This episode examines a censored detail in Luke’s story of Lazarus and the rich man — the original Greek term kolpon, often translated as "bosom," which evokes male intimacy, nurture, and vulnerability — and explores how gender norms, translation choices, and cultural expectations shape who we are allowed to be.

The conversation expands into personal stories and audience reflections about gender as a social construct, how binaries limit everyone (including men), and how younger generations practice a more inclusive "and" thinking. The episode closes with a benediction inviting listeners toward love, justice, and humility.

In this episode we talk about navigating tense holiday gatherings with conservative family and friends, exploring recent brain research (Ohio State, 2023) that suggests liberals and conservatives process moral and political issues differently. The host reflects on deconstruction, identity, and how recognizing different brain wiring can foster compassion instead of contempt.

The episode closes with a simple loving-kindness meditation to extend compassion toward difficult relatives and practical perspectives for keeping peace while holding to one’s values.

This episode explores how beliefs about demons shaped evangelical childhoods during the Satanic Panic, the harm of fear-based theology, and how deconstruction can feel like deliverance. Through stories, scripture, and audience conversation, the host reframes the demonic as inward fears, oppressive ideologies, and cultural control, ending with a communal benediction.

This episode explores lineage—who taught us it was OK to be ourselves—through personal stories: a pilgrimage to Matthew Shepard's murder site in Laramie, reflections on erasure and visibility, and memories of Indigo Girls shows that helped the host reconcile queer identity and faith.

Julie also shares a niece's coming-out essay about 'swimming' between faith and identity, and a live audience offers stories of mentors, family, and younger generations who model authenticity. It’s an honest conversation about holding on to original selfhood, resisting erasure, and passing courage to the next generation.

In this episode we wrestle with fear, anger, and despair in today’s political moment, exploring how faith and a broad spiritual sensibility can provide resilience. Drawing on history, philosophy (Gabriel Marcel, Paul Tillich), Indigenous worldview, and personal practices like loving‑kindness meditation, they argue that seeing life as connected and centering ultimate concerns—love, justice, community—sustains resistance.

The conversation balances urgency and nonviolence, honoring diverse roles in collective struggle, and offers a benediction to commit to love, honesty, humility, and justice as the way forward.

This episode explores the story of Doubting Thomas and argues that doubt can lead to a deeper, more authentic encounter with the divine.

The hosts introduce the idea of the “fidelity of betrayal,” drawing on Jesus’ challenges to religious law and thinkers like Peter Rollins and Meister Eckhart to show how critiquing or leaving institutions can be an act of faith.

Conversation moves into modern concerns—politics, moral equivalency, homelessness, and mental health—closing with a call to justice, compassion, and communal care.

Aaron opens with a humorous chimpanzee "resurrection" story and uses it to examine how the resurrection has shaped Christian belief—contrasting early Christian social-justice roots with modern evangelical otherworldliness.

The episode critiques "religion-induced psychosis," the role of social media and political figures in spreading magical thinking, and urges listeners to hold beliefs with humility while prioritizing compassionate action in the world.

This episode explores what Charlie Kirk's assassination reveals about modern American Christianity: the tension between being Christian and being Christ‑like, how religion can be molded by culture, the rise of cult‑like evangelicalism, and the danger of theological movements that seek political dominance. Hosts reflect on grief, outrage, boundary‑setting, and reasons for cautious hope that epistemic breakdowns and human suffering ultimately curtail authoritarian movements.

This episode explores change and spiritual growth as the church celebrates its first service in a new space. Aaron shares a stargazing story—how starlight becomes part of us—to illustrate that life and faith are always evolving, and invites the community to reflect on deconstruction, healing, and adaptability.

Members share personal stories of transition, loss, and renewal, highlighting how openness to change brings peace, resilience, and new purpose. The episode closes with communal reflections and a benediction.

This episode follows the host's journey from seminary doubt to spiritual re-discovery. He recounts wrestling with atonement, the collapse of traditional beliefs, and the friendships that shaped his faith.

The conversation explores what it means to take ownership and responsibility for your beliefs, how we project ourselves onto gods, and why freedom to choose can feel overwhelming.

Drawing on stories of Abraham and Moses, reflections on mysticism, and recent cultural moments, the episode invites listeners to think critically and form a values-based, relational faith.