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Irenicast - A Progressive Christian Podcast

Release Date: 12/15/2020

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What Does Christmas Mean to You? Join the hosts of Irenicast as they ponder the birth narrative, and the multiple ways that the story of Jesus' birth has been told and understood over the years.  

Jeff invites the team to consider what Christmas means to them this year. The conversation begins with each of the cohosts pondering what it has been like to try to find Christmas cheer in 2020. The conversation slowly moves from finding cheer into a discussion about how each cohost interprets the story of Jesus' birth.  Bonnie invites the team to recognize the importance of birth narratives and the centering of children and women's voices.

Before the episode finished the team shares some news about the future of the podcast.  Irenicast will be taking a short hiatus to focus on the next phase of the show.  But not before leaving you with some Christmas cheer via a brand new virtual mix tape in the closing segment, Playlist.

Conversation What Christmas Means To You (02:52)

State of the Podcast Special Announcement (46:03)

Segment Top Three Christmas Songs of 2020 (57:43)



ANNOUNCEMENTS

Irenicast is going on a break for the first few months of 2021.  Please make sure you stay up to date on what we’re preparing upon our return!  The best way to do that is to sign up to our email list.



RELEVANT LINKS

From Our Conversation on What Does Christmas Mean to You?

From Our State of the Podcast Update and Upcoming Break

From Our Playlist Segment



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Rev. Bonnie Rambob, MDiv | co-host | [email protected]

You can connect with Bonnie on Facebook and at Parkside Community Church-UCC

Pastor Casey Tinnin, MDiv, MTS | co-host | [email protected]

You can follow Casey on Twitter and Facebook, or you can check out his blog The Queerly Faithful Pastor or loomisucc.org

Jeff Manildi | co-founder, producer & co-host | [email protected]

Follow Jeff (@JeffManildi) on facebook, instagram & twitter.  You can also listen to Jeff’s other podcast Divine Cinema.

Rev. Rajeev Rambob, MCL | co-host | [email protected]

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Intro and Outro music created by Mike Golin.



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