Ben and Dan are trying out a different format for the show this week. Rather than go through the texts one-by-one, we are talking about them together and more thematically. Let us know what you think of the format. Thank you for your patience. We're going to try a couple of different things to see what works best.

This week we are exploring what being a "prisoner of hope" looks like and hope changes our lives and the world. 

We've got a double-dose of farm wisdom.

And how dare Jesus! He spends a month of Gospel lections telling us how horrible being a disciple will be (family conflict, beatings, imprisonment, death, etc.) and now he has the audacity to say, "My yoke is easy, my burden is light." What's his deal?

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