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WHO'S YOUR DADDY??? Ravel is back from the unplanned break and ready to gooooo! We're bringing you an episode that was, admittedly, recorded months ago, but it is no less fun. We're getting into the reading of the Hebrew word "ABBA" as we try to figure out where the heck this whole "daddy" business started as it's used to refer to God.(FACT CHECK: Stephen goes the entire episode talking about the "ABBA, Father" verse as if Jesus was the one teaching it, while it was in fact, Paul in Romans 8:15.)Mentioned in the episode:Breath by James NestorRomans 8:15 - Abba, FatherMatthew 6:9-13 - The Lords PrayerMatthew 6:6 - Pray in your closet Matthew 7:9-12 - Who would give their child a serpent?JELLY B Drinkable Konjac snackAdam's Return by Richard RohrSupport us:Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo!Submit a voice memo or comment to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com! Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!Credits:Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and BandcampArtwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedrawsProduced by Stephen Henning, Josh Lieuallen, and Emily RettinghouseEditing/Audio Engineering by Stephen HenningCertified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Stephen says "there are a lot of god shaped ghosts in my attic." Josh takes the idea and runs with it, saying that "we will always be haunted by the Holy Ghost, but it is up to us whether it's like Casper the friendly ghost or like a poltergeist." Mentioned in the episode:Lofi GirliOS Mental Health Check-In FeatureBeedle The BardcoreSupport us:Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo!Submit a voice memo or comment to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com! Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!Credits:Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and BandcampArtwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedrawsProduced by Stephen Henning, Josh Lieuallen, and Emily RettinghouseEditing/Audio Engineering by Stephen HenningCertified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Thank you for your supreme patience while we took an unscheduled break for a couple months! We're back with a conversation about the historical Jesus! Specifically, we're avoiding talking about "the Christ," instead focusing on the ideas of Jesus' humanity. Speculations include: as a devout Jewish man, he was likely married; he was likely born in Nazareth and not Bethlehem; and he was almost surely a stonemason and not a woodworker.Mentioned in the episode:codyumc.comSupport us:Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo!Submit a voice memo or comment to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com! Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!Credits:Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and BandcampArtwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedrawsProduced by Stephen Henning, Josh Lieuallen, and Emily RettinghouseEditing/Audio Engineering by Stephen HenningCertified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

***This episode includes discussion of nihilism, meaninglessness, and suicide. If you or someone you know are experiencing suicidal thoughts or a crisis, please contact the Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988 or visit 988lifeline.org. Please listen with care.***Josh wonders if we ever escape nihilism. Stephen is ready to embrace the existential meaningless in a joyful, stoic way. Emily sees meaning in literally everything.Mentioned in the episode:EcclesiastesThe Myth of Sisyphus by Albert CamusHank Green Eats His Last Meal on Mythical KitchenEnlightenment Now by Steven PinkerSupport us:Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo!Submit a voice memo or comment to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com! Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!Credits:Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and BandcampArtwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedrawsProduced by Stephen Henning, Josh Lieuallen, and Emily RettinghouseEditing/Audio Engineering by Stephen HenningCertified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

When does honest and earnest transparency tip into oversharing and misplaced attention seeking? (the podcasters ask, fully acknowledging what irony this invites...) What is gossip actually? How can information shared amongst a community be helpful for reinforcing good boundaries and expectations without tipping into harmful rumor-mongering? Mentioned in the episode:Stephen's GoodreadsNothing much happens: bedtime stories to help you sleep PodcastRaging with Compassion by John SwintonSupport us:Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo!Submit a voice memo or comment to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com! Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!Credits:Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and BandcampArtwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedrawsProduced by Stephen Henning, Josh Lieuallen, and Emily RettinghouseEditing/Audio Engineering by Stephen HenningCertified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Really though? When it's essentially the only human experience that is truly universal, that we all will die, why do we have such a bad relationship with it? Stephen wonders if the fear of death is something religion does to inspire fear to win converts. "Oh death, where is your sting?" Perhaps we got it all wrong and what we thought was a sting was a kiss all along!Mentioned in the episode:Twenty Thousand Hertz - Dies Irae32. The Afterlife and How To Get There Ravel EpisodePete Holmes: I'm Not For Everyone Netflix SpecialPete Holmes: A God That's Better Than Larry on Faith For Normal PeopleLetters From A Stoic by Seneca23 purple flowers by Mason ScurrySupport us:Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo!Submit a voice memo or comment to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com! Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!Credits:Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and BandcampArtwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedrawsProduced by Stephen Henning, Josh Lieuallen, and Emily RettinghouseEditing/Audio Engineering by Stephen HenningCertified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

