Homebrewed Christianity Podcast

Andrew Root, Associate Professor and Carrie Olson Baalson Chair of Youth and Family Ministry at Luther Seminary, is back on the podcast to talk about his new book, Faith Formation in a Secular Age. This is the first of three books engaging Charles Taylor's work.; church's obsession with Youthfulness Andrew and Tripp talk about their mutual love for Charles Taylor, Andrew's work expanding it into a new way of understanding God's presence, ministry, and divine action, the origins of youth ministry in America, and the church's obsession with youthfulness. Andrew also explains the origins of the book, how Taylor's work offers a great way to interpret what young people are going through, explains what Taylor means by the Age of Authenticity, and the politics of recognition. Plus, they discuss Bonhoeffer and the youth movement, the church's desire for recognition by today's youth, secularism and the reduction of faith, the burden of belief, divine action, mystical experiences and church membership, and Andrew g

Amy and Christian Piatt from Homebrewed CultureCast join Tripp to extend a warm invitation to join the Surviving the Bible for Lent community. For a lot of us these texts have been used as weapons, experienced as burdens, so let's acknowledge that together and discover what it looks like to survive the bible today. If you're interested in thinking about scripture in a new and different way, this is the group for you. Amy, Christian and Tripp will answer your questions about the bible (or how to survive reading the Bible) every Monday through Friday throughout Lent. Once a week, all three will do a live video talking about the lectionary texts for that week. Plus, you'll also have access to a community of people where you can connect with others who have similar ideas and questions.  One of the unique aspects of this group is that the responses and questions are happening in real time, not something pre-packaged and devoid of context. The video reflections and live streams will not just be answering your q

Guess what? I made a movie. The Road to Edmond It's a buddy road trip comedy that explores questions around faith, sexuality, Jesus, and other dinner topics. I can't wait for you to see the trailer and this Spring/Summer the film itself. In this episode the film's producer, David Trotter, asks me questions, provokes stories, and gets me ranting a couple times. Since Indie films are just that  - indie - I hope you consider being a part of the film's hype team (of sorts). I am excited for all the conversations the film will spark and hope you all can help us get the word out. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the podcast is Amy Brown Hughes, assistant professor of theology at Gordon College, and co-author withLynn Cohick, professor of New Testament at Wheaton College, of the book Christian Women in the Patristic World. Amy wanted to understand what influence the women of this period had on the development of Christianity, and, more importantly, how can women in the church own that tradition. why don't we know more about these stories? how the role and power of women shift in relation to the church's relation to empire? what are the biggest misconceptions about this period in the church and the academy? how do the martyr narratives continue to shape discipleship when we're out of that context? Plus, theology as responsible remembrance, negotiating the history of the church in today's context, dealing with the uncomfortable parts of the past while still receiving the tradition responsibly, and Gregory of Nyssa of the submission of Christ and 1 Corinthians 15:20-28. You can get a copy of Athanasius' On

Bill Leonard, author of the Homebrewed Guide To Church History, is back on the podcast - this time LIVE at Wake Forest University School of Divinity. Tripp and Bill talk about his love of history, the concept of history, the politics of who gets to define what history is and what the church is in a postmodern context, growing up a baptist in the 60's, and white supremacy in church history. Hear Bill talk about the tension between wanting to be a part of an ethnically diverse congregation while at the same time not wanting to dilute the voices of minority or marginalized groups, confederate monuments in downtown Raleigh and the "lost cause" mythology, and the death rattle of protestant privilege. Thanks to all of the new Homebrewed members that have signed up to donate monthly to help support the podcast and be a part of the community. You can help support the podcast by going to homebrewedcommunity.com and join today! Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the H

To kick off the first Homebrewed interview of the new year, Tripp is talking with John Swinton about time, disability, and all things nerdy. John is the Chair in Divinity and Religious Studies at the School of Divinity, History, and Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen and founder of the Centre for the Study of Spirituality, Health and Disability. Learn a little bit about how John become vocationally a scholar of religion and interested in religion and disability studies, how his work as a chaplain lead to his work as a practical theologian, and how issues surrounding the lives of people with disability shaped his research interests. John gives a very helpful and simple definition of practical theology, talks about the rituals and practices in the life of the church and their impact on the lives of people with disabilities, disability and the shift from charity to discipleship, and the way our conception of time shapes our ideas of friendships and relationship from his newest book, Becoming Friends of

Get ready to Advent and chill. Tripp heads to Christ the King Lutheran Church in Cary, North Carolina and is joined by Will Rose and Daniel Pugh to talk about the theological significance of cosplay and comic books, the virgin birth and incarnation, and of course, making Advent great again. They tackle some questions from the Make Advent Great Again pop-up community, such as: What is advent anyway? What are we supposed to do with the virgin birth stuff? Is Advent apocalyptic? Plus, they discuss the inherent tension we feel in Advent, how to actively hope, the importance of the prophets this time of year, the unexpected ways God enters the world, the ways the gospel narratives subvert imperial narratives through the virgin birth story, how to redeem words that creep out progressive Christians, and how the new Star Wars movie and Advent are connected. So calm down, chill, and make your Advent great again. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Communi

