Nick Stavlund and Dairus Barnes team up to meditate on living life for Jesus in the Secular Age.
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AJ Swoboda: Human desire, "doubting" Thomas and the abiding God who is present
Dr. A.J. Swoboda is the Lead Pastor of Faith Center in Eugene, Oregon, a theologian, and the author of more than a dozen books. He co-hosts the Slow Theology podcast with Nijay K. Gupta and writes the Low-Level Theologian Substack, where he reflects on theology, discipleship, and the Christian life. His recent books include Slow Theology (with Nijay K. Gupta), A Teachable Spirit, The Gift of Thorns, After Doubt, and the award-winning Subversive Sabbath.
Check out his books here (https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0074TOHK4?ccs_id=830647a8-9049-4e1e-bd3e-333a3edaba7f).
His podcast here (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/slow-theology-simple-faith-for-chaotic-times/id1556188087).
His Substack here (https://ajswoboda.substack.com/).
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22 Jun 2026
Dr. David Gill // Ellul and "Technique" // Efficiency has become a god
Today we have Dr. David Gill!
Dr. Gill is a writer and teacher specializing in Christian ethics. He retired from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Boston MA where he served (2010-16) as Mockler-Phillips Professor of Workplace Theology & Business Ethics and Director of the Mockler Center for Faith & Ethics. Prior to that he served six years as Professor of Business Ethics on the MBA faculty of St. Mary’s College of California (2004-10), nine years as Carl I. Lindberg Professor of Applied Ethics at North Park University in Chicago (1992-2001), and fourteen years as founder, Professor of Christian Ethics, and Dean or President at New College Berkeley, an interdenominational graduate school of theology for lay men and women (1976-90). He is best known as a pioneer in the “faith at work” movement and as a scholar for his work on the thought of the French sociologist and ethicist Jacques Ellul. He is also the founding President of the International Jacques Ellul Society.
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9 Jun 2026
Pastor Michael Carlson // Adopting children and the Office of the Pastor
Today we welcome Pastor Michael Carlson (https://firstwoodway.org/careministry/). Michael is a close friend who has unique perspective and deep insight into both the fun and struggles of being adoptive parents. We also plunge the depths of his mind to hear how he thinks about the role of Pastor…how it’s different than therapist and how church is itself a unique place in the Kingdom.
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