space for faith with mike goldsworthy

Dave Davis joins us on the podcast today. We talk about the experience of your faith shifting while you’re on church staff, about changing metrics in the church, and some thoughts for those of you in ministry who are considering vocational shifts. 

Dave Davis has been coaching leaders, leading organizations and bringing clarity to the confused for more than 30 years. He been an Executive Pastor, Lead Pastor, Chief Operating Officer and Consultant through a long carrier in ministry, corporate and Not For Profit spaces.

Here is info on the Telos Peacemaking Cohort 

The Telos Group

Find Dave Davis

The Ashland Group

Email Dave

Jonathan Foster and I talk about René Girard’s mimetic theory and scapegoating, how God operates with consent and love as non-scapegoating, non-violent, non-binary. 

Check out Jonathan’s new book, Theology of Consent

And find him on the internets here

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Peter Choi's talk from the Post Evangelical Collective 2022 in Denver, CO. Jonathan Merritt closes out our time together with Eucharist

Eric Wilson's spoken word and David Gushee's talk at the 2022 Post Evangelical Collective in Denver, CO

Gail Song Bantum's opening talk at the 2022 Post Evangelical Collective in Denver, CO

Peter Choi is Director of the Center for Faith and Justice, Associate Professor of American Christianity, and a member of the Core Doctoral Faculty at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. He spends some time talking to us about the way evangelicalism is understood and defined, the dynamism of our faith, and the way we engage the Scriptures and a faith that is always reforming. 

Find the Center for Faith and Justice HERE, on Instagram and on Facebook

And find Peter at this year's Post Evangelical Collective in Denver

On today’s episode, we’re joined by Kan’Dace Brock & Zach Lambert who talk with us about the ethos of the churches that they’ve each been a part of planting, the ways that people use money to try and control outcomes with Christian institutions, a vision for a seminary that is multi and inter-denominational as well as scholarly and practical, and how they are both involved in critiquing the old by creating the new. 

Go HERE for more information about Fletcher Seminary

Find Kan’Dace’s church, The Message HERE

Find Zach’s church, Restore Austin HERE

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Find more info about the Post Evangelical Collective and Logos Software HERE

Mallory Wyckoff joins us on the podcast today. Mallory is a teacher, preacher, writer, and spiritual director. She serves as key relationships officer with Preemptive Love, a global community of peacemakers working to end war and stop the spread of violence. Having completed her dissertation on the impact of sexual trauma on survivors’ theological perception and spiritual formation, Mallory has a DMin from Lipscomb University in missional and spiritual formation. In all her work, Mallory is a trusted voice for people seeking to navigate their spirituality with curiosity, honesty, and courage. A native Floridian, she lives with her husband and their daughters, Olive and Ivy.

Order Mallory's new book, God Is HERE

I start the podcast talking about 5 markers that we're identifying for post-evangelical churches. If you identify as belonging in that space, I'd love to hear your feedback on those 5. 

If you want to skip straight to the interview, it begins around 8:00