This week’s guest comes correct, wielding decades of progressive activism, a soundboard, and Some Thoughts on the proposed “Global Methodist Church.” Rev. Steven Martin has done quite a bit over the years, but he’s currently the Founder of The Lakelands Institute, providing education for clergy and churches so that they can navigate a new era. We talk about the church’s role in both historical and contemporary right-wing movements, the big transition that the church is in right now, the coming schism in the United Methodist Church, hot takes from the contemporary Christian Right, marking the end of an era for institutional power and authority, doing the hard work of the Gospel, the only thing Millennials and Zoomers care about, Bryan’s CIA scare, and UT’s invitation to fight Carrie in the Chili’s parking lot.

Resources:

• Watch Steven’s documentary: “Renewal or Ruin?”
• The Lakelands Institute

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