The Cartographers

Ashley Hales and Jake Meador talk about what Christians offer the world in this moment in time. A practical and thoughtful conversation on Christian community, imagination, and care for our environment and families -- don't miss it.

LINKS + RESOURCES

Jake's newest book, What Are Christians For?

Jake's first book, In Search of the Common Good

Episode 35 where we talked about loneliness and the common good

Ashley's newest book, A Spacious Life

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Ashley and Hans Boersma talk about the whole point of life — moving toward union with God and what the blessed life looks like now. This conversation may help you tap into the transcendent life in your ordinary one.

LINKS

Hans Boersma’s book, Seeing God

Hans’ website: https://www.hansboersma.org/

Ashley’s more recent book, A Spacious Life

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Ashley is joined by Mark Noll, Christian historian, as they talk about the word "evangelical," if it could and should be saved, and what to do about the intellectual project for Christians.

LINKS + WORKS MENTIONED

Books by Mark:

Mark's updated classic, The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind

History of Christianity in American and Canada

America’s book (out in May)

Others mentioned:

Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Sojourner Truth, Narrative of Sojourne, Tr Truth

Harriet Tubman, The Road to Freedom

Biologos

Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory

Ashley's most recent book: A Spacious Life

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Ashley and Anjuli talk about staying awake rather than numbing, hiding, or sidestepping life. We talk about conflict, faith, and how to move forward. A helpful, practical conversation especially if you feel unmoored in the last several years.

LINKS

Follow Anjuli on Instagram

Anjuli's second book, Awake

Anjuli's first book, Stay

Ashley's most recent book, A Spacious Life

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Ashley talks with Susan Mettes about the loneliness epidemic, the research that informs this challenge, what needs to change in the church, and how to move forward.

LINKS

Susan's book, The Loneliness Epidemic

Follow Susan on Twitter

Get your Holy Week at Home Bundle for just $5 here. It includes a workbook to help you process your joys and losses with Jesus, as well as recipes for sourdough and tomb cookies. You'll also get Walking at a Human Pace audio prayer devotionals for Holy Week. 

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Often going back to go forward looks like naming depression or anxiety and finding a path through. In this conversation with Diana Gruver, she and Ashley talk about mental health and where we find companions in darkness in the church through time.

LINKS

Diana's book, Companions in the Darkness

Follow Diana on Twitter

Ashley's book, A Spacious Life

Get your Holy Week at Home Bundle for just $5 here. It includes a workbook to help you process your joys and losses with Jesus, as well as recipes for sourdough and tomb cookies. You'll also get Walking at a Human Pace audio prayer devotionals for Holy Week. 

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What do we do with fear, polarization, and the call to love not just our neighbors, but also our enemies? Catherine McNiel and I talk about this radical and inviting call with her book, Fearing Bravely.

LINKS

Catherine's book, Fearing Bravely

Follow Catherine on Twitter

Catherine's other books, All Shall Be Well and Long Days of Small Things

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What does it mean to go back to go forward? In this series, we're talking about how as we move backward -- in history, in place, in our lives -- we'll begin to grow and be transformed spiritually.

Kicking us off is Kevin Adams. We talk about baptism and how being part of "the baptized" changes everything. Listen in to hear how Kevin Adams learned and grew as he surveyed a wide variety of believers and how baptism changes how we live now .

LINKS

Living Under Water

Kevin’s church, Granite Springs Church

Everett Ferguson’s book Kevin mentioned, Baptism in the Early Church

It's the last few days to get "Walking at a Human Pace," a 40-day walking devotional to settle your heart as we move towards Easter. It's available in my shop.

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In this conversation, Ashley talks with Elizabeth Santelmann about limits in our lives: from our past, in our parenting, and online. It's a great conversation on character, wisdom, and not doing it all.

LINKS

Follow Elizabeth on Instagram @sunshineinmynest

Elizabeth's website: https://sunshineinmynest.com/

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How does fiction help us live as people of faith? When we read a novel, how might we grow? In this episode, Jessica Hooten Wilson and I talk about holiness in fiction and how reading forms us.

LINKS

Jessica's book, The Scandal of Holiness:

Follow Jessica on Twitter

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