Nerds At Church

Pastor Emily (they) and Pastor Kay (she) take some time to check-in, process, and look ahead since the election. This episode was originally recorded the week after the elections in the united states, but due to family emergencies and life, captions didn't get finalized until now, so it's a bit later than we'd hoped for. Now that we are into December and have had some time to process and reflect,...

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to dive into John Brown, Paul in his letter to Philemon, and Kira Nerys for our 7th episode in our Nerds At Church Superhero Spectacular Season!  The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here .  The biblical hero, Paul’s letter to Philemon, comes up in the lectionary for Proper 18 or Lectionary 23 in Year C , which will be S...

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to dive into our Villain Era! We’ve got the Weather Underground and the Earth Liberation Front, Poison Ivy and Mr. Freeze, and Adam and Eve for our 6th episode in our Nerds At Church Superhero Spectacular Season!  The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here .  The biblical heroes, Adam and Eve, come up in the lectionary fo...

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) and special guest Lamya H (she/they), author of Hijab Butch Blues , to dive into Malala Yousafzai, Kamala Khan (AKA: Ms. Marvel), and Esther and Asiya for episode 5 in our Nerds At Church Superhero Spectacular Season!  The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here .  The biblical hero, Esther doesn't really come up in th...

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to dive into Spider-Man, Daniel, and Njinga Mbandi for episode 4 in our Nerds At Church Superhero Spectacular Season!  The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here .  Find out more about Njinga Mbandi and other Peoples of the Historical Slave Trade . Also, check out the PBS video about Njinga Mbandi and the movie Njinga: Qu...

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to dive into Jesus (biblical, historical, and pop cultural!) for episode 3 in our Nerds At Church Superhero Spectacular Season!  The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here .  Although the story of Jesus comes up in the Lectionary on every day except Pentecost (but also kind of even then), we’re linking to episodes that ha...

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to dive into the Daughters of Zelophehad (Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah), Wilma Mankiller, Echo, and collective power for our 2nd episode in our Nerds At Church Superhero Spectacular season!  The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here .  For more about Wilma Mankiller, check out The Mankiller Documentary !  Lea...

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) and special guest Pace Warfield (they or none) to dive into Superman, Delores Huerta and Cesar Chavez, Ruth, and the impact of immigrants and their families on communities for our 1st episode in our Nerds At Church Superhero Spectacular season! Find Pace on FB and on Bluesky ! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here . ...

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to dive into Season 5: Superhero Spectacular, and all that we've got in store for you! We'll be releasing on Wednesdays here and wherever you catch your podcasts!  Dig into our grounding scripture for this season here . Tune into our caption and stimming YouTube versions of the whole season. To support Nerds At Church, you can beco...

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to dive into books for our final episode in our Nerds At Church season of Epiphany!  The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here .  We talked about all of our episodes this season, which you can find wherever you catch your podcasts!  You can find the vast majority of the books that we talked about in our bookshop.org book...

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) and special guest Rev. Kristin Rice (she/they) ( pupper parent to Blessing ) to dive into space programs for episode 10 in our Nerds At Church season of Epiphany!  The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here .  Kay mentioned this interview with Richard Feynman , the brother of astronomer Joan Feynman, after the Challenger...

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) and special guest Jeremy Cobb (he/him) of Three Black Halflings to dive into space travel in pop culture for episode 9 in our Nerds At Church season of Epiphany!  The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here .  We mentioned episode 5 of this season on astrophysics with Dr. Katie Mack .  Emily also mentioned the Horror Nerds...

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to dive into geography and celestial navigation for episode 8 in our Nerds At Church season of Epiphany!  The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here .  Learn more about Dark Sky places from DarkSky International .  The Smithsonian has a great site focusing on mostly European time and navigation.  Find out more about ancie...

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to dive into male astronomers for episode 7 in our Nerds At Church season of Epiphany!  The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here .  We mentioned last week’s episode on Astronomers .  We mentioned our episode on the Solar System (#TeamPluto).  We mentioned our episode on Astrophysics with Dr. Katie Mack . Check out this...

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to dive into astronomers for episode 6 in our Nerds At Church season of Epiphany!  The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here .  We mentioned last week’s episode on Astronomy with Katie Mack .  Check out the Museum of the Bible exhibit on Scripture and Science .  We always love to share the wonderful song about Sally Ride...

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) and special guest Dr. Katie Mack (she) to dive into astrophysics for episode 5 in our Nerds At Church season of Epiphany!  The scripture we refer to for this episode (plus Isaiah including the missing parts) can be found here .  We mentioned our Cosmology episode from this season. We mentioned last season’s episode on the 16th Sunday after...

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to dive into our solar system for episode 4 in our Nerds At Church season of Epiphany!  The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here .  We mentioned our Astrology episode with Emily Ann Garcia .  There’s lots of great info and links on NASA’s website .  Emily mentioned Stefanie’s Zine where she shares fun facts on Jupiter’s...

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) and special guest Emily Ann Garcia (they/she) to dive into astrology for episode 3 in our Nerds At Church season of Epiphany!  The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here .  We talked about Genesis 1, which we mentioned in the first episode of this season . Find your star chart and more for free at the Astrolabe site Emily...

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to dive into the Magi and Zoroastrianism for episode 2 in our Nerds At Church season of Epiphany!  The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here .  For more on the Feast of the Holy Innocents, check out last season’s episode with Rev. Colette Broady Grund .  For more on the magi gifts, check out our second season’s Epiphany...

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to dive into cosmology throughout history and pop culture for our first episode in our own Nerds At Church season of Epiphany!  The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here .  We talked about our episode diving into the Big Bang for Christmas 2 in season 1 with Dr. David Kordahl .  We mentioned Genesis 1, which we cover in...

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to dive into Season 4: Epiphany, and all that we've got in store for you! We'll be releasing on Wednesdays here and wherever you catch your podcasts! Don't forget to check out our Season 2 Epiphany episode with Jessica Davis and our Season 3 Christmas 1 episode of the Feast of the Holy Innocents with Rev. Collette Broady Grund...

We love Muppets! Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the Muppets!  For our special end of season minisode, we went for a Muppetsode!  For more on how to make puppets like the muppets, check out Furri Fingers for many a puppet-y delight!  For more on the controversy with Sesame Street and Austism Speaks, check out this article . Reminde...

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for Reign of Christ, also known as Christ the Queen, which falls on November 26th this year, including our deep dive into year endings and beginnings!  The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here .  We mentioned last year’s Maundy Thursday episode diving into Passover w...

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the 25th Sunday after Pentecost, also known as Lectionary 33 or Proper 28, which falls on November 19th this year, including our deep dive into currency!  The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here .  We mentioned last year’s episode for the 21st Sunday after Pente...

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the 24th Sunday after Pentecost, also known as Lectionary 32 or Proper 27, which falls on November 12th this year, including our deep dive into lighting!  The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here .  For more on the Big Bang, check out our first season episode for...