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Drum Corps AF34a: 2023 Season Review Part IIEpisode 34 - 2023 Season Review Part II Host Fossil Chops joins our panel to cuss and discuss the 2023 season ad nauseam while the only John Weldy jumps on to join in on the gratuitous discussion.We want to hear YOUR voices - call our submission line at 913-390-3190 and leave your best 1-2 minute take. You can use your real name or a pseudonym, and don’t forget to leave us a review on iTunes.Drum Corps AF is an irreverent podcast about drum corps and the marching arts. We love the ac...
2023-08-271h 59Drum Corps AF29: 2022 Season ReactionsThe DCAF 2022 Season Review. Host Fossil Chops, Jeff Ream, and Nikki Brose get together to react to the 2022 season.We want to hear YOUR voices - call our submission line at 317-622-6946 and leave your best 1-2 minute take. You can use your real name or a pseudonym, and don’t forget to leave us a review on iTunes.Drum Corps AF is an irreverent podcast about drum corps and the marching arts. John and Nick love the activity, but we also get sick of all the saccharine BS that passes for commentary. Call it sn...
2022-08-231h 06Drum Corps AFMinisode 081422: Fuck the Blue DevilsFuck the Blue Devils. John gives his in-depth postseason thoughts on 2022.We want to hear YOUR voices - call our submission line at 317-622-6946 and leave your best 1-2 minute take. You can use your real name or a pseudonym, and don’t forget to leave us a review on iTunes.Drum Corps AF is an irreverent podcast about drum corps and the marching arts. John and Nick love the activity, but we also get sick of all the saccharine BS that passes for commentary. Call it snark or call it shade, it’s what we d...
2022-08-1400 minDrum Corps AF28: 2022 Season PreviewThe DCAF 2022 Season Preview. Host Fossil Chops, Jeff Ream, Nikki Brose, and special guest DrumsDownUnder from the Drunk Corps Int podcast get together to discuss the upcoming 2022 season, and maybe throw some shade at the silly design concepts and dramatic show reveals that many corps engage in.We want to hear YOUR voices - call our submission line at 317-622-6946 and leave your best 1-2 minute take. You can use your real name or a pseudonym, and don’t forget to leave us a review on iTunes.Drum Corps AF is an irreverent podcast about dr...
2022-06-261h 59
Covenant Grace ChurchPURPOSEFUL RESTORATION - Once-off PreachOnce-off Preach – Purposeful Restoration
Author: Kyle Weldy
John 21: 15-19
2022-04-2536 minDrum Corps AF27: Best of the BluecoatsThe Best of the Bluecoats. Fossil Chops, Nikki, Jeaf Ream, John (!), and the Drum Corps AF community talk about their favorite shows of the only corps named after and formed from a police department. Special guest host Fossil Chops.We want to hear YOUR voices - call our submission line at 317-622-6946 and leave your best 1-2 minute take. You can use your real name or a pseudonym, and don’t forget to leave us a review on iTunes.Drum Corps AF is an irreverent podcast about drum corps and the marching arts. John and Ni...
2022-04-201h 58Drum Corps AF26: Best of SCVThe Best of Santa Clara Vanguard. Fossil Chops, Nikki, Jeff Ream, John (!), and the Drum Corps AF community talk about their favorite shows of the only corps to ever make every single Finals in DCI history–Santa Clara Vanguard. Special guest host Fossil Chops.We want to hear YOUR voices - call our submission line at 317-622-6946 and leave your best 1-2 minute take. You can use your real name or a pseudonym, and don’t forget to leave us a review on iTunes.Drum Corps AF is an irreverent podcast about drum corps and the...
2022-02-261h 37Drum Corps AF25: We're Getting the Band Back TogetherWe're Getting the Band Back Together. Guest hosts Sara, Jeff, Fossil Chops, and the Drum Corps AF community talk finally get back on the wagon after 6 months of pandemic hell to talk about the 2021 drum corps season. Special "broke-ass bitch" column appearance by Nicholas PowersNext episode: The best of Santa Clara Vanguard. We want to hear YOUR voices - call our submission line at 317-622-6946 and leave your best 1-2 minute take on your favorite SCV show. You can use your real name or a pseudonym, and don’t forget to leave us a review on iT...
