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All Episodes

Church and Main — 117 episodes

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1

The Other Trump Derangement Syndrome with Corey Nathan | Episode 297

2

Living the Jesus Way in a Polarized Age with Graham Joseph Hill | Episode 296

3

The Nicene Creed Is Not a Yard Sign with Teer Hardy | Episode 295

4

When Inclusive Church Excludes with Jason Swan Clark | Episode 294

5

Why America is Actually Breaking Apart with Lura Forcum | Episode 292

6

When Jesus Becomes a Mascot with Garwood Anderson | Episode 291

7

Why Don't Bad Things Happen to Bad People? with Jared Dodson | Episode 290

8

Stubbornly Choosing Hope in a Hopeless World with Jake Doberenz | Episode 289

9

There's Never A Good Time to Have Kids. Have them Anyway. with Griffin Gooch | Episode 288

10

Is AI A Tool For Love? with Cathie Caimano | Episode 287

11

The Local Church and the Grammar of Grace with Trygve Johnson | Episode 286

12

God is Still Speaking. We Should Listen. with Katherine Willis Pershey | Episode 285

13

Navigating the AI Apocalypse with Michael DeLashmutt | Episode 284

14

Prophets, Politicians, and Partisans with Ryan Self | Episode 283

15

The Problem With "Christian Nationalism" with Heath Carter | Episode 282

16

From the Table to the World — Building a Eucharistic Community with Jarrod Longbons | Episode 281

17

Rethinking Anne Boleyn with Martha Tatarnic | Episode 280

18

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

19

Unpacking Romans 13 with Chris Nye | Episode 278

20

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

21

Can America Change Course? with Jerry Mitchell | Episode 276

22

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

23

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

24

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

25

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

26

A Theology of Protest with David Swanson | Episode 271

27

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

28

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

29

Why Minneapolis Needs Potlucks with Rachel Pieh Jones | Episode 268

30

Character Matters in Politics with Matt Lewis | Episode 267

31

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

32

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

33

Renee Good and Minnesota ICE with Eric Elkin | Episode 264

34

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

35

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

36

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

37

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

38

Pray Without Ceasing with Yolanda Denson-Byers |Episode 259

39

Social Media and Provocateur Politics with Joseph Wolyniak | Episode 258

40

When ICE Comes to Town with Quincy Worthington | Episode 257

41

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

42

A Good Word for Kumbaya with Anthony Robinson | Episode 255

43

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

44

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

45

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

46

The Mainline Churches and Gaza with Todd Stavrakos | Episode 251

47

Depriving Politics of Pathos with Jason Micheli | Episode 250

48

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

49

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

50

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

51

BONUS: August Break and the Magnificat

52

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

53

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

54

Reimagining Church Communication with Josh Linman | Episode 244

55

LGBTQ Allies and Effective Inclusion with Ryan Self | Episode 243

56

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

57

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

58

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

59

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

60

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

61

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

62

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

63

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

64

A Church Restarts in Brooklyn with Ben DeHart | Episode 235

65

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

66

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

67

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

68

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

69

USAID, Revisited with Peter Mandeville | Episode 229

70

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

71

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

72

Finding Hope in Trump 2.0 with David Gray | Episode 226

73

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

74

Why Church Decline Matters with Ben Crosby | Episode 224

75

Cheerleading for Congregations with Travis Smith McKee | Episode 223

76

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

77

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

78

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

79

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

80

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

81

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

82

The Importance of Showing Up with Jim Mohr | Episode 216

83

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

84

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

85

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

86

About the Purple Church Initiative with Beth Crissman | Episode 212

87

Discovering Dwelling in the Word with Tessa Pinkstaff | Episode 211

88

Congregational Renewal Through Listening with Liz Eide | Episode 210

89

Pre-post Election Thoughts | Episode 209

90

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

91

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

92

Foodtruck Ministry with Kari Olsen | Episode 206

93

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

94

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

95

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

96

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

97

Election Year Christianity with Doug Skinner | Episode 201

98

A Theology of Digital Ministry with Jim Keat | Episode 200

99

Navigating Digital Ministry with Ryan Dunn | Episode 199

100

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

101

Ministry Along the Border with Joe Tognetti | Episode 197

102

Does God Care About the Working Class? | Episode 196

103

Christian Nationalism or Christian Conservatism with Mark Tooley | Episode 195

104

Beyond the Purple Church with Jack Haberer | Episode 194

105

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

106

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

107

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

108

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

109

Debate Fallout and Politics as Salvation | Episode 189

110

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

111

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

112

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

113

Spiritual Practices for the Neurodivergent | Episode 185

114

Starting and Restarting Spiritual Practices with Steve Thomason | Episode 184

115

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

116

The Cross and the Ballot with Joshua Gritter | Episode 182

117

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