Join me as I discuss the book God After Deconstruction with co-author Dr. Thomas Jay OordDeconstruction is hard!Bad views of God and harmful experiences lead many of us to deconstruct. But we’re right to run from the nonsense we’ve been taught and from those who hurt us.God After Deconstruction will not be welcomed by traditionalists. It’s not a book for people who want the status quo or who think conventional theology works. It isn’t for people who just want to tweak a bit what they’ve been taught.Thomas Jay Oord and Tripp Fuller offer an open and relational vision of God. This vision makes sense; it fits our experience; it’s livable. The open and relational view aligns with our deep intuitions about love and freedom.God After Deconstruction is for those deconstructing and those wanting help after deconstruction. It’s for people in the fire and those with scars.God After Deconstruction is an adventure for lovers in tumultuous times!

https://thomasjayoord.com/https://c4ort.com/https://www.northwindseminary.org

Join Caleb Haynes and I as we discuss the importance of creation care and ways we can work within creation for a better world.

Join me and Nick Polk as we discuss pop culture and discipleship.

Rev. Shaun Stevenson and I discuss the theology of children, how children model discipleship, and a few hot takes on Kids Ministry.Rev. Shaun Stevenson is the Pastor to Kids at Gallatin First Church of the Nazarene and is an ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene. He is also the MidSouth District Children's Director and has been a pastor to kids and children's ministry professional for two decades. Shaun has a Bachelor of Arts in Bible & Theology as well as a Master of Divinity degree with a Biblical Studies emphasis from Portland Seminary. Shaun and his wife Sarah co-host The KidMin Creatives podcast and co-wrote Redefining the KidMin Wins, a book on Children's Ministry and Theology. In his free time, Shaun is a big fan of coffee, escape rooms, retro books and video games, and thrift stores. Find out more about Shaun at: thekidmincreatives.com.

Join me in conversation with Rev. Dr. Thomas Jay Oord as we talk about his book The Death of Omnipotence and Birth of Amipotence

Where to find Tom:

https://thomasjayoord.com https://c4ort.com

My review of The Death of Omnipotence: https://open.substack.com/pub/parsonbrown/p/the-death-of-omnipotence-a-book-review?r=2m2un&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Join me as I have a conversation with Dr. J Aaron Simmons about his new book, Camping With Kierkegaard: Faithfulness as a Way of Life. We'll talk about a definition of faith and how we look at what is worthy of our finitude. We even look at how 90's Hip Hop and Kierkegaard can intersect.

J. Aaron Simmons was born near the Hiwassee River in Tennessee, grew up near the beaches of Florida, and now lives near the Carolina mountains. Simmons paid his way through college by working construction and playing drums professionally. He is now a professor of philosophy at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina and specializes in philosophy of religion, existentialism, and phenomenology. Having published widely, Simmons is the author or editor of numerous books including God and the Other (Indiana University Press), The New Phenomenology (Bloomsbury), Christian Philosophy (Oxford University Press), Kierkegaard’s God and the Good Life (Indiana University Press), and Re-Examining Deconstruction and Determinate Religion (Duquesne University Press), among others. An award-winning teacher, Simmons’s essays have appeared in some of the most distinguished journals in philosophy and religious studies, and he is a widely sought-after public speaker. Simmons is the former President of the Søren Kierkegaard Society (USA), the former President of the South Carolina Society for Philosophy, sits on the Executive Board of the Society for Continental Philosophy and Theology, and has held other professional positions with the Society of Christian Philosophers and The American Academy of Religion. Simmons is actively engaged in public philosophy on his influential YouTube channel, “Philosophy for Where We Find Ourselves,” and he has been interviewed for numerous podcasts. An avid mountain biker and trout fisherman, Simmons thinks philosophy is always relevant to life. He has been married to his wife, Vanessa for 22 years and they have a thirteen-year-old son, Atticus, who loves parkour and skateboarding. His new broad audience book, Camping with Kierkegaard: Faithfulness as a Way of Life (Wisdom/Work), seeks to bring existential philosophy together with a life of meaning (especially in the outdoors). You can connect with him at J Aaron Simmons Website

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Join us as we have a fun conversation with Dr. Tim Gaines about Moral Improvisation within Christian Ethics.

Joining myself and Dr. Gaines are Pastors Duane Harris and Terry Hedges

https://www.timothyrgaines.com/publications

My review of Dr. Gaines' Christian Ethics:

https://blog.parsonbrown.page/p/christian-ethics-a-book-review

Join myself, Duane Harris, and Terry Hedges as we talk with Nick Polk about spirituality and myth in Tolkien and how that can inform our own stories and faith. Recorded during a live panel discussion.Hopefully the podcast will become more regular, but here is a taste of the kind of conversations we will have. Looking forward to more to come.

An Introduction to Open and Relational Theology



Thomas Jay Oord:

https://thomasjayoord.com

https://www.twitter.com/thomasjayoord

https://www.facebook.com/thomas.oord

Panel:

Duane Harris

Randy Kinder

Billy Meikrantz

Parson Brown

https://blog.parsonbrown.page

https://www.twitter.com/cansas