Anam Cara Community
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We're trying to follow Jesus in the 21st-century.
It ain't easy.
It ain't easy.
It's the end of the world as we know it, and we feel....conflicted? The AC Three go off-lectionary to talk about this faith-filled topic – to wrestle with it and explore how facing it head on offers a new way of seeing the world *today*.
Listen here: anamcara.subspla.sh/883ft8h
Listen here: anamcara.subspla.sh/883ft8h
The End of the World (feat. the AC Three)
Pastors Jason Chesnut, Tuhina Verma Rasche, and Tim Brown go off-lectionary to talk about the end of the world – how it's more common than you might think, how it's happened before, and what seriously...
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November 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
It's the end of the world as we know it, and we feel....conflicted? The AC Three go off-lectionary to talk about this faith-filled topic – to wrestle with it and explore how facing it head on offers a new way of seeing the world *today*.
Listen here: anamcara.subspla.sh/883ft8h
Listen here: anamcara.subspla.sh/883ft8h
The incomparable James Baldwin again reminds us that we're all caught up with one another. We are profoundly intertwined, whether we like it or not. Whether we recognize it or not. Whether we believe it or not.
October 31, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The incomparable James Baldwin again reminds us that we're all caught up with one another. We are profoundly intertwined, whether we like it or not. Whether we recognize it or not. Whether we believe it or not.
Love does many things. It is the "greatest of these," according to St. Paul. It also guards our hearts against the bottomless abyss – leave it to a musician to speak so poetically on love.
October 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Love does many things. It is the "greatest of these," according to St. Paul. It also guards our hearts against the bottomless abyss – leave it to a musician to speak so poetically on love.
The AC Three – Pastors Jason, Tuhina, and Tim – talk about the Lutheran high holy day of Reformation, how its liberating focus often gets lost, and why "All Panic, No Disco" is not at all a bad title for the day.
Listen here: anamcara.subspla.sh/shcxznk
Listen here: anamcara.subspla.sh/shcxznk
Reformation Day (feat. the AC Three)
Pastors Jason, Tuhina, and Tim sit down to talk about the high holy day in Lutheran churches the world over – Reformation Day – how reformation is indistinguishable from liberation; and how "All Pani...
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October 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The AC Three – Pastors Jason, Tuhina, and Tim – talk about the Lutheran high holy day of Reformation, how its liberating focus often gets lost, and why "All Panic, No Disco" is not at all a bad title for the day.
Listen here: anamcara.subspla.sh/shcxznk
Listen here: anamcara.subspla.sh/shcxznk
In a new segment on Hashcast, Pastor Jason goes on a story journey through the Gospel text this week – Jesus and the Ten Lepers – with the inspiration of the incomparable Tom Boomershine (and his seminal work).
Listen here: anamcara.subspla.sh/spnfcqg
Listen here: anamcara.subspla.sh/spnfcqg
Story Journey: Ten Lepers
In a new segment on Hashcast, Pastor Jason Chesnut – with the inspiration and aid of the incomparable Tom Boomershine – takes a journey through the story of Jesus and the Ten Lepers. Listen in as we d...
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October 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
In a new segment on Hashcast, Pastor Jason goes on a story journey through the Gospel text this week – Jesus and the Ten Lepers – with the inspiration of the incomparable Tom Boomershine (and his seminal work).
Listen here: anamcara.subspla.sh/spnfcqg
Listen here: anamcara.subspla.sh/spnfcqg
Goodness is more complicated than evil – it takes conscious dedication to embrace the former instead of succumbing to the latter.
October 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Goodness is more complicated than evil – it takes conscious dedication to embrace the former instead of succumbing to the latter.
Tim, @crazypastor.bsky.social, and @tvrasche.bsky.social talk about citizenship, especially considering we live in a time when birthright citizenship is under assault. What are we called to do as citizens of the commonwealth of God?
Listen here: anamcara.subspla.sh/cqnj5tf
Listen here: anamcara.subspla.sh/cqnj5tf
On Citizenship (feat. the AC Three)
The AC Three – Jason, Tuhina, and Tim – talk about citizenship, especially considering we live in a time when birthright citizenship is under assault. What are we called to do as citizens of the commo...
