Emmy and Natalia talk about Lent, why we love the sad season, but also why it has been a challenge for us to love it in the past.

Suppor the show at http://patreon.com/cafeteriachristian

Episode 258

Post Date: February 5

Title: Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth? (no)

Emmy and Natalia talk about the Bible, and why it can be fraught but why it's worth it to do the work to not just read but understand it.

Links:

www.queergrace.com

www.myjewishlearning.com

Live Show! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cafeteria-christian-podcast-live-show-tickets-779779440297?aff=oddtdtcreator

Emmy and Natalia begin to tackle a few listener questions about the big C Church and Lutherans and "nones" and why calling churches non-denominational and post-denominational both miss the mark.

Links:

www.patreon.com/cafeteriachristian

Live Show Tickets:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cafeteria-christian-podcast-live-show-tickets-779779440297?aff=oddtdtcreator

An Altar In The World - CC Book Club Signup: https://forms.gle/2uAvnb5Jcyuo6dp57

Renew (April 21 event): https://churchanew.org/renew2024

Emmy and Natalia talk about call stories in the Bible and why being "called" might not mean what we think it means.

Links:

MLK Jr Christmas Sermon on Peace: https://onbeing.org/blog/martin-luther-kings-last-christmas-sermon/

Live Show Feb 8 - Ticket link

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Emmy and Natalia are back after a break and talking about the pressure to be new and resolved and how it doesn't quite land for where we are right now.

Links: www.patreon.com/cafeteriachristian

Anne Helen Peterson article: https://annehelen.substack.com/p/the-right-kind-of-busy

An Altar in the World Book Study Signup: https://forms.gle/2uAvnb5Jcyuo6dp57

Live Show Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cafeteria-christian-podcast-live-show-tickets-779779440297?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl

Emmy and Natalia tell the Christmas story in three ways, so that you can take time to enter this story and season in the way that makes the most sense to you. Even at Christmas, you can always take what you like and leave the rest.

Links:

www.patreon.com/cafeteriachristian

The Daily Taylor Swift Episode: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/15/podcasts/the-daily/the-year-of-taylor-swift.html

Emmy's Sermon: www.emmykegler.com/a-messy-first-christmas/

Live Show Tickets! : https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cafeteria-christian-podcast-live-show-tickets-779779440297?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl

Enchanted, Taylor's Version: https://open.spotify.com/track/3sW3oSbzsfecv9XoUdGs7h?si=0058d4aefc6242e1

Natalia welcomes back returning guest Janice to talk about humanity and supremacy, why music is the best and worst way to feel all the things, and why it matters.

Find and Follow Janice: @ godhasnotgiven on all the things, God Has Not Given podcast, Bad Words podcast, and many other creative projects.

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Emmy and Natalia talk December and holidays and feast days and eventually get to Solstice, Blue Christmas, and Longest Night.

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Natalia welcomes Ashton Whitmoyer-Ober, also known as Enneagram Ashton, to talk us through an enneagram overview and also why it is such a great tool to help you know yourself and others better.

Support the show at http://patreon.com/cafeteriachristian

Links:

Ashton's website: https://enneagramashton.com/

Enneagram image: https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/enneagram-types

Tests Ashton recommends:

• RHETI: https://tests.enneagraminstitute.com/

• Truity: https://www.truity.com/test/enneagram-personality-test

Emmy and Natalia celebrate 250 episodes, and reflect on how we've changed, why we've changed, and where we see ourselves going forward.

Links:

Patreon: www.patreon.com/cafeteriachristian

Lapsed Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/natalia-terfa-emmy-kegler-of-cafeteria-christian/id1575313872?i=1000635527686