In this conversation with @ryanburge.bsky.social, we talk about what happens when churches stop being places where people learn how to live together across difference and start mirroring the same political and cultural tribes as everything else. pod.link/1566243892

On our year end episode, you'll hear clips from: Andrew Root @sheilagregoire.bsky.social Kerry Burnight @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social Trevor Hudson @danielghummel.bsky.social Michael John Cusick Matthew Bates John Eldredge @johnfugelsang.bsky.social Listen now, anywhere you get podcasts.

We are counting down our most listened to episodes of 2025 on @shiftingculture.bsky.social At number 3 is Ep. 279 Matthew Bates - What Does the Bible Really Say About Salvation? If you haven't listened to it yet, listen here: pod.link/1566243892/e...

Number 4 most listened to episode is Ep. 257 Michael John Cusick - Sacred Attachment This was the first episode released this year and we started out strong. Michael brings wisdom and years of experience to help us. If you haven't listened yet, you can here: pod.link/1566243892/e...

We are counting down the most listened to episodes of 2025 on @shiftingculture.bsky.social. At number 6 is Ep. 259 Trevor Hudson - Discerning God's Will in Our Lives If you haven't listened to it yet, listen here: pod.link/1566243892/e...

Books don’t just inform us. The good ones interrupt us. In this Best of 2025 episode of @shiftingculture.bsky.social, I’m joined by @lorewilbert.bsky.social and Byron Borger for a wide-ranging conversation about the books that shaped us in 2025. Available now: pod.link/1566243892

We are counting down the most listened to episodes of the year on @shiftingculture.bsky.social At number 7 is Ep. 281 Beth Allison Barr - Becoming the Pastor's Wife @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social is great in this episode. pod.link/1566243892/e...

Empathy has become a contested word. Used, misused, and often misunderstood. In this conversation, we talk about empathy the way Jesus embodied it, not as indulgence or avoidance of truth, but as presence. God drawing near. God feeling with us. pod.link/1566243892

Number 9 most listened to episodes of 2025: Ep. 287 Sheila Gregoire - The Marriage You Want @sheilagregoire.bsky.social pod.link/1566243892/e...

We've made it to our top ten most listened to episodes of the year. At number 10 is Ep. 280 Andrew Root - Hope Beyond the Failed Promise of Happiness. Andy has been on more than anyone and every conversation is deep, revelatory, and inspiring. This episode is no exception.

A faith built only on information can still feel thin. This episode is about imagination, healing, and learning to recognize Christ already present in the world. pod.link/1566243892

Number 17 most listened to episodes of the year: Ep. 345 Joash P. Thomas - The Justice of Jesus @joashpthomas.bsky.social pod.link/1566243892/e...

Fear has become the water we’re swimming in. On @shiftingculture.bsky.social, I talk with journalist @billkole.bsky.social about guns in churches, fear-based faith, and how the way of Jesus, rooted in nonviolence, got replaced by power and protection. Listen: pod.link/1566243892

Counting down our most listened to episodes. At number 19 is Ep. 266 Erin Hicks Moon - Having it out with God: Questions, Doubts, Uncertainty, and Faith @erinhmoon.bsky.social is such a fun person to talk to and this episode is full of gems. Her book is fantastic as well. pod.link/1566243892/e...

It's been a great 2025 on @shiftingculture.bsky.social. We are counting down our most listened to and engaged with episodes of the year. At number 20 is Ep. 335 Natalie Runion Returns - Breaking the Lies that Hold Women Back in the Church

Misogyny isn’t just attitudes - it’s a belief system woven into medicine, economics, sexuality, politics, and even the church. @dorothylgreco.bsky.social joins me to talk about naming what’s broken, how Jesus pushed against these patterns, and what real mutual flourishing can look like.