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September 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Tim, @crazypastor.bsky.social, and @tvrasche.bsky.social talk about citizenship, especially considering we live in a time when birthright citizenship is under assault. What are we called to do as citizens of the commonwealth of God?
Listen here: anamcara.subspla.sh/cqnj5tf
Listen here: anamcara.subspla.sh/cqnj5tf
@tvrasche.bsky.social and @crazypastor.bsky.social sit down with the thoughtful, deliberate, brilliant professor Travis West to talk about his striking new book – and how Sabbath breaks all our rules around capitalism, possession, ownership, and beyond.
Listen here: anamcara.subspla.sh/y67gxyt
Listen here: anamcara.subspla.sh/y67gxyt
The Sabbath Way (feat. Travis West) – Part I
Pastors Tuhina and Jason sit down with the thoughtful, deliberate, wise professor Travis West to talk about his striking new book – The Sabbath Way – and how Sabbath breaks all our rules around capita...
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September 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
@tvrasche.bsky.social and @crazypastor.bsky.social sit down with the thoughtful, deliberate, brilliant professor Travis West to talk about his striking new book – and how Sabbath breaks all our rules around capitalism, possession, ownership, and beyond.
Listen here: anamcara.subspla.sh/y67gxyt
Listen here: anamcara.subspla.sh/y67gxyt
@crazypastor.bsky.social and Tim Brown sit down with writer, filmmaker, podcaster, speaker, and educator @derricklweston.bsky.social to talk about how God is a terrible shepherd (but an amazing savior).
Listen here: anamcara.subspla.sh/srvdn3n
Listen here: anamcara.subspla.sh/srvdn3n
Pentecost 14 (feat. Derrick Weston)
Tim and Jason welcome 21st-century Renaissance man, Derrick Weston – author, filmmaker, podcaster, speaker, and educator – to talk about the parable of the lost sheep and the lost coin: how God is bot...
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September 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
@crazypastor.bsky.social and Tim Brown sit down with writer, filmmaker, podcaster, speaker, and educator @derricklweston.bsky.social to talk about how God is a terrible shepherd (but an amazing savior).
Listen here: anamcara.subspla.sh/srvdn3n
Listen here: anamcara.subspla.sh/srvdn3n
"The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it."
Flannery O'Connor (1925–1964) reminds us that truth isn't malleable based on our own whims. In other words: facts don't care about our feelings.
Flannery O'Connor (1925–1964) reminds us that truth isn't malleable based on our own whims. In other words: facts don't care about our feelings.
September 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it."
Flannery O'Connor (1925–1964) reminds us that truth isn't malleable based on our own whims. In other words: facts don't care about our feelings.
Flannery O'Connor (1925–1964) reminds us that truth isn't malleable based on our own whims. In other words: facts don't care about our feelings.
@tvrasche.bsky.social, Tim, and @crazypastor.bsky.social go off-lectionary to discuss Luther's theology of the cross. What does it mean to trust the evidence of your eyes and ears in a world which sometimes encourages suspicion of both?
anamcara.subspla.sh/gr7d5tq
anamcara.subspla.sh/gr7d5tq
Calling a Thing What It Is (feat. the AC Three)
Tim, Tuhina, and Jason go off-lectionary to discuss Luther's theology of the cross (found in his classic moment of defense, the Heidelberg Disputation) – in other words, we're talking about calling a ...
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September 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
@tvrasche.bsky.social, Tim, and @crazypastor.bsky.social go off-lectionary to discuss Luther's theology of the cross. What does it mean to trust the evidence of your eyes and ears in a world which sometimes encourages suspicion of both?
anamcara.subspla.sh/gr7d5tq
anamcara.subspla.sh/gr7d5tq
@crazypastor.bsky.social and @lovebigcoach.bsky.social sit down with the Rev. Joann Lee to talk about a God who loves food, a God who topples any rigid structures we might create, and what it means to stay awake in a world committed to keeping people asleep.
