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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...
Brian Bantum | The Death of Race
Stories have the power to shape individual and communal identity. In this episode, Brian Bantum accounts for the ways in which the story of race has constructed a form...
Eric Barreto | Exploring the Bible
Reading the Bible is never an individual act. In this episode, Eric Barreto demonstrates the beauty and necessity of reading with others, especially readers who bring ...
Deanna Ferree Womack | Mission History in the Arab Renaissance
Christian mission cannot be about converting others to Western culture; rather, it must be about living according to the Christian faith. In this episode, Deanna Ferre...
John Swinton | Becoming Friends of Time
Augustine once said that he knew what time was until someone asked him to describe it. In this episode, John Swinton attempts to do just that. His thoughts on time, tr...
Benjamin Conner | (Dis)abling Mission, Enabling Witness
People with disabilities are the largest multicultural minority group in the world. Yet, as Benjamin Conner explains in this episode, the Church is still learning what...
Adam Hearlson | The Holy No
Adam Hearlson is concerned that the Church’s dominant way of thinking about worship has been too limited and concerned with preserving institutional rituals and practi...
Amy Jacober | Redefining Perfect
The Church is a diminished place if it is not comprised of people with different abilities. In this episode, Amy Jacober explores how theology is better understood thr...
Mark Sampson | Gift and Social Enterprise
The lines between business and charity are dissolving, and a new category—social enterprise—is emerging as a result. Mark Sampson explains in this episode that the Chu...
Allen Hilton | House United
Culture wars have polarized the United States. The great divide has not left churchgoers unscathed in its wake. Allen Hilton imagines a world where all are united, wor...
Andrew Root | Science and Cognitive Dissonance
Andrew Root describes the impossibility of relating science and faith conversations in the practice of ministry. Through specific theories and in-depth looks at scient...
Nicole Reibe | History and Theological Friendship
In this episode, Nicole Reibe takes listeners back to the medieval era to discover new theological friendships. Her reflections on the fascinating life of Teresa de Ca...
John Swinton | Dementia
A diagnosis of dementia—whether for oneself or a loved one—can be deeply troubling. John Swinton says that’s because most people think that memory loss equals identity...
Keri Day | Religious Resistance
Keri Day describes how economic systems promoting competition and individual prosperity can be dangerous and destructive. Through stories of contemporary communities w...
Shari Oosting | Looking Ahead
Thanks for joining us for the pilot season of The Distillery! Season 2 premieres February 20, 2018. We hope you look forward to learning with us about angels, demons, ...
Gregory Ellison | Bonus: Baseball Caps and Bowties
Gregory Ellison shares how baseball caps and bowties tell part of his story in this bonus episode. A grandson of a sharecropper with a fourth-grade education, hats rem...
Erin Raffety | The Gift of Difference
Ethnography offers a new posture for learning from one another’s differences. In this episode, Erin Raffety draws on her work as an anthropologist, theologian, and pas...
Valerie Bridgeman | The Overwhelming Challenge of God
Valerie Bridgeman encourages Christians to bring their full barrage of questions to the biblical text and to live with the overwhelming challenge of God encountered th...
Michael Langford | Youth Ministry and Disability
Michael Langford envisions what the Church might look like if it embraced all members of the community as vital participants at the table in order for us to be wholly ...
Shively Smith | Strangers to Family
Shively Smith describes her relationship with I Peter, one that began with resistance and ended in hope for the restored and diverse family of God, a family that cares...
Andrew Root | Faith Formation in a Secular Age
Andrew Root examines the secular age with a particular focus on the era of authenticity. In this episode he critiques popular faith formation models by beginning with ...
Eric Holt-Giménez | A Foodie's Guide to Capitalism
Introducing global food systems and how they impact farmers and consumers, Eric Holt-Giménez unpacks the intersections of class, gender, and race from the unique vanta...
Amanda Drury | Saying Is Believing
Many people have never been asked to tell their story. Amanda Drury shares the important role of testimony in recognizing God’s activity in daily life and the ways in ...
Gregory Ellison II | Fearless Dialogues
Greg Ellison creates unique spaces for people, often strangers, to have difficult conversations about taboo subjects. In this episode, Ellison draws on his vocation as...
Diana Butler Bass | Grateful
In this episode, Diana Butler Bass reimagines gratitude by examining two primary approaches: the self-help approach and the ethical approach. Acknowledging her inner i...
Gordon Govens | Testimony and John Calvin
Gordon Govens is drawn to John Calvin in large part because of Calvin’s training as an attorney, which matches his own background. He breaks down his research on Calvi...
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