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The Mountains Shall Drip Sweet Wine with Dr. John Anthony Dunne (Podcast)
Read more: The Mountains Shall Drip Sweet Wine with Dr. John Anthony Dunne (Podcast)In this episode, we celebrate the release of John’s new book on wine in the Bible as we conclude our series on alcohol in the Bible and Jewish/Christian traditions. As we talk about the topic of wine and beer in the Bible, John shares many stories with us about his interests in wine and beer,…
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The Last Temptation of Christ with Dr. David Bennett (Podcast)
Read more: The Last Temptation of Christ with Dr. David Bennett (Podcast)In this episode we’re joined by Dr. David Bennett is a post-doctoral research fellow in theology and ethics at the University of Oxford and he’s the author of A War of Loves: The Unexpected Story of a Gay Activist Discovering Jesus (published by Zondervan). In our conversation we review and discuss the portrayal of Jesus’s…
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Domestic & Family Violence Trauma with Erica Mandi Manga (née Hamence) (Podcast)
Read more: Domestic & Family Violence Trauma with Erica Mandi Manga (née Hamence) (Podcast)CW: Domestic and Family Violence Erica Mandi Manga (née Hamence), who is Associate Minister of Formation and Training at St Barnabas Broadway in Australia, joins us to talk about the trauma caused by Domestic and Family Violence. In this episode, we talk about Erica’s work in resourcing churches, define “domestic and family violence,” which encompasses…
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Attachment & Family Trauma with Aundi Kolber (Podcast)
Read more: Attachment & Family Trauma with Aundi Kolber (Podcast)CW: domestic and family violence In this episode we explore an important source of trauma for many: family and insecure attachment. For this conversation we’re joined by Aundi Kolber is a licensed professional counselor, and the author of Strong Like Water and Try Softer. Aundi defines attachment and we explore some typical attachment “styles.” We…
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Parenting Children on the Spectrum with Naomi and Mike Bird (Podcast)
Read more: Parenting Children on the Spectrum with Naomi and Mike Bird (Podcast)Alt txt: Image of our guests, Naomi and Mike Bird, with four of our cohosts: Dr. John Anthony Dunne, Dr. Sydney Tooth, Stephanie Kate Judd, and Rev. Dr. Chris Porter. In this episode we discuss parenting children on the spectrum with Naomi and Mike Bird. Naomi Bird is Assistant Children’s and Family minister at her…
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Bearing Fruit
Read more: Bearing FruitIn John 15:1-17, Jesus talks about “bearing fruit” and “friendship.” This is a reflection on the meaning of “bearing fruit” in Scripture, the ways in which John innovates a relationship between fruit, friendship, and death in this passage, and an argument about the counter-intuitive places I think we should look for friendship in Scripture. Bearing…
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My Confession as a Bad Juggler
Read more: My Confession as a Bad JugglerTina Fey once wrote that the worst question you can ask a mother has nothing to do about their age or their weight. (I respectfully disagree. As a younger, more clueless man, I once asked a woman when the baby was due. She slapped my arm and informed me her baby was already three-months old….
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How I learned to honor my father and mother
Read more: How I learned to honor my father and motherTo honor one’s father and mother both is one of the Ten Commandments and also squares with the universal moral sense that C.S. Lewis called “the Tao” in his Abolition of Man lectures. It is a tenet of Christian morality that many people obey before they explicitly learn it. Listening to my mother eulogize her adopted father…
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The True Story Behind The Handmaid’s Tale
Read more: The True Story Behind The Handmaid’s TalePhoto Credit: https://www.emmys.com/events/fyc/2017/the-handmaids-tale The Handmaid’s Tale, a popular Hulu drama series, just won eight Emmy Awards, including the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series. The series, which is based on the book by Margaret Atwood, follows the story of Offred, a handmaid, during a time where America falls under an extreme fundamentalist “Christian” totalitarian…
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Responding to “50 Reasons Why I Don’t Drink”
Read more: Responding to “50 Reasons Why I Don’t Drink”Did you all see the article, “50 Reasons Why I Don’t Drink,” make its way around Facebook? Typically when I see stuff like this I just roll my eyes and carry on with my business. But for some unknown reason I decided to give this article a quick glance. Most of the points were predictable….