Listen here: anamcara.subspla.sh/p5g7t3x
Listen here: anamcara.subspla.sh/p5g7t3x
Pentecost 12 (feat. Joann Lee)
Jason and Rozella sit down with Pastor Joann Lee to talk about a God who loves food, a God who topples any and all rigid structures we might create, and what it means to stay awake in a world committe...
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August 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
@crazypastor.bsky.social and @lovebigcoach.bsky.social sit down with the Rev. Joann Lee to talk about a God who loves food, a God who topples any rigid structures we might create, and what it means to stay awake in a world committed to keeping people asleep.
Listen here: anamcara.subspla.sh/p5g7t3x
Listen here: anamcara.subspla.sh/p5g7t3x
"What is to give light must endure burning."
Viktor Frankl (1905-1997), Austrian neurologist, philosopher, and Holocaust survivor, naming a deep truth for all times.
Viktor Frankl (1905-1997), Austrian neurologist, philosopher, and Holocaust survivor, naming a deep truth for all times.
July 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"What is to give light must endure burning."
Viktor Frankl (1905-1997), Austrian neurologist, philosopher, and Holocaust survivor, naming a deep truth for all times.
Viktor Frankl (1905-1997), Austrian neurologist, philosopher, and Holocaust survivor, naming a deep truth for all times.
The AC Three are back, off-lectionary, to talk about all things resiliency, and what it means to embrace the meme, "This is fine."
Listen here: anamcara.subspla.sh/h9c2wx3
Listen here: anamcara.subspla.sh/h9c2wx3
On Resiliency (feat. the AC Three)
The Anam Cara Three (the Revs. Tim Brown, Tuhina Rasche, and Jason Chesnut) sit down (in the same space!) to talk about resiliency, enough-edness, and how the Holy Spirit consistently shows up despite...
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July 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The AC Three are back, off-lectionary, to talk about all things resiliency, and what it means to embrace the meme, "This is fine."
Listen here: anamcara.subspla.sh/h9c2wx3
Listen here: anamcara.subspla.sh/h9c2wx3
bell hooks coming in with her trademark honesty, cutting to the heart of the matter.
July 17, 2025 at 12:44 PM
bell hooks coming in with her trademark honesty, cutting to the heart of the matter.
May we open our ears and eyes – our hearts, even – to the world around us, while trying our best to abstain from judging that very same world. May we be led with curiosity instead of contempt. For observation on its own is a powerful, holy thing.
July 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
May we open our ears and eyes – our hearts, even – to the world around us, while trying our best to abstain from judging that very same world. May we be led with curiosity instead of contempt. For observation on its own is a powerful, holy thing.
Human ingenuity and technology has given us better weapons and more inventive ways to kill each other – but still we wait for similar upgrades when it comes to how we relate to each other.
June 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Human ingenuity and technology has given us better weapons and more inventive ways to kill each other – but still we wait for similar upgrades when it comes to how we relate to each other.
May tomorrow's sunrise find us doing the work we've always been called to.
June 23, 2025 at 12:26 AM
May tomorrow's sunrise find us doing the work we've always been called to.
The poor tell us who we are. The prophets tell us who we can be.
So we hide the poor and kill the prophets.
–Philip Berrigan
Christianity has failed every test when it comes to the poor and the prophets. We can do better. We MUST do better.
So we hide the poor and kill the prophets.
–Philip Berrigan
Christianity has failed every test when it comes to the poor and the prophets. We can do better. We MUST do better.
June 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The poor tell us who we are. The prophets tell us who we can be.
So we hide the poor and kill the prophets.
–Philip Berrigan
Christianity has failed every test when it comes to the poor and the prophets. We can do better. We MUST do better.
So we hide the poor and kill the prophets.
–Philip Berrigan
Christianity has failed every test when it comes to the poor and the prophets. We can do better. We MUST do better.
True story: if you understood fascism and began to resist it *before* the U.S. entered the Second World War against Nazi Germany, you were designated by the government as being "prematurely anti-fascist."
Because it's only appropriate to be against fascism when the U.S. wants to be against it.
