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Episode #165 – Live Episode with Kendall Soulen and Johanna Hartelius

Jason Micheli —  August 10, 2018 — Leave a comment

Earlier this summer, Crackers and Grape Juice hosted a Live Podcast in Hampton, Va at Bull Island Brewery. Over 100 folks came out for our guests theologian Kendall Soulen from Emory University and Johanna Hartelius, Professor of Rhetoric at University of Texas Austin. Johanna and Kendall helped us reflect on what we talk about when we talk about God.

Frankly, Kendall giving preachers caution about how easy it is to preach our politics rather than attending to the Word and Johanna’s decontruction of ‘inclusive language’ were worth the night- as was (I’m biased, she’s my best friend) her talking about praying with her son. Part 2 of the Live Podcast will post next week.

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Episode #148 – Sarah Condon: “That’s Nice”

Jason Micheli —  April 20, 2018 — Leave a comment

Rev. Sarah Condon joins the podcast to talk about progressive Christianity, hitting television preachers with cafeteria trays, and explains how she’s experienced God’s grace while serving as a hospital chaplain. Along the way she dispenses hilarious but helpful advice for female clergy and clergy spouses (she’s both).

We thought Sarah had stood us up for the interview (time zone mix-up) and Teer and I were just bs-ing with each other when all of sudden Sarah appeared, catching us by surprise. The spontaneity made it a fun, irreverent conversation. We say our “without stained glass language” tag line refers to our trying to avoid jargon. Really, it’s a caveat that sometimes we say @#$%.

Sarah is an Episcopal priest at St. Martin’s in Houston. She is the author of Churchy, and a frequent contributor at Mockingbird Ministries.

Speaking of Mockingbird, Sarah will be (with me) at the Mockingbird NYC Conference next week. Check it out.

She also has a piece (with me) in the latest Mockingbird Magazine, the Humor Issue.

I think you’re going to enjoy this conversation.

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(Her)Men*You*tics: Kerygma

Jason Micheli —  April 11, 2018 — Leave a comment
In this episode, we consider what the event and content of preaching means. Are we talking about a narrative of events, exegesis of scripture, or God? All of it? Also, what about the listener, do they play a role? This and more on (Her)Men*You*Tics.

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Resident Aliens LIVE Podcast with Stanley Hauerwas and Will Willimon

Jason Micheli —  March 24, 2018 — Leave a comment

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of their book Resident Aliens, we’re hosting a live podcast with theologians Stanley Hauerwas and Will Willimon of Duke University along with our friend Tripp Fuller of the Home-brewed Christianity Podcast. Emmaus Way is providing the hospitality for us at the Durham Pour Taproom. There will be live music, fresh brews, nerdiness, and more!

It’s going down on Wednesday, April 18

6:00 – 9:00

Tickets are $15.00

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(Her)Men*You*tics: Kenosis

Jason Micheli —  February 28, 2018 — Leave a comment

We’re working our way through the alphabet one stained glass word at a time.

In this episode we consider ‘Kenosis‘ i.e. how God poured himself into human form in the incarnation, and/or how Jesus emptied himself of divinity (like omniscience and omnipotence). It’s the perfect word for Lent!
But mostly we talk about what human qualities Jesus experienced, the good and the bad. And Jason swears that, if Scarlet Johanssen gave him directions, he would follow them.

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Episode 140: Chester Johnson – Auden, the Psalms, and Me

Jason Micheli —  February 23, 2018 — Leave a comment
One of the members for the retranslation of the Psalms in the 1979 Book of Common Prayer, J Chester Johnson is a poet who replaced WH Auden on the BCP translation committee. In this episode, Chester shares his experience of not only interpreting the Psalms but also how this poetic form of scripture still speaks for the church today. You can find his poetry and his book on Auden and the Psalms here.

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(Her)Men*You*tics: Imitation

Jason Micheli —  January 25, 2018 — Leave a comment

Is imitation flattery? In what way does creation and its creation reflect the Creator? What does it mean to imitate Jesus and is that even possible given that Jesus is the image of the invisible God?

