Have you been intimidated by the Book of Revelation? Or terrorized or traumatized by it? Does it seem to be within the realm of some sort of strange "expertise" that you either don't feel like you have, or wouldn't want to have given the takes people have on all of this? While not comprehensive, this is my absolute best shot at giving you some handles on how this apocalyptic book functions, what it's about, and how it connects to the world we are living in now. It may challenge you; but hopefully it might also make you feel like you are getting Revelation "back" as the source of hope and healing it was intended to be (albeit a strange comforter at times. We explore the complexities and profound themes of the Book of Revelation, emphasizing its relevance and accessibility. We consider the importance of understanding Revelation through the lens of Jesus Christ as He appears in the gospels, the implications of misinterpretation, and the significance of key symbols and narratives within the text. Ultimately I argue for a perspective on Revelation as a story of hope, healing, and the final triumph of love over violence...a story you are called to participate in. The end of Revelation is the "end" of Scripture, the conclusion of all the other "revelations"--mercy triumphs over judgment.

"Turn or burn." There may be some turns we need to make, but what if even those who turn...still burn?

In this conversation, Jonathan Martin explores the themes of transformation, judgment, and the nature of God through the lens of the Christian gospel. He challenges the notion of 'turn or burn' by emphasizing that everyone will experience a form of burning, which can lead to purification and renewal. Martin discusses the weight of responsibility towards vulnerable individuals, and the healing nature of God's fire. He invites listeners to embrace the transformative journey of faith, recognizing the need for introspection and the acceptance of truth as a path to spiritual growth.

BZ waxes philosophical...also, don't miss the lovely q and a on the back half!

Today’s episode features a conversation, or sermon if you will, that was recorded for the church that Joel serves in Indiana. We felt these conversations were just too good to not share with you!

In this episode Jonathan share how the Sermon on The Mount informs him both theologically and practically as he breaks down his approach to this beautiful text.

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In today’s episode we’re bring you a wonderful conversation with Fr. Kenneth Tanner. In it, he and Jonathan discuss the pandemic. Specifically, what it is teaching us about ourself, our community and our nation? They discuss the nature of God found in Jesus. As well as a beautiful invitation to embrace the emotions that comes as part of your human experience.

Fr. Tanner is pastor at Church of The Holy Redeemer in Rochester Hill , Michigan. He is a writer and regular contributor to numerous websites and publications including the Huffington Post and Sojourners.

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In today’s episode of the Zeitcast Jonathan is joined by Producer Joel Everson as they sit down with Marlena Graves to discuss her new book, The Way Up Is Down. In this conversation we hear Marlena’s story from her childhood love for silence and creation to her adulthood appreciation of a more ecumenical faith, this episode is full of beauty and truth. We know you will enjoy it!

Marlena received her M.Div. from Northeastern Seminary in Rochester, New York and his pursuing her PhD in American Culture Studies at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, OH where she is researching the influence American culture has on Evangelicals’ view of immigration, race, and poverty. Since 2015, she has been an adjunct professor at Winebrenner Seminary in the areas of discipleship and spiritual formation. She has written for a wide variety of venues like Christianity Today’s Her.meneutics Blog (now CT Women),Womenleaders.com, and Our Daily Bread. Marlena is a former member and board member of the Redbud Writers Guild. Currently she is a board member of Evangelicals 4 Justice, works in partnership with Freedom Road, and also belongs to INK: A Creative Collective. As a Puerto-Rican influenced by many streams of the faith, she feels as if she dwells on the borderlands of Evangelicalism.

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Today’s episode features Jonathan Merritt. In this conversation they discuss the current moment we’re in as a nation- including how to care for your soul in the midst of it. Jonathan shares with tenderness and honestly the real struggle of interacting with family who might feel very differently about the world that you do. This is a special and much needed conversation that we know you’ll enjoy!

Jonathan Merritt is one of America’s most trusted and popular writers on religion, culture, and politics. He is an award-winning contributor for The Atlantic, contributing editor for The Week, and is author of several critically-acclaimed books including Learning to Speak God from Scratch.

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In today’s episode of the Zeitcast we join Jonathan and Dr. Wil Gafney as they discuss her work around Jewish Midrash, particularly as it informs us in the Way of Jesus.

