Dru Lattin and I discuss “deconstruction” from a pastoral perspective. Basically, we talk about the ways our faith changes as we gain more experiences.
Dru Lattin on How Our Faith Changes as Life Unfolds
Tag: faith
Do You Wrestle with These Questions about God?
What do you do when you have questions about God and things you’re wrestling with? Have you ever wrestled with any of these?
Does God Really Care about What Happens to Me?
Have you ever asked the question, “Does God care about what we’re going through right now? He cares deeply. Let me show you…
Walking with Others As They Deconstruct (Christopher Witmer)
Is deconstruction bad? What if we find ourselves in a season of “deconstruction”? How do we navigate it? How do we help others navigate it?
Is Deconstruction Destructive?
The part vividly etched into my memory is the overwhelming feeling that if I actually went down the road of my questions, if I actually began to listen to these other Christians and embrace the faith they held so beautifully, it would completely unravel the life that had been created around the kind of faith I currently embraced.
Faith, Ministry, and Sexuality: What an Unlikely Friendship Taught Me about Them (w/ Luci Kinsinger)
My friend, Luci, joins me to talk about her recent book, Turtle Heart. Luci writes about a friendship she developed with an older Ojibwe lady, Charlene. Char taught her a lot about faith, ministry, and sexuality.
Discipleship as a Way of Evangelism
Instead of thinking of “making disciples” as an extension to evangelism, we need to understand we called to make disciples and preaching is a small part of that process.
The Explosion of Politics and Faith in 2019 America
These issues have always been difficult to discuss. But when you add the ability for everyone to build their own platform and convince themselves they have a PhD in all-things-discussed, it becomes a recipe for explosion.
Unfeigned Christianity, Episode 001: Why We’ve Got to Have Risky Conversations about Faith
On this podcast, we’re going to have conversations about those things that sometimes feel too messy to talk about. We’re going to lay “on the table” all the cards as we journey through the difficult parts of walking with Jesus or loving others.
We all begin somewhere, sometimes it’s at church.
Each of us begin life somewhere. I don’t mean we begin life in the womb–I mean we become aware of our surroundings and different dynamics at play at some very distinct point in time. For some of us, that point in time happens in church.
Why I Don’t Vote (and probably never will)
I didn’t vote during these last elections. In fact, I have never voted. My choice not to vote is more than following a church tradition—it’s fundamental to my faith. Let me explain.
How Can Anabaptists Spread the Gospel without Making Others Feel They Need to Become Like Them?
How can Anabaptists spread the gospel of Christ without making others think they need to become like us? Should their new disciples become Anabaptist? What’s the balance? Is what we do really important?
