Culture Matters

Spiritual Disciplines with Mason King

In a culture of "hustle," how do we think through the things that are vying for our attention. How can you create more space in our life to pay attention to God so you aren't weight down by the feeling of inadequacy? Today we talk about pastor Mason King about new book—Christian Disciplines—and some of the practices he's found to be instrumental in cultivating a relationship with God.
Resources Mentioned
A Short Guide to Spiritual Disciplines: How to Become a Healthy Christian
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Robots & ChatGPT: Should Christians be Concerned?

ChatBots, AI and Robots — Oh my! On this episode we discuss pop-tech with Dr. John Dyer. He provides a biblically framework for thinking about technology, and categories to help us engage wisely.
Resources Referenced in this Episode
From the Garden to the City
People of the Screen
Ecclesiology for a Digital Church
Worship.ai
Podcast.ai
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Dangerous Jesus with KB

In this episode, we sit down with rapper, podcaster, and speaker Kevin ‘KB’ Burgess to discuss his new book—Dangerous Jesus: Why the only thing more risky than getting Jesus right is getting Jesus wrong!
Resources Mentioned
Dangerous Jesus: Why the Only Thing More Risky than Getting Jesus Right Is Getting Jesus Wrong
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Wisdom and Discernment

What is wisdom? What defines virtue? How does Christianity offer a framework by which we can discern and make choices in life? These are the questions we will look at this week.
Resources Mentioned
Joseph Honescko Article
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Starting Place with Elizabeth Woodson

This week we talk with our very own co-host Elizabeth Woodson about some exciting new projects she’s working on—The Starting Place Podcast and The Woodson Institute, an organization created to equip believers in how to understand and grow their Christian faith.
Resources referenced:
Subscribe to Elizabeth's new podcast, Starting Place
The Woodson Institute
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Revival, Rihanna, & Rootedness

Culture Matters is back! For our first episode of the season, we revisit some of the recent headlines and cultural moments through a Christian lens—the Asbury revival, the economy, the continued gun violence in America, and Rihanna’s halftime show. 
 
Books Adam and Elizabeth are reading:
The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self by Carl Trueman
The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli
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Culture Matters Live

For our last episode of the season, we recorded an episode in front of a live audience. It was so much fun to try to tackle all of your questions – from politics to consuming media to our favorite authors. It's always interesting to know what our listeners are thinking about and care about. We will be back next year with some really great content! Happy Holidays.
 
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Art That Lasts

This week we are joined by Kelsey Hency, CEO & Editor in Chief of Fathom Magazine to talk about the craft of writing, editing and publishing. We explore what good writing is, how it can form us, challenge us and how readers should inquisitively and critically approach written media.
You can learn more about Fathom Magazine at fathommag.com
 
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Social Justice through Economic Flourishing

I’m this episode we sat down with Rachel Ferguson to discuss her work as Director of the Free Enterprise Center at Concordia University. Her study and work begs the question—How do we grow community involvement and develop local business in order to restore urban communities labeled as at-risk? Rachel offers a lot of insight Christians can learn from in order to better help human flourishing in our cities. 
 
Check out what LOVEtheLOU is doing to revitalize St. Louis
 
Black Liberation Through the Marketplace
By Rachel Ferguson and Marcus Witcher
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For the last episode of the season, Culture Matters is recording a live and in-person Q&A with the hosts on December 8 at 7 pm, at Citizens Church in Plano, TX. This is an open invitation; no registration is required. We also encourage you to submit your own questions or topics that you would like to hear our hosts discuss!  Hope to see you all on December 8! 
 
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Celebrities and the Church

In this episode, we spoke with Katelyn Beaty, author of the book Celebrities for Jesus. We discussed fame, platform and celebrity—the dangers and how to think rightly of unhealthy leadership. Beaty offers a way of thinking where Christians give a wide berth towards power and try to steward what they have instead of seeking celebrity status. 
Check out the book: Celebrities for Jesus
We are recording a live Q&A with our hosts Adam, Elizabeth and Tymarcus on December 8! Submit your questions and topics you would like to hear them discuss here.
The episode will be released on December 16 as our season finale. 
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