The Rev. Becky Zartman is back as beloved guest co-host with Episode 112 of the Irreverends: Jesus Gets a Food Truck. We have a great conversation about the Isaiah passage, and we get to hear not only from 2024 Becky, but also from past-life Becky when we get to the Gospel lesson. It’s a great episode, and we hope you’ll like it! Speaking of things…

It is Episode 111 of The Irreverends, and we encounter a man with an unclean spirit in the Gospel of Mark. Erica Benson, St. John’s seminarian,* makes a very keen observation about him that will sound super familiar to Harry Potter fans. We also have a conversation about stick-shift cars, the very real struggle to know and do the right thing, and w…

This week The Irreverends welcomes a new guest host, Erica Benson, seminarian at Virginia Theological Seminary and the Diocese of Michigan. Erica is originally from Texas and introduces us in this episode to “Sword Drills.” You’ll note that pretty much all of the deep insights in this week’s episode come from Erica. As did the (fabulous) title of t…

Sometimes God just wants to talk in the middle of the night. Join Tim and Gini for an in-depth conversation about a very funny (almost slapstick) scene in the Old Testament when it would have been helpful if either Samuel had known the sound of God’s voice, or if Eli wasn’t so deaf. Then we hear Jesus tell a little joke, and all of it points to the…

Gini and Tim are back from Christmas, illness, and family emergencies to bring you Jesus’ baptism in the wilderness! Not only do we bring you a brand new episode for a brand new year, but Tim has some fresh news to start the year off right! (Hint: it involves a cross-country move!) For this week’s episode, we start WAY back at the beginning, as Gin…

It’s the Sunday before Christmas Eve – Advent 4 – oh wait, it’s also Christmas Eve! This is the year where Mary gets pregnant and has the baby all in the same day! But before we talk about Christmas itself, Gini and the Rev. Becky Zartman (Tim is traveling this week) talk about Mary and the Magnificat and having babies. It’s a pretty cool conversat…

Continuing with last week’s “Not Your Typical Advent” conversation, join Tim & Gini this week as our conversation moves from exile and the hard work of homecoming, to the lost practice of awe, wonder, and surprise. Along the way we touch on the poetry of Mary Oliver, and we land on lovable weirdos in the wilderness. Along the way, we think you’ll f…

It’s the first Sunday of Advent, and we’re sure that just like our favorite co-host, as you light the Advent candles, that most iconic of songs pops into your head: “It’s the Most Apocalyptic Time of the Year...” Tim has had a cough and no voice this week, so Gini is joined by the brilliant and hilarious Rev. Becky Zartman, who thinks about apocaly…

Join Tim and Gini for a great deal on our Thanksgiving-Black Friday episode! This week is not JUST a fabulous episode, but it also happens to be Christ The King Sunday, which is the final Sunday of the church year! Good Riddance Year A! And even though it might not seem like it would have ANYTHING to do with Kingship, this week’s episode also takes…

Join Gini & Tim for another exciting episode of Gini Gets Mad Because Someone is Treated Poorly! The Irreverends! This week’s episode features an ancient screed Oracle from Zephaniah to God’s people who had become rich and complacent, like many of us modern people. It’s a doozy. And the Gospel lesson is an old favorite – the servant who buries mone…