Nov 30, 2018
Back in September I caught up with ex-missionary and author, Steve Slocum, for a great podcast interview about his upcoming book: Why Do They Hate Us? Making Peace with the Muslim World.
The title of his book is taken from a speech given by President George W. Bush mere weeks after 9/11--giving Bush's justification for...
Nov 25, 2018
In this special edition of MindShift podcast, I talk to filmmaker Christopher Maloney about his project entitled "In God We Trump."
What are the implications for the evangelical church going forward, based upon the fact that 81% of (largely white) evangelical Christians not only voted to elect Trump in 2016, but many...
Nov 23, 2018
This
week's episode features a conversation with Canadian
ex-fundamentalist Janice Selbie. Now a trained counselor, she now
helps people cope with the grief, loss and trauma associated with
deconversion and spiritual transitions.
This
is Janice's passion--to assist people in dealing with issues and
problems from...
Nov 16, 2018
Deconstruction looks different for everybody--this is
something I've learned from talking to many ex-evangelicals. Some
become atheists, agnostics, angry theists; in fact there's a
spectrum of paths people take.
In
the case of Jimmy, however, his deconstruction looked entirely
different: the sloughing off of the...
Nov 9, 2018
In
this episode, I talk to author and ex-fundamentalist, Sheri Pallas.
Her new book is entitled "Man Has Ruined God: My Journey out of
Religion and Into the Arms of God."
This
is the substance of our great conversation--how exactly has Sheri
survived such a toxic religious background, only to
deconstruct...