Cafeteria Christian
Nora and Natalia met on the internet and quickly formed a mutual admiration society which grew into a friendship and many conversations about life and loss and faith and God. They knew there was a place in the current cultural and political climate for a kind of Christianity that was not “THAT kind of Christian”. So Cafeteria Christian was born. They are reclaiming this pejorative for good and reminding people that even when it comes to Christianity and faith, you can take what you like and leave the rest.
Episodes
Natalia drags Emmy into her rabbit hole of interest in the papacy and tries to convince her that it matters and that we should care - even if we’re super not Catholic.
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Emmy offers a short meditation on life after Easter Sunday.
Content warning for discussion of a suicide attempt.
Emmy and Natalia talk about hope - and why it is so hard to hold onto right now, and what we are doing to hold onto hope when everything else is telling us to just let it go.
Poem: Hope is Not a Thing with Feathers Emily, It Is a Sewer Rat - by Caitlin Seida
Emmy and Natalia talk about how we show up during a week of complicated emotions and feelings, and one that often has a lot of church baggage attached to it. As we get closer to this particular week in the church, let’s reflect on what really matters about each day, and why.
Emmy and Natalia get into a deeply theological talk about God and faith and life right now and why scripture is still relevant and where God is right now.
Notes:
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Book Club Form link: https://forms.gle/QobkVMPsvLQX44QP7
Emmy and Natalia welcome Jeff Chu to talk about his new book, Good Soil.
Get Jeff’s Book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/729761/good-soil-by-jeff-chu/
See Jeff on his book tour: https://byjeffchu.com/tour
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Natalia welcomes back friend of the pod friend of God Angela Denker to talk about her new book “Disciples of White Jesus: the Radicalization of American Boyhood.” This is a relevant, timely, and important book for anyone connected to young men and boys.
Links for Angela:
Angela’s Website: https://www.angeladenker.com/
Buy Angela’s Book: https://bookshop.org/p/books/disciples-of...
OMG we can’t believe we have to say this (Empathy is Christian) but it turns out some people are really pushing an anti-compassion anti-empathy rhetoric right now and Emmy and Natalia are here to clear the air.
We check in about baby eagles and new cars to start, and the main topic begins around min 15.
Links:
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Emmy and Natalia talk about Lent and the rollercoaster of this whole season in the church: ups and downs and ups and downs and ups? It’s a lot. When life is already a lot. How do we do this sad season when life feels pretty sad on its own?
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Links:
Emmy’s Article: https://sojo.net/articles/unintended-consequences-spiritual-discipline
Kate’s Lent Devotional: ...
Emmy and Natalia take some time to talk about a newly controversial topic: The Bible. Hahahahaha obviously this isn’t new, but we thought we’d start with a set of familiar verses to dig into for our return to reclaiming the Bible for good.
Notes:
Spencer LaJoy - Plowshare Prayer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHQ9FoQC3BI
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Natalia welcomes back Ellie Roscher to talk about how we stay in our bodies despite the many ways the world is trying to get us to disengage, and how we can show up as regulated as possible each day, no matter what is happening.
Links:
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Emmy and Natalia talk about the different large and small ways they are trying to survive and manage their mental, physical, and spiritual health during this new era.
Links:
Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer: https://www.wordwoman.com/a-daily-dose-of-poetry/
Natalia’s Weekly Uplift: https://www.nataliaterfa.com/uplift
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Emmy and Natalia sit down with the amazing Erin Hicks Moon to talk about her new book: I”ve God Questions: The Spiritual Practice of Having It Out with God. Cafeterians, Erin is our people, and this book is for us.
Links: www.patreon.com/cafeteriachristian
Erin Hicks Moon details:
Buy/preorder her book: https://bakerpublishinggroup.com/books/i-ve-got-questions/419610
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Emmy and Natalia welcome author Stephanie Duncan Smith for an utterly gorgeous conversation about life’s cycles of loss and grief and joy.
Links:
www.patreon.com/cafeteriachristian
https://stephanieduncansmith.substack.com/
@stephduncansmith on instagram
Emmy and Natalia talk about the complicated feelings about this particular January 20th - when we celebrate MLKJr Day and also the presidential inauguration day and how it all cycles into our ability to believe, not believe, and act with love anyway.
Links:
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The Drum Major Instinct: https://bethlehemfarm.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/DrumMajorInstinct.p...
Emmy and Natalia celebrate their 300th episode (!) and reflect on where they’ve been and where they’re going next, and how where we are now really feels like a good time to go back to our roots.
Links:
Alter Guild, ep 12: Ritual Promise - https://go.ivoox.com/rf/35237112
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Emmy and Natalia talk about Christmas and why it’s so often filled with stress and shoulds instead of peace and joy.
After this episode we’ll be taking a break until January 13th, but in between now and then join us for two Instagram Lives (on top of the usual Sunday morning ones).
December 21st, 8:30pm (central standard time) - to celebrate the solstice/longest night.
Emmy and Natalia tackle a listener question about the different Christmas story narratives in the different Gospels, and why they are different and if it matters or not when they are.
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Emmy and Natalia talk about Advent, and why it’s not a “warm glow” season but actually a truth-telling season and kind of the perfect way to spend a few weeks right now - when everything feels like it’s on fire and no one is ok.
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Emmy and Natalia talk about Thanksgiving and the tentative and tender ways some of us are showing up at various tables, or the ways we are choosing to not show up at all.
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