Stephen brings a classic word study on the idea of "submission". First, in the context of marriage, we discuss the outsized impact a simple phrase like "wives submit to your husbands" has on the culture in gender roles and divisions of labor. Then we discuss church authority! And tune in for an embarrassing story of teenage Stephen talking back to his mom!

Mentioned in the episode: 

• Ephesians 5:21-33 - Instructions for Christian Households
• Antifragile by Nassim Taleb

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• Josh: @joshlieuallen
• Emily: @RevRettinghouse
• Stephen: @stephenghenning

Join our community at patreon.com/ravelpod! You can also connect with Ravel on Twitter and Instagram at @ravelpod.

Thank you to Louie Zong for use of his song In Full Color, off his album, Here. Find his work on Spotify and Bandcamp!

Ravel is a proud founding member of the Highline Media Network, bringing the art of podcasting back to normal people in normal places.

In anticipation of the spooky holiday, we thought we could talk about magic! Why were Christians so scared of D&D, ACDC played backwards, or Harry Potter in the times of "satanic panic"? What is there to fear? Why are we terrified by what some call black magic while some of us believe in miracles and other God sanctioned supernatural events?

Mentioned in the episode: 

• Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
• The Lord of the Rings Series by J.R.R. Tolkien
• The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
• Exodus 7-11- The Ten Plagues
• The Secret: Law of Attraction by Gregory Garcia
• Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

Follow the hosts on Twitter: 

• Josh: @joshlieuallen
• Emily: @RevRettinghouse
• Stephen: @stephenghenning

Join our community at patreon.com/ravelpod! You can also connect with Ravel on Twitter and Instagram at @ravelpod.

Thank you to Louie Zong for use of his song In Full Color, off his album, Here. Find his work on Spotify and Bandcamp!

Ravel is a proud founding member of the Highline Media Network, bringing the art of podcasting back to normal people in normal places.

Of course, from guilt, we have to talk about grace! Emily leads us through a discussion on grace, it's unmerited nature, and how it might just be another word for love. We get to talk about Paul's vested interested in grace as a concept and how grace may be the New Testament word for what the Hebrew bible calls "mercy".

Mentioned in the episode: 

• Methodist Book of Discipline on Grace
• Acts 9 - Paul on the Damascus road
• Proverbs 27:17 - Iron sharpens iron
• Unoffendable by Brant Hansen
• Enneagram series by Sleeping At Last

Follow the hosts on Twitter: 

• Josh: @joshlieuallen
• Emily: @RevRettinghouse
• Stephen: @stephenghenning

Join our community at patreon.com/ravelpod! You can also connect with Ravel on Twitter and Instagram at @ravelpod.

Thank you to Louie Zong for use of his song In Full Color, off his album, Here. Find his work on Spotify and Bandcamp!

Ravel is a proud founding member of the Highline Media Network, bringing the art of podcasting back to normal people in normal places.

STARTER PACK: I Need Something Life-Giving

Feeling the sting of a guilty conscience for talking too much, Stephen wonders where guilt comes from and what we can do with it? How does shame factor in? What about repentance? Is guilt a psychological feeling we evolved through socialization or is it the Holy Spirit identifying where we are breaking a moral code?

Mentioned in the episode: 

• Romans 3:23 - For All Have Sinned
• Romans 6:1-2 - Sin more that grace would abound?
• Genesis 3 - Parable of the Fall of Humankind
• Romans 7:7 - The law teaches me to covet
• Matthew 5:27-28 - Anger is murder/Lust is adultery

Follow the hosts on Twitter: 

• Josh: @joshlieuallen
• Emily: @RevRettinghouse
• Stephen: @stephenghenning

Join our community at patreon.com/ravelpod! You can also connect with Ravel on Twitter and Instagram at @ravelpod.

Thank you to Louie Zong for use of his song In Full Color, off his album, Here. Find his work on Spotify and Bandcamp!

Ravel is a proud founding member of the Highline Media Network, bringing the art of podcasting back to normal people in normal places.

STARTER PACK: The Apologists Can't Hurt You Here

We cast lots to choose a topic today, since Josh is so full of ideas, he didn't know which one to select! The fates had in mind a conversation about faith and the interplay with reason and rationality. We discuss our shifting among the colors in spiral dynamics, the relevance of reason in the Wesleyan Quadrilateral, and Kierkegaard's "leap of faith".

Mentioned in the episode: 

• Reasonable Faith Org
• On Guard by William Lane Craig
• The God Who Is There by Francis Schaeffer
• These scientists can prove it's possible to reduce prejudice

Follow the hosts on Twitter: 

• Josh: @joshlieuallen
• Emily: @RevRettinghouse
• Stephen: @stephenghenning

Join our community at patreon.com/ravelpod! You can also connect with Ravel on Twitter and Instagram at @ravelpod.

