Staying at the Table

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Despite our many differences, we aim to Stay at the Table, which means we don’t walk away from each other when we disagree. We believe the best of relationship comes when we are willing to listen to each other, show love even when we continue to see the w

Matthew Kistler, Rev. James Bady, Rev. Dr. Tracy L. Saletta


    • May 15, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 37m AVG DURATION
    • 117 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Staying at the Table

    Episode 25: Eastern University Series - Voice and Action

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 33:58


    In today's episode, we talk about the importance of combining your voice with actions to provoke change.

    Episode 24: Eastern University Series - Interfacing Faith

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2025 39:59


    In today's episode we discuss what happens when interfacing our personal faith journeys in a University setting.

    Episode 23: Eastern University Series - Shattered Foundations

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 38:50


    In today's episode we discuss shattered foundations and faith.

    Episode 22: Eastern University Series - Spiritual Burnout

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 34:46


    In today's episode we travel to Eastern University to talk with students about spiritual burnout.

    Episode 21: A Black Woman's Perspective On Sisterhood

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2025 47:58


    In today's episode, special host Janis Bady and friends discuss the experience and significance of sisterhood in the black community.

    Episode 20: A Black Woman's Perspective On Living in a Diverse Community

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2025 44:51


    In today's episode, special host Janis Bady and friends return to talk about living in a diverse community.

    Episode 19: A Black Woman's Perspective On What It Means To Be Black In 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2025 40:28


    In today's episode, special host Janis Bady and friends return to discuss what it means to be black in 2025.

    Episode 18: A Black Woman's Perspective On Feminism and Womanism

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2025 39:26


    In today's episode, special host Janis Bady and friends discuss the differences between Feminism and Womanism.

    Episode 17: Prayer Pt 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2025 44:26


    In today's episode we continue our series on prayer and answer some rapid fire questions from Brian.

    Episode 16: Prayer Pt 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2025 38:55


    In today's episode we continue our series on prayer and discuss liturgy during church services.

    Episode 15: Prayer Pt 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2025 33:17


    In today's episode we start a series of conversations about prayer.

    Episode 14: Chronic Illness Pt 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2025 40:42


    In today's episode we are joined again by Faith Lauffer and Loren Hall to talk about how chronic illness and suffering relates to faith.

    Episode 13: Chronic Illness Pt 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2024 44:19


    In today's episode we sit down with Faith Lauffer and Loren Hall to talk about chronic illness and how it affects our spirituality.

    Episode 12: Doubt's Role In Faith

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2024 42:59


    In today's episode we discuss the role doubt has in faith.

    Episode 11: Military and the Church Pt 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2024 47:25


    In today's episode we are once again joined by Army Master Sargent Saundra Anderson for a conversation about the Church's involvement with military usage.

    Episode 10: Military and the Church Pt 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2024 35:16


    In today's episode we are joined by Army Master Sargent Saundra Anderson for a conversation about the Military and the Church.

    Episode 9: Guardrails

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2024 37:48


    In today's episode we discuss social and ethical guardrails.

    Episode 8: Church Paradigms

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2024 42:41


    In today's episode we talk about our paradigms of Church that we grew up in, and how it affects our paradigms today.

    Episode 7: What the Church Has

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2024 39:28


    In today's episode we discuss what the Church has that no one else does.

    Episode 6: Praise and Worship Pt 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024 31:23


    In today's episode we return to discuss praise and worship and the meaning it has for people in the church.

    Episode 5: Violence in Scripture

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2024 34:40


    In today's episode we talk about the problem of violence in scripture.

    Episode 4: Translations of the Bible

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2024 31:09


    In today's episode we talk about translations of the Bible.

    Episode 3: Biology

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2024 41:33


    In today's episode we discuss how biology affects how we see the world.

    Episode 2: The Environment

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2024 36:34


    In today's episode we talk about the Church's responsibility and role in environmentalism.

    Episode 1: Sexuality and the Church

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2024 41:59


    In today's episode we discuss sexuality and the church and cultural power dynamics.

    Episode 42: Shannon's Deconstruction Pt 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2024 41:09


    In today's episode Shannon returns for a conversation about justice and the afterlife.

    Episode 41: Shannon's Deconstruction Pt 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2024 36:22


    In today's episode we talk to Shannon Chilcote about her deconversion and seeing spirituality in a new lense.

