At the Rectory Podcast

05/01/2023

You have got to see this past year's gingerbread house made by former guest Amal Abeysekera. It even has a smoking chimney!!! If you haven't listened to his episode, check out the season 4 finale.

03/01/2023

Introducing our second-to-final guest of season 5: Austin Hall! Austin earned his bachelors degree from Thiel College and his masters in history from Miami of Ohio. Currently in his doctoral program in the history of fascism at the University of Cincinnati, Austin is also a hard-core Steelers fan, the proud owner of the typewriter used by the founders of UDF to start their own business (no kidding!), and a staunch supporter of student government. You can see Austin's acting and writing skills his original production of "Berlin ist Gefallen," recorded and performed at Thiel College.

Recorded September 9th & 10th, 2016 at Thiel College's William A. Robinson Theater, "Berlin ist Gefallen!" is a Thiel Players production supported by the GNC...

29/12/2022

Introducing our "It's Hard to Repair the World" guest, Dr. Evan Johnson! Evan earned his masters degree from the University of Georgia and his Ph.D. in early modern German history from the University of Cincinnati. He specializes in war and society, in particular civilian coping strategies during the Thirty Years War. He currently teaches World Civilizations at the University of Dayton. Besides being a scholar and lover of Bierworst (we assume), Evan is also a husband, a father, a teller of jokes, and wearer of snazzy jackets. You can read his chapter "Seeking Peace, Finding War: Supplication and Negotiation in Electoral Brandenburg during the Thirty Years War" in War and Peace in the Early Modern German Lands (2019). (image: Evan standing next to a pulpit from which Martin Luther frequently preached!)

21/11/2022

Season 5 guest Marty Solomon hinted at something big happening in February . . . this is that BIG! https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781641585705?fbclid=IwAR2h0C-0JgDlp62xnR6MB6-ZBg2UzPT_6jC75GRocK4DQrTodjHUGuTfge4

In this enlightening debut, Bema podcast host Solomon seeks to help Christians engage more deeply with the Bible and, by extensi...

09/11/2022

Introducing our most recent guest, Dean Flemming. Dean holds a Ph.D. from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, and is professor emeritus of New Testament and missions at MidAmerica Nazarene University in Kansas. He spent over two decades as a missionary and educator in the Philippines and Germany. His books include Foretaste of the Future, Recovering the Full Mission of God, Contextualization in the New Testament, and the New Beacon Bible Commentary on Philippians. He is also a loving brother and uncle, an avid hiker and photographer, and has a laugh that could shake the rafters of Notre Dame Cathedral. You can find his books on the Intervarsity Press website here:

For many Christians, the book of Revelation is a confusing, coded screenplay for the end times. But when we read Revelation as focused on the future, we miss what it says about what God is doing in the world now. Dean Flemming mines this untapped resource by introducing a missional reading that draw...

19/10/2022

If you enjoyed our interview with Dr. Emily Hill, please read her cover piece this month for Sojourners on church surveillance and marketing! https://sojo.net/magazine/november-2022/your-church-watching-you?fbclid=IwAR0T55FtTupNTZmrESPZL88m8lNqmUHAbmQZkDUOw2IlL6G2SqjbU5N7AGY

Congregations are entering the murky world of online surveillance and data gathering. What could go wrong?

05/10/2022

We are so proud of our two-time guest Kristina Benham for her contribution to the Massachusetts Historical Society blog The Beehive! You can read Kristina's article on "Underrepresented Voices of the American Revolution" here: https://www.masshist.org/beehiveblog/2022/10/mhs-conference-on-underrepresented-voices-of-the-american-revolution/?fbclid=IwAR2hxMkoqHg2om8v9l3bOJ0PCxRNBw_6Xv4loTckkdXggO05UCigxOHT1r4

30/09/2022

If you enjoyed our interviews with both Charles Dudley and D.J. Trischler, you can find them both here together talking about local makers in Cincinnati! https://www.facebook.com/themissioncincinnati/videos/1288162768604731

29/09/2022

Need more Marty Solomon in your day? You can listen to him and his co-host Brent Billings walk through the Bible from a rabbinical perspective at The Bema Discipleship podcast (and maybe even join them on a trip to Turkey???) here:

Love God. Love others. Become people of the Text.

28/09/2022

We are WILDLY excited to introduce you to season 5 guest Marty Solomon! Marty is currently the President of Impact Campus Ministries and regularly leads educational trips to Israel and Turkey, where he has studied with rabbis and other religious leaders for over 10 years. Despite his many protestations, Marty is a SCHOLAR of both biblical and rabbinical literature as well as history, and a masterful teacher of both. You can hear his teaching on the Bema Discipleship podcast which has thousands of listeners every week. Marty is also a father of two, and a husband to a competitive weight lifter (I just found this out during his first trip to The Rectory! Go, Becky!)!!!! Welcome, Marty!

21/09/2022

We are working hard to bring you new interviews starting next week! Until then, please enjoy this interview with 3 experts on the late British empire and the passing of Queen Elizabeth II (including Katie's friend and colleague Shepherd Aaron Ellis) on NPR.https://www.wvxu.org/show/cincinnati-edition/2022-09-14/queen-elizabeth-ll-role-british-society-popular-culture?fbclid=IwAR0QJTdZ-Xve2jW1m8Ledx1-bNmEAFvsgibGOFVQpxpetFkNz36URYT6eN0

Ahead of the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, we look at how Britons and Americans will remember her.

16/09/2022

If you are a fan of water color, please, enjoy Dr. Emily's beautiful still life pieces!

