Use Your Head!

Use Your Head!

By John McLainSociety & Culture
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Use Your Head! episodes

  • Personhood and Vocation

    On the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, and the day after a brutal and senseless assassination, we'll process a bit, and derive inspiration from a man who knew who he was and what God created him for.  

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    30 min
  • St. Augustine and the problem of evil

    In this episode, I'll clarify something I said last time about evil.  What is it - really?  We'll look to the great early church father St. Augustine of Hippo for answers to a question that man has always wrestled with, even to this day.

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    22 min
  • Minneapolis massacre - Evil is real

    In this episode we face the cold reality of evil in the wake of the unspeakable horror of murdered children.  When our culture embraces wickedness, we should expect these events to occur.  Only by repentance and living within God's created order can we hope to end these massacres.

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    28 min
  • A show about pilgrimage

    After 4 long months, the UYH podcast is back with a fresh mission.  I invite you to join me as I answer a calling on my life.  Through my journey of education and formation during my postulancy, I'll share some things I'm discovering about the pilgrimage that we are all on - making our way though this amazing thing called life.

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    20 min
  • The European Plan, two plates please, and what a waste?

    Gen-Zers have some great ideas and are changing the world...on campus and at dining tables.  And a man crosses the pond and experiences a remarkable (and delicious) transformation.

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    31 min
  • Done too soon, a very bad high, and not too far from here

    Studies reveal a horrifying potential consequence of diabetes; premature burnout is plaguing our young people, and the inspiring faith of Christians in the midst of a communist regime.

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    31 min
  • Crowded nest, choppers in the office, and earbud people

    Micromanagers have some new tools and are finding success in making problems worse.  Also, the Peter Pan syndrome is alive and well, and the power of music to benefit the brain *might* have a downside.

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    31 min
  • Tied up in "Knots," edible financing, and AI obsolete?

    The theme of many weddings today is "waste" - but other than bankrupting dad, is there a deeper issue? Plus, the "courier culture" grows deeper roots, and finally - computing is on the verge of a breakthrough that could make today's AI look like an abacus.

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    31 min

About Use Your Head!

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My name is John.  I’m a seminary student and postulant in the Reformed Episcopal Church.  I've found over the course of my life that the best answers to life's questions start here: Use…