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Welcome to the In All Things Podcast, where we host conversations with diverse voices about living creatively in God’s created world. Hosted by Justin Ariel Bailey, this podcast complements the creative content found at inallthings.org, the online journal for the Andreas Center at Dordt University.
Episodes
Tuesday Jan 31, 2023
Tuesday Jan 31, 2023
On this episode of the podcast, we talk with Cory Brock and Gray Sutanto about their new book, Neo-Calvinism: A Theological Introduction (Lexham Press). We know that our listeners come from many different theological traditions other than our own, and although this discussion may at times go into the weeds, the larger conversation is about what it means to work out of a historical tradition, retrieving while also reimagining. Among the topics we discuss:
- What is Neo-Calvinism? What makes it "neo"? Is it broad or specific?
- What does it mean to restore and renew instead of to "repristinate" a tradition?
- How do we value the unique calling & perspective of a particular tradition while also recognizing the larger body of Christ?
- What does it mean to say that "grace restores nature"?
- How do we answer the charge that "every square inch" leads to triumphalism, or even Christian nationalism? What's the difference?
- What is the nature of our hope for "re-creation"? What do Neo-Calvinists believe about the age to come, the renewal of all things, and the "beatific vision" (encountering God face-to-face)?
We will also be running a series of reviews on the book, going chapter by chapter, which are available here: https://inallthings.org/
Get the book: https://lexhampress.com/product/224276/neo-calvinism-a-theological-introduction
Cory and Gray's podcast, Grace in Common: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/grace-in-common/id1609942093
Tuesday Jan 17, 2023
Tuesday Jan 17, 2023
On this episode of the In All Things podcast, we speak with Dr. Kristen Page about her new book, The Wonders of Creation: Learning Stewardship from Narnia and Middle Earth. In this conversation, ecology and fantasy literature come together to train our imagination, practices, and pace. Among the topics we cover:
- How time spent in imaginary and literary worlds can slow us down and train our attention, helping us to become better stewards of creation.
- How learning to appreciate the beauty of creation empowers us to protect it.
- Why lament matters when it feels like our efforts are largely in vain
- What sort of practices can be cultivated and what other authors help us slow down and see
In All Things link (transcript available): https://inallthings.org/podcast-slowing-down-to-hear-creations-song-with-kristen-page-2/
Get the book: https://www.ivpress.com/the-wonders-of-creation
Read Hannah Landman's review: https://inallthings.org/active-imaginations-a-review-of-wonders-of-creation/
Read Dr. Carl Fictorie's review: https://inallthings.org/embracing-ecology-and-fantasy-a-review-of-the-wonders-of-creation/
Authors mentioned in this podcast:
C.S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
Marilynne Robinson, Gilead
Richard Powers, The Overstory
Robin Wall Kimmer, Braiding Sweetgrass & Gathering Moss
Wendell Berry (anything)
Robert McFarland, Landmarks
Aldo Leopold, Sand County Almanac
Jean Carolyn Craighead George
Tuesday Nov 29, 2022
Tuesday Nov 29, 2022
On this episode of the podcast, I speak with Matthew Ichihashi Potts about his new book, Forgiveness: An Alternative Account. During the conversation, we consider the biblical teaching about forgiveness in the face of lingering grievance and ongoing harm. Among the topics we cover:
- How some demands for forgiveness might actually do more harm to those who have been hurt.
- How we can escape the binary of "remember or retaliate" or "forgive and forget"
- What forgiveness looks like that is rooted in grief or mourning
- Why literary works might hold special value for helping us grasp the complexities of forgiveness
- On what we may hope for forgiveness when it comes to the end of all things (eschatology)
- When it comes to forgiveness, what we are being asked to do, and what we are not being asked to do
Get the book: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300259858/forgiveness/
Tuesday Nov 15, 2022
Tuesday Nov 15, 2022
On this episode of the podcast, our guest is Dr. Esau McCaulley. Our conversation revolves around two books, his critically acclaimed book Reading While Black and his brand-new book Lent: The Season of Repentance and Renewal.
This thirtieth episode was special because we recorded it in-person in front of a live audience, who you may sometimes hear in the background. In any case, the conversation was an absolute joy, and you won’t want to miss Dr. McCaulley reading from his book near the end of the podcast, a moment that brought tears to my eyes. Among the topics we discuss:
- The connections between Dr. McCaulley's two books, one which introduces us to a vital interpretive tradition (Black biblical interpretation) and one which introduces us to a vital liturgical tradition (the church calendar).
- On how we can honor, inhabit, and integrate multiple traditions simultaneously with integrity
- On how to read Scripture so that it can surprise us and can tell us what we don't already know
- On what difference observing the liturgical season of Lent might mean for the disinherited
Get Dr. McCaulley's new book: https://www.ivpress.com/lent-fts
More about Dr. McCaulley: https://esaumccaulley.com/
Read my review of Reading While Black: https://inallthings.org/exercising-hope-a-review-of-reading-while-black/
Tuesday Nov 01, 2022
Tuesday Nov 01, 2022
On this episode of the podcast, I speak with David Zahl about his new book, Low Anthropology. It’s a conversation about the expectations we set on ourselves and others, and how recognizing and reckoning with human limitation, doubleness, and self-centeredness opens up space for both grace and growth. Among the topics we discuss:
- How burnout, loneliness, and “us vs. them” are signs of a high anthropology
- How low anthropology alleviates "imposter syndrome" and sets us free from the "fantasy self we are failing to become"
- Why communities organized around vulnerability and weakness are healthier and more hopeful than communities organized around strength and success.
- How low anthropology responds to contemporary phenomena like celebrity culture and cancel culture
- How sermons, churches, and discipleship look different when we operate on the priority of the heart rather than the head.
