Nerds At Church

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the 14th Sunday after Pentecost, also known as Proper 19 or Lectionary 24, which falls on September 11th this year, including our deep dive into islamophobia! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here .  For a better understanding of the differences between h...

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the 13th Sunday after Pentecost, also known as Proper 18 or Lectionary 23, which falls on September 4th this year, including our deep dive into Life! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here .  The Alan Turing movie we mentioned was The Imitation Game. &nbsp...

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the 12th Sunday after Pentecost, also known as Proper 17 or Lectionary 22, which falls on August 28th this year, including our deep dive into modesty, humility, and meekness! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here .  Check out Janet Stephens’ historic hair...

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) and special guests Beth Bollenbach and Rev. Dale Welling from Paws For Humanity to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the 11th Sunday after Pentecost, also known as Proper 16 or Lectionary 21, which falls on August 21st this year, including our deep dive into the role of animals in rest! The scripture we refer to for th...

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the 10th Sunday after Pentecost, also known as Proper 15 or Lectionary 20, which falls on August 14th this year, including our deep dive into divisiveness! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here .  We talked about last year’s Horror Nerds at Church ’s Hocu...

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and guest co-host Pace Warfield-May (none/they) of the Horror Nerds at Church podcast to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the 9th Sunday after Pentecost, also known as Proper14 or Lectionary 19, which falls on August 7th this year, including our deep dive into righteousness! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here .  W...

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the 8th Sunday after Pentecost, also known as Proper 13 or Lectionary 18, which falls on July 31this year, including our deep dive into barns! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here .  We talked about agriculture in ancient Israel , and specifically beehiv...

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the 7th Sunday after Pentecost, also known as Proper 12 or Lectionary 17, which falls on July 24th this year, including our deep dive into Sodom and Gomorrah! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here .  Check out the full story arc of Sodom and Gomorrah . &n...

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) and special guest Rev. Nic Peñaranda (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the 6th Sunday after Pentecost, also known as Proper 11 or Lectionary 16, which falls on July 17th this year, including our deep dive into invisible and emotional labor! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here .  C...

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the 5th Sunday after Pentecost, also known as Proper 10 or Lectionary 15, which falls on July 10th this year, including our deep dive into Samaritans! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here .  Check out these links if you want to see where Samaritan and Sh...

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) and special guest Ale Murguia-Ortiz (they/he) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the 4th Sunday after Pentecost, also known as Proper 9 or Lectionary 14, which falls on July 3rd this year, including our deep dive into Labor Justice and Organizing! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here .  Y...

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) and special guest Rev. JM Longworth (they) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the third Sunday after Pentecost, also known as Proper 8 or Lectionary 13, which falls on June 26th this year, including our deep dive into homelessness. The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here .  Find out more abo...

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost, also known as Proper 7 or Lectionary 12, which falls on June 19th this year, including our deep dive into Galatians! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here .  We talked about this surprised Pikachu face, featuring Ryan Reyno...

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for Holy Trinity Sunday, also known as the first Sunday after Pentecost, which falls on June 12th this year, including our deep dive into Wisdom and genderful images of the Divine! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here .  For more about Wisdom literature, par...

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for Pentecost, which falls on June 5th this year, including our deep dive into Middle East geography! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here .  Check out this map of Middle East geography. If you’re up for the Acts reading or preaching, definitely check out Ka...

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the seventh Sunday of Easter, which falls on May 29th this year, including our deep dive into human trafficking. The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here .  To learn more, check out this article on some of the fashion companies that still use sweatshops . &n...

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) and special guest Rev. Harold Vanicek (he) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for Ascension Day, which falls on May 26th this year, including our deep dive into aerodynamics and flight! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here .  We mentioned last year’s Ascension Episode diving into the atmosphe...

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) and special guest Rev. Carla Christopher (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the sixth Sunday of Easter, which falls on May 22nd this year, including our deep dive into mysticism! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here .  We talked about quantum entanglement, which you can explore more...

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the fifth Sunday of Easter, which falls on May 15th this year, including our deep dive into the first Church controversy! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here .  This is the wikipedia article Kay mentioned that cited the Jewish Encyclopedia. We also ment...

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) and special guest Polly Festa (she/they) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the fourth Sunday of Easter, also known as Good Shepherd Sunday, which falls on May 8th this year, including our deep dive into shepherding! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here .  We talked about garish colors, w...

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the third Sunday of Easter, which falls on May 1st this year, including our deep dive into our colleague Paul! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here .  If you want to read some more about Paul, check out Paul and Empire by Richard A. Horsley .  Emily...

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the second Sunday of Easter, which falls on April 24th this year, including our deep dive into Revelation! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here.  To dive deeper into substance use and alcoholism, check out our episode from the 2nd Sunday after Epiphany with R...

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for Easter Sunday, also known as Resurrection of Jesus, which falls on April 17th this year, including our deep dive into what an Easter Vigil actually is! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here .  You can find all of the Easter Vigil readings here .  Che...

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for Good Friday, which falls on April 15th this year, including our deep dive into Capital Punishment! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here .  To learn more about Justices Breyer and Ginsburg’s dissent in the most recent death penalty case at the Supreme Cou...

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) and special guest Rabbi Maurice Appelbaum (he) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for Maundy Thursday, which falls on April 14th this year, including our deep dive into Passover! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here .  If you’re interested in learning more about Clinical Pastoral Education (C...