The Word in Black and Red

oin Micah, Mystic Mikester, and Vivian Asimos as we explore the clean and unclean animals in Leviticus 11. How can identity demarcation be used for either oppression or liberation and communal autonomy? How does this set of ancient communities standards apply to impossible political choices? And how many feet does a cricket have anyway?Find out some perspectives on these questions and more on this episode of The Word in Black and Red!Vivian Asimos is a freelance academic, co-host of I'm a Fan of That, and author of *Digital Monsters*and *Cosplay and the Dressing of Identity*. You can find more of her work at https://www.vivianasimos.com/Mystic Mikester can be found on Facebook stirring up good trouble and at his website https://mysticmikester.com/.thewordinblackandred.comYou can find the show, more episodes, and other means of listening at thewordinblackandred.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Micah, Rabbi Noyo, Josiah from Pulp!, and Aaron J Smith from All Things Made New as we explore the death of Aaron's sons in Leviticus 10. Why did God kill Aaron's sons? What do our interpretations have to teach us about God's boundaries? How do we restore broken relationships? What does this story have to teach us about the difficulty of relationship? And why does God particularly love the Scottish? Find out some answers to these questions and more on this episode of The Word in Black and Red!thewordinblackandred.comYou can find the show, more episodes, and other means of listening at thewordinblackandred.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Micah, Blue, Darth, and Pastor Don as we explore the ordination of the priests in Leviticus 8-9. What is the significance of all of this ancient symbology? Why does it matter to us today? How are our own spiritual traditions the cultural manifestations of our own settings? And what in the world is a censer full of banana pudding? Find out some answers to these questions and more on this episode of The Word in Black and Red!Pastor Don's hybrid Discord/in-person church can be found at unfinishedcommunity.love and Blue is the last hint of daylight as the sun slips away over the horizon, remind you of what has been and what will be again.Darth is the sound of a bell as you walk into a familiar small-town store where everyone knows your name. thewordinblackandred.comYou can find the show, more episodes, and other means of listening at thewordinblackandred.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Micah, W Scott McAndless, Anthony Moss, and Darth as we explore the material reality of sacrifice in Leviticus 6:8-7:38. What are all of these different sacrifices and what do they mean? What does this ancient system communicate about the way our faith ancestors were dealing with the everyday material realities they struggled with and against? What does it mean for everyone to be holy? What does this practice illustrate about the decentralization of ancient Israelite religion and what does that have to teach us about our own politics?Darth is the comforting third sip of hot cocoa after you burnt your lips twice and decided to let it cool down for awhile. Anthony Moss is the author of The Yellow Sky was Ours and can be found online @mossmancometh.W Scott McAndless is the host of Micah's favorite Bible podcast, Retelling the Bible, and the author of Caesar’s Census, God’s Jubilee: Rethinking and Reimagining the Story of Mary and Joseph’s Journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem.You can find the show, more episodes, and other means of listening at thewordinblackandred.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Micah, Ben Boswell, Terry J. Stokes, and Jules Webb as we explore the concept of purification and reparations in Leviticus 4-6. What does this ancient text on making reparations have to teach us about wealth? What is the Levitical and then Christian perspective on reparations owed to the descendants of enslaved people? How does this passage play into the story of Zacchaeus and illustrate the Bible's opposition to wealth? And how does the depravity of love in the lives of the wealthy illustrate the way God seeks our love?Jules Webb is an artist, author, and creator of many zines, including Feast of my Flesh, Why I am an Anarchist, and Sequential Theology. Rev. Dr. Ben Boswell is the author of Confronting Whiteness and the pastor of Collective Liberation Church.Rev. Terry J. Stokes is an anarchist theologian and the author of Jesus and the Abolitionists: How Anarchist Christianity Empowers the People.You can find the show, more episodes, and other means of listening at thewordinblackandred.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Micah, Waffles, Aaron J Smith, and Avery Arden as we explore the sacrifices outlined in Leviticus 1-3. Why are we reading this ancient book about sacrifices in a religion at least two removed from our own? What is the difference between perfection and holiness? How can we read this text as liberatory for the very people whom it excludes? And how dense do you need to be an apostle? Find out some perspectives on these questions and more on this episode of The Word in Black and Red.Waffles are a delicious breakfast treat.Aaron is a spiritual director and host of Micah's favorite interview podcast, All Things Made New.Avery is the host of the amazing podcast and source of queer theology, Blessed are the Binary Breakers.You can find us at thewordinblackandred.comYou can find the show, more episodes, and other means of listening at thewordinblackandred.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Micah, Aaron, Ell, and Spencer as we discuss God entering God's dwelling in Exodus 40. What is the significance of this final moment? How is God coming to dwell with the people a transformative experience for everyone? And how can we become God's dwelling place? Find out some answers to these questions and more on this episode of The Word in Black and Red!Aaron J Smith's All Things Made New is one of Micah's top five favorite podcasts of all time. Go give it a listen.Ell and Spencer have reappeared as joint co-hosts to tell you to learn your union history and then go join one in making some more of it.https://linktr.ee/twibarYou can find the show, more episodes, and other means of listening at thewordinblackandred.