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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