Nerds At Church

9th Sunday after Pentecost Year C

August 01, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 60 MB

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. We talked about last year’s Reformation episode with Luther scholar, Pace Warfield-May. To learn more...

8th Sunday after Pentecost Year C

July 25, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 69.3 MB

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 beehive granaries. You can learn more about grain entrapment from Wikipedia. You can watch a time lapse of a...

7th Sunday after Pentecost Year C

July 18, 2022 13:00 - 54 minutes - 50.6 MB

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. Sodom comes up other places in the Bible, so check out these biblical references for more context. Jud...

6th Sunday after Pentecost Year C (unedited)

July 12, 2022 02:11 - 2 hours - 119 MB

Due to a family emergency for our sound editor, this is an unedited and uncut (and therefore unpolished) episode for now. (This also means that none of us have turned into R2D2 yet! Also Emily’s feed froze for a moment about 20 minutes in & you’ll hear us discuss that.) If you want to wait for our normal quality of episode and sound editing, we are hoping to get it out by next week. Please don’t let this stop you from enjoying the episode, we had a great time & a great conversation with Re...

6th Sunday after Pentecost Year C

July 12, 2022 02:11 - 1 hour - 84.8 MB

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. Check out this metafilter emotional labor thread that we talked about. Check out Genesis Begins Again...

5th Sunday after Pentecost Year C

July 04, 2022 13:00 - 56 minutes - 52.5 MB

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 Shechem (Samaria’s other name) show up in the Bible. Also, if you want to learn more about modern day ...

4th Sunday after Pentecost Year C

June 27, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 69.3 MB

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. You can find more about Justice for Janitors here. We mentioned last year’s episode on the 15th Sunda...

3rd Sunday after Pentecost Year C

June 20, 2022 13:01 - 1 hour - 61.2 MB

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 about what JM does by checking out the Committee on Temporary Shelter and Release Faith. We mentioned Su...

2nd Sunday after Pentecost Year C

June 13, 2022 13:00 - 45 minutes - 42.5 MB

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 Reynolds. We also mentioned our Easter 3 episode on Paul, our Easter 6 episode on mysticism with Rev. Car...

Holy Trinity Sunday Year C

June 06, 2022 13:00 - 56 minutes - 52.4 MB

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, particularly in Judaism, check out this article from My Jewish Learning. We talked about Jesus as a moth...

Pentecost Year C

May 30, 2022 13:00 - 50 minutes - 46.9 MB

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 Kay’s guide to the countries and pronunciation. Geography wisdom from StoryPeople. Books we mentioned ...

7th Sunday of Easter Year C

May 23, 2022 13:00 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MB

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. Emily mentioned this twitter thread about adoption and human trafficking. For hopeful labor news, foll...

Ascension Day Year C

May 20, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 56 MB

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 atmosphere. If you are interested in Dark Sky spots, check out this Dark Sky site for more information. We ...

6th Sunday of Easter Year C

May 16, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 65.8 MB

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 in depth here. Kay mentioned this article on ableism in faith communities. Check us out on Faceboo...

5th Sunday of Easter Year C

May 09, 2022 13:00 - 38 minutes - 35.9 MB

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 mentioned the conversation about Judaism and Christianity in our Maundy Thursday Uncut Patreon Episode. ...

4th Sunday of Easter Year C

May 02, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 62.7 MB

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, which we mentioned in our Lent 5C episode. Also, if you want to learn more about the book of Revelati...

3rd Sunday of Easter Year C

April 25, 2022 13:00 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MB

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 also recommended The Jewish Annotated New Testament. Kay recommended The Making of Biblical Womanhood by ...

2nd Sunday of Easter Year C

April 19, 2022 17:40 - 1 hour - 60.3 MB

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 Rev. Ingrid Brown. To learn more about Indigenous languages, check out the Can Our Ancestors Hear...

Easter Sunday Year C

April 11, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 57.2 MB

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. Check out Rabbi Ruttenberg’s insights into the binding of Isaac (Genesis 22:1-18). Jorts’ tweet of sadness ab...

Good Friday Year C

April 10, 2022 13:00 - 43 minutes - 40.6 MB

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 Court, read this. Check out the cat herding video Kay mentioned here. For more in-depth engagement wit...

Maundy Thursday Year C

April 09, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 69.4 MB

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 (CPE), it’s not just for clergy and you can find out more here. CN: we talk about Christian antisemiti...

Palm & Passion Sunday Year C

April 05, 2022 03:03 - 1 hour - 67.3 MB

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) and special guest Andrea Garnett (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for Palm Sunday, also known as Passion Sunday, which falls on April 10th this year, including our deep dive into Jesus Christ Superstar! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here. We mentioned last year’s Palm Sunday episode with Rev. Lenny Duncan. Emily Ann Garcia’s Holy Cats Week pictures from 2020 can be viewed here. ...

5th Sunday in Lent Year C

March 28, 2022 13:00 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MB

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the 5th Sunday in Lent, which falls on April 3rd this year, including our deep dive into church abundance vs. extravagance! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here. Kay mentioned this article on decorated cathedrals. CN: we talk about racism and colonization when discussing the deep dive. Check us out on Facebook & Twitter at @NerdsAtChurch to connect!...

