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Context Matters

by Dr. Cyndi Parker
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  • The Future is Peace

    October 29, 2026 · 34 min

    In this second part of the conversation, Maoz and Aziz go deeper into what it means to have productive conversations with people who have different perspectives from your own. They discuss why empathy doesn't make you weaker, how…

  • Peace in the Midst of Conflict

    October 22, 2026 · 31 min

    Aziz and Maoz were born and raised in Israel/Palestine. They have both suffered incredible loss of family members because of the conflict. Yet they both strive to create businesses that help people reach across the divide to understand the…

  • Holy Land, Hard History

    October 15, 2026 · 30 min

    Todd Deatherage who is the Co-Founder of Telos, a Washington D.C. based nonprofit dedicated to the formation of communities of American peacemakers across lines of difference to bring healing to conflict at home and abroad. Telos’ primary…

  • Beyond Zero-Sum

    October 8, 2026 · 28 min

    Todd Deatherage is the Co-Founder of Telos, a Washington D.C.-based nonprofit dedicated to the formation of communities of American peacemakers across lines of difference to bring healing to conflict at home and abroad. Today, Todd helps…

  • Burdens of Choice

    October 1, 2026 · 32 min

    In today's conversation, Dr. Felicia helps us understand how technology shapes not just what we do, but what we long for. In reality are our devices creating "burdens of choice" and are they training us to crave all that is possible…

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  • Reimagining Freedom

    September 24, 2026 · 26 min

    Dr. Felicia Wu Song is a writer and speaker and cultural sociologist who studies the place of digital technologies in contemporary life. In this episode we trace American technological utopianism that optimistically believes every new…

  • Thomas Aquinas and Modern Mental Health

    September 17, 2026 · 33 min

    In Part 2 of the conversation Dr. Warren Kinghorn continues his conversation with Cyndi, unpacking the ideas behind his book on mental health in dialogue with Thomas Aquinas. He challenges modern medicine's tendency to treat people as…

  • Shalom and Mental Health

    September 10, 2026 · 31 min

    What does Peacemaking have to do with mental health? Dr. Warren Kinghorn is an excellent guide through the journey of discovery. Dr. Kinghorn challenges modern medicine's tendency to reduce people to "buckets of symptoms" or broken…

  • Living out Hesed

    September 3, 2026 · 41 min

    In Part 2 of the conversation ]about her book Hesed, the Seed of the Biblical Story, Dr. Matheny walks through her own working definition of hesed, describing it as both something God does and a way of being that God's people are invited…

  • The Story of Hesed

    August 27, 2026 · 29 min

    Ever tried explaining a word that shows up 250+ times in the Bible... and still can't quite pin it down? That's exactly the puzzle Old Testament scholar Jenny Matheny sits down to unpack with Cyndi this episode. Using her own growing up…

  • Healing our Imagination

    March 19, 2026 · 23 min

    How does prayer fit into the formation and healing of our imagination? As we continue our conversation with Dr. Justin Bailey, he addresses prayer as reorienting our attention, priorities, and requests within Jesus' story. We also contrast…

  • Undragoning our Imaginations

    March 12, 2026 · 27 min

    In our recent conversations about spiritual formation, the use of the imagination has come up several times. Why is the imagination so significant in spiritual formation? Don't we simply need to learn more data about the Bible? Out of…

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About the show

This podcast is for people who are curious about the ancient context that influenced the final shape of the Bible…AND ALSO…how our modern context influences the way we understand the Bible and God and all things spiritual.