The Powers and the Pastorate Podcast

Episode Eight: The Powers of Seixism

Corey is joined this week by JillAnn Knonenborg, recently ordained elder in the Indiana Conference of the UMC, to talk about sexism and sexual ethics in the church and how these factors play into everything from appointments to relationships.

Episode Seven: That's Not It

Corey sat down this week with Darren Calhoun [http://darrencalhoun.com/], vocalist in The Many [https://www.themanyarehere.com/], associate fellow for racial justice with Christians for Social Action [https://christiansforsocialaction.org/?fbclid=IwAR17_8VfhbSLJWPdJTru7raLYIQT3-5JBqQOdJX7NPbrcOTC3dzNGP3LHdY], and worship leader at the Urban Village [http://www.urbanvillagechurch.org/?fbclid=IwAR3Uz7wID7WMWAsgiZubNOoXkMXyEZzuicLEsOFMnVfMw3HFpKXPYpBbToI] in the South Loop Chicago, to talk racial justice, the phenomenon of MAGA, and the hope for God's Kingdom.  The song in the beginning of the episode is The Many's Tear Down the Walls [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wlDivQhDFY] from their album Love > Fear which you can find on Spotify or your listening platform of choice.  The book recommendation this episode is Matthais Robert's Beyond Shame [https://matthiasroberts.com/beyondshame/].

Episode Six: A Different Way

This week Corey sits down with Lydia Wylie-Kellermann and Kateri Boucher, editors of Geez Magazine [https://geezmagazine.org/], to talk about prophetic witness and the work towards justice. In it Corey shares a bit of his story about what it feels like to beat a gun into a garden tool. Our book recommendations this week are Resistance and Contemplation [https://wipfandstock.com/resistance-and-contemplation.html] by James Douglas Waiting for God [https://www.harpercollins.com/products/waiting-for-god-simone-weil?variant=32131086975010] by Simone Weil  Rally [https://upperroombooks.com/book/rally/]edited by Brittney Winn Lee

Hot Takes: Do We All Just Want a Beast?

Eric Metaxas: provocateur,  sycophant, "biographer." Corey and Ethan sit down in this bonus episode to talk about Eric's newest stunt, tweeting something that sounds a bit too much like a line from Revelation.  Is this all in good fun or is even Eric confused about what he's trying to say or what the joke is?

Episode Five: When Guns Become Garden Tools

This week Corey sits down with Mark Martin, director of RAWtools Inc out of Colorado Springs to talk guns, the image of Christ in our neighbor, and the opportunity for a better way of life.  What might it look like if we lived more egalitarian lives? What might it mean for our stuff or for our sense of convenience if we lived as though Christ really was in our neighbors