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The Distillery — 97 episodes

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1

Jay-Paul Hinds | A Gift Grows in the Ghetto: Reimagining the Spiritual Lives of Black Men

2

Sarah Griffith Lund | Blessed Minds

3

Elaine James | An Invitation to Biblical Poetry

4

Kit Evans-Ford | Argrow's House, Autistic & Loved, and More

5

Daniel Aleshire | Beyond Profession: The Next Future of Theological Education

6

Lamar Hardwick | How Ableism Fuels Racism

7

Krin Van Tatenhove & Rob Mueller | Neighborhood Church: Transforming Your Congregation into a Powerhouse for Mission

8

Kenda Creasy Dean | Innovating for Love

9

Andrew Root & Blair Bertrand | When the Church Stops Working

10

Khristi Adams | Womanish Theology

11

Montague Williams | Church in Color

12

Ryan McAnnally-Linz | Life Worth Living

13

Kathleen McShane & Elan Babchuck | Picking up the Pieces: Leadership after Empire

14

David White | Tending the Fire That Burns at the Center of the World

15

Debra Rienstra | Refugia Faith

16

Douglas Powe & Lovett Weems | Sustaining While Disrupting

17

Amy Butler | Beautiful and Terrible Things

18

Sarah Barton | Becoming the Baptized Body

19

Keri Day | Azusa Reimagined

20

Kimberly Wagner | Fractured Ground

21

Victoria Atkinson White | Holy Friendships

22

Jonathan Lee Walton | A Lens of Love

23

Alexia Salvatierra & Brandon Wrencher | Buried Seeds

24

Barbara Brown Taylor | Holy Envy

25

Mary Farag | What Makes a Church Sacred?

26

Kristin Kobes DuMez | Donald Trump, John Wayne, and Jesus

27

Josh Packard | Navigating Uncertainty with Young People

28

Jamie Eaddy Chism | Journeying with a Death Doula

29

John Swinton | Theology and Mental Health

30

Mark Elsdon | Money and Mission

31

Erin Raffety | A Vision for Disability and Ministry

32

João Chaves | How Migration Molds Faith

33

Jacqui Lewis | Radical Love

34

Welcome to Season 6

35

Jerusha Neal | Overshadowed by the Spirit of God

36

Andrew Root | Relevance to Resonance

37

Lisa Bowens | The African American Interpreter and Paul

38

Jim McCloskey | Truth Seeker

39

James K. A. Smith | The Gift of Augustine

40

Sally Brown | Agents of Redemptive Interruption

41

Angela Gorrell | Finding Joy in Sorrow

42

Joni Sancken | Wounds of the Soul

43

Tim Soerens | On the Move with God

44

Annie Lockhart-Gilroy | Fostering Hope

45

Welcome to Season 5

46

Kenda Creasy Dean, Justin Forbes, Wes Ellis, and Abigail Visco Rusert | Joy Riders

47

Katherine Douglass | Expressions of Faith

48

Greg Cootsona | Against All Odds

49

David Stubbs | Turning the Table

50

Lakisha Lockhart | Power Play

51

Khristi Adams | Living Out Loud

52

Cynthia Rigby | Surplus Grace

53

Maria Cornou | Giving Voice to Diversity

54

Robert Saler | Redemption and Radiohead

55

Chanequa Walker-Barnes | Reimagining Racial Reconciliation

56

Welcome to Season 4

57

Charles Atkins | Theological Reflection in Prison

58

Kent Annan | Welcoming the Stranger

59

Patrick Reyes | A Call to Life

60

Carolyn Helsel | Race and Gratitude

61

Nathan Stucky | Sabbath Rest

62

Nancy Duff | Making Faithful Decisions at the End of Life

63

Jared Alcantara | Learning from Gardner C. Taylor

64

Sonia Waters | Addiction and Pastoral Care

65

Andrew Root | The Pastor in a Secular Age

66

Richard Osmer | The Confirmation Project

67

Lisa Bowens | Cosmic Conflict

68

Anathea Portier Young | Apocalyptic Literature

69

Welcome to Season 3

70

Matthew Milliner | Mary, Mother of God

71

Brian Bantum | The Death of Race

72

Eric Barreto | Exploring the Bible

73

Deanna Ferree Womack | Mission History in the Arab Renaissance

74

John Swinton | Becoming Friends of Time

75

Benjamin Conner | (Dis)abling Mission, Enabling Witness

76

Adam Hearlson | The Holy No

77

Amy Jacober | Redefining Perfect

78

Mark Sampson | Gift and Social Enterprise

79

Allen Hilton | House United

80

Andrew Root | Science and Cognitive Dissonance

81

Nicole Reibe | History and Theological Friendship

82

John Swinton | Dementia

83

Keri Day | Religious Resistance

84

Shari Oosting | Looking Ahead

85

Gregory Ellison | Bonus: Baseball Caps and Bowties

86

Erin Raffety | The Gift of Difference

87

Valerie Bridgeman | The Overwhelming Challenge of God

88

Michael Langford | Youth Ministry and Disability

89

Shively Smith | Strangers to Family

90

Andrew Root | Faith Formation in a Secular Age

91

Eric Holt-Giménez | A Foodie's Guide to Capitalism

92

Amanda Drury | Saying Is Believing

93

Gregory Ellison II | Fearless Dialogues

94

Diana Butler Bass | Grateful

95

Gordon Govens | Testimony and John Calvin

96

Nancy Lammers Gross | Women's Voices

97

Andrew Root | The Grace of Dogs