Shades Midweek

Episode 251 - Meet A Pastor: Aaron Ashlock

This week, we continue our ongoing Meet a Pastor series by having a conversation with Aaron Ashlock, pastor of New Hope Baptist Church in Aubrey, Texas! We also take a trip down to the Email Corridor!

JM's Album Of The Week: John-Mark Dorough - four visions 

Bradford's Book Club: Truth in a Culture of Doubt: Engaging Skeptical Challenges to the Bible by Andreas J. Kostenberger & Darrell L. Bock

Episode 250 - Looks Like We Made It!

Shades Midweek officially makes it to episode 250! Jonathan, Brad, and JM reflect and share some of our favorite clips from Midweek history. Cheers to all of the listeners and here's to 250 more!

JM's Album Of The Week: The Fearless Flyers - The Fearless Flyers V

Bradford's Book Club: Big Dumb Eyes by Nate Bargatze

Episode 249 - Ecclesiastes: Extended Edition

Two Sundays ago we concluded our series on the book of Ecclesiastes called Smoke and Mirrors. Today, Jonathan gives us some of the material left on the cutting room of the floor. This is the Extended Edition of our Ecclesiastes series.

JM's Album Of The Week: Ken Pomeroy - Cruel Joke

Bradford's Book Club: Telling a Better Story: How to Talk About God in a Skeptical Age by Joshua D. Chatraw

Episode 248 - Shades Cinema: Signs

Patrick Smith joins Brad & JM this week to dive into the 2002 M. Night Shyamalan sci-fi horror film Signs! They look at the film through the lens of Ecclesiastes as well as the cultural impact that 9/11 would've had on the making of the film and more!

JM's Album Of The Week: Arcade Fire - Pink Elephant 

Bradford's Book Club: Deep Focus: Film & Theology In Dialogue by Robert K. Johnston, Craig Detweiler, Kutter Callaway

Episode 247 - New Album From Shades!

This week, John-Mark takes over the podcast to discuss the upcoming untitled new album from Shades and how you can help them finish the record! Follow them on Instagram

JM's Album Of The Week: Lucius - S/T

Bradford's Book Club (JM's Pick): Exiles: The Church in the Shadow of Empire by Preston Sprinkle

Episode 246 - Meet A Member: Jules Thompson

We continue our Meet a Member series this week with SVCC member Jules Thompson!

JM's Album Of The Week: The Mars Volta - Lucro sucio; Los ojos del vacio

Bradford's Book Club: Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout by Cal Newport

Episode 245 - Easter Weekend Recap & More

We had to audible this week and record a last minute emergency pod after JM had some car issues! Brad and JM discuss Holy Week, Easter Sunday at SVCC, upcoming events at Shades and more!

JM's Album Of The Week: John Mark McMillan - Cosmic Supreme

Bradford's Book Club: The Art of Disagreeing: How To Keep Calm and Stay Friends in Hard Conversations by Gavin Ortlund

Episode 244 - Resurrection Apologetics

This week is Holy Week and with Easter upon us, Jonathan walks us through some resurrection apologetics!

JM's Album Of The Week: Bon Iver: SABLE, fABLE

Bradford's Book Club (Jonathan's Pick): 100 Runs of a Lifetime: The World's Ultimate Races and Trails

Episode 243 - Shades Cinema: Don't Die

On our latest episode of Shades Cinema we discuss the 2025 Netflix documentary film Don't Die and how that juxtaposes with the book of Ecclesiastes.

JM's Album Of The Week: My Morning Jacket - is

Bradford's Book Club: End of the Christian Life by J. Todd Billings

Episode 242 - Meet A Pastor: Chris Culver

This week we started a new ongoing series called "Meet a Pastor". This week we interviewed Chris Culver from Birmingham Community Church in Bluff Park!

JM's Album Of The Week: Great Grandpa - Patience, Moonbeam

Bradford's Book Club (Chris' Pick): Being Human: Bodies, Minds, Persons by Rowan Williams