Table Talk Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/table-talk-653fbdb6-d47d-4df4-92b0-554edfbbfb14 Two friends examining the faith they inherited, one patch at a time. Jacob and Sam are former church staff who believe Jesus invites us into a fuller picture of being human — one with room for doubt, critical thought, and perspectives that don't always fit the frameworks we were handed. Table Talk is a lab, not a platform. A place to look honestly at what's fraying, keep what's load-bearing, and practice integrating the rest in real time. Less explaining, more exploring. Good company for anyone discovering the surprising transformation downstream of surrendering certainty. Here's to faithful curiosity and patchwork spirituality. © 2026 Jacob Mancini and Sam Strutton 94af707d-4a58-52eb-834b-c985105e6148 yes en Tue, 16 Jun 2026 16:45:03 -0500 Tue, 16 Jun 2026 16:45:18 -0500 http://tabletalk.fm https://img.transistorcdn.com/R4DRCuVi2EkkYewk2QPrCAi2kyG9aZMmQIgnit0PVwY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xOTgz/MTBhNGRjYWQzYTQz/MDU3MzIzODk3MzUy/MzQ3Zi5wbmc.jpg Table Talk http://tabletalk.fm episodic Jacob Mancini and Sam Strutton Two friends examining the faith they inherited, one patch at a time. Jacob and Sam are former church staff who believe Jesus invites us into a fuller picture of being human — one with room for doubt, critical thought, and perspectives that don't always fit the frameworks we were handed. Table Talk is a lab, not a platform. A place to look honestly at what's fraying, keep what's load-bearing, and practice integrating the rest in real time. Less explaining, more exploring. Good company for anyone discovering the surprising transformation downstream of surrendering certainty. Here's to faithful curiosity and patchwork spirituality. Two friends examining the faith they inherited, one patch at a time. table talk, table, talk, faithful, curiosity, patchwork, spirituality, post evangelical, deconstruction, Christian, jacob, mancini, sam, strutton, table talk podcast, faithful curiosity, Jesus, faith talk podcast, faith and spirituality talk, faith community conversation, faith and theology conversation, faith based talk Jacob Mancini hello@tabletalk.fm No No God Is Love? 2 2 God Is Love? full 2ee29b2d-79e1-4671-a5c2-376ab2c510fc https://share.transistor.fm/s/c79a0461 The most familiar line in the faith — that God is love — turns out to be the hardest to pin down, so we sit with the difference between defining love and discerning it. In this episode, Jacob and Sam hit record with no script and follow the feedback that came in after the pilot wherever it leads: a family member's pushback on whether the real problem is naming or labeling, and a grandmother's read that the true substance of the quilt — the thing that actually keeps you warm — is love. Along the way: Genesis 2 and a God who waits to see what the human will call things, Meg tasting salmon for the first time, why Jesus at all if love is the point, and a naturalist's question — "How do I say your name?" — that turns out to be a way of meeting God. Less defining, more discerning. Pull up a chair.
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Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:37 Cold open
06:12 Welcome back — no script
07:57 Naming, or labeling?
09:33 What Adam was really doing
16:31 Tasting something for the first time
21:01 The tree of knowing
23:07 Love as the substance of the quilt
25:28 Where the metaphor breaks
32:19 Why Jesus
35:11 Discern, don't define
41:46 Truthing in love
46:49 "How do I say your name?"
57:28 Love without guarantees
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Scripture
1 John 4:8 — "Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love."
Genesis 2:19 — "He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name."
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Email: hello@tabletalk.fm
Instagram / TikTok / YouTube: @tabletalkfm faithful curiosity + patchwork spirituality

]]> The most familiar line in the faith — that God is love — turns out to be the hardest to pin down, so we sit with the difference between defining love and discerning it. In this episode, Jacob and Sam hit record with no script and follow the feedback that came in after the pilot wherever it leads: a family member's pushback on whether the real problem is naming or labeling, and a grandmother's read that the true substance of the quilt — the thing that actually keeps you warm — is love. Along the way: Genesis 2 and a God who waits to see what the human will call things, Meg tasting salmon for the first time, why Jesus at all if love is the point, and a naturalist's question — "How do I say your name?" — that turns out to be a way of meeting God. Less defining, more discerning. Pull up a chair.
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Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:37 Cold open
06:12 Welcome back — no script
07:57 Naming, or labeling?
09:33 What Adam was really doing
16:31 Tasting something for the first time
21:01 The tree of knowing
23:07 Love as the substance of the quilt
25:28 Where the metaphor breaks
32:19 Why Jesus
35:11 Discern, don't define
41:46 Truthing in love
46:49 "How do I say your name?"
57:28 Love without guarantees
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Scripture
1 John 4:8 — "Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love."
Genesis 2:19 — "He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name."
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Connect
Web: tabletalk.fm
Email: hello@tabletalk.fm
Instagram / TikTok / YouTube: @tabletalkfm faithful curiosity + patchwork spirituality

]]> Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:35:00 -0500 Jacob Mancini and Sam Strutton Jacob Mancini and Sam Strutton 3668 The most familiar line in the faith — that God is love — turns out to be the hardest to pin down, so we sit with the difference between defining love and discerning it. In this episode, Jacob and Sam hit record with no script and follow the feedback that came in after the pilot wherever it leads: a family member's pushback on whether the real problem is naming or labeling, and a grandmother's read that the true substance of the quilt — the thing that actually keeps you warm — is love. Along the way: Genesis 2 and a God who waits to see what the human will call things, Meg tasting salmon for the first time, why Jesus at all if love is the point, and a naturalist's question — "How do I say your name?" — that turns out to be a way of meeting God. Less defining, more discerning. Pull up a chair.
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Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:37 Cold open
06:12 Welcome back — no script
07:57 Naming, or labeling?
09:33 What Adam was really doing
16:31 Tasting something for the first time
21:01 The tree of knowing
23:07 Love as the substance of the quilt
25:28 Where the metaphor breaks
32:19 Why Jesus
35:11 Discern, don't define
41:46 Truthing in love
46:49 "How do I say your name?"
57:28 Love without guarantees
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Scripture
1 John 4:8 — "Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love."
Genesis 2:19 — "He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name."
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Connect
Web: tabletalk.fm
Email: hello@tabletalk.fm
Instagram / TikTok / YouTube: @tabletalkfm faithful curiosity + patchwork spirituality

