Make Saints
Because (eternal) life is hard. We all need help; with life, work, love, and everything else. Make Saints is a podcast about that side of life. The part that's hard but seems like it's supposed to be easy. And that moment when we realize that none of us is perfect.
Episodes
85 episodes since 2021
"The culture war" is the rhetoric of abuse
When we treat a portion of Christians as speaking for all Christians and their rhetoric is of domination and certainty, we all become its victims.Photo by
August 30, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 85
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12:58
How to misunderstand with great effort
When we misunderstand each other, is it always a mistake? Or something to fix? Sometimes we work hard to keep misunderstanding each other. On purpose.Photo by
August 16, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 84
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22:54
Killing in the name of
When the public is chilled by an assassination attempt, our responses can be reactionary, ill-conceived, and quite dangerous.Photo by
July 19, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 83
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18:17
Revisiting Literalism
The thing about being literal is that we think we’re being accurate, but we’re often being pedantic. And refuse to see it.Photo by
June 14, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 82
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18:22
Active Adaptation
We have to start preparing ourselves to proactively adapt for the future to put less pressure on our future selves.Here’s what I mean about the struggle we have with recognizing
June 07, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 81
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11:43
Getting used to it
Our brains have a natural capacity to adapt. But we often use this natural capacity to refuse to learn, or pretend we were always right.Photo by
May 31, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 80
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15:26
Literalism doesn’t mean much anymore
We’re driving the very concept of “literal” to such an extreme that it is becoming meaningless. And we’re all actually avoiding the truth.Photo by
May 24, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 79
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11:49
Magical Thinking
The way we see the world is full of optimism and pessimism. It is also full of blindspots and assumptions for how things will be.Photo by
May 17, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 78
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9:23
Being Different
The long, strange history of the call to being different is now mostly found in chicken-little cries of oppression and demands for hegemonic culture.Photo by
May 10, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 77
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9:10
Protest Again
Many of us have become so disconnected from what it means for the state to respond to protest—for we cannot kill for peace, or for safety.Photo by
May 03, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 76
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9:46
Criticism
When we give so much of our time and attention to evaluating, judging, and rating the stuff in our lives, can we actually like things?Photo by
April 26, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 75
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9:35
Revelation
Revelation is the most misunderstood and abused book in the Bible. It is frequently used to abuse or to ignore rather than read it as it was intended.Photo by
April 19, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 74
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6:04
Common
What is common? What does it mean to hold things in common? And most importantly, what happens when we prioritize the uncommon?Photo by
April 12, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 73
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7:50
Generations
We mix up our ideas about generational groupings with the ways we expect people to behave because of the time in their life.Photo by
April 05, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 72
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5:36
Holy Week
Holy Week is a week of special devotion, when we remember the last week of Jesus’s life. How we mark this time says a lot about us and what we care about.Photo by
March 22, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 71
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3:16
You Never Let Me
There are whole worlds we explore of alternative realities in which we got to do the things we would have done—if only…so what’s stopping us now?Photo by
March 08, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 70
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9:03
Protest
When we encounter an act of protest, our ability to listen is not compromised by the manner of protest but by our own magical thinking.Photo by
March 01, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 69
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5:16
Pitchers and Catchers Report
Pitchers and Catchers report is a vibe. Hearing this one particular phrase brings so much joy and anticipation to so many of us.Photo by
February 23, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 68
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5:16
The Gambling Gamble
As the sports world normalizes gambling, we continue to think of this as a question of rights and choice. But should we?
February 16, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 67
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12:51
On time
How we perceive the idea of being "on time" is an act of community participation. And influence. It is all about the negotiation.
February 09, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 66
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3:08
Generations
We're obsessed with static ideas about people, age groups, and the youth. Here's why we get it all completely wrong.
February 02, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 65
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6:35
Accumulating Knowledge
The pursuit of understanding isn’t the same as accumulating knowledge for one’s personal benefit. The desire to accumulate is destructive.Photo by
January 26, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 64
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8:42
Restarting Resolutions
The thing about making resolutions is that we act like we actually will get everything right the first time—so let's get good at restarting.
January 19, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 63
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11:56