Natalia welcomes spoken word poet, creator, and author Joe Davis to talk about art, creativity, and why it matters to reconnect to the inner creative force within all of us. 

Joe’s info: www.joedavispoetry.com

New Book: Unearthing Us - https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/unearthing-us-joe-davis/1145510356?ean=9781506499994 

Join the Practice: https://www.joedavispoetry.com/product-page/finding-your-freedom-practice-holistic-wellness-through-the-arts

Natalia welcomes author and NPR Political Correspondent Sarah McCammon to talk about her new book “The Exvangelicals, Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church.” 

Links: 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahmccammon_journalist/  

Substack: https://sarahmccammon.substack.com/

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We welcome back Mr Jesse Ross to the pod! Yey! Jesse and Natalia do a bit of catching up and then go down a rabbit hole of microagressions and how we respond and what systems want us to do and what is our work to do. 

Notes: Want more Jesse?  

mrjesseross.com

Insta: mrjross

Linked in: Jesse Ross 

Kamala and Drew video: https://www.tiktok.com/@hotspotmedia/video/7363420275884543275 

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Last week Natalia and producer Matthew led an event called Renew and wanted to share a part of it with you all. On Sunday evening, April 21, we gathered 6 incredible speakers to share their thoughts on why they haven’t quite given up on the Bible, at least not yet. We decided to share 3 of the 6 with you this week. So here you have Joe Davis, Matthew Ian Fleming, and Dr. Anna Carter Florence, sharing from their own voices of persistence. 

Notes: 

www.patreon.com/cafeteriachristian

www.churchanew/renew

Natalia welcomes friend of the pod friend of God Meta Herrick Carlson to answer some wide ranging “Ask Us Anything” questions submitted by listeners!

Links: 

www.patreon.com/cafeteriachristian

www.metaherrickcarlson.com

Emmy and Natalia welcome our favorite producer Matthew to talk about his new book and the book of Revelation and why we all have unlearning/learning to do and sure it’s a scary book of the Bible but not for the reasons we think. 

Links: 

Pre-Order Matthew’s book: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-end-is-the-beginning-matthew-ian-fleming/1144500240

Renew Event in Minneapolis: https://churchanew.org/voices

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Emmy and Natalia tackle a listener question about whether or not God picks favorites, and why we like to think this way, particularly in the face of difficult things. 

Links: 

www.patreon.com/cafeteriachristian

www.facebook.com/groups/cafeteriachristian

Blessed Holy Week to you, Cafeterians! In lieu of our usual episode, this week we wanted to share a sermon from friend and colleague Amy Courts Koopman. Amy is a gifted preacher and musician, and she often writes songs as sermons. This time, she wrote both, and it is just too good not to share with all of you. 

Links:

www.patreon.com/cafeteriachristian  http://www.amycourts.com/   or follow Amy: https://www.instagram.com/amycourts/ 

Emmy and Natalia tackle a listener request to talk through Atonement Theories (with a CC flair) which feels particularly relevant as we’re in Holy Week.

Links:

www.patreon.com/cafeteriachristian  Wikipedia page to do more digging on theories:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Atonement_in_Christianity

Instagram for Parenting through faith: https://www.instagram.com/meredithannemiller/

Emmy and Natalia talk about the challenges of Holy Week with our Jewish siblings - In this fraught and tender time, how can we go through Holy Week with the intention of honoring our neighbors faith and doing no harm? 

Links - 

www.patreon.com/cafeteriachristian

Video about the Trinity and St Patrick: https://youtu.be/KQLfgaUoQCw?si=_p-j__Pv3sXRMpBY