2022-01-012h 12Drum Corps AF24: Blue DevilsThe Best of the Blue Devils. John, Nick, Sara, Kelly and the Drum Corps AF community talk about the corps that we love to hate...or do we? Special guest host Fossil Chops.We want to hear YOUR voices - call our submission line at 317-622-6946 and leave your best 1-2 minute take. You can use your real name or a pseudonym, and don’t forget to leave us a review on iTunes.Drum Corps AF is an irreverent podcast about drum corps and the marching arts. John and Nick love the activity, but we al...
2021-04-071h 49
The Charlotte PodcastEpisode 224 - Brewery Festivals and City Council OpeningsThis week the boys were joined by Aaron Gore and Nils Weldy with the Queen City Brewers Festival. We talk about how the festival is changing in its 10th year and its mission to benefit ACEing Autism. We also talked about where Charlotte ranks in terms of US cities with this week’s Charlotte Fact of the Week.
2021-01-2536 minDrum Corps AF23: Best Non-FinalistsThe best non-Finalists. John, Nick, Sara, Jeff and the Drum Corps AF community talk about corps that didn’t quite make the cut. Who are those hidden gems you need to take a look back at? Special guest host Kelly Elias.We want to hear YOUR voices - call our submission line at 317-622-6946 and leave your best 1-2 minute take. You can use your real name or a pseudonym, and don’t forget to leave us a review on iTunes.Drum Corps AF is an irreverent podcast about drum corps and the marching arts. John...
2021-01-132h 09Drum Corps AFMinisode: #DCI21?DCI has released a statement saying there WILL be DCI events in Indy in August, 2021. 18 of the top 25 corps have responded, in very different ways. John talks about all of it, and encourages you to vote with your dollars for who you think is handling this best.DCI21 Statements:https://docs.google.com/document/d/17USUi94nOyBalI3CcimCEk9urshlKYVasUYi_bZTNR4/edit?usp=sharingWe want to hear YOUR voices - call our submission line at 317-622-6946 and leave your best 2 minute take. You can use your real name or a pseudonym, and don’t fo...
2020-12-0937 minDrum Corps AF22: Blue KnightsThe best of the Blue Knights. John, Nick, Sara, Fossil Chops and the Drum Corps AF community talk about a corps with a checkered past, often overlooked and maligned, but undoubtedly one of the leading innovators in our activity.We want to hear YOUR voices - call our submission line at 317-622-6946 and leave your best 2 minute take. You can use your real name or a pseudonym, and don’t forget to leave us a review on iTunes.Drum Corps AF is an irreverent podcast about drum corps and the marching arts. John and Nick lo...
2020-11-022h 40Drum Corps AF21: Best BalladsThe best ballads ever fielded. John, Nick, Sara and the Drum Corps AF community talk about the ballads that brought us to tears, cheers and throwing our babies onto the field. We want to hear YOUR voices - follow us on FB or Twitter to be part of the podcast!Or call our submission line at 317-622-6946 and leave your best 30-90sec take. You can use your real name or a pseudonym, and don’t forget to leave us a review on iTunes.Drum Corps AF is an irreverent podcast about drum corps an...
2020-09-142h 29Drum Corps AF20: Our Favorite Finals NightsThe most memorable Saturday nights in drum corps. John, Nick and the Drum Corps AF community talk about our favorite shows and moments from finals night. We want to hear YOUR voices - follow us on FB or Twitter to be part of the podcast!Or call our submission line at 317-622-6946 and leave your best 30-90sec take. You can use your real name or a pseudonym, and don’t forget to leave us a review on iTunes.Drum Corps AF is an irreverent podcast about drum corps and the marching arts. John an...
2020-08-152h 24
Doublewide DudesHow Energy Efficiency Make Homes More AffordableThis week we talk to John Weldy about energy efficiency and home affordability. We learnhow smaller homes tend to be more energy efficient, but they are penalized by currentenergy efficiency measuring systems, which make it hard to compare energy use from hometo home.The good news is, there are a couple of easy ways to know whether or not a new home willbe more energy efficient than similar models, and we talk about how consumers can protectthemselves as well as how local governments can adjust their building codes to...
2020-08-0535 min
Global BandroomFinding Drum Corps 5: The ContestIn Episode 5, Keith Kelly explores the competitive aspects of Drum Corps International from both the perspective of judges and of fans.
