This is an experimental episode of the Your Sunday Drive podcast, recorded with literally no set topic, no notes, no agenda. We can’t (won’t) even pitch what we actually ended up talking about (because we do, of course, now know what that was), even though it for sure turned out to be very, very interesting….
In the Season 3 premiere of the Your Sunday Drive podcast, we talk about the mass of issues related to the events at the Capitol in Washington D.C. on January 6, 2021. Protesting vs. rioting. Similarities and differences to BLM. Trump’s culpability. The role of Christian nationalism. Cancel culture, deplatforming and free speech. The continued…
Do you want THE definitive list of The Best Christmas Movies Ever? Want to know why they matter deeply? Look no further? In this final Your Sunday Drive podcast episode of 2020, we reminisce and riff on some of our favorites, unpacking plenty presents along the way: What makes a Christmas movie a Christmas movie…
Between the pandemic, social upheaval, political turmoil, etc., 2020 has obviously been a challenging year. In this Thanksgiving episode of the Your Sunday Drive podcast, we flip the script and explain why – plot twist! – we’re thankful for 2020. We start with some reactions to the current election drama and positive spins on this…
With one week left before the 2020 election, we present some final thoughts, hot takes, questions, hopes and more. We also share about some of our favorite shows and other media of 2020, asking the question “how can we redeem the time spent on such things?” Finally – to help answer this question – we…
We respond to this week’s (crazy? disheartening?) “debate,” asking questions about what leadership in this country looks like, and whether Christians need to be wary of the idol of politics. We also discuss the allegations against the late Ravi Zacharias and how the church should respond when leaders fail. Finishing the theme of leadership, we…
Mandy Polzin and Rob Shade join us for a roundtable discussion about our post-pandemic, more-distanced lives. Questions include: How are we experiencing doing work, school, church and life-in-general more remote, digital and online? What are the pros and cons of technologies like Zoom? Is there some sense in which church specifically needs to be physically…
2020 is nuts. Pandemic. Polarization. Social upheaval. The election. We try to put our arms around where the year is and where it might head next, seeking how we might respond from a Christian perspective. Everyone is talking Hamilton (again). We discuss this cultural juggernaut in terms of its artistic value, how it relates to…
Picking up from our last episode, we revisit Black Lives Matter, unpacking it as a value statement vs. a political statement, how the situation has developed over the past few weeks with defund the police movements and the death of Rayshard Brooks, and the potential dangers of “woke anti-racism” as a secular religion (a la…
In this new episode of the Your Sunday Drive podcast, we discuss the current unrest following the death of George Floyd, including conversation about Black Lives Matter vs. “All Lives Matter,” protests vs. looting, the role of social media and politics, biblical examples (including Jesus flipping tables) and frameworks for understanding justice, value, etc. We…
