This guy has my heart, he is one of my first generation ‘Cup’ kids, a youth center I operated in 2003 – 2009. When I Went to college in my 40’s he was in my first philosophy class and observed in first person my religious mind being blown. Br

GMOR - Nick And Aiden

Mar 9th, 2021 1h 24m

These two young people are articulate and humorous as they honestly share with me what it means to be a trans person. Their stories of coming out to their family are different, yet they both are seeking to find common ground with those they lo

Bobby M

Dec 20th, 2020 58m 30s

Bobby Mann is one of the many reasons I appreciate young people. He grew up in a small town in the Midwest as he puts it ‘in a fairly non diverse bubble.’ As he entered college, many things that he had thought formerly did not make sense to h

GMOR - Brandon

May 5th, 2020 1h 43m

Do not miss this one, Brandon is a friend I met when I was a non trad 42 year old church lady headed to college and he was an 18 year old metal head in my philosophy class. Our journeys have collided at different points in our lives the last 1

GMOR - Richie

Apr 17th, 2020 1h 37m

This is my guy...a precious young man I have had the privilege of running into a few times the last couple of years. His light and energy is contagious. He let me know he wanted to talk to me after hearing my last episode on Dogma Debate. I

GMOR - Mikey And Ryan

Mar 9th, 2020 1h 37m

A story about....A Christian mom who is a pastor talks with her atheist sons...they ask the hard questions and she is challenged in her core as she second guesses the way she raised them...in the end there is nothing but love._________________

GMOR - Mikey And Ryan (1)

Feb 25th, 2020 1h 27m

This was again hard for a parent to hear but important for a parent to hear. I listen as my two oldest tell me why they have left the faith as I search for reasons and answers to their questions. Sometimes it is painful and challenging to y

GMOR - Mikey

Jan 30th, 2020 1h 27m

This one is especially hard. As many of you know my first podcast episode on Give Me One Reason was with my firstborn son Ryan who has been an atheist for sometime. Though difficult, I ventured into this territory again 25 episodes later to h

GMOR - Heather (2)

Jan 28th, 2020 35m 18s

Heather shares her perspective on the stance of the church in general in LGBTQ people and how this has framed her worldview and caused her to second guess things she heard as a child. She was in an open and accepting household to her own sexua

Strahjinja

Jan 20th, 2020 33m 22s

Strahinja is a Serbian born young man who is an Orthodox Christian. He explains why he is a believer and why he believes Orthodoxy is more generous and simple than American Evangelicalism. He is easy to listen to and his kindness shows throu

Joseph

Jan 3rd, 2020 1h 53m

Joseph has listened to ¾ of the Dogma Debate catalog and enjoys pondering issues of faith and doubt. He said he would love to go on and debate the famous David Smalley but he cannot let go of that last thread that prevents him from being an a

Jamison

Dec 1st, 2019 41m 4s

Close to death 11 times in his life, a creative DJ/audio master who sees his work as art and seems far older than his 21 years. Jamison has an eclectic friend group with varying degrees of belief and non belief who subscribe to three basic rul

Spencer

Nov 9th, 2019 45m 9s

Spencer talks honestly about post military life and the challenges of being conservative politically as a young adult. He talks about politics, faith and the danger of Red Flag laws. Though he does consider himself a believer, he resonates wi

Give Me One Reason - Ellie

Nov 9th, 2019 1h 9m

Meet Ellie, a thoughtful girl who wants to edit movies and is good at looking for that gotcha moment in life and film that makes you think! Her parents met at Intervarsity Christian Fellowship and she came from a devout Christian home. She re

Sky Alan

Oct 14th, 2019 36m 28s

Join me as I interviewed this amazing human being. Sky currently works on a hemp farm in Vermont, however was a former youth pastor and worship leader. Our discussion was eclectic as he gave an honest critique on Rainbow gatherings and the

Adam Taylor on dealing with haters

Jul 11th, 2019 28m 3s

This podcast happened unintentionally. I decided to record the advice my husband was giving me regarding an issue I was having with some Facebook interaction. I have many people of different faiths and no faith on my Facebook page and quite

April 25, 2019 2:24:11 PM

May 7th, 2019 35m 27s

This frank and honest conversation with 20 very special and dedicated students was eye opening as they answered the question 'What keeps you awake at night?' The freedom to doubt, to find their own way, the state of our planet and our inabilit

Bobby

Apr 21st, 2019 1h 9m

Wow! This guy had me engaged. A 20 year old former student who was raised Jewish and Catholic by a business minded family, Very articulate, we sparred about my liberal leanings politically and he turned the tables on me a few times :) Bobby

Meghan Trimm

Mar 2nd, 2019 1h 38m

Meghan joins me for an honest conversation about the language we use to express our beliefs and the concerns of how the church represents Christ. She lays our her own unique history of growing up Catholic and then living as a sincere and dedi

Problems with God, Touched by a psychic and is Ariana Grande right? A woman?

Jan 9th, 2019 31m 33s

A conversation with a college class discussing the roots of childhood faith, the difficult task of forgiving our selves, the gender of God and can a psychic show you if God is real...

KM Kaitlyn Mae

Oct 1st, 2018 14m 52s

KM is a female wrestler, athlete and EMT Fire Medic. She grew up religious but left her faith behind and ironically discovered it in Africa in the midst of horrible suffering. Brave enough to reinvent herself after a life of some poor choices

Mackenzie

Oct 1st, 2018 23m 53s

Mackenzie grew up going to church once in a while but her values came form a strong sense of family and commitment. When she got to college, she joined a baptist Bible study and prayed a prayer that left her feeling uneasy and confused. In po

Josiah Price

Oct 1st, 2018 34m 58s

Josiah Price is a unique young man with an amazing journey. He has a unique perspective on life and God. A cancer survivor who had been declared brain dead at one point, he recalls how that has shaped his life, how he wants to be remembered

Colleen

Sep 26th, 2018 32m 14s

Colleen is a self acknowledged atheist but definitely identifies as 'Spiritual but not Religious.' A traumatic and abusive past with the only church goer she knew as a child left her with a strong distaste in her mouth for God. As she seeks

Jennifer

Sep 26th, 2018 19m 56s

Kicked out of church and private school in sixth grade for asking the wrong questions left Jennifer scrambling to make sense of her religious upbringing. Surrounded and supported by her family, they journeyed together to maintain that which wa