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Episode 84: Of Blood Bread, Beef Classes and Building Society, Part 2

A Meatsmith Harvest

Release Date: 04/14/2023

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In this episode, we discuss the gift that is Community, Nature, Grace, & Original Sin, farming in reparation to God, the uselessness of smartphones, and the virtue of pork chops.  

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Topics for Episode 84:

Community doesn't save your soul, 1:01 
Community & friendship can concur, 4:22 
Choosing between community, worship, and land, 7:41 
Nature, Grace, & Original Sin, 13:29 
Farming is reparation to God, 17:33  
Choose worship, 29:06 
Communities formed around pilgrimages, 35:31 
Smartphones are immensely useless, 43:00 
The virtue of pork chops, 45:02 

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