Existential Happy Hour

Pour yourself a hot mug of something delicious and join me for a very special Christmas edition of Existential Happy Hour. This one includes a discussion of Santa and belief, Jesus and Incarnation, and the significance of divinity born from the womb of a virgin. 

What does it mean to hope against hope for resurrection when you really, truly believe that God is dead and we killed Him?

In this episode, we explore this question in conversation with Nietzsche, the Death of God theologians from the 1960's, feminist philosopher Mary Daly, C.S. Lewis, and Jesus Christ.

Includes discussion of galaxies, faith, doubt, crucifixion, and

T H E  V O I D. 

I cannot forgive God for His sins, and they are many. 

In the first episode of a multi-part series on God, I talk about the problem of pain, the harsh reality of nature, and the slave girl in Pharoah's court. 

tw: violence, including sexual violence.

In this episode, I talk with Cindy Wang Brandt about deconstruction, deconversion, how to make it through intact, and what life looks like on the other side of it all. We get into religious trauma, choosing your own story, and learning to live a life of authenticity and agency in a world devoid of inherent meaning.

Links:

Website: CindyWangBrandt.com
Book: Parenting Forward
Podcast: Parenting Forward
Facebook Group: Raising Children Unfundamentalist
Twitter: @cindywangbrandt

Me and Lucas talk about what art is and how it helps make meaning in an otherwise meaningless universe. Something about a big questionmark too. Lucas is the guy who did the art for this podcast, so we talk about that too. 

In this special cross-over episode, me and Kevin continue a conversation we began on their podcast (A Tiny Revolution.) We talk about consciously uncoupling from Jesus, leaving church, finding God, and developing spiritual practices from a place of authenticity. 

My dear friend Melissa Hawks joins me to talk about magic and mystery.

Also: religious gaslighting, reclaiming agency, learning to trust ourselves, unbrainwashing, soul/body dualism, growth and transformation, rocks and sticks and witchy stuff, learning to trust our intuition, and the universe infinite in every direction.

Melissa on Instagram: @melissabhawks

In this episode I talk about faith and doubt and that prayer I prayed for so many years: help my unbelief. I talk about why it is is more blessed to be curious than to know. I break down Pascal's wager, and discuss my contingency plan for if I get to heaven and find a God there after all. 

In this episode of Existential Happy Hour, I tell the saga of how I started out as a fundamentalist church kid and became an agnostic astronaut drifting in space -- a story in three acts.

Act I: what happened to micah. fear of hell. fear of disappointing god. wrestling with doubt.

Act II: the evangelism company. the internet. the church with the stained glass windows. divorce. eucharist.

Act III: church dread. lent. the slave girl in pharaoh's house. leaving egypt. 

This is where it all starts. We've got star sounds. We've got swear words. We've got stories. We've got heresies. I'm so glad you're here.