It's about time we check in on our thoughts on money, huh? A lot has changes since the teen episodes of our podcast and Josh is wondering "does it matter where money comes from?" Unsurprisingly, we talk about the implications of philanthropy, giving vs tithing mindset, the churches that are greasy and gross about money, and the ones who could be doing it better.Mentioned in the episode:18. Our 2 Cents On Money, Part 1 Ravel Episode19. Our 2 Cents On Money, Part 2 Ravel EpisodeWhere'd You Park Your Spaceship? by Rob BellLuke 19 ZacchaeusMatthew 20 The First Shall Be LastSupport us:Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo!Submit a voice memo or comment to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com! Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!Credits:Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and BandcampArtwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedrawsProduced by Stephen Henning, Josh Lieuallen, and Emily RettinghouseEditing/Audio Engineering by Stephen HenningCertified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Why don't more people wonder about what Jesus himself thought the church would be? Would Jesus like what we've done with the place? Or would he think we completely missed the mark from what he had in mind when he told Peter "upon this rock I will build my church"? These questions and more as we grapple with the greek ecclesia and play a wild hypothetical when Stephen asks Emily what would happen if Jesus showed up at the church she pastors!Mentioned in the episode:Matthew 16:8 - Upon this rock, I will build my church Verse13. On The Origin Of Spiritual Truth Ravel EpisodeMatthew &;24-27 - Building a house on solid ground VerseActs 2:1-13 - Day of Pentacost Sermon VersesAfter Jesus Before Christianity by Erin Vearncombe, Brandon Scott, & Hal TaussigMolinism WikiThe Bible For Normal People with Elizabeth Schrader Polczer - Resurrecting Mary The Tower EpisodeSupport us:Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo!Submit a voice memo or comment to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com! Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!Credits:Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and BandcampArtwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedrawsProduced by Stephen Henning, Josh Lieuallen, and Emily RettinghouseEditing/Audio Engineering by Stephen HenningCertified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Stephen has officially entered his atheist Philosophy Era (think Taylor Swift's Reputation Era with equal amounts of confidence with a dash of ennui-bordering-on-nihilism) and wants to play with the classic thought experiment presented by Blaise Pascal: the famous "wager." We discuss the misconceptions and misapplications as used by evangelical Christian apologists as well as Pascal's thoughts on uncertainty.Support us:Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo!Submit a voicemail by calling 601-55RAVEL (601-557-2835) or submit a voice memo to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com! Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!Credits:Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and BandcampArtwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedrawsProduced by Stephen Henning, Josh Lieuallen, and Emily RettinghouseEditing/Audio Engineering by Stephen HenningCertified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We at the pod are using the classic New Year energy to reevaluate priorities and goals and have come to a decision to dial back the pod to an every-other-week release schedule. We have additionally decided to retire our social media presence as @ravelpod. Stay subscribed and look forward to a new episode next week!Support us:Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo!Submit a voicemail by calling 601-55RAVEL (601-557-2835) or submit a voice memo to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com! Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!Credits:Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and BandcampArtwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedrawsProduced by Stephen Henning, Josh Lieuallen, and Emily RettinghouseEditing/Audio Engineering by Stephen HenningCertified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We're starting the year off right by talking about the cRiNgE thrown around by Christians and atheists alike. What's at the root of the cringe response? Why do we hate it? What do we love to hate it?Mentioned in the episode: Matthew 18:15-20Support us: Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo! Submit a voicemail by calling 601-55RAVEL (601-557-2835) or submit a voice memo to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com!  Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!  Follow on Threads, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod! Credits: Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws Produced by Stephen Henning, Josh Lieuallen, and Emily Rettinghouse Editing/Audio Engineering by Stephen Henning Social Media by Josh Lieuallen Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

ROB BELL pulls up a stool to the Ravel table! We're overjoyed to bring you one final audio offering in the year of our Lord, 2023, where Stephen and Emily get to spend a whole 90 minutes with the singular Robell (with one B) in the great living room in the sky. Stephen guides our time together as he deep dives into Rob's newest NOVEL entitled Where'd You Park Your Spaceship? There are readings to and by the author as we touch on ideas like imagination, Big Magic, generative art, integration/disintegration/reintegration, a love affair with tomatoes, the ideal notion of Platonic CIRCLES versus Lines and trajectories, the zimzum of love and loss, ungrieved grief, delicious secret breads, bee pollen potions, and the classic "may you..." blessing gifted to us by the Dill Tudd of our universe, Rob Bell. PIDDLE. PIDDLE. PIDDLE.Rob Bell:  Website: robbell.com Where'd You Park Your Spaceship? Print and Audiobook What's A Knucka? Instagram: @realrobbell Where'd You Park Your Spaceship? Merchstore Support us: Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo! Submit a voicemail by calling 601-55RAVEL (601-557-2835) or submit a voice memo to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com!  Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!  Follow on Threads, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod! Credits: Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws Produced by Stephen Henning, Josh Lieuallen, and Emily Rettinghouse Editing/Audio Engineering by Stephen Henning Social Media by Josh Lieuallen Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Emily is feeling reflective this year about where we've had the comforts come and go from our lives. But Stephen is feeling silly and derails the episode almost immediately by insisting the LOTR quote Emily brought to share was actually from the blockbuster film masterpiece, The Chicken Run. But then, of course, we get back on track as we talk about lovely new comforts in our lives while all three hosts grieve what they once had through the practice of prayer. AND THEN, we wrap up the episode with a point about the blockbuster film masterpiece, The Chicken Run, that actually kind of works!Happy 2023 to all who have joined us this year! May you, may we, enter 2024 with joy and peace.Mentioned in the episode:  The Return of the King by JRR TolkienSupport us: Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo! Submit a voicemail by calling 601-55RAVEL (601-557-2835) or submit a voice memo to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com!  Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!  Follow on Threads, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod! Credits: Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws Produced by Stephen Henning, Josh Lieuallen, and Emily Rettinghouse Editing/Audio Engineering by Stephen Henning Social Media by Josh Lieuallen Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We're doing some soul care today while Stephen struggles with what Josh affectionately coins as "the downward dog-ness of the soul." Experiencing a darkness and a weight on the soul, we discuss the feelings of being in exile and discuss Emily's life-giving definition of self care: creating a life that you do not want to escape.Mentioned in the episode:  162. Inspired Ravel Episode 1 Kings 19 - God's Voice In The Whisper The Book of Nehemiah The Book of Ezra Exodus 32 - Worship Of The Golden Calf Stockholm Syndrome Brittanica The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien 89. Metanoia Ravel Episode 141. I'm An Atheist Now AMA Ravel Episode The Beautiful Letdown by Switchfoot FAA Turbulence Stats Support us: Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo! Submit a voicemail by calling 601-55RAVEL (601-557-2835) or submit a voice memo to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com!  Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!  Follow on Threads, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod! Credits: Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws Produced by Stephen Henning, Josh Lieuallen, and Emily Rettinghouse Editing/Audio Engineering by Stephen Henning Social Media by Josh Lieuallen Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