@revspellers.bsky.social helps us see decline not as defeat, but as an opening. An opening for authenticity. For embodied community. For the Spirit to breathe on dry bones. Listen now: pod.link/1566243892

So many conversations about sexuality and gender miss the actual people involved - young people searching for language, belonging, and honesty. Mark Yarhouse and Julia Sadusky help us think more clearly and love more patiently as we walk with teens through identity and faith. pod.link/1566243892

A lot of us were taught to read the Bible in ways that were shallow or fear-based. Faith Womack offers a different path — one shaped by context, genre, and the big story of God at work. If you’re hungry for a deeper, more worshipful way of encountering Scripture, this conversation is for you.

Many of us learned about God through fear first — fear of hell, fear of messing up, fear of not being enough. I sit down with Brian Recker to talk about moving from fear to love, and how that shift changes our view of God, ourselves, and our neighbors. pod.link/1566243892

In my conversation with Jenny Marrs, we talk about grief, waiting, fear, adoption, and the small moments where God meets us. It’s a hope-filled reminder: You don’t need all the strength. Just the next step. You don’t need all the answers. Just trust the One who carries you. pod.link/1566243892

Is time linear or is time circular? Our concept and understanding of time affects the way we live and what roots us. The full conversation with @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social is out now on Shifting Culture anywhere you get podcasts.

A new conversation with @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social on how the Christian year invites us out of empire’s story and into rhythms of peace, hope, and love. The episode is out now: pod.link/1566243892

Justin Giboney offers a needed reminder in this polarized moment: following Jesus in public means resisting the pull toward dehumanization and choosing a cross-shaped courage instead. Moral imagination can break the cycles we’re stuck in. Episode out now on @shiftingculture.bsky.social

The work of fatherhood is learning to grow up alongside our kids — to heal what we inherited, to unpack what we were given, and to give our children something lighter to carry. Our conversation with Glen Henry is out now on @shiftingculture.bsky.social anywhere you get podcasts.

God-sized dreams don't happen overnight. Mark Batterson and I talk about staying faithful when the miracle hasn’t come yet, about long vision, quiet obedience, and the kind of legacy that outlives us. Transformation rarely happens overnight. It happens gradually, then suddenly pod.link/1566243892

Anxiety runs through our lives, our churches, our politics. Sara Billups joins @shiftingculture.bsky.social to talk about Nervous Systems—a conversation about presence, embodiment, and trusting God in a restless age. “Holy indifference isn’t checking out—it’s letting go.” pod.link/1566243892

“Surrender is not resignation. Resignation says, ‘I give up.’ Surrender says, ‘I give it over—in love.’” — Fr. Ronald Rolheiser A beautiful conversation on faith, aging, and the holiness of helplessness. 🎧 Listen to Shifting Culture wherever you get your podcasts. pod.link/1566243892

In this conversation with @carmenjoyimes.bsky.social, we talk about her new book Becoming God’s Family: Why Church Still Matters, and why, even with all its mess and pain, the church still matters deeply. Listen now on @shiftingculture.bsky.social anywhere you get podcasts.

In this new episode of @shiftingculture.bsky.social, Andrew DeCort and I explore what happens when love becomes the center of our lives: a love that abolishes othering, redefines justice, and transforms enemies into neighbors. pod.link/1566243892

In schools around the world, kids are discovering prayer in a new way—through creativity, quiet, and curiosity. Phil Sokell-Miles from 24-7 Prayer shares how Prayer Spaces in Schools are helping children encounter God’s love without coercion, performance, or fear. pod.link/1566243892

In a world that feels fractured and frenzied, we’re invited back to union with Jesus - the one in whom all things hold together. In this @shiftingculture.bsky.social conversation, Heath Hardesty and I talk about apprenticeship, gentleness as power, and learning to live whole again.

