A podcast to help you navigate faith in the modern world. Luke Norsworthy interviews academics, artists, authors, pastor, and more about spirituality, faith, and anything else that's newsworthy.
Episodes
Monday Aug 10, 2015
Monday Aug 10, 2015
Dr. Kent Brantly joins the show to discuss God working through Ebola, why Kent went to the White House to talk with President Obama before coming on the podcast, the fear of death, being faithful while having Ebola, the distinction between God saving his life vs. God healing him, and Kent's new book Called For Life.
Thursday May 07, 2015
Thursday May 07, 2015
Part One: Rob
Bell and Richard Beck return to the show to discuss Rob’s next book, intramural
rodeos, Jane Fonda vs. Sigmund Freud, teaching evolution earlier, growth by
disruption, belief affirmation communities, Rob’s game plan for Love Wins, Free
will vs. determinism and more.
This month's sponsor is The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology.
Monday Apr 13, 2015
Monday Apr 13, 2015
Rachel Held Evans joins the show to discuss which Taylor Swift song expresses her relationship with the Evangelical church, becoming an Episcopalian, the importance of inclusion, online community vs. in the flesh community, Sin, Richard Beck and her new book Searching for Sunday.
For more Rachel, check out these videos she has done with Work of the People.Monday Mar 02, 2015
Monday Mar 02, 2015
Josh Patrick joins the show for an incredibly honest conversation about being a 35 year old father of three who was recently diagnosed with stage four-colon cancer, pain as bumping into reality, Viktor Frankl, living in the present, mental off-roading and hope.
Friday Feb 27, 2015
Friday Feb 27, 2015
Luke's Dad, Larry Norsworthy, returns to the show to discuss faith after cynicism, The Dark Night of the Soul, depression, Church, Barbara Brown Taylor, his love for Pete Rollins and his surprising ability to find Pete Holmes' podcast. Plus at the end of the podcast there's a teaser for the upcoming guests for March.
Monday Feb 23, 2015
Monday Feb 23, 2015
Dr. A.J. Swoboda joins the show to discuss the full Easter weekend experience, telemarketing, Hell, the Portland of the South, he hipster ethos, grace as a hall pass, living in the pain of Friday, awkwardness of Saturday and the joy of Sunday, and his newest book A Glorious Dark.
Monday Feb 02, 2015
Monday Feb 02, 2015
Dr. Peter Rollins returns to the show to discuss Sacred Objects, the how of belief, what church can learn from AA, Realized Eschatology, meaning, Eucharist, and his newest book "The Divine Magician."
Saturday Jan 17, 2015
Saturday Jan 17, 2015
Bishop N.T. Wright joins the show to discuss Good News vs. Good Advice, his hardest book to write, C.S. Lewis vs. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Colbert Report, the fifth signpost he would add to Simply Christian, Kingdom, New Creation, Hope vs. Evidence, and his newest book Simply Good News.
Monday Nov 17, 2014
Monday Nov 17, 2014
Barbara Brown Taylor returns to the show to discuss why she will not watch her interview with Oprah, who would play her in a movie, introverted pastors, disappointment with God, transformation and translation, worrying and praying, the troubling word "sin" and Learning to Walk in the Dark.
Wednesday Nov 12, 2014
Wednesday Nov 12, 2014
Luke’s Dad rejoins the show to discuss humanism verses existentialism, if we can really ever know ourselves, the difference between free will in psychology and theology, and letting go of the non-essentials. FYI it get’s a bit nerdy.