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February 2021

February 21, 2021

Hanni Stoklosa on Fighting Human Trafficking in the Healthcare Setting

Episode 7 is here! This episode features a conversation with Dr. Hanni Stoklosa. Hanni is...

February 11, 2021

The Stoic Self Evident of Get Busy Living or Dying

It's a memorable quote from Shawshank Redemption, one of my favorite movies. The lead character...

January 2021

January 21, 2021

MLK Jr on the Ultimate Measure and Servant Leadership

To celebrate his legacy, another gem from Martin Luther King Junior in Strength to Love,...

January 13, 2021

David Bentley Hart on the Incoherence of Hell

A mic drop for universalism, whether or not you're attracted or revolted by the concept,...

January 07, 2021

Marcus Aurelius on Disturbance from Within

Sagely advice, another classic in the "dichotomy of control" from Marcus Aurelius' famous Meditations. And...

December 2020

December 22, 2020

Vance Morgan on Freelance Christianity and Some Big Questions

Episode 6 is here! This episode features a conversation with Vance Morgan, a fellow Patheos...

December 15, 2020

Enns on the Canaanite Slaughter

The Canaanite slaughter. Whether or not you're a Christian fundamentalist or a strident atheist (or...

December 06, 2020

Book Review: Why Does the World Exist?

For those intoxicated by the Why is there something rather than nothing? question, I'm confident...

December 01, 2020

Stoic Principles in “Invictus”

Latin for "unconquered", I remember hearing these incredible words for first time in the film Invictus,...

November 2020

November 25, 2020

Copleston & Russell on a Brute Universe and the Future of the Cosmological Argument

It's one of the most famous heavyweight debates in philosophy of all time on the...

August 2020

August 16, 2020

Natural theology vs. religious fundamentalism in 12 Years as a Slave

As far as movies scenes go, it's a gem in natural theology vs. religious fundamentalism in...

June 2020

June 29, 2020

Mandela on the Journey Ahead

2020 will go down as an epoch year, one for the history books; two viruses,...

March 2020

March 31, 2020

Podcast Episode 5: Massimo Pigliucci on Stoicism and Some Big Questions

Episode 5 is here! This episode features a conversation with Massimo Pigliucci and may very...

March 22, 2020

Book Review: How to be a Stoic

For those interested in an overview of the history and practice of Stoicism, author Massimo...

March 03, 2020

Podcast Episode 4: James Franklin on Mathematics, Some Big Questions, and Aristotle’s Realism

Episode 4 is here! This episode features a conversation with James Franklin. Dr. James Franklin...

December 2019

December 19, 2019

Podcast Episode 3: William Jaworski on Hylomorphism and the Big Questions

Episode 3 is here! This episode features a conversation with William Jaworski. Dr. William Jaworski...

November 2019

November 24, 2019

Kierkegaard on Universal Salvation

A controversial philosopher and theologian; to say the least - Soren Kierkegaard has always been...

October 2019

October 06, 2019

MLK Jr on Slavery and Human Blindness

A fantastic quote from one of Martin Luther King Jr's sermons "Love in Action" on...

September 2019

September 26, 2019

Podcast Episode 2: Randal Rauser on Some Big Questions, Epistemological Humility, and Philosophical Theology

Episode 2 is here! This episode features a conversation with Randal Rauser. Randal is a...

August 2019

August 27, 2019

Podcast Episode 1: Adam Lee on Meta, Some Big Questions, and our Debate Turned Friendship (Turned Mission)

Episode 1 is here! My podcast, like my blog, features the big questions; served with...

August 16, 2019

Soapbox Redemption Podcast

After having some very cool conversations with other authors, philosophers, and theologians, I've decided to...

June 2019

June 29, 2019

Thoreau, Holmes, and Wallace on Truly Living

"Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song...

May 2019

May 05, 2019

Williamson on Our Deepest Fear

I remember hearing a shortened version of this beautiful poem from a moving scene in...

March 2019

March 16, 2019

Religion Professor Podcast with James McGrath

Adam and I had a very fun discussion on James McGrath's ReligionProf Podcast. We had...

November 2018

November 25, 2018

Humanism: Past, Present, and Future

Earlier this year I wrote about MLK Jr on a Christian humanism which inspired me...

October 2018

October 24, 2018

Indianapolis Book Tour with Adam Lee

The Meta tour continues! Adam and I are back it with another double header in...

August 2018

August 06, 2018

Rollins on Participation

Another one from Rollins on the idea of belief as subjective "participation". The question of "Does...

July 2018

July 15, 2018

Douglass on Exposing Slavery

A powerful sentiment from Frederick Douglass on "exposing slavery", even the more salient coming from an...

July 05, 2018

Newberg on the Neuroscience of Spirituality

Andrew Newberg, Eugene D'Aquili, and Vince Rause's book Why God Won't Go Away is outstanding....

June 2018

June 08, 2018

On Metaphysical Necessity

The to timeless question "Why is There Something Rather Than Nothing?", one of the hallmarks of...

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