The Zeitcast with Jonathan Martin

Jan 31 2025 256 ep. 132 mins 385

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The Zeitcast is a daily podcast that aims to speak to the spirit of the moment we are in. Exploring the intersections of spirituality and pop culture/news/film/music, Jonathan Martin and guests speak to the spirit of the times with equal parts wonder and irreverence.

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Today is our first full on TYPECAST! Answering questions submitted via our website, and this first round of questions is FANTASTIC. Really all questions about life on the "other side"/reconstruction today--after loss of faith/trauma/shift in faith, how do you approach Scripture now? How might the text become re-enchanted again? How do you find a new community, exactly? Oh, and in t

waiting for the anticipated Christ with Brian Zahnd

Yes we did simply mash up the respective titles of BZ and Jonathan's Advent books, lol! Some things just go together, like Batman and Robin, peanut butter and jelly, Laurel and Hardy--as much as they both love Advent, how could it be too soon for another collab?! In a conversation that will absolutely get you in the Advent spirit, Brian and Jonathan explore Advent themes of hope, w

pay attention: an invitation into the waiting of Advent

Whatever it is, you’re waiting on, however long you’ve been waiting…Advent is for you. Here is a jarring, startling word that summons us to wake up, pay attention…to be alert. We talk about the apocalyptic nature of Advent, and the danger of religious certainty. Also, some practical things you can do to incorporate Advent into your own spiritual practice! Oh come let us w

on speaking of sin, building bridges, & the persistence of Advent hope with Rev. Brandan Robertson

Rolling Stone said that "Brandan Robertson is spreading the good news of an inclusive, modern gospel.” Jonathan has known Brandan all the way since he was still a student at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago over ten years ago, so what a gift to have this full circle conversation! Brandan and Jonathan talk about why the language of sin still matters despite the misuse, what it mea

FOUR THINGS FOR FRIDAY! (FIRST TAKE REVIEW OF U2’S HOW TO RE-ASSEMBLE AN ATOMIC BOMB, COBRA KAI, POP CULTURE ROUNDUP, THE BOOK OF WAITING)

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a spiritual elecion postmortem with CeCe Jones Davis

"Prophetic" and "pastoral" rarely go together...but they do in Rev. CeCe Jones Davis, which is why THIS is the two weeks later, spiritual postmortem of the election you need in your life! CeCe and Jonathan discuss the challenges of navigating relationships in a divided world and the role of racism and LGBTQIA issues in political discourse. CeCe emphasizes the importance of understa

the building will fall (but this end, may not be that end)

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