Podcast appearances and mentions of jonathan rundman

Our episode features Jonathan Rundman, singer/songwriter from Minneapolis, who has a new Americana rock and roll album called "Waves". It is a fascinating and fun talk about 80's rock music, The Silos and the circle of friends that includes Cracker, The Vulgar Boatmen, and all they that have influenced.  If you dig 80s rock, his tales are what you might want. We talk about Bob Seger, the Rainmakers, The Hooters, and lots more. Born and raised in the isolated Finnish-American communities of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, and now based in Minneapolis, Rundman twists smart, cinematic, rock and roll lyrics, pop hooks, and garage attitude into his songs.   In addition to his solo career, Rundman tours and records as keyboardist for legendary New York City-based Americana/rock band The Silos. Rundman released his first new album in ten years in April, 2025 and is on a Midwest tour opening for the Silos. For the past decade he's been touring and recording with Walter Salas-Humara and The Silos.   The pre-release single from the album, “Elizabeth, Don't Waste Your Breath” was co-written with Salas-Humara and the second single from the record, “Let's Put On An Opera”, champions the artistic process, backed by vintage analog keyboards from the 1960s, including a Wurlitzer electric piano, a Vox Continental organ, and a real tape-powered Chamberlin. His producer, Ron Gomez, told Jonathan that he should record some interstitial music, instrumental pieces that weave in between the songs. "We talked about albums we liked, featuring these kinds of moments, like the acoustic transition after the song 'Nights of Mystery' by the Georgia Satellites. Referencing "Nights of Mystery"?  I'm all in. That's what I needed to hear. You like the Vulgar Boatmen? Del Fuegos? Replacements? Gear Daddies? Cracker? A little Elvis Costello and Rockpile? You need to be in too. www.rockpoandroll.com email the show: rockpoprollpodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @rockpopandroll

The Hooters have new music (!!) and will be on tour this summer with Rick Springfield, Paul Young and Tommy Tutone (and some other artists depending on the market). These events transpired after our conversation about the band's 1985 album Nervous Night.We've long been fans of the legendary Philly group who notched a number of successful hit singles -- while also stepping outside of the Hooters camp to write additional smash hits for other artists. So it was a total delight when Jonathan Rundman approached us and asked if we'd be game to chatter about Nervous Night. Of course, we said yes nearly immediately.We also dig into the details behind Jonathan's 25th anniversary reissue of his album, Recital and his memories of the time period. Jonathan has a busy 2023 currently in progress, including solo dates and additional performances with the Silos and the Rundman Family Band. In short, there was a lot to talk about. Our thanks to Jonathan for sharing his story and a lot of good laughs.P.S. Matt is sorry for interrupting Jonathan more than any other guest in the history of this podcast ;-)P.S.S. Jonathan did a great story about David Williams of the Williams Brothers and Marvin Etzioni which you can read right here.Thanks as always for listening. Please rate and review this podcast wherever you're tuning in. We also have a Patreon, so if you'd like access to a wealth of additional content related to our podcast, check it out and become a member of our Record Club!

