Marc Jolicoeur (aka "Jolly Thoughts")

Oct 31 2024 77 ep. 52 mins 3
Marc Jolicoeur (aka

This feed is a grab bag of thoughts, reflections, and tomfoolery. The Bible will be talked about, other books will be talked about, concepts will be wrestled with, Jesus will be made much of.

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Alan Streett's "Exploring The Paranormal"

Oct 31 2024 71 mins  
When Alan Streett found himself sitting around a circle with friends of his listening to a man in a trance embody the voice of a dead loved one, the fact that he was doing so “in Jesus’ name” didn’t seem strange to him… until it did.In Alan’s newest book (Exploring The Paranormal, from Eerdman’s Publishing), he walks us through several jaw-dropping phases of his own l

Ashley Lande's Memoir About Transcendence, Psychedelics, and Jesus

Oct 18 2024 61 mins  
“For years, psychedelics were my religion. All I ever wanted was The Thing That Would Make Everything Okay Forever, the panacea, the cure for what plagued me. From those first moments when I tasted the earthy pulp of a psilocybin mushroom, it was love. Psychedelics were my sacrament. They shot me into cathedral vaults. The promise of eternal life through chemicals glittered seduc

Brad East's "Letters To A Future Saint"

Sep 27 2024 62 mins  
“From what I gather, you fit the bill of the kind of person I have in mind. Raised in the orbit of the church. Not unfamiliar with Jesus or Scripture. Not skeptical of them either. But untutored…”The above is a brief & early description of the idealized pen-pal (or, “interlocutor”, if you’re nasty/fancy) that Brad East had in mind when writing his new book, Letters To A

Worship In An Age Of Anxiety

Sep 06 2024 62 mins  
“Being told to participate - while in fact being unable to participate - is deeply dispiriting to worshipers, especially worshipers with anxiety…” (pg 152 of Worship In An Age Of Anxiety)This Michael Jordan may or may not be able to palm a basketball, but he can certainly help us wrestle with the deep & challenging topic of how contemporary Christian worship practices (read �

Expanding Our Reading Partners: Conversation with Candida Moss

Aug 16 2024 72 mins  
“Collaboration does not have to be about corruption; it can be about cooperation.” (pg 78 of God’s Ghostwriters)Have you ever stopped to wonder how the biblical texts were actually written down, and by who (or… whom)? In this episode of the podcast, I chat with Dr Candida Moss about her newest book, God’s Ghostwriters, which is about that very thing. In her own words, Can

Judge Not... and you'll probably still be judged.

Aug 09 2024 31 mins  
In this episode of the pod, I’m cross-sharing a sermon I was glad to have been able to preach at my local church on Sunday, July 28th, as part of a 10-week series on the Sermon On The Mount. I reference in it this devotional, which is still available online, if interested. Also, the video version of this is available on my YouTube channel. Get full access to Marc Jolicoeur (aka

Conversation with David Bennett

Aug 02 2024 88 mins  
David Bennett is a self-described “celibate gay Christian”, but goodness… he is so much more than that! He’s an author, a theologian in residence, with a PhD from none other than Oxford, and he’s a fierce lover of (and follower of) Jesus.And yet, he’s a controversial character. In large part, this is because of his online presence (which some might construe as “activi

Coffee, Music, God: Conversation w/ Conor Conway

Jun 30 2024 109 mins  
Conor Conway is a coffee connoisseur, top notch trumpeter, and spiritual conversationalist. Since he is a co-owner of Epoch Coffee in downtown Moncton, I have known of Conor for years now, but this in-depth conversation was long overdue. We dip into his early days with Canadian pop music sensation The Weeknd, drink three marvelously prepared cups of coffee, and dive DEEP into not o

How 'Free' Is Your Will? (Conversation with Nathan Adams)

May 24 2024 64 mins  
Today is the first time I’ve wondered if the movie title “Free Willy” was actually a hidden joke. …probably not. Nonetheless, the question of just how “free” our wills may be is no longer a conversation restricted to theologians. That said, this conversation is from a theological vantage point. In it, Nathan Adams (who is currently a PhD student @ McGill University) run

"The Saints Will Have Their Revenge" (Conversation w/ Dr Tim Perry)

Apr 26 2024 60 mins  
Tim Perry has some strong feelings about the state of the Church at large, and he’s not afraid to lay them out for open & honest dialogue. In this wide-ranging conversation we discuss:* the unique place of Mary in Christian Theology throughout history, and how that intersects with today* the potential dangers of “dismissing” Mary* the latent worth of the Old Testament in the