The Cartographers

By Ashley Hales and Bryce Hales

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Welcome to The Cartographers, a podcast to help Christian leaders map a changing cultural landscape in the 21st century. Join us, Bryce Hales and Ashley Hales, Pastor and PhD, as we explore with our guests how to cultivate fruitful and resilient lives and communities.

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Episode Date
Are Men the Problem? A Conversation with Aaron Renn
Jan 20, 2026
Where are Men Going? A Conversation with Jake Meador
Nov 25, 2025
Midseason Reflection: Double Standards and Hallucinogenic Violence
Nov 04, 2025
How Safe Should We Be? A Conversation with Jeremy Lundgren
Oct 21, 2025
What is a man? A Conversation with Sam Allberry
Oct 07, 2025
How Do We Form Men? A Conversation with Chris Bruno
Sep 23, 2025
New series: Redeeming Manhood
Sep 09, 2025
More than a Life Hack: Spiritual Formation in a Therapeutic Age
Apr 04, 2025
Make Christianity Weird Again?
Nov 20, 2024
The Worshiping Church in a Secular Age (Gordon T. Smith)
May 14, 2024
But do we really need the church?
Apr 23, 2024
The Formational Power of Gratitude with Cornelius Plantinga
Mar 25, 2024
Worship in the WEIRDER World with Andrew Wilson
Mar 12, 2024
Technology and Worship: What's Really Forming Us?
Feb 27, 2024
Curt Thompson on the Formation of Hope through Suffering
Jan 30, 2024
Pulling Back the Curtain: Worship is Formation not Fast Food
Jan 16, 2024
The Cartographers' Best Books of 2023
Dec 12, 2023
Combating Digital Loneliness with Justin Whitmel Earley
Dec 05, 2023
The New Dechurching with Michael Graham
Nov 20, 2023
Stuck in the Middle Conclusions and What's Next
Nov 07, 2023
Humor Deflates Culture Wars with Harrison Scott Key
Sep 05, 2023
The Burning House of American Evangelicalism with Brandon Washington
Aug 09, 2023
Beauty as an Antidote to Culture Wars with Susannah Black Roberts
Jul 25, 2023
What if Culture Wars are your Work? with Pete Wehner
Jul 11, 2023
Agent of Grace or Culture War Victim? with Dan Darling
Jun 22, 2023
A Culture War Alternative with Mark Labberton
Jun 06, 2023
How'd We Get Stuck in the Middle?
May 23, 2023
Stuck in the Middle: a new series on the culture wars
May 10, 2023
How to Live with Alan Noble
Apr 11, 2023
Curt Thompson's Cure for Individualism
Mar 28, 2023
Orphaned Believers with Sara Billups
Mar 14, 2023
Biblical Critical Theory with Christopher Watkin
Feb 28, 2023
An Intentional Year with Glenn Packiam
Feb 14, 2023
Growing Wise with Chris Bruno
Jan 31, 2023
Liturgical Formation with Douglas McKelvey
Jan 31, 2023
Human Limits with David Zahl
Jan 31, 2023
Introducing The Cartographers
Jan 24, 2023
140: Attention as Love with Jen Pollock Michel
Dec 13, 2022
139: Faithful Time-keeping this Advent + New Year
Dec 06, 2022
138: On Time Anxiety with Jen Pollock Michel
Nov 29, 2022
137: Hannah Anderson on Advent
Nov 22, 2022
136: Ann Swindell on the Path through Overwhelm
Nov 15, 2022
135: Glenn Packiam on Resilience in the Church
Nov 08, 2022
134: Gem Fadling on Your Thought Life
Nov 01, 2022
133: Angie Ward on Kingdom and Nation
Oct 25, 2022
132: Bonnie Kristian on Our Knowledge Crisis
Oct 18, 2022
131: Shannan Martin on How to Be a Neighbor
Oct 11, 2022
130: Aaron Damiani on Living Sacramentally
Oct 04, 2022
129: Make Grief Normal Again with Amanda Held Opelt
Sep 27, 2022
128: Lore Wilbert on Why a Posture of Curiosity Matters
Sep 20, 2022
127: Andrew Arndt on Hope for the Wilderness
Sep 13, 2022
126: Mark Sayers on Cultural Anxiety and its Cure
Aug 25, 2022
125: Makoto Fujimura on Art and Faith
Aug 09, 2022
124: Reading as Formation with Austin Carty
Jul 25, 2022
123: Hope for the Western Church with Eric Costanzo
Jul 06, 2022
122: Pantsuit Politics' Beth Silvers on Re-knitting our Social Fabric
Jun 21, 2022
121: Gordon T. Smith on Why Work isn't All There Is
Jun 07, 2022
120: What we can Learn from China with Hannah Nation and Ryan Zhang
May 24, 2022
119: Amy Julia Becker on Healing and Wholeness
May 17, 2022
118: Jake Meador on Christians for the Sake of the World
May 11, 2022
