Best Christian Zahl Podcasts (2024)

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States of Emergency: From Panic to Peace in a Chaotic Election Year 1:17:33

12h ago1:17:33

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Life is crazy! How do I attend to the reality of Christ’s presence and love? Today is a follow up episode to our podcast on “Is God Asleep in the Boat?” Brandon and Peter shift the conversation to examine 3 prayer practices that have helped them notice God’s presence and love in the midst of chaotic seasons. Each suggestion flows from the foundatio…

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Mobilizing Hope in Women’s Prison: Discovering Agency, Community, and Creative Resilience / Sarah Farmer 41:42

6d ago41:42

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How do you find hope when you can only see yourself and your future in light of your past mistakes? When you’re certain that everyone on the outside looking in is doing the same, punishing you, immobilizing you, invisibilizing you…? Seems the only way out of that spiral is the “God Who Sees.” Practical theologian Sarah Farmer joins Evan Rosa to dis…

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What Do We Think About Money And Why: A Conversation with Elise Barrett 19:28

1h ago19:28

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Executive Director Mark Ramsey speaks with Elise Erikson Barrett (ECFPL, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity) about being equipped to talk about money faithfully, the mixed blessing of multi-vocational ministry, and the importance of healthy evaluation processes.

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David Zahl, “The Deepest Breath”

2d ago

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John 15:9-17By David Zahl

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Last Chopper Out of Vietnam 58:50

5d ago58:50

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Recorded live in front of the audience at Mockingbird's annual conference in NYC, RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk quarter-life crises, parental control, dating types, and the relief of not being God. Also, Dave and RJ finally figure out who won. Click here to read The New Quarter-Life Crisis by Maggie Mertens in The Atlantic. Click here to Kathryn Jezer-M…

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Peaceable Assembly: Protests, Collective Belonging, and Refuge in a Forgotten Right / John Inazu 35:39

14d ago35:39

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Protests dominate the news. And while we’re familiar with freedom of speech, free exercise of religion, and freedom of the press—what about the freedom of assembly? The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution—also contains “the right of the people peaceably to assemble.” But what exactly does that secure? How does this foundational, but often forg…

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We Shift into Thriving and Flourishing: More with Gigi Khanyezi 19:28

5d ago19:28

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Program Staff Jennifer Maxell and Adam Mixon continue their conversation with Gigi "Dr. G" Khanyezi about community practices that create healing, the transformative power of incarnation, and what it means to create a culture that doesn't trample emotions.

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Is God Asleep in the Boat? 1:04:41

10d ago1:04:41

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Does Jesus care about us and the storms we are facing? Living in our chaotic world makes us exhausted and angry. We often find ourselves repeating the disciples’ frantic question in the middle of the storm, “[Jesus] Don’t you care that we are going to perish?” In today’s episode, Brandon and Peter unpack this story from scripture with an eye for ho…

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The Good Was Already Here: More with Karen Rohrer 19:59

12d ago19:59

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Program Director Adam Borneman speaks with the Rev. Karen Rohrer (Pittsburgh Theological Seminary) about ridding ourselves of pretension, the importance of letting go of an idealized past, and what Jonah teaches her about the ambivalence in ministry.

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Sam Bush, “In Case of Emergency”

16d ago

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John 10:11-18By Sam Bush

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Episode 258: The Greatest Bible Study of All Time 1:04:03

23d ago1:04:03

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In which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk furniture flipping, rental people, lunar eclipses, and Rwandan redemption. Also, RJ drops some serious science. Click here for more details about next week's Mbird Conference in NYC Click here to read the excerpt from Amanda Montell's new book The Age of Overthinking in Marie Claire Click here to receive Sarah Hinl…

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Collective Healing: A Conversation with Gigi Khanyezi 19:59

17d ago19:59

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Program Staff Adam Mixon and Jennifer Maxell speak with Gigi "Dr. G" Khanyezi about God has created us with the apparatus to heal, the importance of decolonizing our faith, and why community is critical in our pathway toward health.

