The Mockingcast
Episode Archive
Episode Archive
279 episodes of The Mockingcast since the first episode, which aired on October 30th, 2015.
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Episode 71: Star of Wonder, Star of Night
December 23rd, 2016 | 57 mins 49 secs
Our guest on our Christmas episode is Rev. Mandy Smith. She has recently written about dealing with mixed emotions during the holidays. She also created an advent art exercise to help cultivate child-likeness.
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Episode 70: Oh What A Feeling
December 16th, 2016 | 1 hr 27 mins
This week’s guest is Simeon Zahl. Simeon is a theologian who teaches at the University of Nottingham. His work focuses on the role of emotion and feeling in the spiritual life. He’s also David Zahl’s brother. Then David, Sarah and Scott talk about judgyness, the significance of place and reflect on the legacy of Henri Nouwen.
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Episode 69: Special Episode: The Holiday Survival Guide
December 15th, 2016 | 31 mins 52 secs
In this special episode of the Mockingcast Scott Jones is joined by Duo Dickinson, the renowned architect and episcopalian. They talk about what you do when your holiday is not so happy.
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Episode 68: By Faith And Not By Sight
December 9th, 2016 | 55 mins 27 secs
Our guest this week is Benson Shelton, Rector of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Culpeper, Virginia. Then the roundtable talks empathy, reality myths and Charlie Brown.
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Episode 67: Silence
December 2nd, 2016 | 1 hr 3 mins
This week’s guest is Makoto Fujimura, author most recently of Silence And Beauty: Hidden Faith Born Of Suffering. His book is a personal engagement with the great Shusaku Endo novel Silence, adapted recently to film by Martin Scorsese. Following the interview our roundtable discusses comprehensive credit ratings, atheism, and the forthcoming Scorsese film.
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Episode 66: Happy Thanksgiving!
November 24th, 2016 | 16 mins 40 secs
Please enjoy this special Thanksgiving holiday episode of the podcast. Sarah and Scott with the help of some material from Evolving Out Loud reflect on what our Thanksgiving dinner tables tell us about ourselves.
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Episode 65: Don’t Go Breakin’ My Heart!
November 18th, 2016 | 59 mins 37 secs
Our guest this week is one of America’s great theologians, Robert Jenson. He’s joined by Adam Eitel, who helped put together Jenson’s most recent book A Theology In Outline: Can These Bones Live? Then we talk Episcopal heartbreak, attachment theory and the cult of progress.
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Episode 64: Come Healing
November 12th, 2016 | 1 hr 7 mins
This week’s guest is Suzanne Stabile, co-author of a new book on The Enneagram entitled The Road Back To You. Then the roundtable talks about the past week’s events and the passing of Leonard Cohen.
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Episode 63: Special Election Hangover Edition, With Jim Knable
November 10th, 2016 | 1 hr 18 mins
On this special episode of the podcast Scott sits down in NYC with singer, songwriter and playwright Jim Knable. For more about Jim you can go to www.jimknable.com.
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Episode 62: He’s Back…
November 4th, 2016 | 49 mins 40 secs
Friend of the show Mark Oppenheimer returns to share about his recent adventure with Episcopalians. He also explains why he quit the NY Times and why he still writes to his daughter in cursive. Then the usual suspects talk Bill Murray, teen anxiety and Cormac McCarthy.
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Episode 61: Happy Birthday To Us, Let’s Do The Monster Mash!
October 31st, 2016 | 58 mins 25 secs
The Mockingcast turned one year old yesterday and what a year it’s been! On this special episode we reflect on the past year and reflect on the Reformation rediscovery of 100 proof Gospel that inspires everything that Mockingbird is and does.
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Episode 60: Worship, Anxiety & The Lies We Tell Ourselves
October 28th, 2016 | 1 hr 11 mins
This week we talk with Zac Hicks, Worship Pastor at Cathedral Church of the Advent and author of The Worship Pastor: A Call To Ministry For Worship Leaders And Teams. Then Scott and Sarah are joined by a mystery guest to discuss the contents of Another Week Ends.
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Episode 59: ScreenWise
October 21st, 2016 | 1 hr 12 mins
This week our guest is Devorah Heitner, author of most recently, Screenwise. Following our conversation the usual suspects discuss the contents of Another Week Ends.
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Episode 58: Finding God In The Waves (With Science Mike)
October 14th, 2016 | 1 hr 7 mins
Our guest this week is Mike McHargue, host of the Ask Science Mike podcast and co-host of The Liturgists podcast, both wildly popular. He’s also the author of Finding God In The Waves: How I Lost My Faith And Found It Again Through Science.
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Episode 57: Transcendent
October 7th, 2016 | 1 hr 5 mins
Our guest this week is Katelyn Detweiler. Her most recent novel is Transcendent. She lives, work and writes in Brooklyn. After Scott’s conversation with Katelyn some of the usual suspects talk about moral licensing, call out culture, and the beauty of the transcendent God in the flesh.
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Episode 56: Theology After You’ve Been Left Behind
September 30th, 2016 | 1 hr 31 secs
This week we have Jeffrey Pugh as our guest. He’s the author, most recently, of Homebrewed Christianity’s Guide To The End Times: Theology After You’ve Been Left Behind. Then David, Sarah and Scott talk about judgmental children,