Shifting Culture
Shifting Culture invites you into transformative conversations at the intersection of faith, culture, justice, and the way of Jesus. Each episode, host Joshua Johnson engages guests who challenge conventional thinking and inspire fresh perspectives for embodying faith in today's complex world. If you're curious about how cultural shifts impact your faith journey and passionate about living purposefully, join us as we explore deeper ways to follow Jesus in everyday life.
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Episodes
329 episodes
Ep. 327 Dr. Kerry Burnight - Joyspan
What if aging wasn’t something to fear, but something to embrace? In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Kerry Burnight, a leading gerontologist and author of Joyspan, to explore how we can shift our mindset around aging. Instead of chas...
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Ep. 326 Dr. Caroline Leaf - Finding Peace When You're Overwhelmed, Anxious, or Stressed
When we live in constant noise and inner pressure, how do we learn to think clearly, live intentionally, and follow Jesus with our whole minds? In this episode, I sit down with clinical neuroscientist Dr. Caroline Leaf to explore the intersecti...
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Ep. 325 Alex Fogleman - Making Disciples Through Catechesis
In this episode, I talk with Alex Fogleman about reclaiming the forgotten art of catechesis - not as rigid instruction, but as a living tradition that helps form whole people in the way of Jesus. We explore how the early church shaped new belie...
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Ep. 324 Lana Silk - Iran's Underground Church: Jesus, Miracles, and Multiplication
What’s really happening in Iran beyond the headlines? In this episode, I sit down with Lana Silk, CEO of Transform Iran, to explore the remarkable growth of the underground church in one of the most spiritually hungry regions in the world. Lana...
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Ep. 323 Cyd & Geoff Holsclaw - Discipleship and Attachment: Healing the Way We Relate to God
Cyd and Geoff Holsclaw join the podcast for a deep conversation on spiritual formation, attachment theory, and why so many of us feel stuck in our faith. Drawing from their work in neuroscience, pastoral care, and discipleship, they unpack how ...
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Ep. 322 Brian McLaren Returns - The Polycrisis and Imagining a Better Future
Brian McLaren returns to Shifting Culture to explore his new speculative novel The Last Voyage - a prophetic work of fiction set in a world unraveling from ecological collapse, authoritarianism, and cultural despair. But this ...
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Ep. 321 - Leyla King - The Faith, Resistance, and Stories of Generations of Palestinian Christians
In this episode, I sit down with Episcopal priest and author Leyla King to explore her deeply moving memoir Daughters of Palestine. Told through the voices of five generations of Palestinian women, Leyla’s book offers a powerful counte...
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Ep. 320 David Gate - Rebellion of Care
What does it look like to resist empire without becoming empire? Poet and essayist David Gate joins the podcast to explore how care, friendship, and creative truth-telling can become acts of rebellion in a world shaped by power, productivity, a...
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Ep. 319 Doug Lynam - Taming Your Money Monster
Today, we’re sitting down with Doug Lynam - Marine, monk, money coach, and author of Taming Your Money Monster. Doug doesn’t just help people build better budgets. He helps them untangle the deep wounds, attachment patterns, and spirit...
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Ep. 318 Jackson TerKeurst - War, Orphanages, and Finding Family
Today, Jackson TerKeurst joins me to share his extraordinary journey from the rural simplicity of a Liberian village to the chaos and trauma of war, and finally, to discovering a profound sense of belonging through faith, community, and adoptio...
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Ep. 317 Zach Windahl - Rediscovering the Beauty, Power, and Story of the Bible
Many struggle with the Bible not because it’s irrelevant, but because we’ve never been given the full story. My guest today, Zach Windahl, went from confusion and disillusionment to falling in love with Scripture and now he’s helping others do ...
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Ep. 316 Will Parker Anderson - Writing and Creating in the Tension: Faith, Ambition, and Identity
In this episode, I talk with Will Parker Anderson—writer, editor, and founder of The Writer’s Circle—about the tension we all feel between productivity and presence, business and ministry, hustle and holiness. Will brings clarity and honesty to...