Dr. Gafney is a Professor of Hebrew Bible at Brite Divinity School in Fort Worth, Texas. She is an Episcopal priest canonically resident in the Diocese of Pennsylvania and a former Chaplin in the AME Zion Church.

This is a beautiful conversation full of life and insight. We know you will enjoy what Dr. Gafney shares as she invites us all to sit at our Mother’s table.

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We’re back! After taking a few days off from releasing new episodes today's conversation is certainly worth the wait. Jonathan sits down with Laura Jean Truman for one of the most beautiful conversations we’ve had yet!

Laura Jean is an Atlanta based Writer, Itinerant Chaplin, and self described “amateur mystic.”

This is wonderful conversation full of tenderness, deep introspection, and just the right amount of restlessness.

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We are so excited to share today’s episode with Cindy Wang Brandt. Cindy is an author, podcaster, and speaker. Her book, Parenting Forward: How to Raise Children with Justice, Mercy and Kindness, was published in February 2019. She’s the founder of popular facebook group, Raising Children Unfundamentalist.

In this episode Jonathan and Cindy discuss finding hope in this age of despair- what it means to raise our children un-fundamentalist- and how we can continue to grow, without letting go of the beauty that holds us all together.

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Today’s episode features a conversation between Jonathan and CeCe Jones Davis, previously recorded during a Sunday service at The Table OKC. CeCe is the Teaching Pastor, Activist, and leading voice for criminal justice reform and social justice.

This is a deep and meaningful conversation discussing the tension of this particular moment, including how we deal with difficult conversations with our friends and family, and how we care for our own souls in this heartbreaking time.

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Today’s episode features a conversation with Jesiah Hansen. Jesiah talks about growing up as a mission and Pastor’s kid in Mexico and how this informed his faith journey. Additionally, he and Jonathan discuss deconstructing faith while in the public sphere and the pitfalls of professional Christianity.

This conversation is wonderfully tender and full of life and grace. We know you will enjoy it!

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Today’s episode features a conversation with Jonathan and first time guest, Kathy Khang. Kathy is a speaker, journalist, and author of 2 books including Raise Your Voice- Why We Stay Silent When We Should Speak Up which is a powerful call to use our voices―whether in print, artistic, or social media form.

Jonathan and Kathy discuss what it means to speak out particularly in spaces where certain voices seems to be muffled or even excluded all-together.

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As DePauw’s historic Mendenhall lecture comes from within the Christian tradition, we believe this is a crucial time for faith communities to reflect critically about how theology shapes the way we actually live in the world. This one-night symposium will explore the phenomenon of Christian nationalism, particularly in American history and culture. Some of the questions we will consider include: How is Christian nationalism defined and invoked in our public discourse? What is the role of Christian nationalism in public life and polity right now (deep into an election year)? Is Christian nationalism primarily a theological identity, or a political one? How does Christian nationalism challenge the ideal of pluralistic democracy? How are people drawn to Christian nationalism, and how do those who are not talk across the divide? How do questions of race and ethnicity factor into the conversation? Andre Henry is an award-winning singer-songwriter, the bestselling author of All the White Friends I Couldn’t Keep, a trusted global voice on nonviolent struggle for social progress, a creative truthteller, and a “tomorrow-maker.” Brian Zahnd is the founder and lead pastor of Word of Life Church in St. Joseph, Missouri; and the author of eleven books, including Sinners In the Hands of a Loving God, When Everything’s on Fire, and The Wood Between the Worlds. Pamela Cooper-White, MDiv, PhD, LCPC is the Christiane Brooks Johnson Professor Emerita of Psychology and Religion and Dean Emerita, Union Theological Seminary, New York, an Episcopal priest in the Diocese of New York, and a licensed psychotherapist. She is an award-winning author, most recently of The Psychology of Christian Nationalism: Why People Are Drawn In and How to Talk Across the Divide. Andrew L. Whitehead, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the Association of Religion Data Archives at the Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture at IUPUI, and one of the foremost scholars of Christian nationalism in the United States. He is the author of American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church, and lead author of Taking America Back for God: Christian Nationalism in the United States—along with Samuel Perry. is an associate professor of sociology and co-director of the Association of Religion Data Archives.

