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Episode 370: What If We’ve Forgotten How to Wonder? w/ Aaron Cline Hanbury

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Episode 369: What Are We Missing While We're Looking at Our Phones? w/ Shannon Algeo

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Episode 368: What If Anxiety Isn't a Thinking Problem? w/ Dr. Russell Kennedy

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Episode 367: Is Original Sin the Wrong Story? w/ John Philip Newell

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Episode 366: Can You Follow Jesus Beyond Church Walls? w/ Chantal Morales McKinney

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Episode 365: God Is in the Rubble w/ Richard Bruxvoort Colligand

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Episode 364: The Great Stories of the Bible w/ Aldo Cazzullo

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Episode 363: A Better Way to Read the Bible w/ Richard Beck

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Episode 362: Jesus and Justice w/ John Dominic Crossan and Michael Okinczyc-Cruz

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Episode 361: Better Than Normal w/ MaryAnn McKibben Dana

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Episode 360: Liza Rankow - Soul Medicine for a Fractured World

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Episode 359: Scott Gelfand - Ethics, Morality, and a New Way Forward in Divisive Times

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Episode 358: Michael Leach - Faith Over Fear and Pursuing Unity Without Compromising Our Values

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Episode 357: NT Wright - God’s Homecoming and the Forgotten Promise of Future Renewal

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Episode 356: My New Book Is Out Today, Let's Talk About It

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Episode 355: Hugo Mendez - John's Gospel And The Invitation To Become

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Episode 354: Amelia Hruby - Reclaiming Our Attention From Social Media In 2026

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Episode 353: Stefanie Caponi - Tarot As A Tool For Manifestion And Shadow Work

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Episode 352: Mory Fontanez - Meeting Our Higher Self And The Realization That There Is No 'Other'

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Episode 351: Brian McLaren - Imagining A New Way Forward

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Check In 3: Oreo The Menace, Grief, And What's In Store For Season 9 Of The What If Project

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Episode 350: Judika Illes - Talking About Witchcraft, Christianity, Jesus, And More With A Practicing Witch

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Episode 349: Julia O'Brien - What If The Prophets Of Israel Weren't Primarily Interested In Issues Of Social Justice?

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Epsiode 348: Eric Reitan - Limited Salvation And The Problem Of Heavenly Grief

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Episode 347: Lisa Zega - The Beauty Of Befriending Our Grief

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Episode 346: Dana Hicks - Spirituality, Deconstruction, And Exploring New Ways To Be

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Episode 345: Michelle Felice - One Woman's Leadership Journey In The Church

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Episode 344: Brandon Andress - Choosing To Go Deeper In A Divided World

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Episode 343: Kurt Gray - Approaching Divisive Times Differently

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Episode 342: Stacy Singledecker - Evolving In Our Faith

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Episode 341: Jon Paul Sydnor - Progressive Theology As A Theology Of Progress

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Episode 340: Carl McColman - Read The Bible Like A Mystic

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Episode 339: Brendan Barca - Buddhism And Living With Compassion In A Divided World

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Check In 2: Making Art, Reading Books, Battling Mice In My Crawl Space

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Episode 338: Thomas Oord And Chad Bahl - The Power Of Love In A Divided World

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Episode 337: Annie B. Jones - Staying Put In A World That Is On The Move

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Episode 336: John A. Powell - Creating A World Where Everyone Belongs

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Episode 335: Amie McNee - Making Art Is Rebellion

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Episode 334: Bruce Epperly - Born Again Everyday, A Bigger Jesus, And The Power Of Reiki

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Check In 1: Summer Is Coming, Art Is Fun, And (Minor) Tweaks To The Podcast

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Episode 333: Felicia Murrell - What If There's Another Way To Be?

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Episode 332: Blair Coyle - What If Resurrection Is About Losing Your Religion To Find True Life?

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Episode 331: Liz Charlotte Grant - What If We Saw The Bible As A Beautiful Masterwork Of Ancient Art?

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Episode 330: Larry Jordan - What If We Were To Hold Our Beliefs More Loosely?

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Episode 329: Neil Douglas-Klotz - What If We've Misunderstood Much Of What Jesus Was Talking About?

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Episode 328: Justin Scoggins - What If Tattoos And Art Can Be A Doorway To The Divine?

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Episode 327: James Danaher - What If The Gospel Of Jesus Isn't About Becoming Righteous, But Becoming Loving?

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Episode 326: Stuart Semple - What If Our Creativity Has The Power To Change The World?

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Episode 325: What's Up In 2025? Bi-Weekly Episodes, Exploring Oneness, And Finding A Different Way To Be

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Episode 324: Bruce Pagano - What If Certainty Is A Hindrance To Spiritual Growth?

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Episode 323: Esther Goetz - What If We Could Become Our Own Authority?

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Episode 322: Rabbi Brian - What If You Had A Permission Slip To Listen To Your Own Inner Voice?