117: Hans Boersma on Seeing God
May 03, 2022
116: Mark Noll on the Evangelical Mind
Apr 26, 2022
115: Staying Awake with Anjuli Paschall
Apr 19, 2022
114: The Loneliness Epidemic with Susan Mettes
Apr 12, 2022
113: Mental Health with Diana Gruver
Apr 05, 2022
112: Strength to Love Neighbors and Enemies with Catherine McNiel
Mar 29, 2022
111: How Baptism Changes Us with Kevin Adams
Mar 24, 2022
110: Elizabeth Santelmann on Limits in Parenting + Platforms
Mar 16, 2022
109: Reading as a Spiritual Practice with Jessica Hooten Wilson
Mar 07, 2022
108: Walk at a Human Pace this Lent
Feb 28, 2022
107: Christ as the Basis for Beauty with Chris Green
Feb 22, 2022
106: Imagination and Art with Ned Bustard
Feb 08, 2022
105: Limits of Knowing, Limits of Art with Daniel Bowman
Jan 31, 2022
104: The Gifts and Limits of Christian Fiction with Daniel Silliman
Jan 25, 2022
103: The Healing Power of Poetry with Tanner Olson
Jan 18, 2022
102: The Goodness of Human Limits with Dr. Kelly Kapic
Jan 10, 2022
101: Let's Think about Health: Healthy Bodies with Jennifer Taylor Wagner
Dec 21, 2021
100: Let's Think about Health: Spiritual Health with Tim Challies
Dec 14, 2021
99: Let's Think about Health: Pastoral Burnout and Church Health
Dec 07, 2021
98: Let's think about Health: Creation Care with Au Sable Institute
Nov 29, 2021
97: Introducing: A Spacious Season: A Weary Mom Rejoices!
Nov 16, 2021
96: But how do we create a spacious life? (with Sharon Morginsky)
Nov 09, 2021
95: How do we Choose Limits for Good? (with Shannan Martin)
Nov 02, 2021
94: Creating Space for Ourselves and Others (with Karla Reed)
Oct 25, 2021
93: What's in a Name? (with Aubrey Sampson)
Oct 19, 2021
92: What to do When You Can't Pray (with Kayla Craig)
Oct 12, 2021
91: How does What we Know influence What we Love? (with Amy Gannett)
Oct 05, 2021
90: How does God invite us to Lead? (with Sharon Hodde Miller)
Sep 29, 2021
89: Where is God in the dark? (with Tish Harrison Warren)
Sep 21, 2021
88: Flipping the mic: A Spacious Life is born (with Ashley Hales)!
Sep 14, 2021
87: When balance doesn't work, what does? (with Jen Pollock Michel)
Sep 07, 2021
86: What is the path through dark valleys? (with Sandra McCracken)
Aug 31, 2021
85: When we hurry, what are we afraid of? (with Jennifer Dukes Lee)
Aug 24, 2021
84: How do we stay in our lane when it comes to calling or pain? (with Marlena Graves)
Aug 16, 2021
83: If You're Not Your Own, then What? with Alan Noble
Aug 10, 2021
82: What does it take to turn an idea into a book?
Aug 02, 2021
81: Welcome to a Spacious Life in Season 5
Jul 29, 2021
80: Kendra Adachi On Genius-ing your Laundry and Your Life
Jul 19, 2021
79: The Laundry Episode
Jul 12, 2021
78: The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill: Power + the Church
Jul 05, 2021
77: Alan Noble on our Digital Lives
Jun 28, 2021
76: Laura Fabrycky on our Civic Witness
Jun 23, 2021
75: Karla Reed on Generosity + Creativity
Jun 18, 2021
74: A.J. Swoboda on Doubt
Jun 02, 2021
73: Pandemic Relationships: Rhonda Spencer-Hwang on Parenting
May 18, 2021
72: Pandemic Relationships: Dorothy Greco on Marriage
May 11, 2021
71: Pandemic Relationships: Todd Wilson on The Enneagram Goes to Church
May 05, 2021
70: Jen Pollock Michel on Habits of Faith
Apr 27, 2021
69: Katelyn Beaty on A Woman's Place
Apr 20, 2021
68: John Starke on Praying in a Pandemic
Apr 14, 2021
67: Hannah Anderson on Nature's Liturgies
Apr 06, 2021
66: Julia Lambert Fogg on our Immigrant Neighbors
Apr 01, 2021
65: Wendy Alsup and the Fellowship of Suffering
Mar 24, 2021
64: Sheila Wise Rowe on Healing Racial Trauma
Mar 17, 2021
63: Scott Sauls on a Gentle Answer for Polarized Times
Mar 11, 2021
62: Michael Wear on How to Best Engage Politically Now
Oct 16, 2020
61: Kaitlyn Schiess on the Liturgy of Politics
Oct 09, 2020
60: Irwyn Ince on Unity in Diversity
Sep 24, 2020
59: D.L. Mayfield on The Myth of the American Dream
Sep 10, 2020
58: David Swanson on Rediscipling the White Church
Aug 27, 2020
57: David Taylor on Psalms for a Pandemic
Aug 21, 2020
56: Is There Sanity to be Found? An Intro to Season 4 and a Chance to Win!
