episode 88: Advent themes and volleyball

As we open up, we’re watching the new captioning tools on Zoom and noticing a few errors, or might they be more correct than we know? To quote Zoom captions: “profound things will be sad…”

Craig and Cody talked about sports, with a focus on volleyball and hockey, and a look at the ranking of sports based on player salaries. Cody talked about Advent music, focusing largely on nontraditional (i.e. not in hymnals) songs.

Follow the NCAA Volleyball tournament at:

Where to watch: https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/38992406/how-watch-2023-ncaa-women-volleyball-championship-espn

Find the bracket: https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/volleyball-women/d1/2023

Common Hymnal – Humble People

The Hound + The Fox – What Child is This/Child of the Poor

Tracey Thorn – Joy

Dave Bazan – I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day

Alana Levandoski – First Advent

 

 

Starting off, though, continuing the conversation about theological assumptions, Cody and Craig talked about the proper order of themes for Advent. Here are some possible themes:

What is the proper order of Advent themes and why?

a. Joy, Peace, Love, Hope

b. Hope, Justice, Peace, Joy

c. Peace, Peace, Peace, Peace

d. Faith, Hope, Joy, Love, Light

e. Prophecy, Promise, Fulfillment, Faith

f. Signs, Saviors, Serpents, Song

g. Waiting, Preparing, Singing, Laboring

h. wear, wash, rinse, repeat

What do you think would be the best?

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