The Weight
Let’s be honest. There are some topics that are too heavy for a 20 minute sermon. There are issues that need conversation, not just explanation. That’s why we have created The Weight Podcast. Launching on March 5th, this is a podcast that creates a space for honestly discussing some of the heavy topics we face in our culture today. We believe that the church is called to engage in a way that honors the weightiness and importance that these topics have for how we live faithfully today. We’ll cover everything from art to mental health, social injustice, and the future of the church. If it’s something the culture talks about, we need to be talking about it, too.
Episodes
209 episodes since 2020
"The Entrepreneurial Church" with Mark Deymaz
Mark DeYmaz is a pastor, author, and champion of the multi-ethnic church movement. He spent eighteen years as a youth pastor in Little Rock, Arkansas, before stepping away to plant the Mosaic Church of Central Arkansas in 2001 where he continue...
September 12, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 33
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51:05
"Engaging The Culture" with Pod Have Mercy
It’s a podcast mashup this week as Eddie and Chris are joined by the co-hosts of Pod Have Mercy, John Stephens and Matt Russell. John and Matt are pastors at Chapelwood United Methodist Church in Houston, Texas (senior pastor and executive p...
September 05, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 32
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50:59
"In Jesus' Name I Jump" with Shelby McEwen
Shelby McEwen has been jumping and flipping off things since he was a little boy, and now he has an Olympic silver medal to show for it--which joins his many other high jump accolades. Shelby is a native of Oxford, Mississippi (where Eddie a...
August 29, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 31
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40:36
"Mistakes Good Leaders Make" with Tod Bolsinger
Tod Bolsinger has built his career on developing and empowering great leaders. In this conversation with Eddie and Chris, he talks about how leaders can leverage the trust they’ve built to make risky decisions with empathy and vulnerability,...
August 22, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 30
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51:24
"Artificial Intelligence" with Robert Hunt
Is AI going to take over the world?Probably not in the way pop culture would have us imagine (or in the way Chris fears). Today’s guest, Dr. Robert Hunt, offers Eddie and Chris a broad overview of AI--what it is, how...
August 15, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 29
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47:23
"Revival Of Peace" with Brian McCormack
We’ve heard it on the news and seen it in the research: American Christianity is declining. Younger generations aren’t interested in organized religion. Young families aren’t raising their children with a Biblical foundation. That’s what we’...
August 08, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 28
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52:05
"Faith, Family, Football" with Matt Luke
Matt Luke is a former football player and coach, who served as the head coach for the University of Mississippi (and was a member of Oxford University United Methodist Church while Eddie and Chris pastored there.) Matt is probably most well ...
August 01, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 27
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50:34
"Humility In Parenting" with Kari Kampakis
Show Notes:Kari Kampakis is an author, speaker, podcaster, and newspaper columnist from Birmingham, Alabama. She writes for teen girls and moms, and her books include 10 Ultimate Truths Girls Should Know, Liked,...
July 25, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 26
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48:41
"How Far To The Promised Land" with Esau McCaulley
Esau McCaulley returns to The Weight for a discussion about his newest book, "How Far to the Promised Land.” This is a joyful conversation that covers some heavy topics, like reconciling yourself to your history while charting your own path ...
July 18, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 25
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56:50
"Dear William" with David Magee
Whether we’re a teenager, college student, established professional, or retired, we’re constantly asking questions about our identity. All of us deeply desire to understand the truth of who we are and where we come from. For those of us in stra...
July 11, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 24
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51:06
"No Cure For Being Human" with Kate Bowler
When we’re struck by unexpected suffering, we ask question after question attempting to find meaning in the midst of our pain. We wonder why this diagnosis, disaster, or death had to happen to us or someone we love. We wonder if God is really g...
July 04, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 23
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45:19
"When Faith Fails" with Dominic Done
How do we deal with seasons of doubt? How do we wrestle with the big questions of suffering and pain within the context of God’s never-ending love and come out with a firmer spiritual foundation and a stronger sense of God’s grace and work in o...
June 27, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 22
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48:30
"Humbler Faith, Bigger God" with Samuel Wells
Are you struggling with church? Do you have doubts and questions, but you aren’t sure where to go to talk them through? Do you have friends or family members who have been hurt by the church, or who have wandered away from the church, or, maybe...
June 20, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 21
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50:40
"Edible Theology" with Kendall Vanderslice
You might need a snack for today’s episode.We welcome Kendall Vanderslice, baker, author, and theologian to The Weight for a discussion about the intersection of food--specifically, bread--and worship. Kendall explores the dichotomy of t...
June 13, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 20
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45:08
"Mid Season Recap & Life Updates" with Chris & Eddie
The Weight might be on a brief summer break, but that doesn’t mean you don’t have anything to listen to! We’ve got five seasons of excellent conversations, and Eddie and Chris offer their recommendations for re-listening to a few from this s...
June 06, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 19
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22:46
"The Greatness of Hope" with Luther Smith
“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”--1 Corinthians 13.13This well-known, often quoted Bible verse is probably one you’re familiar with. But today’s gue...
May 30, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 18
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55:08
"Media Psychology" with Angela Patterson
No matter what your age is, you’re probably caught up in the 24-hour news cycle, the internet, social media, and doom scrolling. You probably spend a lot of your day with a screen in front of you, and that affects us socially, emotionally, a...
May 23, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 17
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49:24
"Healing Ministry" with Scott Morris
Dr. Scott Morris is a medical school graduate and an ordained United Methodist minister who believes that healing the sick is a vital part of the Christian faith, and he lives that belief out in a very real way in Memphis, Tennessee through ...
May 16, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 16
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47:46
"Habitual Gratitude" with Neal Plantinga
Dr. Corneilus Plantinga has a few words to say about gratitude, and it may just change your life--physically, spiritually, and emotionally. A habit of gratitude can lower your blood pressure and help you sleep better. But the habit of gratit...
May 09, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 15
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47:49
"Stories Save Lives" with Dana Trent
Dana Trent is an author, professor, and preschool drug dealer, and now she’s part of the three-timers club on The Weight. She talks to Eddie and Chris about her new book, Between Two Trailers, ho...
May 02, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 14
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47:03
"Through The Eyes of Titans" with Danjuma Gibson
What can the writings, speeches, and actions of historical figures teach us? How do we actually learn from them, instead of merely idolizing and romanticizing them? Dr. Danjuma Gibson gives us some clarity on that often difficult task, with ...
April 25, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 13
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49:48
"Called To The Kitchen" with Hunter Evans
If you’re not hungry at the start of this episode, you probably will be by the end. And you’ll probably want to run down to Jackson, Mississippi to eat at Elvie’s.Hunter Evans is the owner of Elvie’s that serves seas...
April 18, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 12
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46:20
"A Consistent Ethic of Life" with Kim Daniels
Living into a consistent ethic of life is central to the work of Kim Daniels. For Kim, that means living into a life that expands our moral imagination and puts the lives of other people front and center to whatever decision is being made, a...
April 11, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 11
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49:17
"The Spirit of Our Politics" with Michael Wear
“Politics is an essential forum in which we can love our neighbors.”Michael Wear reminds us that Christians are called to love, love of God and love of neighbor. And if you are a Christian in politics, when you go in...
April 04, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 10
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49:50
"Christianity's Surprise" with Kavin Rowe
Shownotes:In this Holy Week episode, Chris and Eddie are joined by Kavin Rowe, author of Christianity’s Surprise: A Sure and Certain Hope. After 20 years of scriptural immersion as the George Washington Ivey Distinguished Profess...
March 28, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 9
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48:38