Episodes
Published 12/22/22
Published 12/08/22
Published 11/09/22
To cap off this first season of Faith + Letters, I invite my good friend Dan Koch, host of the You Have Permission podcast, to have a conversation with me about how I make the show, what I've learned about myself in the process, and where I'm going from here. If you're interested in podcasts generally, you'll enjoy this episode.  Thank you so much for listening along with me through Season One! If you'd like to get in touch, feel free to drop me a line at [email protected]
Published 09/22/20
Published 09/22/20
Adam Lewis Greene is the creator of Bibliotheca, a painstakingly designed Reader's Bible without chapter or verse notations. Both a beautiful physical object and a return to more ancient forms, Bibliotheca was funded through an explosively viral Kickstarter that became the single-highest grossing book campaign in the company's history.  Adam and I go very, very deep on Bible design, translation, and scholarship, as well as his own emotional journey through this massive project. Whatever...
Published 09/15/20
Published 09/08/20
Tim Mackie is the theological brain behind BibleProject, an animation studio focused on creating videos to explain the context, themes, and overarching story of the Bible. Tim is an enigma; he holds a PhD in Hebrew Bible and Jewish Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, but prior to entering that track was an academic failure in high school; he reads dead languages and dry commentaries as part of his work for a slick digital creative firm. I loved talking with him.    Tim's got...
Published 09/01/20
Danielle Mayfield is the author of The Myth of the American Dream: Notes on Affluence, Autonomy, Safety, and Power. Her essays and features have appeared in a wide range of publications, including Christianity Today, The Washington Post, and Image.  Much of Danielle's work centers on what she refers to as "downward mobility," the idea that the Christian Gospel's strong call toward solidarity with the poor will inevitably demand much of late-capitalist American...
Published 08/25/20
Macy Halford is the author of My Utmost: A Devotional Memoir, which details her lifelong relationship with the classic Christian devotional text, My Utmost For His Highest, by the Scottish preacher Oswald Chambers.   She is the former editor of the online book review at The New Yorker, and now lives in Strasbourg where she teaches and continues to write. 
Published 08/18/20
Daniel Taylor was a professor of English at Bethel University for over thirty years, and is the author of numerous works, including The Myth of Certainty, a book that framed our discussion on faith, doubt, certainty, modernism, and the lived experience of those he describes as "reflective Christians."    www.wordtaylor.com/
Published 08/11/20
Chris Hoke is a gang pastor, jail chaplain, and founder of Underground Ministries. His memoir, Wanted: A Spiritual Pursuit Through Jails, Among Outlaws, and Across Borders, renders the stories of his work with current and former gang members in Washington's Skagit Valley in vivid detail.   Underground Ministries - https://undergroundministries.org/  
Published 08/04/20