space for faith with mike goldsworthy

Jonathan Foster and I talk about René Girard’s mimetic theory and scapegoating, how God operates with consent and love as non-scapegoating, non-violent, non-binary. 

Check out Jonathan’s new book, Theology of Consent

 

And find him on the internets here

 

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Blain Hogan joins us today to talk about Happy Friday Dance Parties, the work of uncovering your story, the tension of knowing what you want to create while also creating space for feedback, how paying attention to the particulars of our story helps us to connect more universally, and how we can change our past. 

 

Blaine Hogan is a writer, film and creative director, and actor. Former creative director for Willow Creek Community Church, Hogan is currently a full-time filmmaker. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with his wife, Margaret, and their three daughters. He holds a master's degree in theology and culture from the Seattle School of Psychology and has appeared in many stage productions and television shows.

 

Find Blaine's new book Exit the Cave - HERE

 

Discover the contraband of his Happy Friday Dance Party for as long as it is allowed to exist on the internet HERE

 

And find Blaine on

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The Internets

 

You can subscribe to my occasional, once in a while newsletter HERE

 

Peter Choi's talk from the Post Evangelical Collective 2022 in Denver, CO. Jonathan Merritt closes out our time together with Eucharist

Eric Wilson's spoken word and David Gushee's talk at the 2022 Post Evangelical Collective in Denver, CO

Gail Song Bantum's opening talk at the 2022 Post Evangelical Collective in Denver, CO

Peter Choi is Director of the Center for Faith and Justice, Associate Professor of American Christianity, and a member of the Core Doctoral Faculty at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. He spends some time talking to us about the way evangelicalism is understood and defined, the dynamism of our faith, and the way we engage the Scriptures and a faith that is always reforming. 

Find the Center for Faith and Justice HERE, on Instagram and on Facebook

And find Peter at this year's Post Evangelical Collective in Denver

On today’s episode, we’re joined by Kan’Dace Brock & Zach Lambert who talk with us about the ethos of the churches that they’ve each been a part of planting, the ways that people use money to try and control outcomes with Christian institutions, a vision for a seminary that is multi and inter-denominational as well as scholarly and practical, and how they are both involved in critiquing the old by creating the new. 

 

Go HERE for more information about Fletcher Seminary

Find Kan’Dace’s church, The Message HERE

Find Zach’s church, Restore Austin HERE

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Find more info about the Post Evangelical Collective and Logos Software HERE

Mallory Wyckoff joins us on the podcast today. Mallory is a teacher, preacher, writer, and spiritual director. She serves as key relationships officer with Preemptive Love, a global community of peacemakers working to end war and stop the spread of violence. Having completed her dissertation on the impact of sexual trauma on survivors’ theological perception and spiritual formation, Mallory has a DMin from Lipscomb University in missional and spiritual formation. In all her work, Mallory is a trusted voice for people seeking to navigate their spirituality with curiosity, honesty, and courage. A native Floridian, she lives with her husband and their daughters, Olive and Ivy.

Order Mallory's new book, God Is HERE

I start the podcast talking about 5 markers that we're identifying for post-evangelical churches. If you identify as belonging in that space, I'd love to hear your feedback on those 5. 

If you want to skip straight to the interview, it begins around 8:00

 

We are joined today by the President of Pillar Seminary, Dan Lowery. We spend some time talking about your life and calling taking you into unexpected vocations places, the future of seminary, ecumenical spaces, and creating space in seminary and the church for help people learn to think rather than be told what to think.

 

Check our Pillar Seminary and their Lunchtime Seminary program

 

Find information about the Post Evangelical Collective in October, Logos Bible Software or partnering with Mike in your church, non-profit or other organization at mikegoldsworthy.com

We're doing something a bit different on the space for faith podcast today and broadcasting a sermon Mike recently preached at South Bend City Church. We walk through the double healing of the blind man in Mark 8, recognizing that sometimes in our faith journey we need to see, but not clearly before our eyes can be opened to see clearly and in focus. Like the blind man who experiences a two part healing in Mark 8, our faith often progresses through stages that grow and expand. And the places where we have grown from were often necessary pieces to help bring us to where we are today.

 

Find the guided prayer liturgy that accompanied this sermon HERE