Grace to you and peace from God our parent, Jesus our Savior, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.   Today I want to talk about the nature of God. So first a disclaimer, I have not studied this, I have not taken classes on this, this is what I've pieced together and have learned over the years as I've grown as a person and as a Christian. It is what I have learned from many sermons from many great pastors, especially Pastor Ellen. And mostly from what I have grown to feel deeply within myself as to who God really is. While I certainly enjoy hearing and learning about the historical and academic details behind Bible passages, sometimes it helps to go with what speaks to my heart and soul instead of just what speaks to my brain.   If you would have asked me years ago the question “Who is God?” I would have probably answered that He is the creator of all, and if asked to describe Him I would have said an old white guy with white hair and a beard.  You know, like God is often depicted in movies and art, at least in our American society. I would have also said that the Old Testament God was an angry, revengeful God who stuck to rules and punished people who were bad and that He had a change of heart with the New Testament and Jesus and turned into a God that was forgiving and loving.   I'm so glad that with what I've learned over the years, and continue to still learn, that my image and thoughts about God have grown, expanded, and changed. Thinking back now to my first thoughts, I can easily see how narrow and short sighted, and in some cases nonsensical this image of God was. With descriptions like that, God is clearly being placed inside a very small box designed to use God for certain purposes.   So - how would I describe God now?  To put it very simply, I personally believe that God is Love. Not that God loves or that God is expressed and seen through Love, but God themselves is Love. The very nature of Love is what God is. When I think about what it means to feel close to God or to be part of God's kin-dom, it is to feel wholeness and completeness - the feeling that I would describe as Love. Similarly, if I was ever asked to describe what Hell is - it wouldn't be a place or an idea, it is what is missing, and what is missing is God slash Love.  The absence of God is hell. So when we take actions that prevent people from feeling love and wholeness, we are taking God away from them; likewise when we act in ways that bring Love and wholeness to people, that is sharing God with them. That is what we are called to do - bring this wholeness to all of God's people and all of God's creation.   When looking at today's Old Testament reading, I think the introduction provided gives a good summary of what the passage from Jeramiah tells us: God calls Jeremiah to be a prophet and consecrates him in the womb. Jeremiah's task is to preach God's word amid the difficult political realities of his time, before the Babylonian exile. He is to make God known not only to Judah, but also to the nations. First, it gives a good reminder that God calls us from when we are in the womb. We don't need to wait until we are educated or have just the right job or situation, God knows us in the womb and that we have been created to do good and share God's Love, in our own unique ways, with others.   When thinking about this I was reminded of the song “Mother's Womb” from the album A Heartland Liturgy by Jonathan Rundman. This is based on Psalm 139, and the start of the chorus of this song goes “Lord you knew me in my mother's womb, I am fearfully and wonderfully made”.  I encourage you to find Joanthan's music on his Bandcamp website and listen to the full song (https://jonathanrundman.bandcamp.com/track/mothers-womb)  it is a good reminder that we are made by God, that we are wonderful, and God knows all about us before we are born.   This starts to break down one of my old thoughts of an Old Testament God of being revengeful and angry - how can God be angry and want to take revenge on someone they made in their own image?   The last part of the introduction to the reading from Jerimiah starts to break down the rest of what I originally thought of an Old Testament God of being all about rule following and being only for the chosen people. From the introduction, “He is to make God known not only to Judah, but also to the nations.”  Jeremiah wasn't just called to share God's message with his own people, but with “the others”. While often we think of the New Testament God as being where God's love started being shared with people outside the “chosen ones”, it is right here in the Old Testament that God's love is for all people.   Coming to realize this helps me make more sense of God - because when I would think back on having an “Old Testament God” and a “New Testament God” as if God suddenly had a change of heart on how to govern the universe, it wouldn't really make sense. If God is all knowing and is beyond the concept of time - how and why would God suddenly change part way through history. It makes much more sense when we realize that God has never changed, God has always been for all people for all time.   This takes us to today's Gospel from Luke. Jesus is sharing the Good News with his hometown that through Jesus, the word of God about the oppressed being freed, is coming true.  Again, if we turn to the introduction to the Gospel in our bulletins, we get a nice summary: People in Jesus' hometown are initially pleased when he says that God will free the oppressed. Their pleasure turns to rage when he reminds them that God's prophetic mission typically pushes beyond human boundaries so that mercy and healing are extended to those regarded as outsiders.   Yes, things were the same back in Jesus's day as they tend to be now. People want things for themselves and get upset when they find they have to share with or give to others.   Oh - it's good that you are getting funding for road projects - but make sure our local roads get fixed before other people get their roads fixed. Yes, there are hungry people around the world, but why should we feed hungry people in other countries before we feed the hungry in our own country?  