Faith and I discuss her time as an intern for our coffee slurping, mutual friend, and former guest Jason Burson, why she considers herself a jaded Christian, and her foster dogs.

Sue and I discuss what inspired her to start an alternative faith communities and her forthcoming book about spiritual "Nones" and "Dones".

Pastor Mike and I discuss what it historically means to pastor and the reasoning behind his provocative social media statement "Your megachurch pastor doesn't care about you".

In a world of narcissistic clergy, there's something unexpected that seems to hinder accountability...the calling.

Molly and I talk about her apprehensions about but ultimately falling in love with pastoring. We also discuss in an age of the celebrity pastor, what does it look like to really pastor?

Jason and I continue our conversation about his time in Christian revivalism and his time working as a youth pastor in a toxic church environment.

Jason and I discuss his time in punk bands, Christian revivalism of the early 2000's, and his time as a youth pastor working in a toxic church environment.

Dr. Evans and I discuss her work with Southern Baptist Convention task force for handling sexual abuse, sexual and spiritual abuse in the church, and how churches and leadership should respond.

Sean and I discuss growing up with the high expectations of going in to ministry and ending up being a counselor and professor. Sean also shares with us the challenges and pain of attending a conservative church while ministering to and with people often are unwelcome in and traumatized by these very churches.

Caleb and I discuss his time growing up in conservative evangelicalism and his deconstruction while attending a Jewish seminary.