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Desire: How Avarice and Acquisition Distort Our Longing for the Sacred / Micheal O'Siadhail 53:19

19d ago53:19

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"Having lost a sense of the sacred, the only thing we want is acquisitiveness—more of everything. How can we break this vicious cycle of avarice? It seems to me that the only way we can possibly reign this in on ourselves is some retrieval of the sense of the sacred, something beyond ourselves. And I think that relearning humility—realizing that a …

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Calvin and Hobbes and Taffy: A Conversation with Katie Nakamura Rengers and David Zahl 18:43

20d ago18:43

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We continue our series “Faith Overflowing with Hope” as Program Director Adam Borneman speaks with the Rev. Katie Nakamura Rengers (Church Planting, The Episcopal Church) and David Zahl (Mockingbird Ministries; Christ Episcopal Church, Charlottesville) about paying attention to the stories people tell, the troubling trend of isolation, and the dang…

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Sam Bush, “Getting It All Wrong (and The God Who Makes It Right)”

24d ago

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Acts 3:12-19By Sam Bush

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Truly Seen: A Conversation with Michelle Navarrete 18:35

25d ago18:35

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Pilgrimage Formation Curator Ryan Bonfiglio talks with Michelle Navarrete (Emory University, World Outspoken) about the connecting the Eucharist with embodiment, appreciating the communal power of belonging, and the importance of reading Scripture with others. This conversation is part of our ongoing series “Faith Overflowing with Hope”.…

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An evocative reading of the Psalms 1:06:10

29d ago1:06:10

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The Psalms shape us by the feelings they evoke. In today’s episode, Brandon, Matt and Peter sit down on the back porch to explore a few psalms together. We work through a few common presumptions we have about the Psalms and Brandon gives us his simple guide to reading poetry. We spend some time actually doing the process with Psalm 121 and Psalm 16…

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How to Read Flannery O'Connor / Jessica Hooten Wilson 57:08

26d ago57:08

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Flannery O’Connor is known for her short stories in which “A Good Man Is Hard to Find.” But it’s often those ugly, mean, disgusting, scandalizing, violent, weird, or downright hateful characters in Flannery O’Connor stories that become the vessels of grace delivered. So, how should we read Flannery O’Connor? Jessica Hooten Wilson (Pepperdine Univer…

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You Gotta Find Your People: A Conversation with Ayana Teter 16:34

27d ago16:34

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As part of our ongoing series "Faith Overflowing with Hope", Program Director Adam Borneman speaks with the Rev. Ayana Teter (Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Eastminster Presbyterian Church) about rooting our hope in the story of Jesus, rethinking our shared vocation, and navigating the giant labyrinth of faith.…

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Amanda McMillen, “In on the Joke”

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John 20:19-31By Amanda McMillen

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Hope Is Here! A Conversation with Luther Smith 19:58

1M ago19:58

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Our series “Faith Overflowing with Hope” continues as TMC Program Staff Mark Ramsey and Jennifer Maxell speak with Dr. Luther E. Smith (Candler School of Theology) about spiritual practices for pursuing justice, becoming the beloved community, and the wisdom of Howard Thurman.

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A World Out of Joint: Pilgrimage and the Possibilities of Homemaking / Ryan McAnnally-Linz 48:06

1M ago48:06

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This conversation is based on a free downloadable resource available at faith.yale.edu. Click here to get your copy today. “We may heed the call of Jesus to follow me and find him leading us right into the home we already have.” (Ryan McAnnally-Linz) What are the possibilities of homemaking in a world out of joint? What does it mean for Christians …

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The Beautiful Face of God: A Conversation with Bianca Howard and Ashley Diaz Mejias 17:12

1M ago17:12

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Program Director Adam Borneman speaks with the Rev. Bianca Howard (Orange), and the Rev. Ashley Diaz Mejias (Voices of Jubilee, Richmond) about their work with youth and families, seeing faith as a landscape of resistance, and the freedom that comes in seeing yourself through God's lens. This conversation is part of our ongoing series “Faith Overfl…

