Saved by the City
108 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 97 ratingsRoxy and Katelyn grew up in the white evangelical American heartland. Both were warned moving to a supposed bastion of secular culture would be dangerous to their faith. While navigating a city where people sleep in on Sunday mornings and the chaste motto “true love waits” isn’t a thing, the two have found a renewed, vibrant faith that has been both strengthened and stretched in the metropolis.
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Why You're Wrong About Godless Gotham
April 07, 2021 08:00 - 44 minutesThere's a stereotype out there that NYC is a secular, godless, pothole. The 80 percent of New Yorkers who believe in God would disagree. We talk to two women, one Jewish, one Muslim, about how they embody their own faiths, before nerding out on some numbers. Check out this exploration of the markers that attend women of faith - and how deeply misunderstood they are.
How We Survived the Great Evangelical Betrayal
April 01, 2021 04:00 - 41 minutesFrom Jesus Freak to freaked out. In this episode, we grapple with "the e-word" and why we struggle to claim the evangelical label. Having grown up fully immersed in that culture and going on to dedicate much of our careers to the movement, we examine our disillusionment and disappointment with its trajectory — and where we go next. The past five years revealed fractures and hypocrisies that betrayed so much of what we — and a generation of millennial Christians — grew up being taught. Now we ...
'How Can You Still Be a Christian?'
March 31, 2021 04:23 - 29 minutesIt's a question both of us have gotten sometimes on dates! But it's a good question, one we ask ourselves a lot. We hear Robert Monson's quite unusual path into Christian faith (hint: a voice speaks) and unpack the problem of Christianese. In the end it’s about how a condescending question asked in a less than kind way can still lead to a bit of soul-searching. GUESTS: Robert J Monson - co-host of the 3 Black Men Podcast
The weird, wild, wonderful world of dating apps
March 24, 2021 09:00 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MBWe've had our fair share of first dates in NYC--some good, some kind of terrible. We talk to journalist Jon Birger about why women like us might need to ditch the online dating apps. Then we talk to a priest about *his* dating life. This episode addresses the natural tension between a culture that encourages experimentation and adventurousness, with an upbringing of ingrained reticence and 'purity'. GUESTS: Jon Birger, author of Make Your Move, The New Science of Dating and why W...
The Weird, Wild, Wonderful World of Dating Apps
March 24, 2021 09:00 - 46 minutesWe've had our fair share of first dates in NYC--some good, some kind of terrible. We talk to journalist Jon Birger about why women like us might need to ditch the online dating apps. Then we talk to a priest about *his* dating life. This episode addresses the natural tension between a culture that encourages experimentation and adventurousness, with an upbringing of ingrained reticence and 'purity'. GUESTS: Jon Birger, author of Make Your Move, The New Science of Dating and why Women Are In ...
The Slippery Slope
March 17, 2021 05:56 - 30 minutesKatelyn and Roxy talk about the messages they received from fellow Christians when they decided to move to NYC. They heard fear… that they’d lose their faith or be indoctrinated with secular progressive culture. What they found in NYC as Christians is more complex. This episode addresses deep-seated beliefs among evangelicals, about big cities, secular culture, and their neighbors. GUESTS: Dr. Phillip Jenkins, Distinguished Professor of History and Co-Director, Program on Historical Studies ...
The slippery slope
March 17, 2021 05:56 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBKatelyn and Roxy talk about the messages they received from fellow Christians when they decided to move to NYC. They heard fear… that they’d lose their faith or be indoctrinated with secular progressive culture. What they found in NYC as Christians is more complex. This episode addresses deep-seated beliefs among evangelicals, about big cities, secular culture, and their neighbors. GUESTS: Dr. Phillip Jenkins, Distinguished Professor of History and Co-Director, Program on Histori...
Saved by the City - The Trailer!
March 11, 2021 14:54 - 3 minutesA sneak peek at the upcoming podcast from RNS