Holy Writ Podcast

We are getting close to the one-year anniversary of the podcast (😱), and we’re thinking about recording an additional special episode to celebrate! 🎉
But we need your input - what would you want to hear from us? Let us know what you’re thinking!

Next month, we’ll be discussing Octavia Butler’s award-winning novel *Parable of the Sower* with Dr. Tamisha Tyler, visiting Professor of Theology & Culture and Theopoetics at Bethany Theological Seminary.
You won’t want to miss out on our conversation, so get your hands on a copy of this book ASAP!

It’s the first Tuesday of the month, which means the newest episode of the podcast is LIVE! 🎧

This month, we read @stephenking.bsky.social’s chilling novel *Misery* alongside Psalm 88 and 2 Corinthians 3 - we hope you enjoy the conversation as much as we did!

You still have plenty of time to read Stephen King’s *Misery* before the next episode drops on October 7th — especially because once you start this book, you won’t be able to put it down!

For those of you who like to plan ahead (or for those who rely on their public library), these are the books that we’ll be discussing in our next three episodes!

Our conversation on John Steinbeck’s *East of Eden* is live! Find it wherever you get your podcasts, and then let us know what YOU think about this beloved book! 📖

We can’t wait to share our conversation on *East of Eden* and hear what YOU think about how this beloved classic sheds light on the Bible!
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If you haven’t read it before, now’s your excuse — you have plenty of time before the episode drops on September 2nd!

Episode 7 on *The Buried Giant* is live! We hope you enjoy the conversation about this tender, haunting book!

We’ve reached 1000 downloads! 🥳
Thank you SO MUCH for listening to our conversations about how fiction can reinvigorate interpretation of the Bible, and for sharing the podcast with the readers in your life! We’re so grateful!

@tgivens.bsky.social on gender expression in the Bible, from our conversation about *Giovanni’s Room* - listen to the rest of the episode wherever you get your podcasts!

For those of you who like to plan ahead (or for those who rely on your public library), these are the books that we’ll be discussing in our next three episodes!

Ep. 6 on James Baldwin’s *Giovanni’s Room* is live! We talk about gender and sexuality, the so-called crisis of masculinity, the terrors of vulnerability, embracing bodily existence, and the limits of intimacy with God.

One last highlight from Ep. 5: Tommy on Colossians 2 and how to use spectacle to undermine the politics of spectacle. Make sure to check out the rest of the conversation!

Here’s another snippet from our recent episode on *Sunrise on the Reaping* - make sure to read this book, and then listen to the rest of the conversation wherever you get your podcasts!

Next month, we’re tackling James Baldwin’s masterpiece *Giovanni’s Room.* We’re letting you know now because we don’t want you to miss out on reading and thinking about this beautiful book with us!

Things got REAL in our conversation about the newest Hunger Games book, *Sunrise on the Reaping* 😳

Episode 5 on *Sunrise on the Reaping* is live! We talk about politics of spectacle, transgressive art, patient resistance to empire, and the vulnerable power of sacred language - listen in and then let us know what YOU think!

We had such thought-provoking (and divergent!) experiences of how the language in *Ancillary Justice* expresses (or doesn’t!) the characters’ gender.

We can’t wait to jump into the world of the Hunger Games with you on June 3rd! You still have plenty of time to read *Sunrise on the Reaping,* Haymitch Abernathy’s origin story, before then!

In episode 4, @collincornell.bsky.social helps us think about how stories, especially speculative ones, can empower us to engage the unfamiliar with openness and curiosity.

Episode 4 on *Ancillary Justice* with @collincornell.bsky.social is live! Listen in on our mind-bending conversation wherever you get your podcasts. 🚀

In case you haven’t opted to read *Ancillary Justice* with us yet, here are some reasons our guest, @collincornell.bsky.social, chose this book - and we’re so glad he did!

Daniel Mason’s *North Woods* gave us an opportunity to discuss so many different scriptural concepts … including a real, grounded hope. If you haven’t had a chance to listen to episode 3, it’s never too late!

Next up, we're tackling *Ancillary Justice* by Ann Leckie. We’re thrilled to be joined by scholar and friend Collin Cornell, who brings his brilliance (and his sci-fi enthusiasm) to this mind-bending conversation. You won’t want to miss it—so get your hands on a copy of this book!

Daniel Mason’s *North Woods* — and the Bible! — had us laughing through our conversation in episode 3 😂

Episode 3 is LIVE! We hope you enjoy the conversation on Daniel Mason’s *North Woods* as much as we did!

Daniel Mason’s book *North Woods* blew both of our minds in the best possible way 🤯 Only one week left until episode 3 drops and we get to share our whole conversation - so get your hands on this book if you haven’t already!

One last highlight from episode 2 - on the importance of remembering and God’s patient participation in that work.

Like Toni Morrison’s *Beloved,* the Bible (mercifully) doesn’t look away from human suffering.
For more on the integrative power of Lamentations, give episode 2 a listen!

You still have a couple weeks to read *North Woods* before episode 3 releases on April 1st! Don’t miss out on this amazing book and the fun conversation we’ll have about it!