In which Jo and Ethan talk about their relationships with nearby pastors. Also, Jo shares a story about dogs and we again discuss the culture of the UMC. The dog story is more fun. 

In which Ethan and Jo talk about their theological pet peeves. 

In which Ethan and Jo discuss what it means to call someone evil and how complicated the idea can be. A warning for our listeners who might not need to hear about suicide or homophobia right now, this episode gets into those topics. Feel free to come back when you're ready (or just listen to the first 15 minutes and then peace out). 

Editor's note: M Barclay's prounouns are they/them and we apologize for using incorrect pronouns for them. 

In which Ethan and Jo discuss their weeks, which both involved administrative council meetings and other interactions with congregants. 

Correction corner: The Bonhoeffer essay that Ethan references towards the end of the podcast is The Church and the Jewish Question, not The Church and the Jewish Problem as Jo guessed. PDFs are out there for those who don't want to buy a collection of Bonhoeffer's works. 

In which Ian joins Ethan and Jo to continue their conversations about the Protocol. Check out The Protocol, Part 1, if you haven't already! 

In which Ethan and Jo start by talking about their weeks, but are quickly taken in by a discussion about the Protocol of Reconciliation and Grace through Separation (you can see a quick and dirty infographic about it that Jo helped create here). Things get heated and we earn our E for Explicit rating. 

In which Ethan and Jo talk about the Christmas season, their resolutions for the New Year, and the pitfalls of dealing with past congregational trauma. 

In which Ethan and Jo discuss yearly Christmas pageants and how to decide whether a ministry is vital or not. 

In this week after yet another anti-Semitic attack has ravaged our Jewish siblings, we'd like to supplement our Anti-Semitism Warning with a twitter thread by the Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg: https://twitter.com/TheRaDR/status/1211624621591666689?s=20. Give her a follow on the social media platform of your choice to learn and grow and join us in the on-going fight against prejudice against Jewish people in our current political climate. 

Come for the Guy Fieri story, stay for the twitter recs. 

Jo is @aj_schwlf, Ethan is @PastorEShearer, and the podcast is @wthisapastor. Check out who we're following for our recommendations. 

Here's the article that Ethan is referencing at the beginning. It's worth the read. 

https://catapult.co/stories/love-peace-and-taco-grease-how-i-left-my-abusive-husband-and-found-guy-fieri-by-rax-king

Settle in, friends. In this episode, Ethan and Jo talk about their weeks (weddings galore!) and then get into it, taking some theological side roads in order to land on the minefield that is a pastor's mental health. Listen, if it wasn't important, we wouldn't give our time and attention to it. As you listen to this, again, longer-than-usual episode, see if you can find the one grammatical mistake that was so glaring, Jo almost corrected it with a voiceover.