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Thoughtcast

The calm before the (brain)storm.

Easter Vigil (feat. Rob Lee)

March 23, 2024

Pastors Jason and Tuhina talk to the Rev. Dr. Rob Lee about that high holy (and ancient) day of Easter Vigil – the power of its liturgy, the uniqueness of its story, and the terricitement of its reality.

Good Friday (feat. Colleen Montgomery)

March 22, 2024

Pastors Tuhina and Jason sit down with friend of the pod and podcaster extraordinaire in her own right, the Rev. Colleen Montgomery, to talk about Good Friday – what it might be like to write a eulogy for Jesus, the Gospel of John and anti-Semitism, and how Good Friday is its own kind of Eucharist. Good Friday John 18:1-19:47

Lent 4 (feat. the AC Three)

March 4, 2024

The Anam Cara Three (Pastors Tim, Tuhina, and Jason) talk about the frightening nature of freedom, what we think can save us, and the power of rethinking what you always thought you knew. Down that way lies liberation. The 4th Sunday in Lent Numbers 21:4-9 John 3:14-21

Lent 1 (feat. Joshua Serrano)

February 11, 2024

Pastors Tuhina and Jason sit down with the Brazilian jiu-jitsu practicing Rev. Joshua Serrano, to talk about promise and chaos, what it means to enter into Lent, and how silence and stillness might prime us for something divine. The First Sunday in Lent Genesis 9:8-17, Mark 1:9-15

Ash Wednesday (feat. Wendy B)

February 6, 2024

Pastors Tim and Tuhina sit down with relationship and intimacy coach Wendy B to talk about this unique year when Ash Wednesday falls on Valentine's Day. We talk about love and death, intimacy and mortality: topics too often shunned in Christian communities. Lent begins in love – and death. Ash Wednesday Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

Epiphany 5 (feat. the AC Three)

January 28, 2024

The Anam Cara team (Pastors Tim, Tuhina, and Jason) discuss the fifth Sunday after the Epiphany, why a good sermon title might be "Telling the Truth Sucks," and how we keep hunting Jesus.

Advent 4 (feat. Lori Ruge-Jones)

December 17, 2023

Pastors Tim and Jason sit down with the effervescent Rev. Lori Ruge-Jones to talk about agency, powerful role reversals, and how sometimes sermons hooks can hurt ya. Advent 4 Luke 1:26-38

Pentecost 24 (feat. Elise Pokel)

November 5, 2023

We sit down with the seriously funny (and seriously brilliant) Rev. Elise Pokel to talk about doomsday prepping for others and not just yourself, what it means to grapple with Matthew's intense Gospel, and how you're blessed if you go to sleep. 24th Sunday after the Pentecost Matthew 25:1-13

All Saints' Day (feat. the AC Three)

October 22, 2023

The Anam Cara Three discuss the powerful nature (and wide array of liturgical possibilities!) of All Saints' Day. All Saints' Day Matthew 5:1-12

Reformation Day (feat. the AC Three)

October 22, 2023

The Anam Cara Three are back for a mini-episode on Reformation Day – we're on location and discussing the mixed bag nature of this particularly Lutheran holy day. Reformation Day John 8:31-36

Pentecost 20 (feat. Karen González)

October 8, 2023

We sit down with writer, speaker, and all-around fantastic human Karen González to probe another one of Jesus' strange parables – and talk about how those parables are more like an episode of Black Mirror than we'd care to admit. 20th Sunday after the Pentecost Matthew 22:1-14

Pentecost 19 (feat. John Tirro)

October 2, 2023

We sit down with the multifaceted, multitalented Rev. John Tirro to talk about interstates of violence, looking at things sideways, and how Jesus is a walking parable. We feature Pastor John's own work as well! Find out more of what he does at http://johntirro.com 19th Sunday after the Pentecost Matthew 21:33-46 Isaiah 5:1-7 Psalm 80

Pentecost 16 (feat. St. Forgiveness and Rev. Mercy)

September 10, 2023

The in-house Anam Cara team – Pastors Tuhina, Tim, and Jason – talk about the worst enemy of meritocracy, how a parable is like a labyrinth, and what it means to take forgiveness seriously. 16th Sunday after the Pentecost Matthew 18:21-35

Season of Creation (feat. the AC Three)

August 30, 2023

The in-house Anam Cara team (the Revs. Tuhina, Tim, and Jason) go off-lectionary and talk about the rich and varied Season of Creation – which runs September 1 to October 4 – and what it means to be human and hopeful in an age of climate catastrophe.

Mary, Mother of our Lord (feat. Bre Roberts)

August 7, 2023

Pastors Tuhina and Jason sit down with the brilliantly snarky and funny Rev. Bre Roberts to talk about how she met Mary before she met her son, what it means to love and honor Mary (even as Protestants!), and how the Marys of this world are still cradling children lost to state violence. Mary, Mother of our Lord (Assumption/Dormition of Mary) Luke 1:26-38, 46-56

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