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C&GJ 2018

Jason Micheli —  January 9, 2018 — Leave a comment

I started Crackers and Grape Juice upon returning from medical leave, wanting to commit myself to doing a better job staying in touch with friends like Teer Hardy. We’ve since spawned two other podcasts (Strangely Warmed and Hermeneutics) and we’re nearing our 150th episode.

We’re in the midst of scheduling our guests for 2018.

We’re also planning a live podcast in Durham with Stanley Hauerwas and Will Willimon in March in partnership with our friends at Homebrewed Christianity.

Stay tuned.

If you’ve got suggestions for us, throw them my way. Here’s a taster of the interviews we’ve got coming your way in ’18:

James KA Smith – Awaiting the Kingdom

Charles Matthewes- White Evangelicalism has a Problem

Sarah Condon- Low Anthropology and Grace

Mark Galli of Christianity Today – Karl Barth for Evangelicals

Patton Dodd of The Atlantic – Struggling Communities and Supporting Churches

Jennifer Powell McNutt – People’s Book: The Bible According to the Reformation

Joseph Mitchell – Identity Politics

Kerry Boyd Anderson – Understanding the Middle East

David Zahl – Law and Grace

Chad Bird- Your God is Too Glorious

Tony Jones – Reverend Hunter

Angela Denker – Red State Christians: Meet the Voters Who Elected Trump

Mark Lilla – Once and Future Liberal

John Barclay – Paul and the Gift

Andy Crouch – The Tech Wise Family

Steven Paulson – Theology of the Cross

Cleophus Larue – Black Preaching

Tommie Marshall – Backsliding

Lori Erickson – Holy Rover: Journeys in Search of Mystery, Miracles, and God.

Chaim Saiman – The Spiritual But Not Religious Star Wars

Dyron Daughrity – Global Christianity

Rozella Haydée White – Theology for the People

returning friends Dr. Eric Hall, Tom Lynch, David Fitch, 

&

Fleming Rutledge

 

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(Her)Men*You*tics: Gospel

Jason Micheli —  December 20, 2017 — Leave a comment

In this episode Dr. Johanna, Teer, and Jason discuss the word “gospel.” Should we use an uppercase G or a lowercase g when talking about the G/gospel? What is the G/gospel proclaiming?
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(Her)Men*you*tics: Gnosticism

Jason Micheli —  December 7, 2017 — Leave a comment

We’re making our way through words that start with -G- and in this installment we talk about Gnosticism, the prevailing religion in the Western world.

In this episode Dr. Johanna, Teer, and Jason discuss one of the earliest and most abiding heresies in Christianity.

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(Her)Men*You*tics – Faith

Jason Micheli —  November 29, 2017 — Leave a comment

Fides Qua Creditur OR Fides Qude Creidtur? Faith by which we believe or faith which we believe?

Dr. Johanna breaks it down in the latest episode of the (Her)Men*You*tics podcast.

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(Her)Men*You*tics: Face

Jason Micheli —  November 23, 2017 — Leave a comment

It’s the word from the benediction: “…may God’s face shine upon you and be gracious unto you.”

For episode #11 of (Her)Men*You*tics we move into words that begin with -F- and Dr. Johanna chose the word ‘Face.’

Mark you calendars…Saturday, December 16 in Alexandria, Va we’re going to do a live podcast with our friend Tripp Fuller of Home-brewed Christianity. Details to follow.

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Episode 122: Mike McCurry – From West Wing to Wesley

Jason Micheli —  November 4, 2017 — Leave a comment
Just in time for Election Day ~
I had the opportunity to have Mike McCurry as a guest in my office late this summer for a conversation about faith and politics and Christian witness in the public square. And, of course, because my friend Johanna begged me to ask: CJ Cregg.
Mike McCurry was the White House Press Secretary during the Clinton administration and now teaches at Wesley Theological Seminary. The conversation covers a range of topics including Aaron Sorkin’s West Wing, the cynicism that comes with working for the government, fighting Newt Gingrich, the absence of faith in politics, and thoughts on A Way Forward through the sexuality impasse for the United Methodist Church.
A special thanks to my friend Scott Warner for hooking me up with the interview.
Mark you calendars…Saturday, December 16 in Alexandria, Va we’re going to do a live podcast with our friend Tripp Fuller of Home-brewed Christianity. Details to follow.

