2025 God-Pods
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The Bible For Normal People
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Homebrewed Christianity
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The New Evangelicals
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You Have Permission
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Harry Potter and the Sacred Text
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Perhaps with Damon Garcia
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Theology on the Rocks
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Tillich Today
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Whole Church
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(Re)thinking Faith
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Desert Voices
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Systematic Geekology
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Spirituality Adventures
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Jonathan Foster
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A People's Theology
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REVcovery
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Emerged
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The Way Collective
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The Bible Uncut & Unfiltered
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Rock that Doesn't Roll
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Madang
2025 Speakers
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John Dominic Crossan
Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies, DePaul University, Chicago
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Reggie Williams
Professor of Christian Ethics at McCormick Theological Seminary
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Kelly Brown Douglas
Visiting Professor of Theology at Harvard Divinity School
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Casper ter Kuile
Author, The Power of Ritual | Co-Host, Harry Potter and the Sacred Text | Co-Founder, Sacred Design Lab
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Jeffrey C. Pugh
Distinguished University Professor and the Maude Sharpe Powell Professor of Religious Studies at Elon University
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Adam Clark
Associate Professor of Theology at Xavier University
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Juan Floyd-Thomas
Associate Professor of African American Religious History, Vanderbilt University
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Stacey Floyd-Thomas
The E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of Ethics and Society at Vanderbilt University Divinity School
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Philip Clayton
Ingraham Professor, Claremont School of Theology | Author or editor of 26 books, most recently Science and the Sacred (with Claudia Peirce)
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Grace Ji-Sun Kim
Professor of Theology at Earlham School of Religion
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Dan Koch
PsyD, Therapist & Researcher | Host of the You Have Permission podcast
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Andy Root
The Carrie Olson Baalson Professor of Youth and Family Ministry at Luther Seminary
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Noreen Herzfeld
Professor/Director of Benedictine Spirituality and the Environment | Author of The Artifice of Intelligence: Divine and Human Relationship in a Robotic Age
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Myron Penner
Professor of Philosophy at Trinity Western University
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Sarah Lane Ritchie
Researcher of science, philosophy, and religion
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Lori Brandt Hale
Director of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of Religion at Augsburg University
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Thomas Jay Oord
Director of Doctoral Programs in Open and Relational Theology at Northwind Theological Seminary, Director of the Center for Open and Relational Theology
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Pete Enns
Professor of Biblical Studies, Eastern University | Host of The Bible for Normal People podcast
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Diana Butler Bass
Award-winning author, popular speaker, inspiring preacher, and one of America’s most trusted commentators on religion and contemporary spirituality.
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James F. McGrath
Clarence L. Goodwin Chair in New Testament Language & Literature, Butler University
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Benjamin Chicka
Senior Lecturer of Philosophy and Religion, Curry College | President, North American Paul Tillich Society | Author, Playing as Others and God the Created
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Jon Gill
Assistant Professor Philosophy Department | Gustavus Adolphus College
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Michael Morelli
Associate Professor of Theology & Ethics, Northwest College & Seminary | Author of Theology, Ethics, and Technology in the Work of Jacques Ellul and Paul Virilio | Host of Personalist Manifesto(s)
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Rolf Jacobson
Dean of the Faculty, Professor of Old Testament, and Alvin N. Rogness Chair of Scripture, Theology, and Ministry at Luther Seminary
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Craig A. Boyd
Professor of Philosophy and Director of Faculty Development at Saint Louis University
About the 2025 beer options:
Minnesota is home to over 200 craft breweries, many of which lie within the Twin Cities metro area. What makes MN breweries so unique is the strong local support and community. MN breweries are heavily integrated with local culture.
Attendees can expect a wide range of styles from some of the best breweries in the country. Breweries such as Blackstack and Summit Brewing in St. Paul, Surly Brewing in Minneapolis one of the breweries that almost kickstarted the craft movement.
Broken Clock, another Minneapolis Brewery, is the only 100% member-owned brewery co-op in the state.
Modist Brewing with their welcoming taproom steps from Target Field & Castle Danger with their amazing Cream Ale among others, are located "way up north" in Two Harbors, MN.
(Just to name a few.)
Local Restaurant + Coffee Shop Recommendations
Looking for local recs to eat while in St. Paul? The awesome team at Awaken has provided us with a fantastic list of local restaurants and coffee shops.
Restaurants:
Golden Thyme Restaurant & Bar - 934 Selby Ave
Louisiana Cafe - 613 Selby Ave
2 Scoops Ice Cream Eatery - 921 Selby Ave
Hamburguesas El Gordo #3 - 161 Victoria St N
Mango Thai - 610 Selby Ave
Handsome Hog - 173 Western Ave N
West Indies Soul Food - 839 University Ave W, Suite 103 - take-out with outdoor tables and informative Pullman Exhibit
King Cajun - 712 University Ave W
Slice Brothers Pizza - 641 University Ave W
Life Juices - Super Food Bar - 450 Lexington Pkwy N
Coffee Shops:
Golden Thyme Cafe - 856 Selby Ave
Flava Coffee & Cafe - 623 University Ave W
Claddagh A Wee Shop - 612 Selby Ave
Yellowbird Coffee Bar - 1168 Selby Ave
Nina's (nine-uhs) Coffee Cafe - 165 Western Ave N