Is advent just the pregame warmup for Christmas, or is there a more meaningful way to experience it? And what happens once you start deconstructing the season itself? In this episode Joe talks about his own deconstruction journey with Advent and how a faith community for spiritual misfits is giving it a whole new life.
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Beer and Hymns may not exactly go together like peanut butter and jelly, but for people seeking spiritual community outside the confines of institutional religion, it’s a way to come together for an experience unlike any other! In this episode Joe and Brandon talk with Rich and Alise Chaffins, organizers of Beer and Hymns in Morgantown, WV, about how and why these gatherings are so meaningful for spiritual exiles of all sorts.
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Musician and podcaster Brandon Wood (Hey Mom, Everything’s Alright, brandonwoodmusic.com) sits down with Joe to talk about surviving spiritual abuse, thriving and creating through deconstruction, and making music in all kinds of places. Hear the world premier of Brandon’s new single “Not My Home Anymore” and stick around for a special announcement at the end of the episode!
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In this episode cross-posted from Social Thread, we invite you to drop in on a conversation between Accidental Tomatoes host Joe Webb and Social Thread hosts Rob Rynders and Robert Payne about the new, non-traditional types of faith communities they’re imagining and creating and Rob’s research into what motivates people in various religious contexts. (This episode was originally aired on the Social Thread Podcast in October 2019.)
Read moreWhat do people in deconstruction do with a familiar liturgy like the Lord’s Prayer when the language we’ve learned doesn’t work anymore?
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