The Vinyl Preacher

We've fired Pod Bless America back up on World AIDS Day with a conversation with Megan Neubauer, the director of the HIV/AIDS Strategy of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Check. It. Out.

Anne Buckle is a singer/songwriter in Nashville, Tennessee and a cousin of Johnny Cash. She's also an alum of the University of Tennessee and the JFK School of Government at Harvard. Most importantly, she's an alum of Tyson House, the Lutheran-Episcopal ministry to the University of Tennessee. We talk to Anne about the journey from Knoxville to Paris to Harvard to Nashville. In the end we've got a...

Christ the King Sunday is Matt's favorite Sunday. We talk about a traumatic experience in Matt's homiletic childhood, King Ralph, and put together a regal playlist featuring: Ben E King, the Kings of Leon, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, and more! Also, hot chicken. Check out the playlist every week on Spotify (open.spotify.com/user/vinylpreacher) Radioactive with Los Angeles Gospel Choir - Kings...

No Stranger Things spoilers, but this week Jesus tells a parable about how the Kingdom of God might be like the Upside Down. In the end it gets paired with selections from John Print, Snoop Dogg, U2, and, of course, Bruce Hornsby. Check out the playlist every week on Spotify (open.spotify.com/user/vinylpreacher) That's the way that the world goes round - John Print The way it is - Bruce Hornsby Ca...

This week we’ve got Amos talking about justice rolling down like waters and a harsh parable about bridesmaids waiting on the groom. We end up with an EPIC playlist! Elton John, Ja Rule, Cindi Lauper, Alanis Morissette, Bruce Springsteen, John Legend, and Brittany Howard all in one place. Check out the playlist every week on Spotify (open.spotify.com/user/vinylpreacher) Rocketman - Elton John Alway...

It's true. Death is an important part of the college experience. This week a playlist (featuring Mumford and Sons, Sufjan Stevens, the Civil Wars, U2, and Common) is paired with the Beatitudes and a text from Revelation or as Matt calls it, "The I have a dream speech of the bible." Check out the playlist every week on Spotify (open.spotify.com/user/vinylpreacher) The Vinyl Preacher is supported by...

How do you observe the reformation in a non-traditional context...you keep it real. We keep it real on the playlist with tributes to Tom Petty, classics from Pharrell Williams and Neil Young, and some fresh new songs from Maggie Rogers and saba. Check out the playlist every week on Spotify (open.spotify.com/user/vinylpreacher) The Vinyl Preacher is supported by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in A...

Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar, but how are we supposed to know how to carve an image of God on our money when we can't see God's face? In the end there's a playlist with Wilco, Billy Bragg, Annie Lennox, the Tallest Man on Earth, the Queen Bey and more! Check out the playlist every week on Spotify (open.spotify.com/user/vinylpreacher) The Vinyl Preacher is supported by the Evangelical...

A forgetful God leading a forgetful people and a classic Girardian story of a wedding banquet. No 'Cha-Cha Slide.' No chicken dance. Just straight good news. Also a playlist to listen to on your way to and from worship this week featuring Semisonic. Check out the playlist every week on Spotify (open.spotify.com/user/vinylpreacher) The Vinyl Preacher is supported by the Evangelical Lutheran Church...

We didn't get to record this podcast after the shooting on Sunday night. So, we don't talk about it directly, but I do think there's a lot of opportunity to preach to the events of the week. The militaristic and violent nature of the parable might find a word of hope in the midst of hopelessness this Sunday. Check out the playlist every week on Spotify (open.spotify.com/user/vinylpreacher) The Vin...

The Vinyl Preacher is excited to unveil its first diss track. Or it's just a thoughtful engagement with a respected colleagues internet musings. Only one way to find out. Also we talk about this week's gospel and the people of Israel's continued wanderings in the wilderness. Check out the playlist every week on Spotify (open.spotify.com/user/vinylpreacher) The Vinyl Preacher is supported by the Ev...

Matt calms down. Zach complains. They both wax nostalgia about how good things were back in Egypt. In the end they climb Mount Mordor with a playlist featuring the Beatles, U2, and Woody Guthrie. Check out the playlist every week on Spotify (open.spotify.com/user/vinylpreacher) The Vinyl Preacher is supported by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and LuMin: the Lutheran Campus Ministry Net...

