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Send us Fan Mail Hey Text and Rockers! This is part six of a discussion with "the Negro Artist," Caleb Rainey. It is some of our best work in the earlier rendition of the Text and Rock Show, and so I wanted to replay it headed into Black History Month.   We hope these episodes make you think, but more importantly, make you actively listen, understand, make friends you might not have, and...

Send us Fan Mail Hey Text and Rockers! This is part four of a discussion with "the Negro Artist," Caleb Rainey. It is some of our best work in the earlier rendition of the Text and Rock Show, and so I wanted to replay it headed into Black History Month.   We hope these episodes make you think, but more importantly, make you actively listen, understand, make friends you might not have, an...

Send us Fan Mail Hey Text and Rockers! This is part four of a discussion with "the Negro Artist," Caleb Rainey. It is some of our best work in the earlier rendition of the Text and Rock Show, and so I wanted to replay it headed into Black History Month.   We hope these episodes make you think, but more importantly, make you actively listen, understand, make friends you might not have, an...

Send us Fan Mail Hey Text and Rockers! This is part three of a discussion with "the Negro Artist," Caleb Rainey. It is some of our best work in the earlier rendition of the Text and Rock Show, and so I wanted to replay it headed into Black History Month.   We hope these episodes make you think, but more importantly, make you actively listen, understand, make friends you might not have, a...

Send us Fan Mail Hey Text and Rockers! This is part two of a discussion with "the Negro Artist," Caleb Rainey. It is some of our best work in the earlier rendition of the Text and Rock Show, and so I wanted to replay it headed into Black History Month.   We hope these episodes make you think, but more importantly, make you actively listen, understand, make friends you might not have, and...

Send us Fan Mail Hey Text and Rockers! This is part one of a discussion with "the Negro Artist," Caleb Rainey. It is some of our best work in the earlier rendition of the Text and Rock Show, and so I wanted to replay it headed into Black History Month.   We hope these episodes make you think, but more importantly, make you actively listen, understand, make friends you might not have, and...

Send us Fan Mail Hey Text and Rockers! This one is an original poem about following the Jesus way. What is an ethical Christian versus a magic/theological idea of Jesus? How the teaching of Jesus best is summarized in one double-love command. Love God. Love people. That simple.   We love you, TXT and RKRS. You can contact Mark and Eric at www.textandrock.com or email mark@textandrock.com. ________...

Send us Fan Mail Hey Text and Rockers! This one has a special announcement and a spoken word poem re-thinking the baby Jesus story. Enjoy friends and family this holiday season! We love you, TXT and RKRS. You can contact Mark and Eric at www.textandrock.com or email mark@textandrock.com. ___________________________________________ Check out our new YouTube Channel and Click Subscribe. To support t...

Send us Fan Mail Hey Text and Rockers! This one's all about how we need to keep moving forward in naming God for human thriving to take permanent root. Join us to talk about how humanity names divinity at every stage of cultural evolution... an original Text and Rock poem about the Battle of Jericho. what does it mean that the commander of God's armies doesn't pick a side? what is a...

Send us Fan Mail Hey Text and Rockers! This one's all about how humanity creates an ideal in divinity and then lives it out, not necessarily the other way around. Join us to talk about how humanity names divinity at every stage of cultural evolution... and then that idea pulls us forward morally and intellectually.  what is an ancient idol, and how it informs a lot of texts and artifacts. jou...

Send us Fan Mail Hey Text and Rockers! This one's all about how humanity creates an ideal in divinity and then lives it out, not necessarily the other way around. Join us to talk about how two stories get drawn in to make political point in sacred texts. another combat myth if you're down to clown.  the unification of Egypt as the thing behind the thing. what is the Axial Age and how did...

Send us Fan Mail Hey Text and Rockers! This one's all about what happens when you combine religion and politics, in the ancient world and today. Journey back to ancient Egypt with Mark and Eric once again to explore the lore of the Memphis Creation Story. Join us to talk about how the thing behind the thing in sacred texts can oftentimes be very political. why there is always a danger in invo...

Send us Fan Mail Hey Text and Rockers! Here's a quick special announcement about the cool things we are making at the Text and Rock Digital Press. Visit us there to support our work and go farther faster with making your ancient story into a better tomorrow. Here's the quick link: www.textandrock.com/press Be good to each other! Mark and Eric For Text and Rock Poetry, Podcasts, and Video...