Special guests include DCI judge administrator John Phillips, Santa Clara Vanguard brass caption head Marc Nichols, Bluecoats alum John Weldy, Marching Arts Education podcaster Tim Hinton, DCI CEO Dan Acheson, and former Blue Knights member and podcast co-producer Mallory Anderson.
2020-07-2951 minDrum Corps AF19: Best. Drums. Ever.The best percussion sections in DCI history. John and the Drum Corps AF community talk about our favorite shows and moments from the past decade of drum corps. Special guests: Kelly Elias, Fossil Chops, Jeff Ream.We want to hear YOUR voices - follow us on FB or Twitter to be part of the podcast!Or call our submission line at 317-622-6946 and leave your best 30-90sec take. You can use your real name or a pseudonym, and don’t forget to leave us a review on iTunes.Drum Corps AF is an ir...
2020-07-132h 26Drum Corps AF18: Best of the 2010sThe best of the decade: 2010s. John, Nick and the Drum Corps AF listeners talk about our favorite shows and moments from the past decade of drum corps.We want to hear YOUR voices - follow us on FB or Twitter to be part of the podcast!Or call our submission line at 317-622-6946 and leave your best 30-90sec take. You can use your real name or a pseudonym, and don’t forget to leave us a review on iTunes.Drum Corps AF is an irreverent podcast about drum corps and the marching ar...
2020-06-152h 42Drum Corps AF17: Phantom PhavoritesThe very best of Phantom Regiment. John, Nick and the Drum Corps AF listeners talk about our favorite Phantom Regiment shows and moments.We want to hear YOUR voices - follow us on FB or Twitter to be part of the podcast!Or call our submission line at 317-622-6946 and leave your best 30-90sec take. You can use your real name or a pseudonym, and don’t forget to leave us a review on iTunes.Drum Corps AF is an irreverent podcast about drum corps and the marching arts. John and Nick love th...
2020-05-202h 11Drum Corps AFMinisode: Covid19DCI cancels 2020 season. John talks about the effects of the global pandemic on our little activity and solicits audience feedback.We want to hear YOUR voices - follow us on FB or Twitter to be part of the podcast!Or call our submission line at 317-622-6946 and leave your best 30-90sec take. You can use your real name or a pseudonym, and don’t forget to leave us a review on iTunes.Drum Corps AF is an irreverent podcast about drum corps and the marching arts. John and Nick love the activity, but we...
2020-04-041h 19Drum Corps AF16: Our Favorite DCI Color GuardsOur Favorite DCI Color Guards. John and Nick discuss their favorite (not necessarily the best) color guards in DCI history, and ask the DCAF community to do the same. We want to hear YOUR voices - follow us on FB or Twitter to be part of the podcast!Or call our submission line at 317-622-6946 and leave your best 30-90sec take. You can use your real name or a pseudonym, and don’t forget to leave us a review on iTunes.Drum Corps AF is an irreverent podcast about drum corps and the ma...
2020-01-102h 12Drum Corps AF15: The Very Best of the Men of MadisonThe Very Best of the Men of Madison. John and Nick discuss their favorite Madison Scouts shows and those of the DCAF community. Madison has been in DCI 48 years, and is opening a new chapter. Time for a look back.We want to hear YOUR voices - follow us on FB or Twitter to be part of the podcast!Or call our submission line at 317-622-6946 and leave your best 30-90sec take. You can use your real name or a pseudonym, and don’t forget to leave us a review on iTunes.Drum Co...
2019-10-282h 09Drum Corps AF14: 2019 Fan Response & 2020 Staff Grab Season2019 Fan Response & 2020 Staff Grab Season. John and Nick listen to what the Drum Corps AF community has to say about the 2019 season and the staff carousel that has been early September. If you still have a job in drum corps 2020, please stand up. Not so fast, Will Pitts...We want to hear YOUR voices - follow us on FB or Twitter to be part of the podcast!Or call our submission line at 317-622-6946 and leave your best 30-90sec take. You can use your real name or a pseudonym, and don’t forget to leave us...
2019-09-251h 38Drum Corps AF13: 2019 Review2019 Recap. John & Nick (he’s back!) wrap up the 2019 season, including the premiere of the DCAF’fies (yearly Drum Corps AF awards), our take on who sucked, who was great, and who should have placed differently and all the other shit you’ve come to expect from us.We want to hear YOUR voices - follow us on FB or Twitter to be part of the podcast!Or call our submission line at 317-622-6946 and leave your best 30-90sec take on anything going on in the 2019 season. You can use your real name or a pseudo...
