The Outsider Interviews – Jim Henderson & Craig Spinks on SBE

Erik Guzman September 17th, 2010

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NEWS FLASH!! According to statistics, young adults are more disenchanted with the church than ever. We get that, but what could we learn if we took the time to listen to the stories behind the statistics?

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Join us as we talk with Jim Henderson and Craig Spinks, co-authors of The Outsider Interviews: A New Generation Speaks Out on Christianity, about what they learne … (Read More)

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Marta Szabo & The Guru Looked Good – The MonkCast

Erik Guzman August 30th, 2010

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Join me on the MonkCast as I talk with Marta Szabo, author of The Guru Looked Good

The Guru Looked Good details Marta's ten plus years as a staff member in Gurumayi's ashram, the same yogic monastery that Elizabeth Gilbert describes in her bestseller/movie Eat, Pray, Love.

However, the picture painted by Szabo portrays the experience of working intimately with a guru in an international spiritual organization that extravagantly promises happiness, demands se … (Read More)

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Evolving in Monkey Town – Rachel Held Evans on SBE

Erik Guzman August 27th, 2010

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Rachel Held Evans grew up in Dayton, Tennessee, a town that epitomized Christian fundamentalism during the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925.

Join Rachel on Steve Brown Etc. as we talk about her crisis of faith and how she came to a place where knowing all the answers isn't as important as asking questions.

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Rachel Held Evans is an award-winning writer and author of … (Read More)

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"Killing the Indian in the Child" & Forgiveness – Maracle & Boone on SBE

Erik Guzman August 20th, 2010

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Could you forgive the people who took your children from you and then reeducated them in an effort to destroy your way of life? Me either, but that's what's happening in Canada.

Join Barry Maracle and Steve Boone as we talk about the Canadian government's effort to "kill the Indian in the child" and the extraordinary forgiveness of Canada's native peoples.

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Ian Cron – The MonkCast

Erik Guzman August 19th, 2010

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Join me on the MonkCast as I talk with Ian Cron (that's him in the pic to the right…the white one).

Ian is the author of Chasing Francis: A Pilgrim's Tale, a book on St. Francis of Assisi that Phyllis Tickle calls "…absolutely seductive…a feast for the soul as well as a great, churning, joyful romp for the spirit!" The Archbishop of Canterbury liked the book too. So Ian has that going for him…which is nice.

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May God Bless the Hell Out of You!

Erik Guzman August 19th, 2010

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