Refugee with Gretchen Purser | Episode 227

57

Finding Hope in Trump 2.0 with David Gray | Episode 226

58

USAID, Church World Service and Foreign Aid with Alex Morse | Episode 225

59

Why Church Decline Matters with Ben Crosby | Episode 224

60

Cheerleading for Congregations with Travis Smith McKee | Episode 223

61

The Body of Christ in a Polarized Culture with Teer Hardy | Episode 222

62

Clergy Leadership and the Propensity to Mess* Things Up with Scott Benhase | Episode 221

63

Why You Should Pray for President Trump (Even If You Don't Like Him) | Episode 220

64

Polarization and the Campaign for Kindness with Cathy Bien | Episode 219

65

Talking About Success and Failure in the Church with Martha Tartarnic | Episode 218

66

Why Jimmy Carter's Legacy Matters with Andrew Donaldson | Episode 217

67

The Importance of Showing Up with Jim Mohr | Episode 216

68

Brian Thompson is a Sinner of Christ's Redeeming | Episode 215

69

The Culture War, the Working Class and Donald Trump with Luke Allen | Episode 214

70

Sociology in the Age of Trump with Jesse Smith | Episode 213

71

About the Purple Church Initiative with Beth Crissman | Episode 212

72

Discovering Dwelling in the Word with Tessa Pinkstaff | Episode 211

73

Congregational Renewal Through Listening with Liz Eide | Episode 210

74

Pre-post Election Thoughts | Episode 209

75

John Wesley's Voting Advice with Drew McIntyre | Episode 208

76

Does Election Day Communion Still Matter? with Andrew Camp | Episode 207

77

Foodtruck Ministry with Kari Olsen | Episode 206

78

Pastors and the Great Man Theory with Julian DeShazier | Episode 205

79

Faithful Christian Engagement in Politics with Miranda Zapor Cruz | Episode 204

80

What Does It Mean to Be Progressive and Inclusive? with Sam Wells | Episode 203

81

SHORTS: What Will You Preach the Sunday After the Election? with Joshua Gritter | Episode 202

82

Election Year Christianity with Doug Skinner | Episode 201

83

A Theology of Digital Ministry with Jim Keat | Episode 200

84

Navigating Digital Ministry with Ryan Dunn | Episode 199

85

SOLO: Thoughts? No. Prayers? Yes. | Episode 198

86

Ministry Along the Border with Joe Tognetti | Episode 197

87

Does God Care About the Working Class? | Episode 196

88

Christian Nationalism or Christian Conservatism with Mark Tooley | Episode 195

89

Beyond the Purple Church with Jack Haberer | Episode 194

90

Biden's Exit and Aging Gracefully with Loren Richmond Jr. | Episode 193

91

A Debate, An Assasination Attempt and Political Conventions with Robert Cornwall | Episode 192

92

(Prayer) Walking In Memphis with Geoff Mitchell | Episode 191

93

The End of the Religious "Big Tent" with Ted Smith | Episode 190

94

Debate Fallout and Politics as Salvation | Episode 189

95

Inclusion, Pluralism and the Presbyterian Church (USA) with Jack Haberer | Episode 188

96

The Aftermath of the United Methodist General Conference with Drew McIntyre | Episode 187

97

Did Mainline Protestants Birth Christian Nationalism with Beau Underwood | Episode 186

98

Spiritual Practices for the Neurodivergent | Episode 185

99

Starting and Restarting Spiritual Practices with Steve Thomason | Episode 184

100

A Journey of Faith and Food with Andrew Camp | Episode 183

101

The Cross and the Ballot with Joshua Gritter | Episode 182

102

The Intersection of Faith and Mental Health with Seth Perry | BONUS