This week Danny is very noisy as he attempts to drive and talk at the same time. We talk about our plans for the coming Holy Week, from Palm/Passion Sunday to Maundy Thursday with the conversation about Good Friday and the initial Easter discussion coming next week. We talk about the use of palms and the act of footwashing versus handwashing. What are your thoughts? Should we use palms or maybe consider something else? Should we exclusively wash feet or can we wash hands and get away with it?

This week we talk about worship, about our process for designing it, especially the choosing of the music. We make some comments about hymns and about singing and come to the generalization that it seems as though most, if not all pastors, sing- or try to sing.

Do you find this to be true? Are you a pastor who enjoys singing or at least makes an effort to, or do you try your hardest to avoid singing?

This week we welcome aother Wesley seminary alumni, Nelson Cowan to speak with us about his role in defining Wesleyan hymns in the modern church age. We talk about different resources that we didn't know we had access to as pastors and we talk a bit about the hymns we like and the songs we don't. 

What are some of your favorite hymns? Leave a comment below.

CCLI Top 100

CCLI Top 100 Browser

This episode we fall to the temptation of following the fluffy squirrel, we mainly focus on Lent and our own practices (or lack thereof) and proceed to talk about other issues such as gendered language in relation to God. We also remember why it’s good to have four members when Jeff is called away on important business.

This week we're extra excited to announce the addition of a new member to the C,I family. Our fellow Wesley alumni Ashley comes to us from the Virginia Conference. We talk a bit about ageism and sexism in the church and how God is moving through it.

A stranger has appeared on the show, who is this person? Tune in next week for more details. This week we talk about Ash Wednesday, discussing the different ways churches are sharing the ashes with others. We talk a bit about glitter ashes and ashes to go too.

In this episode we discuss the role of politics in the church and our response as pastors. Admittedly politics are a difficult line to walk, and yet it's something we all acknowledge in some way. Join us as we discuss how we encounter it, how we think the church should encounter it, and how our churches are actually encountering it.

This week in our final episode of the media series we've been in we share our closing thoughts on the last month of episodes. We talk about what we've learned and how we feel now after hearing the different voices we've invited on the show. We also talk a bit about Christian music and make plans for some future episodes. Danny is driving and Corey and Jeff attempt to peer pressure him into asking a drivethrough worker's opinion. 

The Wesley Sermon

Top 100 Wesleyan Songs

This week we're excited to be hosting the first podcast interview with Charlie Baber, the author of the webcomic series, Wesley Bros. We talk about his inspiration, his source, and his hopes for what the Church can look like and what the future of Christian media might become. As usual Corey gets convicted, spot if you can find where. 

Have a suggestion for someone you'd like us to talk to? Leave us a comment and we'll see if we can get something set up. 

Wesley Bros

We're excited to be joined this week by Amy and Ryan Green the creators and family behind the experiential game- That Dragon, Cancer. 

The Green's share with us their experience of their son's battle with cancer and their experiences of grace, love, and peace following his death. The interview provides us with a much needed counter to our previous' episode's negative view of Christian media as a whole and we are given a glimpse of what Christian media could be. 

The music throughout the episode comes from the official soundtrack from the game and as we say in the podcast we highly recommend the game to anyone interested in a quality interactive experience.

That Dragon, Cancer

The Wired article

Thank You for Playing documentary