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Special Guest: Jeffrey Overstreet, Author of Lost & Found in the Cathedral of Cinema and Through a Screen Darkly and The Auralia Thread series, Professor of Film and Creative Writing at Seattle Pacific University

Question of the Week: We hear that you can experience and find God in the arts. But we also hear how some mediums such as film are more about entertainment or escapism. How can we find God in movies and cinema? How can film help us grow our faith?

Lost & Found in the Cathedral of Cinema 

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Special Guest: Mihee Kim-Kort, Author of Seeing and Being Jesus in the World: How to Live God’s Radical Welcome as a Family

Question of the Week: It’s hard to be a parent. Our kids and families have so much going on, it is hard to keep track of all the activities. Amidst the busyness, how can parents find the time to engage their children about justice issues in ways that are age appropriate, but also empowering?

Seeing and Being Jesus in the World: How to Live God’s Radical Welcome as a Family

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Special Guest: Rev. Stephanie Spellers, Episcopal Priest in New York City & Author of Church Tomorrow?: What the 'Nones' and 'Dones' Teach Us About the Future of Faith 

Question of the Week: We hear a lot about denominational decline and how the "church is dying" because young people are not going to church. But the response often makes it seem like young people are the problem, instead of the church refusing to adapt to new ways of being faith communities. So, why are young people not going to church? What can our churches we learn from this?

Church Tomorrow?: What the 'Nones' and “Dones' Teach Us About the Future of Faith

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Special Guest: Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez, Author of Conversion Therapy Dropout: A Queer Story of Faith and Belonging

Question of the Week: How can progressive churches counteract the harm being perpetuated by conservative church culture around conversion therapy and disaffirmation of queer Christians?

Conversion Therapy Dropout: A Queer Story of Faith and Belonging 

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Special Guest: Ragan Sutterfield, Author of Watch and Wonder: Birding as a Spiritual Practice

Question of the Week: We’ve heard the phrase “finding God in nature.” What are ways that we can connect with God and grow our spirituality that are unique to bird watching?

Watch and Wonder: Birding as a Spiritual Practice

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Special Guest: Kristin T. Lee, Author of We Mend with Gold: An Immigrant Daughter's Reckoning with American Christianity

Question of the Week: Immigrant families may (understandably) focus on “fitting in” with the culture, values, or expectations of the country they move to. But what is lost in the process of trying to fit in and “make it” with the new culture in terms of faith and identity?

We Mend with Gold: An Immigrant Daughter's Reckoning with American Christianity

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Special Guest: John Ghazvinian, Author, Historian and Former journalist

Question of the Week: Considering the recent attacks on Iran by the US and Israel, so much misunderstanding and misinformation is flooding our news and social media feeds. How are we to understand what exactly is happening and what is the historical context that surrounds this devastating event? And how are people of faith to respond?

America and Iran: A History, 1720 to the Present

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Special Guest: John Lewis, Author of Discernment in the Early Church and Today: Reclaiming Paul's Vision for Formation and Community Building

Question of the Week: Today’s world and church seem very polarized. But this is not the first time there have been disagreements, tensions, and distrust in our faith communities. What can we learn from early Christian communities and how they overcame barriers and polarization to become a more unified, cohesive community?

Discernment in the Early Church and Today: Reclaiming Paul's Vision for Formation and Community Building

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Special Guest: John Wrory Ficklin, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs & Author of An Unusual Path: Three Generations From Slavery to the White House

Question of the Week: Your book chronicles your family’s history which includes slavery as well as serving in the White House across multiple generations in different capacities such as ranging from the White House butler to Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. What role did faith play in your family’s story?

An Unusual Path: Three Generations From Slavery to the White House

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Shelby Forsythia, Author of Of Course I’m Here Right Now: Three Actually Helpful Things to Say to Someone Grieving  | What does it mean to really sit alongside someone in grief and mourning? When talking with someone who is grieving, we hear that people worry about saying the “wrong” thing. Others speak too quickly and fall back on language referencing God or the Bible that could actually be more hurtful than helpful. How do we navigate these dynamics to best support each other? | Of Course I’m Here Right Now: Three Actually Helpful Things to Say to Someone Grieving

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