Bryan Berghoef and Tina Simmons of Pub Theology Live spent a very lively hour tonight talking with me about last weekend’s inauguration, the national women’s marches, the limits of us-them identity, and our beverages of choice. Episode 41 is available now in raw, “live” form, and will be audio-edited and packaged sometime over this next week. Many […]
Interview: Exvangelical and Keisha
Earlier this fall, I had an extended conversation with Blake Chastain, host of the podcast Exvangelical. Exvangelical is a weekly podcast that shares stories of people who grew up or converted into Evangelical Christianity and have since built lives of faith and beyond faith outside of the subculture. Episode 14, “A Safe Place for Questions,” runs a […]
Interview: Insights from an Adventist communicator
Alita Byrd interviewed me on the Adventist Forum/Spectrum Magazine blog about my upcoming presentation at the 2016 Spectrum conference. We covered quite a bit of ground: the work I do with churches, my thoughts on the denomination’s near future, as well as the recurring question about North American Adventism’s racially separated conferences. ‘For God so loved the world’ […]
Wheatley on Learning Organizations
“The Army is an incredibly literate organization. They have internal journals that they use to correspond with one another. They study history carefully. They have a center for Army lessons learned. They document everything. And they have this wonderful process of learning from direct experience called “After Action Review,” in which everyone who was involved […]
Sharing Stories and Hope: A Conversation with Melanie Hutcheson
Sharing Stories and Hope: A Conversation with Melanie Hutcheson Between Noah and The Record Keeper, this has been a tough month for the arts. Writer Nate Fleming explains some of the deep issues the Christian community has to work through, but artists and creatives are a resilient people. This week, I’m pleased to introduce you […]