Cafeteria Christian

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#130 A Reminder Jun 14, 2021

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A quick mini episode to remind you that you are loved. Find a quiet place, and listen to the gorgeous words of Sarah Bessey.

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#129 Create Space Jun 07, 2021

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Nora, Natalia, and Emmy talk about emerging from the pandemic while staying connected to who we've become, and how we are more than we do.

Digressions include: the number 7, cults, and playing with hair.

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#128 What's Church for Anyway? Jun 02, 2021

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Jesse, Natalia, and Emmy answer a listener question about community and the church while taking turns on soapboxes so buckle up yall.

Digressions include: ordination, false summer, and why bed nests are the best.

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#127 And They Were All Together In ONE PLACE May 24, 2021

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Emmy and Natalia welcome back "very special guest" Meta Herrick Carlson to talk about faith in the pandemic and emerging from the spiritual fog we've all been in this year.

Digressions include: how to people, quirks, and the Goosebumps books.

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#126: Israel and Palestine May 17, 2021

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The whole crew is back together! It took us 15 minutes to get on an actual topic but we did it. We talk through the difficult to navigate topic of what is happening right now in Gaza and why we don't have to have answers or fully understand it to care about what is happening. Digressions were frequent, and include: showering, pandemic parenting, tabs v tags, and duck duck grey duck.

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#125 Already Hot May 10, 2021

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Natalia and Jesse talk about anger and sideways grief and how we're all just low-level simmering pots of rage and what the antidote might be. Digressions include parental hoarding, cereal, and how Jesse can now be referred to as "Mr Make-it-happen"

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#124 (Un)Happy Mother's Day May 08, 2021

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An episode from our archive for you this Mother's Day. Natalia and Emmy share their disappointment with typical Mother's Day celebrations in churches and invite stories from listeners and colleagues that explore the wide variety of feelings for people on this day.

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#123 Air it Out, with Dr. Anna Roth May 03, 2021

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Nora, Natalia, and Emmy welcome Dr Anna Roth for some group therapy and talk about "languishing" and the challenge of being a person right now. Digressions include adhd, high school boyfriends, and what's on your tray.

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Links:NYT article: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/19/well/mind/covid-mental-health-languishing.html Atlantic article: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/03/bring-back-the-nervous-breakdown/617788/

#122 Hope is Weird Apr 26, 2021

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Jesse, Emmy, and Natalia come together at the end of a wild week in MN to talk about hope and how it is the strangest word with a lot of different feelings attached to it.

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#121 Hot Xtian Goss: White Lady Influencer Edition Apr 19, 2021

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Natalia, Jesse, and Emmy sit down to talk about some hot Christian gossip (hot xtian goss, ™ Nora McInerny) around Rachel Hollis and what it actually means to "do the work."

This episode was recorded April 9, 2021, prior to the murder of Daunte Wright and the presence of the National Guard in Minneapolis both in reaction to the resulting protests and in preparation for reactions to the closing arguments in the Chauvin murder trial. We encourage you to follow us on Instagram for Natalia & Jesse's immediate reaction to Daunte's murder as well as for what you can do to help local organizations. Natalia is coordinating hotel housing for those directly in the line of protests and increased police force in Brooklyn Center, and you can support that on GoFundMe at https://www.gofundme.com/f/emergency-housing-for-brooklyn-center .

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