4th Sunday in Lent Year C

March 21, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 58.5 MB

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) and special guest Rev. Nikira Hernandez to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the fourth Sunday in Lent, which falls on March 27th this year, including our deep dive into Creation and Colonization! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here. Kay and Nikira recommended the book Braiding Sweetgrass. The story about the religious roundtable that Kay and Nikira mentioned can be found here. For mo...

3rd Sunday in Lent Year C

March 14, 2022 13:00 - 53 minutes - 50 MB

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the third Sunday in Lent, which falls on March 20th this year, including our deep dive into theodicy, also known as the problem of evil! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here. Check us out on Facebook & Twitter at @NerdsAtChurch to connect! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nerdsatchurch/message

2nd Sunday in Lent Year C

March 07, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 65.7 MB

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the second Sunday in Lent, which falls on March 13th this year, including our deep dive into caregiving and infertility! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here. Kay mentioned the Young Wizards series and this fun comic strip about Cassandra. We introduced our new segment: Let’s Make a Muppets Musical, which was born out of twitter inspiration and collab...

1st Sunday in Lent Year C

February 28, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 60.2 MB

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) and special guest Chaplain Russell Braman (he) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the first Sunday in Lent, which falls on March 6th this year, including our deep dive into Shavuot! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here. To learn more about Judaism, check out information from Union for Reform Judaism, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, Orthodox Union, Chabad.org, and My Jewish Le...

Ash Wednesday Year C

February 24, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 68.2 MB

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) and special guest Aubrey Thonvold, Executive Director of ReconcilingWorks, to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for Ash Wednesday, which falls on March 2nd this year, including our deep dive into repentant and reconciling communities! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here. We talked about the books: Transforming: the Bible and the Lives of Transgender Christians by Austen Hartke, You Can’t To...

Transfiguration Sunday Year C

February 21, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 66 MB

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) and special guest Emily Ann Garcia (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for Transfiguration Sunday, also known as the last Sunday after Epiphany, which falls on February 27th this year, including our deep dive into glitter! (There is a little feedback in a few spots, but everyone is still very understandable!) The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here. If you want to support Emily Ann Garci...

7th Sunday after Epiphany Year C

February 14, 2022 14:00 - 51 minutes - 47.2 MB

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) and special guest Angela Kordahl Rapp (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the 7th Sunday after Epiphany, also known as Lectionary 7, which falls on February 20th this year, including our deep dive into radical generosity! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here. Find The New Jim Crow here! Make sure you check out Books to Prisoners, especially the fundraiser Angela mentioned, and Th...

6th Sunday after Epiphany Year C

February 07, 2022 14:00 - 57 minutes - 53.4 MB

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the 6th Sunday after Epiphany, also known as Lectionary 6, which falls on February 13th this year, including our deep dive into Blessings and Curses! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here. We talked about Litanies to My Heavenly Brown Body by Mark Aguhar, which is a queer re-reading of the Beatitudes (NSFW). Kay mentioned DND Disability as an opportuni...

5th Sunday after Epiphany Year C

January 31, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 65.5 MB

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) and special guest, Suzannah Porter, (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the 5th Sunday after Epiphany, also known as Lectionary 5, which falls on February 6th this year, including our deep dive into vocation! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here. Suzannah talked about the diakonia.faith project that she is working on. Suzannah talked about the importance of 1 Corinthians 12 and t...

4th Sunday after Epiphany Year C

January 24, 2022 23:54 - 56 minutes - 52.5 MB

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the 4th Sunday after Epiphany, also known as Lectionary 4, which falls on January 30th this year, including our deep dive into Holy Troublemakers! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here. Here are the stories of the biblical Holy Troublemakers that we talked about. Emily mentioned this article about youth climate activists. Here are some of the fuller q...

3rd Sunday after Epiphany Year C

January 17, 2022 14:00 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MB

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for 3rd Sunday after Epiphany, also known as Lectionary 3, which falls on January 23rd this year, including our deep dive into the Anatomy of the Church (aka: the Body of Christ)! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here. Check us out on Facebook & Twitter at @NerdsAtChurch to connect! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ne...

2nd Sunday after Epiphany Year C

January 10, 2022 14:00 - 54 minutes - 50.8 MB

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) and special guest Rev. Ingrid Brown (she) of Weird Church to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the 2nd Sunday after Epiphany, also known as Lectionary 2, which falls on January 16th this year, including our deep dive into alcoholism and addiction! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here. Rev. Ingrid talked about the Isaiah passage from our Baptism of Jesus episode. If you want to learn mo...

Baptism of Jesus Year C

January 03, 2022 14:00 - 54 minutes - 50.5 MB

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for Baptism of Jesus, also known as the first Sunday after Epiphany, which falls on January 9th this year, including our deep dive into baptism! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here. We talked about grace, which you can learn more about on our 21st Sunday after Pentecost episode. CN: we talk about infant death when discussing the deep dive. Check us out...

