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Nomad Podcast

Michael and Lisa Gungor - Music for Doubters and the Disenchanted (N133)

Nomad Podcast

Tim Nash

Christianity, Faithshift, Deconstruction, Christianmysticism, Religion & Spirituality, Christianspirituality, Progressivechristian, Christian, Religion, Emergingchurch

4.7 • 658 Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2016

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Gungor - a multi-grammy nominated Christian band - were the toast of the evangelical worship scene. That is until it became clear that Michael was having significant doubts about his faith. This did not go down well among evangelicals, to say the least. So we talk with Michael and his wife Lisa about the impact this faith deconstruction had on their music, their careers and, more significantly, their marriage.

“If I had been working a normal job and hanging out with friends who didn’t care what I believed all the time, I would have deconstructed a lot sooner…I needed to hold onto Christianity and my beliefs to keep my world afloat.’’ - Michael Gungor

Interview starts at 4m 55s.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi there.

0:03.2

We were doing doubt and disillusionment before liturgists came along.

0:07.2

Oh.

0:07.8

You know you've stolen all our glory.

0:12.5

Oh no.

0:13.8

You get more downloads in one episode than we've had the seven years.

0:20.1

So I'd like, you know, in one sense I'm pleased to see you

0:22.6

yeah

0:23.1

it's in one sense I'm pleased to see you

0:26.6

Nomad

0:32.5

Christian community

0:33.8

mission and the future of the church

0:35.8

so welcome back to Nomad Podcast.

0:39.6

Still at Greenbelt.

0:41.0

How many weeks is this now?

0:42.6

We've been at Greenbelt.

0:43.5

Six weeks.

0:44.4

My goodness.

0:46.9

I've never been at Greenbelt for so long.

0:48.8

Crazy, isn't it?

0:49.4

Yeah.

0:51.0

Last year, we were complaining that they put the press tent right next to the livery road.

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