Today’s episode features a powerful conversation with Hillary McBride. Hillary is a therapist, speaker, author, and host of the Liturgists Podcast.

Jonathan and Hillary discuss discerning healthy rhythms for our life beyond simple labels like “right” and wrong”. They dive deep into the damaging impact and trauma that can be caused by over saturation of social media- and even get into the difficult and often painful relationships, with friends and family, who hold vastly different views than we do. This is profound conversation that we believe will help provide some tools to navigate this particular moment we are facing. Thank you for listening!

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In today’s episode Jonathan talks with David Hayward or as most of you will know him – The Naked Pastor. David is famous for his fantastic and provocative cartoons found circulating social media all the time. He also leads an incredible community for people who are deconstructing their faith and need to do so in a safe place with other people. In this episode David shares regarding his upbringing and journey through various Christian faith traditions and the toxic church culture he encountered that caused him to leave Pastoral ministry for something altogether different.

This is a wonderful conversation full of grace and honesty. We know you’ll love it!

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We are always thrilled to have the opportunity to introduce you to new voices. Today on the Zeitcast we have the privilege of introducing you to LaToshia Everson.

This episode is a talk that Latoshia gave last Sunday at the church when she and her husband Joel serve as Pastor. If that name sounds familiar, Joel also works as the producer here at the Zeitcast!

In this intense moment of shaking, where systems are being confronted, Latoshia speaks with a prophetic precision-both full of critique of the systems and structures that MUST be confronted and equally full of invitation to participate in the cause of justice.

She is able to bring the vulnerability of her story alongside the needed clarity of information illuminating a path for us in the way of Jesus to stand with the oppressed and cry out for change, both in our hearts and in our systems.

In addition to serving in Pastorship, Latoshia is the Associate Director in the Student Engagement Office at DePauw University, where she also received her Batchlors of Arts degree in Communication. She is dedicated to the cause of racial injustice and black liberation through policy change.

We know you’ll love this special Saturday episode of the Zeitcast!

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We are hurting. We are angry. We are confused. We are exhausted.... yet we sense a wind blowing, we feel a fire burning somewhere deep within.

Today's episode of the Zeitcast features a special service with The Table OKC, perviously aired on IG Live. In this episode you will hear from Cece Jones Davis, Malika Cox, and Jonathan Martin as we wrestle with this moment and cry out for justice to run like a river. We also feature a song from our close friends at the Common Hymnal community called Rose Pedals, written by the incredible Dee Wilson.

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In today’s episode of the Zeitcast Jonathan sits down with guest Dr. Alexander Shaia as they discuss Alexander’s book Heart and Mind- The Four Gospel Journey For Radical Transformation. In this fresh lens, each gospel account is more than a telling of Jesus' life and words. Each is the story of a practice in response to a the journey of life. And these four gospels are more than the sum of their parts. The four in the sequence of their ancient reading cycle form a telling of the universal journey of growth, transformation and love.

Dr. Shaia was born and raised as part of a Lebanese community in Birmingham, Alabama. He attended Notre Dame University where he received a degree in Cultural Anthropology. Next came a Master’s in Counseling Education, a Master’s in Religious Education, a graduate certificate in Pastoral Psychotherapy, and a Ph.D in Clinical Psychology.

He is the author of several books including the soon to be re-issued Radical Transformation- The Four Gospel Journey of the Heart and Mind.

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Today’s special episode features portions of the worship service from The Table OKC record on IG Live. The Table is joined by dear friend and artist Brittney Spencer. Brittney is an artist, psalmist, and songwriter based in Nashville Tn. Her work with the Common Hymnal Family has brought much due attention to her incredible songwriting gift. During the service she shares her song “God Is Not Abusive.”

This is followed by an impactful homily from Jonathan on the topic of finding our inner voice and authority in the midst of external chaos. In this moment when we are overwhelmed by external voices, all vying for our attention, Jonathan affirms that the real, experiential, inner authority of the Spirit has never been more important and has always been with you.

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In this episode Jonathan sits down for another round with Dr. Jerome Lubbe. Dr. Jerome is the founder of Thrive Neuro Health and Thrive NeuroTheology and Whole Identity- A Brain Based Enneagram.

