Best Chris EW Green Podcasts (2025)

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Tolkien's Tower Allegory and the Allegorical Reading of Scripture 10:44

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3d ago10:44

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If you’re interested, this is the conversation I heard that led me to the lecture, which you can read here. More to come… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribeBy Chris EW Green

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How Stringfellow Learned to Listen 1:08:10

22d ago1:08:10

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David+ and I talk with Myles about Stringfellow’s uncategorizable approach to theology, why he has been neglected, and what his understanding of death and the demonic teaches us about telling the truth, resisting evil, and discerning the will of God. If you don’t already follow Myles, you can connect with his work here. Or read the excellent series…

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The Spirit, the Church, and the Politics of the Charismatic Gifts 1:20:42

27d ago1:20:42

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David+ and I do a close reading of William Stringfellow’s understanding of the political significance of the spiritual gifts and the charismatic life. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribeBy Chris EW Green

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The God of Hope Does Not Disappoint 1:11:50

2M ago1:11:50

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David+ and I do the third of a series of close readings of Karl Rahner’s sermons and prayers in preparation for the upcoming St Anthony Institute class. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe…

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Only Jesus Has Been Resurrected 1:02:38

2M ago1:02:38

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David+ and I do the second of a series of close readings of Karl Rahner’s sermons and prayers in preparation for an upcoming St Anthony Institute class. This conversation focuses on one of his Good Friday sermons.You can sign up here for the SAI course:https://www.stanthonyinstitute.com/courses/theo-hopeAs always, paid subscribers receive a 50% dis…

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Hail, Cross, Our Only Hope 1:12:56

3M ago1:12:56

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David+ and I do the first of a series of close readings of Rahner’s sermons and prayers in preparation for an upcoming St Anthony Institute class. This conversation focuses on one of his Good Friday sermons. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/su…

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Dead Image, Living Likeness 1:47:09

3M ago1:47:09

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David+ and I discuss reviews of and responses to The Fire and the Cloud (you can see a couple of them here and here). We also branch out to a broader discussion about interpreting difficult texts, especially texts that seem to speak blasphemously or nonsensically of God, and consider what theodicy has to do with sanctification. This is a public epi…

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Mapping the Heart 41:45

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Jeremy and I discuss his last book on spiritual direction, his new (as-yet unpublished) book on spiritual granularity, and the power of finding words for the fine lines of God’s work in the heart. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe…

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Stand There and Tell Us What You See 1:13:17

6M ago1:13:17

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Christopher+ and I discuss a talk by Rowan Williams on what it means to be a minister and how that relates to the call to become Christ. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribeBy Chris EW Green and Christopher Brewer

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The Father Moves toward Us 1:29:21

6M ago1:29:21

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Cherith, David, Christopher, and I discuss the readings for today’s Feast, asking why it is so hard for us to make good sense of the Ascension. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribeBy Chris EW Green, David S Harvey, Christopher Brewer, and CFN

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This is the Hour for Love 1:34:13

7M ago1:34:13

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David+ and I discuss Pope Leo XIV’s remarkable homily given at his inaugural Mass. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribeBy Chris EW Green and David S Harvey

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Resurrection People 1:21:44

7M ago1:21:44

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Cherith+ and I talk with Preston+ about the ministry of preaching and the wisdom of the lectionary. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribeBy Chris EW Green

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Do You Love Me More Than These? 1:20:16

7M ago1:20:16

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As a footnote to our ongoing conversation about Bonhoeffer’s theology of pastoral ministry, David+ and I discuss a sermon by Joseph Ratzinger and what it teaches us about the vision of the good shepherd in the Gospel of John. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgre…

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God Save Us from Our View of God 1:28:32

8M ago1:28:32

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Christopher+ and Bill+ and I discuss how our views of God interfere with beholding and how the way Jesus met his death tells us the truth we most need to know. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe…

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Evening Knowledge, Morning Knowledge 1:01:58

8M ago1:01:58

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Dr Hart and I discuss the relationship between poetry and theology, and how good work becomes prayer, a form of stretching into the kingdom. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribeBy Chris EW Green

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The Spirit and the Song 2:02:25

9M ago2:02:25

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Paul repeatedly exhorts his churches to sing—but why? David+, Cherith+, and I discuss music, worship, and the Spirit’s work in song, considering how singing in Paul’s letters is not a form of expression but a means of participation in the Gospel itself. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to …

