Ep 94 - Dan Haseltine (of Jars of Clay)

The Deconstructionists

John Williamson

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2019

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Guest Info/Bio: This week we’re very excited because our guest is Dan Haseltine! Dan is best known as the lead singer of the multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning band Jars of Clay. We talk about everything from how Jars of Clay got their start to his work helping to bring clean water to places in need. Beyond his work as a musician, Dan is also co-founder of the non-profit organization, Blood:Water Mission. Blood:Water Mission works as an equipping agency that partners with African grassroots organizations to address the water and HIV/AIDS crises. Dan is a regular writer and speaker about worship music, HIV/AIDS in Africa, social justice, and church reform. His is also a regular columnist for Relevant Magazine, and has contributed articles to Moody, CCM Magazine, Christianity Today, World Vision, Campus Life, and Beliefnet. Guest Social Media: www.jarsofclay.com www.bloodwater.org Facebook: @jarsofclay Twitter: @jarsofclay & @scribblepotemus Special Music By: Jars of Clay Enjoy the music? Songs heard on this episode were: “Silence” from the album, The Eleventh Hour “All My Tears” from the album, Good Monsters “Weapons” & “Hero” from the album, The Long Fall Back to Earth “Left Undone” & “Love in Hard Times” from the album, Inland You can find Jars of Clay’s music on iTunes, Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Google Play, or anywhere good music is found. This episode of the Deconstructionist’s Podcast was edited by John Williamson. It was mixed and produced by THE Nicholas Rowe at National Audio Preservation Society: A full service recording studio and creative habitat, located in Heath, Ohio. Find them on Facebook and Twitter or visit their website for more information. www.nationalaudiopreservationsociety.weebly.com www.facebook.com/nationalaudiopreservationsociety Twitter: @napsrecording Stay on top of all the latest at www.thedeconstructionists.com! Go there to read our blog, snag a t-shirt, follow us on social media, or join our Patreon family! Website by Ryan Battles All photos by Jared Hevron Logos designed by Joseph Ernst & Stephen Pflug. T-Shirt designs by Joseph Ernst, Chad Flannigan, Colin Rigsby, and Jason Turner. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-deconstructionists/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Yeah, it's interesting how much the Christian space has actually become a space for escaping the world.
0:10.9	Like, it is not a place where you engage with the world.
0:13.9	It is a place where you escape it.
0:16.0	You escape the problems that are real.
0:18.1	You escape the conversations that need to happen.
0:22.8	You enter this sort of emotional whipped cream of an environment and just float there. And that's sort of what
0:34.1	the Christian culture has kind of become. It's more entertainment now, even as people would say, but it's so worshipful, or it's so,
0:45.4	like I feel my connection to God, and I'm like, well, but it's not actually informing
0:52.0	or reorienting your heart to the actual gospel, and it's not
0:58.0	actually giving you any footing to look at the world and see your place in it.
1:04.4	Like, it's just, it's just an emotional escape.
1:09.0	And I think that's, that's unfortunate because the church of anything has had and has the opportunity
1:17.4	to step in and be a really positive and powerful movement to serve culture.
1:27.7	But I think that's why the line seems so glaringly clear right now
1:33.8	between what is supposedly worship and what is, you know, and kind of Christian and what is
1:39.1	not, is just because it's so obvious when, church keeps promoting itself as this sort of fluff
1:49.9	and emotional worship movement.
1:53.0	So yeah, it's void of good art that is reflecting on the way human beings can see the world rightly. Welcome to the Deconstructionist podcast. I'm your host, John Williamson, and I'm really excited to bring you today's guest.
2:32.3	We haven't had a musician on in a while.
2:35.0	And this is a guy who I've been following on social media for a while.
2:38.9	I think he's a really insightful, thoughtful, smart guy who tries to generate a lot of interesting conversations through social media, even though that could be quite the challenge, especially on Twitter,
2:51.7	where I'm convinced that angry people go to hang out.
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