The Better Samaritan Podcast
The Better Samaritan is a podcast with Kent Annan & Jamie Aten where we’re learning—along with you—how to more helpfully love our neighbors, from everyday acts of kindness to navigating complex humanitarian challenges facing the church and society. Join us as we interview experts with insight on learning to do good, better.
1
Theology and Trauma: Spiritual Hurt and the Nee...
32 min
2
Empowering Your Congregation to Provide Mental ...
27 min
3
The Long Road to Recovery: Unpacking Post-Disas...
28 min
4
Advocacy in Action: Trauma-Informed Support for...
32 min
5
Unlocking the Power of Christian Practices for ...
27 min
6
War Zones and Humanitarian Values: An Inside Look
39 min
7
The Role of Place in Shaping Our Faith: A Conve...
27 min
8
Why People Lose Their Religion (and How Churche...
25 min
9
The Anxiety Opportunity: Embracing Spiritual Gr...
27 min
10
From Heartache to Hope: The Church's Mission in...
25 min
11
Becoming a Trauma-Informed Church
9 min
12
Grounded in Grace: A Christian Technique for Re...
8 min
13
Navigating the Unholy Trinity of Burnout: Burno...
9 min
14
Relieve Stress and Prevent Burnout: 10-Minute G...
In a special edition of the podcast, Jamie leads us through a 10- minute progressive muscle relaxation exercise to help relieve stress.
12 min
15
The Work of Justice: Exploring Service, Humilit...
44 min
16
The Changing Landscape of Religion in America: ...
In this wide-ranging episode, Jamie and Kent sit down with Bob Smietana, a veteran news reporter and author of Reorganized Religion: The Reshaping of the American Church and Why It Matters.
47 min
17
Our Life-Changing Visit to Ukraine: What We Lea...
55 min
18
How Do You Sustain Hope and Resist Disillusionm...
42 min
19
How Churches Should—and Shouldn't—Respond to Cl...
A step-by-step, survivor-focused approach to responding to clergy sexual abuse.
48 min
20
One of the Best Routes to Wisdom: Sit with Peop...
Two experts explain how the growing field of wisdom psychology has plenty to teach Christians— especially those helping others through adversity.
37 min
21
The Immigration System Is Broken. But It Won’t ...
How can we be both a nation of laws, and a nation of grace?
32 min
22
Seven Crucial Steps for Self-Care—So You Can Ca...
What is happening within us impacts the ways that we serve.
37 min
23
What Has Evangelicalism Gotten Right—and Wrong—...
Bestselling author and historian Dr. Kristin Kobes Du Mez explains how the culture of evangelicalism has fostered a collective faith that values militarism over servanthood.
46 min
24
Understanding the Evangelical Mind—with the Man...
Mark Noll, author of "The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind," looks back on 30 years and says there is no one evangelical mind—and that's actually ok.
34 min
25
The EU Just Absorbed 2 Million Ukrainian Refuge...
A professor with the Humanitarian Disaster Institute at Wheaton College has just arrived on the border of Ukraine to assist with healthcare efforts. Here’s his report from the field.
28 min