Ben and Gregg discuss Jesus' parable of the friends who have a middle of the night encounter with a request to meet a need. The implications of the story and its impact on communities in Christ is explored.Hosted by Benjamin Reese. Featuring

Episode 7 - Drop Your Agenda and Pray like Jesus

Jul 18th, 2020 29m 51s

This episode begins with some of the questions I had from our previous conversation. I guess I wasn’t getting this “alternative” way that Jesus was offering. I wanted to know more clearly what Jesus’ response actually entailed. The answer may n

Episode 6 - Privilege, Power, Advocacy, and Salvation

Jul 11th, 2020 31m 33s

By Benjamin ReeseIn this episode, you will hear a weariness in both mine and Gregg’s voice. This podcast was recorded several weeks ago, just days after the news of Geroge Floyd’s murder and the protests, and these event still weighed heavily

Episode 5 - "It Don't Matter! Come Up with a Better Way!"

Jun 25th, 2020 24m 6s

Hi Everyone, this is Gregg Garner. While editing this episode, I noticed just how much I referenced many of the soundbites that were circulating just days after the killing of George Floyd, as a result, we’ve included those soundbites where th

Episode 4 - Movements, Communities, Suffering, and God

Jun 22nd, 2020 37m 12s

This is your host, Benjamin Reese.This talk came on the other side of the national news of the killing of George Floyd who suffocated under the knee of a Minnesota police officer. Prior to recording the episode, Gregg mentioned Luke 13 as a te

Episode 3 - Praying to the Heart Guarding God

Jun 20th, 2020 28m 8s

With all this talk about aloneness, I wanted to ask Gregg more about how to approach silence, prayer, and meditation. I wanted to know how these practices could be a countermeasure to the increased mental strain that COVID had put people under.

Episode 2 - The Finite Image Bearing Children of God

Jun 16th, 2020 27m 5s

I'm Benjamin Reese, your host. I think what struck me most about the following conversation was how Gregg described the ways that people avoid the discomfort of spending time with themselves. Just how restless and uncomfortable we are with bei

Episode 1 - Loneliness, Hope, and Imagination

Jun 12th, 2020 33m 49s

Hello everyone, welcome to Thoughts: Theological Considerations during COVID, featuring Gregg D. Garner. I’m Benjamin Reese, your host.I’ve wanted to talk to Gregg because he’s always been someone who could help me isolate, out of the noise o

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Jun 8th, 2020 1m 35s

THOUGHTS: Theological Considerations during COVID, featuring Gregg D. Garner (theologian, entrepreneur, and artist) and hosted by Benjamin Reese (theologian, writer, and poet) is a kind of out-loud processing of current events between two frien

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