Corey recently attended a week of summer camp, however this camp may be a bit different from other camps you've attended. Yes, it has smores, and campfires, and outdoor activities, but it's also a camp focused on supporting LGBTQ+ teens and the

A Q&A with the MI Bishop

Jun 3rd, 2019 1h 31m

So friends this isn't an episode so much as it is a spare place to upload audio from the Michigan bishop, David Alan Bard's Q&A session on June 1, 2019. Youre fully encouraged to skip if you're just looking for a usual episode.

3.04 More Than You Can Handle with Nate Pyle

May 7th, 2019 1h 11m

In our second conversation with Nate Pyle, AhnnaLise, Corey, and Danny sit down to talk about suffering, evil, and the question of God's presence in the feeling of absence. Nate serves as pastor of Christ's Community Church is Fishers, Indiana

3.03 Transitions

Apr 25th, 2019 1h 1m

This week we took some time to talk Notre Dame and transitions, how we move from one phase of life to another. We take some time to consider what it means to be a pastor moving and what it means for a church to experience both a pastor leaving

3.02 Interruptions and Sex

Apr 17th, 2019 53m 4s

This week we spend some time talking about disruptions during sermons and responses to the tough topics we so often have to preach on. Following this line we take a side step for a time into the topic of sex and how it is that the Church can fi

3.01 Recovering From Hell

Mar 12th, 2019 53m 23s

We are back! In this inaugural episode of season three, we kick off with a followup to General Conference, checking in with our personal lives and trying to get a gauge on where exactly we go from here. Do you have a question for us? Clarifica

Voices from Conference: Laura Young

Feb 26th, 2019 7m 5s

Corey tracks down Laura Young, on leave clergy in the West Ohio Conference.

Voices from Conference: Carol Cook Moore

Feb 26th, 2019 8m 34s

Carol Cook Moore, former Wesley professor and current pastor in Oklahoma sat down with Corey to offer her take on the day.

GC Day 2: The Kingdom is Colorful

Feb 25th, 2019 35m 53s

At this second day of the Special General Conference in St Louis, Corey, Ethan, and Nick talk about our disappointments, our joys, our anxieties as we look forward towards tomorrow.

Holy Humor at General Conference

Feb 24th, 2019 26m 6s

Corey, Ethan, and Nick discuss day one of General Conference in St Louis as they wait in their hotel lobby to find out if they can get back in their room tonight (they can't).They end up talking about holy conferencing, the place of humor in

37 Naming the Powers with Rick Elgendy

Aug 20th, 2018 50m 19s

Corey had the recent pleasure of sitting down with Dr. Rick Elgendy, professor of ethics at Wesley Theological Seminary. In this conversation, they discuss the powers and principalities and finally share their mutual love and admiration for Wil

36 A Sin by Any Other Name with Rob Lee

Aug 6th, 2018 1h 2m

This week AhnnaLise and Corey are fortunate enough to sit down with Rob Lee, writer, speaker, public theologian, and (perhaps, at present, most notably) great (etc) grand nephew to Robert E Lee. A year out from Charlottesville, we discuss what

35 Money, Sex, Power with Dr Walter Brueggemann

Jul 20th, 2018 53m 26s

After a very exciting turn of events, Corey was fortunate enough to sit down in person with Dr. Walter Brueggemann, one of the 20th (and 21st) centuries' leading biblical scholars. What does the current state of American politics mean for bein

34 Be Here Now with Bishop Karen Oliveto

Jun 22nd, 2018 49m 42s

This week Corey is joined by friends Nick and Ethan who welcome Bishop Karen Oliveto, Bishop of the Mountain Sky Conference who is also the first openly gay bishop in the United Methodist Church. During this episode, we discuss what it means to

33 Sanctuary! with Jill Zundel

Jun 14th, 2018 9m 59s

While at Michigan's Annual Conference Corey got a chance to sit down with Jill Zundel, pastor of Central United Methodist Church in Detroit, one of the, unfortunately, few churches involved in the modern sanctuary movement, a movement centered

32 Flint Recovery with Greg Timmons

Jun 5th, 2018 21m 15s

This week during Michigan's Annual Conference Corey was fortunate enough to sit down with Greg Timmons, the Recovery Coordinator in Flint, Michigan who deals with water distribution and community rebuilding efforts on a daily basis. Greg shares

31 Man Enough with Nate Pyle

May 22nd, 2018 41m 59s

Does our Jesus look more like the Americanized rugged individual or the oppressed person of color? More like a mighty warrior or a lamb who was slain? A killer of his enemies or a mother hen calling her chicks home? This week Corey and Danny we

30 50 Years of United Methodism with Charlie Baber

May 16th, 2018 53m 7s

We were lucky enough to sit down with Charlie Baber, author and artist of The Wesley Bros, a Methodist webcomic, for a third time, this time talking about the anniversary that just sort of snuck by, the 50th anniversary of the UMC. We take some

29 Our Witness: The Unheard Stories of LGBT+ Christians with Brandan Robertson

May 8th, 2018 1h 2m

This week AhnnaLise and Corey got to sit down with Brandan Robertson, pastor at Missiongathering Christian Church in San Diago California and author of the new book, Our Witness: The Unheard Stories of LGBT+ Christians. We spend some time talki

28 Christ on the Psych Ward with David Hosey

May 1st, 2018 1h 3m

This week Corey and AhnnaLise meet with David Finnegan Hosey, author of Christ on the Psych Ward a book detailing his experience in the mental health system as well as how Christian theology is lived out therein. You can find his book over at

27 #MeToo

Apr 24th, 2018 1h 13m

In what might be one of our most important episodes we are joined by Rev Cara Rockhill from the Episcopal Church as well as fellow UM pastor, JillAnn Knonenborg to discuss the #MeToo Movement as well as sexual violence both inside and outside t

26 The Easter Letdown

Apr 17th, 2018 48m 30s

This week we talk about the post-Easter slump and the almost inevitable letdown we all face when we go from a full church to maybe even a quarter of the regular attendance in the week after. We include a bit about evangelism in here as well.

25 Extension Ministry

Apr 11th, 2018 1h

Well we have to be honest, we had a rough Holy Week, so forgive us as this episode comes out a little late. This week we talk extension ministries and what they look like for us and for churches we've encountered.

24 Easter

Mar 27th, 2018 34m 31s

This week we hone in on Holy Week and Easter, talking about our plans, hopes, and expectations, we also lay out in explicit detail our plans for April Fools being as Easter conveniently falls on it this year.

23 Commissioning

Mar 21st, 2018 27m 33s

This week AhnnaLise, Corey, and Danny have a followup conversation on Corey's commissioning interview, we talk what it looks like in the various conferences and the nervousness that goes into it and follows it. A good place if you're nervous ab