Tim Soerens
In this episode, we talk about the power of place, how spiritual maturity includes joy and loving your enemies, and why being curious is more essential than being helpful.
Feb 22, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 24
The Church Needs Therapy
Taking the church to therapy
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Episodes
Listener Q&A Part 2: Qanon, Purity Culture, Moral Failures of Leaders, and Why so Many Christians Deny Critical Race Theory and Intersectionality
Qanon, how to respect other Christians who you believe are a part of the problem, purity culture and illusions about marriage, moral failures of Christian leaders and why so any Christians don’t care about injustice or believe in systemic racism.
Feb 15, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 23
Listener Q&A: Disagreeing with the Church, Hell, Murder, The Enneagram, and Why People Struggle with Evangelicals.
Listener Q&A session # 1.
Feb 08, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 22
Dr. Monica A. Coleman
How churches have a hard time being safe space for people with mental health struggles, the power of Jesus calling us friend instead of master, and why we all need spaces to walk in and be able to lose our mind, and still leave with dignity.
Feb 01, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 21
Brian McLaren
Doubt is actually a doorway to love, the difference between God and our understanding of God, and why Brian has been a leading voice for a new kind of Christianity the last 20 years.
Jan 25, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 20
D.L. Mayfield
In this episode, we talk about what it means to be a “failed missionary,” what happens when you see through the American Dream, and why she got tear gassed with her Tuesday night prayer group.
Jan 18, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 19
Dan White Jr.
In this episode, we talk about the church turns spirituality into a product, how massive gatherings around a celebrity preacher become a spectacle of consumerism, and how the Church doesn’t need more information, it needs a discipleship revolution.
Dec 14, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 18
Spiritual Bypassing, Darkness, Advent, and Home Alone
The church has a hard time dealing with darkness and heavy emotions, but Advent and God do not.
Dec 08, 2020•31 min•Ep. 17
Church, Shame, and Christmas as the Affirmation of our Bodies.
Christmas is the cosmic celebration of the human body, Christmas teaches us that its okay to feel comfortable, and confident, and at home in our bodies.
Nov 30, 2020•35 min•Ep. 16
Dr. Ralph Basui Watkins
In this episode, we talk about Black Theology, resistance music, where the Spirit is in public protest, and how God is working through the lives of artists today.
Nov 16, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 15
Carl Lentz, Megachurches, and the Christian Cult of Celebrity
This episode is not really about Carl Lentz, its about the system and the culture the needs, celebrates, and devours Christian celebrities.
Nov 09, 2020•54 min•Ep. 14
Nationalism, Idolatry, and The Election
One last episode before the election about the church’s identity in Christ, and what that means for her relationship with America.
Nov 02, 2020•34 min•Ep. 13
Can We Still Love and Embrace the Church?
While we call the church to embrace and include outsiders, can those of us who feel like outsiders still embrace the church?
Oct 26, 2020•26 min•Ep. 12
Brandan Robertson
The church, the LGBTQ community, the Bible, and the future.
Oct 19, 2020•59 min•Ep. 11
Growing into the Future Without Being Angry at the Past
This episode is about growing, changing, and evolving without being angry or frustrated, and not losing our own joy along the way.
Oct 12, 2020•31 min•Ep. 10
AJ Sherill
AJ is a great guy and this is a great episode about the Enneagram, self-awareness, and spiritual formation.
Oct 05, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 9
Donald Trump part 3
Trump, immigrants, POC, foreign nations, and why the Kingdom of God is not like Trump's America.
Sep 28, 2020•26 min•Ep. 8
Aaron Niequist
Spiritual practices, liturgy, and why Aaron doesn't want you to mistake the richness of swimming in the River for the dry river bank of religion.
Sep 21, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 7
Grace. Mercy. Peace.
Therapy can be emotionally exhausting. So, this week is a reminder of 3 important words while we're doing the real work of change.
Sep 14, 2020•25 min•Ep. 6
Drew Hart
White supremacy, religious nationalism, justice, and what it means to be a witness.
Sep 07, 2020•59 min•Ep. 5
Donald Trump part 2
The Church, power, Trump, and why leaders are smiling at tables they should be flipping over.
Aug 31, 2020•24 min•Ep. 4
Jonathan Merritt
Re-imaging and expanding our language as Christians in the 21st Century.
Aug 24, 2020•59 min•Ep. 3
Donald Trump part 1
Newest episode of "The Church Needs Therapy."
Aug 17, 2020•34 min•Ep. 2
Why is the Church so Scared of Change?
Newest episode of "The Church Needs Therapy."
Aug 10, 2020•36 min•Ep. 1
Not Giving Up, but Growing Up
Newest episode of "The Church Needs Therapy."
Aug 04, 2020•23 min0
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