What the Hell is a Pastor?

What the Hell is a Pastor?

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What the Hell is a Pastor? episodes

  • Minisode 50: To Hold Their Hands as They're Dying

    In which Spanks Rebok and the Dude do their best to figure out what the hell it is that pastors do. 

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    54 min
  • Meeting Jesus Facedown in a Cotton Field

    Ethan's mom visits the pod to talk about non-profits, ministry, and doing what Christ calls us to do. If you want to support the work Friends and Neighbors is doing, you can donate to them here: https://friendsandneighborsofpa.org/donate/.

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    1 hr 8 min
  • Minisode 49: Once More, With Feeling

    In which Curly Rural joins Spanx Rebok and the Dude to finish their conversation on rural ministry, this time with more candidness. 

    Book mentions in this episode:

    The Mission of God's People: A Biblical Theology of the Church's Mission by Christopher J. H. Wright
    Incarnational Ministry and Incarnational Mission, both of which can be found here, by Samuel Wells

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    1 hr 2 min
  • You’re Always a Witness: A Conversation on Rural Ministry

    Heather joins Ethan and Jo to continue their rural ministry conversation, but this time with more research! 

    Book recommendations from Heather:

    Effective Small Churches in the Twenty-first Century by Carl S. Dudley
    Celebrating the Small Church: Harnessing the strength of the small church by Martin Robinson and Dan Yarnell
    A Big Gospel in Small Places: Why Ministry in Forgotten Communities Matters by by Stephen Witmer
    Congregation: Stories and Structures by James F. Hopewell
    Preaching as Local Theology and Folk Art by Leonora Tubbs Tisdale
    The Invisible Church: Learning from the Experiences of Churchless Christians by Steve Aisthorpe
    Rewilding the Church by Steve Aisthorpe

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    1 hr 17 min
  • Minisode 48: The Dude Reacts

    In which the duo give you about 20 minutes of reflection on yesterday's coup attempt and lead you into today's minisode, recorded in the sunnier days of last week, talking about the Twisted Tea video (which has since been taken down for violating YouTube's policies about depicting graphic content) and the famous Wrestling Isn't Wrestling video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYvMOf3hsGA

    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.
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    1 hr 12 min
  • To Love a Rural Place

    In which Ethan and Jo run through some quick updates before getting caught up in a hard conversation about rural ministry. 

    Here's the NPR article in question: https://www.npr.org/2020/12/28/950861977/toxic-individualism-pandemic-politics-driving-health-care-workers-from-small-tow

    And here's the counter-post we talk through in the episode: https://www.facebook.com/j.lemastersmith/posts/10223432582540901

    Have thoughts about what we said or want to send us a reading list? Email us at [email protected].  

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    1 hr 35 min
  • The Last General Practicioners

    In which Jory visits the pod to chat with Ethan about pastoring and ministry in the time of COVID.  Shout out to Confronting Xian Culture for lending us their host for a day. Follow them here: https://anchor.fm/confrontingxianculture

    Have thoughts about what we said or want to send us a reading list? Email us at [email protected].  

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    41 min
  • Minisode 47: Pastors' Partners

    #MDivByOsmosis

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    59 min
  • Minisode 46: Pro Wrestling

    In which Spanx Rebok regales the Dude with legends and lore from professional wrestling.  Y'all, it's so good. 

    Have thoughts about what we said or want to send us a suggestion for a minisode topic? Email us at [email protected].

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    47 min
  • Manipulative

    That's the word Jo was thinking of. 

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    1 hr 22 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.…