Advent begins on Sunday, so Clay, Kathy and JR. take some time to reflect on the reason for the season before Christmas. What do we gain by waiting a little longer for Christmas?
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Advent 2018
Author: JR. Forasteros
JR. lives in Dallas, TX with his wife Amanda. In addition to exploring the wonders that are the Lone Star state, JR. is the teaching pastor at Catalyst Community Church, a writer and blogger. His book, Empathy for the Devil, is available from InterVarsity Press. He's haunted by the Batman, who is in turn haunted by the myth of redemptive violence.
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Knox McCoy’s Wondering Years
Podcaster Knox McCoy returns to the Fascinating Podcast to dive deep into how many of us use pop culture to help us understand who God is.
What is God teaching us right now? Three of your co-hosts share at length about what God is teaching us right now. So pull up a chair, and be sure to tell us what God is teaching you!
Latifah Alattas takes us behind the scenes of her latest album DIVORCE. How does one chronicle the ending of a marriage? What’s important in recovery? And exactly how many parallel universes are there? All this and more on the latest episode!
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Let Them Fight
While the other cohosts are away, JR. and Tara give the listeners what they want: more fighting! There’s nothing too trivial for us to consider, and disagree about!
Who gets to call themselves ‘woke’? What does it mean to be awake to the realities of our world? Author and leadership expert Natasha Robinson joins us as we explore what consciousness looks like today. Her new book is a leadership book like no other.
Leadership is a divisive word among pastors. Should the church value leadership? Or is that kneeling to cultural trends? Might there be a different leadership paradigm? Rev. Deanna Hayden joins us to explore how a Wesleyan framework for leadership transforms the conversation. We dive specifically into a thorny leadership issue – the Billy Graham Rule – to work out how to implement what this framework looks like on the ground.
Halloween 2018 is a marvelous new Slasher, effectively reinventing the genre for a new millennium.
Historian and horror scholar Scott Poole returns to the podcast just in time for Halloween. His new book explores how the Great War provided the language for horror cinema and literature. Why is horror such an important language for our culture today?
Reverend Sarah Shay Riley joins us to explore the unique stresses and blessings of being a pastor who is also a parent. We explore everything from spiritual disciplines to raising a kid in a congregation.