Sandbox Cooperative Podcast
In an often contentious, fractured society, Sandbox Cooperative seeks to build an extended community of listeners; knocking down walls of division with curiosity and conversation. Twice a month we explore topics that people are actually talking about, considering them through a lens of spirituality, humor and discovery. You’ll discover a permission giving platform to explore new ideas with an ever-growing perspective of our world, and as the hosts regularly say, “there is always more room in the Sandbox.”
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 32 minutes
- Episodes
- 121
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2020
Episode 19 | The Guilt Free Nap
It seems one of the most challenging things we could do is to give up good things. To even take the time to know which things are best sometimes feels like yet another thing to do. In the middle of t…
Episode 18 | Peter Rollins
Sometimes we can feel limited in our church communities – like certain things might not be ‘appropriate’ to ask or think. But the reality is that at our best we get the chance to ask questions, share…
Episode 17 | Religion and Politics with Tim Penny
News of the presidential race is everywhere. And in the midst of this national conversation, faith continues to play an important role – everything between the way a candidate’s faith might subtly in…
Episode 16 | Outrage
There are plenty of things that make us angry, even outraged. Some of the things that make us feel this way are important and others we should just let pass by, but somehow our reaction is often reve…
Episode 15 | Gift Economy with Heatherlyn and Jason
In November we welcomed Heatherlyn and Jason to the Sandbox stage. While they were here we talked with them about pursuing dreams, challenging current cultural narratives, and the idea of sacred econ…
Episode 14 | You Are Here
What if we actually started at the beginning of the story? Sometimes the church seems to be saying the things that seem exactly opposite of the way that Jesus lived and the things he taught, and oppo…
Episode 13 | Baby New Year
As we begin 2016, the new year is full of promise and possibility. The new year brings a new chance, a new opportunity, a fresh start and a new life – so much so that the idea of the ‘Baby New Year’ …
Episode 12 | Us & Them
Insiders, outsiders. Who is us? Who is them? In the news today, the separation is often along the lines of Muslims and Christians, Americans and Syrians. We define who’s in and who’s out based on arb…
Episode 11 | Addiction
What’s the reality of someone who has dealt with an addiction of their own? What about someone who is in recovery? And, maybe to dispel some of the rumors that continue to exist about addiction – wha…
Episode 10 | Paul Phillips, Hope Positive Africa
Sometimes you hear a story that just needs to be shared – and when we interviewed Paul Phillips, we knew his was one of those stories. Paul works with Hope Positive Africa, an intentional community a…
Episode 9 | Tragedy and Comedy
If somebody asked you, “What are you afraid of?” What would you say? What if somebody asked you, “What makes you laugh?” What would it be like to live a little more in the laughter than fear in our l…
Episode 8 | Who Are You?
In some ways our sense of identity is tied to our cultural heritage, maybe our ethnicity. It can be what country we’re from, or what types of food we prefer or what music we listen to. To understand …
Mike McHargue Q&A (Live Event)
On September 27, 2015 Sandbox Cooperative hosted Mike McHargue. This podcast episode contains the Q&A portion of the evening event.
More about Science Mike at mikemchargue.com, theliturgists.com, @mik…
Mike McHargue at Sandbox Cooperative (Live Event)
On September 27, 2015 Sandbox Cooperative hosted Mike McHargue. This podcast episode contains Mike’s presentation during the evening event.
Mike, affectionately known as “Science Mike,” is a speaker, …
Episode 7 | Rest
Rest. What is it? Why is it important, why rest? Why should we NOT wait until we’re dead? What would it look like to really have time protected for rest and renewal?
Today’s Guest:
John G. Park, M.D. a…
Episode 6 | Translation
Each moment of exchanging words and ideas with someone has two parts. In the first part, you express an idea about something. But in order to really communicate, you need a second part. Translation. …
Episode 5 | The Unfiltered Life
Is it possible to be present in a life where every moment is documented in pictures, video, texts, tweets and posts? Does this impact the way we perceive reality, or see our lives? What about the liv…
Episode 4 | Soup Kitchens and Eating Contests
We live in a world of soup kitchens and eating contests. We have a food problem. It’s not that there isn’t enough, but there’s certainly a problem in how people get the food they need. What would it …
Episode 3 | Made
It’s an incredibly unique privilege that we can ask questions like: What are you made to do? What gifts do you have? What is your personality? What makes your life meaningful? In this episode of the …
Episode 2 | Charleston
Today’s topic is the shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C. This incredibly awful event has sparked a national conversation about why these things happen and how t…