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I Must Turn Aside 1:38:51

10M ago1:38:51

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Mark and I discuss his research on the prophetic in the broader Pentecostal tradition, especially Latter Rain movement, the intimate relationship between consciousness and the conscience, and the devastating effects of power struggles on prophetic integrity and prophetic legitimacy. You can find Mark’s book here. You can also catch a recent intervi…

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The Need for Rules 1:33:00

10M ago1:33:00

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David+ and I continue our reading of Bonhoeffer, exploring the grace of ordination, the need for rules and holding all good things in tension, and the dangers of false comfort. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe…

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The Annunciation is the True Beginning of Creation 1:34:06

11M ago1:34:06

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Jordan and I discuss his forthcoming translation of Maximus’ Christological letters and a chapter he recently finished on trauma and theology. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribeBy Chris EW Green

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God is on the Child's Side 1:32:31

11M ago1:32:31

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David+ and I discuss Bonhoeffer’s 1940 sermon on the Holy Innocents, weighing what he says about the use/abuse of power and considering how his work, thanks to his careful restraint, helps to free us both from the abstractions and hasty generalizations that distort what we think of God and the sentimentality that warps what we say about evil and su…

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Being in Communion with Sinners 1:16:34

11M ago1:16:34

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David+ and I discuss Bonhoeffer’s 1940 Epiphany meditation, considering what he says about the birth and baptism of the Lord and his understanding of Christ’s solidarity with sinners. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe…

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And Say it with a Steady, Even Voice 1:04:11

12M ago1:04:11

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Kevin Hart (Jo Rae Wright University Distinguished Professor, Duke Divinity School) and I discuss his recently-published memoir, Dark-Land, the theological merits of autobiography, and the graces of contemplative prayer. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.su…

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Reading Luke-Acts with a Mennocostal 1:31:22

12M ago1:31:22

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David+ and I talk with Marty about his decades-long love affair with Luke-Acts, the benefits of studying with believers formed in other traditions, and marvel together at Luke’s originality, the intricate complexity of his work, and the sheer expansiveness of his vision. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers…

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The Scandal is the Point 1:24:12

1y ago1:24:12

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David+ and I discuss Bonhoeffer’s 1935 Finkenwalde lecture on “contemporizing” the New Testament, weighing what it has to teach us now about preaching and handling the Scriptures in good faith. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe…

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Law is Grace 48:44

1y ago48:44

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In this episode, Holly Taylor Coolman, professor of theology at Providence College, talks with me about Aquinas’ view of the Law, New and Old, his reading of Romans 9-11, and her own perspective on what it means to argue with the great teachers of the church. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get acce…

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Grace and Participation 1:21:42

1y ago1:21:42

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Geordie and I talk about TF Torrance and the work of teaching theology, exploring ways TFT helps us live with and speak of the triune God. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribeBy Chris EW Green

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The Bible is a Book without Heroes 1:09:36

1y ago1:09:36

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In this episode, Dr Davis and I discuss her career as a theologian and Old Testament scholar, what she has learned in inter-religious dialog about how to receive the wisdom of Israel’s Scriptures, and the need for the practice of slow, humble reading of these texts. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or g…

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The Difference is Doxological 1:35:23

1y ago1:35:23

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Fr David and I talk with Richard about the brokenness of the church, anxiety and the fear of death, the psychology of Jesus, the gift of tears, and how we come clean with God. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe…

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God is More Exciting than Anything 1:09:29

1y ago1:09:29

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Dr Williams and I talk about loving theology and loving God, learning to pray, and how to serve the church without losing your soul. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribeBy Chris EW Green

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I Fear the Lord is Passing Me By 1:24:24

1y ago1:24:24

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David and I discuss the legend and rare-bird genius of Ivan Illich as well as his trials and tears, weighing out a few of Illich’s key notions, including anti-Christ and the corruption of Christianity, counter-productivity, the ethics of the gaze, and the prayerful awareness that arises from and makes room for celebration. This is a public episode.…

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He is Our Peace 1:16:24

1+ y ago1:16:24

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Bill, David, and I talk about the wisdom of the liturgy, our experiences as Pentecostals who come every week to the Lord’s Table, and the difference between revival and revivalism. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe…

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Women and the Gender of God 1:08:28

1+ y ago1:08:28

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“I have to be here as my full self, or I really can’t be here at all.” —Amy Peeler— Dr Peeler and I talk about her ministry as a scholar and a priest, the challenge of interpreting Scripture, what it means to honor Mary, and how to speak of gender in relation to God. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or …

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The Scandal of Theology 1:44:44

