Complex Creatures
by Jarrod Longbons
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About this podcast
Exploring Spirituality and the common good
Episodes
The newest 20 of 47 episodes
- No Golden Age: Jarrod Longbons reacts to Ryan Burge on the Church, Decline, and What Comes Next · 39 min · Season 2 Episode 14What if the story the church tells about itself has always been wrong? In this debrief episode of Complex Creatures, Rev. Dr. Jarrod Longbons sits down with producer Alan Barnes…
- The Snake Made Us Human: Joe Gordon on Fear, Scripture, and Creation · 1 h 3 min · Season 2 Episode 13Today's episode begins with a confession: many of us don't like snakes. For some of us, that is putting it mildly. Snakes slither through our nightmares and our sacred stories…
- The Purple Church Is Gone: Ryan Burge on Polarization and American Faith · 1 h 0 min · Season 2 Episode 12What happens to a country when the church stops being the one room where people who vote differently still sit together? On this episode of Complex Creatures, Rev. Dr. Jarrod…
- In the Driver's Seat: Nathan Barczi on AI and Staying Human · 1 h 18 min · Season 2 Episode 11Is artificial intelligence a tool we steer, or one that is quietly steering us? On this episode of Complex Creatures, Rev. Dr. Jarrod Longbons talks with Nathan Barczi, a pastor…
- Fire Poppies and the Subtext: Savannah Locke on Finding the Sacred in Pop Culture · 1 h 2 min · Season 2 Episode 10Can a Netflix series or a Gilmore Girls rerun carry a word from God? On this episode of Complex Creatures, Rev. Dr. Jarrod Longbons sits down with singer, author, and podcaster…
- Portals in Our Pockets: Dillon Thornton on Technology and the Seven Deadly Sins · 36 min · Season 2 Episode 9What is the smartphone in your pocket quietly forming you into? On this episode of Complex Creatures, Rev. Dr. Jarrod Longbons talks with pastor and theologian Dillon Thornton…
- Three Revolutions, a Fourfold Crisis: Zachary Wagner on Men of Virtue, the Fruit of the Spirit, and the Aspirational Vision of Manhood · 60 min · Season 2 Episode 8What if the crisis facing boys and men isn't a lack of rules, but a missing aspiration? A vision not just of what to avoid, but of who to become? In this episode of Complex…
- Just Call It Virtue: Jarrod and Alan on Masculinity Beyond the Checklist · 51 min · Season 2 Episode 7When you hear the word "masculinity," what's the first image that shows up — for better or worse? And what changes if the real answer has less to do with being a man and more to…
- Rooted but Not Stuck: Jarrod Longbons on Traditioned Innovation, the Life-Giving Kernel, and a Hundred Years of Peachtree · 55 min · Season 2 Episode 6What does it mean to carry tradition without becoming a relic — in a world that's either obsessed with novelty or stuck in nostalgia? In this episode of Complex Creatures, the…
- The Slow Work of Pastoring: Dr. Steven Cone on Trading the Classroom for the Congregation · 60 min · Season 2 Episode 5Theology lives differently in a pulpit than it does in a lecture hall. Dr. Steven Cone — author of An Ocean Vast of Blessing and Theology from the Great Tradition — joins Jarrod…
- Rooted to Become: Dr. Alex Fogleman on Catechesis, Discipleship, and the Ancient Art of Making Christians · 39 min · Season 2 Episode 4What if the church's discipleship problem isn't new — and the answer has been hiding in plain sight for two thousand years? In this episode of Complex Creatures, Rev. Dr. Jarrod…
- Made to Make: Jarrod Longbons on Creativity as Spiritual Practice · 52 min · Season 2 Episode 3What if creativity isn't just something artists do — but something all of us are called to? In this special episode of Complex Creatures, Alan Barnes turns the tables and…
- Uprooted and Renewed: Jonathan "Boo" Powell on 22 Years in Ukraine and Coming Home · 46 min · Season 2 Episode 2What does it mean to leave everything behind — your country, your career plans, your language — and build a life somewhere else? And what happens when that life is suddenly torn…
- Surprised by Jesus Again: Jason Byassee on Reading Scripture with the Ancient Church · 56 min · Season 2 Episode 1What would happen if we stopped reading the Bible alone—and started reading it with two thousand years of saints, mystics, and theologians by our side? In this episode of Complex…
- When Institutions Fade: The Church as a Eucharistic Movement · 60 min“The Church isn’t dying—the voluntary association is.” What happens when the institutions that once carried faith begin to collapse? In this episode of Complex Creatures, Rev…
- The Enneagram as a Tool For Growth – with Rev. Jamie Butcher · 44 min · Season 1 Episode 32Is the Enneagram just a personality test—or could it be a pathway to deeper faith? In this rich and heartfelt episode of Complex Creatures, Rev. Dr. Jarrod Longbons speaks with…
- Psychology and Spirituality – with Jonathan Stadler · 1 h 13 min · Season 1 Episode 31In this illuminating conversation, Rev. Dr. Jarrod Longbons sits down with psychology professor and confessional Lutheran Dr. Jonathan Stadler to explore the timely intersection…
- Holding Memory, Honoring Dignity: Christi Heidt on Caring Through Cognitive Decline · 50 min · Season 1 Episode 30In this episode of Complex Creatures, Rev. Dr. Jarrod Longbons welcomes Christi Heidt, Program Director at Peachtree Christian Health, for a powerful conversation on aging…
- "Thoughts on Sobriety, Spirituality, and the Faith of Tim Price" · 57 min · Season 1 Episode 29On this powerful episode of Complex Creatures, host Jarrod welcomes Tim Price—musician, recovery minister, and founder of Faith, Recovery, and Music. With stories shaped by…
- A Strong Spirit Runs Through It: Rebecca McCarthy on author Norman Maclean · 1 h 3 min · Season 1 Episode 28In this episode of Complex Creatures, Rev. Jarrod Longbons sits down with journalist and author Rebecca McCarthy to discuss her memoir-biography Norman Maclean: A Life of Letters…