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Paul Walker, “Easter is a Joke”

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Mark 16By Paul Walker

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Amanda McMillen, “God Feels It Too”

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John 18:1-19:42 & Hebrews 10:16-25By Amanda McMillen

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We're Making It Way Too Complicated: A Conversation with Joe Scrivner and Andy Root 18:01

1M ago18:01

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Ministry Collaborative program staff Adam Borneman and Beth Daniel continue our series “Faith Overflowing with Hope” with the Rev. Dr. Joe Scrivner (Stillman College, Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church) and Dr. Andrew Root (Luther Seminary) about secularism's influence on worship, having our being in Christ, and the importance of clearing the way t…

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Father Ronald Rolheiser - Chastity and the Soul 1:01:05

1M ago1:01:05

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Can anyone say the word “chastity” without cringing? In this episode, Brandon interviews Father Ronald Rolheiser about his brand new book, Chastity and the Soul: You Are Holy Ground. Father Rolheiser explores chastity as, “proper respect, reverence and patience,” and unpacks it in the context of sexuality and beyond. Our conversation takes us back …

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Sam Bush, “The Nature of Grace, Made Plain By Its Absence: A Sermon For Maundy Thursday”

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Maundy Thursday 2024By Sam Bush

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You Are A Tree: Metaphor & the Poetry of Our Humanity / Joy Marie Clarkson 48:17

2M ago48:17

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Help us improve the podcast! Click here to take our listener survey—5 respondents will be randomly selected to receive a signed and personalized copy of Life Worth Living: A Guide to What Matters Most. We need the world to understand it. Human embodied experience and material life in the world has a profound effect on our thinking—not just poetry a…

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Surrendering to Something Beyond: A Conversation with Andy Root 17:19

1M ago17:19

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We continue our series "Faith Overflowing with Hope" as TMC Program Staff Beth Daniel and Amy Valdez Barker speak with Dr. Andrew Root (Luther Seminary) about resonance and alienation, the ordinary, and the utter arrogance of the idea that we should "save the church".

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Episode 257: Screwing Up Is a Good Start 1:13:37

2M ago1:13:37

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In which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk elephant mudslides, liquid death, Alzheimers, and atonement. It's an instant classic! Click here to register for the NYC Conference (April 25-27). To reserve a spot for the James Tissot exhibit, email info@mbird.com ASAP. Click here to read Sallie Tisdale's piece in The Atlantic, "Do Animals Have Fun?" Click here t…

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David Zahl, Whiplash Sunday

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Palm SundayBy David Zahl

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Hope Between Innocence and Wisdom: More with Charles Maxell and Laura Murray 16:49

2M ago16:49

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Content Curator Adam Mixon continues his conversation with the Revs. Charles Maxell (Breakthrough Fellowship, Smyrna, GA) and Laura Murray (Fuller Center for Spiritual Formation) about the encouragement of the small things, how closeness needs community, and the temptation of the "pastoral pivot". This conversation is part of our ongoing series “Fa…

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The Other Side of the Wall: A Conversation with Laura Murray and Charles Maxell 18:17

2M ago18:17

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As we continue our series "Faith Overflowing with Hope", Content Curator Adam Mixon speaks with the Revs. Laura Murray (Fuller Center for Spiritual Formation) and Charles Maxell (Breakthrough Fellowship, Smyrna, GA) about the challenge of church programming for formation, the importance of nearness - both to God and to one another, and the counter-…

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Chinese Political Theology: Protests in Blood Letters, Freedom, and Religion in China Today / Peng Yin 37:39

2M ago37:39

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Help us improve the podcast! Click here to take our listener survey—5 respondents will be randomly selected to receive a signed and personalized copy of Life Worth Living: A Guide to What Matters Most. "There were a lot of people with moral courage to resist, to protest the communist revolutions, but few of them had the spiritual resource to questi…

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Sam Bush, Staring Down the Tiger Shark

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John 12:20-33By Sam Bush

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Law and Gospel with David Zahl 1:04:13