Why should we take refugees into our country when we have people here we need to help first?  I think making a donation from the church budget to help a mission elsewhere is great, but shouldn't we make sure we pay our own bills for our own congregation first?   Yes - it happens time and time again, and I'm sure I've said it or have certainly thought of it many times.  The simple thought of “Why should we help or provide for others when we should help our own people first.” We have been taught to always think about our own group - whether that be based on membership (church, club, etc.), geographical region (city, state, country), demographic make up (gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, etc.) - our own group first before we help the “other” - as if just because we are part of a group we are more deserving than someone on the outside - yes an outside that simply exists because of artificial boundaries that are completely self created.   When the crowd around Jesus hears the good news of the oppressed being set free, they basically respond with “Yipeee! This is great news! Now remember where you are from - your hometown - we deserve all this, while the others don't. This is something for us and not them.” Jesus then basically responds with “not so fast - this is good news for all people - even those you consider others” He reminds them that even in the old testament the prophets often shared the good news and deeds not with the “hometown crowd” but with the “others” and that Jesus plans on doing the exact same.   Then, as is typical now, as soon as someone dares challenge the artificial boundaries of the in vs. the out, they turn on Jesus, run him out of town and try to kill him. They suddenly shift from excitement over great news, when they thought it was all for themselves, to anger, when they realize that they have to share the good news with others.  How often do we do this ourselves - where we are only excited over good news when it applies to us personally or our “in-crowd” and it turns to disappointment or even anger when we find out it applies to others.   This is who God is, has been, and always will be - one who wants the good news for all people, where there are no artificial human-created boundaries. Because when we remove all the boundaries, we get wholeness and completeness - what I describe as the feeling of Love - which is what I say God is. God removes the boundaries because God themselves is boundless. We, as people, have always just never gotten it, through the Old Testaments and the prophets, and when we still didn't get it, God sent Jesus to live by example of what it means, and yet we still didn't get it. So, thankful that also through Jesus we were reminded and shown that God is a forgiving God, so as we continue to try over and over again to remove the boundaries, God forgives us when we continue to create these boundaries and try to reserve the Good News for “us” and not “them.”   With my personal belief that God is love, I have to touch briefly on our 1 Corinthians reading - the very famous “Love passage.”  One thing I learned about this passage for today, is that this passage wasn't written about individual love between a committed couple - even though that is how this passage is most often used during weddings.  As Pastor Ellen shared in her notes for the weekly Tuesday Bible study. Paul's emphasis on unity within the body of Christ has its apex in this much quoted praise of the loving spirit that ought to characterize the Christian community. Despite its popularity as a reading at weddings, Paul is describing not a bonded couple, but the whole community in Christ. And continuing Leading up to this chapter, Paul has pointed out that the members of the church in Corinth are not acting very charitably toward one another, and are in fact continuing to live according to the social class system of their secular surroundings. Rather than approaching the Lord's Supper in a spirit of unity and love, they have fallen into factions of “haves” and “have-nots.” (1 Cor 11:20-22) Rather than using their spiritual gifts for the growth and benefit of all, they appear to have created a hierarchy of “bragging rights” according to who can exercise which gift. (1 Cor 12) Paul's purpose in Chapter 13 is to remind them that they are no longer to act as individuals, thinking of themselves first, but to recognize that they are now part of the body of Christ. In the unity of that body, all are to be treated with equal respect and the gifts of all are to be received in love and gratitude.   So, yet again, here is an example where we are reminded that God's love is to serve the purpose of bringing unity and wholeness and to break down any artificially created boundaries dividing us. Sometime, if you want - go back and read this passage but substitute “God” for “Love” and see how it reads. I think it fits very well with my belief that God is Love.   As I close out this message about my thoughts on the image of God, I want to remind you that we cannot know for certain exactly what the image of God is, but we certainly get a glimpse of it each time we look at ourselves. So often we try to make God in our image (remember the old white guy that I often thought of - that image was created by white men - so God looked like a white man), but as the theme of this year's RIC Sunday reminds us - we are “Made in God's Image: God's Boundless Diversity”.  So if you are female, because you are made in God's image - God is female. If you are transgender - God is transgender. If you are asexual - God is asexual. If you use other senses more than your vision because you are blind, God uses those other senses more. If you are black, God is black. God is all things and beyond all things - there is no way to describe God because of the enormity of who God is. Whoever you are, God is, because you are made in God's image. And because God is love, and you are made in God's image - you are Love and are Loved.  Amen.

