The Stand-Up Theologian

Is this how Season 1 ends?

Get in touch via text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2528873/fan_mail/new] Yes. Season 1 is finally wrapping up. In this episode - Episode 34! - I explain why (it's episode 34?), what I'm up to next and why I'm doing something as chronically unprofitable as The Wycliffe Papers. I also refer to my blog, The Situation Room and this post: https://thesitutationroom.substack.com/p/amuse-yourself [https://thesitutationroom.substack.com/p/amuse-yourself] I'll be back. Have no fear. You can't keep me away from a microphone, to be honest. I love conversations with friends about ideas and figuring out who we are, how we got here and where we are going. Want to talk about the podcast and engage with other listeners? Come on over to the Facebook Group [https://www.facebook.com/groups/1677126796311878]. Find out about my touring show, God the Bible and Everything (in 60 minutes) and get in touch via my website [https://www.jamescary.co.uk/]. If you’re serious about the Bible and church history and like jokes, I’d recommend subscribing to The Wycliffe Papers [https://thewycliffepapers.substack.com/]. It's free. But you can also support the podcast by coming a Paid Subscriber to the Wycliffe Papers [https://thewycliffepapers.substack.com], making you a Loyal Lollard. Could you consider that? Or email me in gmail now you can see how to spell Wycliffe...

What's the problem with the flag of St George?

Get in touch via text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2528873/fan_mail/new] What is England’s day if not St George’s Day? Who even is St George? Why don't the English celebrate it? Can we walk and talk around Hinton St George, a village in Somerset? Want to see the beautiful church? Here's the YouTube video: https://youtu.be/clk4SIcFUWc [https://youtu.be/clk4SIcFUWc] See also Cary's Almanac: https://jamescary.substack.com/p/st-george-and-the-dragon-are-dead [https://jamescary.substack.com/p/st-george-and-the-dragon-are-dead] Want to talk about the podcast and engage with other listeners? Come on over to the Facebook Group [https://www.facebook.com/groups/1677126796311878]. Find out about my touring show, God the Bible and Everything (in 60 minutes) and get in touch via my website [https://www.jamescary.co.uk/]. If you’re serious about the Bible and church history and like jokes, I’d recommend subscribing to The Wycliffe Papers [https://thewycliffepapers.substack.com/]. It's free. But you can also support the podcast by coming a Paid Subscriber to the Wycliffe Papers [https://thewycliffepapers.substack.com], making you a Loyal Lollard. Could you consider that? Or email me in gmail now you can see how to spell Wycliffe...

Is the Quiet Revival quietly concealing something even bigger?

Get in touch via text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2528873/fan_mail/new] Back once again with friend of the show, Rhys Laverty [https://www.prosperity.com/team/rhys-laverty/], Editorial and Research Director of the Prosperity Institute who wrote this brilliant article for The Critic about the now retracted and rescinded Quiet Revival report: https://thecritic.co.uk/the-truth-about-the-quiet-revival/ [https://thecritic.co.uk/the-truth-about-the-quiet-revival/] Want to talk about the podcast and engage with other listeners? Come on over to the Facebook Group [https://www.facebook.com/groups/1677126796311878]. Find out about my touring show, God the Bible and Everything (in 60 minutes) and get in touch via my website [https://www.jamescary.co.uk/]. If you’re serious about the Bible and church history and like jokes, I’d recommend subscribing to The Wycliffe Papers [https://thewycliffepapers.substack.com/]. It's free. But you can also support the podcast by coming a Paid Subscriber to the Wycliffe Papers [https://thewycliffepapers.substack.com], making you a Loyal Lollard. Could you consider that? Or email me in gmail now you can see how to spell Wycliffe...

Is this my favourite war movie? And what's so funny about war anyway?

Get in touch via text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2528873/fan_mail/new] James on the War Movie Theatre podcast  [https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/war-movie-theatre-for-fans-of-classic-war-films/id1658615966?i=1000758753710] and the website here [https://warmovietheatre.com]. James on the Wit + Grit podcast [https://witandgrit.co.uk/podcast-episode/james-cary-says-pitch-it-like-youve-already-seen-it/] and on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/wit-grit/id1823013285?i=1000758271297] Want to talk about the podcast and engage with other listeners? Come on over to the Facebook Group [https://www.facebook.com/groups/1677126796311878]. Find out about my touring show, God the Bible and Everything (in 60 minutes) and get in touch via my website [https://www.jamescary.co.uk/]. If you’re serious about the Bible and church history and like jokes, I’d recommend subscribing to The Wycliffe Papers [https://thewycliffepapers.substack.com/]. It's free. But you can also support the podcast by coming a Paid Subscriber to the Wycliffe Papers [https://thewycliffepapers.substack.com], making you a Loyal Lollard. Could you consider that? Or email me in gmail now you can see how to spell Wycliffe...

The Sacred Art of Joking

Get in touch via text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2528873/fan_mail/new] The Sacred Art of Joking is available in all formats on Amazon/Audible. [https://amzn.to/4daHvoZ] Every few weeks a politician, pundit or soap star causes a media storm by making a gaffe or tweeting a joke that some people do not find funny. Comedy is very hard to get right and yet we think it's important to have a sense of humour and not take yourself too seriously. On the other hand, a sense of humour failure can lead to losing your friends, your social media account, your job, your career and, in some cases, your life. James Cary knows about this. He is a sitcom writer who's written jokes about bomb disposal in Afghanistan (Bluestone 42), defended comments about Islam by Ben Elton on Newsnight, been on a panel with radical Muslim cleric Anjem Choudary, sits on the General Synod of the Church of England and somehow managed to co-write episodes of Miranda. An odd mix, but one that makes him very listenable. This entertaining, breezy book explains how comedy works (with jokes and quotes) and gives much-needed insights into the controversy surrounding humour. ©2019 W. F. Howes Ltd (P) 2019 James Cary The Sacred Art of Joking book and ebook published by SPC [https://amzn.to/4daHvoZ]K. Want to talk about the podcast and engage with other listeners? Come on over to the Facebook Group [https://www.facebook.com/groups/1677126796311878]. Find out about my touring show, God the Bible and Everything (in 60 minutes) and get in touch via my website [https://www.jamescary.co.uk/]. If you’re serious about the Bible and church history and like jokes, I’d recommend subscribing to The Wycliffe Papers [https://thewycliffepapers.substack.com/]. It's free. But you can also support the podcast by coming a Paid Subscriber to the Wycliffe Papers [https://thewycliffepapers.substack.com], making you a Loyal Lollard. Could you consider that? Or email me in gmail now you can see how to spell Wycliffe...