Because it's only appropriate to be against fascism when the U.S. wants to be against it.
June 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
True story: if you understood fascism and began to resist it *before* the U.S. entered the Second World War against Nazi Germany, you were designated by the government as being "prematurely anti-fascist."
Because it's only appropriate to be against fascism when the U.S. wants to be against it.
Because it's only appropriate to be against fascism when the U.S. wants to be against it.
We sat down with the Rev. Dr. Rebecca Todd Peters to talk about the multifaceted, multilayered story that often suffers from familiarity: the Day of Pentecost from Acts 2.
Listen here – anamcara.subspla.sh/6p2y8nx.
Listen here – anamcara.subspla.sh/6p2y8nx.
Pentecost Day (feat. Rebecca Todd Peters)
Pastors Tuhina and Jason sit down with scholar, teacher, and preacher – the Rev. Dr. Rebecca Todd Peters – to talk Pentecost Day: what does power mean and how do the disciples use it? What is the resp...
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June 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
We sat down with the Rev. Dr. Rebecca Todd Peters to talk about the multifaceted, multilayered story that often suffers from familiarity: the Day of Pentecost from Acts 2.
Listen here – anamcara.subspla.sh/6p2y8nx.
Listen here – anamcara.subspla.sh/6p2y8nx.
Pastors Tim and Jason go off-lectionary and sit down with the Rev. Kenneth Wheeler to talk about his book – US: The Resurrection of American Terror.
What would it look like if this country actively worked to dismantle its white supremacist foundations?
Listen here – anamcara.subspla.sh/j6n2cnz.
What would it look like if this country actively worked to dismantle its white supremacist foundations?
Listen here – anamcara.subspla.sh/j6n2cnz.
US: The Resurrection of American Terror (feat. Kenneth Wheeler)
This episode we welcome preacher, author, and public theologian – the Rev. Kenneth Wheeler – to talk about his necessary, important book: US: the Resurrection of American Terror. What would it look li...
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May 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Pastors Tim and Jason go off-lectionary and sit down with the Rev. Kenneth Wheeler to talk about his book – US: The Resurrection of American Terror.
What would it look like if this country actively worked to dismantle its white supremacist foundations?
Listen here – anamcara.subspla.sh/j6n2cnz.
What would it look like if this country actively worked to dismantle its white supremacist foundations?
Listen here – anamcara.subspla.sh/j6n2cnz.
The question is: can we hold both together? Life IS death, but it's not only that.
Where have you found joy today?
Where have you found joy today?
May 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The question is: can we hold both together? Life IS death, but it's not only that.
Where have you found joy today?
Where have you found joy today?
Rest well, dear servant.
"As often occurs in periods of deep crisis which require bold decisions, we are tempted to think that what is happening is not entirely clear..."
Pope Francis I (1936-2025)
"As often occurs in periods of deep crisis which require bold decisions, we are tempted to think that what is happening is not entirely clear..."
Pope Francis I (1936-2025)
April 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Rest well, dear servant.
"As often occurs in periods of deep crisis which require bold decisions, we are tempted to think that what is happening is not entirely clear..."
Pope Francis I (1936-2025)
"As often occurs in periods of deep crisis which require bold decisions, we are tempted to think that what is happening is not entirely clear..."
Pope Francis I (1936-2025)
We sat down with the fantastic Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow to talk about the entryway into Holy Week, what it means to usher in peace, and how Jesus consistently redefines things we thought we knew.
Listen here – anamcara.subspla.sh/4k8bprj – or search "Hashcast" wherever you get your podcasts.
Listen here – anamcara.subspla.sh/4k8bprj – or search "Hashcast" wherever you get your podcasts.
April 7, 2025 at 11:47 AM
We sat down with the fantastic Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow to talk about the entryway into Holy Week, what it means to usher in peace, and how Jesus consistently redefines things we thought we knew.
Listen here – anamcara.subspla.sh/4k8bprj – or search "Hashcast" wherever you get your podcasts.
Listen here – anamcara.subspla.sh/4k8bprj – or search "Hashcast" wherever you get your podcasts.