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Episode 40: Lovely Carter, Steve Peterson, and Rachel Adams
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Matt talks with his parishioners Lovely Carter, Steve Peterson, and Rachel Adams about the expectations listeners bring to sermons, how God might do something good through bad preaching, and the ways religions are like street gangs.Von the Christian Century
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Episode 39: Marlin Lavanhar
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Matt talks with Marlin Lavanhar, senior minister of All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, about how a group of Pentecostal Universalist Christians changed his preaching, the postliberal critique of Unitarianism, and preaching “belief” to rationally-minded people.Von the Christian Century
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Episode 38: Kenneth Samuel
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Matt talks with Ken Samuel, the founding pastor of Victory for the World Church in Stone Mountain, Georgia, about journeying toward megachurch ministry, insisting on LGBTQ equality as a Southern Baptist pastor, and rebuilding his church after losing thousands of members.Von the Christian Century
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Episode 37: Vince Amlin
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Matt talks with Vince Amlin, copastor of Bethany United Church of Christ and the new church-start Gilead (both in Chicago), about preaching as an associate pastor, why preaching at weddings can feel pointless, and an intense life experience that reshaped Vince’s faith.Von the Christian Century
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Epiosode 36: Jacqui Lewis
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Matt talks with Jacqui Lewis, Senior Minister at Middle Collegiate Church in Manhattan, about “white flight” and her childhood church in Chicago, preachers and social media, and how the church/world relationship plays out in her diverse congregation.Von the Christian Century
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Episode 35: Cornelius Plantinga Jr.
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Matt talks with Cornelius Plantinga Jr., the former president of Calvin Theological Seminary, about miracles, the collapse of the sacred/secular distinction when “every square inch of creation belongs to Jesus Christ,” and why preachers should read more fiction.Von the Christian Century
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Episode 34: Highlights from season 2
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This episode consists of some of our favorite moments from episodes 14-33, which aired during our second season in the winter and spring of 2016.Von the Christian Century
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Episode 33: Matt Fitzgerald
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Preachers on Preaching editor Neil Ellingson, also co-founder of Root and Branch Church in Chicago, interviews Preachers on Preaching host Matt Fitzgerald about the reasons he started the podcast and what he's learned so far, his own self-contradictory preaching approach, and how grace might come inside rising soap bubbles.…
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Episode 32: Liz Goodman
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This week Matt talks with Liz Goodman, minister of the United Church of Christ in Monterey, Massachusetts, about the value of ferocity in relationships, being perceived by small-town folks as provocative, and the freedom that comes from being in a pulpit for 15 years.Von the Christian Century
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Episode 31: Emily McGinley
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Matt talks to Emily McGinley, site pastor at Urban Village Church Hyde Park-Woodlawn in Chicago, about planting a church for LGBTQ people of color and allies, her own circuitous spiritual journey, and integrating preaching with the congregation’s testimony.Von the Christian Century
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Episode 30: Brad Braxton
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Matt talks to Brad Braxton, Founding Senior Pastor of The Open Church in Baltimore, Maryland, about his twin calling as professor and preacher, planting a church of diverse identities and beliefs, and why God might cause fumbles in the pulpit.Von the Christian Century
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Episode 29: David Bartlett
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Matt talks to David Bartlett, American Baptist pastor and coeditor of “Feasting on the Word,” about the necessity of his first call, balancing church and academy, and an approach to scripture that is seen as both dangerous and quaint.Von the Christian Century
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Episode 28: Jennifer Morrow and Timothy Ross
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Matt talks to Jennifer Morrow, pastor of Rowayton United Methodist Church in Rowayton, Connecticut, and Timothy Ross, pastor of Hopwood Christian Church in Johnson City, Tennessee, about their weekly sermon collaboration, editing each other's work, and listening for God’s movement in each other’s congregation.…
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Episode 27: Paul Scott Wilson
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Matt talks to Paul Scott Wilson, who teaches homiletics at the University of Toronto, about the importance of doctrinal clarity in preaching, why God should be the subject of a sermon's verbs, and how preachers can make that happen.Von the Christian Century
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Episode 26: Tony Robinson
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Matt talks to Tony Robinson, pastor and consultant, about the myth of the “perfect church,” preaching through fallow periods, and congregations sustaining preachers’ faith.Von the Christian Century
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Episode 25: Nadia Bolz-Weber
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Matt talks to Nadia Bolz-Weber, pastor of House for All Sinners and Saints, about preaching to oneself to benefit others, certitude's roots in fear, and balancing authenticity with orthodoxy.Von the Christian Century
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Episode 24: Shawn Anglim
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Matt talks to the pastor of First Grace UMC in New Orleans about merging a black church and a white church together, preaching in a racially diverse congregation, and how context informs mission.Von the Christian Century
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Episode 23: Julian DeShazier
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Matt talks to Julian DeShazier, pastor and hip-hop emcee J.Kwest, about being an artist-preacher, churches nurturing their youth’s talents, and the pastor as custodian.Von the Christian Century
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Episode 22: Doug Pagitt