    Episode 40: Shannon's Deconstruction

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2024 28:14


    In today's episode we meet with Shannon Chilcote and talk about growing up as a pastor's kid and her journey falongside Brian's deconstruction.

    Episode 39: Spiritual Growth and Community

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2024 43:46


    In this episode we talk about spiritual growth, the importance of community, and developing a relationship God.

    Mental Health and the Church

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2024 44:17


    In this episode we tackle the topic of mental health and the church's response.

    Episode 37: Convictions and Commandments

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2024 37:57


    In this episode we discuss the difference between having a conviction and hearing a command from God.

    Episode 36: Kristine's Story, Part 2 - Spiritual Gifts

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2024 33:47


    In this episode of Staying at the Table we continue to hear Kristine's Vuocolo's story, talk about spiritual giftings, how they're talked about in scripture, and how they present in the modern church.

    Episode 35: Kristine's Story, Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2024 32:49


    In this episode of Staying at the Table we listen to Kristine Vuocolo share her story about how she came to Cornerstone and her early experiences with Christianity.

    Episode 34: Worship Experience

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2024 42:07


    In today's episode of Staying at the Table we discuss what is looks like to be on a worship team in a church.

    Episode 33: Video Games

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2024 42:20


    In today's episode of Staying at the Table we talk about video games, stories, and their effects on the next generation.

    Episode 32: Social Constructs

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2024 37:53


    In today's episode of Staying at the Table we talk about social constructs in the church and in culture and how they effect each other.

    Episode 31: Approaching God

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2024 48:21


    In this episode of Staying at the Table we talk about how we, as unique individuals with our own beliefs and perspectives, approach God.

    Episode 30: Art and Faith

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2024 50:32


    In this episode of Staying at the Table we have a great conversation about the intersection of art and faith and what those things mean to our daily journey.

    Episode 29: Fear and Anxiety

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2024 40:57


    In this episode of Staying at the Table we read an excerpt from "The Untethered Soul" by Michael A. Singer and talk about anxiety and fear in the 21st century.

    Episode 28: Inclusivity Thriving?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2024 35:53


    In this episode of Staying at the Table we discuss an article from The Christian Century titled “Can Inclusive Churches Grow and Thrive?”

    Episode 27: Jesus at the Center

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2024 40:36


    In this episode of Staying at the Table we talk about what is the "center" of Center Set.

    Episode 26: Heroes of Faith (LIVE)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2024 46:20


    Today's episode was recorded live at Cornerstone Christian Fellowship on Sunday, March 10th, 2024. The hosts discuss the heroes of faith from the book of Hebrews.

    Episode 25: Going to Heaven

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2024 38:56


    In this episode of Staying at the Table we discuss “Going to Heaven” and what it means to us.

    Episode 24: That's Problematic

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2024 42:10


    In this episode of Staying at the Table we take on problematic Biblical texts and how we approach them.

    Episode 23: I Wish You Knew

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2024 29:02


    In this episode of Staying at the Table we answer the question “What's one thing you'd like to convince the whole world of?” Enjoy as we have a lot of different thoughts and conversations around this question.

    Episode 22: Without Christianity

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2024 37:11


    In this episode of Staying at the Table we discuss an article from The Atlantic titled “American Christianity is Due for a Revival” by Timothy Keller. We tackle this idea about what would happen if religion suddenly disappeared from our culture or maybe was never even there to begin with?

    Episode 21: Being Uncomfortable

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2024 37:46


    In this episode of Staying at the Table we talk about Center Set Theology and Bounded Set Theology and how that can make us uncomfortable at times.

    Episode 20: Remaining Silent

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2024 40:09


    In today's episode of Staying at the Table we discuss our right to remain silent. Is it ok for us to NOT talk about the big issues of the day?

    Episode 19: Ashley's Angle, Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2024 43:54


    In today's episode of Staying at the Table we continue to unpack our previous conversations with Dr. Chloe Milligan by talking with her spouse, Ashley, about her experience through Chloe's transgender journey.

    Episode 18: Ashley's Angle, Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2024 44:42


    In today's episode of Staying at the Table we build off our conversation with Dr. Chloe Milligan and hear from her spouse, Ashley. It's a really interesting journey of the transgender transition from a different perspective.

    Episode 17: Chloe's Transgender Journey, Part 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2024 57:04


    In this episode of Staying at the Table we enter into Part 4 of our conversation with Dr. Chloe Milligan. We listen to Chloe's journey to acceptance of her authentic self and the potential fallout with family, relationships, and church organizations.

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