Hunger for Wholeness

Hunger for Wholeness New episodes every other Monday. Story matters. We turn to one another to learn more stories than we could imagine alone. Join us!

Thoughtful dialogues between leading voices across disciplines—thinkers at the intersection of faith, science, and spiritual transformation helping us imagine a future rooted in the pursuit of wholeness. Our lives are shaped around immersive, powerful stories that thrive at the heart of our religious traditions, scientific inquiries, and cultural landscapes. Within these big stories that shape our

beliefs and movement through the world are also smaller stories – those television shows that we wind down watching, social media channels through which we laugh and connect, books that invite us into stories, and our personal stories shared face-to-face. All stories – big and small – point toward our fundamental hunger for wholeness, understanding, and love. Behind all these stories is a unity of love. Not a unity that is closed and exclusive, but a union that differentiates. Not a love that is simply romantic, but a love that connects us across our differences and helps us discover a way of flourishing together at a global scale. This podcast series seeks to explore questions of hunger or yearning for wholeness by examining cultural activities and the ways science, religion are woven into them. What does reality television tell us about our desires for love? What can a sitcom show us about belonging to a whole? How do new social media apps reveal emergent personhood? Will artificial intelligence and religion cooperate to enhance the quality of our global connections? Each episode uses an example from cultural favorites – such as a TV show, novel, music or art piece, or social media app – as a lens to explore the questions that emerge from our religious traditions and beliefs and the ways science enhances or challenges those beliefs. Companioned by experts, we examine how our culture reveals a desire for love at the center of the universe and how religion and science cooperate to bring that love alive.

11/01/2025

Sustainable justice starts within. “…You will burn out otherwise if you don’t have that hope and that joy…” —Rev. Dr. Hillary Raining

To grow God-language, we'll need to face our fears.
10/31/2025

To grow God-language, we'll need to face our fears.

10/30/2025

Is “truth” without love real truth?

“…His theology maybe was right, but… where was the pastoral care…?” —Rev. Dr. Hillary Raining

Full episode at christogenesis.org/podcast

10/28/2025

When the image of God grows, fear often shows up first.

“Beyond that… something that is also evolving, is I think terrifying to some people.” —Rev. Dr. Hillary Raining

When theology meets the mission of the church, what changes? Rev. Dr. Hillary Raining returns with Ilia Delio to talk re...
10/27/2025

When theology meets the mission of the church, what changes? Rev. Dr. Hillary Raining returns with Ilia Delio to talk responsibility, language, and a love that becomes action.

“Maybe the biggest fear of all is how much responsibility we have because we are Christ in the world.” —Rev. Dr. Hillary Raining

Listen now at christogenesis.org/podcast or wherever you get your podcast.

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10/25/2025

Let the roots breathe. Next episode with Rev. Dr. Hillary Raining on Monday! Listen at christogenesis.org/podcast or wherever you get your podcasts.

“…people don't actually understand it to be the wide, cosmic, incredible thing it is to be part of that Christ nature.” —Rev. Dr. Hillary Raining

10/24/2025

Vocatio.

“‘Ah, that's the Holy Spirit. I'm supposed to catch it and give it to people.’ And that's what a priest does.” —Rev. Dr. Hillary Raining

10/21/2025

“…the Bible's number one commandment is fear not, right?” —Rev. Dr. Hillary Raining

Joy over and over again. .dc
10/20/2025

Joy over and over again.

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10/19/2025

Tangible hope trumps slogans.

“The younger generations are losing hope. … if the church isn't there to help with that hope and make it tangible, then I'm not sure what we're doing.” —Rev. Dr. Hillary Raining

10/18/2025

Mystery into action.

“…what we've lost… is how much mystery, how much power is given to us actually by God… so that social justice becomes something we do out of that gospel initiative rather than making it the only thing the gospel is about.” —Rev. Dr. Hillary Raining

Hear the full conversation—When Politics Show Up in Pastoral Care with Rev. Dr. Hillary Raining at christogenesis.org/p...
10/16/2025

Hear the full conversation—When Politics Show Up in Pastoral Care with Rev. Dr. Hillary Raining at christogenesis.org/podcast or wherever you get your podcasts.

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