2019-08-312h 10Drum Corps AFMinisode 2019.7.30: Super Regional AftershocksThe aftermath of the super regionals. John gets by with a little help from his friends - LOTS of them. We listen to lots of YOUR opinions on the 2019 season, with a focus on San Antonio and Atlanta. Bluecoats won both, but now the Blue Devils seem to be overtaking them. Who will the 2019 Champion be? Will we really have a different winner for each caption? Have Cadets’ fall and Pacific Crest’s rise finished, or is there further to go?We want to hear YOUR voices - follow us on FB or Twitter to be part of the...
2019-08-011h 50Drum Corps AFMinisode 2019.7.16: Countdown to San AntonioThe calm before the storm. John gets by with a little help from his friends - LOTS of them. We listen to lots of YOUR opinions on the 2019 season, with a focus on the competitive craziness leading up to San Antonio. Will the Bluecoats remain undefeated? How will SCV’s new changes affect them? Are the Blue Knights and Phantom Regiment for real?We want to hear YOUR voices - follow us on FB or Twitter to be part of the podcast!Or call our submission line at 317-622-6946 and leave your best 30-90sec take on...
2019-07-181h 00Drum Corps AFMinisode 2019.7.9: Madison Goes All-GenderMadison Scouts go all-gender. John gets by with a little help from his friends - LOTS of them. We listen to lots of YOUR opinions on the 2019 season, with a focus on Madison Scouts’ recent decision to go all-gender. Good move? Bad move? What will the effect be? What do YOU think?We want to hear YOUR voices - follow us on FB or Twitter to be part of the podcast!Or call our submission line at 317-622-6946 and leave your best 30-90sec take on anything going on in the 2019 season. You can use your re...
2019-07-101h 16
Reclaiming Christianity36: Two Views of JesusDoes Jesus Work for You? John and the panel discuss Jesus and cross from the perspective of a Christian and a former Christian. The conversation is shaped by the book “Why I Left, Why I Stayed” by humanist Bart Campolo and his father, evangelist Tony Campolo.
Panelists: Jennifer Neyhart, Thad Crews
Reclaiming Christianity is a book review podcast about God, faith and life. Each episode is centered around a book that John loves, and contains a reading of a section, a review and running commentary. John understands that Christianity is a mess, both corporately and personally, but believes it is wort...
2018-05-101h 19
Reclaiming Christianity35: Evolution of the Word, part 1The chronological New Testament. John and the panel discuss how the New Testament and Christianity evolved during its first century through the lens of Evolution of the Word by Marcus Borg. This episode we introduce the concept of studying the NT in the order the books were written, look through Borg’s timeline, and discuss the first five books: I Thessalonians, Galatians, I Corinthians, Philemon and Philippians.
Panelists: Jennifer Neyhart, Jason Armold
Reclaiming Christianity is a book review podcast about God, faith and life. Each episode is centered around a book that John loves, and contains a reading of a se...
2018-04-191h 15
Reclaiming ChristianityBSG1: Season 1John and the panel discuss theology and politics in the 2003 sci-fi series Battlestar Galactica.
Panelists: Chuck McKnight, Keith Giles, Jennifer Neyhart
BSG Theology is a 7-episode sister podcast to Reclaiming Christianity, a book review podcast about God, faith and life. For more information, check us out at reclaimingchristianity.net
Show Notes
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aAbo_NZUc7dAJHbNC6OmyP30bCQUVBLGC-AUUxn8J4g/edit?usp=sharing
Join in the conversation at https://www.facebook.com/groups/theologyscifi/
2018-04-151h 07
Reclaiming Christianity34: Homosexuality is NOT Wrong!This is a very special episode where my friends Bre & Beck respond to recent actions by Bethel, Redding against the LGBTQ+ community. We also discuss the Reclaiming Jesus statement and what Christians and other allies can do to help.
Panelists: Bre & Beck Hanan
Reclaiming Christianity is a book review podcast about God, faith and life. Each episode is centered around a book that John loves, and contains a reading of a section, a review and running commentary. John understands that Christianity is a mess, both corporately and personally, but believes it is worth reclaiming.