What has us coming back, again and again, to the Bible? Josh thinks it has something to do with the nature of the written word in general, that we bias writings as more "truthy" because they are written. We discuss how we encounter writing differently over time, even when the writing isn't changing. And we ponder what Christianity would look like if we released the bias for the written word and came back to a tradition of active storytelling and imagination.Our Sponsor: NOCD.com: effective, evidence-based treatment breaking the cycle of religious OCDMentioned in the episode:  117. I See Jesus In The Eisegesis Ravel Episode 152. The Gang Writes A Creed Ravel Episode 15. What is the Wesleyan Quadrilateral Ravel Episode 166. I Get Emotional, Baby Ravel Episode Support us: Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo! Submit a voicemail by calling 601-55RAVEL (601-557-2835) or submit a voice memo to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com!  Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!  Follow on Threads, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod! Credits: Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws Produced by Stephen Henning, Josh Lieuallen, and Emily Rettinghouse Editing/Audio Engineering by Stephen Henning Social Media by Josh Lieuallen Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Taking a suggestion from the voicemail box today, we consider the role of negative emotions in our lives and in our church and wonder why we're all so bent on stuffing them down and moving on. We discuss the embodiment of such emotions as what is actually called positive or negative, instead of the emotions themselves. As river water flowing through your fingers, emotions enter stage right and exit stage left; it's what we do with them while we share the stage that matters. And perhaps, as we learn to not identify with our emotions, we also are freed from identifying with the emotions put on us be others, like "bitter"!Our Sponsor: NOCD.com: effective, evidence-based treatment breaking the cycle of religious OCDMentioned in the episode:  Heaven Bent Podcast 66. Anger Is One Helluva Drug Ravel Episode 27. God And The Question Of Feeling Ravel Episode Support us: Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo! Submit a voicemail by calling 601-55RAVEL (601-557-2835) or submit a voice memo to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com!  Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!  Follow on Threads, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod! Credits: Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws Produced by Stephen Henning, Josh Lieuallen, and Emily Rettinghouse Editing/Audio Engineering by Stephen Henning Social Media by Josh Lieuallen Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

You'd think, with an American faith-based podcast releasing an episode so close to the holiday of Thanksgiving, that we'd enjoy a lighthearted meditation on what we're grateful for in our lives and the nature of gratitude in general... BUT NO! Instead, we dive headfirst into the harm perpetuated around the world by Eurocentric Christianity, wielding the tried-and-true tools of militarized empire in order to force assimilation with a sense of exclusivity and superiority. We grieve the harms done to indigenous communities around the world and take a critical look at how we are complicit as current or former representatives of such a storied faith background.Our Sponsor: NOCD.com: effective, evidence-based treatment breaking the cycle of religious OCDMentioned in the episode:  Holy/Hurt with Dr. Hillary McBride at holyhurtpodcast.com On Repentence and Repair by Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg How To Make Wrongs Right with Rabbi Ruttenberg on Glennon Doyle's We Can Do Hard Things podcast Tink Tinker Native by Kaitlin Curtice  Living Resistance by Kaitlin Curtice A Fresh Vision For The Spiritual Life with Kaitlin Curtice on Faith For Normal People podcast Support us: Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo! Submit a voicemail by calling 601-55RAVEL (601-557-2835) or submit a voice memo to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com!  Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!  Follow on Threads, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod! Credits: Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws Produced by Stephen Henning, Josh Lieuallen, and Emily Rettinghouse Editing/Audio Engineering by Stephen Henning Social Media by Josh Lieuallen Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

What begins as an exercise in classifying religion ends in a deeply personal conversation about the impacts of eschatological theology. We adopt a comparative lens to view modern Christianity against its ancient expression, asking questions like "Is it a failed apocalyptic project?" and "As such, was it inevitable that it became a dominant-state religion?" And then Josh makes it personal and ask Stephen how he's thinking about his recent apocalypse of faith.Our Sponsor: NOCD.com: effective, evidence-based treatment breaking the cycle of religious OCDMentioned in the episode:  Major religious groups Wiki The Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien Shane Claiborne and Red Letter Christians Rachel Held Evans Website 13. On the Origin of Spiritual Truth Ravel Episode Buddhist eschatology Wiki 163. Is This All Idle Talk? Ravel Episode Support us: Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo! Submit a voicemail by calling 601-55RAVEL (601-557-2835) or submit a voice memo to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com!  Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!  Follow on Threads, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod! Credits: Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws Produced by Stephen Henning, Josh Lieuallen, and Emily Rettinghouse Editing/Audio Engineering by Stephen Henning Social Media by Josh Lieuallen Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We suppose it's about time we reflect and ask, "has this just been idle talk?" After all, it seems like everyone has a podcast these days! Are we guilty of the same old theobro energy that we find so problematic or are we part of a reclamation of normal people doing theology? We'll let you come to your own conclusions.Mentioned in the episode:  Matthew 12:36 Still Unbelievable! Episode 103 - Featuring Stephen from Ravel Holy Hell Search Engine Heavyweight You Have Permission with Dan Koch Heaven Bent Podcast Launch Inquiries at stephenghenning.com Support us: Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo! Submit a voicemail by calling 601-55RAVEL (601-557-2835) or submit a voice memo to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com!  Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!  Follow on Threads, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod! Credits: Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws Editing/Sound Design by Stephen Henning Social Media by Josh Lieuallen Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Think of all the thoughts that haven't been thought. Or the writings that haven't been written. Where do they come from and how do they visit us in our minds? We take a voicemail today from a listener who is wondering what we mean when we say something is "inspired"? Does it necessarily have to be divine intervention? What is that creative spark that tells us to make art anew?Mentioned in the episode:  Stuff They Don't Want You To Know Podcast - The Bicameral Mind Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert Oh The Places You'll Go by Dr. Suess Inspired by Rachel Held Evans Support us: Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo! Submit a voicemail by calling 601-55RAVEL (601-557-2835) or submit a voice memo to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com!  Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!  Follow on Threads, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod! Credits: Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws Editing/Sound Design by Stephen Henning Social Media by Josh Lieuallen Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

