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Episode 046: Confessions of a Former Grace Preacher
By Steve on May 29, 2017
Show Notes Intro music: Ventura Tyler Bates Featured Music: Free Fallin‘ Tom Petty And yes, you can still get Cornel’s book on Grace here Hi Pilgrim, What do you do if you have…
Episode 001: Broken Liturgy with John Hardt
By Steve on February 26, 2016
Theologian and musician John Hardt discusses life, liturgy, doubt, and inviting people into dark places A couple year’s ago I was in Belfast attending Peter Rollin’s Holy Ghosts event which was one of the coolest…
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The Divine Magician: or How To Make Real Life Appear By Smashing The “Sacred Object”
By Steve on February 10, 2015
In grad school I took a class once called The Politics of Ideas. On the first day the professor warned us that each class period he would take us all into the metaphorical abyss where we would…
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In “Jesus Christ Superstar” Judas Asks All The Right Questions
By Steve on November 12, 2014
Curiosity… Doubt… Questions… Themes raised in the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar which has been playing from Broadway to school auditoriums since 1970. Full disclosure: JCS is the first musical theater I ever saw when…
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“…but some doubted.” What Does Jesus Do With Christians Who Doubt?
By Steve on August 26, 2014
Doubt was a dirty word in the church circles I came from. Prayers for healing, prosperity, good grades at school, or a job promotion at work could all be derailed by simply doubting it would happen….