For more information on the podcast...
2018-04-051h 39Reclaiming Christianity33: Deconstruction and CommunityFinding other sojourners. John and the panel discuss finding community while you’re going through deconstruction through the lens of Finding God in the Waves by “Science” Mike McHargue. What’s the most important thing for someone going through a faith shift? What can you do when you’ve been hurt by the church? Now that you’re a “heretic”, where can you find community?
Panelists: Michelle Collins, Nathan Jennings
Reclaiming Christianity is a book review podcast about God, faith and life. Each episode is centered around a book that John loves, and contains a reading of a section, a review and runni...
2018-03-291h 15Reclaiming Christianity32: This is Your Brain on GodGod & the Brain. John and the panel discuss Christianity, Atheism and Buddhism as through the lens of Finding God in the Waves by “Science” Mike McHargue. How does God affect your brain? Does an angry God affect the brain differently from a loving God? Can doubt and faith coexist in the same skull?
Panelists: Thad Crews, Jason Armold
Reclaiming Christianity is a book review podcast about God, faith and life. Each episode is centered around a book that John loves, and contains a reading of a section, a review and running commentary. John understands that Christianity is a mess, both corp...
2018-03-2254 min
Reclaiming Christianity31: Jesus and BuddhaUnity of Religions. John and Joshua discuss Christianity, Atheism and Buddhism as through the lens of Jesus and Buddha: The Parallel Sayings by Marcus Borg. If Jesus met the Buddha, would they try to convince each other or connect as brothers? What if our similarities are much greater than our differences?
Panelists: Joshua Levi Lester
Reclaiming Christianity is a book review podcast about God, faith and life. Each episode is centered around a book that John loves, and contains a reading of a section, a review and running commentary. John understands that Christianity is a mess, both corporately and personally...
2018-03-181h 09
Reclaiming Christianity30: Axioms of FaithA broader faith. John and the panel discuss “Science” Mike McHargue’s Axioms of Faith as presented in his book Finding God in the Waves. Can God and science coexist? Can God be experienced without certainty? Is there a framework by which a rational person can believe in God?
Panelists: Jennifer Neyhart, Beckett Hanan
Reclaiming Christianity is a book review podcast about God, faith and life. Each episode is centered around a book that John loves, and contains a reading of a section, a review and running commentary. John understands that Christianity is a mess, both corporately and personally, but believ...
2018-03-151h 14
Reclaiming Christianity29: The Cosmic ChristInclusivity & exclusivity. How big is God? Who gets to define who is “in” and who is “out”? Must Christianity be exclusive, or is there a broader picture we may be missing? John and the panel discuss a Christ who is much grander than we have ever been allowed to imagine through the lens of Love Wins by Rob Bell.
Panelists: Jennifer Neyhart, Greg Reynolds
Reclaiming Christianity is a book review podcast about God, faith and life. Each episode is centered around a book that John loves, and contains a reading of a section, a review and running commentary. John understands that Chr...
2018-03-0852 minReclaiming Christianity28: LGBTQ+ and EvangelicalismLGBTQ+. John & the panel discuss the relationship between women & evangelicalism through the lens of Deborah Jian Lee’s Rescuing Jesus. Is being gay a sin? How has the church abused people who don’t fit into neatly-defined gender roles?
Panelists: Mary Lokers, Doug Rice, Beckett Hanan
Reclaiming Christianity is a book review podcast about God, faith and life. Each episode is centered around a book that John loves, and contains a reading of a section, a review and running commentary. John understands that Christianity is a mess, both corporately and personally, but believes it is worth reclaiming.
Join in the conv...
2018-03-011h 20Reclaiming Christianity27: Women and EvangelicalismWomen. John & the panel discuss the relationship between women & evangelicalism through the lens of Deborah Jian Lee’s Rescuing Jesus. How have women been shaped by evangelicalism? Why is there such a disparity in gender equality? What is the effect of purity culture? And how can we address these issues?
Panelists: Tiffany Earle, Jennifer Neyhart
Reclaiming Christianity is a book review podcast about God, faith and life. Each episode is centered around a book that John loves, and contains a reading of a section, a review and running commentary. John understands that Christianity is a mess, both corporately and personally, bu...
