On Culture

God as the Plot Twist

Drew and I talk There Will Be Blood, Wake Up Dead Man, and Black Bag and what we see as a surprising trend in movies and culture - God as the plot twist. This podcast comes out of the latest article from The Embassy - We mention a few other movies that follow this trend, but forgot to mention Project Hail Mary, which has another surprising God conversation right in the middle. Our hero, Professor Ryland Grace (of all things), played by Ryan Gosling, asks the head of the project, Eva Stratt, if she believes in God. Stratt, depicted as hyper smart, hyper competent, and a fearless leader, answers, “it beats the alternative”. Well, there are better reasons, but that is still a surprising conversation right in the middle of a sci-fi movie. Thanks for listening! The Embassy is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to The Embassy at theembassy.substack.com/subscribe [https://theembassy.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

On Culture Live

Trey Herweck and the people of Refuge Church in St. Charles hosted a live episode of On Culture. We talked about what On Culture is and what The Embassy is - then we talked about a lot of things we have talked about, and finished with a little bit on the latest piece: Thanks for listening, love to have you subscribe! The Embassy is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to The Embassy at theembassy.substack.com/subscribe [https://theembassy.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Fog of War

Trey Herweck and I talk about living in a world without all the info. Based on this dispatch from The Embassy - As always - read the whole thing. Also - we invite you to an upcoming On Culture live event - Sunday, April 26 from 5pm to 7pm at Refuge Church [https://www.seekrefuge.net/] in St. Charles MO. Love to see you there. There will be snacks and beverages available. We will have some audience interaction (not required, of course) along with our normal podcast banter. Love to see you there! Get full access to The Embassy at theembassy.substack.com/subscribe [https://theembassy.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Following From Here

View This episode features Trey Herweck, pastor of Refuge Church in St. Charles, MO and I together and in person talking about local following, local discipleship, local transformation. Along the way we talk about Lent, the Pope, the Olympic Hockey teams, John Piper, and a bunch of other things. Here is the dispatch from The Embassy that we are talking about - Read the whole piece and comment on this podcast! One more thing, Trey and I mentioned that we will be doing a live podcast event at Refuge Church in St. Charles, MO on Sunday, April 26. It will be in the evening, we’ll nail the time down soon. Hope to see you there! The Embassy is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to The Embassy at theembassy.substack.com/subscribe [https://theembassy.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Early Winter

Trey Herweck and I talk about winter, aging, school buses, snowballs, and memories. This episode comes out of a recent piece in The Embassy, called Early Winter - Read the whole thing! The Embassy is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to The Embassy at theembassy.substack.com/subscribe [https://theembassy.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]