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You are creative. Many times in life we convince ourselves that we are not creative. That creativity is reserved for the special and talented. This week Jeff and Mona debunk that idea and celebrate the creativity of everyone. Our hosts discuss the relationship between creativity and talent and offer up their own creative methods. The episode ends in a creative exercise with the segment, Good News, Bad News.
Announcements (02:18)
You Are Creative Conversation (03:19)
Good News, Bad News Segment (50:07)
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The statistics regarding church attendance and relevancy in today's culture seems to be getting more and more bleak. With church participation steadily declining in America it is important for churches to let go of outdated models and begin to explore new ways for people of faith to gather together. This week we talk with guest co-hosts Zach Kerzee and Christy Wright of Simple Church. Simple church is a dinner church that is doing some creative things to reclaim the community and intimacy of church gatherings. They are breaking the mold for what it means to be a thriving congregation. They don't meet on Sunday, they don't have a building and they don't even have an organist. What they do have is bread.
RELEVANT LINKS
Simple Church (Website)
Simple Church (Facebook Page)
Simple Church (Instagram)
Charitable Giving – With My Mind on Minding My Money – 067 (Irenicast Episode)
Four Star Farms (a family farm in Western Massachusetts providing locally grown grains, freshly milled flour, hops and turf)
THANK YOU
Thank you Zach and Christy for joining us this week. For more information about Simple Church check our their website, follow them on Instagram and like them on Facebook.
Thank you to Mike Golin for our intro and outro music. Check out his band Soulwise.
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In a follow-up episode on the Orlando attack, Mona interviews her friend Rafael who is an LGBTQ Latino. Rafael shares about about the impact of this shooting from a multifaceted cultural perspective, and offers some personal insights on the events and what it means to work across difference. They discuss internalized homophobia, faith, othering, and what brings them hope for overcoming hate in trying and fearful times.
RELEVANT LINKS
"Who You Call When You Ain't Got No Other Hope? A Sermon on Orlando, the Garasene Demoniac, and God's Mercy" (Sermon by Nadia Bolz Weber)
René Girard and Mimetic Theory (Article)
Orlando shooting survivor harassed by online conspiracy kooks as a 'crisis actor' in a staged event (Article)
Stonewall Riots (Wikipedia Article)
ACT UP (Advocacy group for people suffering from HIV/AIDS)
Pinkwashing (Wikipedia Article)
THANK YOU
Thank you to Rafael for joining us this week.
Thank you to Mike Golin for our intro and outro music. Check out his band Soulwise.
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Grieving for Orlando in the aftermath of the shooting at the Pulse night club Jeff & Mona discuss the tragedy with guest host, Bentley. Bentley is a chaplain at UCSF Medical in the Bay Area, and has worked for many years as a pediatrics chaplain. He is also originally from Orlando and provides profound context to the origins of the Pulse night club. Through grappling with their own feelings and thoughts, the three touch on a wide range of topics around the shooting, including tragedy and grief, homophobia, Islamophobia, racism, violence, toxic masculinity, the challenges of being an ally, power, and voice. Instead of having a group segment at the end of the show, Mona reads the names of the victims to honor and commemorate their lives.
RELEVANT LINKS
Former Voice Contestant Christina Grimmie Shot Dead at Concert (Article)
Divers Find Body of Toddler Snatched by Alligator at Disney Resort (Article)
Sacred Geography: A Queer Latino Theological Response to Orlando by Vincent Cervantes (Blog Post)
Troubled. Quiet. Macho. Angry. The Volatile Life of the Orlando Shooter (Article)
Habakkuk
In Honor of Our Dead: Latinx, Queer, Trans, Muslim, Black — We Will Be Free (Black Lives Matter Statement on Orlando Shooting)
James Anthony Noel (Prophet, Pastor, Professor, and Painter)
Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki (Theologian and Author)
Serenity Prayer
Genderqueer People of Faith – Interview with Nathan – 012 (Irenicast Episode)
THANK YOU
Thank you to Bentley for joining us this week.
Thank you to Mike Golin for our intro and outro music. Check out his band Soulwise.
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Churches, non-profits, Kickstarter campaigns, charity events - Jeff, Mona and Allen give some space this week to the topic of charitable giving. How do we exercise generosity in a way that really makes a difference? From the "faith giving" of the televangelists' guaranteed returns to the one-for-one giving of Toms shoes, this conversation challenges our notions of philanthropy and charity - and is followed by another round of Knowin' Jemonen.
Charitable Giving Conversation (00:30)
Knowin' Jemonen Segment (51:27)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Registration for the Irenicast Book Club is open. Get all the details at irenicast.com/bookclub
RELEVANT LINKS
Charitable Giving Conversation
Knowin' Jemonen Segment - This Segment Has Appeared in Episodes 005, 021, 025, 036, 038, 044, 046, 056
THANK YOU
Thank you to Mike Golin for our intro and outro music. Check out his band Soulwise.
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The social media landscape seems endless. Not only are there more and more platforms available, but there are also endless implications for humanity. These are some of the things Jeff, Mona and Allen explore this week. Does social media make us more social? Do we end up more disconnected in the long run? Is all of it it simply a funhouse mirror that distorts what's already inside of us? We end our discussion with another round of Famous Christians for 100.
