Viral Jesus

Jun 27 2024 130 ep. 40 mins 127
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Viral Jesus is a podcast from Christianity Today about digital communication and the power of social connections. Join author and communication scholar Heather Thompson Day as she dives deep with ministry leaders, content creators, and social media influencers to find out how they're starting important conversations, building community, and sharing their faith in digital spaces.

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Leave It All On The Track

Jun 27 2024 32 mins  
Today’s episode is our last episode of Viral Jesus. 125 episodes, thousands and thousands of downloads, and three years have brought us to this necessary ending. Viral Jesus was created to help us remember the power of our social networks. In this last conversation, Heather wants to talk directly to you, the listener, and remind you that you have influence. Create the podcast.

Natalie Boonstra Lilly: Dealing with Insecurity

Jun 20 2024 40 mins  
Today’s episode with Natalie Boonstra Lilly is such an empowering conversation. Natalie shares her heart behind her latest book Insecure: My Story. She opens up about her deformity, and how it impacted her childhood and self-esteem. Heather and Natalie also discuss how you know when you are supposed to share your story, waiting on God to open doors, and why it is important to fi

Drew Dyck: Just Show Up

Jun 13 2024 42 mins  
Today’s episode with Drew Dyck encapsulates why we started this show. Heather had never met Drew in person, but his writing and Twitter have impacted her real life. It is incredible how our online presence can bring about real-life friendships and foster spiritual growth. Heather and Drew discuss Drew’s latest book Just Show Up. Drew wants to remind you that God isn’t expect

Gary Lawrence: Understanding Our Rejection Patterns

Jun 06 2024 31 mins  
Have you ever wondered why you behave the way you do? Dr. Gary Lawrence says he thinks it has to do with the patterns of rejection we navigated in childhood. We all experience rejection, but we all survive that rejection differently. Dr. Gary believes that he has found some helpful tools that can help us break free of toxic patterns we may be repeating. In today's episode Heather a

We Too: How the Church Can Respond Redemptively to the Sexual Abuse Crisis

May 30 2024 39 mins  
Today’s episode is a must listen. Mary DeMuth is the author of We Too: How the Church can Respond Redemptively to Sexual Abuse, and spends the first half of this conversation walking Heather through her own story. Mary is committed to equipping churches with tools to be able to navigate these conversations with grace. Mary and Heather also discuss how Scripture is a redemptive s

The Church Behind Bars Is Alive and Well

May 23 2024 42 mins  
Today’s episode highlights the work that is being done by Christians for the incarcerated. Heather sits down with the first female president of Prison Fellowship, Heather Rice Minus and discusses what work still needs to be done outside of prisons, and in our communities, to help incarcerated individuals transition after serving their sentence. During today’s episode Heather a

JS Park: As Long As You Need

May 16 2024 50 mins  
Today’s episode is for the person navigating a season of loss or grief, and trying to figure out how long this ache will last. JS Park is a chaplain who has served for nearly 10 years and has held pain for thousands of patients and their families. He believes that our need to rush past pain, only suffocates our grief, and that grief is a voice that needs to be heard. During tod

Andrew Farley: 101 Bible Questions And the Surprising Answers You May Not Hear in Church

Apr 25 2024 42 mins  
Are there certain questions you don't feel like you can ask in church about the Bible? For today’s episode Heather sits down with Dr. Andrew Farley, a pastor and radio show host, asks him questions he often gets during his live radio show every night about the Bible. Andrew believes in grace, freedom, and the new covenant. If you have felt that religion offered you very little gr

Ike Miller: Good Baggage

Apr 18 2024 39 mins  
Is there such a thing as Good Baggage? For today’s episode Heather sits down with Ike Miller and discusses the baggage that we experience in our past that sometimes impacts our present and future. But, is it possible that seeing our parents' parent, or do marriage, or live out their faith, can reveal to us how we can do things differently? Ike believes that his upbringing is what

Brad Hill: AI and Its Impact On The Church

Apr 11 2024 44 mins  
Welcome to part two of our two part series on technology, church and culture. For today’s episode Heather sits down with Brad Hill who is the Chief Solutions Officer at GLOO, where they’ve just developed a new initiative that helps churches navigate AI. What is AI? How is it impacting church culture? And should we be concerned as Christians about its potential? Heather gets ans