Discussion series focused on faithful cultural engagement.
What Happens When The Church Trades Practice For Product
If you’ve grown bored with church feeling like five pop songs and a ted talk, you’re not alone. The church has lost its way. The songs, prayers and practices from generations of Christians before have much to teach us about the kind of Jesus-following life we don’t often see in our world today. Through them we learn things like stillness, loving our enemies, grieving and forgiving—becoming Christlike people of mercy, joy and love.
Andrew Osenga is a songwriter, musician, author, record producer, and the leader of Anchor Hymns, a multi-generational community of artists creating new sacred songs for the postmodern Church. He has worked extensively with Grammy and Dove award winning artists like Andrew Peterson, Steven Curtis Chapman, Jars of Clay, Sandra McCracken and Caedmon’s Call. Beyond music, he can be found writing weekly on his popular faith and culture Substack and on his podcast, The Pivot. His first book, How To Remember, will be released by Moody Publishers on October 7, 2025. Andrew lives in Nashville with his wife and daughters and hikes at Radnor Lake every morning he can.
What’s going on inside your heart? Join us for a special screening of Inside Out 2 as we explore emotions and psychology through the perspective of faith with Wendy Twit. We will discuss emotions like anxiety and the massive effects on us and our society.
By Design explores how Nashville’s public schools evolved and inspires action for a brighter, more equitable future for all students. Chad Prather will lead us in a viewing of the documentary and then a discussion.
Brad Edwards and John Houmes will be hosting a live recording of their podcast Post Everything where they dig beneath the surface of rapidly-shifting culture and explore how leaders and the people they serve can thrive in a post-everything world.
Jesus said, “I was in prison, and you visited me.” But what can that look like in our lives today? How can we love our neighbors navigating the justice system? How can restorative justice bring more justice to our system? We’ll hear from two leaders on the front lines in Nashville to help us learn and stretch into love for our neighbors.
A Kingdom of Tea & Strangers is a documentary chronicling one summer at L’Abri, a short-term community in the English countryside providing shelter for spiritually-homeless people and a hospitable space for honest questions. Join us for a screening of the film followed by a discussion with the director!
New York Times Columnist David French led a discussion on faithful political engagement in a deeply divided age where many people have deconstructed or walked away from their faith due to this issue.
Documentary filmmaker Houston Coley studies the new movement of ‘Metamodernism’ in current film & TV, and what it can tell us about the deep longings and questions of our present cultural moment
Everybody knows that your life is a story. But what if a story was your life?
Harold Crick (Will Ferrell) is your average I.R.S. Agent: monotonous, boring, and repetitive. But one day this all changes when he begins to hear an author inside of his head narrating his life. The narrator is extraordinarily accurate, and when she reveals that he is going to die, Harold must find the author of the story, and ultimately his life, to convince her to change the ending of the story before it is too late.
We heard from Tim Boyls, Realtor, and Anna Grider, Metro City Planner, as they discussed faith, housing, and urban redevelopment in our neighborhoods.
Writer Rodney Clapp says that “jazz can help destroy the heresy of white Christianity.” Kevin Twit explored this provocative claim along with how we can learn to glorify God by enjoying jazz.
After watching the Jesus Revolution movie, Rick and Chrissie Puncochar, who lived through the events of the time, were converted, and participated in the broader movement, shared their stories.
Pastor, author, and speaker Sam Allberry, led us in a discussion of his newly revised, best-selling book, Is God Anti-Gay? And Other Questions About Jesus, The Bible, And Same-Sex Sexuality. Sam’s sensitive exploration of the Bible’s teaching on sexuality is intended to help both Christians and non-Christians struggling with the Bible’s teaching on this issue to see how the gospel is good news for everyone, whatever their sexual orientation.
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