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Iain McGilchrist describes the right hemisphere as “prophetic.” Mike Metzger’s voice has often been described as prophetic. Prophets are not weirdos. They instead have a wide-angle lens. They see more widely. This series of conversations is designed to widen your lens—on the faith, your work, the gospel, your physical body… you name it.

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Episode 123: Book Notes – Companions of Life – What We Must Unlearn

2024/01/22

Our summary comes from an interview with Philip Jenkins in 2007 titled, “Companions of Life: What Must We learn, and Unlearn?” in Books and Culture (March/April 2007, Volume 13, No. 2, 18-20).

Episode 122: On Being Certain

2024/01/15

Robert M. Burton, On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You’re Not (St. Martin’s Griffin, 2008)

Episode 121: Book Notes – Bad Religion

2023/12/18

Today's conversation is centered around Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics by Ross Douthat.

Episode 120: Book Notes – Back of the Napkin

2023/12/11

Today's conversation is centered around The Back of the Napkin (Expanded Edition): Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures by Dan Roam

Episode 119: Three Frames of Church History

2023/11/13

Last week Mike mentioned that Christians think about church history primarily in three frames. In this week’s conversation, we discuss what those frames are and how they inform much of what Christians believe we ought to strive for in “reviving” the church.

Episode 118: Book Notes – Don’t Think of an Elephant

2023/11/06

Today's Notes come from Don't Think of an Elephant!: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate--The Essential Guide for Progressives Paperback – September 1, 2004 by George Lakoff

Episode 117: Book Notes – Triumph of the Therapeutic

2023/10/16

Mike and I are spending some time going through several books and bringing this content to the listener. These are books many probably won't read but have value in understanding the times.

Episode 116: Tensions

2023/09/04

Mike and I continue down the rabbit whole of attention, but from a different angle in this conversation. We actually start out discussing tensions and end up overlapping with our last conversation about attention. Tensions are helpful in pulling us beyond ourselves and what we pay attention to, has a certain effect on us.

Episode 115: Selective Attention

2023/08/21

Today’s conversation is a great doorway into a deep rabbit hole. While Mike and I discuss a recent news article, the conversation touches on many of the ideas Mike has been writing about for years. In this conversation we talk about why it’s important to pay attention and be selective about what we pay attention to.

Episode 114: Building Community

2023/07/31

Continuing the train of thought on the path forward, this conversation ventures into the notion of building community and how to do it as we begin to understand the times we are in.

Episode 113: A Path Forward

2023/07/10

At times I find myself wondering, with all that Mike and I have talked about, what is our path forward. What do I do with my work, my family, my community to bring glory to God? In this conversation Mike provides an answer; one that is, in his usual fashion, quite provocative.

Episode 112: Contentment

2023/06/26

This week Mike and I discuss contentment and what is has to do with godliness. Paul mentions in 1 Timothy 6 that godliness with contentment is great gain. What does that imply? Does the call to contentment mean we should accept our circumstances and stop looking to change them?

S. Metzger 2021/03/17

Important topics during an important time for Christianity

Mike and Pat are tackling big questions and problems facing Christianity today. In a world with a million podcasts, this is worth your time 💯👍

Gesturing0456 2020/05/01

Fresh Insight

This is good stuff... fresh perspective in a world that has become stale with noise. Mike has a way of helping one see things differently... not right...

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