As of April 2023, there had been more mass shootings (163) in the U.S. than there had been days. Joy, Jin, and Bret discuss the complex relationship between guns, America, and Christianity. 

Joy Johnson, Jin Cho, and Bret Widman reflect on the “He Gets Us” ad campaign, including the “Love Your Enemies” ad that ran at the Super Bowl. 

Jesus’ ministry only began after facing temptations in the wilderness. What are the temptations in our preaching ministries that we must overcome in order to nurture a prophetic voice?

The Micah Mobilizers consider the state of our collective imagination today, as disciples and preachers, and wonder how artists and prophets might help to heal and invigorate broken imagination.

Your Micah Podcast hosts are Joy Johnson, Jin Cho, and Bret Widman.

Joy, Jin, and Bret discuss the Micah Groups' renewed vision toward catalyzing a prophetic community for nurturing prophetic preaching.

In the wake of racially motivated mass shootings in Dallas, Buffalo, and Southern California, the Micah Mobilizers consider the church’s history of violent zealotry and contemporary silence and denial that is complicit in dangerous narratives such as the Great Replacement Theory.

(This episode was recorded before the mass shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, TX.) 

In a recent pastor’s panel discussion, Joy was rebuffed for asserting, “We are all children of God.” She brings this theological question to Jin and Bret for communal discernment.

Dr. Efrem Smith, co-pastor of Midtown Church in Sacramento, joins the Micah Mobilizers for discussion around the burdens of discipleship and leadership, particularly in this extraordinarily burdened season of pandemic, racial injustice, and war.

Joy, Jin, and Bret welcome North Park Theological Seminary student and leader Tricia Ivanoff. They discuss her Alaskan Inuit community, and the challenge of navigating competing visions of God, truth, and justice.

At this moment in history, it seems many swaths of the American church are fueled by a fire far different than the divine fire of God. Michael Emerson’s January 27 talk at Midwinter 2022 stokes this conversation.