Living On Common Ground
Episodes
The Loneliness You Keep Avoiding
07 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send us Fan MailLife can feel like it’s been chopped into competing categories: church or secular, left or right, friends or enemies, work or rest. ...
History Is A Story We Keep Editing
30 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send us Fan MailLife can feel like it’s been split into rival camps: your job vs your faith, your friends vs your politics, your values vs your trib...
Jesus Heals A Kid And Then Ruins The Vibe
23 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send us Fan MailEvery corner of life now feels like a forced choice: left or right, religious or secular, “our side” or “their side.” We don’...
Unlearning Certainty - Revisiting our Conversation with Peter Enns
16 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send us Fan MailIn August last year we had the opportunity to sit down and have a converation with Peter Enns. Peter's insights regarding certain...
Who Gets To Decide What A Good Life Looks Like
09 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send us Fan MailLife can feel like it’s been chopped into rival zones: work, church, school, online, each one demanding you declare a side. We’re ...
Neo Values
02 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send us Fan MailEvery part of life can feel like it comes with a forced choice: left or right, religious or secular, your people or their people. We s...
What Do You Hear When I Speak
26 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send us Fan Mail“Steinbeck was a communist.” It’s a throwaway line until you realize how much heat a single label can carry and how fast it can ...
A Conversation with Steve Ghikadis
19 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send us Fan MailIt’s hard to stay close to people when every space in your life demands a label and a side. Church, work, family, politics, online l...
Awareness Without Understanding Is Not Wisdom
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textDivision sells, but it also shrinks our minds. We sat down—progressive Christian and conservative atheist, still close friends—to ask w...
We Don’t Need To Agree On God To Live Well Together
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textFeeling stuck between faith and skepticism, reason and ritual? We open the door to a different way through. Two friends—a progressive Chr...
Megachurches or Progressive Pews
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textFeeling squeezed into a side? We are too. This conversation pairs a progressive Christian with a conservative atheist who’ve stayed close...
Striving, Resentment, And The Path That Keeps Us Human
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textFeeling forced to pick a side? We chose friendship instead. A progressive Christian and a conservative atheist sit down to make sense of ju...
How Hanging Out With Everyone Can Save Us
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textEver feel like belonging now requires an enemy list? We sat down as longtime friends—a progressive Christian and a conservative atheist—...
When Rules Erode And Armies Obey Men, Republics Learn To Love Kings
05 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWhat makes a people trade a messy republic for the promise of a single, steady hand? We take you inside Rome’s long unraveling—where...
Can Invitation Beat Outrage As A Path To Change
29 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textFeeling squeezed to pick a side? We’re two longtime friends—a progressive Christian and a conservative atheist—who refuse the scri...
When Ideas Evolve, Do We?
22 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textStart with a simple question: when your world divides you into teams, how do you stay friends across the line? We stress-test that quest...
You Can Debate Politics Without Making Each Other The Enemy
15 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textDivision sells, but it doesn’t solve much. We sat down—one progressive Christian, one conservative atheist—and stress-tested wheth...
When Do Rights Require Others’ Labor
08 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textFeeling squeezed to “pick a side” on every issue? We pull the lens back and ask a deeper question: what is a right, and what do we o...
We Don’t Know K‑Pop, But We Know Prime Rib
01 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textFeeling tugged to pick a side—left or right, secular or religious, old school or ultra-online? We start the year by stress-testing a s...
Energy, Logos, And A Baby In Bethlehem
25 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWhat if Christmas isn’t magic from far away, but matter aligning with love right here? We open with holiday greetings and step into a ...
Joy Without Permission; Finding Common Ground At Christmas
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textEvery December, something in us softens. The traffic is still bad and the lines are still long, yet we wait with a little more patience ...
Bridging Divides Without Losing Yourself
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textFeeling cornered by purity tests and tribal litmus checks? We’ve been there. As a progressive Christian and a conservative atheist who...
Lines We Cross For Friendship
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWhat if a progressive Christian and a conservative atheist could argue hard topics, laugh at themselves, and keep choosing friendship? T...