]]> table talk, table, talk, faithful, curiosity, patchwork, spirituality, post evangelical, deconstruction, Christian, jacob, mancini, sam, strutton, table talk podcast, faithful curiosity, Jesus, faith talk podcast, faith and spirituality talk, faith community conversation, faith and theology conversation, faith based talk No Why We're Here 1 1 Why We're Here full 726baf19-ff6d-44a7-8ce6-e3ec477a239c https://share.transistor.fm/s/92396b99 The Sunday morning gathering that became a symbol of our faith — and why we decided to keep the conversation going. In this pilot episode, Jacob and Sam tell the origin story of Table Talk: how it began as an anti-event at the church where they both worked, why they kept pulling up chairs long after the church-staff chapter ended, and what they mean when they say faithful curiosity. They share some questions still alive for them, introduce the quilting metaphor that runs through everything they do, and ground the whole project in two verses held in creative tension — Galatians 5:6 and Proverbs 25:2. Less explaining, more exploring. Pull up a chair.

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Chapters

00:00 Intro
00:37 Cold open

02:08 Welcome to Table Talk

04:09 How Table Talk began

10:23 Curiosity over answers

13:36 The table becomes a lab

15:49 Jacob's mystery: prayer

17:24 Sam's mystery: spiritual beings

20:29 Faithful curiosity as a banner

24:00 Is this deconstruction?

29:30 The quilting metaphor

37:21 Two verses, one framework

46:00 The royal vocation of curiosity

51:44 Pulling up chairs

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Scripture

Galatians 5:6 — "The only thing that matters is faith expressing itself in love."

Proverbs 25:2 — "It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings."

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Connect

Web: tabletalk.fm

Email: hello@tabletalk.fm

Instagram / TikTok / YouTube: @tabletalkfm
faithful curiosity + patchwork spirituality

]]> The Sunday morning gathering that became a symbol of our faith — and why we decided to keep the conversation going. In this pilot episode, Jacob and Sam tell the origin story of Table Talk: how it began as an anti-event at the church where they both worked, why they kept pulling up chairs long after the church-staff chapter ended, and what they mean when they say faithful curiosity. They share some questions still alive for them, introduce the quilting metaphor that runs through everything they do, and ground the whole project in two verses held in creative tension — Galatians 5:6 and Proverbs 25:2. Less explaining, more exploring. Pull up a chair.

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Chapters

00:00 Intro
00:37 Cold open

02:08 Welcome to Table Talk

04:09 How Table Talk began

10:23 Curiosity over answers

13:36 The table becomes a lab

15:49 Jacob's mystery: prayer

17:24 Sam's mystery: spiritual beings

20:29 Faithful curiosity as a banner

24:00 Is this deconstruction?

29:30 The quilting metaphor

37:21 Two verses, one framework

46:00 The royal vocation of curiosity

51:44 Pulling up chairs

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Scripture

Galatians 5:6 — "The only thing that matters is faith expressing itself in love."

Proverbs 25:2 — "It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings."

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Connect

Web: tabletalk.fm

Email: hello@tabletalk.fm

Instagram / TikTok / YouTube: @tabletalkfm
faithful curiosity + patchwork spirituality

]]> Tue, 05 May 2026 00:35:24 -0500 Jacob Mancini and Sam Strutton Jacob Mancini and Sam Strutton 3230 The Sunday morning gathering that became a symbol of our faith — and why we decided to keep the conversation going. In this pilot episode, Jacob and Sam tell the origin story of Table Talk: how it began as an anti-event at the church where they both worked, why they kept pulling up chairs long after the church-staff chapter ended, and what they mean when they say faithful curiosity. They share some questions still alive for them, introduce the quilting metaphor that runs through everything they do, and ground the whole project in two verses held in creative tension — Galatians 5:6 and Proverbs 25:2. Less explaining, more exploring. Pull up a chair.

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Chapters

00:00 Intro
00:37 Cold open

02:08 Welcome to Table Talk

04:09 How Table Talk began

10:23 Curiosity over answers

13:36 The table becomes a lab

15:49 Jacob's mystery: prayer

17:24 Sam's mystery: spiritual beings

20:29 Faithful curiosity as a banner

24:00 Is this deconstruction?

29:30 The quilting metaphor

37:21 Two verses, one framework

46:00 The royal vocation of curiosity

51:44 Pulling up chairs

⸻

Scripture

Galatians 5:6 — "The only thing that matters is faith expressing itself in love."

Proverbs 25:2 — "It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings."

⸻

Connect

Web: tabletalk.fm

Email: hello@tabletalk.fm

Instagram / TikTok / YouTube: @tabletalkfm
faithful curiosity + patchwork spirituality

]]> table talk, table, talk, faithful, curiosity, patchwork, spirituality, post evangelical, deconstruction, Christian, jacob, mancini, sam, strutton, table talk podcast, faithful curiosity, Jesus, faith talk podcast, faith and spirituality talk, faith community conversation, faith and theology conversation, faith based talk No