2018-02-221h 12Reclaiming Christianity26: People of Color and EvangelicalismPeople of color. John & the panel discuss the relationship between people of color & evangelicalism through the lens of Deborah Jian Lee’s Rescuing Jesus. Why is there such a divide between whites and people of color in the Church? Where did it come from? What can we do about it? How does it affect our theology?
Panelists: Eli Nichols, Chari Deconstruie
Reclaiming Christianity is a book review podcast about God, faith and life. Each episode is centered around a book that John loves, and contains a reading of a section, a review and running commentary. John understands that Christianity is a...
2018-02-181h 14Reclaiming Christianity25: Atheism, Evolution and EducationIntelligence & belief. John & the panel discuss atheism, evolution and education through the lens of Sam Harris’ Letter to a Christian Nation. Does education naturally lead one away from fundamentalism? Do progressive Christian beliefs inevitably lead to atheism? How does evolution drive the atheism/religion debate?
Panelists: Thad Crews, Shan Edgington, Timothy Khune
Reclaiming Christianity is a book review podcast about God, faith and life. Each episode is centered around a book that John loves, and contains a reading of a section, a review and running commentary. John understands that Christianity is a mess, both corporately and personally, but believes it is...
2018-02-081h 12Reclaiming Christianity24: Atheism: A Reasoned ResponseFundamentalism & atheism. John & the panel discuss atheism through the lens of Sam Harris’ Letter to a Christian Nation. Why do people with religious backgrounds choose atheism? What forces in religion (especially Christian fundamentalism) push them away? How do atheists differ from one another?
Panelists: Thad Crews, Shan Edgington, Timothy Khune
Reclaiming Christianity is a book review podcast about God, faith and life. Each episode is centered around a book that John loves, and contains a reading of a section, a review and running commentary. John understands that Christianity is a mess, both corporately and personally, but believes it is worth re...
2018-02-021h 12Reclaiming Christianity23: CalvinismIs God an asshole? Does he set some people up to fail eternally? Are we all born into a diseased race? Is there an elect who have no choice but to go on to eternal bliss while everyone else has no choice but go on to eternal punishment? Or is Calvinism just the creation of a white guy who wanted to prove that white guys are better than everyone else? John & the panel discuss Calvinism through the lens of Brian Zahnd’s Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God.
Panelists: Wendy Francisco (Love Heretic Facebook Group), Beckett Hanan (BrazenChurch.co...
2018-01-251h 21Reclaiming Christianity22: Hell No!Hell. What is it? What isn’t it? What did Jesus say? What didn’t Jesus say? And how did we get here? John and the panel talk the ins & outs of Christianity’s most vile doctrine through the lens of Brian Zahnd’s book Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God
Panelists: Nathan Jennings (Posse of Online Spiritual Misfits Facebook group), Lee O’Hare (Posse of Online Spiritual Misfits Facebook group, Lee O’Hare on YouTube), Jennifer Neyhart (Theology Book Club for Deconstruction & Reconstruction Facebook group)
Reclaiming Christianity is a book review podcast about God, faith and life. Each episode...
2018-01-141h 25Reclaiming Christianity21: Bhagavad Gita for DummiesHindu sacred text. After spending three weeks discussing what the Bible is and is not, John invites Indu Vasudevan from the Hindu Temple of Central Indiana to discuss the Bhagavad Gita. Indu discusses some beginner-level steps for approaching the text. Is it possible to better follow your own path by learning about another?
Reclaiming Christianity is a book review podcast about God, faith and life. Each episode is centered around a book that John loves, and contains a reading of a section, a review and running commentary. John understands that Christianity is a mess, both corporately and personally, but believes...
2018-01-031h 12Reclaiming Christianity20: Living Through a Faith ShiftWhat is the Bible? by Rob Bell, part 3. John and the panel discuss going through a faith shift. What causes faith shifts? What are the costs? How do you navigate through a faith shift in a healthy way?
Panel members: Jennifer Neyhart (Theology Book Club for Deconstruction/Reconstruction, jenniferneyhart.com), Beckett Hanan (BrazenChurch.com, projectevo.org, typeinmind.com), Robert Donahue
Reclaiming Christianity is a book review podcast about God, faith and life. Each episode is centered around a book that John loves, and contains a reading of a section, a review and running commentary. John understands that Christianity is a...
