Accidental Tomatoes Joe Webb
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A podcast for people trying to explore spirituality beyond the fences of institutional Christianity
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Season 5 Episode 4: Water Crisis in Southern West Virginia
In one of the historically poorest communities in America, thousands of people are going without clean tap water in their homes. And while cities like Flint, MI, and Jackson, MS, deservedly grab national headlines for their water issues, the Southern West Virginia Coalfields are now decades into a water crisis with few answers on the horizon. In this episode, Brad Davis and Caitlin Ware join Heather and Joe to talk about the West Virginia water crisis, the complex issues surrounding it, and the ways coalfield communities are banding together to create contextual solutions where government and industry have failed. They also talk about the role of faith communities in helping to organize local residents and support local problem-solving efforts. If you’d like to get involved, below are links to some of the coalitions and organizations mentioned in the podcast:
From Below Coalition: https://www.facebook.com/groups/629075958675198
WVUMC Clean Water Initiative: https://www.wvumc.org/clean-water-in-southern-district/
WV Faith Collective: https://wvfaith.org/
WV Water Distribution: https://gofund.me/f55125a7
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Season 5 Episode 3: Decolonizing Tourism with Caitlin Ware
We don't often think about tourism as a justice issue, but the displacement of families and communities to provide a more favorable user experience in tourist locations is a very real concern in places like Appalachia, where connection to the land runs deep and where infrastructure to support a tourist economy lags significantly behind. In this episode, Heather and Joe sit down with Caitlin Ware, who discusses her recent article on our blog, "Curating the View: Tourism & Exploitation in Appalachia."
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Season 5 Episode 2: The changing shape of deconstruction
How is spiritual deconstruction like a lasagna? Is reconstruction a necessary result of deconstruction? Heather Moore and Joe Webb unpack these questions and more in Heather's debut as our new co-host!
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Season 5 Episode 1: Deconstructing Grief
What does grief look like in the midst of spiritual/religious deconstruction? When your beliefs change, what do you hold on in the midst of loss? In the first episode of our 5th season, Joe talks openly about how old constructs no longer work for him following the death of his father, and how therapy and community are filling the void.
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Season 4 Episode 17: Deconstructing Salvation
Is salvation merely about life after death? Or is there a more immediate, more holistic way of seeing salvation through the lens of liberation? In this episode, Joe riffs on how understanding salvation as liberation is more true to the way of Jesus than your typical Christian fire insurance policy.
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Season 4 Episode 16: Psychedelic Theology with Kaleb Graves
As science continues to learn more about psychedelic substances and their use becomes more mainstream for both recreational and therapeutic applications, what do the church and faith leaders need to know? In this episode Joe and Jenny chat with Kaleb Graves, a recent Duke Divinity graduate who is researching and exploring the intersections of psychedelic use and Christianity.
CONTENT WARNING: Kaleb talks frankly about his own experiences with psychedelics and their usefulness for people experiencing suicidal ideation, anxiety, depression, PTSD, and a number of other physical and psychological disorders.
To learn more about Kaleb and Psychedelic Theology:
Psychedelic Theology Podcast: https://psychedelictheology.podbean.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090081741922
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/psychedelic_theology/
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David Wimbish Reeled me in.... but the pod kept me here
I’m simply put, a proud and vocal Atheist Jew who honestly finds belief in a god as silly as thinking a giant bunny delivers baskets of chocolate every year on a day in April....
With that said, my Judaism is VERY special to me, and I definitely subscribe to my own version of a “higher power”, and I feel most connected to that source through music, and ESPECIALLY live music.
So when I say that David Wimbish and The Collection were very much my “church” since I accidentally discovered them on a calendar for a local bar I wanted to check out in 2018.
It’s not just the music, which is PROFOUNDLY soul stirring both in melody/harmony and lyrics, but more so it’s the COMMUNITY the band fosters and maintains with their tribe.
I went to my first show alone, boy worried for a second I’d feel weird or out of place solo, because they told me directly they hoped I’d come And just DANCE. And they embody exactly what they project— this obscenely welcoming & inclusive community of all kinds of people from all over the world, who are nothing alike, but would probably offer their couch for you to sleep on after a show!
So my long story short is, I came here to listen to David speak about a subject I know I’d deeply meaningful to him, but stuck around because the podcast is simply great and I'm already learning he’s things and perspectives. Bravo!