Queer Insights on God & Faith - Rebecca Janvrin, Vince Brackett, Kyle Hanawalt

In honor of the weekend many would have been participating in Chicago’s Pride Parade if not for COVID-19, Rebecca Janvrin joins Vince & Kyle to discuss queer insights on God and faith. This kicks off our new series of discussion: God of the Oppressed. We’ll be immersing ourselves, one at a time, in various different marginalized perspectives on Jesus and faith and the Bible. Really, we can’t come to a proper theology and understanding of Jesus at all if we’re not trying to do that from marginalized perspectives, because Jesus was a marginalized person.

Acts, Psalms, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, GenesisVincent BrackettJune 30, 2020God of the OppressedComment

5 Anti-Racism Commitments - Vince Brackett & Kyle Hanawalt

If we use oral health & hygiene as an analogy, becoming anti-racist isn’t taking your tonsils out, it’s brushing your teeth — we have to commit to ongoing, everyday work.

Luke, Mark, Matthew, JohnVincent BrackettJune 9, 2020Comment

How do we do community right now? - Hayley Larson, Vince Brackett, Kyle Hanawalt

Hayley, Kyle, and Vince discuss “shoulds” and false “right” pictures of community, American metaphors vs New Testament metaphors for community, practical ways to do community right now in the midst of shelter-in-place, and obscure references from the show Friends.

1 Corinthians, John, MatthewVincent BrackettMay 26, 2020Comment

Some favorite "Bible references that aren't what Americans think" from Kyle & Vince

Kyle and Vince get excited when they discover that certain Biblical references may not be about what they’re popularly thought to be about in American culture. Because, despite all of the damage that is done when the Bible is misappropriated, it is (properly treated) a treasure trove!

Genesis, Exodus, Mark, Matthew, EzekielVincent BrackettMay 20, 2020Comment

Society Reset - Val Buchanan, Vince Brackett, & Kyle Hanawalt

Where can we find God in the way COVID-19 is resetting society? Vince, Kyle, and guest Val Buchanan discuss.

MatthewVincent BrackettMay 5, 2020Comment

Mailbag Response: Believing in God when bad things happen - Vince Brackett & Kyle Hanawalt

Vince and Kyle continue the conversation of “Believing in God when bad thing happen” with a mailbag podcast responding to comments and question from last Sunday’s discussion.

Hebrews, Genesis, Hosea, MatthewVincent BrackettApril 8, 2020Comment

Become who you're meant to (Wk 5: Choice & Prophecy) - Vince Brackett

In Harry Potter, Harry discovers the difference between “being dragged into the arena” of the hardship ahead of him and “walking into the arena with his head held high” — The same discovery is what made Jesus who he was — And the same discovery can transform us into all we’re meant to be.

1 Samuel, Isaiah, Psalms, MatthewVincent BrackettMarch 3, 2020Become all you're meant toComment

Become all you're meant to (Wk 4: Healing Un-Dealt With Pain) - Vince Brackett

Continuing his series on becoming all we’re meant to, Vince shares how embracing the risks of journeying through Jesus’ Kingdom of God brings healing to our un-dealt with pain by unpacking the theology of the movie Moana, how Moana is a Christ figure, and how we are all Te Ka.

John, Luke, Mark, MatthewVincent BrackettFebruary 18, 2020Become all you're meant toComment

Become all you're meant to (Wk 2: Beyond Consumerism) - Vince Brackett

Our ordinary world and lives are ruled by attachment to possessions and consumerism. But what if there is an alternative, unseen, spiritual reality (Jesus’ “Kingdom of God”) that we can choose to live in instead, which can free from us from the restlessness and comparison of being driven by consumerism, and can bring us purpose, transformation and a feeling that God is speaking to us?

MatthewVincent BrackettJanuary 28, 2020Become all you're meant toComment

Prophetic Voices (Wk 2: Haggai) - Kyle Hanawalt

Disappointment and the passage of time birth apathy, and apathy can be hard to break. Kyle traces a thread through real and hard-earned messages of hope from the Ancient Jewish Prophet Haggai, the life of Jesus, and the belief of Dr. King.

Haggai, MatthewVincent BrackettJanuary 21, 2020Prophetic VoicesComment