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 8th Sunday after Pentecost, also known as Lectionary 16 or Proper 11, which falls on July 18th this year, including our deep dive into RESToration!

The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here.  We talked about The Nap Ministry, which you can explore more on Facebook and Twitter.  For beautiful Sabbath blessings each week, follow Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg!  Emily mentioned this poster from the Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio, which shows the many things that labor organizing brought us in the u.s.  Kay mentioned The Good Jobs Strategy book, which you can find here.  We also talk about citizenship and immigration briefly, which you can explore more in our episode for the 6th Sunday after Pentecost.

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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 7th Sunday after Pentecost, also known as Lectionary 15 or Proper 10, which falls on July 11th this year, including our deep dive into religious violence!

The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here.  If you’d like to find out who the original inhabitants of the land you’re living on were, you can get started with this interactive map!

CN: we talk about religious, especially though not exclusively Christian, violence in its many forms, including colonialism, slavery, and genocide when discussing the deep dive.

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Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) and special guest Rev. Alejandro Alfaro-Santiz (he/el) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the 6th Sunday after Pentecost, also known as Lectionary 14 or Proper 9, which falls on July 4th this year, including our deep dive into immigration!

The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here.  We talked about the work of the Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice.  Pastor Kay mentioned this cartoon about Paul and Spongebob.

CN: use and explanation of the word “illegal” in 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 5th Sunday after Pentecost, also known as Lectionary 13 or Proper 8, which falls on June 27th this year, including our deep dive into the theology of abundance versus the theology of scarcity!

The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here.  Pastor Kay mentions this cartoon.

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Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) and special guest Rev. abby mohaupt (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the 4th Sunday after Pentecost, also known as Lectionary 12 or Proper 7, which falls on June 20th this year, including our deep dive into climate change!

The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here.  Pastor Emily talked about this article about a new theory on dark matter.  We also talked about this NPR story on climate activists getting a seat on the Board of Exxon Mobile.  Don't forget to check out GreenFaith and Fossil Free PCUSA, two of the organizations Rev. abby works with!

CN: we briefly talk about police brutality 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 3rd Sunday after Pentecost, also known as Lectionary 11 or Proper 6, which falls on June 13th this year, including our deep dive into imagery and literalism in the Bible!

The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here.  We talked about Biblical literalism with the example from John 3, which we talk about in Holy Trinity Sunday’s episode.

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Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) and special guest Rev. Callie Swanlund (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost, also known as Lectionary 10 or Proper 5, which falls on June 6th this year, including our deep dive into blame, shame, and vulnerability!

The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here.  We talked about Brené Brown and Emily mentioned this TedTalk about vulnerability hangovers and shame.  Also, check out the How2charist video that Callie talks about. Kay talked about these Five Geek Social Fallacies.  Find out more about Callie and the #WholeheartedWednesday movement through @callieswandlund on social media!

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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 Holy Trinity Sunday, the first Sunday after Pentecost, which falls on May 30th this year, including our deep dive into the Trinity!

The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here.  We talked about a video of St. Patrick explaining many of the heresies connected to explaining the Trinity, but as Pastor Kay mentioned, the person who made the video is queerphobic, transphobic, and misogynistic, so instead we are suggesting this brand new video made by Pastor Josh Evans!  Pastor Emily mentioned this blog post of many different depictions of the Holy Trinity.  Pastor Kay mentioned this Calvin & Hobbes comic strip.

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Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) and special guest Dr. Jake Rapp (he) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for Pentecost, also known as the birthday of the Church, which falls on May 23rd this year, including our deep dive into languages and translation!

The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here.  Pastor Kay mentioned her ministry resource for Pentecost, the LegalEagle Youtube channel, and the Bad Legal Takes Twitter account.  We also talked about Ted Chiang's short story, "The Story of Your Life" (the basis for the movie, The Arrival) and "Tower of Babel", both from the collection The Stories of Your Life and Others.

CN: we talk about death in childbirth when discussing the Romans reading.

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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 7th Sunday of Easter, which falls on May 16 this year, including our deep dive into prayer!

The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here.   Also, if you want to learn more about prayer, we mentioned Praying in Color by Sybil MacBeth, and Prayer by Richard Foster.

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