Join Micah, Waffles, Aaron J Smith, and Avery Arden as we explore the sacrifices outlined in Leviticus 1-3. Why are we reading this ancient book about sacrifices in a religion at least two removed from our own? What is the difference between perfection and holiness? How can we read this text as liberatory for the very people whom it excludes? And how dense do you need to be an apostle? Find out some perspectives on these questions and more on this episode of The Word in Black and Red.

Waffles are a delicious breakfast treat.

Aaron is a spiritual director and host of Micah's favorite interview podcast, All Things Made New.

Avery is the host of the amazing podcast and source of queer theology, Blessed are the Binary Breakers.

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Join Micah, Aaron, Ell, and Spencer as we discuss God entering God's dwelling in Exodus 40. What is the significance of this final moment? How is God coming to dwell with the people a transformative experience for everyone? And how can we become God's dwelling place? Find out some answers to these questions and more on this episode of The Word in Black and Red!

Aaron J Smith's All Things Made New is one of Micah's top five favorite podcasts of all time. Go give it a listen.

Ell and Spencer have reappeared as joint co-hosts to tell you to learn your union history and then go join one in making some more of it.

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Join Micah, Mike, Spencer, and Ronnie as we explore the construction of God's dwelling in Exodus 35:4-39:43. Why does it matter how the tabernacle for a religion three thousand years ago was set up? What sort of cultural memory was necessary to hold on to this, and what was being communicated about the current oppression the authors were writing? How is this rainbow-filled building a tool of resisting the empire that dominated them? And what can we learn about our own struggle from this ancient text? Find out answers to these questions and more on this episode of The Word in Black and Red!

Mike's gone through a rebrand since this episode was recorded, but you can still find him on Facebook as Mystic Mikester.

Ronnie's congregation, Chosen Family Church, can be found on Facebook.

Spencer just wants you to have a nice day and tell someone it's still Christmas time.

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Join Ell, Scott, Natasha, Mike, Jules, Matt, Dave, Avery, and Micah for our Christmas Special 2025! Hear reflections on Mary, the love of God, and the role of the ordinary in the greatest revolution in history.

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Join Micah, Scott, Mat, and Avery as we explore who God is, what the new covenant looks like, and why Moses is quite so shiny in Exodus 34-35:3. How do we see the idea that God is love here in this ancient passage about cursing disobedient people for four generations or driving out the indigenous inhabitants of Canaan? What is the spiritual significance of Moses' shining face? And how can this new promised relationship with God help us develop our own new ways of building society? Find out on this episode of The Word in Black and Red!

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Read Mat's wonderful liturgies for the Church of the Affirmation.

Learn from Avery's blog and podcast Blessed are the Binary Breakers.

Listen to Scott's wonderful podcast Retelling the Bible.

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Join Micah, Ell, Grahmin, and Avery as we discuss Moses seeking after and seeing God in Exodus 33. Why is God still pulling away from the people? What does Moses do to restore the relationship? And what do you mean, God showed Moses God's butt? Find out answers to these questions and more on this episode of The Word in Black and Red!

Ell is busy unionizing the disciples and wants you to join them.

Grahmin can be found on the Discord welcoming people into the community.

Avery is doing a million amazing things that can be found at binarybreakingworship.com

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Join Micah, Ell, Fae, and Don as we discuss the Golden Calf in Exodus 32. What is the significance of the golden calf, and did it really happen here? What political agenda is this story achieving, and why does it show up right here? What are the golden calves of our own age, and how should we deal with them? Find out some perspectives on these questions and more on this episode of The Word in Black and Red!

Ell can be found in the Discord and wherever you hear someone talking about unionizing.

Fae wants to chat in the Discord with you and then grant you three winter-specific wishes.

Don's international church can be found at unfinished.love

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Join Micah, Blue, Spencer, and Aaron as they discuss the proper worship and the Sabbath in Exodus 29-31. Why is this so much harder than just worshiping a cow? What is the purpose of this census, and why does God later hate censuses? How does this passage help us resist the endless and relentless urge to accumulate under capitalism? Find out some answers to these questions and more on this episode of The Word in Black and Red!

Blue wants to be your friend in the great Down Under. If you ever find yourself in Australia, look to the skies, and that's where you'll find him.

Spencer is the appendix to a people's history of Utah.

Aaron J Smith is the host of Micah's favorite interview podcast, All Things Made New.

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Join Micah, Aaron, and Jules as we discuss the building of the tabernacle and vestments for the priests in Exodus 25-28. Why do these ancient descriptions matter for our own perception of our faith? How is God's presence mediated through these objects in the tabernacle and in our own religious practices? And how is the early church reimagining the ark of the covenant as Mother Mary--and how can that reenvisioning of the story help us reimagine our role in our own times? Find out some perspectives on these questions and more on this episode of The Word in Black and Red!

Jules' awesome content can be found on xiantifa.itch.io.

Aaron's amazing show All Things Made New can be found wherever good podcasts are served.

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Join Micah, Ell, Pastor Don, and new guest Father Micah Lazarus, priest-in-charge of St. Photini Universalist Orthodox Church as we discuss the Mosaic Covenant in Exodus 24. Why is God maintaining distance between Godself and the people? What does God's struggle with intimacy with many people illustrate about the perspective of a chosen people that some come to see as the means by which God saves the whole world? What is the significance of the Mosaic Covenant for Christian's relationship to our Jewish comrades? Find out some answers to these questions and more on this episode of The Word in Black and Red!

Ell wants you to join the IWW.

Don's church can be found at unfinished.love

Fr. Micah's can be found on Insta and Tumblr as @apptowonder and St Photini can be found on Facebook.

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