The Vulnerable God: A Conversation with Kenneth Tanner

[laughs] Well, welcome to our listening audience.

Here speaking with you is Paul Walker, one of your podcast hosts, and probably your most regular one over the years.

But happy to be with you here today, and I just gotta tell you how excited I am to have this conversation.

Uh, we are meeting together with Kenneth Tanner, who is someone that I just feel like I have listened to him for years.

We have been Facebook friends and Instagram friends, and his words have, have been loud in my life.

And so when he reached out to let me know, uh, that his, uh, a forthcoming book, it was just like an instant yes.

Uh, I just know that you will love him and appreciate him.

And I do wanna say, this is one of the few guests we've had where multiple people have reached out and just said, "Make sure you talk to Kenneth Tanner." I was like, "Oh yeah, we already have one." So shout out to listeners that reach out and let us know.

Uh, so let me tell you a bit about our guest, and then we'll get into our conversation today.

So Kenneth Tanner is a pastor of a church, uh, that's called Holy Redeemer in Rochester Hills, Michigan, where he has served since 2005.

His writing has appeared in many outlets, including HuffPost, Sojourners, Mockingbird, National Review, Christianity Today, Clarion Journal, Journal, and more.

He and his wife, Debbie, have seven children and four grandchildren.

My goodness, that itself is a miracle.

But we'll talk all about that in just a second.

So welcome to the podcast, Kenneth.

Hey, uh, Paul.

Wonderful to be with you.

Um, I, I note that you, uh, you're, you're moving closer to me.

Uh, you were in Central Canada, as it were.

Um-

It's true.

Yeah, and, and I, I think you're only gonna be about four and a half hours away now, 'cause I can get to Toronto in just about four hours, and then you're north a minute.

Yeah.

So-

I, I'm actually, I'm actually a bit south of Toronto.