Is Church Still Relevant? with Megan McDermott

Megan McDermott Challenge your assumptions. Test Your Faith. Show everyone LOVE. Megan McDermott is a poet, stand up comedian, and Episcopal priest currently working in Massachusetts. CONTENT WARNING: Christianity and Christian supremacy We talk about: shared experiences growing up in small town Central Pennsylvania Rural, small town values that we embrace and other things that we've let go of Nuances between different Christian subcultures and how they have formed us The relationship between Christianity and late stage capitalism Christian pop culture — music, toys, media Becoming a young clergy person and working with youth during the pandemic Megan's Brand new book, Jesus Merch: a Catalogue in Poems Order Megan's New book, Jesus Merch (affilitate link) https://bookshop.org/a/95818/9781594981029 Order Megan's Book, Woman as Communion (affiliate link) https://bookshop.org/a/95818/9781735886473 Check out Megan's website: meganmcdermottpoet.com [http://meganmcdermottpoet.com/] Follow Megan on BlueSky: megmcdermott92.bsky.social Follow Megan on Twitter (X): @megmcdermott92 Subscribe to Megan on Substack: https://meganmcdermott.substack.com/ ***** This program is produced in south west philadelphia, in the unceded neighborhood of the black bottom community and on the ancestral land of the Lenape nation, who remain here in the era of the fourth crow and fight for official recognition by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to this day. You can find out more about the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania and how you can support the revitalization of their culture by going to https://lenape-nation.org [https://lenape-nation.org/]. Visit this episode's sponsor, BVP Coffee, roasting high quality coffee that benefits HBCU students (affiliate link): https://bvp.coffee/uncommongoodpod Visit this episode's sponsor, Poi Dog, chef Kiki Aranita creating sauces inspired by Hawaiian Cuisine: https://poidogphilly.com [https://poidogphilly.com/] we chat to ordinary people doing uncommon good in service of our common humanity. we are creating community that builds relationships across difference by inviting dialogue about the squishy and vulnerable bits of life. (un)common good with pauli reese is an uncommon good media production, where we make wisdom, insight, and spirituality accessible to everyone and put content on the internet to help people stop hating each other. thanks for joining us on the journey of (un)common good!