Ben Cremer lives at the intersection of intelligence, biblical literacy, justice, and humility in a very unique way. It’s very difficult to not like him (or his work). I hope you’ll find him at his substack page and share this one with a friend. Peace everyone.

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Fantastic conversation with the Rev. Dr. Michael Rose about love, Teilhard de Chardin, open and relational theology, love, the invitation of the spirit at the level of the molecule and atom, and his new book Made by Love, For Love: Reimagining God, Power, and Faith in Light of Relentless Love.

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A beautiful conversation around prayer, contemplation, change, love, and God with the Rev. Dr. Gayle. I hope you’ll follow her on Substack and pick up a copy of her book on prayer called Wild Geese Rising: Living Prayer Moment by Moment as Contemplative Action.

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We couldn’t have been more excited to have the one and only, Dr. Randy Woodley on the show recently. Randy is an author, thinker, and activist who identifies strongly with issues of eco-justice, diversity, racial justice, and indigenous realities. Find him on his substack or his website page, www.randywoodley.com

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Rev. Dr. Cassidy Hall (she/her/hers) (MA, MDiv, MTS) is an author, award-winning filmmaker, podcaster, and leading voice in contemplative spirituality and we were honored to have her on the podcast today talking plants, intuition, Thomas Merton, contemplation, and Richard Simmons. Please check out her website and also pick up a copy of Queering Contemplation: Finding Queerness in the Roots and Future of Contemplative Spirituality.

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Wow, super great conversation with the one and only mattie mae motl about motherhood, Paul’s idea for masculinity, queerness, Jesus, and so much more. Make sure to join Mattie on her Instagram or substack page, where you will be joining over a hundred thousand other people doing so. Literally. Peace everyone!

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Brian McLaren is an author, speaker, activist, public theologian, and a friend who’s helped me a lot over the years. I’ve read many, many of his books and am really glad to have him on the channel today to talk about …

authoritarianism and why it’s alive and well in our world, why it’s a left wing and a right wing problem, creativity and writing, the 40 day indigenous vision quest of Jesus, relational theology and how events are things that happen to us in the midst of change, and much more, including the world premiere of the opening line of a song i composed while in a interview at a church a couple years ago, which goes … “I’d rather be hiking thinkin’ about God than sitting in church thinkin’ about hikin'.” And if you ask, yes, I will give the rest of the lyrics. 😂

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We love artists, particularly those with a sense of humor, and that's why it was fun to have Savannah Locke on the OffCanon show today. Find her substack here and make sure to pick up her lastest album here. Just think, you could be doing all that while you’re listening to our conversation with her about christian music, violence, anti-violence, the presence of God in the most unexpected places, references to Bob Bell, and why we should change Tori’s name to Shannon.

Plus, a first for the OffCanon podcast: we're playing music written and performed by our guest. Yes, we were given permission by Savannah to share one of her songs, so per Tori's request, we'll be playing God Have Mercy at the end of the episode. You have permission to fast-forward to to the end and sample the song, but only, if you come back and listen to the entire show immediately following that sampling. Those are the rules. We have very few rules, but that's one of them!

Thank you everyone, ✌🏼

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