Jimmys Table

I think we all have a yearning for a place to call our "forever home." Whether or not we get what we long for is another matter altogether. In this podcast, I talk about my journey, suddenly having to find a new place to live, and identifying with the Biblical patriarch Abraham, whose heart 's desire caused him to live the rest of his life out of a tent...

I've never gone on a solo vacation, and I've never been on a cruise. Recently, I decided to do both a solo vacation and a cruise! In this podcast I talk about my experiences on a Carnival Cruise to the Bahamas, and my subsequent battle with COVID-19.

"We don't have a gun problem, we have a heart problem." But is that actually the case? In light of the recent mass shootings in Uvalde and Buffalo, I question this common idea. I believe we ultimately have more than an a heart problem. We also have a gun problem...

What will hell be like? The idea of hell is something most people find objectionable. After all, how could a good and loving God send people to hell? Didn't Jesus pay the price for our sins and forgive us? In this podcast, I ask hard questions about hell, and attempt to provide a fresh insight into what hell is, and what it is not.

Recently on the way back home from the coffee shop just a couple miles from my house, I got lost. Twice. Each time I went down the right road, but in the wrong direction. As I reflected upon the experience, I felt this moment begin to speak to me. In this podcast, I wrestle with how this might speak to me, and perhaps how it could speak to you...

"I Kissed Dating Goodbye" by Josh Harris represented the height of "purity culture" in the Evangelical church. Its teachings, and some of its more extreme practices, have largely died. But with its death, what can the church look to say that speaks to the deepest longings of our hearts about human sexuality? In this podcast, I look to move beyond purity culture...

Do you believe in soulmates? Has the universe or God predestined you to be with just one special person? In this podcast, I explore the idea of a soulmate in our culture, and look at how the gift of marriage is better than the soulmate mythology...

Christianity has become really good at reducing the mystery of faith to magical formulas of mathematical exactitude. But, in trying to make everything so certain, we might just be destroying the faith we claim to ultimately believe in and preach. In this podcast, I talk about how we need a faith that's a little less certain...

"Are we there yet?" is a common question kids ask on long car trips. And why? They are bored and feel stuck. Sometimes our lives can feel that way. We get to a place where we simply feel stuck. In today's podcast, I talk about how we can navigate these moments of life where we don't feel like we are moving forward and are in a sort of holding pattern...

There can often be a stigma associated with going to therapy, especially in Evangelical Christian circles. In this podcast, I talk about how the skeptical attitude I had previously about seeing a psychologist has changed, and how it has personally helped me as I process my divorce, and the grief that consumed me...

There are signs of a housing "bubble" forming according to the U.S. Federal Reserve. In this podcast, I explore the reasons behind the bubble, whether or not there will be a housing crash like we saw in 2008, or what other scenarios we might see happen...

With the war between Ukraine and Russia waging, and possibly threatening a global nuclear war, it made me wonder if we've ever lived in a world without war, and if such a world is possible. In this podcast, I explore the history of war in the world, and share my hope and a vision for a world without war....

Lia Thomas is a transgender athlete in the NCAA. Her dominating recent swimming competitions has created quite the splash, as our culture debates the place of transgender athletes in sports. In today's podcast, I discuss our concept of what it means to be transgender, and challenge concepts on both sides of the divide...

We are hearing of "wars and rumors of wars" in the news. Russia's war with Ukraine has sparked apocalyptic concerns with some people. Some see these current events as having prophetic "end times" significance. In this podcast, we attempt to wrestle with apocalyptic prophecies in the Bible, and how we should (and should not) understand current world events in light of these prophecies.

Jesus said the second greatest commandment is to love your neighbor as yourself. Tough words. For, if we are being honest with ourselves, that commandment almost seems... annoying. Loving our neighbor is simply not something most of us intuitively want to do. In today's podcast, I talk about how we can better love our neighbor...

What does it mean to be a devout Christian? And how can you grow in your devotion to the Lord? And, what does that look like at a practical level? In this week's podcast, I explore the question of what the devotional life of a Christian truly is, and what it's not. The answer may surprise you.

Valentine's Day celebration is often symbolized by the image of Cupid, the ancient god of romantic desire. In this podcast, I examine the meaning of Cupid, and challenge the notions of love surrounding Cupid from a Christian perspective, and whether or not we should just kill Cupid off...

In church a preacher will often say "God is good..." to which the congregation will reply, "...all the time." And then the preacher will echo back "And all the time..." to which the congregation will respond "...God is good." In today's podcast, I look to explore the idea that God is fundamentally good, especially when the circumstances of our lives make us think God is not good.

We live in an age of competing platforms. Someone is always trying to be the loudest voice on Twitter, or write the best clickbait headline that captures everyone's attention. And in an age of cancel culture, this can be dangerous stuff. In this podcast, I talk about why instead of building a bigger platform for ourselves, I believe we need to focus on building a bigger table.

Betty White, Bob Saget, and Meat Loaf died this past moth. It's often pointed out that celebrities die in threes. In this podcast, I explore the phenomenon of celebrities dying in threes, and what that means for us...