Talkingbird
About the show
Your destination for talks given at events hosted by Mockingbird (www.mbird.com), both present and past. Subjects run the gamut from religion and theology to psychology and literature to pop culture and relationships and everything in between. Humor and grace abound.
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Episodes
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Multiple Exposures: Finding Grace Amidst the Noise of a Layered Life — Manuela Thames
October 6th, 2026 | 36 mins 55 secs
A breakout talk from the Fall Mockingbird Conference in Bloomington, MN, Grace For the Ages. October 2nd, 2026. Property of Mockingbird Ministries, all rights reserved (www.mbird.com).
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Kids Don’t Follow — Joey Goodall
October 6th, 2026 | 31 mins 13 secs
A breakout talk from the Fall Mockingbird Conference in Bloomington, MN, Grace For the Ages. October 2nd, 2026. Property of Mockingbird Ministries, all rights reserved (www.mbird.com).
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Grace for the Sometimes/Frequently/How About ‘Always?’ Challenging Relationships Between Adult Children and Parents? — Tony Robinson
October 6th, 2026 | 38 mins 48 secs
A breakout talk from the Fall Mockingbird Conference in Bloomington, MN, Grace For the Ages. October 2nd, 2026. Property of Mockingbird Ministries, all rights reserved (www.mbird.com).
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Most Simple, Most Ordinary, Most Terrible: Grace for Ivan Ilyich and the Rest of Us — Mark Koschmann
October 6th, 2026 | 36 mins 5 secs
A breakout talk from the Fall Mockingbird Conference in Bloomington, MN, Grace For the Ages. October 2nd, 2026. Property of Mockingbird Ministries, all rights reserved (www.mbird.com).
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Faith Begins With Play: Enchanting the Next Generation — Melina Smith
October 6th, 2026 | 29 mins 57 secs
A breakout talk from the Fall Mockingbird Conference in Bloomington, MN, Grace For the Ages. October 2nd, 2026. Property of Mockingbird Ministries, all rights reserved (www.mbird.com).
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Grace for Children, Grace for their Parents, and Grace for Retired Old Men! — Paul Zahl
October 6th, 2026 | 30 mins 45 secs
The Closing Talk from the Fall Mockingbird Conference in Bloomington, MN, Grace For the Ages. October 2nd, 2026. Property of Mockingbird Ministries, all rights reserved (www.mbird.com).
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Andrew Root & Tony Robinson in Conversation
October 6th, 2026 | 32 mins 29 secs
A talk from the Fall Mockingbird Conference in Bloomington, MN, Grace For the Ages. October 2nd, 2026. Property of Mockingbird Ministries, all rights reserved (www.mbird.com).
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Young People and a Church of Consolation: Evangelism in an Age of Despair — Andrew Root
October 6th, 2026 | 40 mins 23 secs
The Opening Talk from the Fall Mockingbird Conference in Bloomington, MN, Grace For the Ages. October 2nd, 2026. Property of Mockingbird Ministries, all rights reserved (www.mbird.com).
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Sandwiched Between Crises: The Fusion of Grace and Truth in Midlife — Gretchen Ronnevik
October 6th, 2026 | 30 mins 19 secs
A talk from the Fall Mockingbird Conference in Bloomington, MN, Grace For the Ages. October 2nd, 2026. Property of Mockingbird Ministries, all rights reserved (www.mbird.com).
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Qualifying the Unqualified: Grace in Young Adulthood — Grace Leuenberger
October 6th, 2026 | 34 mins 11 secs
A breakout talk from the Fall Mockingbird Conference in Bloomington, MN, Grace For the Ages. October 2nd, 2026. Property of Mockingbird Ministries, all rights reserved (www.mbird.com).
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Devotion 3: Baby Beluga and the First 25-Piece Puzzle — Drew Rollins
September 30th, 2026 | 7 mins 33 secs
A talk from the 2013 Mbird NYC Conference "Good News That Never Gets Old". Property of Mockingbird Ministries, all rights reserved (www.mbird.com).
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Law and Gospel Pt 3: The Word that Bids Us Fly and Gives us Wings - Will McDavid and Gil Kracke
September 23rd, 2026 | 32 mins 57 secs
gospel, law, law and gospel, mockingbird
The third in a three part series unpacking the 10th Anniversary Edition of Mockingbird's book Law and Gospel: A Theology of Sinners (and Saints). Given at the Cathedral Church of the Advent in Birmingham, AL on August 30, 2026.
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Law and Gospel Pt 2: The Good Thing that Kills - Will McDavid and Gil Kracke
September 9th, 2026 | 34 mins 37 secs
gospel, law, law and gospel, mockingbird
The second in a three part series unpacking the 10th Anniversary Edition of Mockingbird's book Law and Gospel: A Theology of Sinners (and Saints). Given at the Cathedral Church of the Advent in Birmingham, AL on August 16, 2026.
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Law and Gospel Pt 1: The Moral Law of God - Will McDavid and Gil Kracke
September 2nd, 2026 | 42 mins 34 secs
gospel, law, law and gospel, mockingbird
The first in a three part series unpacking the 10th Anniversary Edition of Mockingbird's book Law and Gospel: A Theology of Sinners (and Saints). Given at the Cathedral Church of the Advent in Birmingham, AL on August 16, 2026.
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Devotion 2: I Can Stay All Night - Drew Rollins
August 26th, 2026 | 8 mins 6 secs
A talk from the 2013 Mbird NYC Conference "Good News That Never Gets Old". Property of Mockingbird Ministries, all rights reserved (www.mbird.com).
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Devotion 1: One Thing Needful — Drew Rollins
August 12th, 2026 | 14 mins 49 secs
A talk from the 2013 Mbird NYC Conference "Good News That Never Gets Old". Property of Mockingbird Ministries, all rights reserved (www.mbird.com).