The Place I Don't Belong-- West Virginia

Let the Church Die

To be the church is to be the body of Christ. Like like the body of Christ in the gospel story, the church needs to undergo death and resurrection. I don’t pretend to know what resurrection might look like. But I do offer some suggestions for what it means to be the church in the meantime. Get full access to Annoying Grace by Mark Roeda at annoyinggrace.substack.com/subscribe [https://annoyinggrace.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

What Stephen Miller Doesn't Understand About the World

What’s with the Gospel of John’s preoccupation with John the Baptist in its opening chapter? The answer just may surprise you. Or it may not. Does anyone actually read these little summaries? I don’t. And I write them. Get full access to Annoying Grace by Mark Roeda at annoyinggrace.substack.com/subscribe [https://annoyinggrace.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

It's Good Friday in America

An episode in two parts. In the first, a lament for the state of our nation under Trump. It’s Good Friday in America. Thinking about it as such underscores the gravity of our situation but also speaks to the need to stay hopeful. Now, if you like things with abrupt shifts in tone, this is the episode for you. The second part is my ploy to boost my subscriber total: a fan letter. Subscribe now so you can say that you were a fan before this podcast got huge and I sold out. Get full access to Annoying Grace by Mark Roeda at annoyinggrace.substack.com/subscribe [https://annoyinggrace.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Love Thy I.C.E. Agents

The plan for this episode was simply talk some more about forgiveness in the face of failure. But then Renee Good was killed. Her death and the administration’s response to it makes the need to resist all the more urgent. What does it mean to do so in a way that reflects the hope of Easter? Get full access to Annoying Grace by Mark Roeda at annoyinggrace.substack.com/subscribe [https://annoyinggrace.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

The Place I Don't Belong-- West Virginia

Way back in my campus ministry days, I took a ten-day wilderness trip through the mountains of West Virginia. The first time we canoed some rapids, boy, I blew it. Thankfully, some thirty years later, I can say I learned something from the experience. Get full access to Annoying Grace by Mark Roeda at annoyinggrace.substack.com/subscribe [https://annoyinggrace.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]