2M ago1:04:13

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Welcome to the Signpost Inn Podcast! We're glad you're here for today's conversation with David Zahl about the book he co-authored, Law and Gospel: A Theology for Sinners (and Saints). We start with the question, "what does this phrase, 'law and gospel' mean? David then explains why this tool was so energizing for him and his team at Mockingbird. W…

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Going to Nineveh: A Conversation with Esta Jarrett and Barrett Payne 17:44

2M ago17:44

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Executive Director Mark Ramsey speaks with the Rev. Esta Jarrett (Canton Presbyterian Church, North Carolina) and the Rev. Barrett Payne (Cape Fear and Lillington Presbyterian Churches, North Carolina) about the unique gifts and challenges of rural and small churches, the personal nature of ministry in their contexts, and their joyful experience co…

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The Transforming Fire of Theological Education: Learning to See the World / Mark Jordan 52:12

2M ago52:12

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Help us improve the podcast! Click here to take our listener survey—5 respondents will be randomly selected to receive a signed and personalized copy of Life Worth Living: A Guide to What Matters Most. What are the goals of education? Are we shaping young minds or corrupting the youth? Theologian Mark Jordan joins Matt Croasmun for a conversation a…

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The Ancient Call: A Conversation with Tim Soerens 17:06

2M ago17:06

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We kick off our six week series "Faith Overflowing with Hope" with TMC Staff Adam Borneman and Adam Mixon in conversation with the Rev. Tim Soerens (The Parish Collective) about getting out of the business of projects, the meaningful lessons of failure, and the importance of living an undivided life before God.…

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Episode 256: God Is Not a Puzzle to Be Solved 56:46

2M ago56:46

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In which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk interpersonal dislikes, luxury beliefs, and Roman revenge. Also, polyamory. Click here to read the Ask Polly newsletter, "It's Not a Moral Failure to Dislike Someone" by Heather Havrilesky Click here to read Rob Henderson's op-ed in the Wall Street Journal "Luxury Beliefs That Only the Privileged Can Afford." Click…

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The Heart of Theology: Emotions, Christian Experience, & the Holy Spirit / Simeon Zahl 57:01

2M ago57:01

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Can you spare 3 minutes to take our listener survey? After the survey closes, we'll randomly select 5 respondents to receive a free, signed, and personalized copy of Life Worth Living: A Guide to What Matters Most. Click here to take the survey! Thank you for your honest feedback and support! “For theology to be worth anything, it must traffic in r…

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The Most Urgent Contribution: More with David Zahl 17:28

2M ago17:28

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Program Director Adam Borneman speaks with David Zahl (Mockingbird Ministries; Christ Episcopal Church, Charlottesville) about moving away from "Project Christianity", the hunger for a more God-directed faith, and the wisdom of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Click here for more information about Mockingbird NYC (April 25-27).…

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Emotions and the Gospel with Heidi Goehmann 57:53

2M ago57:53

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Welcome to the Signpost Inn Podcast! In today's episode, Brandon interviews Heidi Goehmann on her newest book, Emotions and the Gospel. Throughout the conversation, Heidi unpacks the good news regarding our complex emotions. We talk about what it means to process our emotions and how life wouldn't be better without emotions. Join us and explore how…

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A Voice Crying Out: Brown Church & Critical Race Theory / Robert Chao Romero 52:55

2M ago52:55

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There’s a 500-year history of social justice activism that emerged from Christianity in the Americas, and it comes to us through the Brown Church. Rev. Dr. Robert Chao Romero (Associate Professor of Latina/o Studies at UCLA) joins Evan Rosa to discuss the history of Christian racial justice efforts in the Americas, as well as a constructive and fai…

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I Keep Dancing: More with Melanie Marsh 15:33

3M ago15:33

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Ministry Collaborative program staff Amy Valdez Barker and Adam Mixon continue their conversation with the Rev. Melanie Marsh (Riviera Presbyterian , Miami) about the challenge of living into your humanity as a pastor, the importance of admitting what we don't know, and the role her grandmother played in forming her faith.…

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