Today we are chatting with Lutheran pastor Steve Thomason, who also happens to be an artist. Steve loves to draw and paint and it has been his passion since he was a child. He is the author and artist behind the cartoonist guide to the Bible. Steve is on a mission to use his art to tell the story of faith. “It is my mission to use art to create resources that help people grow deeper in God's love,” he says on his website. In the episode, we talk about how he became an artist, how he became a pastor and how the two passions intersect.website: enroutepodcast.orgLeave a Review: https://ratethispodcast.com/churchandmainYouTube: https://bit.ly/enrouteytShow Notes:A Cartoonist’s Guide to the Bible websiteSteve’s websiteSupport the Show! https://pod.fan/en-route-journeys-in-faith-and-modern-life Get full access to Church and Main at churchandmain.substack.com/subscribe

Dennis shares this episode on two women 30 years ago searching for common ground.Full Episode and Show Notes  Get full access to Church and Main at churchandmain.substack.com/subscribe

One of the best takes on Mainline Protestantism are recent converts to Mainline Protestantism from evangelical backgrounds. They are able to see things about that church that people on the inside can’t see. Today, we are talking to Loren Richmond, Jr. a pastor in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) which is my denomination. A few months back he wrote an article on his substack called “Yoyos and Mainline churches.” We use a little physics to talk about how churches respond to members and how they reach out beyond the church.website: enroutepodcast.orgLeave a Review: https://ratethispodcast.com/churchandmainYouTube: https://bit.ly/enrouteytShow Notes:Yoyos and Mainline Churches by Loren Richmond Jr.Future Christian Podcast - Loren's Podcast Support the Show! https://pod.fan/en-route-journeys-in-faith-and-modern-life Get full access to Church and Main at churchandmain.substack.com/subscribe

On the one-year anniversary of the January 6 Insurrection at the US Capitol, Dennis reflects on the day and the American future in three acts.website: enroutepodcast.orgLeave a Review: https://ratethispodcast.com/churchandmainYouTube: https://bit.ly/enrouteytShow Notes:Year in Review Episode with Andrew Donaldson Support the Show! Get full access to Church and Main at churchandmain.substack.com/subscribe

Geoffrey Kabaservice talks about J. Irwin Miller and the loss of Mainline Protestantism and Moderate Republicanism.Full Episode and Show NotesSupport the Show!  Get full access to Church and Main at churchandmain.substack.com/subscribe

En Route: Excursions is an experimental microcast that features snippets of longer conversations. This is one is with Drew McIntryre on Black Lives Matter.Do Black Lives Matter to Jesus?Full Episode and Show NotesSupport the Show! Get full access to Church and Main at churchandmain.substack.com/subscribe

Sears and Kmart were once leaders in retail. Now they are nearly defunct. What happened? Retail journalist Warren Shoulberg tells us why.Full Episode and Show NotesEn Route: Excursions is an experimental microcast that features snippets of longer conversations.Support the Show!  Get full access to Church and Main at churchandmain.substack.com/subscribe

This time last year, everyone hoped 2021 a better year than 2020. It didn't really work out that way. We talk to Andrew Donaldson, editor of Ordinary Times and host of the Heard Tell Podcast about the year in review in politics and religion. From January Sixth to COVID; from President Biden to former President Trump, 2021 was not a quiet year.website: enroutepodcast.orgLeave a Review: https://ratethispodcast.com/churchandmainYouTube: https://bit.ly/enrouteytShow Notes:Heard Tell Podcast on Twitter Andrew's Take on the failure of Build Back Better Support the Show!  Get full access to Church and Main at churchandmain.substack.com/subscribe

In this final solo episode for 2021, Dennis tries to the best of his abilities to explain why he is obsessed with the downfall of Sears. He then moves on to why he is obsessed with telling seldom-heard stories and the download stats of the podcast. He wraps it up by talking about his obsession with the old Frum Forum website (run by David Frum) and why it's needed today.website: enroutepodcast.orgLeave a Review: https://ratethispodcast.com/churchandmainYouTube: https://bit.ly/enrouteytShow Notes:What Really Happened to SearsHedge-Fund Ownership Cost Sears Workers Their Jobs. Now They’re Fighting Back.Before the Bulwark, there was Frum Forum.Support the Show!  Get full access to Church and Main at churchandmain.substack.com/subscribe

Dennis obsesses on Sears, podcast downloads, and David Frum.