In All Things Charity

Attending church online is becoming more and more popular... but is it good? What does online church suggest about our assumptions of what Church means? Can the body of Christ extend into virtual space?

Political Correctness: a waste of time, or a charitable engagement with our neighbors? Tara, Heather and JR. investigate the power of language (with some help from Wittgenstein). How does this impact how we talk about race, gender and God?

We welcome Pastor Jon Middendorf to talk about security in our kids ministries. How do we protect kids from predators, and can that protection go too far?

Adam Estle of Evangelicals for Middle Eastern Understanding joins us to discuss the big question raised by Wheaton's reaction to Professor Larycia Hawkins. Do Christians and Muslims worship the same God? We ask if this is even the right question, and then answer it anyway.

Welcome back to In All Things Charity's second season! After reviewing your feedback on season 1, we each share what we believe to be the biggest challenge facing the American Evangelical Church.

How do you know what God's will is? Heather, Tara and JR. explore the practice(s) of spiritual discernment. PLUS the Holy Quran Experiment makes us reexamine how we talk about Scripture!

Heather, Tara and JR. talk the importance of mental health with counselor Jesse Clark. What does it look like to be mentally healthy? What are some best practices for counseling others? When are you out of your depth? PLUS: all three hosts are featured in a new magazine, THE TABLE, so we run down our contributions.

What is Advent? Why and how should churches practice it? Heather, Tara and JR. review their own histories with Advent, as well as what the season holds for them this year. Plus, listener feedback!

How do you go about preparing a sermon? Where do you start? What considerations do you keep in mind? Also: Tara, Heather and JR. fight about the lectionary.

What is preaching? How do we approach the preaching moment? What role does preaching play in the liturgy, and in our spiritual formation?

How do we make faithful disciples? Heather, Tara and JR. investigate several models of discipleship and evaluate how approaches to making disciples have shifted in the last few decades. We share what discipleship looks like in our own contexts, and what we're working on in the future.

What's a Feminist? And why shouldn't we be afraid of feminists? Plus: Heather introduces herself.

What's a Wesleyan? What are our core beliefs? Plus: JR. introduces himself.

What is Theology? Why does it matter? Plus: Tara introduces herself !

The In All Things Charity podcast debuts! Allow us to introduce ourselves.