If you have a moment, would you consider listening to our humble podcast? We know you have finite time and attention, but we'd be honored to welcome you at the table. Today, we peer curiously at the ticking clock of the universe and share our experiences of time, how we try to stop it, and how present actions can not only write futures but also rewrite pasts. It's all timey-wimey Jeremy Bearimy today and full of puns, just in the nick of time!Mentioned in the episode:  Handsome Podcast with Tig Notaro, Fortune Feimster, and Mae Martin The Secret To A Long Life Radiolab Episode Support us: Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo! Submit a voicemail by calling 601-55RAVEL (601-557-2835) or submit a voice memo to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com!  Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!  Follow on Threads, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod! Credits: Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws Editing/Sound Design by Stephen Henning Social Media by Josh Lieuallen Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We're really leaning into the spooky season and discussing the reality of ghosts! Contemplating the mysteries of space, time, and consciousness, we think maybe one day even science could reasonably explain ghostly experiences. On a spiritual level, we think maybe they are folks who refuse to move on, spirits in limbo with unfinished business. We, of course, share our own stories. Once, when Emily visited a defunded and abandoned nursing home. And another, when Stephen met one on his recent visit to Scotland!Mentioned in the episode:  9. Demons and Satan and Angels, Oh My! Ravel Episode 39. Aliens and Exotheology Ravel Episode Born This Way? Radiolab Episode Under The Whispering Door by TJ Klune Support us: Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo! Submit a voicemail by calling 601-55RAVEL (601-557-2835) or submit a voice memo to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com!  Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!  Follow on Threads, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod! Credits: Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws Editing/Sound Design by Stephen Henning Social Media by Josh Lieuallen Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Like, seriously, could you tell us without listening to the episode first? It seems as though "gnosticism" is a Christian boogeyman term used to slander anyone thinking outside of orthodoxy! It's been used to denigrate other denominations, deconstruction, mysticism, other religions. Can we please define our terms?! And once we do so, can we spot it in the modern world?Mentioned in the episode:  Google's word usage of Gnosticism graphic John 1 - John's Preamble Support us: Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo! Submit a voicemail by calling 601-55RAVEL (601-557-2835) or submit a voice memo to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com!  Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!  Follow on Threads, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod! Credits: Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws Editing/Sound Design by Stephen Henning Social Media by Josh Lieuallen Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

STARTER PACK: We Clearly DisagreeHave you ever wondered if life is somewhere out there among the stars? Maybe even looking back at us? How would your theology change? Emily brings us many questions about alien life and the impacts to our structures of belief.Mentioned in the episode:  Josh's TikTok YHP to Consider Quakerism and Panentheism (God = Universe + Something) #12 Space Trilogy by C.S. Lewis YHP to Think Theologically about Aliens (Seriously) #3 Mysterious Universe Podcast Support us: Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo! Submit a voicemail by calling 601-55RAVEL (601-557-2835) or submit a voice memo to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com!  Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!  Follow on Threads, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod! Credits: Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws Editing/Sound Design by Stephen Henning Social Media by Josh Lieuallen Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Patreon group spoke and got us to consider biblical marriage in all it's forms. What does the bible describe about marriage versus prescribe? Was Paul potentially a marriage abolitionist at the end of the day? And why does it make us uncomfortable to consider the (likely) possibility of Jesus of Nazareth being married?Mentioned in the episode:  The Mason Mennenga Marriage Tweet 69. Let's (Finally) Talk About Sex! Ravel Episode Support us: Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo! Submit a voicemail by calling 601-55RAVEL (601-557-2835) or submit a voice memo to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com!  Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!  Follow on Threads, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod! Credits: Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws Editing/Sound Design by Stephen Henning Social Media by Josh Lieuallen Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

How do you deal with change? Do you consider it inevitable? Do you not like change because a pocket full of coins is annoying? Jokes aside, Emily is asking today why it's so hard to affect change in certain church communities and why some changes in personal beliefs come with such high contrast. And Stephen goes on a fiery rant against "thoughts and prayers", fulfilling his role as the shows' angry atheist.Mentioned in the episode:  Sorites Paradox Wiki Black Mirror: Bandersnatch IMDB 141. I'm An Atheist Now AMA Ravel Episode Support us: Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo! Submit a voicemail by calling 601-55RAVEL (601-557-2835) or submit a voice memo to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com!  Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!  Follow on Threads, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod! Credits: Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws Editing/Sound Design by Stephen Henning Social Media by Josh Lieuallen Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