In this episode, I have five sweet and calm songs for you. I hope you enjoy them. The songs are "Caledonian Road - second mix" by The Gigantic Legless Cauldrons (Simon Pride), "Myth" by Blue Crystal Star, "bonjour melancholy" by Lullatone, "track two / trust" by Steady Phase, and "Second Shelf Down" by Jonathan Rundman.

Welcome to the liturgy of the hours podcast, by Luther Seminary Chapel and Augsburg University campus ministry. During these challenging times, we turn our attention to our abiding God, the one who causes our branches to bear abundant fruits, even when our anxieties, weariness, and fears of inadequacy catch up to us. We are led through a time of Matins prayer by the songs and spoken words of Jonathan Rundman and D.J. Chatelaine. We calm our hearts and our minds and prepare ourselves for the presence of God.

Enjoy the music of Jonathan Rundman, Marty Haugen, Jane Henderson, Dr. Abe Caceres, Celia Whitler, and Steven Amundson. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/david-ellingson/message

A musical journey and mini-concert with the singer/songwriter. Special bonus: the world premiere of a new tune. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/david-ellingson/message

The Liturgy of the Hours podcast... presented by Luther Seminary Chapel and Augsburg University Campus Ministry. Prayer for wherever you may be.  The Liturgy of the Hours is the passed-through-the-generations practice of daily prayer offered through praise, prayer, song, psalm and scripture. Now available by podcast. Prayer from the great cloud of witnesses to your cloud. This season we offer Matins: prayer for the morning time.  This week's liturgist is Jonathan Rundman. Readings are offered by Augsburg University Campus Pastor Babette Chatman Portions are streamed from OneLicense.net #A730924 and Augsburg Fortress Annual License #26450, CCLI #1725436

This bonus episode of the Liturgy of the Hours is presented by Luther Seminary Chapel and the MDIVX Program. Prayer that goes with you wherever you may be. The Liturgy of the Hours is an ancient practice of prayer throughout the day to help keep track of time. We offer one episode with three chapters: for morning prayer, evening prayer and night prayer.  Chapter One, prayer for the morning at 0:00 Chapter Two, prayer for the evening at 15:00 Chapter Three, prayer for the night at 40:30 This week's liturgists are Nate Crary, Tom Witt, Mary Preus and Jonathan Rundman. The readings are offered by the Second cohort of the MDIVX Program.  Portions are streamed from OneLicense.net #A730924 and Augsburg Fortress Annual License #26450, CCLI #1725436

Luther Seminary Chapel presents: The Liturgy of the Hours Podcast, prayer that goes with you wherever you may be. The Liturgy of the Hours is an ancient practice of prayer that takes place throughout various times of the day. We offer one episode with three chapters: for morning prayer, evening prayer and night prayer.  Chapter One, Matins, Prayer for the Morning Time at 0:00 Chapter Two, Vespers, Prayer for Evening Time at 12:30 Chapter Three, Compline, Prayer for Night Time at 32:30 Luther Seminary MDiv Student Jonathan Rundman leads the liturgy of the hours along with his family band. MDiv Student Danni Dunasky offers readings. Texts are assigned for Ordinary Time #17, Year A. “Canticle of Departure” “Psalm Tone Blues” music by Jonathan Rundman cp2005 Salt Lady Music (ASCAP) from A Heartland Liturgy CCLI # 5819023 www.jonathanrundman.com Portions are streamed from OneLicense.net #A730924 and Augsburg Fortress Annual License #26450, CCLI #1725436

