Last night I sat down to talk with the guys over at Pipes and Pints. They invited me to join them to record their latest podcast. Good times were had by all. Before we started recording we sat outside to smoke our pipes and talk through the progression for the podcast. We spent a little bit of time talking about the past two weeks at church. The past two weeks at The Experiment we’ve been talking about “who we are.” If you want to know a bit more about the past two weeks, check out the post right before this one.
Anyways, at some point in our conversation, I was thinking about two different podcasts that I’ve been enjoying. I thought that I would post the links here because I think that there are some of you who would enjoy listening to them. Likewise, if you have something, like a podcast or article or book, that you think The Experiment and others would benefit from, let me know and I’ll be happy to post them here as well.
For some time now, I’ve been listening to Theology Unplugged. It’s a podcast that’s usually around 30 min each episode, which, in my opinion is the perfect time length for a podcast like this. On this podcast there are three men who talk about different theological issues. Sometimes the material can be a bit heady, but their conversation is geared toward people with common knowledge rather than the people who are well studied in theology. They spend many episodes on each topic, which I really like because the topics don’t seemed rushed. They’ve covered topics such as: What is Theology, Salvation Essential and Orthodoxy, Denominations and Evangelicalism, Biblical Inerrancy, Trinitarian Doctrines, and a bunch of others. Right now their in a series on the topic of hermeneutics which is how to interpret the Bible. Check it out. If you didn’t click the link above, here you go: http://www.reclaimingthemind.org/tup/home
The second link is Emergent Village. There’s a lot going on at the site. There’s a podcast and a blog and a lot of information about the emerging church. The podcasts that I want to direct you to are from a conference (although I’m sure it has a more postmodern title) called the TheologicalPhilosophical Conversation. There are several episodes from the conversation. I don’t think that I will be able to do any justice to the material covered in these podcasts, so let me offer this: If philosophy in any regards is interesting to you, and you wonder what role it has played in the shaping of the church the only disappointment you will have is not listening to these. They aren’t for everyone, but they will hit home with a certain few. Here’s the link to the first episode: http://www.emergentvillage.com/podcast/2007-theological-philosophical-conversation-session-1-part-1
Ok, I think that will do it.
Cheers.
here’s the thing about podcasts: i would love to listen to them, but i don’t. if i have something to do, i will listen. if i don’t have something to do, it’s very challenging for me to listen. but not “going around the house cleaning up” kind of stuff. i need to be out walking or driving. i figured it’d be good motivation for me to be running. find a really compelling podcast should get me outside and running, right? apparently not.