patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor Theologian

Many of us read about how others view the world, reality and God. Few of us are able to talk and interact with those whose view of things religious is different than our own. If you had the opportunity to learn from those who are, say, Hindu, would you?… Continue reading

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1. Pariah, Corporatist News, and Literacy, An Interview with Marty Duren


2. The Value of Religion, Choosing Ignorance, and Identifying Arguments: An Interview with Greg Horton


3. Beauty May Liberate Us From the Cul-De-Sac: An Interview with Bill Walker III

Bruce discovered being god demanded more than he expected. Consider the scene where he must answer prayers. The counter spun with the number of incoming requests. Interested in something else, Bruce Almighty decided to answer every request with, “Yes.” Some concepts of god/God betray God revealed in Jesus. That … Continue reading

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1. Fleming Rutledge Had Me Chippy, I Blame Jason Micheli


2. The Greatest Spiritual Discipline: An Interview with Philip Nation


3. Disabilities and The Church of the First: An Interview with Nathaniel Welch

Danish comedian Victor Borge is credited with observing, “Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.” Jason Micheli must surely be Borge’s prodigy. Though Micheli lives in Alexandria, VA, his humor in writing and in conversations over Skype have brought him very near me here in Fly … Continue reading

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1. Fleming Rutledge Had Me Chippy, I Blame Jason Micheli


2. Cancer and Tamed Cynic or, Jason Goes On the Offensive


3. Fear Your Own Hard Heart: An Interview with Alan Cross

Theories of the atonement, what the cross of Jesus means for us, tend to focus on sin. What about our shame? I suspect more people wrestle with shame while believing they have been forgiven their sins.

Stories matter. Sometimes our stories get buried beneath another … Continue reading

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1. Black Olive or Green Olive, What Color Was Jesus?: An Interview with Adam Clark


2. How We Talk About Authority and Submission Matter #AltonSterling: An Interview with Geoff Holsclaw


3. Disabilities and The Church of the First: An Interview with Nathaniel Welch

The first shall be first. It is hard to escape the prevalent drive for number one. And, it is difficult to miss it in the church.

Social services receive their fair share of criticism. Claims of creating dependency and the promotion of a Welfare State … Continue reading

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1. Community Witness


2. Fleming Rutledge Had Me Chippy, I Blame Jason Micheli


3. Poverty, American Christianity, and The Church, An Interview with Ryan Abernathy

“There must be some way out of here,” said the joker to the thief. “There’s too much confusion I can’t get no relief . . ..” Learning to read the Bible as a child and a young adolescent meant always looking up and hoping to get out of … Continue reading

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1. Not Just Tornadoes and Drought – Earthquakes Too


2. Zhand, Sobrino, and Editing Isaiah


3. Poverty, American Christianity, and The Church, An Interview with Ryan Abernathy

Discerning statistics does not equal listening to human beings.

One year? One year! Facebook reminded me that it has been one year since I posted my conversation with Rob Davis. It was before the current iteration of the podcast. The content is still relevant and even more so now … Continue reading

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1. Listening to the Nones and Dones: An Interview with Rob Davis


2. An Uneasy Agent of the State: Part 1, Prayer As Ceremony


3. Beauty May Liberate Us From the Cul-De-Sac: An Interview with Bill Walker III

 Pastor lives matter. But, that is not the same as #blacklivesmatter. My friend Greg Horton confirmed that to equate pastor lives, an occupation, with black lives, an incidence of birth, is considered the Fallacy of False Equivalency. Or, you may consider it a False Analogy.

Most … Continue reading

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1. Pledging Allegiance to People: An (Almost) Interview with George E Young Sr


2. Beauty May Liberate Us From the Cul-De-Sac: An Interview with Bill Walker III


3. Walk 150 Miles In My Shoes: An Interview with Blake Oakley

Words take time to live into their full meaning. It may not always be the case. But, when it comes to the self-evident truth that all men are created equal it is hard to deny.

Everything set up well. Digital recorder – check. Microphone – check. … Continue reading

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1. So You Support Education in Oklahoma? Time for @OKJusticeReform


2. Black Olive or Green Olive, What Color Was Jesus?: An Interview with Adam Clark


3. Beauty May Liberate Us From the Cul-De-Sac: An Interview with Bill Walker III

Maybe it was the spelling. One would expect that after a year the supervisor would know his name. Time to reconsider what lay ahead.

Teer Hardy joins me for a conversation that ranges widely but never wanders far from the subject of relationships.

Everyone lives within … Continue reading

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1. Man-Crushing Tuesday or, When Jason Micheli and Teer Hardy Flip the Script on Me


2. Eclectic as Post-Ecumenical or, Thinking With Your Mouth Open


3. Toxic Christianity, Self-Consciousness and Messy Mercy : An Interview with Morgan Guyton