Episode 337 : Fleming Rutledge — And in him there is no darkness at all
Back on the podcast is our friend, mentor, and muse, Fleming Rutledge. It’s our Christmas gift to you. Thanks to all our listeners!
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Christmas Ruins Advent
Waiting is a dirty word, at least to the ears of most Christians (in America). After all, we are a people of action. We are not comfortable to sit idly by while something could be taken care of. In the world of United Methodism, this is inherently part of our DNA as John Wesley is…
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The Gift We Didn’t Know We Wanted: The Advent-ure with Stanley Hauerwas
Back by popular demand (okay, Teer’s Mom asked us to do it again), the Crackers and Grape Juice Advent Devotional Series for 2019 will take the writing and preaching of Stanley Hauerwas as our inspiration. Jason, Teer, Taylor, Johanna, and anyone else we’ve managed to wrangle will help you anticipate the coming again of the…
Read MoreFridays with Fleming: Christmas Comes in a Burst
As Advent turns Christmas, Fleming and Jason talk about Christmas coming in a burst, the light shining most bright in the world’s darkness, and the need for white Christians to listen to the experience of black Christians. The audio is a little wonky in the beginning on her end…bear with it. It’s worth it. Merry…
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Like A Whore In Church
Like A Whore In Church Isaiah 1.21-31 “How the faithful city has become a whore! She that was full of justice, righteousness lodged in her – but now murderers!” There’s a reason that Isaiah 1.21-31 doesn’t appear in the Lectionary. When we think of Advent we conjure up in our minds the Chrismon…
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