Snarky Faith

Sweet Jesus! How the hell has Christianity become something that's associated with sexual abuse and coverups? It's easy to throw stones into the glass cathedrals of the Catholic church, but the Southern Baptist Church has its own coverup scandal that equally disgusting. How did the house of God become a place that wasn't safe anymore? It's so messed up and won't change unless we do something about it. Come along for the ride as we skewer through life, culture, and spirituality in the face of a changing world. www.SnarkyFaith.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Join us for a rundown of what's wrong with the current state of Christianity and we'll look at small signs of hope for the future moving forward.  Come along for the ride as we skewer through life, culture, and spirituality in the face of a changing world. www.SnarkyFaith.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On April 14, 1967, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King gave his speech at Stanford University entitled, "The Other America." It's a call to action that is as relevant today as it was back then. It's also a stark reminder that we've got lots of work left to do. Come along for the ride as we skewer through life, culture, and spirituality in the face of a changing world. www.SnarkyFaith.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Deconstruction can be a pastime, heck we do it on this show fairly often. The real work begins once you've walked past the wreckage and begin to build something out of the chaos. Brandon Carleton is a pastor from Rock Island, IL who tore it all down but did the hard work of building his faith back up again. Join us today as we talk through what it looks like to deconstruct one's faith and the long road to build it back again. Brandon has written a new book, Meaningful Again: How one Pastor Questioned Everything & Found Comfort and in Uncertainty. We'll talk about his journey and why doubt is an essential ingredient in faith. You can find Brandon's book here. Come along for the ride as we skewer through life, culture, and spirituality in the face of a changing world. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Drug-overdose deaths set a record in 2017 with more than 70,000 Americans losing their lives to addiction. How should people of faith respond to this epidemic? Thoughts and prayers? Hardly. Jessie Harvey is the founder of Church of the Safe Injection. It is a coalition of harm-reduction advocates working to distribute thousands of syringes as well as hundreds of doses of naloxone in cities across the country. They create a safe space handing out clean drug-using supplies in areas known for their drug use. Our society has a 'get sober or die' response to addiction with no middle ground on the road towards help and healing. The church in America is no different. Praying the addiction away isn't the answer. Through the Church of the Safe Injection, Jessie is seeking to create a path towards sobriety and harm reduction. This is the first step. Join us as we talk about this epidemic and how Church of the Safe Injection is creating a difference within a system that doesn't want them to exist. Come along for the ride as we skewer through life, culture, and spirituality in the face of a changing world. www.SnarkyFaith.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dr. Darrell Smith is a teacher, writer, and an aspiring integral theologian who has served in the Alamo Heights United Methodist family of churches since 1999. He founded and serves as a director of C3—a non-profit organization committed to conversations and connections that serve people and the common good. Join us today as Darrell talks about his new book, Faith Lies: 7 Incomplete Ideas That Hijack Faith and How to See Beyond Them. It's a fascinating look into the lies we believe and how they affect the way our faith grows and progresses. We'll talk through the importance of wrestling through issues and why dialogue is essential for a healthy community. Let's dive beneath the surface of faith as we talk through what matters most and what needs to be dropped in the journey ahead. You can find out more about Darrellhere.  Faith Lies is available on Amazon.  Come along for the ride as we skewer through life, culture, and spirituality in the face of a changing world. www.SnarkyFaith.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

“Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them.” ― Barry Goldwater Living in an age where we're being told that truth isn't the truth. It's hard to know what's actually going on when the goalposts are constantly changing. How far can you stretch the truth and still get away with it? Well, if you look at American Christianity, you can stretch it pretty far and no one seems to notice. Christianity has a big problem with the truth. It's traded timeless truths for prestige, power, and platform and lost the message of Jesus in the process. We've swapped the mission of God for a terrestrial power grab. When faith becomes obsessed with politics, wealth and influence we've certainly lost the plot. Christians say the word 'love' but when they say it, the meaning of the word is lost. The 'love' they speak of isn't the same 'love' Jesus talked about. To look at Conservative Christianity, do we see love? The word has become empty and inert. American Christianity has become a con where it only seems to care about itself. The mandate to love has been lost. If we've lost that message of sacrificial love, then we've lost Jesus. We've lost his truth. We've lost it all. It's not too late, but we need to stop buying the lies and remaining silent. COME ALONG FOR THE RIDE AS WE SKEWER THROUGH LIFE, CULTURE, AND SPIRITUALITY IN THE FACE OF A CHANGING WORLD. www.SnarkyFaith.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The year 2018 will be known as the year of outrage. It's been filled with atrocities at home and abroad, protests, scandals, and mass incompetence. With the Trump administration at the wheel, America's heading off a cliff at full speed. It's easy to get caught up in the cloud of outrage. We rage on social media. We rage as we read the news. We rage as we protest. Sometimes, it makes a difference but most often, it doesn't. It just becomes a cloud of anger. The problem with this is that outrage is easy. Getting involved is hard work and costs something of us. Adam Mclane is someone who couldn't take it anymore, so he took his outrage and thrust it into action. Living in San Diego and reading the reports of the migrant caravan approaching the US Southern border, Adam couldn't stand idly by and do nothing. He decided to get involved and do what he could. What resulted has been an incredible story of what it looks like to turn your outrage into action. We'll talk today about what it takes to make that first step towards making a difference. So, let's get involved! If 2018 was the year of outrage, let's make 2019 the year of action. If you want to help out and donate to Adam's deliveries to Tijuana, you can click here to buy items for aid via Adam's Amazon Wish. By Christmas, about 9,000 people will need shelter at the border. Right now, most people are sleeping on cardboard at a park in a government-run shelter. If you're interested in donating to Praying Pelican Missions and their work with asylum seekers in Tijuana you can click here. Come along for the ride as we skewer through life, culture, and spirituality in the face of a changing world. www.SnarkyFaith.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

"All art is kind of a confession, more or less oblique. All artists, if they are to survive, are forced, at last, to tell the whole story; to vomit the anguish up." – James Baldwin David Hayward is a pastor, artist, and coach. He's also known as The Naked Pastor; a graffiti artist on the walls of religion. His art has been seen by millions of people and his voice is undeniable. David was baptized Anglican as a baby, came to faith in a Baptist church when he was a teenager, and changed to Pentecostal in his late teens. Then, he married another Pentecostal named Lisa, was ordained Presbyterian, pastored a Vineyard church, went Independent, and planted other churches before he left the church completely. Join us as David shares his journey and the wisdom he has found along the way. David's art continues to speak as a confession to the dystopian landscape that is the American church. He speaks not as an outsider, but one who deeply loves his faith and can't stand seeing Christ's ministry hijacked. We'll talk about leaving the church, art as activism, and finding hope in a crazy world. It's certain to be a wild ride. For more from David and his art visit his website: https://nakedpastor.com Come along for the ride as we skewer through life, culture, and spirituality in the face of a changing world. www.SnarkyFaith.com   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

  Oh, Christianity, what has become of you? It's been some two-thousand years since your beginnings and you've strayed so far from your roots. You don't even look the same anymore. There's plenty of blame to be had, but where to begin? We could speak of so many issues like capitalism, materialism, greed, misogyny, racism, or bigotry but those would just be the beginning of a long list. There are so many things that have blown you off course, but one sin seems to pervasively rot your roots and taint your message. The gospel of Jesus has been hijacked. It's been usurped. To look at Christianity now, it's become evident that it's all about the gospel of selfishness. Does the church care anymore about being Christlike or is more about winning a culture war? Since when did Jesus' message of love, hope, compassion, and grace become about control, and grasping for power, and influence? Furthermore, how did anything associated with the servant Jesus become so damn selfish? Join us today as we begin to scratch the surface of this insidious cancer that moves forward in plain sight. At first, the church seemed to acquiesce it with little changes here and there, but now, they've practically rolled out the red carpet to welcome it in. You see selfishness in their mission statements and programs. The sanctuaries are decorated in it. Even the Sunday morning service has now become a full-blown show of self-worship. Sure, Jesus is name-checked for good measure, but don't be mistaken, the church is all about you. Don't believe me? Well, then, join us as we embark on this journey of discovery into the maddening reality that the American Church no longer cares for the ways of Jesus. They're much more concerned with self-gratification than the ways of Jesus. Come along for the ride as we skewer through life, culture, and spirituality in the face of a changing world. www.SnarkyFaith.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.