Join Micah, Josiah, Alex Zambito, & Ross Thorn as we explore the importance of sacrifice and food in Leviticus 17. Why does Leviticus place such importance on blood? What does it mean for blood to be the "life force"? How do these ancient laws ensure an equitable distribution of wealth? How does this text establish the political power of particular kings? How can we respect the sacrifices we have to make to live a better life? And what does this all have to do with death metal? Find out some perspectives on these questions and more on this episode of The Word in Black and Red!

Josiah is the host of the wonderful podcast Pulp! and a proud union man. You can find his mad meme skills on Instagram @church_of_christ_the_anarchist

Alex Zambito is a Catholic Worker doing a ton of good work. You can keep up with him on Instagram @southerncatholicworker.

Ross Thorn is a folk musician and one of Micah's most played artist on Bandcamp. You can follow his work at rossthornmusic.com

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Join Micah, Hadar Cohen, and Simon Doong as we explore the Day of Atonement in Leviticus 16. What is Azazel? What is witchcraft and how is it a part of our faith? How can we both hold people accountable while offering reconciliation? And what does this ancient practice have to teach us about our responsibility to Palestine today? Find out some perspectives on these questions and more on this episode of The Word in Black and Red!

Hadar Cohen is an Arab Jewish scholar, mystic, and artist whose work focuses on multi-religious spirituality, politics, social issues, and community building. She is the founder of Malchut, a spiritual skill-building school teaching Jewish mysticism and direct experience of God. You can learn more about her at hadarcohen.me

Simon Doong is the host of A Matter of Faith Podcast, a ministry of the Presbyterian Church, USA.

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Join Micah, Matt Cox, Rig, and Pastor Kuma as we explore genital emissions in Leviticus 15. What are the implications of the broad periods of uncleanliness? Are these bodily fluids holy, gross, or something in between? What role does uncleanliness have in holiness, and how does Christianity’s relationship with death affect this? And can these protocols survive contact with a teenage boy? Find out some perspectives on these questions and more on this episode of The Word in Black and Red!

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Join Micah, Ell, Rev. Ronnie, and Pastor Sarah as we explore the genital emissions for the first of two episodes in Leviticus 15.W

hat does “unclean” mean in the text and how has Christian culture changed it? How did these laws affect how open women could be about their cycles? And what’s the “mensies” tent? Find out some perspectives on these questions and more on this episode of The Word in Black and Red!

Are you still not in a union? After Ell specifically asked you to?

Rev. Ronnie can be found where they want to be discovered (mostly TikTok) @geekalogian.

Pastor Sarah can be found on TikTok and Instagram @disorganized.religion

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Join Micah, Mat Meyer, Grahmin, and Darth as we explore the rules around the purification of skin diseases in Leviticus 13-14. What are the skin diseases we're even talking about here? How have these laws been used to exclude? And how can we use these laws to help include those we've already excluded? Find out some perspectives on these questions and more on this episode of The Word in Black and Red!

Mat is a pastor in the PCUSA currently looking for a call. Hire him! You can find more of his preaching on Llama Pack Worship and liturgical creativity on churchoftheaffirmation.wordpress.com.

Darth is now on TikTok! Allegedly.

Grahmin is a moderator on our TWIBAR Discord--go join him there!

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Join Micah, Ell, and Ronnie as we explore the rules about menstruation and childbirth in Leviticus 12. How was childbirth different when this text was written? Are these rules for birth-givers meant to oppress or to give them a break? And how dangerously close are women to being gods? Find out some perspectives on these questions and more on this episode of The Word in Black and Red!

Ell wants you to join a union at iww.org.

Ronnie wants you to find a place where you can feel whole. You can also follow them on BlueSky and Tiktok at @geekalogian.

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oin Micah, Mystic Mikester, and Vivian Asimos as we explore the clean and unclean animals in Leviticus 11. How can identity demarcation be used for either oppression or liberation and communal autonomy? How does this set of ancient communities standards apply to impossible political choices? And how many feet does a cricket have anyway?

Find out some perspectives on these questions and more on this episode of The Word in Black and Red!

Vivian Asimos is a freelance academic, co-host of I'm a Fan of That, and author of *Digital Monsters*and *Cosplay and the Dressing of Identity*. You can find more of her work at https://www.vivianasimos.com/

Mystic Mikester can be found on Facebook stirring up good trouble and at his website https://mysticmikester.com/.

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Join Micah, Rabbi Noyo, Josiah from Pulp!, and Aaron J Smith from All Things Made New as we explore the death of Aaron's sons in Leviticus 10. Why did God kill Aaron's sons? What do our interpretations have to teach us about God's boundaries? How do we restore broken relationships? What does this story have to teach us about the difficulty of relationship? And why does God particularly love the Scottish? Find out some answers to these questions and more on this episode of The Word in Black and Red!

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Join Micah, Blue, Darth, and Pastor Don as we explore the ordination of the priests in Leviticus 8-9. What is the significance of all of this ancient symbology? Why does it matter to us today? How are our own spiritual traditions the cultural manifestations of our own settings? And what in the world is a censer full of banana pudding? Find out some answers to these questions and more on this episode of The Word in Black and Red!

Pastor Don's hybrid Discord/in-person church can be found at unfinishedcommunity.love and

Blue is the last hint of daylight as the sun slips away over the horizon, remind you of what has been and what will be again.

Darth is the sound of a bell as you walk into a familiar small-town store where everyone knows your name.

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Join Micah, W Scott McAndless, Anthony Moss, and Darth as we explore the material reality of sacrifice in Leviticus 6:8-7:38. What are all of these different sacrifices and what do they mean? What does this ancient system communicate about the way our faith ancestors were dealing with the everyday material realities they struggled with and against? What does it mean for everyone to be holy? What does this practice illustrate about the decentralization of ancient Israelite religion and what does that have to teach us about our own politics?

Darth is the comforting third sip of hot cocoa after you burnt your lips twice and decided to let it cool down for awhile.

Anthony Moss is the author of The Yellow Sky was Ours and can be found online @mossmancometh.

W Scott McAndless is the host of Micah's favorite Bible podcast, Retelling the Bible, and the author of Caesar’s Census, God’s Jubilee: Rethinking and Reimagining the Story of Mary and Joseph’s Journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem.

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Join Micah, Ben Boswell, Terry J. Stokes, and Jules Webb as we explore the concept of purification and reparations in Leviticus 4-6. What does this ancient text on making reparations have to teach us about wealth? What is the Levitical and then Christian perspective on reparations owed to the descendants of enslaved people? How does this passage play into the story of Zacchaeus and illustrate the Bible's opposition to wealth? And how does the depravity of love in the lives of the wealthy illustrate the way God seeks our love?

Jules Webb is an artist, author, and creator of many zines, including Feast of my Flesh, Why I am an Anarchist, and Sequential Theology.

Rev. Dr. Ben Boswell is the author of Confronting Whiteness and the pastor of Collective Liberation Church.

Rev. Terry J. Stokes is an anarchist theologian and the author of Jesus and the Abolitionists: How Anarchist Christianity Empowers the People.

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