https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-uzp95-115cc36 In this final solo episode for 2021, Dennis tries to the best of his abilities to explain why he is obsessed with the downfall of Sears. He then moves on to why he is obsessed with telling seldom-heard stories and the download stats of the podcast. He wraps it up by talking about his... Continue Reading →
Episodes
EnRoute Excursions: The End of Sears
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-x7v3f-115b903 Sears and Kmart were once leaders in retail. Now they are nearly defunct. What happened? Retail journalist Warren Shoulberg tells us why. Full Episode and Show Notes En Route: Excursions is an experimental microcast that features snippets of longer conversations.
EnRoute Excursions: Drew McIntryre on Black Lives Matter
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-wguqe-115b322 En Route: Excursions is an experimental microcast that features snippets of longer conversations. This is one is with Drew McIntryre on Black Lives Matter. Do Black Lives Matter to Jesus? Some of you might not like the answer. Full Episode and Show Notes En Route Excursions Podcast Feed
Episode 64: Goodbye, Columbus
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-fqna3-11558a9 I’ve known Geoffrey Kabaservice since we were both writers for David Frum’s news site, Frum Forum. Today Geoffrey is the Vice President of Political Studies at the Niskanen Center and host of the Vital Center Podcast. He’s an author, especially in for our purposes of the book Rule and Ruin: The Downfall of Moderation... Continue Reading →
Episode 63: Omicron NOT Omnicron
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-v5pp9-1150d0d Just when we thought it was safe to get back in the water. As many of us got our booster shots for COVID-19, we started to think that maybe, just maybe, this pandemic was at an end. Then on Thanksgiving Day, we started hearing news from South Africa that yet another variant was out... Continue Reading →
Episode 62: The Scandal of Jesus and Black Lives Matter
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4ah3q-114f854 Black Lives Matter. Those three words have launched a million arguments over the last 8 years or so. What began as a hashtag in the wake of the killing of young black men by the police has become a phrase that has gone global and all the while it has been controversial. Some think... Continue Reading →
Trailer: This Is En Route
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-std4y-1149fb1 En Route is a podcast about the journey of faith and where it intersects with modern life. I look at faith with a journalist’s eye asking the who, what, where and why on how religion affects some of the major issues of the day. We don’t just talk about church either. Stay for the... Continue Reading →
Episode 61: The Death and Resurrection of Peace Lutheran Church
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-q5mci-1146c29 Peace Lutheran Church is a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America located in the small town of Lauderdale which sits between Minneapolis and St. Paul. When Pastor Dave Greenlund was asked to pastor the congregation, the Synod office thought he might be a hospice pastor that would let the church die a... Continue Reading →
Episode 60: We Have Some Healing To Do (Rewind)
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-dea5w-113e3e5 On this special Thanksgiving episode, Dennis reaches back to an episode from March where he talks about the need for common ground. Original Description: Like all good GenXers, Dennis wants to take you back to the 1990s! In this episode, Dennis recounts an experience he witnessed in a church basement nearly 30 years ago... Continue Reading →
Episode 59: Thank Heaven For Little Churches
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-696kh-113b499 In this holiday week solo episode, Dennis talks about the importance of small congregations and gives thanks to those who listened to his Sears podcast. Happy Thanksgiving! Small Churches Are the Right Size What Really Happened to Sears Who Killed Sears & Kmart? Leave a Rating or Review: https://ratethispodcast.com/churchandmain website: enroutepodcast.org email: denminn@gmail.com YouTube:... Continue Reading →