A grandmother is sitting with her grandson and says, "In life, there are two wolves inside of you that are constantly in battle. The good wolf represents things like kindness, love, and joy while the bad wolf represents things like greed, hatred and fear." The grandson thinks about it for a moment then looks up at his grandmother and asks, "But grandmother, which one wins?" The grandmother answers with, "The one you feed."We think about the Self and our relationship with it. In addition to the parable, we ponder the ideas of Self embedded in concepts like the Inner Child, Internal Family Systems, personality typologies. Bonus questions include: is it possible to be codependent on God in the worshiper/divine relationship.Mentioned in the episode:  The One You Feed Podcast Matthew 7:12 - The Golden Rule The Artists Way by Julia Cameron Codependent No More by Melody Beattie John 14:6 - I Am The Way Luke 10 - The Prodigal Sons Support us: Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo! Submit a voicemail by calling 601-55RAVEL (601-557-2835) or submit a voice memo to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com!  Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!  Follow on Threads, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod! Credits: Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws Editing/Sound Design by Stephen Henning Social Media by Josh Lieuallen Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Let's dive into some psychoanalysis and "get heady" with our good friend Lacan. Josh offers a new angle on the ravel metaphor by introducing us to the "quilting point", all leading to the question: how do we avoid the Arrival Fallacy? Be sure to play along and tap through the links here in the show notes!Mentioned in the episode:  What Is The Quilting Point? Article (with referenced photo of red couch) The Son of Man painted by Rene Magritte Quilting Point Youtube video Lacan's Concept of the Phallus 152. The Gang Writes A Creed Ravel Episode Support us: Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo! Submit a voicemail by calling 601-55RAVEL (601-557-2835) or submit a voice memo to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com!  Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!  Follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod! Credits: Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws Editing/Sound Design by Stephen Henning Social Media by Josh Lieuallen Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We're asked to interrogate the sentiment behind "I don't know, I'm not God" when a listen calls in (601-557-2835) with a bit of feedback from our recent episode on the Trinity. So we dig into the limits of human knowledge, where we believe there may be true unknowables, and discuss the implications of the first story of sin in the bible being humanity eating of the Tree of Knowledge.Mentioned in the episode:  The Bechdel Test 91X. Love Makes Room with Staci Frenes Ravel Episode 150. Trinity: Paradox, Bullsh*t, or Some Secret Third Thing Ravel Episode "What is the function of the human appendix?" Scientific American article NASA on Pluto artice - Planet to non-planet to dwarf planet  "Memory storage space" of the human brain is believed to be around 2.5 petabytes (2.5 million gigabytes) Scientific American article Synaptic Pruning Neuroscience News article Genesis 3 - Our first sin is knowledge Luke 10 - The Prodigal Sons The Essence of Christianity by Ludwig Feuerbach Ishmael by Daniel Quinn The Lorax by Dr. Suess Support us: Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo! Submit a voicemail by calling 601-55RAVEL (601-557-2835) or submit a voice memo to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com!  Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!  Follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod! Follow the hosts on social:  Josh Twitter: @joshlieuallen Stephen Twitter: @stephenghenning Emily Instagram: @RevRettinghouse Credits: Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws Editing/Sound Design by Stephen Henning Social Media by Josh Lieuallen Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

So you may have seen this making the TikTok rounds in recent weeks... The "Sparkle Creed" is a radical take on Christian inclusivity that got some folks fired up! Emily has spent some time dwelling on it's contents and it's message and has some thoughts. We ravel through the language of the Sparkle Creed, comparing and contrasting to the Creeds of tradition, and by the end of it all, we end up crafting our own!Mentioned in the episode:  Article on The Sparkle Creed Apostles Creed Wiki Nicene Creed Wiki Mark 9:23-24 - Help My Unbelief So Will I (100 Billion X) by Hillsong Stephen Reviews So Will I on the Worship Review Podcast Part 1 "Stephen from Ravel and Know Normal People" Part 2 "So Will I (100 Billion X) Review" Support us: Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo! Submit a voicemail by calling 601-55RAVEL (601-557-2835) or submit a voice memo to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com!  Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!  Follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod! Follow the hosts on social:  Josh Twitter: @joshlieuallen Stephen Twitter: @stephenghenning Emily Instagram: @RevRettinghouse Credits: Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws Editing/Sound Design by Stephen Henning Social Media by Josh Lieuallen Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Who belongs at the table that is called Christianity? Stephen feels like the vast majority of Christianity today and through the ages would say he does not any longer. Emily and Josh have different convictions. We wrestle with God and our fellow men today as we enter this dialogue.Mentioned in the episode:  109. Who Is A Christian? Ravel Episode You Have Permission Podcast with Dan Koch 6. The Heretic In Our Midst Ravel Episode Jeremiah 29:7 Make the City Prosper The Essence of Christianity by Ludwig Feuerbach Support us: Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo! Submit a voicemail by calling 601-55RAVEL (601-557-2835) or submit a voice memo to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com!  Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!  Follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod! Follow the hosts on social:  Josh Twitter: @joshlieuallen Stephen Twitter: @stephenghenning Emily Instagram: @RevRettinghouse Credits: Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws Editing/Sound Design by Stephen Henning Social Media by Josh Lieuallen Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hard to know where to even start with this one, to be honest. The Trinity is one of the most paradoxical, "accept on faith" concepts in all of Christianity. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. All-in-All, Three-In-One nature. While being careful not to slip in modalism or tritheism, we attempt to work on this theological idea that has stumped Christians for thousands of years. Mentioned in the episode:  The Holy Hell Podcast Matthew 3:13-17 - The Baptism of Jesus Genesis 1 - The Trinity At Creation The Essence of Christianity by Ludwig Feuerbach The Essence of Christianity by Ludwig Feuerbach Librivox Public Domain Audiobook FREE The Divine Dance by Richard Rohr Isaiah 9:6 - Wonderful Counselor Support us: Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo! Submit a voicemail by calling 601-55RAVEL (601-557-2835) or submit a voice memo to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com!  Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!  Follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod! Follow the hosts on social:  Josh Twitter: @joshlieuallen Stephen Twitter: @stephenghenning Emily Instagram: @RevRettinghouse Credits: Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws Editing/Sound Design by Stephen Henning Social Media by Josh Lieuallen Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We're thinking about the good ol' days of summer camp while Emily is actually at church summer camp this week, so we're throwing it back in the time machine! (We know we said last time was the last time this year, but stuff is going on, ya know?)Have you ever been to Christian conferences like Acquire The Fire or Dare2Share? Or do you often relive the glory days of that summer church camp while you were growing up? We're turning the nostalgia factor up to 11 and sharing stories of the good, bad, and the bizarre from our experiences of Christian conference culture. Mentioned in the episode:  Venti Jesus Please by Greg Stier Judges 19 A Levite and His Concubine Support us: Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo! Submit a voicemail by calling 601-55RAVEL (601-557-2835) or submit a voice memo to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com!  Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!  Follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod! Follow the hosts on social:  Josh Twitter: @joshlieuallen Stephen Twitter: @stephenghenning Emily Instagram: @RevRettinghouse Credits: Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws Editing/Sound Design by Stephen Henning Social Media by Josh Lieuallen Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Living in the world can be challenging, especially when there are just some things you don't want to talk about with certain people. So we mask, or as today's question submitted puts it, we "code switch" in order to avoid rocking the boat. What does this look like for us? Language modification, conversational abstinence, or some secret third thing?Mentioned in the episode: Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker Cultish: The Language of Fanatacism by Amanda Montell 1 Timothy 2:4 - God wants all to be saved Matthew 11:15 - Who has ears to hear... Support us: Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo! Submit a voicemail by calling 601-55RAVEL (601-557-2835) or submit a voice memo to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com!  Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!  Follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod! Follow the hosts on social:  Josh Twitter: @joshlieuallen Stephen Twitter: @stephenghenning Emily Instagram: @RevRettinghouse Credits: Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws Editing/Sound Design by Stephen Henning Social Media by Josh Lieuallen Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