Thank you to Louie Zong for use of his song In Full Color, off his album, Here. Find his work on Spotify and Bandcamp!

Ravel is a proud founding member of the Highline Media Network, bringing the art of podcasting back to normal people in normal places.

STARTER PACK: We Clearly Disagree

Emily gets us back in to the swing of things by asking the question, "do animals go to heaven?" Which of course draws us into conversation about the afterlife, being consistent in our theologies, and whether Harambe is in heaven looking down on us with love. We ravel out the "purpose" we or animals will have in heaven, the puzzling reality of carnivorous creatures in a world without Death, and the ecosystems of heaven.

Mentioned in the episode: 

• The Universal Christ by Richard Rohr
• Isaiah 11:6-9 - Lion will lay down with the Lamb
• YHP Podcast on Pantheism
• Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
• Genesis 1-2

Follow the hosts on Twitter: 

• Josh: @joshlieuallen
• Emily: @RevRettinghouse
• Stephen: @stephenghenning

Join our community at patreon.com/ravelpod! You can also connect with Ravel on Twitter and Instagram at @ravelpod.

Thank you to Louie Zong for use of his song In Full Color, off his album, Here. Find his work on Spotify and Bandcamp!

Ravel is a proud founding member of the Highline Media Network, bringing the art of podcasting back to normal people in normal places.

Dixie Lee Henning discusses the wins and losses of translating beloved fictional books into movies. Covering major plot points, subtle character development, popular fan theories, and what you might have missed if you've only seen the film.

Learn more and subscribe by visiting us at highline.network/shows/authorsintent

After a 2 month maternity leave from the podcast, Pastor Emily is back! We recorded this episode in the library of Emily's church and in person for the first time ever! Josh and Stephen reflect on the past 8 episodes of guests. Emily comes with a report on her wonderful baby and brings notes to debrief about the episodes we made without her!

Mentioned in the episode: 

• Setting the Table by Danny Meyer
• highline.network

Follow the hosts on Twitter: 

• Josh: @joshlieuallen
• Emily: @RevRettinghouse
• Stephen: @stephenghenning

Join our community at patreon.com/ravelpod! You can also connect with Ravel on Twitter and Instagram at @ravelpod.

Thank you to Louie Zong for use of his song In Full Color, off his album, Here. Find his work on Spotify and Bandcamp!

Ravel is a proud founding member of the Highline Media Network, bringing the art of podcasting back to normal people in normal places.

We are concluding our guest host series with Stephen's partner, the "Reverend" Dixie Lee Henning! Having experienced a confusing series to fertility struggles throughout her life and two miscarriages with Stephen, Dixie wonders why our culture in the church and at large don't talk much about it. This is an emotionally hardhitting episode with high highs and low lows. Grace and peace.

Connect with Dixie:

• Mains
  • Twitter @dixieleehenning
  • Instagram @dixieleehenning
• Art at dixieleedraws.com
  • Instagram @dixieleedraws
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Follow the hosts on Twitter: 

• Josh: @joshlieuallen
• Emily: @RevRettinghouse
• Stephen: @stephenghenning

Join our community at patreon.com/ravelpod! You can also connect with Ravel on Twitter and Instagram at @ravelpod.

Thank you to Louie Zong for use of his song In Full Color, off his album, Here. Find his work on Spotify and Bandcamp!

Ravel is a proud founding member of the Highline Media Network, bringing the art of podcasting back to normal people in normal places.

STARTER PACK: Press F To Doubt

Rounding out the crew from the IN2 Podcast, Alex Falcongrove joins Ravel to ask the question, "What do we do with the mad that we feel?" After we tip the scales from Christian to Agnostic, what do we do with the baggage we were taught to carry?

Connect with Alex on Twitter and Instagram!
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Mentioned in the episode:

• Myth of Atlas
• Myth of Sisyphus 
• The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus
• Pascal's Wager
• Luke 15:11-32 - Prodigal Son
• Pastor's Kid Podcast with Piper Ramsey-Sumner

Follow the hosts on Twitter: 

• Josh: @joshlieuallen
• Emily: @RevRettinghouse
• Stephen: @stephenghenning

Join our community at patreon.com/ravelpod! You can also connect with Ravel on Twitter and Instagram at @ravelpod.

Thank you to Louie Zong for use of his song In Full Color, off his album, Here. Find his work on Spotify and Bandcamp!

Ravel is a proud founding member of the Highline Media Network, bringing the art of podcasting back to normal people in normal places.