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Send us Fan Mail Happy Thanksgiving! We hope this book was a cornucopia of reading delight. Seriously though, we hope that you enjoyed it as much as we did. At first blush it may seem like a zany, offbeat comedy and thats about it, but we think there is more going on under the surface. Hopefully our conversation is helpful in untangling - just a little bit - this nihilistic sci-fi. So enjoy some T...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to another episode of our humble little podcast. Today we dive into a book by Rod Dreher called the Benedict Option. This is Paul and Jamie's favorite book (ok not so much). We hope that you found the book thought provoking and our conversation helpful.

Send us Fan Mail Happy Halloween! Or as us Protestants say "Happy Reformation Day.” Ok so basically no one says that. Today we have a ghost story for you… well sort of. The story in question is a play not a book by Thornton Wilder called Our Town. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did and find our conversation helpful.

Send us Fan Mail Ever wondered about what Pastors are actually called to do? today we take a look with the help of Harold Senkbeil in his work The Care of Souls. We hope this book was both encouraging and challenging to you 

Send us Fan Mail And we're back! After over a month hiatus we are finally back with a new episode and it is a good one. In this episode we are looking at Norman Maclean’s A River Runs Through It. This is a master piece of storytelling and we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did 

Send us Fan Mail Glad you're back! Today we are going to cover Gene Edwards rumination about leadership in his book A Tale of Three Kings. In this he works through ideas of leadership using Saul, David, and Absalom as the case studies. We hope that you were helped and encouraged by this book.

Send us Fan Mail “A patchwork memory is the shame of a refugee”  Thanks for stopping by! Today we explore Daniel Nayeri’s outstanding and beautifully written book Everything Sad is Untrue. We trust that you enjoyed this book as much as we did!  

Send us Fan Mail Hello again! So somehow I mixed up my episodes and released the wrong one a few episodes back and didn’t realize it until recently. So to rectify that we are dropping the missing episode now! We hope you enjoyed this fascinating book as much as we did!

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back! in this episode we take our first dive into J. R. R. Tolkien with his wonderful, and whimsical, and nothing like the movies (thank goodness) book The Hobbit. As always we hope you enjoyed the book and found our ramblings about it helpful. 

Send us Fan Mail Today instead of a book we read and discuss selected works from Gerard Manley Hopkins. The Poems that we read and discuss are: As Kingfishers Catch Fire (pg 129) Felix Randal (pg 150)  Binsey Poplars (pg 142)  God's Grandeur (pg 128) Patience, Hard Thing (pg 170) The Windhover (pg 132) Pied Beauty (pg 132) We hope you were edified and encouraged in adding poetry to your readi...

Send us Fan Mail And we’re back for Episode 15! This time we talk about a book about how to read books. The book is called Reading Between the Lines by Gene Edward Veith. We hope that this book and episode are helpful for you! As for our next book the poems that we will be reading and discussing are (page numbers are from the Oxford World Classics Gerard Manley Hopkins Major Works) : As Kingfisher...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Episode 14 everyone! In this episode we take a look at Henri Nouwen’s work Return of the Prodigal Son. In this book Henri Nouwen explores the Prodigal Son by way of Rembrandt’s painting by the same name. We hope you enjoy the episode 

Send us Fan Mail And we are back. On this Episode we take a look at Geoffrey Chang’s recent book Spurgeon the Pastor where he explores the incredible pastoral ministry of the “Prince of Preachers” Charles Haddon Spurgeon. There is much we can learn from both Spurgeon and the members of the Metropolitan Tabernacle.  

Send us Fan Mail And we’re back! Sorry that we missed dropping an episode last week as would be our normal pattern. We are back this week with a great book and our first foray into the great American author Earnest Hemingway. In this episode we look at one of his most beloved works, The Old Man and the Sea. 

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back! On this episode we take a look at our first Dietrich Bonhoeffer work as we explore his fantastic little book Psalms: The Prayer Book of the Bible. We hope you were edified in reading it and encouraged by our conversation through it.  

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back! In this episode we take our first foray into Puritan works as we tackle Thomas Goodwin’s excellent treatise The Heart of Christ. We hope that this book was salve for your soul.  

Send us Fan Mail Today we get a little ghoulish as we step into Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein world. This book is not what you may expect and I hope you enjoyed it and our conversation about it.

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to the Supplementalist! in this episode we jump into a children's book, The Clown of God. We hope that you enjoyed this simple little book and our conversation around it.

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Episode 7 of the Supplementalist Podcast. Today we tackle our first book from CS Lewis as we look at The Great Divorce. we hope you enjoyed reading this book as much as we did and that our conversation is helpful.  If you like the podcast please Rate and Subscribe visit our churches websites: https://piquabaptist.org/ https://www.whoishouseontherock.com/

Send us Fan Mail We’re back! It's been a while since uploading a new Episode. we are finally back in the saddle after the Holidays with recording and releasing new episodes of the podcast, and for up for the year 2024 is Leo Tolstoy’s novella The Death of Ivan Ilyich. This is a sobering and introspective look at social expectations and death.  If you enjoy the episodes like and subscribe. Che...

Send us Fan Mail In this Episode we finish our walk through Williams Faulkners Absalom, Absolam. We hope these two episodes have been helpful in understanding this work. If you like the episodes please leave a review and rate and subscribe

Send us Fan Mail Merry Christmas and Bah humbug. On this special bonus Christmas Episode Jamie Paul and Steve take a look at one of the classic Christmas works A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.  Grab a cup of Hot Cocoa or eggnog and sit by the fire while we explore this Christmas ghost story.  If you like the Episode please leave a review and like and subscribe.

Send us Fan Mail On this weeks episode Jamie, Paul, and Steve attempt to tackle William Faulkner's intricate, tedious, objectionable, controversial, but ultimately worthwhile novel, Absalom, Absalom. This is part one of our journey through this fascinating great American work. Plan to join us next time as we continue our walk through this book If you enjoy the episodes please like and subscri...

Send us Fan Mail Happy Thanksgiving 2023! This week we take a break from fiction to tackle our first non-fiction book, Delighting in the Trinity,  By Dr Michael Reeves. We pray this book was instructive and devotional for you. If you appreciate the show please Rate and Subscribe  follow this link for this weeks book: https://a.co/d/bmxhOLK Follow this link to purchase the book for the next two epi...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we get a little gothic as we dive into Robert Louis Stevenson's intriguing, profound and, dare we say oft misrepresented, novella: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.  If you enjoy these episodes please like, subscribe and leave us a five star rating