How did we observe our American Independence Day? And why did Emily's church disappoint by not singing patriotic songs in worship that weekend? We interrogate the beliefs and theologies that intertwine Christian faith with superpower's might and wonder what idols are really at those roots.Mentioned in the episode: Straight, White, American Jesus on Moms For "Liberty" 50. God Loves Fog Machines Ravel Episode The Freedom Index A Bugs Life - "Then they ALL might stand up to us" 22. Is Faith Political? Ravel Episode 47. Depolarizing Christianity Ravel Episode 94. I Pledge Allegiance to ________ Ravel Episode 108. Church, Creeds, and Imperialism Ravel Episode Walden Pod on Western Values Are Not Based on Judeo-Christian Values Support us: Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo! Submit a voicemail by calling 601-55RAVEL (601-557-2835) or submit a voice memo to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com!  Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!  Follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod! Follow the hosts on social:  Josh Twitter: @joshlieuallen Stephen Twitter: @stephenghenning Emily Instagram: @RevRettinghouse Credits: Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws Editing/Sound Design by Stephen Henning Social Media by Josh Lieuallen Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Patience is a virtue. At least that's what we're told. But what about it's biblical cousin, long-suffering? What's the difference and how do we cultivate it or discover it within ourselves? These questions are tackled today, plus Stephen offers his best Smeagol impression from The Lord of the Rings.Mentioned in the episode: propheticimaginationstation.com You Are Not Your Beliefs - You Have Permission Episode Pete Holmes on Traffic The Tortoise and The Hare by Aesop Colossians 3:12-14 - Patience How One Man Convinced 200 Ku Klux Klan Members To Give Up Their Robes Support us: Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo! Submit a voicemail by calling 601-55RAVEL (601-557-2835) or submit a voice memo to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com!  Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!  Follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod! Follow the hosts on social:  Josh Twitter: @joshlieuallen Stephen Twitter: @stephenghenning Emily Instagram: @RevRettinghouse Credits: Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws Editing/Sound Design by Stephen Henning Social Media by Josh Lieuallen Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Revival and Renaissance and Resurrection, oh my! Today we follow standard Stephen practice by talking about something long after it's out of the news cycle when Josh brings up the Asbury Revival to discuss whether the concept is viable at all. Is there a problem with an emotionally driven peak experience? What's next for the church if not revival?Mentioned in the episode: 2023 Asbury Revival Wiki Daniel 3 - Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego 2 Kings 2:13-15 - Elijah's mantle and Elisha  Matthew 9:37-38 - The harvest is plenty but the workers are few Matthew 13 - Parable of the Sower Matthew 7:15-20 - Known by fruits Matthew 25:14-30 - Parable of the Talents Get more rest Lifekit episode Orphaned Believers by Sara Billups Support us: Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo! Submit a voicemail by calling 601-55RAVEL (601-557-2835) or submit a voice memo to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com!  Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!  Follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod! Follow the hosts on social:  Josh Twitter: @joshlieuallen Stephen Twitter: @stephenghenning Emily Instagram: @RevRettinghouse Credits: Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws Editing/Sound Design by Stephen Henning Social Media by Josh Lieuallen Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

