Summary: Get ready for an auditory Powerpoint presentation on supernatural horror flicks and non-canonical gospels because Emmy took the wheel on this one re the forthcoming release of The Carpenter’s Son, a supernatural horror film based on (we’re not kidding) the Infancy Gospel of Thomas and starring Nicolas Cage as Jesus’ father Joseph.

The Carpenter’s Son Trailer Nic Cage hunts for the Holy Grail

The Five Gospels

Infancy Gospel of Thomas in translation

Fun fact skipped for time: The oldest existing fragment of the IGT might be a student’s handwriting practice

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Emmy and Natalia set aside current events (and big feelings about current events) to talk about the biblical book of the prophet Micah and discover that actually, not a lot has changed since 700 BCE. 

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Emmy and Natalia finally talk about the Seven Heavenly Virtues, and wonder if they even really matter at all?  

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Emmy and Natalia continue the conversation from last week, about why everything feels like too much, and what we are trying to do about it. 

Links: 

https://substack.com/@dianabutlerbass/note/c-157891892?r=3g6zg&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action 

Emmy and Natalia talk about the death of Charlie Kirk, the outpouring of hot takes, and how it might not be good for us that everyone feels like they needs to care about all the things all the time. 

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Emmy and Natalia finally come back to wrap up the seven deadly sins with wrath, envy, and pride. Also included, Natalia’s rant about Psalm 46 and when cherry-picking goes wrong.  

Links: 

Substack article about not being able to maintain the moral high ground: https://open.substack.com/pub/elisedenbasco/p/on-white-covid-cautious-queers?r=3g6zg&utm_medium=ios 

Natalia’s uplift: https://nataliaterfa.substack.com/ 

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Emmy and Natalia process their big feelings around the school shooting in Minneapolis this last week, and how we’re trying to hold more than despair. 

Links talked about it today’s episode: Tolstoy and Trump Substack: https://substack.com/home/post/p-171917579 

Glennon and Abby chat: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNit0TKtDgY/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MTNoajNtN2pudDVybA== 

Moms Demand Action: https://momsdemandaction.org/ 

Everytown: https://www.everytown.org/ 

Emmy and Natalia take a little pause in their Seven Deadly Sins series to talk about the death of James Dobson and what to do when we have conflicting feelings about it. 

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This week, Emmy and Natalia begin a multipart series on the 7 deadly sins. What are they? How did they come about? Why do they matter, if at all? Dig into gluttony, greed, and lust with us (yey?) in part 1! 

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Emmy and Natalia are back after their summer break and catching up on all things rest, sabbath, and holding peace while we navigate the dumpster fire that is the daily news cycle.

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