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Awaken to God’s Presence

Awaken to God’s Presence is a collection of guided spiritual practices created in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic — a time when stillness, connection, and peace felt more essential than ever. Designed to help you encounter the Divine wherever you are and however you're feeling, each episode…

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Chai Can’t Even

Chai Can’t Even is a podcast where young adults get real about life, faith, doubts, and everything in between. Yeah, we know—church attendance has been on the decline for decades, especially among millennials. So why are some of us still here? These are the unfiltered, honest convos about why we ch…

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Climate Brewing

Climate Brewing explores the urgent realities of the climate crisis through thoughtful conversations with leading experts and presenters from the Climate Change Colloquy, a project of the North American Climate Justice Team of Community of Christ.Each episode features follow-up interviews that …

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Coffee Buzz

Coffee Buzz brings you candid conversations with Community of Christ World Church leaders about what’s happening across the church — and around the world.In each episode, a rotating host sits down with visionary leaders who share personal reflections, global insights, and stories that inspire. …

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Coffee Connect

Coffee Connect invites you to pour a warm cup and settle in for meaningful conversations with key church leaders as they share stories of life, faith, and ministry.Each episode offers a dose of inspiration, hope, and gentle reminders of God’s loving presence in the world. It’s the perfect liste…

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Coffee in the Swarm

Coffee in the Swarm takes you into the heart of campus life at Graceland University — where the Swarm is always buzzing.Hosted by Mike Hoffman, this series features candid conversations with students on the go, sharing their experiences, challenges, and adventures on "the Hill" in Lamoni, Iowa.…

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Coffee to Go

Coffee to Go is a regular feature on Faith Unfiltered Podcast that invites listeners into the sacred rhythm of the Christian liturgical year. Hosted by Karin Peter and Blake Smith, each episode offers a thoughtful reflection on the seasons, scriptures, and holy days that shape our spiritual journey…

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Common Grounds

Common Grounds is your guided introduction to the Christian liturgical calendar and the Revised Common Lectionary — two ancient tools that shape the rhythm of the Christian year and invite us into a deeper journey through scripture.This Faith Unfiltered Podcast series explores the meaning behin…

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Cuppa Joe

Grab your favorite mug and settle in — it’s time for Cuppa Joe, the Faith Unfiltered series that dives into the people, places, and pivotal moments of Restoration history.From well-loved topics to lesser-known stories, nothing is off the table as we explore the roots, complexities, and evolutio…

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Fair Trade

Fair Trade is a listener favorite in the Faith Unfiltered lineup — a space for honest conversations about faith transitions, spiritual disruption, and the journey toward belonging.A faith crisis can shake your foundations lefilled with doubt, fear, and big questions about everything you thought…

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Grounds for Peace

Grounds for Peace explores what it means to follow Jesus, the peaceful One, and to live in recognition of the sacred interconnectedness of all creation.Launched with the 2020 Community of Christ European Peace Colloquy, this series features follow-up interviews with presenters who address a wid…

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He'Brew

He’Brew invites you on a lively, insightful journey through the Hebrew Scriptures with your guides Tony and Charmaine Chvala-Smith — and your host, Karin Peter (a.k.a. the snarky one).Together, they unpack the provocative, complex, ancient, humorous, sometimes harsh, yet deeply prophetic texts …

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Holy Grounds

Holy Grounds is for listeners ready to go deeper — exploring the rich, diverse dimensions of spirituality in everyday life.From spiritual types (yes, that’s a thing) to personal practices that ground and nourish the soul, this series features beautifully diverse voices sharing the ways they con…

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New'Brew

Join our guides, Tony and Charmaine Chvala-Smith — along with host Karin Peter (the self-proclaimed snarky one) — for an adventure through the provocative, complex, ancient, humorous, and sometimes uncomfortable yet revelatory texts of the early Christian church.In New’Brew, we explain, explore…

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No Filter

No Filter is a Faith Unfiltered series created for the conversations we sometimes avoid — sensitive, complex, and often controversial topics that intersect with real life and real faith.Because spirituality isn’t just about what we believe — it’s about how we live, love, question, and grow. Thi…

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Percolating on Faith

Percolating on Faith is where curiosity, theology, and spiritual growth brew together.Beloved Community of Christ theologians Tony and Charmaine Chvala-Smith guide us through big questions, lingering doubts, and deep truths — all with honesty, humor, and heart.This series doesn’t offer easy…

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Say What?!

Hosts, Mary Anne Bennett-Ripsam and Kassie Ripsam, talk to everyone from their peers to church leaders, engaging in conversations about Community of Christ beliefs, policies, and practices as well as pressing issues facing the world and the church. Find out what matters to our youth and why.

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Steamers and Sodas

Steamers and Sodas is a fun, energetic series all about children and youth — and the creative ministries that support and uplift them in Community of Christ.From Kids Book Club and youth caravans to summer camps, retreats, and pandemic-era online innovations, this series highlights how young pe…

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Toward the Peaceful One

Toward the Peaceful One is a special Faith Unfiltered spotlight series featuring interviews with each of the authors who contributed to the Herald magazine series published from June/July 2020 through April/May 2021.Together, these conversations explore a powerful guiding question: “Are we movi…

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