Welcome to Sacred & Strange — the official podcast of The Porch Missional Community & Coffee Roasters . Hosted by Jason Urena, Sacred & Strange is a space where theology meets mystery, story meets spirit, and nothing is too weird to talk about. Each episode features honest conversations with guests from all walks of life—exploring the sacred moments that shaped them, the strange encounters that stretched them, and the passions that make them who they are. From deep theology to cryptids, church…
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Send us Fan Mail We're so excited to announce the newest podcast from The Porch - Around the Table. Around the Table is a discipleship podcast made up of moments from our House Church gatherings, Bible Studies, Community Conversations, and more! If you're searching for more of Jesus, and looking for a community to take the journey with, Around the Table is for you! So find it now on all major…
Send us Fan Mail For the first time this season, the hosts of Sacred & Strange are not the ones asking the questions. In the Season One finale, the conversation turns as the team behind the podcast interviews Jay and Erinn Urena about faith, leadership, marriage, parenting, anxiety, calling, and the quiet places where God does His deepest work. This episode is less concerned with answers and more…
Send us Fan Mail This Wednesday, Sacred & Strange closes out Season One. For the first time, we’re not the ones asking the questions. We’re sitting in them. In this final episode, my wife and I are interviewed by our team—people who’ve shared the work, the table, the prayers, and the quiet moments in between. We talk about questions that shape us, the silence we often rush past, and the stories…
Send us Fan Mail This episode marks the beginning of FOUNDATIONS , a teaching segment of Sacred & Strange created to build deep, lasting roots of faith rather than just host conversations. While many episodes on this podcast take the form of interviews and shared stories, FOUNDATIONS is where we slow down, open the Scriptures, and engage in intentional formation — teaching meant to shape identity,…
Send us Fan Mail What does it mean to carry a promise from God—and what does it require of us while we wait? In this Advent-centered episode, Jay revisits a message shared with the Porch missional community, exploring the story of Mary in Luke 1 and what it teaches us about promise, favor, and faith. Advent isn’t just about waiting for Christmas—it’s about the coming of something God has spoken,…
Send us Fan Mail ⚠️ Content Warning: This episode includes discussion of domestic violence, child abuse, and human trafficking. Listener discretion is advised. Some stories don’t begin with calling — they begin with survival. In this deeply moving episode of Sacred & Strange, Jay sits down with Steve and Brandyn Gipe, longtime friends and the founders of Cedar Refuge, a nonprofit building safe,…
Send us Fan Mail Some stories don’t start clean. They start broken. Lost. Complicated. In this episode of Sacred & Strange , I sit down with Steve & Brandyn Gipe to talk about the long road from pain to purpose — stories shaped by fractured childhoods, radical encounters with God, and a calling to stand in the gap for kids the world often overlooks. We talk about what it means to be lost , what it…
Send us Fan Mail What does it really mean to be the Bride of Christ? In this special throwback episode, Jay and Levi crack open one of the most powerful—yet most misunderstood—ideas in the entire biblical story: Covenant. This isn’t a sermon. It’s a raw, unscripted conversation about the kind of relationship God invites us into… Not a surface-level “Sunday Christian” thing, but a life-on-life,…
Send us Fan Mail In this powerful and deeply personal episode of Sacred & Strange , Ray Sullivan sits down with Jay to share a story that feels like a modern-day parable—raw, honest, and marked by the unmistakable fingerprints of God. Ray grew up in church, but not the kind you easily forget. He talks candidly about the dogmatic rules, the church split that fractured families, and the…
Send us Fan Mail This week on Sacred & Strange , we sit down with Ray Sullivan—a man whose story feels like a whole book of the Bible packed into one life. From running with the wrong crowd to wrestling with church hurt, to unexpectedly breaking down in the middle of a worship livestream, Ray’s journey is raw, honest, and full of the fingerprints of God. In this preview, Ray opens up about his…