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Matt talks to Doug Pagitt, founder of Solomon’s Porch, about embracing contemporary culture, participatory approaches to preaching, and everyone acting like pastors.Von the Christian Century
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Episode 21: Bill Borden
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Matt talks to Bill Borden, who teaches psychiatry at the University of Chicago, about transference, unintentional provocations, and Donald Winnicott’s wisdom for preachers.Von the Christian Century
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Episode 20: Emily Scott
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Matt talks to Emily Scott, pastor of Saint Lydia's church in Brooklyn, about dinner table liturgy, the immediacy of homiletic dialogue, and writing sermons to elicit storytelling.Von the Christian Century
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Episode 19: Serene Jones
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Matt talks to the Union Theological Seminary president about the church and Trump, "unending" sermon endings, and her book "Trauma and Grace."Von the Christian Century
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Episode 18: Roger Nelson
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Matt talks to the pastor of Hope CRC in Oak Forest, Illinois, about writing sermons as a person with ADD, being a theological outlier, and deep personal loss.Von the Christian Century
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Episode 17: Jan Rippentrop
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Matt talks to the chair of homiletics at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago about homiletical theory, teaching preaching as a preacher, and whether or not some students are "naturals."Von the Christian Century
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Episode 16: Zack Eswine
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Matt talks to the pastor of Riverside Church in Webster Groves, Missouri, about liberal-conservative distinctions, using failure well, and growing slower.Von the Christian Century
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Matt talks to the senior minister of The Table UCC in La Mesa about being a black woman in a predominantly white congregation, owning guns and preaching against them, and the influence of standup comedy.Von the Christian Century
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Episode 14: Ken Shigematsu
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Matt talks to the senior minister of Tenth Church in Vancouver about Canadian evangelicalism, becoming a preacher, and swimming as sermon prep.Von the Christian Century
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Episode 13: Highlights from 2015
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This episode consists of some of our favorite moments from the first 12 episodes, which aired in the fall of 2015. Matt will be back with new interviews with preachers starting next week.Von the Christian Century
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Episode 12: Leslie Callahan
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Matt talks to the senior pastor of St. Paul’s Baptist in Philadelphia about being the first female pastor there, the clash between her Pentecostal background and her religious studies education, and the false choice between good news and lament.Von the Christian Century
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Episode 11: Tee Gatewood
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Matt talks to the pastor of Arbor Dale Presbyterian in Banner Elk, North Carolina, about weekly preaching, the preaching persona, and Tee’s unique method of sermon prep.Von the Christian Century
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Matt talks to the president of Sojourners about radical student politics, preaching at Davos, and activism as a form of proclamation.Von the Christian Century
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Episode 9: Cláudio Carvalhaes
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Matt talks to the McCormick Theological Seminary professor about liberationist preaching, being a missionary in the U.S., and prophetic preaching vs. moralistic finger-wagging.Von the Christian Century
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Episode 8: Lizzi Heydemann
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Matt talks to the founder of Mishkan Chicago about Protestant vs. Jewish preaching, how to avoid a cult of personality, and what churches can learn from a Jewish faith community’s success.Von the Christian Century
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Episode 7: Christian Wiman
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Matt talks to the writer and Yale Divinity School faculty member about poetry in preaching, whether scripture has unique revelatory power, naming the despair of churchgoers, and the centrality of Christ.Von the Christian Century
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Episode 6: Donna Schaper
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Matt talks to the Judson Memorial Church pastor about her childhood in the LCMS, the unique challenges of preaching in New York, and instances when a pastoral care matter makes it straight into a sermon.Von the Christian Century
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Episode 5: Will Willimon
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Matt talks to the Duke professor and former UMC bishop about resisting the temptation to close the gap between the Bible’s strange claims and a congregation’s expectations, and about following a really good preacher into a new church.Von the Christian Century
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Matt talks to the cofounder of Chicago's Urban Village UMC about the blessings and dangers of charisma, the gifts people in 12-step recovery bring to the pulpit, and what happens when your parents want you to be a doctor and God wants you to be a preacher.Von the Christian Century
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Episode 3: J. Mary Luti
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Matt talks to the retired pastor and professor about Catholic perspectives in Protestant pulpits, moralistic preaching from the left, and what happens when Godzilla shows up in the manger.Von the Christian Century
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Episode 2: Otis Moss III
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Matt talks to the pastor of Trinity UCC in Chicago about preaching with his father, succeeding Jeremiah Wright, and the church and mental health.Von the Christian Century
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Episode 1: Shannon Kershner
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Matt talks to the pastor of Fourth Presbyterian in Chicago about pastoral transition, being a post-liberal among liberals, and her crash course in the Cubs.Von the Christian Century
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