Faith and Friction is a podcast and blog that delves deep into themes of faith and culture to build a community of change agents. We provide a platform for open-minded discussions on the intersection of faith and contemporary issues, fostering intellectual exploration and personal development. Our content is accessible and engaging, inviting individuals to contemplate and engage in meaningful conversations.
FAITH and FRICTION
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30 episodes
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Podcast Overview
Faith and Friction is a podcast and blog that delves deep into themes of faith and culture to build a community of change agents. We provide a platform for open-minded discussions on the intersection of faith and contemporary issues, fostering intellectual exploration and personal development. Our content is accessible and engaging, inviting individuals to contemplate and engage in meaningful conversations.
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11/10/2025
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Recent Episodes
June 18, 2026
The Misguided Church: Ghosting the Feminine Voice
In this episode of “Faith and Friction,” Mac and The Rev discuss conflict within Christian denominations that restrict women from leadership roles (pastor, priest, teacher), arguing this marginalizes women and reflects fear-based control justified by biblical “infallibility,” especially citations like 1 Timothy. They contrast “God said it” conformity with thoughtful questioning, emphasizing Jesus’ example of love and inclusion and noting women’s roles in spreading and funding Jesus’ ministry (e.g., the woman at the well) despite being minimized in scripture’s male- authored tradition. Prompted by Southern Baptist Convention actions and examples such as Saddleback Church’s expulsion, they advocate a balance between “divine masculine” and “divine feminine” within individuals and institutions, warn that church stances shape culture, and encourage listeners to examine motivations, seek alternative faith communities, and include women’s perspectives in discussions.
June 11, 2026
Courage, Humanity, and the Streets of the Mind
In a podcast episode, Mac interviews The Rev about “nuggets” from a recent Unity North sermon titled “Empty Out the Inside of Your Head,” encouraging listeners to hear it at unitynorth.org. They discuss spiritual themes using neighborhood metaphors: life is an illusion that can be changed with courage; the mind has unsafe streets with graffiti of fear and doubt that require honest self-inventory, “street sweeping,” and communal healing through service. The Rev emphasizes churches as a safe place to bring one’s humanity, calling vulnerability (“putting your guts on the table”) holy work, and warns against covering “toxic mold” with pretense. Key takeaways include choosing responsibility over pretending, renewing the mind by evicting unwanted thoughts and rent-free beliefs, releasing to experience resurrection, letting go of victim stories that become cages, not giving yesterday authority over today, and “suiting up and showing up” with faith and accountability.
June 4, 2026
Sowing and Reaping: The Cosmic Law of Dominoes
To start, Mac and The Rev preview future “Faith and Friction” topics (faith and cosmic energy, Christian nationalism, the “fog” of faith/mystery, faith and mysticism, and the prosperity gospel) and then focus on karma as the “rubber meets the road” spirituality of cause and effect. They encourage listeners not to fear the word, to run ideas through personal discernment, and to see karma as a matter of taking responsibility rather than attributing outcomes to God, the devil, or other scapegoats, emphasizing “we’re punished by our sins,” not by an entity. They discuss immediate and eternal consequences, lag time, and parallels across religions: Hindu and Buddhist cycles of rebirth; Christian sowing and reaping; heaven and hell as states; biblical references that echo themes of reincarnation; and Judaism’s ethics and required recompense. They highlight collective karma, interconnectivity, changing thoughts before actions and aiming at perfection (“Be perfect”) to create better outcomes.
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