Context Matters

Dr. Paul Wright, President of Jerusalem University College, joins us to discuss more gems hidden inside the biblical text as long as we know how to read the cultural, political, an...

Dr. Paul Wright, President of Jerusalem University College, joins me to talk about why learning about the physical context of the biblical narratives is important. We then focus on...

Feasting and fasting. Connecting to the land to resist exploitation. Learning table manners when receiving the Eucharist. These are all topics we get to talk about as Dr. Norman Wi...

Dr. Wirzba grew up in a Canadian farming community. He is now a philosopher, theologian, and gardener. We talk about how agriculture and connection to land can impact how we under...

Dr. Gisela Kreglinger joins us to talk about how humanity and spirituality are influenced by wine. We discuss receiving the Eucharist at church with her family's wine along with wh...

Gisela H. Kreglinger grew up on a family owned winery in Franconia, Germany and then went on to study theology and the Spirituality of Wine. Lucky us! This week you will hear part ...

Dr. David Leong continues to lead us into the significant themes of his book Race and Place. Join us as we continue to dwell on the importance of imagination for creating inclusive...

Dr. David Leong is the Associate Professor of Missiology at Seattle Pacific University. Dr. Leong shares about his book Race and Place and why those two topics are necessary conver...

Dr. Bantu explains the linguistic and cultural differences between the Christianity that developed in the Roman empire and the Christianity that organically developed in area of Eg...

Dr. Vince Bantu joins us to discuss how people can hold onto their cultural identity when engaging Christianity....

Part 2 of the conversation with Dr. Kalantzis about the influential women in early church history. Why don't we talk about the women?...

Dr. George Kalantzis joins us to describe growing up as a religious minority in a religious majority country (Greece) and how that influenced his scholarship on the development of ...