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Iain McGilchrist describes the right hemisphere as “prophetic.” Mike Metzger’s voice has often been described as prophetic. Prophets are not weirdos. They instead have a wide-angle lens. They see more widely. This series of conversations is designed to widen your lens—on the faith, your work, the gospel, your physical body… you name it.

  1. 01/22/2024

    Episode 123: Book Notes – Companions of Life – What We Must Unlearn

    Our summary comes from an interview with Philip Jenkins in 2007 titled, “Companions of Life: What Must We learn, and Unlearn?” in Books and Culture (March/April 2007, Volume 13, No. 2, 18-20).

  2. 01/15/2024

    Episode 122: On Being Certain

    Robert M. Burton, On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You’re Not (St. Martin’s Griffin, 2008)

  3. 12/18/2023

    Episode 121: Book Notes – Bad Religion

    Today’s conversation is centered around Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics by Ross Douthat.

  4. 12/11/2023

    Episode 120: Book Notes – Back of the Napkin

    Today’s conversation is centered around The Back of the Napkin (Expanded Edition): Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures by Dan Roam

  5. 11/13/2023

    Episode 119: Three Frames of Church History

    Last week Mike mentioned that Christians think about church history primarily in three frames. In this week’s conversation, we discuss what those frames are and how they inform much of what Christians believe we ought to strive for in “reviving” the church.

  6. 11/06/2023

    Episode 118: Book Notes – Don’t Think of an Elephant

    Today’s Notes come from Don’t Think of an Elephant!: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate–The Essential Guide for Progressives Paperback – September 1, 2004 by George Lakoff

  7. 10/16/2023

    Episode 117: Book Notes – Triumph of the Therapeutic

    Mike and I are spending some time going through several books and bringing this content to the listener. These are books many probably won’t read but have value in understanding the times.

  8. 09/04/2023

    Episode 116: Tensions

    Mike and I continue down the rabbit whole of attention, but from a different angle in this conversation. We actually start out discussing tensions and end up overlapping with our last conversation about attention. Tensions are helpful in pulling us beyond ourselves and what we pay attention to, has a certain effect on us.

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Iain McGilchrist describes the right hemisphere as “prophetic.” Mike Metzger’s voice has often been described as prophetic. Prophets are not weirdos. They instead have a wide-angle lens. They see more widely. This series of conversations is designed to widen your lens—on the faith, your work, the gospel, your physical body… you name it.

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    2019 - 2024
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