For Dr. Jerome neuroscience and the Enneagram are two pieces of the same puzzle and they serve a powerful function when paired together. He completely reshapes the traditional understanding of how the Enneagram works with your whole being, pushing far past the boundaries of your “type” or the constant question “what is my number?”

In this fascinating conversation Jonathan and Dr. Jerome discuss The Enneagram, whole health, how our image of God can shape our anthropology and our psychology, AND propose a hilarious idea for a satirical Enneagram podcast with pets!

Dr. Jerome’s new book, The Brain Based Enneagram- You Are Not A Number, is out today!

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On today’s episode of the Zeitcast we have a conversation with Jonathan and Anna Jane Joyner. Anna Jane is a Climate Change and Environmental Activist who works tirelessly to bring awareness to bridge the gap between climate science and those in Evangelical circles, many who deny the evidence of Climate Change. She is the host of No Place Like Home podcast and founder of the Good Energy Project. In this episode Anna discusses the crisis we are facing around climate change as well as the hard questions around being in relationship with those from differing views.

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Jen Hatmaker is an author of several books including NY Times bestsellers For The Love and Of Mess and Moxy. She hosts the award winning For The Love Podcast and regularly found speaking through the United States. Her bookclub The Jen Hatmaker Bookclub reaches thousands of women who believe good books are everything and stories still matter.

In today’s special 100th episode, Jonathan talks with her about her new book Fierce, Free and Full of Fire- The Guide To Being Glorious You. They talk life, community, social media, cancel culture, and what it means to go on the journey with your whole self. We could not think of a better conversation to celebrate this monumental centennial episode.

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On today’s Zeitcast, we sit down with world class Pentecostal scholar Dr. Cheryl Bridges Johns to talk about “benevolent patriarchy,” the difference between how men and women might experience the second half of life journey, integrating the feminine nature of God, and the quest for spiritual freedom.

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A cheeky title...a life-changing conversation, between an Imam and a Pastor on virtually everything that matters.

In this crossover event with the InVerse podcast, our beloved Australian mate Jarrod McKenna returns as we interview theologian, author and activist Drew G.I. Hart about his important text, Trouble I’ve Seen—an absolutely crucial book on race and the Church. This Monday night, May 18th, we will begin a 9-week course on the book, and we’d love for you to join us! check out Jonathan or Jarrod’s Instagram or Facebook to sign up now.

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On today’s Zeitcast with returning guest Stephanie Tait, Jonathan and Stephanie discuss the unique moment we’re in, traversing through a global pandemic, what it really means to DO Church, and how listening to the voices of marginalized people can help lead us forward. This is a vital conversation for us in this season of time, full of life, joy, pain, and reality- we know you’ll love this special conversation.

Stephanie is an Author, speaker, disability advocate, and trauma survivor. Stephanie has harnessed her experience, writing her intimate understanding of pain into messages that foster healing within the Kingdom of God. Her commitment to equity, justice, honesty, and the theology of suffering make hers a vitally refreshing viewpoint in an industry often overrun with relentlessly positive affirmations. Her book ,The View from Rock Bottom is available everywhere fine books are sold.

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What does the book of Exodus, and particularly the women of Exodus, have to do with us today? Is there something from these stories we can apply to our lives today?

On today’s Zeitcast with Kelley Nikondeha we discuss her new book Defiant:What The Women Of Exodus Teach Us about Freedom.

Kelley describers herself as a practical theologian shaped by education and experience, by rhetoric and theology, by the luminous beaches of the California coast and the vibrant rhythms of Burundian drummers. She serves as the theologian-in-residence for SheLoves Magazine. As the co-director of Communities of Hope in Burundi, Kelley works to shape the theological foundation and push for deep congruence between our Biblical thinking and development practices..

In this Episode Kelley and Jonathan discuss how the women of Exodus invite us in a beautiful pattern for finding our identity, addressing patriarchy, and finding liberation in the midst of empirical oppression. Kelley beautifully weaves together the similarities and connection to the word we live in today. Join us for this beautiful and empowering episode.

