Nerds At Church

Pastor Emily (they) and Pastor Kay (she) take some time to check-in, process, and look ahead since the election. This episode was originally recorded the week after the elections in the united states, but due to family emergencies and life, captions didn't get finalized until now, so it's a bit later than we'd hoped for. Now that we are into December and have had some time to process and reflect, let us know how you're feeling, what information you are in need of, and what else you'd like from us in this time! Pastor Emily mentioned this special from the Daily Show which is an important post-election watch. As always, check out our booklist from this and past seasons on bookshop.org!  To support Nerds At Church, you can become a Patreon Supporter at any tier for extra perks and bonus content including uncut episodes, Live Q&As, discounts on merch, movie commentaries, and more.  If becoming a paying supporter isn't possible right now, please leave us a review instead — it helps sustain the show and spread the word!  Check us out on Facebook, Twitter, & Bluesky! at @NerdsAtChurch to connect!

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to dive into John Brown, Paul in his letter to Philemon, and Kira Nerys for our 7th episode in our Nerds At Church Superhero Spectacular Season!  The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here.  The biblical hero, Paul’s letter to Philemon, comes up in the lectionary for Proper 18 or Lectionary 23 in Year C, which will be September 7, 2025.  For more on Paul, check out our deep dive in our Easter 3 episode for Year C.  For more about abolition, check out our episode with Elle Dowd for Easter 4 Year B.  Check out the poem about John Brown’s body. CN: we talk about slavery throughout, mention “comfort women” while talking about Kira Nerys, and talk about violence and capital punishment when discussing John Brown. Check out our booklist from this and past seasons on bookshop.org!  To support Nerds At Church, you can become a Patreon Supporter at any tier for extra perks and bonus content including uncut episodes, Live Q&As, discounts on merch, movie commentaries, and more.  If becoming a paying supporter isn't possible right now, please leave us a review instead — it helps sustain the show and spread the word!  Check us out on Facebook, Twitter, & Bluesky! at @NerdsAtChurch to connect!

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to dive into our Villain Era! We’ve got the Weather Underground and the Earth Liberation Front, Poison Ivy and Mr. Freeze, and Adam and Eve for our 6th episode in our Nerds At Church Superhero Spectacular Season!  The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here.  The biblical heroes, Adam and Eve, come up in the lectionary for Proper 5 or Lectionary 10, which was the 3rd Sunday after Pentecost in 2024.  Birds of Prey is the show that Emily was trying to think of that is set in New Gotham City. They also discussed the ecoterrorism attack at Two Elk in Vail, CO in 1998, and we have two articles from the local paper to share with you on what happened there. For environmental heroes, check out The Sunrise Movement! Check out our booklist from this and past seasons on bookshop.org!  To support Nerds At Church, you can become a Patreon Supporter at any tier for extra perks and bonus content including uncut episodes, Live Q&As, discounts on merch, movie commentaries, and more.  If becoming a paying supporter isn't possible right now, please leave us a review instead — it helps sustain the show and spread the word!  Check us out on Facebook, Twitter, & Bluesky! at @NerdsAtChurch to connect!

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) and special guest Lamya H (she/they), author of Hijab Butch Blues, to dive into Malala Yousafzai, Kamala Khan (AKA: Ms. Marvel), and Esther and Asiya for episode 5 in our Nerds At Church Superhero Spectacular Season!  The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here.  The biblical hero, Esther doesn't really come up in the Lectionary, except as an alternate reading for Proper 21/Lectionary 26, which falls on September 29th in 2024.  CN: we mention human trafficking when talking about Esther and gun violence when talking about Malala. Check out our booklist from this and past seasons on bookshop.org!  To support Nerds At Church, you can become a Patreon Supporter at any tier for extra perks and bonus content including uncut episodes, Live Q&As, discounts on merch, movie commentaries, and more.  If becoming a paying supporter isn't possible right now, please leave us a review instead — it helps sustain the show and spread the word!  Check us out on Facebook, Twitter, & Bluesky! at @NerdsAtChurch to connect!

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to dive into Spider-Man, Daniel, and Njinga Mbandi for episode 4 in our Nerds At Church Superhero Spectacular Season!  The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here.  Find out more about Njinga Mbandi and other Peoples of the Historical Slave Trade. Also, check out the PBS video about Njinga Mbandi and the movie Njinga: Queen of Angola. CN: Brief mention of Suicide during the Njinga Mbandi conversation To support Nerds At Church, you can become a Patreon Supporter at any tier for extra perks and bonus content including uncut episodes, Live Q&As, discounts on merch, movie commentaries, and more.  Don’t forget to check out this season’s booklist at bookshop.org! If becoming a paying supporter isn't possible right now, please leave us a review instead — it helps sustain the show and spread the word!  Check us out on Facebook, Twitter, & Bluesky! at @NerdsAtChurch to connect!