Social Media Conversation (00:55)
Famous Christians for 100 Segment (44:54)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Registration for the Irenicast Book Club is open. Get all the details at irenicast.com/bookclub
RELEVANT LINKS
Social Media Discussion
Famous Christians for 100 Segment - This segment has also appeared in episodes 002 and 017
THANK YOU
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Bridging the gap between culture and language are two of the biggest hurdles in approaching scripture. For the final installment of our interpreting the Bible series Jeff, Mona and Allen talk about ways we can accomplish this sometimes overwhelming task. How do we read the bible in and out of its original context? The episode, and series, ends with a segment called Biblical Oddities.
Interpreting the Bible Conversation (00:57)
Biblical Oddities Segment (50:15)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Registration for the Irenicast Book Club is open. Get all the details at irenicast.com/bookclub
RELEVANT LINKS
From Our Interpreting the Bible Conversation
From Our Biblical Oddities Segment
THANK YOU
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Week two of our interpreting the Bible series centers around a conversation on the editing of the Biblical texts. How was the Bible written over time? Jeff, Mona & Allen discuss the progression of the Biblical text over time through the lense of Source and Redaction criticism. The episode finished with a fun round of Sound Charades.
Irenicast Book Club Announcement (01:02)
Interpreting the Bible Part 2 Conversation (03:30)
Sound Charades Segment (50:22)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Irenicast Book Club
Our first Irenicast Book Club with Mona will be July 11, from 8:30pm - 10:00pm Eastern Standard Time. The Club will meet every second Monday of the month. We are reading the Introduction, Parts I and II of Obery M. Hendricks' The Politics of Jesus: Rediscovering the True Revolutionary Nature of Jesus' Teachings and How They Have Been Corrupted. (Amazon Affiliate Link)
The desire for this book club is to co-create a community where everyone feels safe and welcome. To such an end, we will break the time into two sections:
For more information go to irenicast.com/bookclub
Click here to register
RELEVANT LINKS
From Our Interpreting the Bible Part 2 Conversation
From Our Sound Charades Segment - Previously on Irenicast Episode #047
THANK YOU
Thank you to Mike Golin for our intro and outro music. Check out his band Soulwise.
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Part one of a new series on interpreting the Bible starts this week. Throughout the course of the next three episodes we will be answering the questions: How do we read the Bible as literature? How was the Bible written over time? How do we read the Bible in and out of context? Jeff, Mona and Allen kick everything off with a conversation laying out why the Bible should be recognized as literature and what that means for engaging the text. Rounding out the episode is our second attempt at Pursuit of the Trivial.
Interpreting the Bible Conversation (00:30) Pursuit of the Trivial Segment (50:43)
RELEVANT LINKS From our Interpreting the Bible Conversation
From Pursuit of the Trivial Segment - Previously on Irenicast Episode #034
OTHER HELPFUL RESOURCES NOT MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
A great resource to dive deep into the numerous methods of interpreting the bible is a series of books called Guides to Biblical Scholarship Series. (Book Series - Amazon Affiliate Link)
Another book not mentioned in the episode that might be of some value in approaching scripture is How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth by Gordon D. Fee (Book - Amazon Affiliate Link)
Understand literary genre was an important topic in this week's conversation. Here are a couple resources for gaining a greater sense of the different literary genres in scripture.
THANK YOU
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In this episode Allen interviews author Mark Van Steenwyk whose works include That Unholy Anarchist, The UnKingdom of God, and most recently the children's book A Wolf at the Gate. He is a co-founder of Mennonite Worker and co-producer of Iconocast. In discussing his new book, Mark touches on topics like anarchist resistance, ecopsychology, intentional community, theological imagination, violence, inequality and much more.
RELEVANT LINKS
A Wolf at the Gate by Mark Van Steenwyk (Book - Amazon Affiliate Link)
A Wolf at the Gate (Website for the Book)
Mark van Steenwyk (Website)
Mennonite Worker (Website)
Iconocast (Podcast)
Carnival de Resistance (Website)
The Holy Anarchist by Mark Van Steenwyk (Book - Amazon Affiliate Link)
The UnKingdom of God by Mark Van Steenwyk (Book - Amazon Affiliate Link)
What Is Empire (The Work of the People video)
Ecopsychology (Wikipedia)
Bill Ayers (Wikipedia)
President Obama's Legacy Is Endless War (Time article)
Is the World Getting Better or Worse? (Irenicast episode)
Beyond Mere Obedience by Dorothee Soelle (Book - Amazon Affiliate Link)
Wolves, Gates, & Radical Faith (Q&A on Peter Enn's blog)
A Conversation with Benjamin L. Corey (Irenicast episode)
Dorothy Day (Catholic Worker website)
Oscar Romero (Wikipedia)
THANK YOU
Thank you to our guest this week, Mark Van Steenwyk, for joining the conversation. For more of Mark's work check out his website, find his books on Amazon, follow him on Twitter and like him on Facebook.
Thank you to Mike Golin for our intro and outro music. Check out his band Soulwise.
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