Layperson Lecture #10To quote Ecclesiastes chapter 3 verse 1, “There is a time for every purpose under heaven.” So now it’s time for a Layperson Lecture! I’m Constance McEntee, seminary drop-out and the Idiot Before G0D. The scripture selections for Palm and Passion Sunday, 5 April 2020, can be found at LectionaryPage.net. But, I’m not…
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TWIH to Come Back January 6!
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Hello Friends, I know it’s been a long hiatus. In all honesty, I wasn’t completely sure I’d come back to podcasting. In short, I had burned out a bit. I had lost a lot of my focus with the podcast and got to a point where I wasn’t putting my all into interviews. It felt, […]
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Samhain Thoughts: A Conversation with Jesus
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“No, no…pleases don’t fall asleep! I’d like to have this conversation.” He said, as I was typing in my bed. I was tempted to nap right then, but I did want to write. I turned on my Hated Bands playlist and invited Him to have a seat. He laughed. “It’s easy for people to hate […]
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Samhain Thoughts: A Conversation with Ereshkigal
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“You humans are very strange creatures,” She said as She sat down. I took a sip of my cocoa. “I can’t argue with You about that. We tend to do a lot of weird stuff to each other and to our planet. We are stubborn, willful, quick to anger, but then we can be full […]
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Month of Written Devotion 8: Hope
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I think of hope as a mini-prayer. Here are some of mine from yesterday: I hope I catch my flight. I hope there will be gluten-free food I can eat. Hope can also be a wish for someone else: I hope you have a happy birthday. I hope you get home safely. Hope can also…
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TWIH Episode 37: Hope and the Old Catholic Church with Diane Miles
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This week we’re joined by Diane Miles, who is a Bishop in the Old (Independent) Catholic Church. Diane describes what the Old Catholic church is and how it compares to the Roman Catholic Church and Gnosticism. We also talk about power, change, hope, and how religions need to evolve in order to make it into […]
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TWIH Episode 36: Breaking Our Lenses with Xochiqetzal Duti Odinsdottir (#blacklivesmatter #pantheacon)
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This week we are joined by Xochiquetzal Duti Odinsdottir. We not only talk more about the events of Pantheacon 2015, but we also talk about how the progressive movement deals with issues of race. How do we open our eyes to how racism works in our society? What is the future of racism and social […]
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The Heretic Writes: We as Beings
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11 dead in the Charlie Hebdo shooting. 2000 killed by Boko Haram in Nigeria. Eric Garner, Michael Brown, and many other African Americans killed by police violence. Two police officers gunned down in NYC. 50 Mosque attacks in France. ISIL hacks websites and promises more killing. Westboro Baptist Church protests the funerals of dead soldiers. […]
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TWIH Ep 25: The Spirit of Justice (#blacklivesmatter) with Rev. Malcolm Byrd
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This week on the show we are joined by Reverend Malcolm Byrd to talk about the impact of the systemic issues that leads to the events in Ferguson and New York City. We discuss how the internet has changed the face of social justice and has allowed more awareness of the broken-ness of the systems…
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TWIH Episode 25: The Spirit of Justice (#blacklivesmatter) with Rev. Malcolm Byrd
by Gina Pond •
This week on the show we are joined by Reverend Malcolm Byrd to talk about the impact of the systemic issues that leads to the events in Ferguson and New York City. We discuss how the internet has changed the face of social justice and has allowed more awareness of the broken-ness of the systems […]