Irenicast - A Progressive Christian Podcast

You are creative.  Many times in life we convince ourselves that we are not creative.  That creativity is reserved for the special and talented.  This week Jeff and Mona debunk that idea and celebra…

The statistics regarding church attendance and relevancy in today’s culture seems to be getting more and more bleak.  With church participation steadily declining in America it is important for chur…

In a follow-up episode on the Orlando attack, Mona interviews her friend Rafael who is an LGBTQ Latino. Rafael shares about about the impact of this shooting from a multifaceted cultural perspective…

Grieving for Orlando in the aftermath of the shooting at the Pulse night club Jeff & Mona discuss the tragedy with guest host, Bentley. Bentley is a chaplain at UCSF Medical in the Bay Area, and has…

Churches, non-profits, Kickstarter campaigns, charity events - Jeff, Mona and Allen give some space this week to the topic of charitable giving.  How do we exercise generosity in a way that really m…

The social media landscape seems endless.  Not only are there more and more platforms available, but there are also endless implications for humanity.  These are some of the things Jeff, Mona and Al…

Bridging the gap between culture and language are two of the biggest hurdles in approaching scripture.  For the final installment of our interpreting the Bible series Jeff, Mona and Allen talk about…

Week two of our interpreting the Bible series centers around a conversation on the editing of the Biblical texts.  How was the Bible written over time?  Jeff, Mona & Allen discuss the progression of…

Part one of a new series on interpreting the Bible starts this week.  Throughout the course of the next three episodes we will be answering the questions: How do we read the Bible as literature? How…

In this episode Allen interviews author Mark Van Steenwyk whose works include That Unholy Anarchist, The UnKingdom of God, and most recently the children’s book A Wolf at the Gate.  He is a co-founde…

North Carolina’s “Bathroom Bill” HB2 is at the center of a national conversation over gender inclusive bathrooms, gender discrimination and public safety. States are facing economic retaliation, peo…

This week Jeff, Mona and Allen have a conversation with Benjamin L. Corey.   Benjamin is a leading voice among post-evangelical and progressive Christians, the author of both the blog Formerly Fundi…

The cross has to be one of the most talked about, debated and sacred aspects of the life of Jesus.  Why Did Jesus Die?  Amazingly enough, Irenicast has yet to dip it’s proverbial toe into the pool t…

In a slight change of course from their usual approach to discussions on faith and culture, the Irenicast team gives a movie analysis and review of Inside Out.  The conversation digs into elements o…

This week Mona brings an interview with her friend Kayla Michelle.  Kayla is a former runway model who became a fitness expert and competitive bodybuilder through an amazing journey of self discover…

When we discuss faith and culture long enough, we’ll inevitably have  a conversation about food.  This is that conversation.  Food not only provides us with the physical stuff that keeps us moving a…

Does a concept of humility help or ultimately hurt people? Is humility antiquated?  Jeff, Mona and Allen explore different definitions of the classic virtue, wonder aloud if the word should be decom…

Social transformation might look like an accident to less scrutinizing observers, but there are always people behind the issues, behind the transformation. Professional community organizers Joe and …

Scientists, theologians and philosophers have wrestled for millennia over questions of determinism and the freedom of the human person. The Irenicast co-hosts, on the other hand, sidestep most of th…

A super episode for Super Tuesday 2016! Jeff, Mona and Allen discuss the place of politics in the church, the way politics has polarized people of faith, and the promise of dialogue for doing things…