Nerds At Church

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the third Sunday of Easter, which falls on May 1st this year, including our deep dive into our colleague Paul!

The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here.  If you want to read some more about Paul, check out Paul and Empire by Richard A. Horsley.  Emily also recommended The Jewish Annotated New Testament.  Kay recommended The Making of Biblical Womanhood by Beth Allison Barr.  If you want to dive into a more horrific Holy Week account, check out Horror Nerds At Church’s Passion of the Christ Episode.  Kay mentioned this Digger Comic.

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Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for Easter Sunday, also known as Resurrection of Jesus, which falls on April 17th this year, including our deep dive into what an Easter Vigil actually is!

The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here.  You can find all of the Easter Vigil readings here.  Check out Rabbi Ruttenberg’s insights into the binding of Isaac (Genesis 22:1-18).  Jorts’ tweet of sadness about the merch sold by an exploitative company can be found here.  Rev. JM Longworth, OEF’s Easter Vigil that Emily mentioned from last year can be viewed here.

If you’d like to dive a bit deeper into any of the Easter Vigil readings, here are the ones we’ve covered in past episodes:

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Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for Good Friday, which falls on April 15th this year, including our deep dive into Capital Punishment!

The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here.  To learn more about Justices Breyer and Ginsburg’s dissent in the most recent death penalty case at the Supreme Court, read this.  Check out the cat herding video Kay mentioned here.  For more in-depth engagement with the Good Friday Gospel, check out last year’s Good Friday episode with Jessica Davis.

CN: we talk about capital punishment, torture, racism, classism, mental illness when discussing the deep dive.

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Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) and special guest Rabbi Maurice Appelbaum (he) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for Maundy Thursday, which falls on April 14th this year, including our deep dive into Passover!

The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here.  If you’re interested in learning more about Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE), it’s not just for clergy and you can find out more here.

CN: we talk about Christian antisemitism when discussing the deep dive and mention the gore of the crucifixion in the second reading.

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Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) and special guest Andrea Garnett (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for Palm Sunday, also known as Passion Sunday, which falls on April 10th this year, including our deep dive into Jesus Christ Superstar!

The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here.  We mentioned last year’s Palm Sunday episode with Rev. Lenny Duncan.  Emily Ann Garcia’s Holy Cats Week pictures from 2020 can be viewed here.  Emily’s Holy Week playlist is on Spotify here.  Suzannah Porter’s Indigo Girls Holy Week playlist is on YouTube here.  This is the G’kar Ukrainian prayer flag that Andrea mentioned.  Check out the All Places Together podcast episode Emily was on recently!  You can find more about Books for Babies here.

CN: we talk about torture and lynching when discussing the deep dive

Trauma in birth during the ending.

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Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the 5th Sunday in Lent, which falls on April 3rd this year, including our deep dive into church abundance vs. extravagance!

The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here.  Kay mentioned this article on decorated cathedrals.

CN: we talk about racism and colonization when discussing the deep dive.

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Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) and special guest Rev. Nikira Hernandez to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the fourth Sunday in Lent, which falls on March 27th this year, including our deep dive into Creation and Colonization!

The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here.  Kay and Nikira recommended the book Braiding Sweetgrass.  The story about the religious roundtable that Kay and Nikira mentioned can be found here.  For more on shame, guilt, and humiliation, check out our episode with Rev. Callie Swanlund.

CN: we talk about colonization and racism when discussing the deep dive.

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Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the third Sunday in Lent, which falls on March 20th this year, including our deep dive into theodicy, also known as the problem of evil!

The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here.

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Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the second Sunday in Lent, which falls on March 13th this year, including our deep dive into caregiving and infertility!

The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here.  Kay mentioned the Young Wizards series and this fun comic strip about Cassandra. We introduced our new segment: Let’s Make a Muppets Musical, which was born out of twitter inspiration and collaboration with Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg in this thread.  Kay specifically talked about this idea for a Muppets Musical.  Emily also talked about this hilarious lectionary-based comic.

CN: we talk about caregiving, infertility, medical racism, and misogynoir when discussing the deep dive.

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