A Christian and a Buddhist walk in to a bar

Monks and Drugs part 2

Those Thai monks are at it again. Today we talk about recent coverage of what is now an ongoing scandal with monks, drugs, money laundering, and everything not particularly Holy that's going on in Thai Buddhism. 
 
 
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-08/thailand-misbehaving-monks-foreign-correspondent/104184056

Re-release: Is Unconditional Love a Bad Thing?

While Jacob is still on holiday we ask once again: what is it about the immoral acts of religious leaders that make them particularly shocking? To answer this Jacob takes us all the way back to 1518 and the Heidlberg Disputation, and the idea that maybe being righteous sometimes gets in our own way...
 
https://bookofconcord.org/other-resources/sources-and-context/heidelberg-disputation/ 

Re Release - Divine Music: Peace Train

We’re back with our favourite divine music episode! Today letting Jamal super-fan out over Yusuf/Cat Stevens and the peace train.  
 
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/yusuf-islams-golden-years-cat-stevens-on-islam-and-his-return-to-music-241159/?fbclid=IwAR3VVBvyYv8MCn5zEqo7-ix-BGWubIgpo9taFUi2IRgd6wZmeyd9ZklMdfQ  
 

The Millenial Saint

The blessed  Carlos Acutis. Catholic saint, venerated holy person, Millenial web designer.
This week we take a look at the newest of the saints, and talk about what it says and means about the Church. 
 
https://theconversation.com/carlo-acutis-what-the-first-millennial-saint-says-about-the-catholic-churchs-future-231086

Did God just win the Olympics?

More and more athletes are openly expressing their religion. Passing fad or God at work? Today we succumb to the Olympics podcast fever, and have a chat about what's driving God in Paris.
 
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/03/the-way-the-truth-and-the-olympic-record-how-god-struck-gold-in-paris 

Saint Francis and Peace

Jamal continues his reflections on his time in Catholic Italy, particularly Assisi. We wonder about the role of peace, and how to interpret personal religious experiences. 

Understanding Catholicism

Jamal is back from Europe, and with a new found understanding of Catholicism!
Join us for a discussion about finding new meaning, in old buildings, and what all this means about engaging with God. 

A Christian and a Buddhist walk in to a Diplomacy Game - Part 2

Today we continue our conversation with Kaner and Amby, and the Diplomacy Games podcast. 
We keep exploring how the game of Diplomacy impacts on how we approach life, how religion plays a role in the game, and how both can bring us to a better understanding of ourselves and the world. 
https://diplomacygames.com/ 
 

A Christian and a Buddhist Walk in to a Diplomacy Game - Part 1

We are back with new episodes, and boy to we have a treat for you!
Today we sit down with Kaner and Amby from the "Diplomacy Games" podcast, and talk about one of the most niche cross over's ever! 
Did you know that both Jacob and Jamal are avid players of the board game Diplomacy? Did you know there's a great podcast about that game? Did you know that the hosts of that pod are also religious? 
Today we bring two loves together, and talk about how religion and Diplomacy collide, in a wondrous episode that bridges worlds :)
Visit the Diplomacy Games podcast here: https://diplomacygames.com/ 
 

Re-Release: Does everybody worship?

Today we are re-releasing one of our all time favorites!
We enter the world of David Foster Wallace, and his assertion that everybody worships. Wallace contends that there is no such this as atheism and we only get to choose what, not if, we worship. 
Jacob and Jamal explore this contention, and go off on all the usual tangents. 
 
https://mbird.com/literature/more-david-foster-wallace-quotes/