Get the book: http://bakerpublishinggroup.com/books/low-anthropology/410250
Check out Mockingbird Ministries: https://mbird.com/
Tuesday Oct 18, 2022
Tuesday Oct 18, 2022
On this episode of the podcast, I’m joined by a guest co-host Dr. Mark Christians, and together we interview Dr. Marjorie Lindner Gunnoe about her new book The Person in Psychology and Christianity: A Faith-Based Critique of Five Theories of Social Development. Among the topics we discuss:
- Why ordinary people might be interested in developmental psychology
- Why these five (Erikson, Bowlby, Skinner, Bandura, and Evolutionary Psychology) were selected for the book.
- Dr. Gunnoe's "faith-based working model of the human person"
- The relationship of psychology and religion and why we should learn from others who do not share our faith
- The implications of things like attachment theory for discipleship
Get the book: https://www.ivpress.com/the-person-in-psychology-and-christianity
Dr. Mark Christians's review: https://inallthings.org/of-psychology-and-christianity-a-review-of-the-person-in-psychology-and-christianity/
Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
On this episode of the podcast, I had the special treat of interviewing my doctoral supervisor, William (Bill) Dyrness about his new book, The Facts on the Ground: A Wisdom Theology of Culture. I tell the story of how I came to study with Bill, and talk shop with him about our shared interest in theology and culture. Among the topics we discuss:
- Bill's story – which includes work as a missionary, study with Dutch scholar Hans Rookmaaker, theologizing about visual art, and theological reflection on numerous topics – what ties all of these interests together?
- On why it is so important that we deal with "the facts on the ground" and learn to discern "cultural wisdom" as we engage the world in which we live.
- On how we deal with the critique that in our desire to discern God's work within culture, we might be overly optimistic, giving God credit for the wrong things
- On what criteria we might use to discern wisdom from foolishness.
- On how Bill connected with the Kuyperian tradition, what he appreciates about it, and what he thinks we need to critique.
- The difference between cultural theology and public theology, and what he hopes culturally attuned theologians will give their attention to.
Get Bill Dyrness's new book, The Facts on the Ground: https://www.amazon.com/Facts-Ground-Wisdom-Theology-Culture/dp/1725299631
Get Bill's earlier book, Poetic Theology: https://www.amazon.com/Poetic-Theology-Poetics-Everyday-Life/dp/080286578X
Tuesday Sep 20, 2022
Tuesday Sep 20, 2022
On this episode of the podcast I talk with Stephanie Summers, the CEO of the Center for Public Justice about Christian political engagement as love of neighbor, and engagement that goes beyond presidential politics. Among the topics we discuss:
- Stephanie's story of deepening her youthful activism with theological roots
- What is "public" justice, and what does the Center for Public Justice do?
- How does CPJ approach a problem like poverty?
- How do we move forward in a deeply polarized time?
- What does it mean for ordinary people to be politically engaged beyond just voting every few years?
- How do you find hope amid the political cynicism of our time?
To learn more:
Center for Public Justice: https://www.cpjustice.org/public/page/content/homepage
Shared Justice: https://www.sharedjustice.org
Unleashing Opportunity book: https://www.sharedjustice.org/unleashing-opportunity
More about the Hatfield Prize: https://www.sharedjustice.org/apply
Follow CPJ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cpjustice
Tuesday Sep 06, 2022
Tuesday Sep 06, 2022
On this special 25th episode of the podcast, we collaborated with the hosts of Hallway Conversations podcast to produce a joint episode! Our conversation centers on *my* new book, Interpreting Your World: Five Lenses for Engaging Theology and Culture. Among the topics we discuss:
- What it means to become incisive interpreters, not just of Scripture, but also of culture.
- What it means to discern cultural idolatries, starting with our own
- How we can empower students to move beyond "reputation management" and "slacktivism" to act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly.
- What it might mean to take aesthetics seriously in schools, churches, and society.
- How we can model "non-reductive curiosity" as we engage culture.
Get the book: http://bakerpublishinggroup.com/books/interpreting-your-world/410460
About Dave, Matt, and Abby at the Hallway Conversations podcast (https://hallwayconvos.podbean.com/):
"We are three friends who have been teaching for quite a while, but we still have lots of questions about education. This is our place for thinking out loud about topics we think are important for Christian educators to consider. We regularly have face-to-face hallway conversations, and this podcast is our way of inviting you in to our reflections on contemporary education.
Our deep hope is that you would find these conversations an opportunity for your own reflection–that you would be challenged and encouraged in your work as an educator, and that you might even chuckle along as we think on our feet and stumble through trying to answer each others questions about what it means to take our faith seriously as we consider our work as educators.
Feel free to drop us a line at hallwayconvospod@gmail.com."
Follow Dr. Dave Mulder's substack: https://drdave.substack.com/
Follow Dr. Matthew Beimers: https://twitter.com/beim_m
Follow Abby DeGroot: https://twitter.com/DeGrootAbby
Tuesday Aug 23, 2022
Tuesday Aug 23, 2022
On this episode of the podcast, Ruth Clark and I chat with Katelyn Beaty about her new book, Celebrities for Jesus: How Personas, Platforms, and Profits are Hurting the Church. Among the topics we discuss:
- Why celebrity culture is a uniquely modern phenomenon.
- What it means to say that celebrity is a "feature, not a bug" of the evangelical movement, and the spiritual implications
- What it might mean to resist the values of celebrity culture in the church and in the Christian publishing industry
- Why obscurity and ordinary faithfulness are so important for followers of Christ
Get Katelyn's book: http://bakerpublishinggroup.com/books/celebrities-for-jesus/406890
To read Ruth Clark's review: https://inallthings.org/reckoning-with-status-and-realigning-our-hearts-a-review-of-celebrities-for-jesus/