FAQs about Jesus-Shalom:How many episodes does Jesus-Shalom have?The podcast currently has 53 episodes available.
February 25, 2022Conversation with Isabel on ScriptureThe second part of my recent, ongoing conversation with Isabel, a fellow spiritual seeker, with an ambivalent relationship with the catholic Christianity she grew up with. We focus in on questions of truth and narrative, doubt and testimony, with regard to the “sacred writings” that possibly inform faith, in this case the “scriptures” that Christians […]...more49minPlay
February 12, 2022Conversation with Isabel on booksThere are different ways people undergo faith journeys or spiritual seeking. One way–a way shared between Isabel and I–is by reading books and listening to podcasts. If you are the same–or if you are just curious about interesting things to read and hear–check out my ongoing conversation with her, which we return to after a […]...more27minPlay
January 03, 2022Scripture, Animism, TheologyWe return for more conversation with Mari Joerstad, scholar of the Hebrew Bible, who reads the Old Testament through the lens of an indigenous, animist worldview. This reading creates a space for some fresh theological reflection on whether God might be understood as material (not “spiritual”), as person-like-a-river, rather than (or alongside) a person-like-a-human. It […]...more55minPlay
December 06, 2021Matty’s faith journey, a continuing conversationIn our latest episode of “Jesus-Shalom” I return to my conversation with Matty, which we began several episodes ago. If you love books, second-hand book stores, and book shelves–in other words, if you share in our spiritually complicated bibliophilia–stay tuned after the credits. Prior to that, however, we discuss a theology of place, locality, and […]...more1h 29minPlay
October 26, 2021Persons, “impersonal” nature, and the Hebrew bibleThe bible speaks of the sky rejoicing, the earth being glad, and the trees clapping their hands. Mari Joerstad, a scholar of the Hebrew Bible, thinks that the best way to understand these texts is that the sky, earth, and trees are presumed, in these texts, to be persons–other-than-human persons. And she offers this reading […]...more1h 7minPlay
October 10, 2021Shalom activist Ali Phelps on co-housingIn our most recent podcast episode I have a conversation with Ali Phelps, whose shalom-activism takes form in commitment to a particular geography–and church within in–along with co-housing as a way to inhabit that geography. We also hear a bit about Ali’s faith journey, including her encounter with Anabaptism–through the work of Ellie and Alan […]...more1h 1minPlay
September 21, 2021Rob Walkers mysticism–a faith journey conversationJesus-shalom is a descendent of Workshop, a year-long programme of applied theology for everyday people that my podcast partner, Noel Moules, ran for nearly 30 years. And one of the wonderful elements of stepping into this history and legacy is the opportunity to meet fellow travelers, other spiritual seekers, who have been shaped by the […]...more1h 5minPlay
August 15, 2021Church interrupted…part 3This is the third and final part of my conversation with Ruth Harley and Al Barrett, Anglican vicars, and authors of the book “Being Interrupted: Re-imagining the church’s mission from the outside, in.” In our conversation we explore how we might think of the church–its life and rhythms, structures and forms–differently in light of a […]...more55minPlay
August 09, 2021Church interrupted…part 2In our latest episode I continue my conversation on “receptivity to interruption” with Ruth Harley and Al Barrett, authors of a book on church in mission that explores this topic. We begin with ways to read and engage the Bible that encourages this spiritual approach, before turning to tactics (not strategies) for such active receptivity, […]...more38minPlay
July 18, 2021Church interrupted…part 1In our latest Jesus-shalom podcast episode, we begin a conversation about re-imagining the church’s–and the Christian’s–fundamental posture in the world, in a conversation with Ruth Harley and Al Barrett, Anglican vicars in Birmingham, and authors of a new book entitled “Being interrupted: Re-imagining the Church’s Mission from the Outside, In”. This is a great book, […]...more39minPlay
FAQs about Jesus-Shalom:How many episodes does Jesus-Shalom have?The podcast currently has 53 episodes available.