Worst Church Ever

The Incarnation of God as the willful cosmic wave-collapse response to our penchant for creating (not just choosing) evil.  Schrodinger (sans cat), my snoring dogs, the Upanishads, Jesus, warm milk, and melatonin. 

As we move through Genesis 19, familiar patterns are starting to emerge.  We see the patriarchs, matriarchs, and their families recreating trauma in destructive cycles. As noted in the last episode, this tracks with what modern neuroscience knows about the ways in which "the body keeps the score."   Trigger warnings:  incest, rape. 

It's under four minutes long.  You could do a lot worse. 

In this extended episode, we follow the Genesis narrative(s) into Chapter 19, and we take some journeys to later Christian scripture.  This might be a good episode for your next 40-minute commute.  

"...You can believe in that God if you want to, but keep him (always him) far away from me..."

How we wish the story of the Rich Young Ruler (Mark 10) would have gone.  (And lo but for the grace of God go we..)  

Who gets to choose who puts (which) skin in the game, and why does it matter?

The story of Sarah and Hagar through the lens of reproduced trauma and family (?) systems.  Trigger warning: sexual assault, trafficking, and rape. 

We're repainting a room and the fumes are getting to us.  This episode looks at the covenant ritual in Genesis 15, and was interrupted by the church dog, its own outro, and just a bit of Abraham fatigue.  We humbly share it anyway.  Enjoy! 

We consider the competing narrative claims of "indigenous" Judeans and repatriating exiles in the formation of the Genesis text; we also look at Karen Gonzalez's 2019 piece on Sarah as a human trafficking survivor. TW: Human Trafficking.