Send us Fan Mail Hey Text and Rockers! Here's the concluding episode on God and gender. Join us to talk about why it makes so many of us nervous to describe God as a He/Him. how viewing your sacred text as part of an ongoing discussion can set you free from frozen ideas about divinity. the movement from space in the Judeo-Christian tradition of naming God. what most moderns are actually talki...

Send us Fan Mail Hey Text and Rockers! This one is a quick break from Egyptian lore to talk about God and gender...again.  Join us to talk about how if you back up a thousand years Iron Age sacred texts may have had a divine feminine instead of a male storm god. how the conception of the male storm god shifts to a loving father of the house by the time of Jesus... but it is trackable. whether we c...

Send us Fan Mail Hey Text and Rockers! This one is a quick break from Egyptian lore to talk about God and gender Join us to talk about why God is male in the Hebrew Bible and how that gets interpreted all the way through the Bible, Talmud, and Quran. whether we should actually think of God as male part one.  the Canaanite storm-god combat myth behind the text of the Bible. That's what we&apos...

Send us Fan Mail Hey Text and Rockers! This one is a quick break from Egyptian lore to talk about holding your life and tradition with joy rather than suffering. Join us to talk about why so many people take their religion so seriously that joy disappears. whether or not following God is supposed to be about suffering. the mystery of sacred moments that are the opposite of progress. Torah embodime...

Send us Fan Mail Hey Text and Rockers! This one is part two of two on the SO WHAT of an old creation story like ATUM RE. Big idea is this: You might be rejecting a very old, Iron Age conception of God. Join us to talk about what God's ultimate goal for your life is probably not, and what it might be. how some conceptions of God need to be left in the dirt. why you have to take ancient stories...

Send us Fan Mail Hey Text and Rockers! This one is part one of two on the SO WHAT of an old creation story like ATUM RE. Big idea is this: the conception of divinity is a moving target. Join us to talk about some notions of God are no longer helpful. how to consider each story where people try to name God, one at a time. how the Hammurabi stele can teach you more about Yahweh than church. divinity...

Send us Fan Mail Hey Text and Rockers! This one is all about the Egyptian creation story of Atum-Ra... and how it bounces off of other ancient Near Eastern texts and traditions. Join us to talk about how multiple versions of stories and legends sit side by side in the ancient world. all about Atum-Ra creating "the nine" primary  or "OG" Egyptian gods. ancient chaos waters as th...

Send us Fan Mail This one is part two exploring basic hooks on creation stories in Egypt and the broader Ancient Near East. Join us to discuss together there may be a lotta gods... but creator gods are different. why the gods of Egypt are one more way those guys are funky. a run through pyramids and a hangout with Seth I and his cupbearer Gary. how the two creation stories that start the Bible wor...

Send us Fan Mail This one is all about creation stories in Egypt and the broader Ancient Near East. Join us to discuss together how Eric thinks trolls have an uncanny similarity to a certain former president. Mark complains about how sore his is from a Krav Maga wknd. Cicero's alter ego and leaning into your shadow side. An overview on Egyptian creation myths, pyramids, and NOT ancient aliens...

Send us Fan Mail This one is all about growing past mediocre ways of reading your story. Join us to discuss together the idea from Mike Herrera that "Mediocrity is a Mind Killer." how most faith leaders only know their sacred text on a very simple level. why striving for great ideas about ancient literature unlocks it for you. a similar observation from Rumi, that conventional opinion ki...

Send us Fan Mail This one is a quick dive into where Egyptian mythology comes from, and how it is different than literature in the broader ancient world. Here is a link to our facebook group if you wanna slide in early. Fist bump. The group opens in October, but if you want to slide in early, HERE is the link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/439433967697980 Join us to discuss together how we don&a...

Send us Fan Mail This one is an intro to the bonkers-ness (is that a word?) that is ancient Egypt and why it matters to you and your tradition. Here is a link to our facebook group if you wanna slide in early. Fist bump. The group opens in October, but if you want to slide in early, HERE is the link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/439433967697980 Join us to discuss together why Herodotus says Egy...