Church Potluck: A Smorgasbord of Christian Curiosity
A Smorgasbord of Christian Curiosity! Church Potluck serves up thoughtful, friendly, informal conversation at the intersection of Christianity and contemporary culture. Just like a church potluck, we offer variety: a variety of topics, a variety of academic disciplines, and a variety of Christian traditions. Guests are friends and colleagues who are also experts in the fields of sociology, political science, theology, philosophy, divinity, and more.
Church Potluck: A Smorgasbord of Christian Curiosity
Latest Episodes
What’s a Person? Humans, Animals, Aliens, AI, and Corporations
What does it mean to be a person, and who gets to decide? This episode dives headfirst into one of the most deceptively simple—and quietly explosive—questions in ethics, theology, and science. Is personhood limited to humans, or does it ...
Protesting in God’s Name: Faith, Immigration, and Public Witness
This week’s Church Potluck is a powerful crossover episode with American Angst. Dale McConkey is joined by fellow United Methodist pastors Rev. Ash McEuen and Rev. Karen Kagiyama, along with politic...
Christians and Political Power: Sovereignty, Stewardship, or Servanthood? (Thoughts on Christian Nationalism)
This week’s Church Potluck looks a little different than usual. With guests postponed and a winter storm rolling across the country, Dale flies solo—no roundtable conversation, no lively banter, just a thoughtful monologue shaped like ...
Chaplains: Ministering Unto Others Beyond the Church
In this episode of Church Potluck, Dale McConkey welcomes a bundle of chaplains for a thoughtful, funny, and deeply moving conversation about what chaplains do—and how their ministry differs from that of congregational pastors. Special...
ADVENT DAY 27: Luke 2 - Emmanuel, God with Us!
On this final day of the Church Potluck Advent Calendar, we pause at the heart of Christmas itself. In this short, reflective episode, Dale returns to a cherished family ritual: reading Luke’s nativity story and pondering what it truly...
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I hope I'm doing this right, I couldn't see another way to leave a comment but I loved the Nicene creed episodes (and many others for that fact). I especially loved the trio in the second Nicene Creed episode, it was really fun to hear what different traditions tend to focus on and think about!
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