We have a great slate of episodes for you in June: Terry Crist Margaret Feinberg Naeem Fazal Angie Ward Nicholas McDonald Daniel G. Hummel Heather Thompson Day Will Anderson Who are you excited to hear?

This book is such a brilliant look at who we are and who we were. Honestly gave me such a clear compass two years ago as I was thinking hard about evangelicalism, and whether I wanted to be one anymore. Loved it.

Nothing hurts worse than the wounds we can receive in local churches. We cannot grow in and with Christ without the local church. Nicholas McDonald will help you navigate this tension.

Really enjoyed this book by Nicholas McDonald 🙏

I'm very honored to have partnered with Christianity Today for this piece on pastoring those going through deconstruction: christianitytoday.com/2025/06/pastor…

Most people leaving church aren’t walking away from Jesus. They’re walking away from fear-based religion that no longer reflects Him. Nicholas McDonald digs into embodied faith, communion as resistance, and why the real Jesus is better than the version many were handed.

The Real Reason People Are Quitting Church (It’s Not What You Think) Why are millions walking away from the church? Author Nicholas McDonald knows the struggle firsthand. In this raw, deeply hopeful conversation, he shares his own story of disillusionment with American

This made me laugh.

I don't normally feel this excited about new books. This looks fantastic.

Amazing. Just got this in the mail and thought 'whaaaat how does Christianity Today know how much I love steampunk"

I can’t explain the hype you got off this as a kid…

.@IndyStar Opinion has an excerpt from Nicholas McDonald's wonderful book "The Light in Our Eyes," which grapples with barriers to faith in evangelical culture. Here, he writes about his first job at a southside Indianapolis church, which "gave me the willies." indystar.com/story/opinion/…

This brief little essay by Nicholas McDonald is among the most powerful things I've read in a newspaper in a long, long time. It should be read by all American Christians and those who wish to better understand us.

This is such a good line: "I was raised in the southern Black church tradition, which did not have the luxury of separating spiritual and political matters." theatlantic.com/culture/archiv…

Enjoyed my time with Anthony on the Fathering our Futures podcast: fatheringourfuture.com/2025/08/04/rai…

Last year I told you to draft: -Malik Nabors -Chase Brown -Ladd McConkey That's because I listed 30+ potential breakout candidates and a few of them were right.