Matters Of Faith Podcast

Jay Wilburn answers listener questions about past episodes, past guests, writing, and more.

Jay Wilburn discusses how the concept of self works in faith and in modern concepts of self-improvement

Jay Wilburn does this episode while fighting a fever. Anything could happen! Faith is the evidence of the unseen and the substance of hope. Jay discusses the leaps of faith that go into walking your path before your destiny is fully revealed.

Do you know yourself? Do you have an idea of what you are meant to do with your life? Do you have an idea that the life you are living now is not the one for which you were created? How do you change that? This week's episode dives into all this and more.

Erin Louis joins us to talk about her career as a stripper, the books she has written, her work with the Freedom From Religion Foundation, the Constitution, transitions in life, questioning everything, finding yourself, and more.

Jay Wilburn takes listener questions about his work, boycotts, Chick Fil A, and more.

We discuss creativity, journeys of discovery, loss, and more in this great episode with a great author.

Kevin Lucia returns to share a concern he has about more Christians not speaking out against President Trump, his words, and his actions. Recorded live in the midst of the Scares That Care convention.

There are some questions, but lots of rants related to past episodes. Jay answers the rants. Some of them are really good rants. The answers aren't bad either. Check them out.

What do we do when the ideals of our faith, our agendas, and our lives don't match up with the uncooperative reality? Well, listen to this episode and you will know all the answers.

Kit Power comes on to discuss his transition from casual Christian to firm Agnostic. We discuss politics in the US vs the UK, a point about free speech, his writing, and much more. I'm calling it. This is another great episode.

This is an important but scary subject for people of faith sometimes. Jay Wilburn breaks ii down and explores many aspects of the notion of spreading ideas we consider important.

Jay reads his short story "Short Straw" from the PEN presents My Favorite Story anthology. Listen to the reading. Then, check it out on Amazon or the Project Entertainment Network website.

Jay answers questions from the abortion episode, the atheist episode, the gay Christian episodes, and other subjects of concern from listeners. Spoiler. Not everyone is happy.

Brenda E Cortez decided to become a live kidney donor for another mother at her child's school. Since then, she has become an advocate for organ donation and has written several books for children to help them deal with these topics. Listen to the episode and check out HowlTheOwl.com for more.    

A hard atheist and a fundamentalist Christian walk into a podcast. The Christian says, Welcome to the show, Stephen Kozeniewski. The atheist says, Thanks for having me. Then, they talk for over an hour and solve all the world's problems. The show doesn't end until one of them converts! Tune in to see what happens.

Corey Bird is player in the minor leagues for the Florida Marlins franchise. He accepted Christ in college after sitting down to read a Bible given to him by his sister. We talk about living out his faith on and off the field as well as beyond baseball.

Eric Beebe joins us to discuss what brought him to be an old skeptic and a new follower. We discuss interpreting the Bible, the importance of grace, and how can Christianity serves others. Go to Facebook and look up Old Skeptic, New Follower.

Lucas Mangum is the author of Saint Sadist and other great fiction. We discuss his work, his connections to horror and subjects of religion in his work, and much more. Check him out at LucasMangum.com before or after listening to this episode. 

Jay Wilburn answers listener questions about himself, his work, faith issues, and a few hot take questions about past stances he took in previous episodes. Always fun.