Theomagination With Phil Aud

This is part two of my conversation with author Mark Buchanan about his new book God Walk: Walking as a Spiritual Practice. The book releases today, July 14th.

This is part one of my conversation with author Mark Buchanan about his forthcoming book God Walk: Moving at the Speed of Your Soul. This is a fascinating and moving book which explores walking from many different angles, and the impact that walking has on our life with God, neighbor, and the rest of creation. The book releases July 14th.

Most of us – even those of us who were critical of digital church expressions – now find ourselves preaching, leading worship, and maybe even administering the Eucharist online. Even though some have gone back to a building, they didn't go back to what they had before the pandemic. Digital church, it would seem, isn't going away anytime soon. Maybe ever. Many have explored the practicalities of this, but it's vital to think through this theologically. In this episode, I'm joined with Nikayla Reize, David Harvey, Jeremy Duncan and Colin Tofflemire to talk about what has surprised us about digital church, but also what this pandemic is revealing to us about ourselves and our practices.

Sometimes atheists claim that people of faith create an imaginary god and shape their lives around that god. What if they're right? In this episode we'll look at the ways in which we move away from a God who looks like Jesus and instead create dangerous "mythological deities." We'll also explore some surprising ways in which these false imaginations get healed.

Pastor and Poet Sarah Bourns shares her pray "Exposed." I interview Sarah about the imagination and heart behind her work and what it was (and is) like living in New York, one of the epicenters of this pandemic.