Christian faith podcast
CREDO
What I believe—and why.
An ordinary Christian asking honest questions about faith—and figuring out what he believes and why.
Published episodes
Questions worth
asking aloud.
Each episode begins with one question and follows it without pretending that belief is simple—or that the person asking has already arrived.
All Saints
What can Christians learn from the saints who came before us? James reflects on the lives of Moses the Black, Augustine, Monica, Benedict, Francis de Sales, and Maximilian Kolbe—and how their varied faithfulness points us toward Christ.
Dependence
Some things cannot be fixed by trying harder. James reflects on the limits of self-reliance and why learning to depend on Christ is not failure, but part of the life of faith.
What Is Christian Masculinity?
What is Christian masculinity? James considers an identity received rather than achieved, truth and repentance, strength without domination, and the courage to make room for tenderness, help, and grace.
He Wept Anyways
When we pray for suffering to end and it doesn’t, what can faith say? James reflects on Jesus weeping at Lazarus’s tomb, bringing anger and grief to God without calling pain good, and the care that may come through people who listen and stay beside us.
Sons of Thunder
James and John wanted places of honor beside Jesus before they understood the cost of his road. James considers their ambition, their imperfect faith, and the way Jesus turns greatness toward service—and asks what it means to trust Christ enough to take the next step without seeing the whole road.
The Men We Pretend to Be
Why so many men perform strength—and how grace begins when the real man finally allows himself to be seen.
Why Suffering?
Why does a good God allow suffering? James considers the limits of tidy answers, the witness of Job, and the God who enters suffering rather than explaining it from a distance.
Behind the Psalms
David Shepson joins James to explore the lived experiences behind Why the Psalms—from Psalm 88 and the Shepherd who carries us to prayers that sound more like a grunt.
Why the Psalms?
Why return to the Psalms? James explores lament, anger, praise, silence, and the prayers that teach the heart what it has forgotten how to feel.
Why Grace?
Why grace rather than achievement? James examines transactional faith, self-sufficiency, shame, and the gift of God that cannot be earned or managed.
Finding Grace in an Unfinished Life
James tells the story behind Hymns for the Unfinished and considers what grace looks like when toughness, competence, and self-reliance can no longer carry us.
Why Pray?
Why pray if God already knows what we need? James explores prayer, performance, the Lord’s Prayer, lament, and Augustine’s Letter 130 to Proba.
Why the Bible?
Why trust the Bible? James explores its human authorship, preservation, canon, historical reliability, relationship to the Church, and difficult passages.
Introduction
James introduces CREDO, a Christian faith podcast from an ordinary Christian asking what he believes, why he believes it, and which questions remain.
Why God?
Why believe in God at all? James explores consciousness, morality, suffering, beauty, Augustine, and a late-night prayer that began before certainty.
Why Christianity?
Why Christianity rather than generic belief? James considers Jesus, the resurrection, the earliest witnesses, miracles, and Christianity’s historical claims.