What If Survival Isn’t The Point, But Connection Is
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textDivision feels baked into everything—work, faith, politics, even friendships—yet the best conversations still start on shared ground...
What If Wisdom At Creation Was A Woman?
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWhen every headline demands a side, what if we started with a question? We sit down as a progressive Christian and a conservative atheis...
Nihilism, Friendship, And Finding Meaning
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textFeeling pulled to choose a side in every room you enter? We bring a progressive Christian and a conservative atheist to the same table t...
How We Disagree Without Losing Respect
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textFeeling squeezed into a corner by every conversation? We push back with a frank, funny, and steady exchange between a progressive Christ...
God, Gum, And Emery Boards: A Surprisingly Deep Dive
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textEver catch yourself deciding that someone’s chewing or phone volume is a moral failure? We start there—small frictions that expose b...
Government Shutdowns, Stoicism, And What Really Matters
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textFeeling tugged to take a side on everything? We zoom out from the outrage to ask a harder question: what actually matters enough to shap...
From Trash Tomatoes to Climate Politics: How Ideas Take Root
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textSeeds don’t look like certainty—until you’ve seen them sprout a dozen times. We start with a backyard mystery of “trash tomatoes...
School, Civics, and the Battle for Young Minds
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWhat happens when a progressive Christian and a conservative atheist ask whether public schools are built to indoctrinate—and refuse t...
Can Compassion Have Conditions?
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textHomelessness is one of America's most divisive issues, with battle lines seemingly drawn between compassion and accountability. But...
Holy Tax Exemptions: Should Churches Keep Their Political Opinions to Themselves?
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThe line between faith and politics has always been contested ground, but in today's hyper-polarized climate, the question burns mo...
When Violence Divides Us: Finding Common Ground After Tragedy
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWhen violence enters our political landscape, can meaningful conversation still survive? In this timely episode, recorded just hours aft...
Deglobalization, Military Power, and the Stories We Tell Ourselves
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWhat happens when we question the stories nations tell themselves? In this thought-provoking episode, we tackle the complex question of ...
Beyond Reconciliation: Creating a True Common Memory
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWhat happens when we peel back the layers of American mythology to examine the true foundations of our nation? Mark Charles, author of &...
The Mirage of Finding Yourself in a Market-Driven World
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text"Finding yourself is a lie perpetrated by our consumerist culture." With this provocative statement, two friends – a progres...
BONUS EPISODE: Peter Rollins-From Shared Beliefs to Shared Vulnerability
24 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textEver wondered why building communities often leads to deeper divisions? In this special follow-up to our conversation with Peter Rollins...
The Sin of Certainty: A Conversation with Pete Enns
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text"I have no idea what I'm talking about and I don't mind that," admits theologian Pete Enns in this refreshingly hone...
Building vs. Tearing Down: A Conversation on Truth
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textDive into a fascinating exploration of applied postmodernism with hosts who bring contrasting worldviews to the conversation. This episo...
Living On Common Ground Trailer
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textDoes it feel like every part of your life is divided? Every scenario? Every environment? Your church, your school, your work, your frien...
Modern Tribes: How Wealth Changed American Families
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAre Americans having fewer children because we're too poor—or because we're too wealthy? This provocative question launches ...
Aliens Among Us: Faith in an Extraterrestrial World
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWhen Congressional hearings on UFOs feature military personnel claiming encounters with non-human technology, a profound question emerge...
Embracing the Anxiety of Freedom: A Conversation with Peter Rollins
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWhat if the good news isn't finding fulfillment, but discovering we can never be whole? What if community forms not just around sha...
Paranormal
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textLucas and Jeff continue the discussion surrounding the topic of metaphysics. Is there a difference between metaphysics and supernatural?...
Labels and Avatars
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis week’s episode is a rerelease of the first episode of Living On Common Ground which was originally published on November 3rd, 202...
AI with Michael
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis week Lucas and Jeff are joined by their friend, Michael, who works in cyber security. Their recent discussions about metaphysics an...