Welcome, Pkarlgh! The birthday party prep is in full swing, and 5-year-old Emery was given the best chore ever!  

This reminds John of a new segment idea:  Is This a Joke?!  As the culture continues to swim in irrationality, there are a lot of things happening that would have been considered unbelievable 20 years ago...  For example: Atheist chaplains and women who put their sons in dresses and then complain that they're being bullied...  Is this a joke?

Related: John is very proud of the new sound he can make with his mouth. Let us know if you're as impressed as he is, by emailing [email protected] .  

Finally, it's mail time! How can we be respectful toward our bodies as temples and have dignity as Christians made in God's image--while we're laughing at everything?  

It's a good question, Pkarlgh!  We should want to be mature...responsible...respectable...and to maintain a human dignity.  However--we shouldn't be too preoccupied with being SEEN as very grown up.  C.S. Lewis has a great quote about our quest to appear mature.

John messes up the name of one of the hosts on the Patriarchy Podcast. (Shout out to Tony and Joseph--our network brothers on Fight, Laugh, Feast!)  Then we spend waaaaaay too long trying to think of a synonym for "frivolous."  

Don't forget: A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.  --Roald Dahl 

The most dignified parts of this podcast have--by far--been the most boring. 

And what does Cami's experience on a roller coaster have to do with struggling to be dignified?

Finally, we wrap up with a quick Whirl from the Peaches.  Christians have historically been very Libertarian-leaning.  (Small government, free markets, etc.)  But we don't live in a moral society anymore. We can't value "free choice" at all costs--when our neighbors are "choosing" to kill babies.  And we can't value free enterprise at all costs, when pagan corporations are censoring Christian thought... 

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