ORT Shorts

By: Thomas Jay Oord
  • Summary

  • Open and Relational theology just makes sense... at least that's what most people say when they discover it. This podcast offers 3-minute short episodes -- "shorts" -- on this perspective on God. Episodes offer insights, inspiration, and information, and a few are posted each week. Dr. Thomas Jay Oord hosts this podcast. He's a best-selling author, world-renown speaker, and leading voice in this burgeoning field. Dr. Oord directs a Center and Doctoral Program in Open and Relational Theology too. Subscribe if you're tired of conventional theology and want a perspective that both makes sense and fits life as we live it.
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Episodes
  • Ep. 263: Neural Relational Amipotence
    Apr 22 2025

    In this episode, Dr. Oord discusses an essay from Shaleen Kendrick entitled, Neural Relational Amipotence. This essay is one of many compiled in volume 2 of a 2 volume work interacting further with the ideas of amipotence in Dr. Oord's book, The Death of Omnipotence and Birth of Amipotence.

    Shaleen Kendrick will also be one of the many speakers at ORTCON25.

    ORTCON25 the annual Open and Relational Conference (ORTCON25) will take place from June 30 - July 4 at the beautiful Grand Targhee Resort in the Grand Teton mountains of Wyoming. The conference provides workshops, lectures, and social activities to deepen relationships and present new ways of imagining God and the universe.

    A number of Open and Relational speakers will be present at the conference including Anna Case-Winters and Brian McLaren.

    To register for the conference visit: https://c4ort.com/ortcon/

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    3 mins
  • Ep. 262: Keith Ward on Karl Barth
    Apr 15 2025

    In this episode, Dr. Oord discusses a new book from Keith Ward entitled, Karl Barth on Religion: A Critique. In this study, Keith Ward offers a detailed critique of Barth's views on religion and revelation as articulated in Church Dogmatics.

    ORTCON25 the annual Open and Relational Conference (ORTCON25) will take place from June 30 - July 4 at the beautiful Grand Targhee Resort in the Grand Teton mountains of Wyoming. The conference provides workshops, lectures, and social activities to deepen relationships and present new ways of imagining God and the universe.

    A number of Open and Relational speakers will be present at the conference including Anna Case-Winters and Brian McLaren.

    To register for the conference visit: https://c4ort.com/ortcon/

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    3 mins
  • Ep. 261: Pediatrics and Amipotence
    Apr 8 2025

    In this episode, Dr. Oord discusses an essay from Chris Hanson entitled, Theology, Pediatrics and Everyday Life. This essay is one of many compiled in volume 2 of a 2 volume work interacting further with the ideas of amipotence in Dr. Oord's book, The Death of Omnipotence and Birth of Amipotence.

    Chris will also be a speaker at the annual Open and Relational Conference (ORTCON25) will take place from June 30 - July 4 at the beautiful Grand Targhee Resort in the Grand Teton mountains of Wyoming.

    ORTCON25 brings together scholars, leaders, pastors, and activists. The conference provides workshops, lectures, and social activities to deepen relationships and present new ways of imagining God and the universe.

    A number of Open and Relational speakers will be present at the conference including Anna Case-Winters and Brian McLaren.

    To register for the conference visit: https://c4ort.com/ortcon/

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    4 mins
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