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Jason and Tuhina sit down with the brilliant Savanna Sullivan to talk about how intergenerational work is really intercultural work, what it means to trust young people (including the younger versions of ourselves!), and how deep curiosity paired with power sharing really can change the world. Also we're legally required to take this opportunity to register our unwavering support for the Clemson T...

Tuhina and Jason sat down with the Border Church pastor, the Rev. Manuel Retamoza, to talk about what it means to preach about the God of peace amidst the machinery of war – a God of justice across walls of division and destruction. Why is it actually easiest for him to write a sermon when he's going to preach at the U.S.-Mexico border? Tune in.

Tim and Tuhina sat down with the lovely and insightful Rev. Ian McConnell, senior pastor at Fabric in south Minneapolis, to get down to the basics when it comes to preaching: What are we doing when we preach? Even more importantly, why? Hashcast is, in large part, a podcast that goes behind-the-scenes with preachers and their processes – in that case, this episode might be the most Hashcast-y of a...

The brilliant and thoughtful Revs. Priscilla Paris-Austin and Tamika Jay joined Hashcast (asynchronously) to talk about Juneteenth, their own relationships with it, and why it still matters today – maybe even more so.

Tuhina and Jason sit down with writer and advocate Deepa Iyer to discuss her transformational concept of a social change ecosystem. What does it mean to live together and work for meaningful change within a living, breathing ecosystem? How can this framework empower all different kinds of people to make this world better?

Tuhina and Jason sit down with lay leader extraordinaire, Dr. Emma Northcott, to talk about what it means to bring an intergenerational focus to the work of being church together. How seriously do we take the idea of the priesthood of all believers? Emma brought her years of wisdom and experience to bear on the subject, and we were all the better for it.

The lovely and thoughtful storyteller-poet-minister, Sarah Agnew, sat down with Jason and guest interviewer Regina Heater to talk about the preacher as storyteller: what does it mean to root ourselves in story? To preach by story, yes – but also to lead by story, to teach by story? Stories don't usually give clear answers. They both require us to rest in mystery, and also inspire us to re-tell and...

In our first episode of Pentecost this year, we stay in the Easter texts of Acts in order to take a wider view with author, technical communicator, caregiver, intermediate weightlifter – not to mention lovely human being – Keisha McKenzie. What does it mean to build a moral economy in a current economic system that is neither moral nor an economy which works for all? -- Books referenced in the epi...

Tim and Jason sat back down with recent guest – and now, by definition, Friend of the Pod™! – the fantastic ecumenist, story-collector, and story-sharer, Regina Heater, to revisit our recent Lenten conversation and consider Easter in light of it. In particular, we look to the rising cancer of white supremacy (especially in too many of our churches) and where we might find ways of anti-racism and r...

A throwback to an episode from our outlaw Thoughtcast days. The AC Three discuss different ways to approach Easter 6, including how the Acts reading gives a powerful distinction between a pedestal and a cross – those who seek power often demand the former, while Jesus was crucified on the latter. And that's what real power is. Sixth Sunday of Easter John 14:1-14 Acts 17:22-31

The AC Three continue through middle John, trying our best to decipher what it is the Teacher is trying to teach us. (But, of course, there is no one single answer!) In this passage that includes verses often chosen for funerals, we can actually see a homemaker Jesus, apron on, hard at work to prepare to welcome anyone who may cross his threshold. Even if we (like the disciples) don't know much fo...

The AC Three (otherwise known as the Revs. Tim, Tuhina, and Jason) stay in-house to pour a nice cup of lectionary. For this upcoming Good Shepherd Sunday (Easter 4), we talk about being sheeple for Christ, how 'aww' has overtaken 'awe,' and how our theological rose-colored glasses often blur the reality of sheep and shepherds. 4th Sunday of Easter John 10:1-10 Psalm 23 Acts 2:42-47

Pastors Tim and Tuhina sat down with newly-elected Bishop of the North Carolina Synod, the Rev. Emily Hartner, to talk about how to preach in an Easter season still rife with the markings of Good Friday.

This week, Hashcast is back in biblical storytelling mode – with your humble storyteller, Jason. The Gospel this week is no slouch, either: John 20:1-19-31. The one where we find disciples hiding away in a locked room, Jesus showing up anyway, and a Thomas who trusted enough to come back and see for himself. It's a story meant to be told.

This week we're throwing back to an episode from our old Thoughtcast days – talking the ever-enigmatic Good Friday with the one and only Rev. Colleen Hetrick. Unfortunately, the topics we discussed two years ago are even more relevant today.

Tuhina invited her good friend and professor of African history, Caryce Chepchirchi Tirop, to talk about sermons from the point of view of someone in the pews. What needs to be heard by those who serve Christ from places other than the pulpit?

The AC Three discuss more of Lent's undeniable narrative punch when approaching this week's stories: the raising of Lazarus and Ezekiel's valley of dry bones. Lent 5 Ezekiel 37:1-14 John 11:1-45

The AC Three (Pastors Tuhina, Tim, and Jason) met up (in-person!) and waded knee-deep into the lectionary. What does the story of the man born blind have to teach us? How can we approach these long Lenten stories in ways that privilege and honor the actual Gospel texts? How do we discover anew things which may suffer from familiarity?

We continue our larger look on religious pluralism with our next guest, the delightful Abbie Haug. Tuhina and Jason sat down with her to talk about how you might be doing the work of religious pluralism without even knowing it.

We talked to historian, thought leader, and delightful conversation partner, Dr. Allison Ralph, about social cohesion, the magic of murmuration, the messiness of true pluralism – and how God is more like compost than you might think.

Tim and Jason sit down with the thoughtful and effervescent Regina Heater to take a bird's-eye view of Lent – how best can we approach this ancient season? Through what lenses can we view it?

Throwback to one of our early episodes with intimacy and relationship coach, Wendy B – a few years back when the calendar saw Ash Wednesday falling on Valentine's Day – who invited us to recognize the holiness of intimacy (in all its various forms). That might not seem like a particularly strong theological emphasis on Ash Wednesday, but maybe it should be.

The Revs. Jason, Tuhina, and Tim wrap up the Season after Epiphany by taking the 500-foot view. How do we take a posture of both grace and defiance as preachers of the Word in the midst of the dumpster fire of our world? And as always: what is God's Spirit saying to God's Church, today?

Jason and Tuhina sit down with brilliant author, poet, speaker, (and soul), Kaitlin Curtice, to talk about liminal spaces, staying in the fire, and what it means to create beauty in a world spiraling.

Pastors Tim, Tuhina, and Jason talked last year about this pervasive sense of exhaustion for those of us who preach. Sadly, this is an evergreen topic. And so this week, we present it to you again.