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5/16/22 – Spirit Christology, The Force, and Lawton Thompson
I know I said there would not be a new episode until this summer, but here is a bonus episode with Pastor Lawton Thompson. Enjoy!
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4/28/22 – Wisdom, Heart Attacks and Arcade Fire
Seminarian Andrew Asp joins James to discuss Ecclesiastes and the meaning of life, Call Day and cardiac events.
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3/26/22 Worship and Culture Part 2
Joey Bluege and Lawton Thompson are back to continue our discussion of the intersection between worship, faith and culture. In this episode we discuss the medieval church, online church and general God Geekiness.
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3/25/22 – Worship and Culture Part 1
Pastors Joey Bluege and Lawton Thompson join me to discuss the intersection between worship and culture. This is a supersized episode and will be broken into 3 parts. Joey and Lawton are fellow Lutheran Geeks at Concordia Seminary so we end up getting into the Lutheran weeds a bit. I do my best to unpack…
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10/10/21 – Laments, Arcade Fire, and the Oh Hellos
Pastor Lawton Thompson joins James to discuss the Psalms, Laments, modern rock music and more.
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12/18/20 – Godgeeks Jr, Interstellar Ethics
Ryann and James wrap up their conversation on ethics. James geeks out about Interstellar and N.T. Wright. Helpful links: The Garden the Curtain and the Cross Resident Aliens by Stanley Hauerwas Surprised by Hope by N. T. Wright
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12/10/20 – GodGeeks Junior, Bonhoeffer, Empathy
Ryann is back for part two of our discussion on ethics. This week we look at ethics from a 2nd Article perspective and dive into some Dietrich Bonhoeffer… it is not as boring as it sounds.
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GodGeeks Jr. Podcast – Thanksgiving Ethics, First Article, Minecraft – 12/1/20
Ryann joins Pastor James for our first official GodGeeks Junior episode. We discuss ethics from a First Article perspective Whats that mean? You will have to listen to find out.
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GodGeeks Podcast – GodGeeks Jr, Ethics and Taskmaster 11-20-20
My wife Ryann joins me to discuss our new podcast series, GodGeeks Jr. We also discuss moving during the pandemic, ethics classes, TaskMaster and more.
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God Geeks needs your help.
The Cleland’s are moving to St. Louis and we need your help. To give, visit http://soulthirstchurch.com/donate and select “Cleland Seminary Support”. Every little bit helps and will go towards God Geeks and my ministry formation at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis. Concordia has graciously provided a full tuition scholarship, however, I still need to raise…
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2/11/20 – Worship Wars, The Rise of Skywalker
Part 2 of my conversation with God Geeks Victor Minetola, Nate Huse and Frank Hart. Our longest episode yet. We had way to much fun, hope you do too.
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1/15/20 – The Mandalorian, The Cheshire, and More.
After a long break, the Podcast is back! Pastors Victor, Nathan, and Frank join Pastor James for 2 supersized episodes about all things ministry and Star Wars. Part II coming soon. Don’t forget to subscribe on iTunes.
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Vlog Episode 5: Halloween Gospel
Everything I know about trick or treating I learned from TV and Movies. I never got to trick or treat as a kid. If you grew up with a Christian mom in the bible belt in the 80’s, you just might know what I am talking about. This year was a big deal for me…
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Vlog Episode 4: Fairgrounds Gospel
I find life to be life like the fairgrounds. It can be entertaining, fun, and full of wondrous sites, sounds, tastes and smells. But sometimes I find it simultaneously, loud, crowded, confusing, overwhelming. It is full of temptations, traps, and distractions. Everything is vying for your attention. Life, like a fairground, is beautiful, confusing, and…