2017-12-281h 29Reclaiming Christianity19: God and the American EmpireWhat is the Bible? by Rob Bell, part 2. John and the panel discuss how we interpret the Bible through the American lens. What is different in our society that makes is so easy for us to completely miss the point of large sections of the Bible? How have we so lost the plot?
Panel members: Jennifer Neyhart (Theology Book Club for Deconstruction/Reconstruction, jenniferneyhart.com), Beckett Hanan (BrazenChurch.com, projectevo.org, typeinmind.com), Jason Armold, Angela Armold
Reclaiming Christianity is a book review podcast about God, faith and life. Each episode is centered around a book that John loves, and...
2017-12-211h 19Reclaiming Christianity18: AnakephalaiossathaiWhat is the Bible? by Rob Bell, part 1. John and the panel discuss how God is bringing all things into unity. What does it mean to bring all things into unity? How are we seeing that? How are we not seeing that? And what does this have to do with the Bible?
Panel members: Jennifer Neyhart (Theology Book Club for Deconstruction/Reconstruction, jenniferneyhart.com), Nathan Jennings (Posse of Online Spiritual Misfits), Thad Crews
Reclaiming Christianity is a book review podcast about God, faith and life. Each episode is centered around a book that John loves, and contains a reading of...
2017-12-141h 14Reclaiming Christianity17: Polytheism in the BibleIs polytheism biblical? We know that the ancient Israelites lived among people who believed in other gods, but did they believe in other gods? John discusses paganism, ancient and modern, with Tamrha Richardson and Elhrik Thrice from the Novices of the Old Ways - Indianapolis. Can an understanding of Paganism better help us understand Christianity and Judaism?
Reclaiming Christianity is a book review podcast about God, faith and life. Each episode is centered around a book that John loves, and contains a reading of a section, a review and running commentary. John understands that Christianity is a mess, both corporately...
2017-12-071h 15Reclaiming Christianity16: Evolution of Theology in ScriptureIs the Bible an infallible, integrated message system? Does it show a homogeneous, unified view? Or does it show growth and diversity? John looks at an article from Quaker Universalist Reader #2 and discusses the evolution of theology within Scripture.
Reclaiming Christianity is a book review podcast about God, faith and life. Each episode is centered around a book that John loves, and contains a reading of a section, a review and running commentary. John understands that Christianity is a mess, both corporately and personally, but believes it is worth reclaiming.
For more information on the podcast, the book club and...
2017-11-301h 04Reclaiming Christianity15: The Way, the Truth and the LifeIs Jesus the only way? John reads an article from Brian McLaren and discusses John 14:6, the Christian “shut the door” passage on other religions. Does it really say what we’ve been taught it says? Or what does it say? How have we gotten it so wrong? And why does it matter?
Reclaiming Christianity is a book review podcast about God, faith and life. Each episode is centered around a book that John loves, and contains a reading of a section, a review and running commentary. John understands that Christianity is a mess, both corporately and personally, but believes it is wor...
2017-11-231h 17Reclaiming Christianity14: The Mystic Gospel, part 3Christian Mysticism and Nonliteralism. John closes out a trilogy on the 4th gospel by discussing Nonliteralism in John’s gospel, using John Shelby Spong’s The Fourth Gospel, Tales of a Jewish Mystic as a backdrop. So much of Christian theology has been based on a literal reading of John’s gospel. Has this all just been one massive exercise in missing the point?
Reclaiming Christianity is a book review podcast about God, faith and life. Each episode is centered around a book that John loves, and contains a reading of a section, a review and running commentary. John understands that C...
2017-11-161h 21Reclaiming Christianity13: The Mystic Gospel, part 2Christian Mysticism. A very different kind of episode, John reads the 4th gospel in its entirety in one setting with no additional commentary. Forget the small details and enter into this story as a whole. Go beyond the literal and plunge into the depths of the mystical.
About This Podcast
Reclaiming Christianity is a book review podcast about God, faith and life. Each episode is centered around a book that John loves, and contains a reading of a section, a review and running commentary. John understands that Christianity is a mess, both corporately and personally, but believes it is worth...
2017-11-091h 29Reclaiming Christianity12: The Mystic Gospel, part 1Christian Mysticism. John explores the Gospel that bears his namesake through the lens of mysticism, via Bishop John Shelby Spong’s book The Fourth Gospel, Tales of a Jewish Mystic. John’s gospel, interpreted literally, has been used to provide much fodder for division and creed in the Church through history. We take a different approach.
