Rethinking God with Tacos PODCAST Cary Brown PhD / A Crisis Of Maps
Mar 10, 2026
Cary Brown PhD, a clinical psychologist and marriage & family therapist and author of A Crisis of Maps, discusses how shifts in images of God reshape parenting, trauma healing, and faith. He explores COVID’s role in accelerating theological rethinking. Topics include secure attachment, open systems, trusting love over fear, somatic awareness, and practical tools for reorienting faith and family life.
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COVID As Catalyst For Theological Change
- COVID acted as a catalyst that sped up existing theological and relational re-evaluations.
- The pandemic forced many out of routines, creating a chaotic reorder where people either hunkered down or moved into discovery.
Make Your Family An Open System Not A Closed One
- Do allow questions and exposure to other views; open systems keep people engaged in faith longer.
- Studies Brown cites show families open about religion and sex had better outcomes than closed systems.
Prayer Group Confronts Edge Cases Of Theology
- Cary shared a prayer-group story where a Calvinist friend suggested his son might be reprobate when he relapsed.
- The anecdote illustrated how closed theology fails at the table edge when a loved one struggles with addiction.
