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#25 - Ethnicity: Where Do We Come From? Why Does It Matter?
Ethnicity, race, nationalism… Just bringing up those words can raise the temperature of the room. These topics intersect and affect our daily lives in ways that are so important—how do we, as Christians, engage these topics w...
Recent Episodes
#25 - Ethnicity: Where Do We Come From? Why Does It Matter?
March 22, 2023
Ethnicity, race, nationalism… Just bringing up those words can raise the temperature of the room. These topics intersect and affect our daily lives in ways that are so important—how do we, as Christians, engage these topics …
#24 - African Voices: Mwendia Shares on Same-Sex Attraction in Kenya
March 1, 2023
We are so excited to welcome Mwendia Steve Kiengu to the podcast as we begin highlighting perspectives from Africa! Mwendia is a seminary student in Kenya who’s grown up with same-sex attraction. He talks with TJ about the A…
#23 - Side B Response to Side A: Our 2022 Guests
Feb. 8, 2023
We (David and TJ) are Side B, and we care about engaging people across differences. Last year we interviewed three Side A folks from different perspectives: #12 - JP’s Story: Moving Away from Side B #13 - Ordained, Gay, and …
#22 - Unity and Differences in Side B
Jan. 18, 2023
Contrary to (some) opinions, those of us who consider ourselves “Side B” on Christian sexuality don’t agree on everything, nor is there a shared “declaration of theology” document that we can all agree on. What ideas unite a…
#21 - Tate's Story: Growing Up Gay in Texas
Dec. 28, 2022
Tate grew up in small-town, Bible-belt Texas before attending “the absolute worst of the worst” university that was “too liberal or too secular.” We (David and TJ) talk with Tate about his story of coming out, growing in fai…
#20 - How Should We Then Live with Eros? Part 3 with Kathryn Mogk Wagner
Dec. 9, 2022
True love means… what?? There are many answers to that question, and in this episode, we’re just talking about some of them. In part 3 of our conversation with medieval literature scholar Kathryn Mogk Wagner, we reflect on s…
Recent Blog Posts
Lenten Sexuality
“When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... …
Yearning for (Intergenerational) Roots
In the Plough Magazine, Peter Mommsen wrote the article Yearning for Roots - We’re born with a hunger for connection with our ancestors – bot…
Prudence and Mission in Pride Month
Today is the 2nd day of Pride Month, which has no small celebration in the Twin Cities. While there is room for a lot of good conversation on how Christi…