259 episodes

The Mockingcast is a bi-weekly podcast hosted by RJ Heijmen, Sarah Condon and David Zahl, and brought to you by Mockingbird Ministries, an organization which seeks to connect the Christian faith with the realities of everyday life in fresh and down-to-earth ways. You can find out more about Mockingbird at www.mbird.com.
Audio production provided by TJ Hester.

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The Mockingcast is a bi-weekly podcast hosted by RJ Heijmen, Sarah Condon and David Zahl, and brought to you by Mockingbird Ministries, an organization which seeks to connect the Christian faith with the realities of everyday life in fresh and down-to-earth ways. You can find out more about Mockingbird at www.mbird.com.
Audio production provided by TJ Hester.

    Last Chopper Out of Vietnam

    Last Chopper Out of Vietnam

    Recorded live in front of the audience at Mockingbird's annual conference in NYC, RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk quarter-life crises, parental control, dating types, and the relief of not being God. Also, Dave and RJ finally figure out who won.



    Click here to read The New Quarter-Life Crisis by Maggie Mertens in The Atlantic.
    Click here to Kathryn Jezer-Morton's piece on "Parenting Through Control Issues" for The Cut.
    Click here to read The One Big Thing You Can Do for Your Kids by Arthur Brooks.
    Click here to read Lillian Fishman's advice column for The Point, asking Can We Ever Trust Ourselves?
    Click here to read Seven Words That Sum Up the Entire Bible by Anthony Robinson on Mbird.

    • 58 min
    Episode 258: The Greatest Bible Study of All Time

    Episode 258: The Greatest Bible Study of All Time

    In which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk furniture flipping, rental people, lunar eclipses, and Rwandan redemption. Also, RJ drops some serious science.



    Click here for more details about next week's Mbird Conference in NYC
    Click here to read the excerpt from Amanda Montell's new book The Age of Overthinking in Marie Claire
    Click here to receive Sarah Hinlicky Wilson's newsletter Theology and A Recipe, the most recent installment of which is Bad Pie
    Click here to read Todd Brewer's piece Looking for Enchantment on Mbird
    Click here to read Denise Uwimana's "How Far Does Forgiveness Reach?" in Plough

    • 1 hr 4 min
    Episode 257: Screwing Up Is a Good Start

    Episode 257: Screwing Up Is a Good Start

    In which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk elephant mudslides, liquid death, Alzheimers, and atonement. It's an instant classic!


    Click here to register for the NYC Conference (April 25-27). To reserve a spot for the James Tissot exhibit, email info@mbird.com ASAP.



    Click here to read Sallie Tisdale's piece in The Atlantic, "Do Animals Have Fun?"
    Click here to read Jacob Stern's article on how Of Course America Fell for Liquid Death.
    Click here to read The Case Against the Instant Classic by Sam Bush on Mbird.
    Click here to read the (first three quarters of) of the Garrison Keillor's blog entry that Sarah quotes.
    Click here to read Jen Pollock Michel's Mbird essay "The Long Lent of Alzheimers."
    Click here to read "God's Forgiveness Is Costly" by Emil Brunner on Plough.

    • 1 hr 13 min
    Episode 256: God Is Not a Puzzle to Be Solved

    Episode 256: God Is Not a Puzzle to Be Solved

    In which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk interpersonal dislikes, luxury beliefs, and Roman revenge. Also, polyamory.



    Click here to read the Ask Polly newsletter, "It's Not a Moral Failure to Dislike Someone" by Heather Havrilesky
    Click here to read Rob Henderson's op-ed in the Wall Street Journal "Luxury Beliefs That Only the Privileged Can Afford."
    Click here to Ash French's review of The Book of Clarence in Salon.
    Click here to read Meaghan Ritchey's interview with James K.A. Smith on Mockingbird.


    Click here to order your copy of the Mystery Issue of our magazine (where you can read the sermon Dave references)!

    • 56 min
    Episode 255: Mortal Movie Stars and Awesome Astronauts

    Episode 255: Mortal Movie Stars and Awesome Astronauts

    In which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk rainy days, mean girls, and the strange blessing of Parkinson's. Also, the boys learn an important lesson about temperature.


    Click here to order a copy of The Mystery Issue of The Mockingbird Magazine. And here for more details about our upcoming NYC Conference (4/25-27).



    Click here to read about Rod Rosenbladt and the Gospel for Those Broken by the Church
    Click here to read Gilad Edelman's piece on The Best Small-Talk Topic in the Atlantic
    Click here to read Jessica Bennett's piece on Mean Girls in the NY Times
    Click here to read This Enchanted Universe by Ben Self
    Click here to read Jordan Griesbeck's review of the Michael J Fox documentary, Still

    • 1 hr 10 min
    Episode 254: Fellowship of the Cringe

    Episode 254: Fellowship of the Cringe

    In which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk core memories, superegos, uncool churchgoers, and revenge vampires. Also, Dave sights a celebrity while Sarah dials up some French-Canadian cartoons. Oh, and the gang flips out over Fargo!



    Click here for more information, or to pre-register for our NYC Conference (4/25-27).
    Click here to read Kathryn Jezer-Morton's newsletter on "Why Are Parents So Fixated on Core Memories?"
    Click here to read Michael Roth's review of Mark Edmundson's book in The Washington Post, "What Would Freud Say About Our Online Lives?"
    Click here to read Russell Moore's piece on "Grace in the Age of Guilt" in Christianity Today.
    Click here to read Mary Harrington's newsletter, "You Need to Be Cringemaxxing."
    Click here to read Sarah's Mbird post on Revenge Vampires.

    • 1 hr 6 min

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