The Specter of Prayer with Mark Karris

Homebrewed Christianity

Dr. Tripp Fuller | Theologian, Philosopher, Minister

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.6 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2018

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Mark Karris, ordained minister and therapist, is on to talk about his new book, Divine Echoes: Reconciling Prayer with the Uncontrolling Love of God. In this book about prayer, inspired by the open and relational work of Tom Oord, Mark looks at the role of trauma in his life and how that led to his work as a minister, therapist, and theologian; the specter of the failure of prayer; his experience of God as love amidst the trauma; the theological underpinnings for petitionary prayer. what is the role of prayer? do petitionary prayers make a difference? is God really in control? Many theologians are embarrassed by the theological implications of intercessory prayer and try to dismiss it, but Mark spends time reflecting on the nature of the God-World relationship, the nature of divine love, and really wrestles with what petitionary prayer could look like in an open and relational context. Tripp and Mark also talk about the struggle to find meaning, purpose, and value within suffering and how that can lead back to a classical theism, the necessity for communities to rethink ideas of God's power, and Mark offers a solution to the problems of petitionary prayer. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:32.0	What's up, theology nerds?
1:36.1	This is Tripp, and you're listening to the home-brewed Christianity podcast.
1:38.0	Yeah, that's right.
1:44.0	This is the theology podcast where we bring you audiological ingredients so you can brew your own faith.
1:49.3	And today on the podcast is theologian therapist, ordained pastor Mark Karras,
1:56.5	and his new book just came out recently, Divine Echoes, Subtitled, Reconciling Prayer with the Uncontrolling Love of God.
1:58.8	And we're going to talk about prayer and the problem of evil and divine action, and what that
2:04.7	it looks like in congregations, and all sorts of other stuff.
2:08.1	It's a great conversation.
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