Word and Journey

Sep 02 2024 62 ep. 57 mins 20

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Red Rising, Lightbringer - with Mike Savara

Sep 02 2024 61 mins

To commemorate Labor Day, here’s an episode about a slave uprising gone glorious! Mike Savara is a good friend and extraordinary social worker, government worker, addiction counselor, and the one who introduced me to the Red Rising series by Pierce Brown. Today we talk about Lightbringer, book 5 of the Red Rising series. This is book 5 of 6, and there’s tons of spoilers, but we

How Fantasy Kills but Imagination Saves - Wheel of Time, Season 2

Aug 17 2024 42 mins

Moses and Matt are back with the last half of Wheel of Time, the show, Season 2. Here we discuss more of the themes. The Wheel of Time show follows a pattern of developing morally ambiguous characters who have great powers, great ambitions, and blatant fatal flaws. We discuss implications of a story world lacking both a clear good and a clear evil, and the challenges this poses for

Wheel of Time Season 2

Aug 16 2024 39 mins

Moses Bernabe and Matt Rensi return to discuss Amazon Prime’s adaptation of Robert Jordan’s epic fantasy series Wheel of Time as the show plods through its second season. As counselors who study people and readers who are long time lovers of sci-fi and fantasy, we had a great time being drawn into the story world, then pulling it apart for themes, lessons, and great moments. Fr

Heroism of Presence - Wheel of Time Season 1(from the archives)

Aug 16 2024 53 mins

The Wheel weaves as the wheel will! Welcome back to our discussion of the Wheel of Time! Originally, when the Wheel of Time show came to Amazon Prime, I started a series of discussion in which I had watched the show, Matt Rensi had watched the show and read the books, and Aaron Esparza had watched the show, read the books, and play the game. We started out to compare our experien

Screwtape's Toast and Democracy Roast

Apr 05 2024 66 mins

Moses and Jake meet up for the finishing touches of The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis. Here we consider the desire for a long and comfortable life and how that may be very dangerous to our spiritual health. We talk about courage, cowardice, and virtues that the demons cannot replicate. We recognize that the spiritual journey is just long and tiring and that we are vulnerable wh

6 Ways to Go to Hell - The Screwtape Letters commentary, Volume 3

Apr 04 2024 56 mins

Here we almost finish The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis. Screwtape and Wormwood continue to hound the Christian on his spiritual journey. They try to get him to feel entitled to own things. They try to get him to lust after a new girlfriend, then to get bored with her. They poke at his craving for a tribe to call his own, then try to distract him with visions of “the historica

The Demon Dialogues - Screwtape Letters Commentary, Volume 2

Feb 05 2024 59 mins

We’re back with more thoughts on The Screwtape Letters by C.S Lewis. Moses and Stephanie pull out their writer and editor lenses to talk about the writing - and proper reading - of the text. We consider genre, subculture, the narrator’s voice, and share thoughts to consider when writing about the spiritual world in general. Above all, we remember that this book is speculative

My Dear Wormwod.... - The Screwtape Letters COMMENTARY, Volume I

Jan 17 2024 116 mins

“There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to believe, and to feel and excessive and unhealthy interest in them. They themselves are equally pleased by both errors and hail a materialist or a magician with the same delight.” Moses, Jake, and Stephanie are back and reading The Sc

Heros on Trial - Hunters, Season 2, RESOLUTION!

Dec 18 2023 64 mins

And the saga of the Nazi hunters finally draws to its end! What makes a hero? Can a person be considered heroic, even if they do the same horrendous things as the villain? We wonder if people can really change, or if they never out grow their past wrongs. And if ultimately we can define our enemies by their worst parts, what does that mean about how we see ourselves? Our heroe

Forgiving Dark Histories - Hunters Season 2, part 2

Dec 18 2023 66 mins

Moses and Jake offer more commentary on the Amazon Prime show Hunters, Season II. This season comes with thick layers of intrigue, drama, lies, betrayals, and dark histories revealed. And as the global adventure continues, the personal lives of the characters just get more and more chaotic. The show raises questions about identity, integrity, and explores what it means to be fami