The liturgy of the hours podcast is the ancient practice of prayer delivered to your stream. This offering is brought to you by the office of the seminary pastor at Luther Seminary. The Liturgy of the Hours is the office of daily prayer in the church. We offer one episode with three chapters for morning prayer (Matins), evening prayer (Vespers), and night prayer (Compline). See timestamps below:  Chapter One: Matins 0:00 Chapter Two: Vespers 13:20 Chapter Three: Compline 34:19   The liturgy of the hours is brought to you by the Office of the Seminary Pastor at Luther Seminary.    Participants:   Liturgist: Jonathan Rundman Reader: Anna Ferro   Musicians:  Jonathan Rundman: acoustic guitar and voice with Dawn Rundman: accordion Svea Rundman: violin Paavo Rundman: violin   Producers: Jami Goetz and Jeni Grangaard  Theme music: Nate Crary This is offered for the Luther Seminary Community for worship and is not intended to be duplicated or used for commercial purposes.  Readings were selected from the Revised Common Lectionary and read from the New Revised Standard Version, all rights reserved.    The liturgy and the hymns are from the Evangelical Lutheran Book of Worship Pew Edition. Copyright © 2006, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Published by Augsburg Fortress.   “Canticle of Departure” “Psalm Tone Blues” music by Jonathan Rundman cp2005 Salt Lady Music (ASCAP) from A Heartland Liturgy CCLI # 5819023 www.jonathanrundman.com Portions are streamed from OneLicense.net #A730924 and Augsburg Fortress Annual License #26450, CCLI #1725436

Finlandia Fridays was visited this week by musician Jonathan Rundman. Rundman is the musician in residence this year for Heikinpäivä. Originally from Ishpeming, Rundman currently lives in the Twin Cities and makes a living off being a singer-songwriter. Rundman stated that he always wanted to be a musician, even when he was little, and was glad his career kick started in the 90’s, before streaming was around. Heikinpäivä, and other small festivals, are great for independent artists because it allows the artists to increase their fan bases, mentioned Rundman. Show notes available at finlandia.edu/fridays

Today we’ll be talking with astute songwriter Jonathan Rundman,   Born and raised in the Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Jonathan has been writing and performing songs since he was 18.  He’s had rave reviews in Billboard, the New York Times, and Performing Songwriter (among others).   Today we talk about creativity, the songwriting process, the worst gig EVER, and Jonathan’s stint directing a horror movie.  Yep.  That happened.  Tune in and find out more. Here are some important links or links mentioned in tonight's show:***************ARTIST LINKS***************You can find out a ton more about Jonathan on these websites:Website(s):http://jonathanrundman.com/https://twitter.com/jonathanrundmanhttps://jonathanrundman.bandcamp.com/Beware Barstempii!***************MR.GEE/STEVEN WESELY GUILES LINKS***************Steven Wesley Guiles:  http://www.stevenwesleyguiles.comMr. Gee on InterWebz: http://www.mrgeerocks.comMr. Gee on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrgeefunMr. Gee on Spotify: https://play.spotify.com/artist/2NOW8cwr5qlQfg5tANQ7AVMr. Gee on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mrgeemusicMr. Gee on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/mrgeerocksMr. Gee on Bandcamp: https://mrgee.bandcamp.com/************************************SONGS IN THE KEY OF FALLOUT************************************Songs in the Key of Fallout was a challenge to myself to write one song for every day until Fallout released (in roughly 80 days). I wrote 80+ songs!! You can find them below.http://bit.ly/falloutsongs2SONGS IN THE KEY OF FALLOUT VIDEO PLAYLIST:http://bit.ly/falloutsongs4All Fallout Songs on Bandcamp: http://bit.ly/falloutsongs2On Spotify: https://play.spotify.com/album/2dHtnr7PWd5cD8BIOWiNWg************************************SONGS IN THE KEY OF MINECRAFT************************************On Bandcamp: https://mrgee.bandcamp.com/album/songs-in-the-key-of-minecraftOn iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/songs-in-the-key-of-minecraft/id854142102On Spotify: https://play.spotify.com/album/3ptj1zNUXxRe7Hrp5glBg4

