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The Deeply Formed Life
Read more: The Deeply Formed LifeRecently, my wife and I had the opportunity to stay at an Airbnb cabin for a little romantic getaway. It was an amazing opportunity for the two of us to focus on just us and the presence of our relationship. If there was one unique feature of the trip, it was this: we were so…
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Watchmen & 2020 Politics with Matthew William Brake (Podcast)
Read more: Watchmen & 2020 Politics with Matthew William Brake (Podcast)In the run up to Election Day in the United States (Tuesday, November 3rd), here at The Two Cities we’ve been doing a series of political podcasts. This episode extends that conversation further, but situates it as part of a conversation with a major pop-cultural artifact—Watchmen. Originally a comic series in the mid-1980s, Watchmen is…
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Faith and Politics with Rev. Baroness Maeve Sherlock (Podcast)
Read more: Faith and Politics with Rev. Baroness Maeve Sherlock (Podcast)In this tumultuous election season in the States, in which partisan entrenchment often leads to a lack of kindness and respect across the aisle, we have brought in a guest from across the pond to help sort us out. Joining Dr. John Anthony Dunne and Brandon Hurlbert is special guest Rev. Baroness Maeve Sherlock, who…
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The Gospel of Jesus’s Wife with Dr. Christian Askeland (Podcast)
Read more: The Gospel of Jesus’s Wife with Dr. Christian Askeland (Podcast)In 2012 there was global interest in a small Coptic fragment the size of a business card that records Jesus saying the words “my wife.” The fragment was presented to a group of scholars at a Coptology conference in Rome by Dr. Karen King of Harvard Divinity School, who herself had received it from a…
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My Essay with Dr. Lynn H. Cohick In New Book on Human Flourishing
Read more: My Essay with Dr. Lynn H. Cohick In New Book on Human FlourishingI had the privilege of participating in a symposium put on by the Oikonomia Network back in January 2019 in Dallas, TX. The proceedings from our respective biblical and theological colloquia have now been compiled into a brand new volume published by Wipf & Stock, in their Pickwick imprint, called Human Flourishing: Economic Wisdom For…
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Enneagram & Stress in 2020 (Podcast)
Read more: Enneagram & Stress in 2020 (Podcast)In this episode we carry on our conversation on the Enneagram from last week (“The Enneagram—What Is It?”) by diving more deeply into how we have all responded to the unique challenges of 2020. Engaging this topic is our largest panel of team members to date on The Two Cities podcast: Amber Bowen (Type 4),…
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The Enneagram—What Is It? (Podcast)
Read more: The Enneagram—What Is It? (Podcast)The Enneagram is a well-known “personality test.” For many, it is used as a simple means of compartmentalizing people. For others, it is a helpful tool to raise personal awareness and promote healthy growth. In this initial episode on the Enneagram, Dr. Josh Carroll, Dr. John Anthony Dunne, Brandon Hurlbert, and Rev. Daniel Parham promote…