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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I’ve Just Gotta Get a Message To Me (and You) — David Zahl
October 22nd, 2025 | 25 mins 43 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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Grace for the Second Third of Life - Paul Zahl
October 10th, 2025 | 30 mins 5 secs
A talk given at a 20s & 30s Event at the Cathedral Church of the Advent in Birmingham, AL on October 2. For more, see PZ's book Peace in the Last Third of Life.
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Science Is From Mars: Theology Is From Venus… — Bethany Sollereder + Bonnie Zahl
October 8th, 2025 | 47 mins 50 secs
A talk from the Mbird NYC Conference "10 Years of Grace". 2017. Property of Mockingbird Ministries, all rights reserved (www.mbird.com).
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The Future’s Past: Time Travel and Justification in Fiction, the Bible and You – Adam Morton
September 24th, 2025 | 1 hr 36 secs
A talk from the 2016 Mbird NYC Conference "Relief". Property of Mockingbird Ministries, all rights reserved (www.mbird.com).
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How Low Can You Go? The Soul of the Gospel – Paul Zahl
September 10th, 2025 | 47 mins 21 secs
A talk from the 2017 Mbird Tyler Conference "The Soul of the Gospel". Property of Mockingbird Ministries, all rights reserved (www.mbird.com).
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I Feel Like I Win When I Lose — DZ
August 27th, 2025 | 51 mins 16 secs
A talk from the Mbird Fall Houston Conference "The Risk of Grace". 2014. Property of Mockingbird Ministries, all rights reserved (www.mbird.com).
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How Did You Find Me Here? Fear and Rescue in American Music — Ethan Richardson
August 13th, 2025 | 43 mins 53 secs
A talk from the Mbird NYC Conference "Honesty, Humility, and the Grace of God". 2012. Property of Mockingbird Ministries, all rights reserved (www.mbird.com).
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Devotion 5: Passion — John Zahl
July 30th, 2025 | 13 mins 28 secs
A talk from the Mbird NYC Conference "Identity, Anxiety, & the Christian Message". 2014. Property of Mockingbird Ministries, all rights reserved (www.mbird.com).
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Devotion 4: Predisposition — John Zahl
July 16th, 2025 | 12 mins 6 secs
A talk from the Mbird NYC Conference "Identity, Anxiety, & the Christian Message". 2014. Property of Mockingbird Ministries, all rights reserved (www.mbird.com).
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Devotion 3: Pedigree — John Zahl
July 2nd, 2025 | 7 mins 20 secs
A talk from the Mbird NYC Conference "Identity, Anxiety, & the Christian Message". 2014. Property of Mockingbird Ministries, all rights reserved (www.mbird.com).
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Devotion 2: Profession — John Zahl
June 18th, 2025 | 10 mins 11 secs
A talk from the Mbird NYC Conference "Identity, Anxiety, & the Christian Message". 2014. Property of Mockingbird Ministries, all rights reserved (www.mbird.com).
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Devotion 1: Presentation — John Zahl
June 4th, 2025 | 9 mins 39 secs
A talk from the Mbird NYC Conference "Identity, Anxiety, & the Christian Message". 2014. Property of Mockingbird Ministries, all rights reserved (www.mbird.com).
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Lay Down Your Weary Tune — David Zahl
May 21st, 2025 | 36 mins 44 secs
A talk from the Mbird Tyler Conference "Tangled Up in Grace". 2015. Property of Mockingbird Ministries, all rights reserved (www.mbird.com).
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Hopeful Intelligence: A Framework for How Spiritual Wisdom Can Reimagine AI — David Kim
May 15th, 2025 | 1 hr 3 mins
A breakout from the 2025 Mockingbird Conference in NYC: Relief. May 2, 2025. Property of Mockingbird Ministries, all rights reserved (www.mbird.com).
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The Thing More Terrifying than Fear, Its Antidote — Blake Collier
May 15th, 2025 | 58 mins 29 secs
A breakout from the 2025 Mockingbird Conference in NYC: Relief. May 2, 2025. Property of Mockingbird Ministries, all rights reserved (www.mbird.com).
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Where’s the Promised Joy? Luther and a Theology of Disappointment — David Clay
May 15th, 2025 | 50 mins 15 secs
A breakout from the 2025 Mockingbird Conference in NYC: Relief. May 2, 2025. Property of Mockingbird Ministries, all rights reserved (www.mbird.com).