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Episode 321: Brandy Anderson - What If Our Loved Ones Who Have Passed Away Are Still Here?

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Episode 320: Ally Markotich - What If We Can Rediscover Our Creative Heart?

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Episode 319: Brandon Dragan - What If Deconstruction Can Open Us To The Nuances That Can Be Found Everywhere?

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Episode 318: Darrell Epp - What If We Stopped Allowing Our Technologies To Dictate Our Thoughts And Our Days?

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Episode 317: Neil Douglas-Klotz & Alexander John Shaia - What If The Jesus Story Can Change Everything?

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Episode 316: John Dominic Crossan - What If We've Completely Misunderstood The Apostle Paul?

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Episode 315: John Philip Newell - What If We Remembered The Divine At The Heart Of All Things?

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Episode 314: Duncan Pile - What If We Could Wake Up To The Union We've Always Had With The Divine?

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Episode 313: Duncan Pile - What If We Can Deconstruct Our Faith While Keeping Aspects Of It In Place?

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Episode 312: Lauren Drake - What If Numerology Can Magnify The Reality Of Our Connection To The Divine?

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Episode 311: Amanda Udis-Kessler - What If We Embraced An Ethic That Empowered Everyone In The World To Flourish?

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Episode 310: Eric Reitan - What If We Tried On A Worldview That Is Different Than The One We Assume Is Correct?

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Episode 309: Drenda Thomas Richards - What If We Dared To Remember The Dreams We Had When We Were Young?

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Episode 308: Thomas Oord - What If Life, Faith, And God Can Be Found Beyond Deconstruction?

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Episode 307: Herb Montgomery - What If Proximity To People Who Are Different Than Us Can Change Everything?

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Episode 306: Sara Mastros - What If A Necessary Step Of The Christian Journey Is Exorcising Jesus Out Of Your Life?

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Episode 305: George Lizos - What If The Greek Gods Can Help Make Us More Faithful Followers Of Our Spiritual Path?

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Episode 304: Seth Showalter - What If The Anti-LGBTQ Mindset Within Many Churches Is Greatly Harming LGBTQ People?

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Episode 303: Alec John Belle - What If There's Truth In All Religions, But No Religion Holds All Truth?

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Episode 302: Edward Dodge - What If God’s Wife And Marijuana Were Erased From The Bible?

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Episode 301: Josh Scott - What if the Bible Is More Than an Inerrant Book?

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Episode 300: Brian McLaren Helps Us Find Courage For A World That Is Falling Apart

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Episode 299: Trey Ferguson Is Theologizin' Bigger

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Episode 298: Dillon Naber Cruz Is A Public Theologian

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Episode 297: Keith Giles Talks To Us About The Gospel Of Thomas

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Episode 296: Jon Turney Is Asking Questions

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Episode 295: Dr. Jennifer Bird Talks To Us About Marriage In The Bible

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Episode 294: Brandon Andress Talks To Us About Writing Fiction As A Subversive Tool That Speaks To The Issues Of Our Day

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Episode 293: Carl McColman Talks To Us About Christian Mysticism And Contemplative Spirituality

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Episode 292: Natalie Perkins Helps Us Find Wisdom From Ancient Jesus People In Writings Beyond The Bible

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Episode 291: David Giles Talks To Us About Endings, Grief, And Processing Our Losses

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Episode 290: Maria Francesca French On Jesus, The Cross, And The Post-Christian Life

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Episosde 289: Perdita Finn And The Guidance Our Ancestors Long To Give Us

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Episode 288: Jonathan Foster Talks To Us About Divine Entanglement And The Forever Presence Of Love

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Episode 287: Elaine Pagels Talks To Us About Grief, Loss, And Experiences We Can't Explain

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Episode 286: Rob Bell Is Handing Out Permission Slips (To Ask Questions, Grieve, Create, And Listen)

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Episode 285: Kyle Smith Talks To Us About Christianity And The Stories Of Its Martyrs

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Episode 284: Michael Gungor And The Reclaiming Of Our Christian Faith

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Episode 283: Oren Jay Sofer Helps Us Meet A World In Crisis With Love, Courage, And Integrity

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Episode 282: Elliot Adam On Leaving Evangelicalism, Tarot, And The Stories That Are Wired Into Humanity

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Episode 281: Dr. James Danaher And The Gospel Of Jesus Christ

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Episode 280: Eric Peterson Talks To Us About His Father’s Legacy And The Call Of God

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Episode 279: Michael Camp Is Breaking Bad Faith

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Episode 278: Martha Elias Downey Is Reimagining The Landscape Of Theology

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Episode 277: Keith Giles On Oneness With God And Each Other

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Episode 276: Jannie Bui Brown And James W. Brown IV On Tarot And The Sacred Web

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Episode 275: Tina Hardt On Grief And The Mystery Of Life After Death

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Episode 274: Suneel Gupta Helps Us Discover And Live Into Our Sacred Calling