What the Hell is a Pastor?

'Tis the season of Saint Valentine, listeners, which means an episode about purity culture!

Content warning: we do talk about sex. And make sex jokes. Because in the face of an oppressive paradigm, you gotta laugh a little. 

You can find The Liturgists' episode about purity culture here: https://theliturgists.com/podcast/2020/1/23/am-i-impure

You can find You are Your Own by Jamie Lee Finch here: https://jamieleefinch.com/you-are-your-own

You can read more about Shameless here: https://www.npr.org/2019/01/13/684505811/pastor-nadia-bolz-weber-gets-shameless-about-sex

In with Ethan and Jo talk about their understandings of worship and also their code names for minisodes. It's a delight. 

In which Jo and Ethan meander through their weeks and find themselves in a discussion about Wesley, worship, and the United Methodist Church. 

In which Ethan and Jo talk about whether God suffers, process theism, and liberation theology. 

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.