Rev. Sarah Heath, host of the Sonderlust The Podcast, the Bishop of Tapestry at the inaugural #theologybeercamp, and pastor at First United Methodist Church of Costa Mesa visit visited North Carolina and sat down with Tripp to talk about her conflicted upbringing (being both a Canadian and from Mississippi), her podcast - Sonderlust - the origins of it, the challenges of dating as a minister, the difficulties of having relationships as an adult, and how to have a life outside of your career. After some fun Sarah and Tripp get deep and talk about the questions that energize her faith, watching her mom go through radiation while in seminary, what happens when the one thing you hang your identity on falls away, and her book, What's Your Story. Plus, can Tripp and Sarah remember what TULIP stands for? Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Was Saint Nick white? Did Saint Nick really slap Arius at the Council of Nicea? Whose side would Saint Nick take in the war on Christmas? This is an all Saint Nick barrel-aged episode with Adam English. Learn about the historical St. Nick, the person behind the myths and legends and the confusion surrounding him, how he challenged systems of oppression, a brief history of Catholic social teachings, and how St. Nick provides the best model for the Christmas season. Adam talks about the types of practical questions the christological heart of St. Nick poses to the church in the Christmas season, the ways we edit not just the historical person of St. Nick, but also the incarnation and birth narratives of Jesus to make them more palatable for our contemporary society, and he asks: do we need to get rid of Christmas to save it? or do we just give in and remove any vestige of Christ from Christmas? Plus, Tripp and Adam talk about how to negotiate (especially for parents) the history and myth of St. Nick while als

Rev. Dr. Christopher Rodkey, the sermonizer of radical theology, is back to talk about Advent, radical theology, and church planting. Make sure to check out the Coloring Advent coloring book with Jesse and Natalie Turri (also Coloring Lent). Christopher talks with Tripp about why they made an Advent coloring book, what led to its development, and what the process of creating a theological coloring book was like. Download Sample Coloring Pages Here Christopher also talks about how a radical theologian approaches Advent, the centrality of incarnation and kenosis, and how they are in contrast to the more commercialized approach to Advent. Tripp and Christopher also talk about: the political aspects of Advent, what is it that we are lamenting when we talk about the secularization of Christmas? did the Grinch become Christian? preaching Advent The conversation also touches on Christopher's experiment with church planting within a church, rethinking adult VBS, and using biblical hermeneutics as a way o

Get ready for a super nerdy, no holds barred podcast with Philip Clayton, Ingraham Professor of Theology at the Claremont School of Theology. This is the first time that Philip has been on since Tripp finished his PhD (Philip was his adviser), and now that the power dynamic has shifted, they can tell each other what they really think. You'll get to hear a little unfiltered conversation about Tripp's dissertation, the historical, existential, and metaphysical registers of Christ and God, the things about Tripp's dissertation that surprised himself, our cultural phobia surrounding saying the word God, Pannenberg's existential approach to Christianity, and what verse in the bible Philip knew couldn't be true. Plus: Tillich, language, and symbols the presence (or lack) of a tradition to draw upon and the intersection of Whiteheadian aesthetics, embodiment, and ethics. Can a process theologian be an Evangelical with a high christology? Does God win in the end? Do you need to have a complete eschatology to h

Back by popular demand, Robyn Henderson-Espinoza sits down to talk with Tripp about Thanksgiving, the theology of nostalgia, and the politics of wholeness. They discuss: the postwar origins of Thanksgiving how do we reconcile the Christian rhetoric of gratitude and the founding of our country on the genocide of indigenous peoples appropriate (and inappropriate) holiday costumes for children what did the first thanksgiving look like? do we really know that story? the bad theology of nostalgia and the bad politics of wholeness how to develop practices of togetherness Plus, Robyn and Tripp talk about a cool new #goactivisttheology project you won't want to miss. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark Galli, author of Karl Barth: An Introductory Biography for Evangelicals, and editor-in-chief for Christianity Today, is on the podcast to talk about Karl Barth, Evangelicalism in America, and homebrewing. You'll hear him discuss how he became editor-in-chief of Christianity Today, the role of Christianity Today in American religion, and the cultural, political, and religious levels of meaning for the term "Evangelical." Mark tells a story about his encounter with Barth in a coffee shop in Santa Cruz, and the origins of the book. Plus the themes and ideas in Barth's work that are controversial for Evangelicals, and what Barth most has to offer Evangelicals. This conversation goes way beyond the topics of the book and include: Barth's respect and friendship with theologians with whom he deeply disagreed the polarization of American politics and religion Barth's reinterpretation of the reformed tradition and his view on the doctrine of election Rob Bell and the task of preaching the increased Evan

Theologian and activist Timothy Murphy is on the podcast to talk about his new book, Counter-Imperial Churching for a Planetary Gospel. It's part of the (Process) Theology Nerd Book Giveaway sponsored by Process Century Press and the Center for Process Studies In this episode you'll hear about Timothy's interest not just in process, but in social justice and politics, the central questions driving this book, why we should not avoid conflict in the church, the challenges of addressing social justice issues with mainline Protestants, and about his work with Progressive Christians Uniting and how it influenced the direction of his work. Plus, how the cosmology he develops in the book ends up connected to ecclesiology what is a planetary gospel? practicing differentiated solidarity and the spiritual practice of kenosis how not to be an ally some of the practices faith communities can engage in that address issues of privilege Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a mem

