What the Hell is a Pastor?

What the Hell is a Pastor?

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What the Hell is a Pastor? episodes

  • Reel Christianity: A Thief in the Night

    In this special bonus episode, Corey, Ethan, and Jo revive Reel Christianity, their movie review podcast, to tackle 1972's A Thief in the Night. The movie was... awful, but it gives us the opportunity to talk about horror movies, conspiracy theories, and how Evangelical thinking about the end times hasn't really changed in fifty years. 

    Interested in that Conspiracy Theory Handbook Corey talked about? You can read it here.

    Want to listen to old episodes of Reel Christianity? You can currently find them here. 

    Wanna give us money so we can keep doing stuff like this? Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wthiap.

    Have thoughts about what we said or want to send us a suggestion for a minisode topic? Email us at [email protected].
    Like Twitter? We do too, we guess. Find us under the handle @wthisapastor.
    And follow us and our larger network, Disruptive Disciples, on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DisruptiveDisciples/.

    1 hr 39 min
  • Minisode 59: Spooky Schmitt Returns!

    In which Charles Wesley's Process Stepchild and Spanks Rebok talk through who is actually the sovereign in this bananas time in United Methodist history. 

    Wanna give us money so we can keep doing stuff like this? Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wthiap.

    Have thoughts about what we said or want to send us a suggestion for a minisode topic? Email us at [email protected].
    Like Twitter? We do too, we guess. Find us under the handle @wthisapastor.
    And follow us and our larger network, Disruptive Disciples, on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DisruptiveDisciples/.

    19 min
  • Update to To Be a Functional Member of the Body

    In which Ian joins Jo to give an update to last episode. Spoiler alert: it's not great. 

    Anyway, J.J.'s book is called Reclaiming Church and the audiobook is available tomorrow! Pre-order here.

    Feeling sympathy pains for that grad school/funemployment life? Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wthiap.

    Have thoughts about what we said, want to send us a reading list, or, apparently, give us ideas about Patreon tiers? Email us at [email protected].  
    Like Twitter? We do too, we guess. Find us under the handle @wthisapastor.  
    And follow us and our larger network, Disruptive Disciples, on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DisruptiveDisciples/.

    24 min
  • To Be a Functioning Member of the Body (with J.J. Warren and Tom Hermans-Webster)

    In which J.J. and Tom join us for a conversation about the status of 20202 lay delegates to the General Conference commissioned for ministry. It's a doozy. 

    J.J.'s book is called Reclaiming Church and the audiobook is available tomorrow! Pre-order here. 

    You can (and should) follow J.J. on twitter @itsmejjwarren, Tom @nottomwebster, and Ian @iurriola.

    Feeling sympathy pains for that grad school/funemployment life? Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wthiap.

    Have thoughts about what we said, want to send us a reading list, or, apparently, give us ideas about Patreon tiers? Email us at [email protected].  
    Like Twitter? We do too, we guess. Find us under the handle @wthisapastor.  
    And follow us and our larger network, Disruptive Disciples, on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DisruptiveDisciples/.

    1 hr 11 min
  • Minisode 58: The Iron Sheik

    In which Spanks regales The Dude with a fascinating pro-wrestling story. 

    Wanna give us money so we can keep doing stuff like this? Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wthiap.

    Have thoughts about what we said or want to send us a suggestion for a minisode topic? Email us at [email protected].
    Like Twitter? We do too, we guess. Find us under the handle @wthisapastor.
    And follow us and our larger network, Disruptive Disciples, on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DisruptiveDisciples/.

    42 min
  • The Only Thing That's Real is Morality

    CW: brief discussion of sexual violence 

    In which Ethan and Jo talk about what Ethan's reading in class, including some history on the religion of enslaved people in the United States and the writing of Sylvia Wynter. 

    Jo shouts out Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde (which would have been really important to bring into this conversation, if she had tried) and The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin. She also shouts out this episode of the The Wintering Sessions with Katherine May. 

    Feeling sympathy pains for that grad school/funemployment life? Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wthiap.

    Have thoughts about what we said, want to send us a reading list, or, apparently, give us ideas about Patreon tiers? Email us at [email protected].  
    Like Twitter? We do too, we guess. Find us under the handle @wthisapastor.  
    And follow us and our larger network, Disruptive Disciples, on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DisruptiveDisciples/.

    1 hr 17 min
  • Minisode 57: Pillow Talk with Ian and Jo

    In a preview of future patreon-only content, Ian and Jo discuss the reality of Bigfoot. 

    Want more of this? Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wthiap.

    Have thoughts about what we said or want to send us a suggestion for a minisode topic? Email us at [email protected].
    Like Twitter? We do too, we guess. Find us under the handle @wthisapastor.
    And follow us and our larger network, Disruptive Disciples, on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DisruptiveDisciples/.

    20 min
  • Wanda and Wrestling

    ***SO MANY WANDAVISION SPOILERS***

    In which Ethan and Jo talk through two recent pop culture experiences. 

    Feeling sympathy pains for that grad school/funemployment life? Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wthiap.

    Have thoughts about what we said, want to send us a reading list, or, apparently, give us ideas about Patreon tiers? Email us at [email protected].  
    Like Twitter? We do too, we guess. Find us under the handle @wthisapastor.  
    And follow us and our larger network, Disruptive Disciples, on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DisruptiveDisciples/.

    1 hr 11 min
  • Minisode 56: Church Tales

    In which Spanks Rebok and the Dude are joined by Generic White Woman #3 to tell stories of church homecomings, technology, and more. 

    Feeling sympathy pains for that grad school/funemployment life? Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wthiap.

    Have thoughts about what we said or want to send us a suggestion for a minisode topic? Email us at [email protected].
    Like Twitter? We do too, we guess. Find us under the handle @wthisapastor.
    And follow us and our larger network, Disruptive Disciples, on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DisruptiveDisciples/.

    40 min
  • You don't buy us

    In which Kate joins Jo and Ethan to talk about the challenges of being a pastor who is also a parent of young children, along with some good old fashioned hopes and frustrations about ministry and the church. 

    Feeling sympathy pains for that grad school/funemployment life? Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wthiap.

    Have thoughts about what we said, want to send us a reading list, or, apparently, give us ideas about Patreon tiers? Email us at [email protected].  
    Like Twitter? We do too, we guess. Find us under the handle @wthisapastor.  
    And follow us and our larger network, Disruptive Disciples, on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DisruptiveDisciples/.

    1 hr 2 min

About What the Hell is a Pastor?

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Two current and former young pastors in small town ministry sit down each week to talk about the ups and downs of their jobs as they try to figure out what the hell it is they're supposed to be doing.…