Nerds At Church

NerdsAtChurch is a podcast with Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she), where we nerd out about the scripture readings we hear at church and their connections to all things nerdery! 

(This episode was recorded before Christmas) 

Join us to explore how we connect the scripture for the Second Sunday after Epiphany, which falls on January 17 this year, in new and nerdy ways, including our deep dive into ethics around bodies in the Bible! 

The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here. We talked about feminist theology around bodies, which you can explore more in the books Pastor Emily recommends, “From Feminist Theology to Indecent Theology” or “Liberation Theology and Sexuality,” both by Marcella Althaus-Reed.  Also, if you want to learn more about disability/mental health theology and praxis, “Blessed Are the Crazy: Breaking the Silence about Mental Illness, Family, & Church” by Sarah Griffith Lund is the book Pastor Kay is looking forward to reading.  

CN: we talk about bodies, sex work, and the biblical word often translated as “fornication” in our Deep Dive and for the second reading, and also nonconsenting control or influence over others during the second reading. 

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NerdsAtChurch is a podcast with Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she), where we nerd out about the scripture readings we hear at church and their connections to all things nerdery!

Join us to explore how we connect the scripture for Baptism of Jesus, also known as Lectionary 1, which falls on January 10th this year in new and nerdy ways, including our deep dive into water!

The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here.  If you want to learn more about water’s memory, this New Scientist article is what we refer to in the episode.

Check us out on Facebook & Twitter at @NerdsAtChurch to connect!

NerdsAtChurch is a podcast with Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she), where we nerd out about the scripture readings we hear at church and their connections to all things nerdery!

Join us and our special guest, Dr. David Kordahl (he), to explore how we connect the scripture for the 2nd Sunday of Christmas, which falls on January 3rd this year in new and nerdy ways, including our deep dive into the Big Bang!

The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here (link includes bracketed verses).

CN: we talk about adoption when discussing the second reading.

Check us out on Facebook & Twitter at @NerdsAtChurch to connect!

NerdsAtChurch is a podcast with Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she), where we nerd out about the scripture readings we hear at church and their connections to all things nerdery!  Join us to explore how we connect the scripture for the first Sunday of Christmas which falls on December 27th this year in new and nerdy ways, including our deep dive into the Gospel canticles, especially Simeon’s song: the Nunc Dimittis!  

The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here.  We talked about how linen is and was made, which you can explore more here.   

CN: we talk about prison industrial complex, slavery, and the Stanford experiment when discussing the Gospel reading. 

Check us out on Facebook & Twitter at @NerdsAtChurch to connect!

NerdsAtChurch is a podcast with Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she), where we nerd out about the scripture readings we hear at church and their connections to all things nerdery! Join us to explore how we connect the scripture for Christmas Eve which falls on December 24th this (and every) year in new and nerdy ways, including our deep dive into Chosen One narratives! 

The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here (includes bracketed verses). We talked about this great list of Chosen One books. Also, if you want to learn more about Chosen One narratives, this Witch, Please episode is what we refer to in this episode. 

Check us out on Facebook & Twitter at @NerdsAtChurch to connect!

NerdsAtChurch is a podcast with Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she), where we nerd out about the scripture readings we hear at church and their connections to all things nerdery!

Join us and our special guest, Suzannah Porter (she) to explore how we connect the scripture for Advent 4 which falls on December 20th this year in new and nerdy ways, including our deep dive into Buffy the Vampire Slayer and her connections to Luke!

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

CN: we talk about consent when discussing the 1st and 4th (final) readings.

Check us out on Facebook & Twitter at @NerdsAtChurch to connect!

NerdsAtChurch is a podcast with Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she), where we nerd out about the scripture readings we hear at church and their connections to all things nerdery!

Join us to explore how we connect the scripture for the 3rd Sunday in Advent which falls on December 13 this year in new and nerdy ways, including our deep dive into prophecy!

The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here.  We talked about a quote from Mr. Rogers, which you can explore more here.  Also, if you want to learn more about Biblical prophecy, enterthebible.org is what we refer to in this episode. 

Content notification: we talk about calls for peace being used for oppressive purposes when discussing the 2nd reading.

Check us out on Facebook & Twitter at @NerdsAtChurch to connect!

NerdsAtChurch is a podcast with Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she), where we nerd out about the scripture readings we hear at church and their connections to all things nerdery!

Join us to explore how we connect the scripture for the 2nd Sunday in Advent in new and nerdy ways, including our deep dive into St Nicholas Day!

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

Check us out on Facebook & Twitter at @NerdsAtChurch to connect!

NerdsAtChurch is a podcast with Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she), where we nerd out about the scripture readings we hear at church and their connections to all things nerdery! Join us to explore how we connect the scripture for the 1st Sunday of Advent (11/29/2020) in new and nerdy ways, including our deep dive into the Apocalypse! 

Here is the scripture we refer to for this episode.  We talked about light and dark, which you can explore more from the Rev. Dr. Wil Gafney and ELCA Candidate for Ordained Ministry Elle Dowd.  Also, if you want to learn more about how the Left Behind series is problematic, Kay refers to Slacktivist's commentary in this episode. Check us out on Facebook & Twitter at @NerdsAtChurch to connect!

NerdsAtChurch is the new podcast of Rev. Emily Ewing (they/them) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she/her), formerly of HP@Church. NerdsAtChurch is where we nerd out about the scripture readings we hear at church and their connections to all things nerdery! Join us, and our occasional special guests, to explore how we can connect to scripture in new and nerdy ways! Check us out on Facebook & Twitter at @NerdsAtChurch to connect!