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Micah, Mike, Spencer, and Ronnie as we explore the construction of God's dwelling in Exodus 35:4-39:43. Why does it matter how the tabernacle for a religion three thousand years ago was set up? What sort of cultural memory was necessary to hold on to this, and what was being communicated about the current oppression the authors were writing? How is this rainbow-filled building a tool of resisting the empire that dominated them? And what can we learn about our own struggle from this ancient text? Find out answers to these questions and more on this episode of The Word in Black and Red!Mike's gone through a rebrand since this episode was recorded, but you can still find him on Facebook as Mystic Mikester.Ronnie's congregation, Chosen Family Church, can be found on Facebook. Spencer just wants you to have a nice day and tell someone it's still Christmas time.You can find the show, more episodes, and other means of listening at thewordinblackandred.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Micah, Scott, Mat, and Avery as we explore who God is, what the new covenant looks like, and why Moses is quite so shiny in Exodus 34-35:3. How do we see the idea that God is love here in this ancient passage about cursing disobedient people for four generations or driving out the indigenous inhabitants of Canaan? What is the spiritual significance of Moses' shining face? And how can this new promised relationship with God help us develop our own new ways of building society? Find out on this episode of The Word in Black and Red!https://linktr.ee/twibarRead Mat's wonderful liturgies for the Church of the Affirmation.Learn from Avery's blog and podcast Blessed are the Binary Breakers.Listen to Scott's wonderful podcast Retelling the Bible. You can find the show, more episodes, and other means of listening at thewordinblackandred.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Micah, Ell, Grahmin, and Avery as we discuss Moses seeking after and seeing God in Exodus 33. Why is God still pulling away from the people? What does Moses do to restore the relationship? And what do you mean, God showed Moses God's butt? Find out answers to these questions and more on this episode of The Word in Black and Red!Ell is busy unionizing the disciples and wants you to join them.Grahmin can be found on the Discord welcoming people into the community. Avery is doing a million amazing things that can be found at binarybreakingworship.comhttps://linktr.ee/twibarYou can find the show, more episodes, and other means of listening at thewordinblackandred.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Micah, Ell, Fae, and Don as we discuss the Golden Calf in Exodus 32. What is the significance of the golden calf, and did it really happen here? What political agenda is this story achieving, and why does it show up right here? What are the golden calves of our own age, and how should we deal with them? Find out some perspectives on these questions and more on this episode of The Word in Black and Red!Ell can be found in the Discord and wherever you hear someone talking about unionizing.Fae wants to chat in the Discord with you and then grant you three winter-specific wishes.Don's international church can be found at unfinished.lovehttps://linktr.ee/twibarYou can find the show, more episodes, and other means of listening at thewordinblackandred.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Micah, Blue, Spencer, and Aaron as they discuss the proper worship and the Sabbath in Exodus 29-31. Why is this so much harder than just worshiping a cow? What is the purpose of this census, and why does God later hate censuses? How does this passage help us resist the endless and relentless urge to accumulate under capitalism? Find out some answers to these questions and more on this episode of The Word in Black and Red!Blue wants to be your friend in the great Down Under. If you ever find yourself in Australia, look to the skies, and that's where you'll find him.Spencer is the appendix to a people's history of Utah.Aaron J Smith is the host of Micah's favorite interview podcast, All Things Made New.https://linktr.ee/twibarYou can find the show, more episodes, and other means of listening at thewordinblackandred.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Micah, Aaron, and Jules as we discuss the building of the tabernacle and vestments for the priests in Exodus 25-28. Why do these ancient descriptions matter for our own perception of our faith? How is God's presence mediated through these objects in the tabernacle and in our own religious practices? And how is the early church reimagining the ark of the covenant as Mother Mary--and how can that reenvisioning of the story help us reimagine our role in our own times? Find out some perspectives on these questions and more on this episode of The Word in Black and Red!Jules' awesome content can be found on xiantifa.itch.io.Aaron's amazing show All Things Made New can be found wherever good podcasts are served.https://linktr.ee/twibarYou can find the show, more episodes, and other means of listening at thewordinblackandred.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Micah, Ell, Pastor Don, and new guest Father Micah Lazarus, priest-in-charge of St. Photini Universalist Orthodox Church as we discuss the Mosaic Covenant in Exodus 24. Why is God maintaining distance between Godself and the people? What does God's struggle with intimacy with many people illustrate about the perspective of a chosen people that some come to see as the means by which God saves the whole world? What is the significance of the Mosaic Covenant for Christian's relationship to our Jewish comrades? Find out some answers to these questions and more on this episode of The Word in Black and Red!Ell wants you to join the IWW.Don's church can be found at unfinished.loveFr. Micah's can be found on Insta and Tumblr as @apptowonder and St Photini can be found on Facebook.https://linktr.ee/twibarYou can find the show, more episodes, and other means of listening at thewordinblackandred.