Shades Midweek

We continue our Meet a Member series this week with SVCC member Jules Thompson!

JM's Album Of The Week: The Mars Volta - Lucro sucio; Los ojos del vacio

Bradford's Book Club: Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout by Cal Newport

We had to audible this week and record a last minute emergency pod after JM had some car issues! Brad and JM discuss Holy Week, Easter Sunday at SVCC, upcoming events at Shades and more!

JM's Album Of The Week: John Mark McMillan - Cosmic Supreme

Bradford's Book Club: The Art of Disagreeing: How To Keep Calm and Stay Friends in Hard Conversations by Gavin Ortlund

This week is Holy Week and with Easter upon us, Jonathan walks us through some resurrection apologetics!

JM's Album Of The Week: Bon Iver: SABLE, fABLE

Bradford's Book Club (Jonathan's Pick): 100 Runs of a Lifetime: The World's Ultimate Races and Trails

On our latest episode of Shades Cinema we discuss the 2025 Netflix documentary film Don't Die and how that juxtaposes with the book of Ecclesiastes.

JM's Album Of The Week: My Morning Jacket - is

Bradford's Book Club: End of the Christian Life by J. Todd Billings

This week we started a new ongoing series called "Meet a Pastor". This week we interviewed Chris Culver from Birmingham Community Church in Bluff Park!

JM's Album Of The Week: Great Grandpa - Patience, Moonbeam

Bradford's Book Club (Chris' Pick): Being Human: Bodies, Minds, Persons by Rowan Williams

This week we sat down for a meet a member interview with SVCC member Millie Hogan!

JM's Album Of The Week: Jeremy Moore - Deepest Valleys/Come Now My Soul (Singles)

Bradford's Book Club (Millie's Pick): Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis

We continue our Meet a Member series this week by sitting down for a conversation with Nicholas Coker! You can check out his work at https://www.nicholascoker.com/

JM's Album Of The Week (Nicholas' Pick): Disasterpeace - FEZ (Original Game Soundtrack)

Bradford's Book Club (Nicholas' Picks): Good and Angry: Redeeming Anger, Irritation, Complaining, and Bitterness by David Powlison, Redwall by Brian Jaques

This week we revisit a sermon from 2019 preached by Dr. Mark Gignilliat titled The End of Wisdom: Ecclesiastes and Life Under the Sun!

JM's Album Of The Week: Brian Eno & Peter Chilvers - Bloom: Living World - Single

Bradford's Book Club (JM's Pick): Useless Beauty: Ecclesiastes Through The Lens Of Contemporary Film by Robert K. Johnston

This week we sat down for a conversation with a very special guest named Paul White. Paul shares his incredible testimony of finding Jesus while serving time in prison. You do not want to miss this episode!

JM's Album Of The Week: Johnny Cash - American IV: When The Man Comes Around

Bradford's Book Club: Born Again by Charles W. Colson

We recently began a series on the book of Ecclesiastes called "Smoke And Mirrors" so we thought what better time than now to do a deep dive on this piece of Old Testament wisdom literature! We also take a trip down to the email corridor!

JM's Album Of The Week: Sigur Ros - Takk

Bradford's Book Club: What It Means To Be Protestant: The Case for an Always-Reforming Church by Gavin Ortlund