CW: This episode contains conversation about disordered eating, body shame, and bullying. Please listen with care and be well, friends.Our culture and the church have both contributed to unhealthy, disordered ways of thinking about our bodies and the love we should show them. Some of us grew up thinking we needed to hate our bodies or discipline ourselves to avoid giving into sin. What theologies contribute to the disordered ways we can learn to eat and exist in the beautiful bodies we have?Resources: National Eating Disorder Association (nationaleatingdisorders.org) Stop Bullying (stopbullying.gov) Mentioned in the episode: Fat Funny Friend by Maddie Zahm (also, listen with care) 1 Corinthians 9:27- Beat My Body Into Submission Genesis 3 - Shame in Adam & Eve Psalm 139 - Fearfully and Wonderfully Made Food, We Need To Talk Podcast Support us: Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo! Submit a voicemail by calling 601-55RAVEL (601-557-2835) or submit a voice memo to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com!  Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!  Follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod! Follow the hosts on social:  Josh Twitter: @joshlieuallen Stephen Twitter: @stephenghenning Emily Instagram: @RevRettinghouse Credits: Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws Editing/Sound Design by Stephen Henning Social Media by Josh Lieuallen Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We're back with fresh new stuff and Emily is just bubbling over with joy! We talk about the meaning of joy, the free access to joy, and what we find joy in.Mentioned in the episode: Matthew 5:11-12 - Count It Joy Brethren Nehemiah 8:10 - The Joy of The Lord Is My Strength Matthew 9:16-17 - New Wineskins Dacher Keltner - The Thrilling New Science of Awe On Being Episode Support us: Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo! Submit a voicemail by calling 601-55RAVEL (601-557-2835) or submit a voice memo to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com!  Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!  Follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod! Follow the hosts on social:  Josh Twitter: @joshlieuallen Stephen Twitter: @stephenghenning Emily Instagram: @RevRettinghouse Credits: Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws Editing/Sound Design by Stephen Henning Social Media by Josh Lieuallen Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Welcome back, just one more time, to the Time Machine! Stephen's crazy work schedule at his day job is finally over, but between some much needed rest on Stephen's part and the summer already well under way, we needed a bit of a gap in the recording schedule. So we're bringing you an incredibly poignant rebroadcast in light of last week's revelations.Is there anything more meta than a faith podcast talking about faith directly? What do we mean exactly when we talk about faith and how does it differ from beliefs or trust? What does it mean to leave "the faith"? Can you ever lose faith or do you just place your faith in something else? What does it mean for God to have faith in us?Mentioned in the episode: Great Is Thy Faithfulness From the Perspective of God by Bo Burnham Dr. Who Wiki After Evangelicalism by David Gushee Support us: Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo! Submit a voicemail by calling 601-55RAVEL (601-557-2835) or submit a voice memo to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com!  Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!  Follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod! Follow the hosts on social:  Josh Twitter: @joshlieuallen Stephen Twitter: @stephenghenning Emily Instagram: @RevRettinghouse Credits: Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws Editing/Sound Design by Stephen Henning Social Media by Josh Lieuallen Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Season 2 of Ravel begins today as one of our hosts realizes that they are no longer Christian.Mentioned in the episode: 23. Dissecting Conferences, Camps, and Mannequins Ravel Episode Atheism For Lent Excerpt from Ludwig Feuerbach's The Essence of Christianity entitled, "Religion As Projection" (10 page reading) 52. Shrugging Off Christianity Ravel Episode 137. Experiencing God Ravel Episode Support us: Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo! Submit a voicemail by calling 601-55RAVEL (601-557-2835) or submit a voice memo to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com!  Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!  Follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod! Follow the hosts on social:  Josh Twitter: @joshlieuallen Stephen Twitter: @stephenghenning Emily Instagram: @RevRettinghouse Credits: Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws Editing/Sound Design by Stephen Henning Social Media by Josh Lieuallen Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Welcome back to the Time Machine! Stephen's work schedule at his day job will be insane until the end of May, so we decided to take some editing burden off of him and re-share some favorite episodes from the archive, specifically suggested by members of our Patreon community.What would you call someone who quit church, yet still holds a deep love for Christ? Post-Christian? Foolish and misled? Heretic?Mentioned in the episode: Just Faith by Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons The Septuagint Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek Everything Is Spiritual Talk by Rob Bell  Everything Is Spiritual Book by Rob Bell Inspired by Rachel Held Evans BadChristian Podcast You Have Permission Podcast Support us: Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo! Submit a voicemail by calling 601-55RAVEL (601-557-2835) or submit a voice memo to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com!  Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!  Follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod! Follow the hosts on social:  Josh Twitter: @joshlieuallen Stephen Twitter: @stephenghenning Emily Instagram: @RevRettinghouse Credits: Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws Editing/Sound Design by Stephen Henning Social Media by Josh Lieuallen Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Are you pro-argument or anti-argument? Josh is wondering if using the Horseshoe Theory in psychology is a useful tool for us to consider seemingly oppositional theological views. We grapple with "the binary" rather awkwardly as we wonder why centrism is viewed so negatively and if it's possible to hold a third way open.Mentioned in the episode: That Was 13 Robs Ago Robcast EpisodeSupport us: Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo! Submit a voicemail by calling 601-55RAVEL (601-557-2835) or submit a voice memo to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com!  Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!  Follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod! Follow the hosts on social:  Josh Twitter: @joshlieuallen Stephen Twitter: @stephenghenning Emily Instagram: @RevRettinghouse Credits: Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws Editing/Sound Design by Stephen Henning Social Media by Josh Lieuallen Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Welcome back to the Time Machine! Stephen's work schedule at his day job will be insane until the end of May, so we decided to take some editing burden off of him and re-share some favorite episodes from the archive, specifically suggested by members of our Patreon community. Today's nomination comes from our friend, Sarah! Change your mind, for the Kingdom of God is here. Like water carving canyons out of the land, our thoughts carve habits in our minds. But what inspires true change? What incentivizes repentance? What causes a shift in our minds?Mentioned in the episode: How To Change Your Mind Freakonomics Podcast Rach Angard Know Normal People Podcast Walden by Henry David Thoreau Secular Buddhism Podcast Support us: Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo! Submit a voicemail by calling 601-55RAVEL (601-557-2835) or submit a voice memo to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com!  Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!  Follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod! Follow the hosts on social:  Josh Twitter: @joshlieuallen Stephen Twitter: @stephenghenning Emily Instagram: @RevRettinghouse Credits: Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws Editing/Sound Design by Stephen Henning Social Media by Josh Lieuallen Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We play a voicemail from a beloved friend of the pod and past guest, Alex, who asks us the question, "how have you been experiencing God lately, in terms of feeling?" Josh shares about how caring for the sick has been a spiritual experience. Emily shares about her life in church, in her family, and at home. And Stephen is starting to worry that his lack of experiencing God is an indicator that he's losing the believe in a personal God at all...Mentioned in the episode: 52. Shrugging Off Christianity (feat. Alex Falcongrove) Ravel Episode The IN2 Podcast Support us: Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo! Submit a voicemail by calling 601-55RAVEL (601-557-2835) or submit a voice memo to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com!  Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!  Follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod! Follow the hosts on social:  Josh Twitter: @joshlieuallen Stephen Twitter: @stephenghenning Emily Instagram: @RevRettinghouse Credits: Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws Editing/Sound Design by Stephen Henning Social Media by Josh Lieuallen Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Welcome back to the Time Machine! Stephen's work schedule at his day job will be insane until the end of May, so we decided to take some editing burden off of him and re-share some favorite episodes from the archive, specifically suggested by members of our Patreon community. Today's nomination comes from our friend, Chad Eichorn! It took us almost one hundred episodes to finally tackle the Resurrection. Josh shares how he's come to a place of this theology being de-emphasized in importance for him. Emily shares the Wesleyan position and makes sure that we're not talking about zombie Jesus. And Stephen struggles to let go of the physicality and/or literalness of the bodily resurrection.Mentioned in the episode: The Preston Shipp Tweet 1 Corinthians 15 - The Resurrection 2 Corinthians 4:7 - Jars of Clay Matthew 6:19 - Moth and Rust James 2:14-26 - Faith Without Works Support us: Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo! Submit a voicemail by calling 601-55RAVEL (601-557-2835) or submit a voice memo to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com!  Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!  Follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod! Follow the hosts on social:  Josh Twitter: @joshlieuallen Stephen Twitter: @stephenghenning Emily Instagram: @RevRettinghouse Credits: Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws Editing/Sound Design by Stephen Henning Social Media by Josh Lieuallen Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Why is it so easy to cherry-pick the verses we want out of the Bible to support our positions? Is it ignorance, malevolence, or some secret third thing? Josh thinks it may be due to a bias of the written word. Emily tries to explain the Bible like we're 5 years old. And Stephen goes on a rant only to end up saying cherry-picking is okay and in fact he does it all the time.Mentioned in the episode: Dan McClellan - Why God Is Like a Hotdog on The Bible For Normal People Data Over Dogma Podcast 127. When General Advice Causes Specific Harm Ravel Episode 76. Pushy Christian Prescriptions Ravel Episode Support us: Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo! Submit a voicemail by calling 601-55RAVEL (601-557-2835) or submit a voice memo to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com!  Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!  Follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod! Follow the hosts on social:  Josh Twitter: @joshlieuallen Stephen Twitter: @stephenghenning Emily Instagram: @RevRettinghouse Credits: Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws Editing/Sound Design by Stephen Henning Social Media by Josh Lieuallen Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Welcome back to the Time Machine! Stephen's work schedule at his day job will be insane until the end of May, so we decided to take some editing burden off of him and re-share some favorite episodes from the archive, specifically suggested by members of our Patreon community. Today's nomination comes from our friend, Courtney Clark! The idea of defending his new home with a gun is weighing on Stephen pretty heavily this week. We talk about Christian pacifism, the ethics of lethal home defense, deontological batman, designs to kill, hunting, and more. Mentioned in the episode:  Fight by Preston Sprinkle Matthew 26:50-56 - Disarming Peter and the Church Crucifixion of the Warrior God by Greg Boyd Cross Vision by Greg Boyd WOLC Brian Zahnd Sermon Podcast What about Hitler? by Robert Brimlow Beating Guns by Shane Claiborne and Michael Martin rawtools.org Isaiah 2:4 - Swords into Plowshares Do You Like Paying For War? These Christians Refuse Sojourner article Superheroes and Philosophy by Tom Morris Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Decides? by Sheldon Ekland-Olsen Support us: Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo! Submit a voicemail by calling 601-55RAVEL (601-557-2835) or submit a voice memo to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com!  Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!  Follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod! Follow the hosts on social:  Josh Twitter: @joshlieuallen Stephen Twitter: @stephenghenning Emily Instagram: @RevRettinghouse Credits: Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws Editing/Sound Design by Stephen Henning Social Media by Josh Lieuallen Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

