Preacher's Kid

This episode features a new guest writer—Sandra from Switzerland. She offers three selections taken from a collection of her work tentatively entitled A Hiker’s Notebook. From an early age, PK has learned the inducements of nature to spiritual understanding, as he was raised a preacher’s kid in north central Maine. His parents were spiritual naturalists at heart but probably didn’t know it.  They took a lot of family trips on the back roads to explore the northern woods and waters of The Pine Tree State. PK dreamed of living like a hermit there in those woods with a good water source nearby. He read all the Field & Stream mags he could get his hands on. His folks bought him a subscription to Outdoor Life. The world of nature fascinated the preacher’s kid as a child and drew him to itself. For there, he began to believe that maybe God could be found in nature. At that stage of life, God lost the silvery haired image and pulsed invisible in the carbon life forms on Earth. Some folks have even called it their Ground of Being. In this reading of Sandra’s work the natural world speaks for itself. So be it.

This episode features the Preacher Kid’s little brother, Dr. Timothy, speaking to us in person from his home in Tennessee. He critiques attributes of the overall podcast as well as a recent episode, Check Your Sources. Per his request, a “good ol’ gospel song” is revved up and ready to go at the end.

For so long, Preacher's Kid has berated the Christianity he was raised up in. He now thinks that just to be fair he ought to balance that with a positive outlook on the Christian experience, sifting out the gold from the dross. Today, PK introduces a guest writer who breaks down for us an effective teaching method used by Jesus a couple thousand years ago.

The Preacher's Kid (PK) investigates the primary source of information about Jesus as it is reported in the New Testament of the Bible. What he finds is an amazing young man who innocently gets embroiled in the lurid political currents of his country.

Preacher’s Kid (PK) delivers the address for a guest writer who submitted it recently. The writer expressed concern for the negative portrayal of Christianity in previous episodes, and thought this piece might paint a better picture of it. Manuscripts by guest contributors are always welcome!