In which Thomas and Sam discuss Bob Dylan and Evangelicals.
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Episode 90: No Bread, No Bag, No Money
Thomas and Sam discuss titles, office spaces, new jobs, being unplugged from the hive mind during the work day, and everyday carries (along with some deep philosophical ideas you’ll have to stick around for).
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Episode 79: Thinking Religion 89: Do You Want To Talk About Pants? – Thinking.FM
Thomas and Sam discuss pants, button down collar dress shirts, briefcases, leather goods, and the role of religion in political rhetoric.
- Levi 541
- Hillary Clinton writes Op-Ed in LDS Paper
- Fewer and Fewer Americans Vote With Religion in Mind | Boston Globe
- Many Americans Hear About Politics from the Pulpit | Pew
- Views From the Pulpit Tend to Favor Hillary Clinton | NYT
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Episode 78: Thinking Out Loud 121: Even Superheroes Have Flaws – Thinking.FM
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Episode 77: Thinking Religion 88: Snapchat is the New Oral Tradition – Thinking.FM
Thomas and Sam, along with guest host Roshan Abraham, discuss Jonah’s presumptive bisexuality, Classics’ past present and future, Ephesus as the ancient 4chan, roles of the public intellectual, autobiographical memories, textuality, authority, and Bernie vs. Hillary sexism.
- Apollonius of Tyana
- Silicon Valley’s Hippest Church is Going Public | Buzzfeed
- Twitter is the strange new kingmaker of the 21st century | Quartz
- THE AUDACITY OF COPYING WELL | Stratechery
- Hillary Clinton Just Chillin’ in Cedar Rapids
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Episode 76: Thinking Out Loud 120: What World is This? – Thinking.FM
Show Notes
- Star Wars Lack of Messaging | Stack Exchange
- Star Trek Technology | Forbes
What are Merianna and Elisabeth reading this week?
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Episode 75: Thinking Religion: Trading Places – Thinking.FM
Most Christians are Republicans and a few liberal ones are Democrats (or something like that). That’s been the conventional thinking for the past few decades, especially with the rise of the Moral Majority and Evangelical movement going back to the late 60’s and early 70’s. However, the election of 2016 is pointing to a possible shift in perception of this old adage. Are we seeing a role reversal where the Democratic Party becomes the party of patriotism, American Exceptionalism, and faith while the Republican Party becomes the party of angst, cynicism, and Russian influence? We discuss the last two weeks of both parties’ conventions and why that role reversal might just be the case.
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Show Notes
- The Real Plot Against America | NYT
- Donald Trump’s AMA | Reddit
- Tim Kaine Takes Back Faith for The Democrats | The New Yorker
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The Democratic convention’s most surprising argument: Christianity is a liberal religion | Vox
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Episode 74: Thinking Baptists 21: Welcoming Visitors to Your Church – Thinking.FM
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Merianna and Sam discuss the notion of hospitality and how various churches welcome (or don’t) visitors and strangers into their worship services.
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Episode 73: Thinking Out Loud 118: Words Matter – Thinking.FM
Elisabeth and Merianna talk about moving your draft from the splatter paint on the canvas, letting the words fly off your fingertips to a manuscript with purposeful meaningful words. Words matter. Choose them carefully, especially if you are staff writer for a presidential candidate.
Show Notes
- Plagiarism | USA Today
- Melania Trump’s Speech | CNN
- Trump’s Campaign Organization | CNN
- Melania’s Plagiarism | USA Today
- Staff Writer Takes Blame | AOL
- “Light a Fire Under” idiom
- Gilmore Girls on Plagiarism | tv.com
- Trump and Megyn Kelly | Vox
- GOP is Gaslighting America | Texas Observer
- Gaslighting | Wikipedia
- Drax says “Do not ever call me a thesaurus” | YouTube
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Episode 72: Thinking Religion: Permission Slip – Thinking.FM
This week, Thomas and Sam discuss how to use social media effectively, why you shouldn’t invoke God when comparing others to Lucifer, and ways to save money on all of your internet subscription services.
