Episodes 117
Avg. Duration 44m
Activity Sporadic
Apple Rating 4.6 (23)
Since Sep 2019
Latest Episode Dec 2025

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I write, have a doctorate in mimetic theory and open and relational theology, been a pastor, founded lovehaiti.org with my son, have an awesome wife, three kids, and as it's turning out, an intense if not interesting life. Season 1: LGTBQ+ stuff S2: Ideas arond being a human being. S3: Why I Still... S4: Story S5: F.A.Q.'s S6: Random stuff connected to my substack/patreon page S7: People I'm listening to S8: A bunch of open and relational theology discussions S9: Conversations with authors my friend, Tori and I are having on Substack Track me down at jonathanfosteronline.com Make sure to hit the follow or subscribe. And if you dig it, you're welcome to leave a review. Thanks!

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Movement is Truth and the Truth is Love

Dec 06, 2025 13m

Hey friends, here's a little thing about truth, movement, reality, Herod, US Presidents, and love. I reference a Substack conversation I had that is itself called Grief in the Holidays. Click the…

A Hell Bent Conversation with Brian Recker

Nov 06, 2025 58m

Loved catching up with Brian Recker about both his work and his USA Today bestselling book, Hell Bent: How the Fear of Hell Holds Christians Back from a Spirituality of Love. Subscribe to Brian’s…

Fierce Love with Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis

Oct 13, 2025 39m

Tori and I got to meetup with the Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis recently and talk about love, patience, the state of the world, racism, and her book Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and…

Better Ways to Read the Bible with Zach Lambert

Oct 09, 2025 56m

Tori and I had a fantastic conversation on Substack Live with the Rev. Zach Lambert about his book Better Ways to Read the Bible: Transforming a Weapon of Harm into a Tool of Healing (Four New Lenses…

Welcoming the Death of the Whiteness Gospel with Danny Bryant

Sep 13, 2025 51m

Fantastic for Tori Owens and I to meetup with Danny Bryant today to talk about his book Unless a Seed Falls to the Ground: Welcoming the Death of the Whiteness Gospel. The book shares both the wounds…

Nihilism Might be a Good Thing with Jim Palmer

Aug 15, 2025 1h 8m

It was great to have Jim Palmer on talking about meaning making, the role of God, love, how atheism can get it wrong, religion, nihilism, and Costa Rica! Find him on Substack with thousands and…

The Microbiome and Theology with John Pohl

Aug 08, 2025 1h 3m

I had a great time talking with the Dr. John Pohl about what the microbiome might say about metaphysics (and metaphysics about the microbiome). Not to mention prehension, panentheism, and…

Unitive Moreness with Dr. Ilia Delio

Aug 04, 2025 1h 2m

I don’t know how one gets to be so lucky as to be acquainted with Ilia Delio, but Tori E. Owens and I are and today we got to catch up with her online. It’s probably the best start to a conversation…

The Wood Between the Worlds with Brian Zahnd

Jul 17, 2025 1h 6m

Hey, friends, thanks for joining me and Tori as we talk to the Rev. Brian Zahnd. Brian is the author of multiple books (probably my favorite is Beauty Will Save the World), including his latest, The…

A Lament for Reckless Power with the Rev Ben Cremer

Jul 14, 2025 59m

Hey everyone, thanks for hanging out with Tori and I with Ben Cremer where we talk about fun things like pastoring, justice, the mark of the beast, politics, christianity, living in geographical…

The World Soul with Matt Segall

Jun 25, 2025 1h 24m

Loved our time with the Dr. Matthew Segall. You should listen if you’re interested in …The participatory nature of truthHow Jesus fits into this ideaOpen and closed systemsObjective vs. subjective…

The Grief We Carry

Jun 18, 2025 1h 3m

Welcome to a little conversation I had with my friends Dina Bell-Laroche and Leslie Palumbo. We met on the Substack Live platform a few weeks ago, but am grateful to be able to bring the audio to you…

Theology and the World with Brian McLaren

Jun 16, 2025 1h 4m

I absolutely loved this conversation that Tori E. Owens and I had with Brian McLaren. Among many other things we chatted about ... Authoritarianism.The issues that both the right and the left have in…

Whiteness and Christianity with Grace Ji-Sun Kim

Jun 13, 2025 55m

Hi, thanks for joining Tori and I as we talk to Grace Ji-Sun Kim about her book When God Became White: Dismantling Whiteness for a More Just Christianity.It's an important book written by one of the…

An Uncontrollable Conversation with Thomas Jay Oord

Jun 09, 2025 56m

Welcoming back to the show someone who needs no introduction: Thomas Jay Oord. Tori and I were glad to be able to talk to Dr. Tom about topics like the development of Jesus, open and relational…

The Great Open Dance with Jon Paul Sydnor

Jun 07, 2025 1h 1m

I've really enjoyed reading The Great Open Dance: A Progressive Christian Theology and so it was fun to have Jon Paul Sydnor and Tori Owens on the show to talk about that book and ...Sanctuary…

Creative Resistance and Brad Jersak

Jun 02, 2025 1h 1m

A conversation Tori and I had with Brad Jersak. What’s it like being in Canada right now, living so close to the empire to the south?Why does creativity matter?What’s curently happening at St…

Cheese in the Darkness: End of the Season/Era Episode

Dec 20, 2024 34m

This episode is a special one for me. As cairns (i.e., rock piles) are used way out in the wilderness to keep hikers on a trail, so the concepts in this episode might keep those in a psycho-spiritual…

Liz Charlotte Grant and Reading the Bible Artfully

Dec 04, 2024 1h 1m

Hey, everyone, I'm happy to introduce you to Liz Charlotte Grant and her forthcoming book: Knock at the Sky: Seeking God in Genesis After Losing Faith in the Bible. Instead of seeing the book of…

Green Flag People with Quique Autrey

Nov 30, 2024 51m

Hey, this is my friend, psychoanalyst, and author, Quique Autrey. I've had the chance to be on his Psyche Podcast a couple of times, so when he decided to write a book, I knew I wanted to have him on…

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