We've got our first celebrity guest!!! Jonathan Rundman is acclaimed singer/songwriter/rocker. You might have heard him on the Ellen Degeneres Show or NPR's Mountain Stage. He's also closely connected to and cares about the church/religion/faith/Christianity/Lutheranism. We talk about sacred/secular music, Dad rock, and talk some Chuck Berry. In the end there's a playlist featuring Jonathan Rundman, Neil Young, Joan Osborne, and, of course, Blind Melon!!! Check out the playlist on Spotify...http://tinyurl.com/tvplent4 The Vinyl Preacher is supported by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and LuMin, the Lutheran Campus Ministry Network. It is produced by Nick Morris aka Draze Force.

209: Ash Wednesday containing: Ash Wednesday and Mardi Gras Conversation from our 2015 Lent Round Table with Rev Diann Bailey and Rev. Sarah Renfro "Wash Me Clean" by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from his album Sharing the Road Nugget on Psalm 51 by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from episode 107 (March 22, 2015) Conversation on Isaiah 58:1-12 from episode 204 (Feb. 5, 2017) "Texas Kyrie" by Jonathan Rundman from his album A Heartland Liturgy Support the Show: Donate Audible

Notes and Commentary 1 Corinthians 1:1-19 John 1:29-42  Psalm 40:1-11 Isaiah 49:1-7 Support the Show: Donate Audible Voice in the Wilderness: Bryan Odeen 1 Corinthians 1:1-19 @BryanOdeen https://bryanodeen.wordpress.com/ https://www.reverbnation.com/bryanodeen Featured Musician - “Lamb of God (Agnus Dei)” by Jonathan Rundman from his album A Heartland Liturgy. website facebook twitter: @jonathanrundman

199: Christmas, A (December 25, 2016) Gospel Reading: Luke 2:1-20 - Birth of Jesus + Shepherds Second Reading: John 1:1-14 - Prologue to John Psalm Nugget: Psalm 98 Richard Bruxvoort Colligan (psalmimmersion.com, @pomopsalmist, Patreon) Support the Show: Donate and Audible Featured Musician - “Glory In The Highest” by Jonathan Rundman from his album A Heartland Liturgy. website facebook twitter: @jonathanrundman

Notes and Commentary Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15 Luke 16:19-31 Psalm 91:1-6, 14-16   1 Timothy 6:6-19 Support the Show: Donate and Audible Featured Musician - Jonathan Rundman, “I don’t Want to Go to Hell” from this album Sound Theology Website Facebook twitter: @jonathanrundman Psalmist: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan Twitter:@pomopsalmist Patreon: patreon.com/RichardBC Web: psalmimmersion.com

Jonathan Rundman’s songs have appeared on the Ellen Degeneres show, the CBS Morning News, and NPR. He realized the success of these songs have been due in part to their narrow topics, like insomnia and wearing glasses. But Jonathan has recently shifted to writing songs with more “heart” than his journalistic lyrical past, after somewhat of a mid-life crisis and a purifying experience playing ancient Finnish music. In this episode of Composer Quest, Jonathan shares words of wisdom from his 25 years as a touring musician. We also talk about his podcast Creativity Drill, which he co-hosts with his wife Dawn.

The BoDeans, Dead Man Winter, The Pines, Jill Sobule & Julia Sweeney, Jonathan Rundman

This episode features five songs about books. Please note that the lyrics (and titles) to some songs are fairly explicit. The songs in this episode are "Books Say and I Say" by Adam Dubberly, "Librarian" by Jonathan Rundman, "George R R Martin is Not Your Bitch" by John Anealio, "Life is a Book" by Rich LaBonte, and "Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury" by Rachel Bloom.