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Season 3 Episode 12: Holy Week & Easter as Liberation Narratives

As we've just completed the Christian season of Lent, hosts Joe Webb and Brad Davis look back on the drama of Holy Week from Palm Sunday to Easter and discuss how it plays out as liberationist political subversion beyond being merely a series of spiritual stories.

Season 3 Episode 11: Jeanne Peters of OutMOV

Out MOV is a non-profit organization that serves the social needs of and advocates politically for the LGBTQIA+ community of the Mid Ohio Valley in Wood County, WV and Washington County, OH. Jeanne Peters, a founding member and current vice president, joins Joe for this episode to talk about why events and activities are critical to community building, the importance of intersectionality in advocacy and liberation, and Pride in the Park, the organization's keystone annual event coming up in June 2022.

 

Learn more:
Website: https://www.outmov.org/

Pride in the Park: https://www.facebook.com/events/225601353077124

Volunteer signup form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd4KjbC0ajznm5I2S9DvhBjktlbOHVKSNWOKpZyhPFlNVjUfQ/viewform

Open MOV: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfErAO_kOqbDCYrISO-p7VL5vtZuSH7uZPo1z6Ky47e0hj_aA/viewform

 

Season 3 Episode 10: 5 Things the Church Needs to Know About Deconstruction

It's pretty clear that most churches and church leaders really don't understand spiritual and religious deconstruction. They tend to either vilify it on the one hand or try to co-opt and mollycoddle it on the other. In this episode, Joe lists the top 5 things he (as a pastor) wishes the church understood about deconstruction and how embracing deconstruction would be good for the church.

Season 3 Episode 9: Enneagram Coach Sarah Farish

Is there an intersection between the Enneagram and spiritual deconstruction? In this episode Joe talks with Enneagram coach Sarah Farish (Instagram: @enneagal) about how using the Enneagram as a tool for self-discovery helps us understand not only ourselves better, but others...and helps us contextualize our individual and communal spiritual journeys.

Season 3 Episode 8: Josh Scott on Progressive Christianity

What is Progressive Christianity? There's probably more to it than you think! In this episode Joe and guest co-host Brad Davis talk with Josh Scott of Gracepointe Church in Nashville, TN, about the deep theology that informs the Progressive Christian movement and explore the concept of Jesus as not only a spiritual leader, but a true first-century organizer.

Season 3 Episode 7: Chris Wylie a.k.a. DJ Pastor Rock with Rolling Nation

The cost of wheelchair adaptations for vehicles can often be prohibitive for people who need them. That's why Rev. Chris Wylie produced his album under the name DJ Pastor Rock, "Rolling Nation," to raise money to help people purchase the equipment they need to make transportation more accessible. Learn more at RollingNation.net

Season 3 Episode 6: Is science the next religion? With Rev. Jim Norton

Is science the next religion? Retired United Methodist pastor Jim Norton thinks the answer is yes, and it can have a massive influence on the world of faith and spirituality. In this episode, Jim talks with Joe and Brandon about how discoveries in the realms of quantum physics dovetail with the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh to teach us how all things are both unified and eternal.

Season 3 Episode 5: Have Yourself A Snarky Little Christmas

Everyone loves Christmas, right? Except there are always those things that get under our skin during the holidays. In this episode, the Accidental Tomatoes content team takes a very tounge-in-cheek look at the things we hate about Christmas. Please don't take us too seriously...we certainly don't!

Season 3 Episode 4: Alicia Matheney Beeson of Wild & Wonderful Women Podcast

The women of Appalachia have something to say, and our guest for this episode is giving them a place to say it! Alicia Matheney Beeson of the Wild & Wonderful Women of West Virginia Podcast joins Joe and Brandon to talk about why it's so important for the world to listen to the women leading new generations of Appalachians.

Season 3 Episode 3: James Kang on digital-first faith communities and online innovation

While the institutional church struggles to adapt its content to an increasingly online audience, new forms of community are emerging that start from the digital space and grow into all new paradigms of how experience can be shared in virtual spaces. In this episode, innovator James Kang of Pastoria.co talks with Joe and Brandon about how asynchronous content can form the basis for experiential communities and how leaders can leverage new technologies to create transformational experiences unbound by time and space.