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to dive into Jesus (biblical, historical, and pop cultural!) for episode 3 in our Nerds At Church Superhero Spectacular Season!  The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here.  Although the story of Jesus comes up in the Lectionary on every day except Pentecost (but also kind of even then), we’re linking to episodes that have the readings that we specifically talk about in this episode. John 1:1-17 comes up for the 2nd Sunday of Christmas every year, so we’ve covered it in our first season and also for the 2nd Sunday of Christmas in our second season and for Christmas Day: Nativity of the Lord III in our third season. Luke 4:16-23 is split between the 3rd Sunday after Epiphany Year C and the 4th Sunday after Epiphany Year C. Mark 15:16-41 is an option for part of the Passion reading for those who do Passion Sunday in Lent or for Palm/Passion Sunday in Year B (though we don’t cover it directly in our episode). Matthew 28:1-10 is an option for Easter Sunday in Year A. John 8 is not included in the Revised Common Lectionary. Matthew 5:3-12 is in the gospel reading on the 4th Sunday after Epiphany in Year A and on All Saints Day in Year A. Kay also mentioned the songs “Dropkick Me Jesus” and “The Rebel Jesus” during the episode. CN: we talk about white Jesus’ impact, particularly regarding white supremacy and white nationalism during the pop culture Jesus conversation and we mention antisemitism throughout the episode.  Check out our booklist from this and past seasons on bookshop.org!  To support Nerds At Church, you can become a Patreon Supporter at any tier for extra perks and bonus content including uncut episodes, Live Q&As, discounts on merch, movie commentaries, and more.  If becoming a paying supporter isn't possible right now, please leave us a review instead — it helps sustain the show and spread the word!  Check us out on Facebook, Twitter, & Bluesky! at @NerdsAtChurch to connect!

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to dive into the Daughters of Zelophehad (Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah), Wilma Mankiller, Echo, and collective power for our 2nd episode in our Nerds At Church Superhero Spectacular season!  The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here.  For more about Wilma Mankiller, check out The Mankiller Documentary!  Learn more about Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah from this Jewish Women’s Archive article. Check out our booklist from this and past seasons on bookshop.org!  To support Nerds At Church, you can become a Patreon Supporter at any tier for extra perks and bonus content including uncut episodes, Live Q&As, discounts on merch, movie commentaries, and more.  If becoming a paying supporter isn't possible right now, please leave us a review instead — it helps sustain the show and spread the word!  Check us out on Facebook, Twitter, & Bluesky at @NerdsAtChurch to connect!

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) and special guest Pace Warfield (they or none) to dive into Superman, Delores Huerta and Cesar Chavez, Ruth, and the impact of immigrants and their families on communities for our 1st episode in our Nerds At Church Superhero Spectacular season! Find Pace on FB and on Bluesky! The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here.  The biblical hero, Ruth, comes up in the Revised Common Lectionary on Proper 27, Lectionary 32, which is the reading for the reading the 25th Sunday after Pentecost in 2024.  Check out Pace’s Superman syllabus! CN: we mention suicidal ideation briefly in our conversation about Superman. Check out our booklist from this and past seasons on bookshop.org!  To support Nerds At Church, you can become a Patreon Supporter at any tier for extra perks and bonus content including uncut episodes, Live Q&As, discounts on merch, movie commentaries, and more.  If becoming a paying supporter isn't possible right now, please leave us a review instead — it helps sustain the show and spread the word!  Check us out on Facebook, Twitter, & Bluesky! at @NerdsAtChurch to connect!

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to dive into Season 5: Superhero Spectacular, and all that we've got in store for you! We'll be releasing on Wednesdays here and wherever you catch your podcasts!  Dig into our grounding scripture for this season here. Tune into our caption and stimming YouTube versions of the whole season. To support Nerds At Church, you can become a Patreon Supporter at any tier for extra perks and bonus content including uncut episodes, Live Q&As, discounts on merch, Movie Commentaries, and more.   Check out our booklists and get some recommended reads while also supporting us and a Baltimore worker-owned bookstore called Red Emma’s! If becoming a paying supporter isn't possible right now, please leave us a review instead — it helps sustain the show and spread the word!  Check us out on Facebook, Twitter, & Bluesky! at @NerdsAtChurch to connect!

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to dive into books for our final episode in our Nerds At Church season of Epiphany!  The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here.  We talked about all of our episodes this season, which you can find wherever you catch your podcasts!  You can find the vast majority of the books that we talked about in our bookshop.org booklist for this season.  Kay mentioned this website with a great reading list to dive deeper into Zoroastrianism.  Check out Astrology by Carole Taylore.  Dive into Tipikawi Tisik by Wilfred Buck. Check out more information on the movie Don’t Look Up.  Get the Scouting Guide to Hiking here.  Explore Paradox Perfect here. To support Nerds At Church, you can become a Patreon Supporter at any tier for extra perks and bonus content including uncut episodes, Live Q&As, discounts on merch, movie commentaries, and more.  If becoming a paying supporter isn't possible right now, please leave us a review instead — it helps sustain the show and spread the word!  Check us out on Facebook, Twitter, & Bluesky! at @NerdsAtChurch to connect!