Church Potluck: A Smorgasbord of Christian Curiosity

About Church Potluck: A Smorgasbord of Christian Curiosity

A Smorgasbord of Christian Curiosity! Church Potluck serves up thoughtful, friendly, informal conversation at the intersection of Christianity and contemporary culture. Just like a church potluck, we offer variety: a variety of topics, a variety of academic disciplines, and a variety of Christian traditions. Guests are friends and colleagues who are also experts in the fields of sociology, political science, theology, philosophy, divinity, and more.

Publisher

Dale McConkey, Host

Category

religion & spirituality · religion & spirituality · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

18 Nov 2022

Latest episode

8 May 2026

Latest episodes

106 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   8 May 2026

   My Baccalaureate Address: A Love Letter to Berry and Jesus

   Send us Fan Mail I had the honor of delivering the baccalaureate address to this year's graduates of Berry College. I was grateful for the kind words of affirmation I received afterward. One colleague, David Barr, called it "a love letter to Berry and Jesus." That description really touched me. Here's how AI describes it in a sentence: "A deeply personal, reflective, and surprisingly joyful baccalaureate address—blending life story, faith, doubt, humor, and wisdom—centered on one simple call:...

2. 

   4 Feb 2026

   What’s a Person? Humans, Animals, Aliens, AI, and Corporations

   Send us a text What does it mean to be a person, and who gets to decide? This episode dives headfirst into one of the most deceptively simple—and quietly explosive—questions in ethics, theology, and science. Is personhood limited to humans, or does it extend to animals, artificial intelligence, corporations, or even extraterrestrial life? Along the way, we wrestle with why defining personhood by intelligence or capability quickly collapses under pressure, how beginning-of-life and end-of-life...

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   30 Jan 2026

   Protesting in God’s Name: Faith, Immigration, and Public Witness

   Send us a text This week’s Church Potluck is a powerful crossover episode with American Angst. Dale McConkey is joined by fellow United Methodist pastors Rev. Ash McEuen and Rev. Karen Kagiyama, along with political scientist Dr. Michael Bailey, for a wide-ranging conversation about immigration, protest, and what it means to follow Jesus in public life. The discussion begins with the real-world impact of current immigration policies. Ash McEuen, whose ministry is deeply rooted in immigrant an...

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

27 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

15 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 29 / 100

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Quality

27

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

77