You may know Matt as our calm and mild mannered co-host. This week you see the other side as Matt unleashes a crazy rant on the connections between student loan debt and the Israelites escape from Egypt!!! Check out the playlist every week on Spotify (open.spotify.com/user/vinylpreacher) The Vinyl Preacher is supported by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and LuMin: the Lutheran Campus Mi...

This week there are instructions. How to prepare a meal and how to live together in a community. Sometimes the instructions call for banning people from intramural sports for life. Check out the playlist every week on Spotify (open.spotify.com/user/vinylpreacher) The Vinyl Preacher is supported by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and LuMin: the Lutheran Campus Ministry Network. It is pro...

Game of Thrones may be on hold until 2019, but this week Jesus is going beyond the wall. It's best to take a fire with you. Check out the playlist every week on Spotify (open.spotify.com/user/vinylpreacher) The Vinyl Preacher is supported by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and LuMin: the Lutheran Campus Ministry Network. It is produced by Nick Morris, aka Draze Force.

We kick of the first episode of the second season talking about Moses and Matthew. Jesus tries to figure out who he is and we learn that Hebrew midwives got that sass. Check out the playlist every week on Spotify (open.spotify.com/user/vinylpreacher) The Vinyl Preacher is supported by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and LuMin: the Lutheran Campus Ministry Network. It is produced by Nick...

Matt and Zach have a conversation about how to preach in the aftermath of the evil of Charlottesville. Not a very funny episode. Hopefully, helpful. The Vinyl Preacher is supported by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and LuMin: the Lutheran Campus Ministry Network. It is produced by Nick Morris, aka Draze Force.

It's the last episode of the summer of Genesis! Genesis reaches its zenith with Joseph coming to power in Egypt. We bag on "Footprints in the Sand," talk tabling strategies, and make a playlist including... Check out the playlist every week on Spotify (open.spotify.com/user/vinylpreacher) The Vinyl Preacher is supported by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and LuMin: the Lutheran Campus M...

This week on the pod is another complex and not particularly happy story. There's a red wedding, attempted murder, and a lavish long sleeved coat. (It turns out everyone in the ancient near east was color blind.) The playlist has Genesis (of course), but also Sussudio, Something happened on the way to heaven, Land of Confusion. Non-Genesis parts of the playlist include the Avett Brothers and a Lit...

Matt and Zach are on vacation so they take another look at Jacob and the night visitor wrestling down by the riverside. Playlist features Valerie June, the Magnetic Fields, and Genesis. TVP is supported by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and LuMin: the Lutheran Campus Ministry Network. It is produced by Nick Morris, aka Draze Force.

The trickster finally gets tricked and it calls forth a story from Zach's college days. Also, it's the dog days of the summer of genesis and were getting punchy. The playlist features Genesis, U2, Bruce, and somebody else I'm sure. Check out TVP on Spotify. https://open.spotify.com/user/vinylpreacher The Vinyl Preacher is supported by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and LuMin; the Luthe...

The chaos of God isn't a pit...it's a ladder! Game of Thrones is back and the Revised Common Lectionary is ready! It's summer preaching time and we continue the summer of Genesis with Jacob's ladder. Basically, Genesis is a rip off of George RR Martin. Also a playlist with Genesis, Phil Collins, Led Zeppelin, Pete Seeger, Bruce, Lorde, and more!

Jim White is the director of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research at the University of Colorado. This week he joins Peter and Zach to talk about the Paris Climate Agreement, the theology of climate change, and the Tennessee River. Check. It. Out.

Sometimes the podcast is crap. This is not one of those times! We get deep into the story of Jacob and Esau. On the playlist the Summer of Genesis (with Phil Collins) continues, along with songs about sibling rivalry from Bob Dylan, the Kinks, Kanye, and Bruce! Check out the playlist on Spotify. The Vinyl Preacher is supported by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and LuMin; the Lutheran C...

We're proud to present the latest pod sponsor...www.bedouinsonly.com! Are you wondering how to find a God ordained life partner? This is the week to listen to the pod! Also, there's a Enemy of the Pod Update!!! Check out the playlist on Spotify! The Vinyl Preacher is supported by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and LuMin; the Lutheran Campus Ministry Network. It is produced by Nick Morr...