Talking Theology With a Friend

The Heavenly Banquet

In this episode Chad Rhodes and Charlotte Elia discuss their approach to engaging each other in theological conversation and offer some tips and encouragement for listeners hoping to find their own "soul friends."

Charlotte: Regardless of where either one of us might go in a conversation there’s a presupposition that I’m trying to come from a place of faith seeking understanding, that it’s not a completely abstract exercise, but that there’s a… um...

Chad: Well, there’s a certain amount of trust between us that we can discuss something. We can be crazy too. I mean, if you come to me with some wild idea—

Charlotte: And I have, and it’s been recorded, and it’s been published.

Chad: I’m not going to assume that you’re not coming to it from a sincere place, even if it is wild, that you’ve been exploring this idea, and you’re like, “Hey, I’d like to talk about this.” So from the get-go, I’m going to treat it as something worth exploring even if we both end up saying, “Well, this is ridiculous.”