In Good Faith - Season 4

We learn about the elements of Hanukkah.

Kim Swain talks about working with people whose faith differs from your own.

Rev. Sage Cole shares her conversion experience

You'll be surprised by the variety of spiritual thought and practice within Quakerism.

Pastor Oscar T. Moses on what it means to receive a call to ministry.

Jeff Olsen discusses inspiration from "the other side."

Dr. Laurie L. Patton, President of Middlebury College, talks about why interfaith relations even matter and perhaps more importantly, HOW they can work. She's a poet and writer with a warm, personal style you'll enjoy as she recounts her journey from Unitarianism to learning Sanskrit and going on pilgrimage in India, to finding her home in Judaism.

Dr. James K. A. Smith is a thinker, but that doesn’t mean he’s not willing to accept things he doesn’t completely understand. Especially when a personal conversion experience tells him there is a God who is willing to be present with us. In this interview you’ll wrestle a bit with faith and reason, about the way community can be an anchor, and choose the three pieces of art you’d take to your monastery room forever… (Originally broadcast February 5, 2020)

Dr. Ravi Gupta is a scholar of Hinduism who talks about whether becoming a scholar of your faith robs you of the joy of simply believing.

Clare Stober from Fox Hill, a Bruderhof community near Walden, NY, shares her journey from the world of business, to a life in Christian community. Yes, it is possible to create a society where there are no rich or poor, where children and elderly are welcome, and where no one lives in isolation.

Henry Bakarr, from Sierra Leone. Henry talks about finding a personal relationship with God in college, how his family survived the civil war in Sierra Leone, and why he always trusts God, even during the "exams" or trials we experience.

Harry Kraemer, Jr. from the Kellogg School of Management, and former Chairman and CEO of Baxter International, talks about faith, life balance, and the importance of self-reflection, from his book, "Your 168: Finding Purpose and Satisfaction in a Values-Based Life."

Dr. Catherine Taylor has long enjoyed exploring the histories and lives of women in scripture texts, but she's also discovered a way to fill in some of the blanks in their stories using the material culture of ancient & Medieval times--paintings, mosaics, tapestries, and everyday household objects. Together they give us an amazing larger view. This week, we turn to Dr. Taylor's research on The Annunciation to Mary.

British-born Geraldine Buckley is known nationally and even internationally as a professional storyteller who is quite open about her faith in her stories, including her tales of being the Chaplain in the largest men's prison in Maryland. In this interview she talks about how the Lord can make his desires become our own, how she's kept track of the ways God has come through on his promises, and about her own Damascus Road experience.

From her first experience of healing through prayer at age 12, Michelle Nanouche has felt called to help others heal, emotionally and spiritually as well as physically; first as a Christian Science nurse, then as a lecturer and teacher on the Christian Science Board. She talks about forgiveness and releasing anger, how she came to see herself as God sees her, and how the Lord's Prayer can be a model for our own prayers. (First aired Sunday, November 3, 2019)

New York Times no. 1 best-selling author Reza Aslan, a Sufi Muslim, talks about his journey of faith to Christianity and back again, and how we tend to create God in our own image instead of the other way around. Are we hard-wired as humans to believe? I think you'll enjoy this discussion with an author who has done a lot of thinking and research world-wide on the subject of faith in God.

Bob Greiner serves as a Deacon at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Boston, and works as an administrator at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, where he spoke with me about his faith journey through several denominations, on receiving his call to ministry at an age when most people are retired, and how he feels connected to God through service. (Originally aired 5/19/2019)

Ala'a Asarhan and Rasha Qudisat are a Jordanian couple committed to God, to each other and their children, and to education. You'll hear about Ramadan and fasting, why questioning is good, and patience to trust God's will. (Originally aired on Sunday, December 10, 2017)

House Church, with Pastor Logan Wolf Been holding your own "church" services in your house lately, like much of the world? That's actually not far from how worship was done in the early Christian world. Today Pastor Logan Wolf shares his congregation's experience in the last year of moving from traditional church worship in chapels and church buildings, to being part of the "house church" movement.f

Rev. Keith Cupples, United Methodist