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In this special episode Jonathan sits down for a powerful conversation with returning guest Malika Cox to discuss how to find truth in the age of conspiracy theories. Malika is the Pastor of Justice and Spiritual Formation at The Table OKC.

Malika has a deep background working with churches and non-profits specifically in regards to justice and advocacy. She specializes in peacemaking and reconciliation.

Originally recorded as an Instagram live chat, we could not think of someone with whom we’d rather discuss this timely and weighty topic. Malika has a wonderful ability to bring a fresh energetic energy to this topic, while holding the necessary tenderness for so many impacted by the seriousness of this moment and all it holds. We know you will love this Table Chat episode as such as we did.

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Join us for part 2 of Jonathan’s conversation with Rachel Held Evans recorded from her home in Dayton Tennessee last February.

*Producers Note-

We offer these episodes with a sense of tentative reverence. Tentative because they are so special, close, and tender. This is a glimpse into Jonathan and Rachel’s relationship, which is so much more than “content.” Reverence because these conversations feel just as vital, poignant, and brimming with the hope that Rachel exuded as the day they were recorded. This was a sacred moment, and we desire to treat it as such. As we listen together, we pray it meets you where you are, and helps you along the journey-as Rachel always did

Today is the one year anniversary of when my friend Rachel Held Evans left this world and joined the great cloud of witnesses. Today’s episode, previously aired on the Son Of A Preacher Man Podcast, is from February of last year when I went to see her and Dan and the kids at their home in Dayton, TN just before I moved from Nashville to OKC; and spent the most magical day there.

Rachel did the same thing for me that she did for so many of us: created space. People who were not a people, became a people. I like to say it is like all these disparate characters written into some southern gothic novel, and she actually did “write us in”—into the gospel story her very life embodied. And that circle is ever widening, ever expanding, even now. We found that we didn’t need to leave The Story, just to reclaim it from the forces who said we had no place in it. Rachel wrestled for that reclaiming…for all of us. She wouldn’t let anybody take Jesus from her, take her Bible from her. She didn’t run away from the angry religious mob, nor from difficult texts. She was willing to fight for her faith; she was willing to fight for all of us.

And I am so grateful. I literally see her legacy playing out every single day in my own community, in the lives of people who decided to keep the faith—and in some cases decided not to take their lives—because of Rachel Held Evans. She did all of this without institutional support, without some pre-existent platform, using only the tools of impossible curiosity, fierceness, empathy, and a blue collar commitment to the craft of writing we creatives often lack. And with these, she literally created a space that actually did not exist before. -Jonathan Martin

*Producers Note-

We offer these episodes with a sense of tentative reverence. Tentative because they are so special, close, and tender. This is a glimpse into Jonathan and Rachel’s relationship, which is so much more than “content.” Reverence because these conversations feel just as vital, poignant, and brimming with the hope that Rachel exuded as the day they were recorded. This was a sacred moment, and we desire to treat it as such. As we listen together, we pray it meets you where you are, and helps you along the journey-as Rachel always did

Reba Rambo’s classic album Confessions is being rereleased today, on its 40th anniversary! She’s lived such an operatic life—the daughter of gospel legend Dottie Rambo, she was first known from her years in the Singing Rambos, before carving out a career as a best-selling solo artist, going on to earn 4 Grammy nominations & win a Dove award. Confessions is her most vulnerable record, & also felt like the perfect title for this episode—as this is an especially vulnerable conversation, as she talks about reinventing after divorce, how we find God in our broken places, finding her voice again. We also debut an unreleased song she co-wrote with Jonathan, “At this table we say grace.”

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Welcome to Season 2! Jonathan sits down for a powerful conversation with film Producer Scott Budnick. Scott is known for his work on the Hangover Franchise and most recently the devastatingly beautiful film, Just Mercy. Scott shares regarding his journey and work regarding criminal justice reform and racial equality.

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Jonathan gives you 15 films that he truly loves to help you survive the quarantine. Not a pretentious list of all respectable movies, mind you, these are the films he most loves from the gut, and watches most often. Let us know yours!

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What if sometimes you have to lose your faith in order to find it? What if sometimes you have to leave the temple/institution/Jerusalem, in order to get to Jesus? What if God walks with you, even on the road away from God?

