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Cafeteria Christian & Alter Guild
- 1 hour 1 minute#350 We Remember Your Baptism, with Meta Herrick Carlson
Emmy and Natalia welcome very special guest Meta Herrick Carlson to talk about her new book for children: We Remember Your Baptism. We also talk about baptism generally and why it matters more than ever to lean into our belovedness right now.
9 February 2026, 11:30 am - 1 hour 4 minutes#349 We Will Not Comply
Emmy and Natalia talk about Romans 13 and how it gets tossed around as a reason to be quiet and just comply. No thank you. Not only is it theologically bad, but it's just wrong! They'll dig into the context and history of Romans 13, and why it doesn't quite mean what you think it means.
2 February 2026, 11:30 am - 1 hour 5 minutes#348 Highs and Lows in MN
Natalia and Emmy talk about the last few days in Minnesota/Minneapolis, how we're feeling, how we're showing up, and how you can all do your own thing.
26 January 2026, 11:30 am - 1 hour 1 minute#347 Find Your One Thing
Emmy and Natalia give an update from Minneapolis, talk about ways to support the communities here, and how to take care of the overwhelm many of you have told us you are feeling.
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19 January 2026, 11:30 am - 1 hour 1 minute#346 Not Good, But Better.
Emmy and Natalia process the escalation and violence in Minneapolis after the killing of Renee Nicole Good, and what our faith tells us about how we respond in times such as this.
12 January 2026, 11:30 am - 1 hour 1 minute#345 Fair Game - with Ellie Roscher
Natalia welcomes back author and artist and friend of the pod friend of God Ellie Roscher to talk about her new book: Fair Game: Trans Athletes and the Future of Sports.
Previous Ellie CC Episodes (SO MANY, but here are a few):
- Tiny Things
- The Embodied Path
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5 January 2026, 11:30 am - 49 minutes 36 seconds#344 A Very Cafeteria Christmas
Emmy and Natalia create a little Christmas service video, for anyone who isn't quite feeling up to going into a church, for whatever reason.
Special Musical Guests: Paul and Amy Koopman
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22 December 2025, 3:28 pm - 1 hour 3 minutes#343 23 & Me: Jesus Edition
Emmy and Natalia talk about the genealogy of Jesus and why it's just as messy (if not messier) than we are. Content Warning: adult themes, and some light talk of Santa, so keep the little ears away from this one!
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15 December 2025, 11:30 am - 49 minutes 2 seconds#342 Hope and Despair
Emmy and Natalia talk a little bit about what's happening in Minneapolis right now with our Somali community members, and also talk about why this season of Advent is hard but with a strong undercurrent of hope that we should not ignore.
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Mary Did You Know: Theologian takes
David Gate: A Rebellion of Care
8 December 2025, 11:30 am - 1 hour 9 minutes#341 They Tried to Bury Us: New Testament Ladies Edition
Emmy and Natalia talk NT ladies: who they are and why we don't hear about all of them, and what we can learn about God when we discover their stories.
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1 December 2025, 11:30 am - 56 minutes 41 seconds#340 Advent Countdown (chocolate not included)
Emmy and Natalia talk about Advent, what it is and why we love it, and Emmy gets curmudgeonly about Advent calendars.
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