En Route: Journeys in Faith and Modern Life

Mar 23, 2023 • E135 • 00:20:41

This wasn’t a planned episode, but here it is because a certain podcast recording program decided to eat two of Dennis’ interviews. So, while Dennis works on redoing those episodes, here is one of his videos focusing on John 4 and the story of Woman at t...

Mar 14, 2023 • E134 • 01:06:52

Superman. Spiderman. Green Lantern. Wonder Woman. Black Panther. Critics tend to think that media based on comic book characters doesn’t really grapple with weighty matters like faith, politics or race, but they are wrong. Some of the blockbuster films,...

Mar 08, 2023 • E133 • 00:19:33

In this solo episode, I read the story I wrote in Substack and Medium about how white evangelicals are not the major factor in the rise of Donald Trump. The real story is more complex and very uncomfortable. These Are Not the Evangelicals You Are Looking...

Mar 03, 2023 • S01 E132 • 00:57:45

If you are part of a mainline Protestant denomination, you know that decline has been part of the story for over 50 years. And yet, at times people act like this isn’t a problem. Why is that? Why can’t we admit there is a problem and then come up with...

Feb 25, 2023 • S01 E131 • 01:01:37

The Asbury Revival has brought both praise and criticism from liberals and conservatives. But what’s missing is the context from which the event sprung forth which is a university in the Wesleyan tradition. That context matters because it helps define w...

Feb 17, 2023 • E130 • 01:14:12

The “He Gets Us” advertisements in the Superbowl and the revival taking place at Asbury University in Kentucky have drawn a fair amount of criticism from Mainline Protestant/Progressive Christians and that has left this podcast and guest Loren Richmond pe...

Feb 06, 2023 • S01 E129 • 00:42:03

America becomes more religiously polarized. The United States has always been somewhat of an outlier among highly developed nations.  Unlike Canada or Europe, America has had a strong tradition of attending a faith community if not every week, on a higher...

Jan 30, 2023 • E128 • 00:22:34

In this solo episode, Dennis shares two videos from his Weekly Check-in video series: one recorded in November after the midterms and the other in mid-January. In both Dennis looks at what it means to be political and also claim that Jesus is Lord in our...

Jan 20, 2023 • S01 E127 • 01:06:24

Can Christians in the United States break out of the left-right binary? In the late summer of 2022, a young Christian public theologian penned a document where he asked the question: Am I Progressive?  That young man was theologian Amar Peterman who wrote...

Jan 16, 2023 • E126 • 00:16:39

Or how to share your faith without being an . Mention the word, "evangelism" and people get nervous. People might have images of an angry preacher yelling at people. I understand and in this solo episode, I share an experience with a gentleman who was no...