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I'll tell you what I truly do believe: absolutely everything around you and in you can change, in just 40 days.

A combustible exchange that Jonathan has described as one of his immediate favorite conversations with anybody on or off a podcast, there is so much heat on this one it almost feels like it needs a warning label! Speaking openly about the false prophets of our time during this "revelation of the real," but also the ways in which all of us are having to grapple with our essential human frailty, being forced to acknowledge we have really never been in control of our lives. And yet "the truth shall set you free," and there's nothing but liberation in this fiery conversation between friends!

The Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III, pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago and one of America’s great preachers, returns to the Zeitcast to talk about this tenuous moment as “a season of revealing,” where we are collectively experiencing the severe grace of having to see ourselves and our nation as we truly are. We talk about where he’s still finding joy in the midst of this time, as well as our need to “vaccinate ourselves from the spiritual virus of lack of empathy, predatory self-interest, and privilege,” the viruses that affect the heart.

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Resurrection is not an edict or summons, but an invitation to know the open secret humming beneath all created things—DEATH IS NOT THE END.

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There is grace this Holy Saturday, for all kinds of in-between spaces.

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The Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis is the Senior Minister at Middle Church in New York City. In this special Holy Week conversation, we talk with her about how to approach Easter weekend during the pandemic, how death is a part of life, the connection between insurrection and resurrection, and share in a very special time of communion together.

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The message of Good Friday is that things aren't going to end well—things just end. Violence will always run its course, hope bloodied. Today reminds us that death has the last word, on all of us. The message of Easter is that the last word isn't the final one.

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Lance Rodman, Operations Pastor at The Table in OKC, can't remember a time when he did not know about Jesus. But he did not always know the love of Jesus in a firsthand, experiential way—until he walked the long road of coming out, in the context of a conservative church environment. Yet his story is not just one of theological shift, but of integration: blessing the people and places that he came from, and refusing to exclude the people who even excluded him. A powerful, provocative, paradigm-burning, and bridge-building episode!

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How do you take care of YOU during the crisis around COVID-19? How do you take care of your own soul? And what do you do as issues come up with people you are quarantined with in close quarters for long periods of time? How can we love ourselves & others well, in a time of such heightened anxiety? Jungian psychotherapist Tony Caldwell returns to the Zeitcast to help us deal with issues of mental, emotional, and relational health in a time of crisis.

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With the world on pause, it’s a perfect time to read great books! Today Jonathan reflects on the books that have most shaped his life and theology.

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Platinum-selling songwriter John Mark McMillan returns to the Zeitcast, and we talk about finding hope and re-enchantment in an apocalyptic time, the potential grace of the world resetting itself, building bridges between the language of science and faith, and finding that we don’t have to leave the particularity of Jesus in order to find a story big enough to encompass all things.

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At the intersection of love and death...the formal start of our Lenten series, "you can do anything for 40 days."

In part two of our especially vulnerable conversation with Mike McHargue, we dive deep into the content of his brilliant, forthcoming new book. We talk about the science of shame, “how shame produces hiding, not wholeness,” how we attempt to navigate a culture of perpetual outrage, and how our constant connection to cell phones is reshaping our brains, and the connection between that dependence and depression.

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We couldn’t think of anybody better to help us break down all the news surrounding COVID-19 than Mike McHargue, aka Science Mike. He helps us process the news we are hearing intellectually and emotionally, sorting through what we have heard from the administration this week, and giving those of us who are people of faith resources to reflect on what our moral imperative is to respond to what is happening in the world. Part 1 of 2.

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Can you trust yourself? Can you trust your deepest desires? On today’s Zeitcast, we talk with Glennon Doyle about her new book, “Untamed”. She is the author of the #1 NY Times bestseller “Love Warrior”, as well as the NY Times bestseller "Carry On, Warrior”. An activist, speaker, and thought leader, she is also the founder and president of Together Rising, an all-women led nonprofit organization that has revolutionized grassroots philanthropy—raising over $20 million for women, families, and children in crisis, with a most frequent donation of $25. Glennon was named among the Oprah Winfrey Network’s inaugural group as one of one hundred “awakened leaders who are using their voices and talent to elevate humanity.” She lives in Florida with her wife and three children.

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