New York Times no. 1 best-selling author Reza Aslan, a Sufi Muslim, talks about his journey of faith to Christianity and back again, and how we tend to create God in our own image instead of the other way around. I think any believer will enjoy this discussion with an author who has done a lot of thinking and research world-wide on the subject of faith in God.

Is faith different from religion? And are we hard-wired to believe?

(We're grateful to Lindsay Hansen Park and the Sunstone Foundation for allowing this interview with Reza Aslan while he was in town as their featured speaker at the 2019 Sunstone Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. Thanks also to the Smith-Petit Foundation for a grant which sponsored his opening address for the conference. Click here to find Sunstone online.

Click Here for a link to audio of Reza's address "God: a Human History" at the Sunstone Conference.)

Dr. Reza Aslan

Bob Greiner serves as a Deacon at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Boston, and works as an administrator at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, where he spoke with me about his faith journey through several denominations, on receiving his call to ministry at an age when most people are retired, and how he feels connected to God through service.

 Originally aired 5/19/2019

(Photos: Top, Deacon Bob Greiner. Bottom, Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston, Massachusetts, where the interview took place.)

Deacon Bob Greiner

Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston, MA.

Bob Greiner serves as a Deacon at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Boston, and works as an administrator at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, where he spoke with me about his faith journey through several denominations, on receiving his call to ministry at an age when most people are retired, and how he feels connected to God through service.

 Originally aired 5/19/2019

(Photos: Top, Deacon Bob Greiner. Bottom, Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston, Massachusetts, where the interview took place.)

Ala'a Asarhan and Rasha Qudisat are a Jordanian couple committed to God, to each other and their children, and to education. You'll hear about Ramadan and fasting, why questioning is good, and patience to trust God's will.

(Originally aired on Sunday, December 10, 2017)

Ala'a Asarhan & Rasha Qudisat

Ala'a Asarhan and Rasha Qudisat are a Jordanian couple committed to God, to each other and their children, and to education. You'll hear about Ramadan and fasting, why questioning is good, and patience to trust God's will.

(Originally aired on Sunday, December 10, 2017)

Today on In Good Faith, Jeff Olsen shares insights from his near-death experience after a terrible car accident, and on-going inspiration from 'the other side,' thereafter.(Originally aired May 17, 2020)Link to Jeff's book, "Knowing," mentioned in the episode:Knowing, by Jeffery C. Olsen

House Church, with Pastor Logan Wolf

Been holding your own "church" services in your house lately, like much of the world? That's actually not far from how worship was done in the early Christian world.

Today Pastor Logan Wolf shares his congregation's experience in the last year of moving from traditional church worship in chapels and church buildings, to being part of the "house church" movement.

Pastor Logan Wolf and his family

House Church, with Pastor Logan WolfBeen holding your own "church" services in your house lately, like much of the world? That's actually not far from how worship was done in the early Christian world.

Today Pastor Logan Wolf shares his congregation's experience in the last year of moving from traditional church worship in chapels and church buildings, to being part of the "house church" movement.

Dr. Laurie L. Patton, President of Middlebury College, talks about why interfaith relations even matter and perhaps more importantly, HOW they can work.

She's a poet and writer with a warm, personal style you'll enjoy as she recounts her journey from Unitarianism to learning Sanskrit and going on pilgrimage in India, to finding her home in Judaism.(First aired Sunday, March 29, 2020)

Jamie Smith is a thinker, but that doesn’t mean he’s not willing to accept things he doesn’t completely understand. Especially when a personal conversion experience tells him there is a God who is willing to be present with us. In this interview you’ll wrestle a bit with faith and reason, about the way community can be an anchor, and choose the three pieces of art you’d take to your monastery room forever…

Dr. James K. A. Smith is from Calvin University. (Special thanks to the Wheatley Institution for arranging this interview. Find them at http://wheatley.byu.edu)

(Originally broadcast February 5, 2020)