{"podcast":{"title":"Theology Lab: Courage & Curiosity for Everyday Faith","slug":"theology-lab-courage-curiosity-for-everyday-faith-6705421","podcast_index_feed_id":6705421,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/theologylab/feed.xml","website_url":"https://www.theologylab.org/","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/theologylab/20260421_020416_58558d05e543f28c8124556ddad2f998.png","author":"Scott Rice","episode_count":78,"summary":"Theology Lab is a podcast that supports courage and curiosity for everyday faith. We focus on connecting questions of faith with approachable conversations in theology, interpreting the Bible (Scripture), life in the church. It's a podcast, with different offerings (series, like Beyond Simple Answers), that explores a working theological vision (key beliefs) for folks who consider themselves as curious, as asking questions about their faith (e.g., deconstruction, evangelicalism and post-evangelicalism), and looking for helpful ways forward. In our Beyond Simple Answers podcast (a Theology Lab series), we explore a theological vision for faith, in the form conversations, that responds to simple answers to important questions that often fall short -- and what different responses to questions can look like. Episodes on Theology Lab consist of conversational interviews with a range of guests, from public figures like David Brooks and Russell Moore, to biblical scholars, church leaders, theologians, and more. Theology Lab values an approach to faith that is open to questions and comfortable with nuance. It's a place for those who see themselves as theologically curious. How can we be b…","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/theology-lab-courage-curiosity-for-everyday-faith-6705421"},"episode":{"title":"Why I Changed My Mind: Women & Leadership in the Church","slug":"why-i-changed-my-mind-women-leadership-in-the-church","published_at":"2025-12-13T10:55:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/theology-lab-courage-curiosity-for-everyday-faith-6705421/why-i-changed-my-mind-women-leadership-in-the-church","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/theology-lab-courage-curiosity-for-everyday-faith-6705421","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/theologylab/2386417","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/233703/2386417/theologylab/2025_12_12_18_51_22_6b335868-bd79-49f3-9d91-59121a2c940f.mp3","summary":"In this Theology Lab Kristin and Scott take up a big question: When and why did we change our mind on a deeply personal topic? This is a question that many of us ask, or are asking from time to time, in our faith. Here we ask about women in ministry or women serving in the highest levels of pastoral leadership. At one point both of us considered ourselves theological complementarians -- the idea that women and men have specific roles within at least the sphere of the church, even if considered equal in the eyes of God -- yet we have changed our minds. We would now consider ourselves theological egalitarians, holding that all roles in church leadership can be filled by all, and that we can celebrate this in our faith. But how did we go from one to the other? How did the Bible play a role in this? How did experience play a role in this? Our conversation is spurred on my our interview with Beth Allison Barr and her recent book, Becoming the Pastor's Wife. The conversation also centers on how Beth inspired us to think about how we navigate different voices on the Bible. Check out Beth's book here: https://bakerbookhouse.com/products/9781587435898_becoming-the-pastors-wife Learn more about Theology Lab at www.theologylab.org Theology is a learning community supported by Highrock Church. www.highrock.org #TheologyBasics #ChristianFaith #womenandthechurch Contains (licensed) original music (licensed) from Ian Post, \"I Promise\"","meta_description":"In this Theology Lab Kristin and Scott take up a big question: When and why did we change our mind on a deeply personal topic? This is a question that man…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":815,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/theology-lab-courage-curiosity-for-everyday-faith-6705421/episodes/why-i-changed-my-mind-women-leadership-in-the-church/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/theology-lab-courage-curiosity-for-everyday-faith-6705421/why-i-changed-my-mind-women-leadership-in-the-church.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}