Epiphany Year C

January 01, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 69.7 MB

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) and special guest Jessica Davis (they/she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for Epiphany, which falls on January 6th this and every year (though it may be celebrated on a nearby Sunday), including our deep dive into the season of Epiphany! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here. We talked about the Vanta Black controversy, mentioned first in our Transfiguration episode and also in our Reig...

2nd Sunday of Christmas Year C

December 28, 2021 14:00 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MB

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 Christmas, which falls on January 2nd this year, including our deep dive into incarnational theology! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here. CN: we talk about accessibility and fatphobia when discussing the first reading. Check us out on Facebook & Twitter at @NerdsAtChurch to connect! --- Send in a voice message: https://podca...

Name of Jesus Year C

December 27, 2021 14:00 - 51 minutes - 47.6 MB

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for Name of Jesus, which falls on January 1st this and every year, including our deep dive into names and naming! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here. Check out this article for what people in different cultures see in the moon! Friend of the podcast, River’s liturgies connected to naming/renaming can be found here! CN: we talk about names and changing...

First Sunday of Christmas Year C

December 21, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 57.9 MB

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) and special guest Deacon Erin Taylor Bodenstab to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the first Sunday of Christmas, which falls on December 26th this year, including our deep dive into Deacons! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here. To learn more about Stephen, the first Deacon, who we mentioned in this episode, check out his story in Acts! Check us out on Facebook & Twitter at @NerdsAtCh...

Christmas Eve Year C

December 20, 2021 02:00 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MB

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for Christmas Eve, also known as Nativity of Our Lord, which falls on December 24th this and every year, including our deep dive into Angels! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here. CN: we talk about white supremacist violence when discussing the second reading. Check us out on Facebook & Twitter at @NerdsAtChurch to connect! --- Send in a voice message...

Fourth Sunday of Advent Year C

December 13, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 69.9 MB

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) and special guest Rev. Dr. Wanda Deifelt (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the 4th Sunday of Advent, which falls on December 19th this year, including our deep dive into women and gender in the Bible! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here. We talked about the following books: The Woman’s Bible, edited by Elizabeth Cady Stanton in 1892 and With Passion and Compassion: Third World ...

3rd Sunday of Advent Year C

December 06, 2021 14:00 - 53 minutes - 49.3 MB

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 Advent, which falls on December 12th this year, including our deep dive into joy! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here. Check out our deep dive into Biblical cussing in the 15th Sunday after Pentecost episode for more about John’s use of “You brood of vipers!” CN: we talk about death of children when discussing the deep dive Rape...

2nd Sunday of Advent Year C

November 29, 2021 14:00 - 53 minutes - 49.8 MB

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 Advent, which falls on December 5th this year, including our deep dive into John the Baptizer! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here. To find all of the places where John the Baptizer shows up or is mentioned in Luke and Acts, click here. We talked about the Lutheran Rosary and, in particular, a Lutheran version of the Hail Mary. ...

First Sunday of Advent Year C

November 23, 2021 02:00 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MB

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the first Sunday of Advent, which falls on November 28th this year, including our deep dive into the Gospel of Luke! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here. We talked about Canticles, which you can explore more in last year’s Christmas 1 episode. Check us out on Facebook & Twitter at @NerdsAtChurch to connect! --- Send in a voice message: https://po...

Minisode: Behind the Scenes!

November 19, 2021 14:00 - 8 minutes - 6.79 MB

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) as they dive into the behind the scenes nerdery of Nerds At Church! Learn about how they make the podcast as well as how you can support them! In addition to liking and following us on Facebook & Twitter at @NerdsAtChurch, become a Patreon supporter at patreon.com/NerdsAtChurch and buy our merch at bit.ly/NerdsAtChurchMerch We love your thoughts and engagement, so email us at [email protected] and rate us or leave us a revie...

Reign of Christ Year B

November 15, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 56.7 MB

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) and special guest Rev. Kelsey Brown (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for Reign of Christ Sunday, also known as Christ the Queen (or King), which falls on November 21st this year, including our deep dive into Pose and Ballroom Culture! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here. We mentioned Kelsey’s post on Pose on the Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries blog. Kay mentioned an Abby Cox vid...

25th Sunday after Pentecost Year B

November 08, 2021 14:00 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MB

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 14th this year, including our deep dive into biblical genres and classification! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here. We talked about our Advent 3 episode deep diving into Prophecy. Also, we mentioned our spirituality and religion deep dive in our epis...

24th Sunday after Pentecost Year B

November 01, 2021 13:00 - 46 minutes - 43.2 MB

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 7th this year, including our deep dive into perspectives and morality! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here. We talked about our gospel for the All Saints Episode. CN: we talk about supersessionism, a type of antisemitism, and an abusive God when discus...

All Saints Year B

October 26, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 67.3 MB

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) and special guest Sister Colleen O’Toole (she) of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for All Saints Day, which falls on November 1st this and every year (though it may be commemorated on the closest Sunday), including our deep dive into saints! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here. Colleen mentioned these spirituals by Servant of God, Thea Bowman. We t...

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