Mar 29, 2016
When we discuss faith and culture long enough, we’ll inevitably have a conversation about food. This is that conversation. Food not only provides us with the physical stuff that keeps us moving and breathing, it can bring a mysterious depth to our way of life. Food is art, culture and community. There is power...
Mar 22, 2016
Does a concept of humility help or ultimately hurt people? Is humility antiquated? Jeff, Mona and Allen explore different definitions of the classic virtue, wonder aloud if the word should be decommissioned, share a little bit about their own relationship to it, and end up with much to think about. After the...
Mar 15, 2016
Social transformation might look like an accident to less scrutinizing observers, but there are always people behind the issues, behind the transformation. Professional community organizers Joe and Seth join Irenicast for this episode to share about their work in community organizing.
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Mar 8, 2016
Scientists, theologians and philosophers have wrestled for millennia over questions of determinism and the freedom of the human person. The Irenicast co-hosts, on the other hand, sidestep most of this in order to discuss the effects of embracing one view or another. Do our thoughts on free will matter? Do our views on...
Mar 1, 2016
A super episode for Super Tuesday 2016! Jeff, Mona and Allen discuss the place of politics in the church, the way politics has polarized people of faith, and the promise of dialogue for doing things differently. In the spirit of public discourse, each of them have needlessly censored a soundbite from politicians in...