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In the Shift — 116 episodes · page 1 of 2
Cults, Coercion and Control - with Anke Richter
Non-coercive community Pt 6: Is Christianity actually just coercive?
Non-coercive community Pt 5: Belonging
Non-coercive community Pt 4: The religion of capitalism
Non-coercive Community Pt 3: The limitations of self-reliance and "opportunity"
Why Church - with Petra Bagust
Non-coercive Community Pt 2: When capitalism shapes everything
This is not revival
Gender Expansive Faith - with Steff Fenton
Non-coercive Community Pt 1: Is there a way forward?
Holy Hell - with Elise Heerde
Poly-crisis, climate-crisis, and the need for a moral imagination
Earthiness, spirituality and relational resonance
On making it to 100 - Part Two!
Ecology and rethinking anthropocentric spirituality
Re-thinking the Apocalypse in light of the Climate Crisis
On making it to 100 - Part One!
This disruptive moment
God After Deconstruction - with Thomas Jay Oord
The alt meaning of being a Christian... (or, what if the creeds totally miss the point?)
The need for meaning making (and is there a "real" world?)
Identity formation when you think you live in the "end-times" (and hell is lurking)
The problematic role of sin, brokenness and testimony in Evangelical world-building
Obedience, sacrifice and the damage (and allure) of a high-demand God
Growing “good” kids? Rethinking obedience, connection and healthy spirituality
On faith, kids, deconstruction and parenting
Jane Kennedy on voice, authenticity and gender
Navigating friendship and relationships after "the shift"
Making "peace" with the past
Where we’ve been: a conversation on suffering, friendship, vulnerability and resisting hustle culture
Experiencing God (or not) - then and now
(Un)Certain: stories of deconstruction with Olivia Jackson
Experiencing God - Interpretation, suggestibility, and the harm of a withholding God
Experiencing God... or not
Dr Karen O’Donnell - Trauma-informed theology and post-traumatic remaking
Marc Fennell on ”The Kingdom” and the tangled web of megachurch experience
Another Level Part 1: The Megachurch Playbook [REISSUE]
Already Enough - LGBTQIA+ inclusion in the church (with Amanda Pilbrow)
Reframing Easter (live recording)
Flipping the script
’Sons and Servants’: A case study in religious conditioning
Mega-close to home
Q & A on unravelling, changing church systems, and why we’re still Christian
Healing from spiritual trauma - with Dr Hillary McBride
Megachurch Madness - with David Farrier
Moving Beyond Purity Culture - with Meg Cowan
The Impact of Purity Culture - with Meg Cowan
Celebrities for Jesus - with Katelyn Beaty
The Megachurch Conversation: When Binaries go Bad
”Is there hope for the church?” with Rev Frank Ritchie
Q&A on deconstruction, doubt and whether megachurches can change
Life after the ”man with the plan”
Mega-health: Can a megachurch be healthy?
The Megachurch Conversation: The problem with being ”the good guys”
The Megachurch Conversation: Doublespeak
The Megachurch Conversation: Trauma, Red Flags, and Recovery
The Megachurch Conversation: ”The Creep”
The Megachurch Conversation: Where to from here?
Another Level Part 4: The Megachurch Playbook
Another Level Part 3: The Megachurch Playbook
Another Level Part 2: The Megachurch Playbook
Another Level Part 1: The Megachurch Playbook
Critical Conversations: On misogyny and abuse of power - with Dr Jeff Crabtree
Christians Against Christianity - with Dr Obery Hendricks
Shift Happens
Blinded by the ”truth”
When narcissism finds religion
Feeding the machine
The multiple paths of ”deconstruction”
Life after death, panpsychism and the plausibility of hope - with Dr Thomas Jay Oord
Heavenly Creatures
The "mark of the beast" - it's not the end of the world after all
On Christian Humanism, LGBT+ inclusion, and what comes 'after Evangelicalism' - with Dr David P. Gushee
"I'm under spiritual attack!" (or am I just having a bad day?)
Speak of the devil
On fundamentalism, forgiveness and finding a better way - with Paul Young & Brad Jersak
Beyond the cliche: My thoughts on JC, reality, and building from the ground up
What's so special about Jesus? with Dr Tripp Fuller
"Tricky Jesus Questions" with Thomas Jay Oord
What if God isn't in "control" and doesn't know the future?
Divine Intervention and the subtlety of God - with Dr Nicola Hoggard Creegan
Divine Intervention, the Mind & Religious Experience - with Dr Sarah Lane Ritchie
Divine Intervention: Vulnerability and the question of divine presence
Divine Intervention: "God Can't" with Dr Thomas Jay Oord
Divine Intervention: Sovereignty and Suffering
Divine Intervention: Where in the world is God?
In the Flesh: Believing with our bodies
In the Flesh: Bodies, pain, and embracing difference
In the Flesh: Evolution, faith, meaning and the universe
In the Flesh: Evolution vs Christianity?
In the Flesh: Science vs Religion?
In the Flesh: The (holy) spirit of inclusion
In the Flesh: LGBTQI & overturning exclusion
In the Flesh: "When you're outside on the inside"
In the Flesh: Is healing a thing?
In the Flesh: "Crippled Grace" with Dr Shane Clifton
In the Flesh: Bodies, consciousness, and why you don't have a "spirit-man"
EIn the Flesh: The purity problem
In the Flesh: The shame of (un)holiness
In the Flesh: Dualism and Disembodiment