257 episodes
The Mockingcast Mockingbird
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4.9 • 357 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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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. -
Episode 253: The Ministry of Fun
In which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk Tetris, youth groups, paganism, and magi interlopers. Also, Dave plays some bingo while RJ questions the wisdom of the buddymoon.
Click here to read Angela Watercutter's piece on Why Everyone Is Obsessed With the Kid Who Beat Tetris in Wired.
Click here to read Karen Heller's essay, "Fun Is Dead" in the Washington Post.
Click here to read "The Return of the Pagans" by David Wolpe in The Atlantic.
Click here to read Derek Sweatman's reflection on "Why the Magi Matter" on Mbird. -
Episode 252: A Merry Little Rizzmas
In which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk top words, millennial motherhoods, cancerous insights, and sad Christmases. Everyone also gives a few recs from the year gone by.
Click here to read about Mirieam-Webster's word of the year. Click here to read about Oxford's.
Click here to read Jordan Griesbeck's post on Mbird, "Thou Shalt Have a Thing."
Click here to read Rachel Cohen's essay for Vox, “How Millennials Learned to Dread Motherhood.”
Click here to read Josh Jeter's interview with Christian Wiman on Christianity Today.
Click here to read Sarah's article, "Put the Sad Back in Christmas."
The closing song is "Medium Christmas" by Caroline Fowler and is included with permission.
Customer Reviews
#257 Screwing Up is a Good Start
Love the banter and the insights! BTW, “apotheosis, n. : the perfect form or example of something” literally, “elevation to divine status.” (M-W) e.g., the fresco in the dome of the US Capitol is “the apotheosis of George Washington.
Thought I was too old for this (mid 60s)
until episode 256. Best, funniest episode yet. Love you Sarah Condon! Dave, you and R-J are ok too 😂 Learning and laughter. Thank you!
Please never stop
The interchange between the three hosts is priceless. Thank you for blessing us with your conversations! I appreciate being reminded “it is finished” during every episode. God bless you all.