@Sea – Ep101 – Staci Frenes

March 3, 2022At Sea, Christianity, Church, Deconstruction, Podcast

During my time as a pastor in the Evangelical Covenant Church, I was in an ongoing conversation about the relationship between LGBTQ folks and local churches. And over the years, regardless of all the different kinds of settings in which that conversation was happening, it kept bringing me back to this very particular biblical imagery.  … Read More

@Sea – Ep96 – Staying Power

January 13, 2022At Sea, It Is What You Make of It, News, Podcast

Sometimes what looks like compromise is not compromise at all. Sometimes it’s the hard choice to be a constant and a light in a shady and unstable environment.  And sometimes it means being the one willing to be humbled and be wrong and change and grow in a stuck and calcified culture.  I remember, after … Read More

@Sea – Ep95 – Mike Donehey

January 6, 2022At Sea, Podcast

Just as there are artists who work at the edges of a culture, pushing boundaries and breaking rules that need breaking, there are also artists doing essential work closer to the heart or center of their chosen culture.  For two decades, Mike Donehey has taken the sacred trust of folks at the heart of his … Read More

@Sea – Ep84 – The Problem of Care

October 7, 2021At Sea, Church, Community, Everything Has Changed, It Is What You Make of It, Leadership, Podcast

A few weeks ago, I was in a contraption with a few folks my age and older who were voicing concerns about all the “information” kids get online. During that conversation, statistics were thrown around about how much data we’re subject to. Apparently, every person creates something like 1.7 MB of data every second, which amounted … Read More

@Sea – Ep81 – Taylor Schumann

September 16, 2021At Sea, Christianity, Church, Community, Compassion, Doubt, It Is What You Make of It, Justice, Podcast

I’ve come to pretty fundamentally believe that some things cannot (and should not) be discussed outside of personal experience. That might sound odd coming from someone with a relatively traditional education in western philosophy. But… here I am.  One of the keenest examples of that is gun violence. The way I see it:  despite the … Read More