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Ep. 315 Heather Thompson Day - Your Circumstances Aren't Your Story
In this episode, I'm joined by Heather Thompson Day, whose insights challenge our perceptions of success, passion, and the presence of God in our lives. Heather boldly explores the idea that our true story isn't found in the circumstances we fa...
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Ep. 314 Daniel Hummel - The Rise and Fall of Dispensationalism
In this episode, historian Daniel Hummel joins me to discuss the fascinating rise and decline of dispensationalism, a theological movement deeply embedded in American evangelicalism. Daniel shares his personal journey growing up in a dispensati...
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Ep. 313 Nicholas McDonald - Rediscovering the Love, Beauty, and Freedom of Jesus in an Age of Disillusionment
What happens when the gospel you were handed no longer makes sense of the pain, beauty, or complexity of the world you’re actually living in? In this conversation, I sit down with Nicholas McDonald, pastor and author of The Light in Our Eye...
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Ep. 312 Angie Ward - Reimagining Church and Parachurch: From Institutional Competition to Missional Extensions
What happens when the institutions we’ve trusted start to crumble and we realize they were never meant to carry the weight we gave them? Today, I’m joined by Angie Ward. She invites us into a deep reimagining of the Church, not just as a buildi...
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Ep. 311 Naeem Fazal - Encountering Jesus, Creating Beauty, Finding Hope
Today, we have a powerful and deeply honest conversation with Naeem Fazal, author of "Tomorrow Needs You." Naeem grew up in Kuwait in a Pakistani Muslim family, survived the Gulf War, and eventually found himself in the U.S. grappling with ques...
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Ep. 310 Margaret Feinberg - Discovering the Holy Spirit from Genesis to Today
What comes to mind when you hear “Holy Spirit”? For some of us, it’s confusion, baggage, or maybe just silence. We’ve either over-sensationalized it or under-taught it. But what if we’ve missed the depth and presence of the Spirit because we’ve...
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Ep. 309 Terry Crist Returns - Stop Running and Rest in the Refuge of God
Terry Crist returns to Shifting Culture to talk about the transformative power of rest, the necessity of Sabbath, and finding true refuge in God. Terry, an experienced pastor and insightful communicator, helps us rethink productivity, lonelines...
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Ep. 308 Emanuel Prinz - What Actually Starts Movements
In this conversation with Emanuel Prinz, we dig into his latest research, exploring what actually catalyzes movements, the kinds of leaders and teams that sustain them, and what blocks them from taking root. We’ll talk about the personal and sp...
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Ep. 307 Shane J. Wood - Encountering Jesus in the Book of Revelation
For a lot of people, Revelation is the Bible’s great mystery—full of wild images and swirling predictions, often left to collect dust or to stir up arguments about the end times. But beneath all the confusion, Revelation also speaks to somethin...
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Ep. 306 Molly Worthen - Spellbound: The Power and Peril of Charisma in America
Charisma is a word we hear all the time, but what does it really mean? Why are some leaders able to draw people in, while others push us away? I’ve been fascinated by this for years, wondering why we’re drawn to certain people, what makes us fo...
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Shifting Culture Trailer
We have conversations about the culture we create and the impact we can make. With different guests each podcast episode, we have in-depth interviews into what it looks like to live in the Kingdom of God and embody Jesus in the world. We long f...
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Ep. 305 Cara Meredith - Church Camp, Conformity, and the Call to Something More
Today, I’m joined by Cara Meredith, author of the new book Church Camp. We’re digging into the ways camp shapes our faith, our friendships, and our sense of who belongs. We get real about the fun memories, but also the uncomfortable pa...
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Ep. 304 Erin Moniz - Knowing and Being Known: Expanding and Redefining Intimacy
In today's episode, we're exploring intimacy - a concept that's far more complex than most of us realize. My guest, Erin Moniz, has been studying how we connect, disconnect, and misunderstand relationships in our current cultural moment. We'll ...
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