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Episode 50: John Kasich, former governor, political analyst, and author of Heaven Help Us
A conversation with John Kasich about faith institutions, hope, civic engagement, and more.
Why make things?
I couldn’t afford a nice bookshelf, and I couldn’t bring myself to buy a cheap one. So I headed to the hardware store.
Christology without supersessionism
Chris Green invites Christians to a humbler reading of scripture—one that listens, learns, and refuses to displace Israel’s voice.
The apology deficit
Ours is an era of cultivated transgressiveness, in which leaders vice signal their lack of interest in apologizing when they’re wrong.
August 3, Ordinary 18C (Colossians 3:1-11)
Putting on the clothing of the new self is a metaphor of extravagance.
Truth meets mercy (Psalm 85)
These days it is hard to discern what is true and what is false.
Science is finally catching up with Teilhard de Chardin
Frank and Mary Frost, the filmmakers behind a recent PBS documentary about the Jesuit paleontologist, have long seen him as a true visionary.
Modern love
At first, Materialists seems like a brutal reckoning with our metric-obsessed age. But director Celine Song has bigger themes in mind.
Jack Caputo’s insistent, nonexistent God
According to the radical theologian, “God’s essence is in our hands.”
The case for being a killjoy
We may be reluctant to say anything that sounds puritanical. But our private morality really does matter.
The politics of performance
In the Trump era, the narrative around legislative efforts seems to matter a lot more than the actual results.
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Evangelical idols and ideologies
In their new books, Mike Cosper and Jeff Mikels critique evangelicalism from within. Do they go far enough?
When Superman deconstructs
Many have criticized the new film’s twist on its hero’s origin story. I found it powerfully resonant.
July 27, Ordinary 17C (Luke 11:1-13)
Jesus addresses a God who is beyond the human horizon and yet part of the household.
A sanctuary for banned stories
When truth is being cast as lies, the sacred work of storytelling is urgent.
The costs of rebellion
Andor demonstrates that Star Wars is still one of our most compelling fictional accounts of imperial power—and the various means of resisting it.
Does Jesus understand sisters? (Luke 10:38-42)
Does he really need to add the part about Mary’s choice being better?