What if the solution isn’t to throw religion out, but to create a new one, a religion that focuses on the health of people, communities and the planet. Can you look past your preconceived ideas about religion to consider something new? Could we build something fresh, to address some of the biggest challenges facing us?

This is the idea of Craig Scharton's new religion and book: Conscious Life Conscious Death. Can a spiritual life be about more than just trying to get to heaven?

How do we open ourselves to hearing the pain of others without it making us defensive or shut down? By making the choice to hear their pain and to feel our own. NPE's Paul Swearengin listens to community supporter Ashley Rojas as she shares the pain of a people group that often feels unheard in our culture.

This conversation is challenging, but it's brilliant. We are people who are called to allow our hearts to be transformed by the renewing of our minds. Let some of the mind-renewal happen today as you hear the expression of pain and celebration of someone that might not fit your exact expectation of what it is to be "American."

Ashley Rojas is an expert in the field of community care and activism as the Executive Director of Fresno Barrios Unidos. She's also someone who has "put her money where her mouth is" having moved from the Bay Area where she had amazing opportunities, to Fresno, CA to really deal with the mess of caring for people who need the resources to be able to care for themselves.

Don't miss this chance to feel the pain of those around us and to understand more fully some things we might not understand on our own.

Josh Evans is a pastor, podcaster and lover of cigars. His life reflects his desire to see an authentic Christianity that reflects the truth that all of us are F*ed up in one way or another and being open about those things gives each us the power to write a different path going forward.

Josh's story is powerful, messy authentic and absolutely a MUST for every Human Being to hear!

I'm always amazed at the inability of evangelicals to look in the mirror and think, could these voices of deconstruction have something valid to say? The excuse is often - well, they're just hurt from religious upbringing and rejecting the Church of their youth! But what do you say to someone who didn't grow up in the church and loves the Church but finds they've had to walk away?

Lindsay Booker is someone who's asking the church to consider that maybe it's not us. It's you. Why would a successful entrepreneur in Birmingham, Alabama be a blue dot in the middle of a very red state and city putting livelihoods, relationships and even personal wellbeing at risk to say, "I can't be a part of that anymore."

Who is the B ham blue dot, the blue dot in the middle of Birmingham, Alabama, a red state?

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With Afghanistan as a backdrop, can Christians start to consider that we might not being displaying Christ as much as we think we are. Shouldn't the word "Christian" truly means "one who looks like Christ?"

Does our America-First, Military-worshipping view of ourselves line up with Jesus' New Testament teaching? Or are we still bringing in the parts of the Old Testament that we Pick and Choose.

Pastor Paul has a WWJD thought for Christians to consider.

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- Paul and Ashley discuss why the end times views of Christians show a desire to be better than their "enemies" and proven "right" against their detractors, rather than truly following the Bible.

- They also discuss the ideas of deconstruction: View of God, View of Religious Exclusivity and Evangelism, and the View of the Bible and how to truly understand the story and purpose of Jesus.

- What does Capitalism look like from a Biblical perspective? Is it true that Jesus was a socialist or the early Church communistic?

Paul and Ashley discuss how profit can be made caring for those that understand the Bible.

Pastor Paul, and his wife Ashley, the former mayor of Fresno, CA, discuss events of the WTH (Week that happened) and their journey of spiritual and civic life. We DO talk religion and politics, unashamedly

Jay Wilkinson believes capitalism has earned a bad reputation, but he wants to reclaim capitalism for good. With societal rejection of cronyism, corporatism and Wall Street capitalism, Wilkinson believes companies that don't learn a different sort of capitalism will not survive into the next generation. Why does Wilkinson believe a movement to help companies learn to serve all of their stakeholders—not just their shareholders - can change things? Find out why as Pastor Paul learns more in this discussion about the "Do Good Movement" a movement to take back capitalism in the next generation.

Find out more about The Do More Good Movement here: https://domoregood.com/about/ and find out more about the work of Pastor Paul at Pastor-Paul.com

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Paul joins Evangelicalish partners April and Jeremy to talk to Jenna Kraft (@Gianu System . She joins the Evangelicalish show to talk about her story with having D.I.D. (dissociative identity disorder), how their system works and how she's not demon-possessed despite being accused of that. She uses her platform to break down the stigma around D.I.D. and other mental health issues. We all join to talk about where the church has got it wrong in how they handle mental health.

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This July 4 weekend, many churches will have services focused around patriotic themes. Would Jesus approve were he on earth today? Do we have any reason to believe Jesus would NOT approve.

Pastor Paul says the Patriotic Church is not a church that understands the story of Jesus and the Kingdom of heaven. And he shares why every patriotic Christians should read the story of Jonah and Jonah 4 each year and repent of racism, nationalism and focus on their own religion.

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Maybe the Church went off track when the writings of Paul were emphasized more than the words of Jesus.

Meet Rev Brandan from TikTok! He says an emphasis on the Red Letters in the Bible give us a better perspective on who God is and what it means to be a Christian.

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Rev. Brandan Robertson is a noted author, activist, and public theologian, working at the intersections of spirituality and social renewal. He is the founder and spiritual leader of Metanoia, a global digital faith community. From 2017 - 2021, Robertson served as the Senior Pastor of Missiongathering Christian Church in San Diego, CA.

A prolific writer, he is the author of eight books on spirituality, justice, and theology, including the INDIES Book of the Year Award Finalist True Inclusion: Creating Communities of Radical Embrace and the best-selling devotional Strength In Faith. He writes regularly for Patheos and Progressing Spirit, and has bylines in TIME Magazine, San Diego Union Tribune, The Huffington Post, NBC, and The Washington Post. As a trusted voice on progressive faith and politics, Robertson is regularly interviewed in national and global media