Hints and Guesses Podcast
1) Nature, Nurture, Unanswered Ancestral Questions
What if we inherit not only biological material but existential and spiritual questions from our ancestors? What's ours to carry that's been handed to us? I've been wrestling with these questions fo...Show More
2) Letter to the Lost
"We have to know the darkness to be able to search for the light," according to Henri Nouwen. And he goes on to claim that we need lostness, in the search for meaning. With so much disorder, lostnes...Show More
3) Hell is Endless Autobiography
In an age obsessed with "knowing oneself," how do we not get stuck in endless autobiography and self-absorption? At its best, a healthy spiritual and religious life helps free us from the cul-de-sac ...Show More
4) The Christ Symbol: Part 5 - Authority and Resurrection
Here's the final episode of The Christ Symbol. This episode is about Authority and Resurrection (stage 6 and 7). What does real authority look like? What does it mean for a "grain of wheat to go in...Show More
5) The Christ Symbol: Part 5 - Wilderness and Mission
Here's the next episode in The Christ Symbol. This episode is about Wilderness and Mission (stage 4 and 5), the necessity of the desert and the nature of a soul-oriented mission in the life of Jesus,...Show More
6) The Christ Symbol: Part 5 - Transcendent Encounter
Here's the next episode in looking at Christ through a symbolic lens, a life transformed. This episode is about Transcendent Encounter (stage 3), those moments we could not have predicted, manufactur...Show More
7) The Christ Symbol: Part 4 - Calling
What's going on with our thumbs? Plus, the next episode in this series looking at the life of Christ through a symbolic lens, a life transformed. This episode is about calling, the first nudges of o...Show More
8) Metagelical? A Conversation with Paul Vanderklay
This is a long-format, unscripted, very personal conversation, with Paul Vanderklay. We talk a bit about our stories, what it's like to be a pastor, what's been happening in the changing landscape of...Show More
9) The Christ Symbol: Part 3 - Birth
This episode is part of my series, Wandering through the Bible, where I look again at these ancient stories through a symbolic lens. Beginning with a quote from Teilhard about the slow work of God, w...Show More
10) Wandering through the Bible: Christ Symbol Part 2
In this episode, I describe the changes faces of Jesus over the centuries, and what I mean by the Symbolic Christ. I also explore in more detail what I call the three chords of listening to the Bible...Show More