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Jul 28, 2015

Active Listening - Irenicast Episode 021 - Conversations on Faith and Culture - An Irenicon

Ever ones to speak, the team takes on the topic of active listening this week. Jeff, Mona and Allen discuss the elements of good listening, the habitual quirks of bad listening, and offer ideas concerning the cultivation of listening as both art and skill. The latest installment of Knowin’ Jemonen follows the...


Jul 21, 2015

Deconstructing Your Faith - Irenicast Episode 020 - Conversations on Faith and Culture - An Irenicon

With Mona and Allen on assignment this week Jeff brings in guest host Adam Loveridge for a discussion on deconstructing your faith.  Adam shares insights from his journey away from Evangelicalism and what things were important for rebuilding.  They then walk through the deconstruction process, from the tearing down to...


Jul 14, 2015

Mental Health and the Church - Irenicast Episode 019 - Conversations on Faith and Culture - An Irenicon

Sans Mona this week, Jeff & Allen bring in guest host Dylan Van Lant.  After sharing interesting stories from their honeymoons, Dylan starts the conversation on mental health and the church by sharing his history with depression.  The conversation touches on the taboo stigma of mental health in certain segments of the...


Jul 7, 2015

Heaven and Hell - Irenicast Episode 018 - Conversations on Faith and Culture - An Irenicon

This week’s listener-requested episode goes after the issues surrounding the afterlife, particularly heaven and hell. Jeff, Mona, and Allen discuss the historical and cultural context behind “hell” passages in the Bible, why they lead us to rethink concepts that have been around since the Middle Ages, speculate...