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The Central Cast

Central Avenue Church

Central is a healing and inclusive spiritual community for those hurt by religion and seeking the sacred. We are a fully affirming community that discusses challenging spiritual topics, reflects through progressive Christian liturgy, communes over food and drink, and serves our neighbors.

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58 episodes

  1. 11/8/26: After the Midterms: Healing, Hope, and the End of MAGA? 38:08
  2. 11/1/26: Reformation, Resistance, and the Modern Church 31:20
  3. 10/18/26: Making the Cut: How to Hold Spiritual Experience and Reason 42:50
  4. 10/11/26: Weak Theology, Big Truths: Choosing Stories Over Miracles 36:29
  5. 10-4-26: Yearning for Aliveness: Poetry, Nature, and Life Beyond Screens 25:33
  6. 9/20/26: Orthodox Heretic: Reconstructing God Through Dialectical Mysticism 34:32
  7. 9/13/26: The Power of Weakness: Rethinking God and Authority 39:43
  8. 9/6/26: The Gospel of Weakness: Jesus vs. the Power Grab 43:34
  9. 8/23/26: Practicing Presence: Finding Calm When Everything Feels On the Brink 36:28
  10. 8/9/26: Deconstruction as Peacemaking: Healing Christianity’s Divide with Judaism & Islam 35:48
  11. 8/2/26: The Endangered Art of Reflection: Reimagining Church 45:37
  12. 7/19/26: Christ, Consciousness, and the Cosmic Self 19:53
  13. 7/12/26: You Are the Universe: Reconstructing Faith Beyond Materialism 44:12
  14. 7/5/26: The Merger of Church and State: How Evangelical History Shapes Today 37:52
  15. 6/21/26: Can You Pass the Test? Choosing Love Over Dogma. 38:41
  16. 6/14/26: Welcome the Stranger: Radical Inclusion in a Fearful Age 40:10
  17. 6/7/26: Queer, Christian, and Loved: Reimagining God Beyond Shame 37:39
  18. 5/24/26: The Critique of Idols: Reclaiming Christianity’s Iconoclastic Roots 47:13
  19. 5/17/26: The Third Testament: Rewriting Faith Beyond the Bible 56:05
  20. 5/10/26: Lazarus and the Afterlife: Why Resurrection Still Ends 48:27
  21. 5/3/26: How to Elevate Your Consciousness and Reclaim a Healthy Spirituality 55:43
  22. 4/19/26: White Christian America: From Puritans to January 6 47:50
  23. 4/12/26: Bonhoeffer at 81: God in Weakness, Courage Against Fascism 49:35
  24. 4/5/26: Christ Consciousness: Love, Not War, as Resurrection 35:25
  25. 3/22/26: Fight Fascism and Take a Nap 17:58
  26. 3/15/26: Holy War? Evangelicals, End‑Times, and the Iran Conflict 44:56
  27. 3/8/26: Give Me Your Hand: Community, Courage, and Change 54:50
  28. 3/1/26: Fasting from Unjust Gods and Stories: Isaiah’s Call to a Truer Faith 26:27
  29. 2/15/26: Facing Death, Choosing Love: A Baldwin-Inspired Lenten Meditation 43:51
  30. 2/8/26: Moral Clarity & Courage: A Pastor's Call to Resist 46:30
  31. 2/1/26: Finding Sanity in a World Gone Mad: Lessons from James Cone 44:18
  32. 1/18/26: Radical Humility: Self‑Doubt, Trauma, and the Gospel 1:00:18
  33. 1/4/26: Life Review: Finding Hope After a Year of Fires and Loss 33:58
  34. 12/21/25: Jesus the Refugee: Rethinking the Nativity 25:18
  35. 12/14/25: What Is the Meaning of Life? Four Paths to Purpose 38:30
  36. 12/7/25: Peter Rollins: Communion of the Broken: Grace, Symptoms, and Shared Lack 1:02:58
  37. 11/23/25: Beyond Binaries: Luke’s Hidden Image of Male Intimacy 40:10
  38. 11/16/25: Born Different, Loved Anyway: Deconstruction, Brain Science & Holiday Peace 48:42
  39. 11/2/25: Ghosts, Guilt, and Grace: Reframing Demons This Halloween 37:16
  40. 10-19-25: Swim Between the Canyons: Identity, Faith, and Passing It On 41:31
  41. 10/12/25: A Spiritual Guide to Resilience in Hard Times 45:18
  42. 10/5/25: Touching the Scars: Why Doubt Leads to Deeper Faith 47:46
  43. 9/21/25: Religion-Induced Psychosis: Resurrections, Charlie Kirk, and Social Reality 57:13
  44. 9/14/25: When Faith and Fury Collide: The Charlie Kirk Fallout 38:57
  45. 9/7/25: Starlight & Second Chances: Embracing Change at The Livery 28:25
  46. 8/24/25: When Faith Collapses: Owning Your Beliefs After Deconstruction 15:56
  47. 8/17/25: When Myths Collapse: Faith, Politics, and New Life 30:52
  48. 8/3/25: Unveiling Mary Magdalene: Misunderstood and Silenced 22:37
  49. 8/10/25: The Power of Humility and Critiquing Arrogance in the Church 37:22
  50. 7/20/25: Embracing Mysticism: The Light Within 41:17