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Iain McGilchrist describes the right hemisphere as “prophetic.” Mike Metzger’s voice has often been described as prophetic. Prophets are not weirdos. They instead have a wide-angle lens. They see more... more
FAQs about Morning Mike Check:How many episodes does Morning Mike Check have?The podcast currently has 128 episodes available.
January 22, 2024Episode 123: Book Notes – Companions of Life – What We Must UnlearnOur summary comes from an interview with Philip Jenkins in 2007 titled, “Companions of Life: What Must We learn, and Unlearn?” in Books and Culture (March/April 2007, Volume 13, No. 2, 18-20)....more26minPlay
January 15, 2024Episode 122: On Being CertainRobert M. Burton, On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You’re Not (St. Martin’s Griffin, 2008)...more35minPlay
December 18, 2023Episode 121: Book Notes – Bad ReligionToday’s conversation is centered around Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics by Ross Douthat....more34minPlay
December 11, 2023Episode 120: Book Notes – Back of the NapkinToday’s conversation is centered around The Back of the Napkin (Expanded Edition): Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures by Dan Roam...more28minPlay
November 13, 2023Episode 119: Three Frames of Church HistoryLast week Mike mentioned that Christians think about church history primarily in three frames. In this week’s conversation, we discuss what those frames are and how they inform much of what Christians believe we ought to strive for in “reviving” the church....more45minPlay
November 06, 2023Episode 118: Book Notes – Don’t Think of an ElephantToday’s Notes come from Don’t Think of an Elephant!: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate–The Essential Guide for Progressives Paperback – September 1, 2004 by George Lakoff...more42minPlay
October 16, 2023Episode 117: Book Notes – Triumph of the TherapeuticMike and I are spending some time going through several books and bringing this content to the listener. These are books many probably won’t read but have value in understanding the times....more42minPlay
September 04, 2023Episode 116: TensionsMike and I continue down the rabbit whole of attention, but from a different angle in this conversation. We actually start out discussing tensions and end up overlapping with our last conversation about attention. Tensions are helpful in pulling us beyond ourselves and what we pay attention to, has a certain effect on us....more39minPlay
August 21, 2023Episode 115: Selective AttentionToday’s conversation is a great doorway into a deep rabbit hole. While Mike and I discuss a recent news article, the conversation touches on many of the ideas Mike has been writing about for years. In this conversation we talk about why it’s important to pay attention and be selective about what we pay attention to....more33minPlay
July 31, 2023Episode 114: Building CommunityContinuing the train of thought on the path forward, this conversation ventures into the notion of building community and how to do it as we begin to understand the times we are in....more41minPlay
FAQs about Morning Mike Check:How many episodes does Morning Mike Check have?The podcast currently has 128 episodes available.