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Episode 71: Thinking Religion: Growing Up Evangelical in the 90’s – Thinking.FM
Thomas and Sam are joined by Merianna Neely Harrelson to talk about True Love Waits, Kissing Dating Goodbye, Promise Rings, and all the interesting parts of Evangelical Christian culture of the ’90’s (and how much of that is being reexamined)… and why Sam still calls himself an Evangelical.
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Show Notes
- Lady in Waiting | Amazon
- Post Conservative Evangelicalism | Wikipedia
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Episode 70: Thinking Baptists 20: No One Gets Out Alive – Thinking.FM
Show Notes
- If Pokemon Go Feels Like a Religion That’s Because it Kind of Is | BNG
- No Millennials in Church? They May Be Working, Expert Says
- Perry Noble’s Facebook Video Statement
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Episode 69: Thinking Out Loud 117: Finding the Corners – Thinking.FM
Show Notes
What are Elisabeth, Merianna, and Mary Hudson reading this week?
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Episode 68: Thinking Religion: Generational Eschatological Expectations – Thinking.FM
Thomas and Sam discuss their iPhone homescreens, favorite apps, the complexity of generational eschatological expectations, and Christian dating apps.
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Episode 67: Thinking Baptists 19: Embracing the Conflicts – Thinking.FM
The Revs Merianna Neely Harrelson and Sam Harrelson describe the benefits and challenges of congregational polity, notes, the digital dark age, and recording what matters.
Show Notes
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Episode 66: Thinking Out Loud 116: Lighting a Fire Under You – Thinking.FM
Elisabeth and Merianna talk about those moments when you meet people in real life that you’ve had social media conversations and interactions and what it feels like to be recognized. They talk about their trips and the power of belonging to a community where you can say who you are and truly be yourself. But how do you overcome conference hangover? And how do you turn a conference experience into a community of supporters?
Show Notes
What are Elisabeth and Merianna reading this week?
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Episode 65: Thinking Baptists 18: All The Wands – Thinking.FM
The Revs. Merianna Neely Harrelson and Sam Harrelson reboot Thinking Baptists with a new episode for the first time in four years. They do a recap of Merianna’s ministerial journey as well as follow up to the last episode of the show with a discussion about women in baptist ministry in 2016. They also cover the topic of pastor search committees, and why the economy isn’t doing young ministers any favors when it comes to finding pastor positions.
Show Notes
- Escaping Drywall | YouTube
- CBF General Assembly and the LGBTQ Question | Baptist News
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Episode 64: Thinking Religion: The Privilege of Knowing How to Read – Thinking.FM
Dr. Thomas J. Whitley and The Rev. Sam Harrelson discuss Sam’s use of iPad Pro as his main computer, Evernote, and the privilege of knowing how to read.
Show Notes
- Thinking.FM on Patreon
- Thinking Religion Facebook Group for show discussions and links
- Changes to Evernote’s Pricing Plans | Evernote
- Scrivener
- Sumnotes
- iPad Pro
- Working on the iPad: Still My Favorite Computer | MacStories
- My Tablet Has Stickers | Steven Sinofsky
- Finally a Tablet That Replaces Your Laptop | a16z Podcast
- iPad Pro is the New Mac | Sam Harrelson
- Reading to Your Kids and Privilege | National Review
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Episode 63: Cast of Geeks 58: Small Wonders – Thinking.FM
Lisa Picarille, Jim Kukral, Shawn Collins, and Sam Harrelson reunite for an episode of Cast of Geeks. This month, they discuss the future(s) of affiliate marketing, influencer marketing, engagement and Facebook Pages, the rise of messaging, Amazon’s Kindle Store policies, and whether or not augmented reality will catch on with the general public.
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- Affiliate Summit
- Author Marketing Club
- Izea
- Dude Perfect
- Amazon Kindle Unlimited
- Facebook Pages Engagement | KISS Metrics
- Snapchat and Marketing | Social Media Examiner
- HTC Vive | HTC
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Episode 62: Thinking Religion: Consolation of Communication – Thinking.FM
Dr. Thomas J. Whitley and Rev. Sam Harrelson discuss Big Macs, livestreaming, bastardized religion, and tiny apocalypses.
Show Notes
- McDonald’s Best Sandwiches | Thrillist
- Dem Sit-In | TechMeme
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