When life stops working the way it used to, that might be the moment mercy is closest. In my conversation with Justin McRoberts on Shifting Culture, we talk about failure, beauty, and how art helps us stay present in the darkness long enough to be changed. New episode out now. pod.link/1566243892

What if stories could heal us? This week on @shiftingculture.bsky.social, I talk with @kaitlincurtice.bsky.social about Everything Is a Story — how art, poetry, and Indigenous wisdom can break cycles of harm and root us again in community and belonging. 🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

Some leaders fall suddenly. Most drift slowly. Peter Greer and I talk about the small habits that shape integrity, the dangers of isolation, and the power of confession and community. Faithfulness isn’t glamorous—it’s steady, humble, and lasting.

@sharonhmiller.bsky.social reminds us that real freedom doesn’t come from affirming ourselves - it comes from shifting our gaze to God. This episode of @shiftingculture.bsky.social explores identity, healing, and the joy of living free in Christ. pod.link/1566243892

New @shiftingculture.bsky.social: @nijaykgupta.bsky.social on Slow Theology ➡️ Why lament matters ➡️ Why storms are inevitable ➡️ Why community is essential 🎧 Listen: pod.link/1566243892

Josh Butler joined me on @shiftingculture.bsky.social to talk about suffering, belovedness, and how the Gospel of John shows us that even the darkest places can become holy places. Listen to the new episode here: pod.link/1566243892

It’s not good news unless it is good news for the poor and oppressed. Listen to the full conversation on the justice of Jesus with @joashpthomas.bsky.social on @shiftingculture.bsky.social anywhere you get podcasts.

Jesus announced good news for the poor, freedom for the captive, sight for the blind. That’s the justice of Jesus. @joashpthomas.bsky.social joins me on @shiftingculture.bsky.social to talk about what it means to live that out today. Listen wherever you get your podcasts. pod.link/1566243892

Your purpose is bigger than your title. Edwina Findley Dickerson joins @shiftingculture.bsky.social to talk faith, calling, and stepping into the God-dream for your life. pod.link/1566243892

Letting go is hard. Parenting, pastoring, and pilgrimage all remind us we’re not in control - and that’s where God meets us. Andrew & Kara Root joined me on Shifting Culture to talk about their new book, A Pilgrimage Into Letting Go. It’s a story about walking together with open hands. Listen Now

Seeing someone in their fullness changes us. Kathleen Norris tells the story of her sister Becky - born with brain damage, often rejected, yet transformed into a generous and selfless presence. It’s a story of persistence, community, and unexpected grace. Full episode on @shiftingculture.bsky.social

You can’t use the name of Jesus to justify violence. Listen to the full conversation with @johnfugelsang.bsky.social on @shiftingculture.bsky.social and get his new book Separation of Church and Hate. Out now!

@johnfugelsang.bsky.social doesn’t mince words: “Fundamentalists use religion to argue they’re better people than you.” In our conversation on @shiftingculture.bsky.social, we talk about faith hijacked by power, and why people aren’t leaving Jesus - they’re leaving hypocrisy.

New episode of @shiftingculture.bsky.social with @druhart.bsky.social. We dig into: – Christendom & empire – Doctrine of Discovery – White supremacy & Christian nationalism – Anablactivism: radical discipleship to Jesus + prophetic witness Out now anywhere you get podcasts.

On @shiftingculture.bsky.social, I sit down with @trymainelee.bsky.social to talk about his new book A Thousand Ways to Die, the generational impact of violence, and where hope can still be found. It’s heavy, but it’s also a vision for healing and life. pod.link/1566243892

Prayer can be protest. Ritual can be resistance. Faith can be freedom. On @shiftingculture.bsky.social, I sit down with @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org & Charon Hribar to talk about We Pray Freedom and how communities are reclaiming faith traditions to confront injustice and build abundance.

When politics unravel and fear rises, how do we stay faithful? In this week’s Shifting Culture, Hanna Reichel talks about her devotional For Such a Time as This. We explore finding calm in the storm, resisting fear with joy, and why community is central to Christian witness. youtu.be/OVW_L5FXkuo?...