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Micah, Mat, Waffles, and Josiah as we explore the genocidal prediction of the book of Joshua in Exodus 23:20-33. Why is the Bible so comfortable with this promise of genocide? How can we read this book that has such a fascist text buried inside it as liberatory? What is the relationship between being an oppressed people and becoming the oppressor? And how can reading and resisting the implications of this text using the Bible help us in our fights against fascism today? Find out some perspectives on this episode of The Word in Black and Red!Mat's great website Church of the Affirmation is a wonderful resource for affirming liturgies in the Presbyterian tradition.Waffles is one of our fantastic editors--give them a shoutout in the Discord!Josiah's Pulp! fiction anthology podcast is one of my favorites and @church_of_christ_the_anarchist on Instagram is a great meme page. Go listen wherever good podcasts can be found and follow on Insta!https://linktr.ee/twibarYou can find the show, more episodes, and other means of listening at thewordinblackandred.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Micah, Mystic Mike (formerly Mike the Anarchist), Aaron J Smith from All Things Made New, and Dave Bindewald from the Center for Play and Exploration as we discuss letting the fields give fruit for the poor, Sabbath rest, and the festivals outlined in Exodus 23:10-19. What does the Bible teach that the poor deserve? What does rest mean for our modern self-care rituals? How does God's command for festivals influence our understanding of fun and play? And what in the world does the author of Exodus mean when they tell us, "Do not boil a kid in its mothers' milk"? Find out some perspectives on these questions and more on this episode of The Word in Black and Red!Dave Bindewald's Center for Play and Exploration is a great resource on a Christian conception of play and creativity. Go check it out for more amazing insights into the joy God intends for all of us to share in.Aaron J Smith's amazing podcast All Things Made New is legitimately one of my favorite podcasts. Please suggest new folks for Aaron to interview when you review his show wherever good podcasts can be found!Mike recently rebranded to Mystic Mike. You can catch up with him most often on Facebook for more of his hilarious memes and wonderful insights.https://linktr.ee/twibarYou can find the show, more episodes, and other means of listening at thewordinblackandred.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Content Warning: Explicit discussion about sexual assault and the way sexual assault victims have been and are being mistreated.Join Micah, Ell, and Blue as we dive into the strange set of laws in Exodus 22:16-23:9. How have the victims of sexual assault been treated in the Bible and what ethic does this point us to? Is God demanding child sacrifice and did it really happen? What is the role of magic and foreignness in these laws? And why do we bother reading these troubling passages when we have so much trouble to deal with in our own time? Find out some perspectives on these questions and more on this episode of The Word in Black and Red!Ell wants you to join a union.Blue wants you to do some magic.https://linktr.ee/twibarYou can find the show, more episodes, and other means of listening at thewordinblackandred.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Micah, Ell, Mat, and Aaron as we discuss the laws around slavery, violence, and property in Exodus 21-22:15. Why is learning about these antiquated and horrific laws important for our own time? Why did the Hebrew people revert back so quickly to reinstate the systems of oppression that they just escaped? And how can the legal imagination of this ancient people help us reimagine our own legal code and the future we seek to build? Find out on this episode of The Word in Black and Red!Ell says join the IWW!Mat wants you to listen to our leftist preaching collective on Llama Pack Worship, found most places you can listen to podcasts. Aaron's great podcast All Things Made New needs more people to bug him so he'll give me more episodes. https://linktr.ee/twibarYou can find the show, more episodes, and other means of listening at thewordinblackandred.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Micah, Ell, Josiah from Pulp!, and Graham Culbertson from Everyday Anarchism as we explore the arrival at Mt. Sanai and the Ten Commandments in Exodus 19-20. What is the purpose of these rules? Don't they imply an authoritarian reading just by being laws? How does the content and context of the Ten Commandments inspire anarchism? Find out on this episode of The Word in Black and Red!Ell is a whisper on the wind you hear every time workers need to get unionized. Join the Industrial Workers of the World to appease their spirit.Josiah runs an incredible anarchist fiction podcast called Pulp! and a great meme page. Graham Culbertson is the host of Everyday Anarchism, a podcast discussing how anarchist philosophy affects our everyday lives. Go listen to his take on The Lord of the Rings right after this episode!https://linktr.ee/twibarYou can find the show, more episodes, and other means of listening at thewordinblackandred.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Micah, Ell, Josiah, and Jules Webb from xiantifa as they explore the establishment of the 70 elders to lead the people under Moses in Exodus 18. What is Jethro's motivation for the recommendation? How does it go immediately wrong? What does this mean for churches with bishops? How can we avoid these failures as we seek to build our own new systems? And how much time does Micah need to scramble to defend their theological position? Find out on this episode of The Word in Black and Red!Jules Webb's web comics, substack, and games can be found on xiantifa.itch.io--I particularly recommend Why I Am an Anarchist.I need you to subscribe to Josiah's wonderful podcast Pulp! so he makes me more episodes. You can listen to them too, I guess. But consider it a personal favor.And Ell, as always, waves the banner high for joining the Industrial Workers of the World!You can find the show, more episodes, and other means of listening at thewordinblackandred.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.