Aug 13, 2020
55: Anjuli Paschall on How to Stay (with Emotions, Race + Polarization)
Jul 23, 2020
54: Rebecca Brewster Stevenson on How to Wait Well
Jul 16, 2020
53: Aundi Kolber on Shame, Love, and Trying Softer
Jul 09, 2020
52: Stephanie Lobdell on Transforming our Ordinary Losses
Jul 03, 2020
51: K.J. Ramsey on Suffering and Hope
Jun 25, 2020
50: Heather Caliri on Befriending Anxiety
Jun 18, 2020
49: Daniel Im on Hustle Culture
Jun 09, 2020
48: Mary DeMuth on the Gospel, Sexual Abuse, Trauma and the Church
May 14, 2020
47: Leslie Leyland Fields on Why Your Story Matters
Apr 30, 2020
46: Meredith McDaniel on Finding God's Steadfastness Now
Apr 16, 2020
45: Steven Garber on The Seamless Life
Apr 09, 2020
44: Laura Fabrycky on Civic Housekeeping + Bonhoeffer
Apr 02, 2020
43: Karla Reed on Generosity, Spending, and Creativity during a Pandemic
Mar 30, 2020
42: Lent with Lore: Cultivating Hope Now
Mar 26, 2020
41: Anchoring Points in a Pandemic
Mar 19, 2020
40: Lent with Lore: On Fasting + Feasting
Mar 12, 2020
39: Lent with Lore Ferguson Wilbert: On Bodies
Mar 05, 2020
38: Emily Jensen and Laura Wifler on the Scaffolding for Faithfulness
Feb 27, 2020
37: Justin Whitmel Earley on Overwhelm + Your Life Architecture
Feb 20, 2020
36: Richella Parham on Comparison Beyond the Life Hack Answers
Feb 13, 2020
35: Jake Meador on Loneliness and the Common Good
Feb 06, 2020
34: Suburban Bootcamp: Suburban Secularism + How to Develop a Gospel Identity
Jan 30, 2020
33: Suburban Bootcamp: Suburban Secularism + Building Resilience
Jan 23, 2020
32: Suburban Bootcamp: Suburban Secularism in a Digital Age
Jan 16, 2020
31: Kate Bowler on The Preacher's Wife
Jan 09, 2020
30: Advent with Jen Pollock Michel: Follow the Food
Dec 23, 2019
29: Advent with Jen Pollock Michel: God's comfort and mission
Dec 18, 2019
28: Advent with Jen Pollock Michel: What's the cost of your 'yes'?
Dec 11, 2019
27: Advent with Jen Pollock Michel: Embrace the Real
Dec 04, 2019
26: On Place: Where do we go from here?
Dec 01, 2019
25: On Place with José Humphreys
Nov 20, 2019
24: On Place with Dennae Pierre
Nov 13, 2019
23: On Place with Brandon J. O'Brien
Nov 07, 2019
22: A Special Announcement
Oct 30, 2019
21: Catherine McNiel on Practices of Hope in Chaos
Oct 23, 2019
20: Mike Cosper on Developing a Christian Imagination
Oct 16, 2019
19: Seth Haines on Addiction + Sobriety of the Soul
Oct 09, 2019
18: Aubrey Sampson on Developing the Language and Faith to Lament
Oct 02, 2019
17: Cara Meredith on Starting Conversations Around Race
Sep 26, 2019
16: Casey Tygrett on the Redemption of Soul Memories
Sep 17, 2019
15: Patrice Gopo on the Intersection of Place, Race, and Faith
Jul 10, 2019
14: Lore Ferguson Wilbert on The Goodness of Bodies
Jul 02, 2019
13: Shawn Smucker on Choosing Presence in a Busy Culture
Jun 25, 2019
12: Michelle DeRusha on the Life-Changing Habit of Quiet
Jun 18, 2019
11: Darryl Dash on 3 Habits for Spiritual Growth
Jun 11, 2019
10: Suburban bootcamp: Hospitality for Busy People
Jan 22, 2019
9: Suburban Bootcamp
Jan 15, 2019
8: Sam Wheatley on the spirituality of parking in New York City
Dec 18, 2018
7: Hannah Anderson on having your feet in two worlds
Dec 11, 2018
6: Micha Boyett on Seeing like Jesus
Dec 04, 2018
5: Russ Ramsey on How Story Forms Us
Nov 27, 2018
4: Bronwyn Lea on Staying Put
Nov 20, 2018
3: Jen Michel on Finding Home in a Big City
Nov 13, 2018
2: Alan Noble on Your Digital Life
Nov 06, 2018
1: Welcome to the Finding Holy Podcast
Sep 25, 2018