This episode is about Pussy Hat Christianity vs. #MAGA Hat Christianity Donna Bowman, author of the Homebrewed Christianity Guide to Being Human, is a rare theologian in that she does qualitative research (translation: she talks to real humans). Donna and Tripp sit down and talk about getting out of the office and library to talk with real people, what made her decide to dedicate her life to educating, that question that hit at the existential register and demanded a better answer than the one she was given, and on reading the puzzle that is the bible Plus, Donna shares some of the cross cultural metaphysical assumptions she's discovered in her research and how they differ from those in the academy, the pussy hats made and worn for the women's marches after Trump's inauguration, the intersection of the symbolic and material, Adorno and "Hillary hate," and using TV and media a place of theological research. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community.

Mike Morrell (co-author of The Divine Dance with Richard Rohr) and John Pavlovitz (author of A Bigger Table) sat down with Tripp to talk about making Advent great (again). Why do they want to make Advent great again? What's happened to make Advent not great? Learn a little bit about the organizers behind #MAGA (not that MAGA), what inspired them to make Advent great again, and what you can expect. Plus, they reflect on the 2016 election a year later, where they find hope, the fate of the progressive church, and personal challenges around the holidays. Make Advent Great Again is a pop-up community for holiday resistance and renewal. We’ve heard a lot from our friends this season - Jesus-followers and spiritual free-agents, activists and artists, ministers and moms - that you just can’t this Christmas: shopping for gifts, making plans to see family, lighting the Advent candles, awaiting the birth of the Christ-child anew. It all feels so remote.Many of us are struggling. What on earth does ‘Emmanuel’ mea

What is it that makes us more likely to buy books about contemplation than to go to a silent retreat? Today's guest, Daniel Coleman, author of Presence and Process: A Path Towards Transformation, is talking with Tripp about meditation, contemplation, and spiritual practice in a pluralistic world. Given the spiritual trends in America - with the decline of those identifying as religious, and the rise of the mindfulness movement - how do we navigate the waters of spiritual practice? Daniel talks about how he began to grow dissatisfied with the traditional church experience and longed for a way to live a life of transformation, he experiences with Quaker spirituality - the silent, expectant, waiting worship in a group, which led to an interest in personal contemplative practice, and the differences between his charismatic experiences of God and his contemplative experiences. Plus, apophatic mysticism, concepts versus felt experience, the role of contemplation in the history of the church, the challenge of i

Things are gonna get feisty and something may even bubble up in your soul. Robyn Henderson-Espinoza is on the podcast today talking activist theology. Not only is Robyn a PhD in constructive philosophical theology and ethics, a queer activist, a public theologian - Robyn is the activist theologian. #GoActivistTheology In this episode Robyn and Tripp ask how can we, in both the church and activist communities, be one and not the same at the same time? how are norms are driving our values and the logic of dominance? is there a way to build a bridge between white, liberal progressives and radical revolutionaries? Robyn talks about being in Charlottesville and Berkeley, white fragility, intersectionality, and their upcoming book on activist theology. Plus, Tripp and Robyn talk about the beer scene in the US, the politics of radical difference and IPAs, and the potential for beer to become another arm of empire! Robyn suggests checking out Antonia Gramsci and the Question of Religion: Ideology, Ethics, an

This is the only protest where you get to drink in a church 500 years later. That's right, this is the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, and to celebrate, we're live from Cary, North Carolina at Christ the King Lutheran Church with Pastors Daniel Pugh and Wolfgang Herz-Lane. They talk about why, 500 years later, they decide to continue the protest and be on team Luther, the significance of the real presence in the Eucharist, how to deal with negative attention for being active in social and racial justice, and the timelessness of the gospel. Then, Glen Jonas and Adam English, professors of church history and theology at Campbell University (they were also Tripp's professors in undergrad) are up to get nerdy and play some theological games. Tripp first pretends that he's a 19 year old in an intro to Christianity course, then he gives both Dr. Jonas and Dr. English 5 propositions in the nerdiest language he can muster, forcing one to defend and the other to argue against (dedicated listeners w

In this episode, we are talking about the new film, I'll Push You, a documentary about two friends - Justin Skeesuck and Patrick Gray - as they travel across El Camino de Santiago. While on its face, this is a story about a spiritual pilgrimage, it is also a story about so much more: friendship, community, pain, and joy. Up first, Tripp talks with Ryan Parker about how he found out about the film, why this documentary is very different from most, and the shortcomings of most faith-based films. Tripp shares his favorite moments, how he'd use the movie for a high school youth retreat, and why he likens it to the Lord of the Rings. Plus, the threat of social media and online spaces replacing in-person gatherings, what gift the church can offer in light of that, the temptations we face in a faith community, and the importance of friendship in the gospel. Then, Nathan interviews Justin, Patrick, and director Terry Parish. Click here to watch the trailer, and check out if there will be a screening of the film (o