Feb 27, 2018
Should Christians who believe in "young earth creation" be threatened by the notion of ancient civilizations that predate all major world religions?
Only if their own worldview is so narrowly restricted with a literalist reading of the Bible.
In the second half of my conversation with Andrew Gurevich of Portland, OR, we...
Feb 22, 2018
How does a person go from evangelical Christian, studying at Bible college and seminary, to becoming an angry atheist and now an expert in paleolithic cave art?
Believe it or not, this trajectory describes the life of this week's guest: Andrew Gurevich of Portland, OR, USA. A leading mythologist and teacher of world...
Feb 15, 2018
Part 2 of my conversation with "Seamus Clarke" (a pseudonym) continues our exploration of the deconstruction of his Christian faith.
What happens when you mix the childhood trauma of sexual abuse, a distant father with major issues of his own, evangelical dogma, "spiritual bypassing," and life in a red-state,...
Feb 8, 2018
This week's episode of MindShift podcast features a discussion with "Seamus Clarke," who feels the need to use a pseudonym to protect both himself and his family. Why use a fake name?
This is actually quite a common theme--people raised in the evangelical or fundamentalist church feel that they cannot "be themselves"...
Feb 1, 2018
Today's episode features a discussion with Richard Jacobson, author of Unchurching: Christianity Without Churchianity."
Have you left the church behind? Perhaps you have, but still seek a sense of community. But if you've abandoned the "institutional church," yet still consider yourself a Christian who yearns for an...