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(her)men*you*tics: epiclesis

Jason Micheli —  November 2, 2017 — Leave a comment
“Pour out your Holy Spirit on these gifts of bread and wine. Make them be for us the Body and Blood of Christ…”
The epiclesis is when we invoke at table the coming down of the condescending God. Moving into the E’s, Dr. Johanna defines ‘epiclesis’  and Teer and I attempt to tell you why you should care about it.
And mark you calendars…Saturday, December 16 in Alexandria, Va we’re going to do a live podcast with our friend Tripp Fuller of Home-brewed Christianity. Details to follow.

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Episode #116 – Brian Zahnd: Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God

Jason Micheli —  September 29, 2017 — Leave a comment
Fresh off the Camino, Brian Zahnd believes that while we are yet sinners, God loves us. In this new book, Sinners In The Hands Of A Loving God seeks to explain if God is primarily wrathful towards us or if God’s nature towards us is loving.
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(her)men*you*tics: blessing

Jason Micheli —  September 28, 2017 — Leave a comment

What does it mean to be a blessing? Do the things we hashtag with social media sheen count as blessings Christianly speaking?

Dr. Johanna, Teer, and I discuss in this third episode of the latest offspring of the Crackers and Grape Juice posse, a new series called (her)men*you*tics (which means “interpretation”) with my friend  Johanna, who is a Professor of Rhetoric at Pitt.

Each week we’ll be tackling a theological term that you’ve either heard before or you’ve heard it doing its work in worship whether you realized it or not. We’re going alphabetically, 2 words per letter, and we’re doing it all in 25 minutes or less.

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17th Sunday After Pentecost – God Isn’t Fair

Jason Micheli —  September 26, 2017 — Leave a comment
Why do we complain so much? What’s the difference between equality and equity? Is God fair?
These questions and more on this episode of Strangely Warmed with special guest Lindsey Baynham. The texts for the week are Exodus 17.1-7, Ezekiel 18.1-4, Philippians 2.1-13, Matthew 21.23-32.
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(her)men*you*tics: Biblicism

Jason Micheli —  September 21, 2017 — Leave a comment

“This is the Word of God for the People of God.” How does that work? Just how is the bible the Word of God? If all the bible is the Word of God does that flatten out scripture?

And what about forgiving 70×7?

Dr. Johanna, Teer, and I discuss in this third episode of the latest offspring of the Crackers and Grape Juice posse, a new series called (her)men*you*tics (which means “interpretation”) with my friend  Johanna, who is a Professor of Rhetoric at Pitt.

The wall in the camp store at Westview on the James verifies in painful Polaroid detail, Johanna and I were (very good) camp counselors together back in the day. I started the podcast as a venture of friendship and Johanna continues that thread as she is one of the most important people in my life and, as for as ‘accountability’ goes, one of the most important Christians in my life.

Each week we’ll be tackling a theological term that you’ve either heard before or you’ve heard it doing its work in worship whether you realized it or not. We’re going alphabetically, 2 words per letter, and we’re doing it all in 25 minutes or less.

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16th Sunday After Pentecost – Worthy of the Gospel

Jason Micheli —  September 18, 2017 — Leave a comment
In this episode of Strangely Warmed we tackle Exodus 16.2-15, Jonah 3.10-4.11, Philippians 1.21-30, Matthew 20.1-16:
What does it mean to be called by God?
Why are we humans so arrogant?
What does living in a manner worthy of the gospel look like?
These questions and more on this episode of Strangely Warmed with special guest Lindsey Baynham.

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15th Sunday After Pentecost – The God We’re Stuck With

Jason Micheli —  September 11, 2017 — Leave a comment

Why do we skip over difficult passages? Can you have peace without violence? Why are the Coen Brothers SO good at making movies? How many times should we forgive? These and more questions on this episode of Strangely Warmed in which we discuss Exodus 14.19-31, Genesis 50.15-21, Romans 14.1-12, and Matthew 18.21-35.

Finally, don’t be a moocher:

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