1+ y ago1:44:44

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Brad East (Assistant Professor of Theology at Abilene Christian University) and I discuss Israel, church, and world; restorationism and the sacraments; the origins of evil and sin; Scripture and the formation of a political imagination; as well of course as Robert Jenson and his influence on us. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss th…

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I'm Glad the Church Has Said That 49:34

1+ y ago49:34

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Dr Hauerwas and I talk about the influence of Robert Jenson, the craft of writing theology, the problem with tent revivals, and how he has—and has not—changed his mind. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe…

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Theology: What Is It Good For? 1:27:29

1+ y ago1:27:29

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“I do theology because I think God is real and God is beautiful…”—Kirsten Sanders Dr Sanders and I talk together over a wide range of subjects, including Pent/Char spirituality, the particularities of gender, Mary’s obedience, supersessionism, LOTR, the joys of good disagreements, and the need for and dangers of doing theology. This is a public epi…

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This is a Great Mystery 2:08:05

1+ y ago2:08:05

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Fr David and I talk with Melissa Archer about the household codes in Ephesians 5-6 and Colossians 3, and the history of their interpretation. We also discuss how these instructions fit within the framework of Paul’s apocalyptic vision and consider what it means to sit together in the dust, lamenting the damage done in the long history of misuses an…

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The Point is to Have the Music Play You 1:05:54

1+ y ago1:05:54

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The conversation with David Goa continues, turning to questions of sacramental theology and the matter of so-called closed Communion. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribeBy Chris EW Green

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Christ Communicates Nothing 1:28:37

1+ y ago1:28:37

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Bradley and I talk with David Goa about the priesthood of all believers, the history of mission movements, confusions about hierarchy, the need for the strictures of liturgy and ordained ministry, Ivan Illich, and the crucial difference between communion and communication. Here’s David’s reflections on the royal priesthood, which we reference at th…

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In the Future Your Children Will Ask You 1:15:40

1+ y ago1:15:40

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Julie and I are joined by her daughters, Madeleine and Amie Kate, and their friends, Francesca and Katie, to begin a discussion on teaching our children the faith by learning it with them. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe…

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Falling into the Mind of Christ 1:14:22

1+ y ago1:14:22

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Martin and I discuss the outrageous Jesus of the Gospels, the sanctifying plainness of Scripture, the difference between stone-stories and bread-stories, preaching and speechifying, the shift form lyric to epic Christianity, bone memory and our need for oak. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get acces…

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The Spirit Travels the Distance Between the Father and the Son 1:32:02

1+ y ago1:32:02

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David and I talk with Bradley about Weil and what she says in her last notebooks about suffering, conscience, personhood, human rights/obligations, mystery, and—especially—the doctrine of the Trinity. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe…

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The Spirit is the Method 1:13:02

1+ y ago1:13:02

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David+ and I talk with +Ed about his book, Spirit and Method, the pneumatological imagination, the limits of our understanding, and the need for playfulness in our relation to the truth. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe…

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Not As You Suppose 1:21:07

1+ y ago1:21:07

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Christopher+, Bill+, and I discuss the texts for Sunday, delving into the ways that the Spirit leads us out where our trust is without borders. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribeBy Chris EW Green

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God is in the House 1:21:21

1+ y ago1:21:21

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A link to the Nick Cave interview Christopher+ and I discuss: https://onbeing.org/programs/nick-cave-loss-yearning-transcendence/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribeBy Chris EW Green

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Tongues of Fire 1:18:50

1+ y ago1:18:50

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Christopher and I talk with Frank about his new systematics, the possibilities and promise of theology, and the heart of Pentecostal spirituality. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribeBy Chris EW Green

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Seeing the World with Music in Our Eyes 1:30:49

1+ y ago1:30:49

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After a Lenten break, I’m back to talk with Marc about his story, his artistic process, and his view of the graces and glories of music. More about Hammock here. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe…

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Confessions of a Vulnerable Pastor 1:01:09

2y ago1:01:09

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Dr Smith joins me to discuss the peculiar glories of pastoral ministry, vulnerability in preaching, and figuring out the devil’s parlor tricks. Here’s link to the emptying prayer exercise she mentions: Here too is the holding page for her new book, Confessions of an Amateur Saint, as well as her other books, including The Vulnerable Pastor. This is…

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The Metaphysics of Advent (4) 34:24

2y ago34:24

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This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribeBy Chris EW Green

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Being Ok, Feeling All the Sadnesses 56:27

2y ago56:27

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This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribeBy Chris EW Green

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The Metaphysics of Advent (3) 1:05:51

2y ago1:05:51

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This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribeBy Chris EW Green