What do you picture in your mind when we ask you what the God shaped hole in your heart looks like? Are we dealing with a two-dimensional jigsaw puzzle piece? Or a three-dimensional hole like a punctured ball? Or are we talking about the hole in the top of every glass? (Or the hole in every drinking straw?) We're here to grapple with this concept that is commonly taught in Christianity.Mentioned in the episode: You Have Permission Podcast Pensèes by Blaise Pascal 108. Church, Creeds, and Imperialism Ravel Episode Rach Angard on Know Normal People Support us: Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo! Submit a voicemail by calling 601-55RAVEL (601-557-2835) or submit a voice memo to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com!  Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!  Follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod! Follow the hosts on social:  Josh Twitter: @joshlieuallen Stephen Twitter: @stephenghenning Emily Instagram: @RevRettinghouse Credits: Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws Editing/Sound Design by Stephen Henning Social Media by Josh Lieuallen Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Welcome to the Time Machine! Stephen's work schedule at his day job will be insane until the end of May, so we decided to take some editing burden off of him and re-share some favorite episodes from the archive, specifically suggested by members of our Patreon community. Today's nomination comes from our friend, Zach Sharp!(Forgive the "new podcast" sound of the archive tape, please. Thank God Stephen got better at audio engineering and editing, huh? Just goes to show that we're all in the process of becoming...better at our crafts!)Support us: Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo! Submit a voicemail by calling 601-55RAVEL (601-557-2835) or submit a voice memo to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com!  Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!  Follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod! Follow the hosts on social:  Josh Twitter: @joshlieuallen Stephen Twitter: @stephenghenning Emily Instagram: @RevRettinghouse Credits: Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws Editing/Sound Design by Stephen Henning Social Media by Josh Lieuallen Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Today, we go meta. Again. Josh is curious to know if the burden of proof lies on the disbeliever as much as it does on the believer. In what ways should we prepared to answer the question, "why don't you believe 'xyz' anymore?We also take our first clarifying voicemail today from friend of the show, Nathan! So be sure to not skip over the break!Mentioned in the Episode: 1 Peter 3:15 - Always Prepared to Give an Answer Faith For Normal People: Rhett & Jessie McLaughlin Finding a Curious Faith I See Jesus In The Eisegesis Ravel Episode Support us: Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo! Submit a voicemail by calling 601-55RAVEL (601-557-2835) or submit a voice memo to the inbox at theravelpod@gmail.com!  Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!  Follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod! Follow the hosts on social:  Josh Twitter: @joshlieuallen Stephen Twitter: @stephenghenning Emily Instagram: @RevRettinghouse Credits: Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws Editing/Sound Design by Stephen Henning Social Media by Josh Lieuallen Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★