Cafeteria Christian

Emmy and Natalia decide to open the Bible to the book of Judges to see what wisdom for today might be found in these not-so-modern stories. 

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Melissa Florer Bixler: https://substack.com/home/post/p-151371020

Emmy and Natalia try to gather their thoughts and their feelings around the election results and talk through what they are doing with all their thoughts and feelings at this time - without trying to explain what happened or pretending to have answers. 

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Emmy and Natalia read some poetry and Scripture and blessings to help us all through this chaotic and overwhelming and anxious time. Because we all need it, whenever we need it. 

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Resources from today’s episode:

• “Blessing in the Chaos” from The Cure for Sorrow - by Jan Richardson

• First Nations Version: https://firstnationsversion.com/book/first-nations-version/ 

• Romans 8: 31-39

• Lamentations 3: 19-30, 49-57

• Luke 6, Matthew 5 

• John 18:33-38

• Book of Common Prayer 

• Traditional Collect for the Nation

• Contemporary Collect for Social Justice

• excerpt from Madeleine L’Engle from Rhythm of Prayer - by Sarah Bessey 

• “For the Nation” from Ordinary Blessings, by Meta Herrick Carlson

• “For Feeling It All”, from Blessings for the Lives We Actually Have, by Kate Bowler 

• How to Love the World, by James Crews 

• Hope, by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer 

Emmy and Natalia tackle a listener question about the complicated topic of salvation. Who has it? Does everyone get it? Can we lose it? SO many questions… so buckle up!

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While Natalia is galavanting in Paris, Emmy brings on her longtime bestie Catherine to talk about vocation, parenting a leukemia patient during a pandemic, the lack of good contemporary music in ELCA churches, and how grace shows up in everyday life.

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Natalia welcomes professor and author Jennifer Powell McNutt to talk about her new book and to talk (*GUSH*) about Mary Magdalene and why she is awesome.

Links: 

Jennifer’s book: http://bakerpublishinggroup.com/books/the-mary-we-forgot/417641 

Jennifer’s Substack: https://jenniferpowellmcnutt.substack.com/ 

Holly Carey’s book: https://www.eerdmans.com/9780802879158/women-who-do/ 

Socials: @jpowellmcnutt on most of the things

Emmy and Natalia talk about what Christians are mad about now (spoiler: it’s Halloween). 

What’s the history, why is it not about the devil at all? And how does this kind of moral panic happen anyway? 

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You’re Wrong About - Satanic Panic

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-satanic-panic/id1380008439?i=1000465289932

CC 243 - Witchy Season

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/243-the-witchy-season/id1422007489?i=1000630680657 

Emmy and Natalia answer another very timely listener question about the pastoral call process and how it works and how you know it’s right or not right. 

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Matthew’s Book!: https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506497044/The-End-Is-the-Beginning

Emmy and Natalia continue their journey through the sacraments with the Rite of Confirmation. Is it a sacrament or a ritual? Why do we do it? Do we have to do it? Are we more or less holy depending on our confirmation status? So many good questions to dig into. 

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Emmy and Natalia answer a listener question about what it means that we’re all loved the way we are and how our lives are supposed to be for a “purpose.”  What purpose? Is that really true? Or is it just a holdover from some toxic early 2000s theology? 

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