Engage: Community and Culture

Episode 33: Kanye

Maddi and William discuss Kayne's new album and the responses it has illicit from Christians.

Season 4 Update

William gives a brief update on the state of the podcast.

Goodbye, San Francisco

In the final episode of season 3, the team sits down and records Harrison's final episode.

Episode 32: Engaging Mental Health with the Oklahoma Secretary of Health and Mental Health, Jerome Loughridge

https://www.nami.org/ Sorry for the delay! Kendal, William, and Harrison sit down for Harrison's second-to-last episode with the Oklahoma Secretary of Health and Mental Health (and William's dad) Jerome Loughridge to discuss issues surrounding mental health and how we, as followers of Christ, should respond. Also, Grace Depp, college student and Engage superfan, makes her long-awaited appearance over the airwaves.

HTLE Special with Avery Vinson

William sits down with Avery Vinson for a short debrief and recap of the How To Life Edmond Event. Please pardon the inconsistencies in the sound quality; there were several technical difficulties that William was unable to fix...

Episode 31: Engaging the College Admissions Scandal

This week, Harrison, William, and Kendal sit down to discuss the college admissions scandal that has been splashed across the front pages of the news and how we are to respond to this, not only as students, but as followers of Christ.

Episode 30: Spring Break

Kendall, William, and Harrison sit down (for the first time in a while) to discuss their various Christ-centred escapades that took place over spring break.

Engage Community and Culture: Season 3 Pt. 2 Teaser

We're back! Harrison and William have escaped the clutches of Fine Arts, and the team is now back on the ball. We have some exciting things heading your way soon, so stay tuned. In the meantime, here is a teaser to hold you over until next week...

Episode 29: The Christmas Gauntlet Live Show

In the first ever live episode of the Engage Podcast, Jen Sise, Zac Workun, Chris Wehunt, and Noah Frank enter the gauntlet. Who will win?

Engage: Community and Culture Christmas Promo

Episode 28: United Special with Max Sise and Elise McKeithan

Kendal and William sit down with special guests Max Sise and Elise McKeithan while at the United Fall Retreat. They talk about the importance of stepping away from our high-paced lives and pressing pause on our work and school, while continuing to grow in Christ.

Episode 27: The Halloween Gauntlet

In this spooky episode, the team enters the Halloween Gauntlet. Who will win?

Episode 26: The Halloween Gauntlet

In this episode, Harrison, Kendal, and William discuss the current political race for governor and how students should respond to such an event. Do politics matter if we aren't old enough to vote? Why should we engage politics?

Episode 25: Fortnite and Gaming: Engaging a Culture of Escapism

In this episode, Kendal, William, and Harrison discuss the meaning of escapism and the ways that it manifests itself in our culture. This conversation opens up the discussion of how the Christian Community should respond to modern society finding solace in things such as gaming, school, sports, and music.

Episode 24: Engaging a Culture of Over Performance with Russell Dilks and Hayden Holmes

In this episode, William and Harrison sit down with Russell Dilks, a senior at Edmond North, and Hayden Holmes, Director of High School Ministries at HHBC to discuss how the christian community should engage a culture of over performance.

Episode 23: Engaging Tattoos and Stereotypes with Will Gaines

In this episode, Kendal and Harrison sit down with Will Gaines to discuss how the Christian Community should engage physical stereotypes in modern culture.

Episode 22: Engaging The Current State of The #MeToo Movement with David Morris

In the premiere episode of Season 3, the team sits down with David Morris for a follow up conversation on the current state of the #MeToo movement.

Engage: Community and Culture Season 3 Teaser

Episode 21: Engaging Gun Violence with Ben Sylvester and Kendal Conner

In the Season 2 finale of Engage: Community and Culture, Harrison sits down with Ben Sylvester and Kendal Conner to discuss recent gun violence across America.

Episode 20: Engaging Relationships with Hayden Holmes and Noah Frank

In this episode, Harrison sits down with Hayden and Noah and talks about how male students should engage relationships.

Episode 19: Engaging Relationships with Kendal Conner, Kaylee Steele, and Maddie Noland

In this episode, Kendal sits down with the HHBC interns to discuss how girl students should engage relationships.

Episode 18: Oklahoma Public School Teacher Walkout with Matthew Robinson

In this episode, Harrison sits down with Matt Robinson, an EMHS math instructor, to talk about the upcoming Oklahoma school walkout and how we should respond to it.

Episode 17: Engaging Our Disenchantment with Kendal Conner

Harrison sits down with Kendal Conner to discuss the book Recapturing The Wonder by Mike Cosper and how we as Christians can engage our state of spiritual disenchantment.

Episode 16: Big Weekend Recap with Mekenzie Scholl, Jack Banther, and Blair Holland

After taking a two and a half month break for the holidays, Engage: Community and Culture has returned for the second half of the second season. In this episode, Harrison sits down with Mekenzie Scholl, an 8th grader at HHBC, Jack Banther, an HHBC sophomore, and Blair Holland, director of middle school ministries at HHBC, to discuss the recent weekend retreat that took place all around the city of Edmond know as Big Weekend. The students discuss favorite moments, key relationships that formed ov...

Engage: Community and Culture Update

Episode 15: Recapturing The Wonder of Christmas

In the season 2 midseason finale, Russell and Harrison dive into some of the reasons why we might be disinchanted with the Christmas story, how we have gotten there, and how we as a culture can recapture the true wonder of Christmas. Engage: Community and Culture returns January 24th

Episode 14: Big Trouble in Little Hollywood

Harrison sits down with David Morris to discuss the arising scandals of sexual harassment and assault in Hollywood. How have these allegations been kept in secrecy for so long? What do we do to prevent these types of situations from happening again? How should we as a culture view men that have now been exposed?

Episode 13: The College Experience with Chase Coley

In this episode, the guys talk with Chase Coley, a recent high school graduate, about the college life and how to prepare for it.

Episode 12: Sacred Secular Saturday

In this installment of Engage: Community and Culture, that is for some reason on a Saturday instead of a Wednesday, Harrison and Russell talk about the sacred and secular divide and how it influences our culture.

Episode 11: Road Tripp

Tedd Tripp, author of "Shepherding A Child's Heart", came to HHBC a few weeks back to host a parenting conference, but before he did that, he stopped by the Engage Podcast to chat with Harrison and Russell about what it means to engage family relationships, eat cheese cakes, and grow mustaches.