Ted Talks, preachers, pundits, and people on social media. There are many people with competing voices trying to get their message out. In this podcast, I look at the life and ministry of John the Baptist, and make the case for why something more...
Lia Thomas is a transgender athlete in the NCAA. Her dominating recent swimming competitions has created quite the splash, as our culture debates the place of transgender athletes in sports. In today's podcast, I discuss our concept of what it means...
Betty White, Bob Saget, and Meat Loaf died this past moth. It's often pointed out that celebrities die in threes. In this podcast, I explore the phenomenon of celebrities dying in threes, and what that means for us...
Pentecostal Preacher T.D. Jakes "The Potters House" Denver church location recently closed to become an exclusively online church. This got me asking some questions about the way we do church, which is often built around the platform of a single...
Santa has a "naughty or nice" list. We all fall on it somewhere, right? What does this list and Santa's classification of naughty and nice say about us and our ethical standards? And is a third category needed? In my latest podcast...
COVID-19 is over and life is getting back to "normal!" At least, that's what it feels like for many. But in spite of surviving our mini-apocalypse of the past year, I think there are some very real changes that have taken place in our culture. In...
We love to have opinions about everything, and to come across as knowledgeable. But the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates taught that wisdom is to be found in our not knowing. In today's podcast I talk about what we know, and most importantly, what...
Because of a recent sex scandal involving a celebrity preacher, there has been a lot of discussion about "The Billy Graham Rule." In today's podcast, I take a critical look at this rule, and talk about navigating the complexities of our social...
We all have our favorite Christmas movies that we love, and those we love to hate. But what makes the Christmas movies we love so great? And why do some Christmas movies fail? In today's podcast, I sit down with a children's librarian to talk about...
Cable news, talk radio, and social media websites are often full of very heated exchanges. We’ve become captive to popular “talking heads,” who regularly engage in combative discussions. We flippantly share wild conspiracy theories consisting of the...