15/09/2022

Introducing Dr. Emily Hill, our guest this week "At the Rectory." Emily is an employee of Intervarsity, holds a Ph.D. in Theological Ethics from the University of Aberdeen, and the author of Marketing & Christian Proclamation in Theological Perspective. She is also an aunt to a small, adorable nephew and a mother to one cat and a flock of chickens (yes, THOSE chickens!!!)! Emily specializes in how Christians relate to the theories and realities of the market economy. She also paints a lovely watercolor. Really, very lovely! We hope you enjoy getting to know her this week!

01/09/2022

Check out this first batch of quilts that have already made their way to Poland to serve Ukrainian refugees. Way to go, Cara!!!

31/08/2022

Introducing this week's guest and modern quilt maven, Cara Biser Van Doren! Cara is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati, a sports trainer, mother of FOUR (you read that correctly!), and brand-new quilter who learned her craft to help the refugee crisis in Ukraine. Normally an "outdoor girl," Cara has spent the last year learning the ins and outs of binding, backstitching, cake layers, interfacing, piecing, and sashing. Grab a Gaterade, go for a run, and listen in as Cara shows us how, in the words of Mother Teresa, "we can all do small things with great love."

17/08/2022

If you want to read more of Brigette Schoenung's work, check out her author page at https://bschoenunguc.medium.com/ .

Read writing from Brigette Schoenung on Medium. Writer, M.A. European History, www.blinkcharging/blog, https://www.instagram.com/brigetteschoenung/ feminist, student of life.

11/08/2022

At the request of a fan, we are reposting the statement drafted by recent guest Kevin McPartland related to the January 6, 2021 insurrection: "Kevin McPartland Jan. 6, 2021
This was a coup attempt. Plain and simple. These people rejected the results of a free and fair election, an election that has come under the most intense scrutiny of any in American history, one that has been proven over and over again to have been free and fair. Instead of accepting that the will of the people was against them, they stormed the Capitol. This has never happened before. In 1861, the South did not contest Lincoln's election. In 1877, no one stormed the Capitol. In 1969, protesters did not attack Nixon's inauguration. In 2017, the marches on DC did not threaten democracy, force congress to adjourn, nor demand a new election.
What we are watching today is the product of 4 years of right wing rage, lies, and a sense of entitlement that goes far beyond the bounds of economic privilege. It is an entitlement to define what is and is not American, who does and does not fit the bill, and to denigrate, attack, and expunge the ideas and people who do not align with those fictitious "values." The election gave proof to that lie, that America is not what they imagine, that it is composed of people of different colors and values, and that it can speak against them. We are seeing the backlash today. This is not democracy, this is not protest. This is an attempted seizure of power, a rejection of the will of the people. Nothing less.
The Confederacy believed they were defending the legacy of the founders, too. That didn't mean they weren't traitors."

10/08/2022

Introducing Dr. Samuel Eshleman Latimer, our guest this week "At the Rectory"! Sam is both a clinical therapist and researcher with specialties in human sexuality and dysfunctional conflict who received his Ph.D. from Xavier University this August 5th! In his ample free time (when not on our podcast!) Sam leads a discussion group called Braving Controversy (link to their topics below). He is also a husband to Dr. Tricia Eschelman Latimer, doggy-dad to rescue Greyhound Jasper, and a genius puzzler! For his professional credintials: https://cincinnaticenterfordbt.com/about/samuel/?fbclid=IwAR31RgdF20nqtApuGa4hGFEzrHUBImuGWWoJMG1RFWkyXf-jwVFJUJTBIg0 For Braving Controversy: https://bravingcontroversy.com/ For his research: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hQI0BaPKg9EUuIXtoWfPYU7TUTDHI3PDcfjLiQuemd8/edit

04/08/2022

Introducing season 5 guest, Abraham Underhill. Abe is a lab school teacher at the Arlitt Center, the University of Cincinnati's preschool. Working with a diverse group of children, he explores the more-than-human world in an urban setting. From rearing Monarch butterflies and locating cicadas to smelling lilac bushes and tracing fossils, he and his students are never lacking discoveries or wonder.

01/08/2022

Happy 5 year anniversary to The Rectory (the house, not the podcast)!!!

29/07/2022

Rectorians, we are so pleased to introduce you to this week's guest Kevin McPartland, ABD! Kevin is a Missouri native (which we won't hold against him:) who completed his B.A. and M.A. in history at the University of Alabama ("Roll Tide!"). Kevin is currently "all but dissertation" in his Ph.D. program in U.S. history at the University of Cincinnati where he studies the Confederate press and identity formation. Kevin is a BIG TIME sports fan, a VERY entertaining conversationalist, and is engaged to one of the best ladies ever.

22/07/2022

We had so much fun talking to Ellen Haney that we wanted to tell you more about her! Ellen has her B.A. from the University of Cincinnati with a focus on international studies. She speaks Spanish and Arabic, and now teaches elementary school students in Cincinnati. Ellen loves the outdoors, updating her new house, teasing her sister (and everyone else), and thrifting!

12/07/2022

Introducing Linnea Anne Lowe, our delightful guest for episode two! Linnea is a social worker with masters degree from the University of Cincinnati. She specializes in trauma-informed therapy for school-aged children, and has worked in multiple professional settings. Linnea is also hand-bell player, a swimmer, a cook, a recent transplant to Arizona, and is named for Swedish naturalist Carl Linneas (or is it the flower????)! Pour yourself a fizzy kombucha and get ready for a talk about trauma-informed work and doing our best in a (still) pandemic world.