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Is the pandemic making us a little stir crazy? Maybe. Because we decide to draft Zombie Apocalypse Survival teams from Biblical characters. Whose team is best?

Rev Brit Bolerjack joins us to talk about Earth Day. Why is creation care so important for Christians? And how can we lead faithfully such that our congregations learn the value of creation for a faithful people?

Self-Distancing has been especially burdensome for pastors. How can we create space for self-care as we also work to care for our people? PLUS: Games for quarantine!

In this time of social distancing, how are our churches adapting? And with holy week just around the corner, how are we preparing for Good Friday and Easter in quarantine?

What is a Gospel? What makes the four in our canon stand out? Plus, we know you love our fights, so we argue about which of the four is the best. PLUS: we talk (probably too much?) about the Infancy Gospel of Thomas.

How can pastors make self-care a priority, especially when faced with so many competing demands?

After a very long break, we're back! We spend the first episode catching up. What has been happening in our ministry? And what are we most looking forward to in 2020?

It turns out that even in egalitarian homes, women do more work than men - especially if kids are in the mix. Why is that? Psychologist Darcy Lockman joins us to explore the causes - and solutions - of our surprisingly unequal relationships.

Onleilove Alston joins us to explore what it means to say the Bible is a Black book. From the construction of race to the Blackness of Adam and Eve, we explore why the Biblical roots of Blackness matter for all of us, no matter what color we are.

An act of terror by a professing Evangelical youth raises some deep questions about how our churches are discipling our children. What can we do better?

Tara and JR. fight again

Why are Christians so obsessed with the rapture? Author, blogger and Nazarene elder Zack Hunt joins us to talk about his new book Unraptured, which is a lot less about well, the rapture, than you might think!

It's March Madness, so why not an all-star tournament of famous women in Church history? From an initial pool of 16 women, we narrow it down to a final four... and then it's YOUR turn to vote!

Author and spiritual director Phileena Heuertz joins us to introduce the idea and practice of Christian contemplation.

Movies about Biblical stories are a mixed bag, and they're always divisive. So we throw our hats in the filmmaking ring by casting our own biblical epics. What movies do we want to see, and who're our dream casts and crews? PLUS: a big, IATC exclusive!

The United Methodist General Conference last week sent shockwaves through many Wesleyan denominations who are seeking to love and make disciples among the LGBTQ communities who worship with us. How do we make decisions as a global church? And how do we keep people made in God's image from being reduced to doctrinal positions?

We're back from the M-19 conference with our episode recorded ON SITE! Since M-19 was all about Evangelism, we dive into the conference content and explore what evangelism looks like on the ground.

How did Millennials get the rap as the burnout generation? In our Season 7 premier, we dive into a new article that explores the causes of burnout... and what it means for the Church.

Latifah Alattas of Moda Spira returns to the show to reveal the process behind her latest album, DIVORCE. Plus: since cloning dinosaurs seems inevitable now, what kind do you want?

The problem of Evil is one of the thorniest we face as theologians. Thomas Jay Oord returns to the show to explore his unique answer: that because of God's essential nature, God is unable to stop evil.