This is a Glassbox Media Podcast.

Mega is an improvised satire from the staff of a fictional mega-church.

We are here, Lord, we are here, and we're ready to progress.

Hiya! I am so excited to share today's episode with you, because we have a very special guest,

named Brian McLaren, who I've been a fan of for a really long time, and he is an author, a speaker,

an activist, and a public theologian, and an all-around, really lovely human being who has great insight,

and he is a very generous artist, and he shares truth with us.

And Gray, I'll let you explain yourself in a minute, but I just wanted to thank you for coming on

and say what a sport he was to play himself, going up against a couple of real ding-dong characters,

and I'm really excited to share it with you, because I think it's a great conversation.

Yeah, I felt sad that I had to play Gray the whole time, so sorry about that, Brian.

One other little reminder is the rise and fall of Twin Hills will pick up again next week, two more episodes.

That's our new mini-series, a mockumentary true crime podcast inside the world of Twin Hills.

If you're new to the podcast, go back and listen to episode one, two, and three.

I think it's a nice way to get an introduction to mega, and of course, if you've been listening to mega for a while,

and haven't listened to that yet, please, please, please, go check it out and tell a friend about it,

because word of mouth is our best friend.

This is your time. Go get caught up on episode one, two, three, because there's only two left,

and they're gonna be good.

And now here is Brian McLaren.

Well, just like Jesus welcomed Thomas to put his fingers in the nail holes,

our guest today welcomes Christians to ask questions, and we've got some questions for him.

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