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Andy returns from Ithaca to discuss baptism and "remembering your baptism" on the week of First Methodist's "Simply Ordinary" baptism ceremony. Along the way, we talk about how the church does confirmation wrong, a Martin Luther quote worth remembering, and Brandi accidentally calls Ben a demon.

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Kaitlyn and Ben talk about the surprising examples of faith and consistency they found while watching the new Mr. Rogers documentary, "Won't You Be My Neighbor." Also, we find out how "Three's Company" kept Ben from having a TV growing up, and why Brandi isn't allowed to leave ever again.

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What does it means when God shows up at a place? Ken looks at the concept of God as light, and the life of Jesus, as a way to explain how God chooses to reveal who He is, and what He has created us to be.

There's also a fun bit about bug zappers.

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Brandi, Kaitlyn, and Ben dive into an article about journalism and politics that turns out to be much more about how we oversimplify narratives and how we consistently fail to deal with conflict correctly. How are we as the church, and as its people, getting this wrong over and over again?

The article is called "Complicating the Narratives," and can be read here: https://thewholestory.solutionsjournalism.org/complicating-the-narratives-b91ea06ddf63

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Ken explores how God uses us as ordinary people to do - and become - extraordinary things, by taking on a heart and attitude of humility, and living in community.

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This week is ostensibly about unjust laws and how we deal with them as Christians, but that turns out to not at all be where the conversation ends up. Instead, Brandi, Juan, and Ben focus on what Jesus told us about how "the poor are always with you," the parable of the sheep and the goats, and the ways we try to make something complicated into something simple to make ourselves feel better.

Plus, a brief and unplanned interruption by live salsa music.

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In response to Attorney General Jeff Sessions' use of Romans 13 during a speech about immigration, the group fields a question about what the Bible really says about the issue, and struggles to deal with commenting on policy in difficult political times. Plus, Ben finds out he's not an Evangelical!

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Ken shows us the way of of following God involves choosing the path that takes sabbath - and receiving the life that comes with that.

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Kaitlyn breaks down Matthew 11:28-30, where Jesus promises a yoke that is light. It includes a trip into The Leader's Journey, which notes "the higher the level of chronic anxiety in a system, the more difficult it is for that system to function in a healthy way."

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Andy, Brandi, Kaitlyn, and Ben respond to a New York Times Opinion Piece that gives faint praise to religion as a generic positive in people's lives. The group breaks down the writer's perspective, considers the actual benefits of a faith in Christ, and considers what their lives would look like without religion in them.

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