About This Podcast
Reclaiming Christianity is a book review podcast about God, faith and life. Each episode is centered around a book that John loves, and contains a reading of a section, a review and running commentary. John understands that Christianity is a mess, both...
2017-11-021h 05Reclaiming Christianity11: UniversalismThis Episode
What is (and isn’t) Universalism? Universalism is a much-maligned and much-misunderstood concept, especially among American evangelicals. John reviews and reads from Quaker Universalist Reader #2: Universalism & Religions and discusses different views of what universalism is and is not.
About This Podcast
Reclaiming Christianity is a book review podcast about God, faith and life. Each episode is centered around a book that John loves, and contains a reading of a section, a review and running commentary. John understands that Christianity is a mess, both corporately and personally, but believes it is worth reclaiming.
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Reclaiming Christianity10: A New ReformationReformation and revolution. In honor of the 500th anniversary of Reformation Day (Oct 31, 2017), John discusses Martin Luther’s 95 Theses and the Protestant Reformation through the lens of Matthew Fox’s 2005 book A New Reformation.
Fox says, “At this critical time in human and planetary history, when the earth is being ravaged by the violence of war, poverty, sexism, homophobia, and eco-destruction, we need to gather those who offer a future that is one of compassion, creativity, and justice to speak their conscience as never before. Religion ought to be part of the solution, not the problem.” His 95 theses call for a New Re...
2017-10-191h 19Reclaiming Christianity9: Religious RecoveryRecovering from religious hurt. John welcomes Wayne Holmes, director of Religious Recovery (www.religiousrecovery.org), a 12-step-inspired program designed to help those who have been hurt by religion or the religious. John and Wayne discuss what Religious Recovery does, why it’s needed, and the 13 steps & 13 stones of Religious Recovery.
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2017-10-121h 12Reclaiming Christianity8: Speaking Christian, Part 2 - SinChurch evolution. John talks about a major change happening at Grace Point Community Church in Houston, TX (www.churchisfun.org) and why it’s not “just another random church movement”. Then John reads & discusses the chapter on Sin from Marcus Borg’s Speaking Christian, which goes right to the core of theology.
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2017-10-051h 21Reclaiming Christianity7: Sapiens: A Brief History of HumankindMyths and Empire. We begin with a conversation on the topic of the day: the NFL protests, and in particular why is it so important that we respect the American soldier? Then John reads and comments on the Tree of Life chapter from Sapiens: A brief history of humanity by Yuval Noah Harari, describing the cognitive revolution. What are story, myth and imagined reality? How did they develop? How have we developed because of them? And what are the dangers?
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2017-09-281h 20Reclaiming Christianity6: Church RefugeesHow Church hurts people. John discusses why people leave church and what happens next. We start out with a post on people being contacted after leaving their church from the Exvangelical facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/332199817139241/). Then John reads and comments on Church Refugees: Sociologists reveal why people are DONE with church but not their faith by Josh Packard.
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2017-09-211h 28Reclaiming Christianity5: Love WinsGod Language. John talks about how words fail us when it comes to God while reading from Rob Bell's book Love Wins: A book about Heaven, Hell and the fate of every person who ever lived.
2017-09-141h 09Reclaiming Christianity4: Speaking Christian, Part 1 - The Death of JesusThe death of Jesus. In part one of Speaking Christian by Marcus Borg, John discusses penal substitutionary atonement and the purpose of Jesus' death. Is God the biggest a-hole ever? Or could we have gotten it wrong?
2017-09-071h 14Reclaiming Christianity3: The Crowd, the Critic & the MuseFundamentalism and creativity. John discusses criticism and the Nashville statement, then reads and reviews Michael Gungor's book The Crowd, the Critic and the Muse. Get in on John's FREE book program at reclaimingchristianity.podomatic.net
2017-08-311h 16Reclaiming Christianity2: Flickering Pixels: How Technology Shapes Your FaithJohn discusses early feedback to the podcast and his vision to empower people, then reads, reviews and comments on a section of Flickering Pixels: How Technology Shapes Your Faith by Shane Hipps.
2017-08-2453 minReclaiming Christianity1: Meeting Jesus Again for the First TimeJohn begins the episode with an overview of who he is and what the podcast is about, then reads, reviews and comments on a section of Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time by Marcus Borg
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