259 episodes
The Mockingcast Mockingbird
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5.0 • 5 Ratings
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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.
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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. -
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 -
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. -
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)! -
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 -
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.
Customer Reviews
So good I listen to every episode twice
I began listening to the Mockingcast and was introduced to the work of Mockingbird Ministries a few years ago. I can’t remember how I stumbled across them but it came at just the right time in life, just when it was needed - a balm for the soul. It’s not too much of an understatement to say that it saved my Christian life as I was struggling with some pretty unpleasant mental health issues at the time. The honesty and genuineness of the hosts makes me feel like they’re my friends even though culturally I’m pretty different (English and Reformed). I listen to many podcasts, in fact I have an iPhone full of them, but this is the only podcast I listen to twice; almost every episode. The grace of God is so good and this is a joyful celebration of that in all the frustration and struggle of life. If I could give this podcast 6 stars I would.
Thoughtful and fun
In a sea of podcasts that face the doubt that marks our age by canonising deconstruction, this is a gently constructive alternative. I’ve found it a thoughtful and fun podcast that I’ve recommended to a lot of my friends.