The Happy Rant

The Happy Rant

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The Happy Rant episodes

  • Episode #392 - Parenting Older Kids and When Religious Institutions Should Just Go Away
    In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics:

    1. Generational differences in parenting
    2. Honesty in parenting vs. giving the impression of perfection
    3. Relinquishing control as a parent
    4. When is it better for particular churches or denominations to just go away?
    5. Shepherding those inside a broken institution vs. the reputation to those outside
    6. Humility vs. ego in leadership

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    49 min
  • Episode #391 - Leaving Twitter, Missing Old Fashioned Discourse, and Back to School
    In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics:

    - Why should anyone stay on Twitter?
    - Why are people leaving Twitter, and why now especially?
    - How did we used to discourse before social media?
    - Phone addiction vs. social media addiction
    - Our summer plans and going back to school

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    54 min
  • Episode #390 - The New Radio, Why We Write, and Lifting Up Younger Generations
    In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted and Barnabas, sans Ronnie, wander to and fro through a variety of topics:

    1. Podcasts as the new radio
    2. If there are so many writers and books, why do we keep doing it?
    3. Writing idealism vs. pragmatism/capitalism
    4. Writing for legacy vs. writing to “make it”
    5. How do we treat younger generations well instead of dumping all over them?

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    52 min
  • Episode #389 - The Last Laugh: Regrettable Choices, Ministry Mistakes, and Holy Kisses
    In this episode of The Happy Rant, Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics as posed by our listeners LIVE from New Albany, Indiana leading up to the final T4G conference:

    1. Fan encounters and celebrity moments
    2. Regrettable cultural choices and fashion decisions
    3. Pastoral and teaching mistakes
    4. Greeting others with a holy kiss
    5. Transformative books, music, and movies for us
    6. Slapping pastors (again)
    7. The “C” in Jared C. Wilson - wrong answers only
    8. Book endorsements
    9. Ideal piece of sports memorabilia
    10. Who in the Bible do we identify with the most?

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    50 min
  • Episode #388 - The Last Laugh: Writing Advice, Marriage Advice, and The D.Min Life
    In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics LIVE from New Albany, Indiana leading up to the final T4G conference:

    1. Church decor and interesting instruments
    2. Writing advice and writing cohorts
    3. The value of writing inspiration
    4. Advice for D.Min students and Ronnie’s classroom vibe
    5. Marriage advice and marriage questions

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    48 min
  • Episode #387 - The Last Laugh: T4G Retrospective and the Future of Reformedom
    In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics LIVE from New Albany, Indiana leading up to the final T4G conference:

    1. A T4G retrospective of our favorite moments
    2. The future of reformed conferences
    3. Angry Calvinists
    4. Tell me you’re reformed without telling me you’re reformed
    5. Violent Grace
    6. Fighting famous pastors

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    39 min
  • Episode #386 - Disappearing Youth Pastors, Pastoral Communication, and the Gaming Life
    In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics:

    1. Where have all the youth pastors gone?
    2. Are church planters the new youth pastors?
    3. Are pastors particularly bad at digital and personal communication?
    4. Gaming as a career and as socially acceptable

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    47 min
  • Episode #385 - The Hillsong Implosion, Lavish Lifestyles, and Pastoral Bullying
    In this episode of The Happy Rant, Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics:

    1. How is selling out going?
    2. The Hillsong controversy (implosion) and pastoral lavish lifestyles
    3. What level of lavishness is acceptable for pastors?
    4. Will successful pastors inevitably be accused of bullying?
    5. How do we avoid this sort of pastoral and church failure?
    6. The etiquette for introverts hosting extraverts

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    40 min
  • Episode #384 - The Slap, The Oscars, and a Reformed Royal Rumble
    In this episode of the Happy Rant Ted Kluck, Ronnie Martin, and Barnabas Piper wander to and fro through a variety of topics:

    1. Gauging our Oscars interest
    2. Is Will Smith an actual movie star?
    3. The Slap: our takes on the takes
    4. Who would we choose to slap if given the chance?
    5. A T4G royal rumble

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    41 min
  • Episode #383 - Please Allow Us to Introduce Ourselves
    In this episode of the Happy Rant Ted Kluck, Ronnie Martin, and Barnabas Piper wander to and fro through a variety of topics:

    1. Who we are, a brief introduction for new listeners
    2. What we love about podcasting together
    3. How we would describe our show: The Seinfeld of podcasts, a Piper family dinner party, and a description to aspirational college students

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    38 min

About The Happy Rant

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Barnabas Piper, Ted Kluck, and Ronnie Martin cheerfully - if sarcastically - rant about all the things that don't matter all that much (and some that do).

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