Podcast Roundup
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3 min readNov 17, 2021
As I work on turning my thesis on Jesus’ emotions into a book about emotional health in discipleship, I’ve enjoyed sharing on a variety of podcasts about my research. I appreciate how each host addressed a different angle of these emotion concepts.
- Attached to the Invisible with Krispin Mayfield — We dove deep into my thesis chapter on the history of emotion teaching in Christian books and tracts over the past 70 years and traced the source of the idea that emotions are not to be trusted (with citations!).
- Alabaster Jar with Lynn Cohick and Sareen Musselman — We discussed multiethnic ministry, differences between American churches and international churches, why people might think that talking about an emotional Jesus is “feminizing him,” and thrift stores in the Netherlands.
- Poema Podcast with James Prescott — We covered the very human story of Jesus’ life, including his grief and losses. We explore his journey by looking at his emotional and mental health and events such as the deaths of his earthly father and his friend Lazarus, his poverty and the social stigma he faced, rejection, suffering, and trauma.
- Podluck with Megan Westra — We discussed how we were coping with pandemic life during early lockdown and some tools to help handle emotional health.
- Cultural Savage with Aaron Smith — We had a vulnerable conversation about dealing with our own emotional struggles and how poor Christian teaching has negatively contributed to our view of emotion in the church.
- God is Better Than You Think with Joshua Pease — We considered how too often Christianity has misunderstood both the psychology and the theology of emotion in ways that are harmful. But the good news is that God is actually much kinder and more interested in our emotional world, than oftentimes even we are.
- Real Hope Community Church with Jill Richardson — We had a conversational, interactive sermon with her church online about what emotions are, how they work, and how we can learn from Jesus’ emotions in the Gospels.
- Courage, Coaching, and Counseling with Sovann Pen — I shared about my own journey through mental illness (postpartum depression) and trauma (C-PTSD) and finding healing. We talked about how Christians can get help from qualified care providers.
If you have a podcast or YouTube channel and would like to talk about the intersection of biblical studies, faith, discipleship, emotion, and mental health, I would be delighted to be your guest. Message me on Twitter or Instagram.
