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Shifting Culture @shiftingculture.bsky.social · 23h

When life stops working the way it used to, that might be the moment mercy is closest.

In my conversation with Justin McRoberts on Shifting Culture, we talk about failure, beauty, and how art helps us stay present in the darkness long enough to be changed.

New episode out now. pod.link/1566243892

Shifting Culture @shiftingculture.bsky.social · 3d

What if stories could heal us?
This week on @shiftingculture.bsky.social, I talk with @kaitlincurtice.bsky.social about Everything Is a Story — how art, poetry, and Indigenous wisdom can break cycles of harm and root us again in community and belonging.

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Shifting Culture @shiftingculture.bsky.social · 4d

Some leaders fall suddenly. Most drift slowly.

Peter Greer and I talk about the small habits that shape integrity, the dangers of isolation, and the power of confession and community.

Faithfulness isn’t glamorous—it’s steady, humble, and lasting.

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Shifting Culture @shiftingculture.bsky.social · 7d

@sharonhmiller.bsky.social reminds us that real freedom doesn’t come from affirming ourselves - it comes from shifting our gaze to God. This episode of @shiftingculture.bsky.social explores identity, healing, and the joy of living free in Christ.

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Shifting Culture @shiftingculture.bsky.social · 11d

New @shiftingculture.bsky.social: @nijaykgupta.bsky.social on Slow Theology

➡️ Why lament matters
➡️ Why storms are inevitable
➡️ Why community is essential

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Shifting Culture @shiftingculture.bsky.social · 14d

Josh Butler joined me on @shiftingculture.bsky.social to talk about suffering, belovedness, and how the Gospel of John shows us that even the darkest places can become holy places.

Listen to the new episode here: pod.link/1566243892

Shifting Culture @shiftingculture.bsky.social · 16d

It’s not good news unless it is good news for the poor and oppressed.

Listen to the full conversation on the justice of Jesus with @joashpthomas.bsky.social on @shiftingculture.bsky.social anywhere you get podcasts.

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Shifting Culture @shiftingculture.bsky.social · 18d

Jesus announced good news for the poor, freedom for the captive, sight for the blind. That’s the justice of Jesus.
@joashpthomas.bsky.social joins me on @shiftingculture.bsky.social to talk about what it means to live that out today.

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Shifting Culture @shiftingculture.bsky.social · 22d

Your purpose is bigger than your title.
Edwina Findley Dickerson joins @shiftingculture.bsky.social to talk faith, calling, and stepping into the God-dream for your life.

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Shifting Culture @shiftingculture.bsky.social · 24d

Letting go is hard. Parenting, pastoring, and pilgrimage all remind us we’re not in control - and that’s where God meets us.

Andrew & Kara Root joined me on Shifting Culture to talk about their new book, A Pilgrimage Into Letting Go. It’s a story about walking together with open hands.

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Shifting Culture @shiftingculture.bsky.social · 25d

Seeing someone in their fullness changes us.
Kathleen Norris tells the story of her sister Becky - born with brain damage, often rejected, yet transformed into a generous and selfless presence.
It’s a story of persistence, community, and unexpected grace. Full episode on @shiftingculture.bsky.social

Shifting Culture @shiftingculture.bsky.social · 27d

You can’t use the name of Jesus to justify violence.

Listen to the full conversation with @johnfugelsang.bsky.social on @shiftingculture.bsky.social and get his new book Separation of Church and Hate. Out now!

Shifting Culture @shiftingculture.bsky.social · 28d

@johnfugelsang.bsky.social doesn’t mince words:
“Fundamentalists use religion to argue they’re better people than you.”

In our conversation on @shiftingculture.bsky.social, we talk about faith hijacked by power, and why people aren’t leaving Jesus - they’re leaving hypocrisy.

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Shifting Culture @shiftingculture.bsky.social · Sep 9

New episode of @shiftingculture.bsky.social with @druhart.bsky.social.

We dig into:
– Christendom & empire
– Doctrine of Discovery
– White supremacy & Christian nationalism
– Anablactivism: radical discipleship to Jesus + prophetic witness

Out now anywhere you get podcasts.

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Shifting Culture @shiftingculture.bsky.social · Sep 8

On @shiftingculture.bsky.social, I sit down with @trymainelee.bsky.social to talk about his new book A Thousand Ways to Die, the generational impact of violence, and where hope can still be found.

It’s heavy, but it’s also a vision for healing and life.

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Shifting Culture @shiftingculture.bsky.social · Sep 5

Prayer can be protest. Ritual can be resistance. Faith can be freedom.

On @shiftingculture.bsky.social, I sit down with @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org & Charon Hribar to talk about We Pray Freedom and how communities are reclaiming faith traditions to confront injustice and build abundance.

Shifting Culture @shiftingculture.bsky.social · Sep 4

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Shifting Culture @shiftingculture.bsky.social · Sep 2

When politics unravel and fear rises, how do we stay faithful? In this week’s Shifting Culture, Hanna Reichel talks about her devotional For Such a Time as This. We explore finding calm in the storm, resisting fear with joy, and why community is central to Christian witness.
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Shifting Culture @shiftingculture.bsky.social · Aug 29

Fergus Butler-Gallie reminded me that church buildings carry scars and stories of power, persecution, resilience, and joy.

Our @shiftingculture.bsky.social conversation on Twelve Churches wrestles with paradox, but points us toward hope that is real because it has known despair

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Shifting Culture @shiftingculture.bsky.social · Aug 26

Natalie Runion came back to Shifting Culture to talk about identity, gossip, forgiveness, and building sacred sisterhood.

“Jesus never saw women as a problem to solve.”
“Collaboration kills competition. In the Kingdom, there’s always enough.”

Listen anywhere you get podcasts: pod.link/1566243892

Shifting Culture @shiftingculture.bsky.social · Aug 25

Excited to welcome back Natalie Runion to @shiftingculture.bsky.social tomorrow as she talks about forgiveness and breaking the lies that hold women back in the church.
Follow Shifting Culture anywhere you get podcasts so you don’t miss the episode.

Shifting Culture @shiftingculture.bsky.social · Aug 22

The stories we live by shape who we become. What story are you living in?

On @shiftingculture.bsky.social, @trevinwax.bsky.social and I talk about discipleship, authenticity, the global church, and why following Jesus makes life harder - and better.

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Shifting Culture @shiftingculture.bsky.social · Aug 19

Healing isn’t a solo project. It happens when we let others in, when we confess, when we allow ourselves to be seen.

I sat down with Toni Collier for @shiftingculture.bsky.social to talk about how God meets us in vulnerability and community.

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Shifting Culture @shiftingculture.bsky.social · Aug 15

"Nowhere in the Gospels is the commandment ‘Be safe.’"

Kurt Ver Beek moved his family into one of Honduras’ most violent neighborhoods - facing violence, corruption, and fear to fight for the most vulnerable.

New @shiftingculture.bsky.social episode: pod.link/1566243892

Shifting Culture @shiftingculture.bsky.social · Aug 12

Many have been handed a way of reading the Bible that props up our politics, protects our comfort, and keeps us from the way of Jesus.

@zachwlambert.bsky.social talks about removing those false lenses and finding the Jesus who disrupts power, welcomes outsiders, and calls us to love our enemies.

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