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Angela Gorrell | Finding Joy in Sorrow

Angela Gorrell’s work focuses on all things connected with joy—what it is, how it differs from happiness, and how it can exist alongside sorrow. 

Joni Sancken | Wounds of the Soul

How do you preach in a way that is mindful to those who have experienced trauma?

Tim Soerens | On the Move with God

What is God already doing, and how might we enter into that work?

Annie Lockhart-Gilroy | Fostering Hope

How can we foster hope and expectation for the future in the minds of urban youth?

Welcome to Season 5

Welcome back to The Distillery for Season 5! Join co-hosts Dayle Rounds, Sushama Austin-Connor and Shari Oosting for conversations with theological scholars and minist...

Kenda Creasy Dean, Justin Forbes, Wes Ellis, and Abigail Visco Rusert | Joy Riders

Delighted: What Teenagers Are Teaching the Church About Joy is a new book written from the unique perspectives of four authors, Kenda Creasy Dean, Justin Forbes, Wes E...

Katherine Douglass | Expressions of Faith

Katherine Douglass discusses her book, Creative in the Image of God: An Aesthetic Practical Theology of Young Adult Faith, and shares her findings on the role art play...

Greg Cootsona | Against All Odds

In this episode, Greg Cootsona argues against the idea that science and faith are at odds with one another and discusses ways to bring them together into dialogue.

David Stubbs | Turning the Table

In this episode, Dr. David Stubbs, Professor of Ethics and Theology at Western Seminary, traces the central meaning of the Lord's Supper out from the worship of the Je...

Lakisha Lockhart | Power Play

Creative expression can be a powerful aid in helping to move across differences. Learn how modes of play can be used as a pedagogical resource for theological educatio...

Khristi Adams | Living Out Loud

Khristi Adams shares her profound encounters with young black girls in her book, Parable of the Brown Girl: The Sacred Lives of Girls of Color” in which she lifts up t...

Cynthia Rigby | Surplus Grace

Cynthia Rigby discusses how various understandings of particular doctrines play out in relation to the way we live our lives, and how faith never lets us go because it...

Maria Cornou | Giving Voice to Diversity

How can Spanish-speaking and English-speaking Christians sing together in a way that expresses the beauty of both the diversity and unity of the church? In this e...

Robert Saler | Redemption and Radiohead

In this episode, Shari Oosting talks with Robert about his book, All These Things Into Position: What Theology Can Learn from Radiohead. Robert explores what it might...

Chanequa Walker-Barnes | Reimagining Racial Reconciliation

Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes helps us name the racially-divided world we are in and provides us with a womanist framework to construct a theology of racial reconciliation.

Welcome to Season 4

We invite you back to The Distillery for Season 4, which launches May 22, 2020. These episodes were recorded before and during the current global pandemic. We hope th...

Charles Atkins | Theological Reflection in Prison

Engaging in critical reflection is key to guiding the future of those incarcerated. In this episode, Charles Atkins discusses his calling to prison chaplaincy, and inv...

Kent Annan | Welcoming the Stranger

Prompted by a discussion with his eight-year-old son about the immigrant and refugee crises around the world, Kent Annan explores how fear and misunderstanding can mot...

Patrick Reyes | A Call to Life

Drawing on stories from his own life, Patrick Reyes discusses the life and death nature of vocational discernment for those living in communities of violence.

Carolyn Helsel | Race and Gratitude

How can pastors of predominantly white congregations thoughtfully address racism from the pulpit? Author of “Preaching about Racism: A Guide for Faith Leaders” and “A...

Nathan Stucky | Sabbath Rest

Nathan Stucky discusses God’s gift of Sabbath rest which allows young people to root their identities in the grace of God rather than in personal achievement.

Nancy Duff | Making Faithful Decisions at the End of Life

In this interview, Nancy Duff discusses the important role the church can play in helping people discuss death and dying. She addresses the common fears and theologic...

Jared Alcantara | Learning from Gardner C. Taylor

Jared Alcantara dives into the legacy of Gardner C. Taylor, who has been called “the dean of the nation’s black preachers” and “the poet laurate of the pulpit.” In exp...

Sonia Waters | Addiction and Pastoral Care

Sonia Waters discusses the complexities of providing pastoral care to those suffering with addiction. Waters then invites listeners into a conversation about the theo...

Andrew Root | The Pastor in a Secular Age

Andrew Root considers what ministry and the role of pastors, in particular, look like in what Charles Taylor called a “secular age” – an age where belief is an option.

Richard Osmer | The Confirmation Project

Richard Osmer takes us inside the findings of the Confirmation Project, a study on confirmation practices in five major North American denominations. In thinking of th...

Lisa Bowens | Cosmic Conflict

Lisa Bowens delves deep into 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 and explores its different interpretations. What can we make of Paul’s ascent to the third heaven? What is Paul’s “...

Anathea Portier Young | Apocalyptic Literature

Anathea Portier Young discusses how apocalyptic literature functions both as a valuable resource of theological imagination and as a form of political resistance. She ...

Welcome to Season 3

We invite you back to The Distillery for season 3, which launches on July 19th. Get ready to hear about confirmation, apocalyptic literature, and the life and legacy ...

Matthew Milliner | Mary, Mother of God

Matthew Milliner believes that Mary remains a leader and teacher to Protestants as well as Catholics and Orthodox. He says that Mary, once known as “Destroyer of Heres...

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