All episodes
My Faith Journey
More than Just a Story
Holiday Casualty Count
Lucifer in LA
The Hallowing of America
The Republican War on America
Let the Mystery Be
How Do We Know What (we think) We Know?
Just War Theory in 2025
The After-Church World
A.I. and the Guaranteed Basic Income
Reason vs. Religion
Religion and Politics (Just Be Nice)
The Long Road Out of Prejudice
Hateful Self-Talk
Radicalized by Basic Decency
Mom, Dad, and the Kids: Staying Together in the 21st Century
100 Days of Idiocracy
Ideas are Immortal
Estrangement Among Family and Friends
The Great Divorce
Compassion is the Key
The Bible vs the Bible
To Live Without Love is a Mistake
Four More Years
The Economics of Immigration
Once More, Into the Breach
Jesus: from preacher to God
Speaking Truth to Power
Morality and Climate Change
Voting in an Empire of Lies
No Way To Prevent This,' Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens
Gaza One Year Later: The Publicity War
Misogyny in 2024? Unbelievable!
The Ten Commandments vs The Beatitudes
Giving Capitalism a Conscience
Assisting in Our Own Victimization
Project 2025 as seen by a Pastor
Religion and Politics – Natural Bed Fellows
Liars: Erasing Your Own Soul
What is a Cult and are You in One?
Your Jesus, My Jesus, and the Jesus of History
Faith Without Certainty
USA at War with Russia and Iran
Hyperbole, Hysteria, and Hypocrisy
Why No One in the Bible Accepted Jesus Christ as their Personal Lord and Savior
The First Easter
This is Not Normal
Redemptive Suffering
How Much Does it Cost Me?
Fear is the Root of Anger
God Doesn't Write Books
What Your Teacher Didn't Tell You (and probably didn't know)
Time Does Not Exist
Finding Balance in a World that Demands Action
"When the Darkness Stares Back" (the world on the brink of war)
No One Hears the Sound of a Wooden Bell
Is Justice Blind Or Just Crazy?
Israel and Palestine (Migration, Immigration, Colonizing, Occupation)
Why Support Ukraine's War with Russia?
Creating Spiritual Community in a Post-Pandemic World
We Can't All Be Above Average
(Still) Learning to Tell a Story
The Limits of Shame
End of Life Issues
Facing the Facts of Moral Corruption in Government
"Our Humble Return": Knowing our Capacities, Boundaries, and Aspirations
Listening is the first duty of Love
Empty Promises: From Consumerism to Community
"Beyond Blaming and Agonizing": Lovingkindness Practice in Ordinary Life
The Positive Value of Philanthropy
When Philanthropy Goes Bad
On Accidentally Getting Old
"As Wide as the World": Cultivating Wisdom and Compassion in the face of Violence and Coercion
"Nothing Humane": A Lament and Plea for Rights-Respecting Border Policies
As You Suspected, It Really is about Race
"Abundance, Regeneration, and Healing": Permaculture and Spiritual Practice
In Honor of Childless Mothers
Quicker to Cut than to Care: The Urgency of Climate Justice
Compassion is the Foundation of Faith and Civilization
Who Wants to Be a Good Person?
Missouri's Anti-Trans Actions and Our Continued Resistance
What is the Nature of the Mystery otherwise known as God?
"Life is Longer than Death"
Judas, An Imaginary Character We Have All Met
The Plight of the Progressive Church
Moving a Balloon, Moving a Rock: On Patience & Praxis
"Don't Say Gay (or Trans)" in Missouri
It's not left or right, it is right or wrong
Age and Ageism regarding the Pandemic and Presidents
Open to Change
From Mindless Consumption to Grateful Contentment
"Out of Hand": Tyre Nichols, Police Brutality, and Nonviolence
The Linchpin of a Chariot: Caring for One Another
Gun Violence, Trauma, and Wholeness
Claiming Space, Disrupting Structures: Communities of Resistance & Social Determinants of Health
Making Friends that Make us Better (Discourse on Happiness 2)
The Real Questions (Discourse on Happiness 1)
Janus, the God of Doors and Hallways (Originally Posted January 4, 2015)
Christmas Now and Then (Originally Posted Dec. 22, 2019)