Punk Theology Podcast

What if penetration really has many layered definitions? It takes us a while to get there but we delve into what it means to penetrate. Odds are this show is not what you are imagining in your dirty little minds :) Or maybe it is!

The spiritual so-called spiritual deconstruction process, more often than not it can have many feeling tribeless. Is that what Punk Theology is? A tribe for the tribeless? And isn’t this idea of the tribe listening to other tribes or how we practice empathy? Can we outside our own safety zone and hopefully see the tribal or empathetic attitudes of others?

There’s been a lot of talk lately as American and western Christian evangelicals begin the arduous, freeing yet painful process popularly known as spiritual deconstruction. Is it influenced by very public failures and Christian leadership? Or coming together and learning the deeper parts of each other stories? Either way Steve, Chuck and Russ get curious and delve into the definition of deconstruction.

Are religious institutions trying to sell us something when they introduce us to their Jesus? Don’t it seem like many organizations have their own brand of who Jesus is? Was Jesus a magician or a mystic? Did he work to dazzle people with miracles to gain credibility? Or was/is he a controversial spiritual philosopher spreading ideas that made religious elites fearful of their own power and influence?

Is it the MAN vs. the savy Wall Street Bets Reddit page? The little guy coming up against the big hedge fund managers brings us to ask questions like... Is there a growing distrust of our financial institutions? Is the desire to be rich derived from a deeper need for security? And are wealthy people happier than the rest of us?

If Secrecy is the act of hiding information... Is privacy is about being unobserved or incognito? What's the difference? What does it mean to be able to have ones own experience of life without the eyes of anyone else seeing and knowing? And what impacts does Privacy and Secrecy have on our mental health?

Here in January 2021 as COVID-19 continues to take thousands of lives. It’s fair to say death is in our face, on our mind and part of our social consciousness. In this episode Kristen, Steve, Chuck and Russ Discuss the reality, shock and awe of being near death. As we share some of our own near death experiences.

A failed cou di ta or a symptom of our subconscious bias? Was it the worst thing to happen this week in a macro level or micro level? Is our country a tribal powder keg that’s been waiting to explode? At Punk Theology we don’t tend to talk about current events very much but last weeks was hard to ignore. And then this episode we work to get to the root of why we got to this point. Yeah Subconscious bias of the other? Is our country a tribal powder keg that’s been waiting to explode? At Punk Theology we don’t tend to talk about current events very much but last weeks was hard to ignore. And then this episode we work to get to the root of How humans can get to this point.

It’s disgust a feeling? An emotion or a hindering character in our continued quest for well being and mental health? Or can disgust influence peace and well-being during such a tumultuous time?

In this 1st episode of 2021 we are joined by reoccurring guest Kristen. Kristen is a full-time therapist in Washington state and Derek’s sister. We discuss 2020, mental health, isolation and moving forward. PunkTheology.net

Steve is influenced by an author challenging him to get in touch with the younger yet older, deeper more tender parts of himself. Which raises the question, how are we influenced during a isolated or solitary time? In 2020 are we Mentally, physically spiritually alone? PunkTheology.net

2020 tumultuous Christmas season. If life is 20% the stuff that happens to us and 80% what we do about the 20% then what do we do with this uncharted energy around 2020 Christmas season?

Punks share some thoughts on the second shut down of 2020 and it’s effects on our mental health, understanding of community and security moving forward. And why does it seem most religious institutions are choosing this time to bend or break the rules? The government shut down and encouragement to lockdown has us zooming again.

We care not for politics or elections. So this show is mostly about Derek's Angel and Russ's Demon. No it s not a contest! New Patreon Kristen! Praise the Lord! Punktheology,net

Punk Theology kicks off season four and a very punk rock kind of way! We don’t really change much of anything! No new plot twist, no solving the dissonance of season 3's cliffhanger. Everyone's doing that. Instead the four of us Chuck, Derek, Steve and Russ Get in to the emotional layers of the podcast along with raising a family, the realities of close relationships and mushrooms. Killer podsafe punk bump by Tendinite! The song is Be Be See

As we carry out the business of living many of us carry weight that when we share that weight it feels less burdensome. The weight, pressure and struggle of life can get really heavy if one no no people in this life to talk to. How does one choose relationships with people one can be ourselves around and open up to? Is this where we start asking ourselves, especially if we’ve been hurt in the past, who is safe?

In the summer of 2020. It seems nothing is simple.. Everything takes more energy, relationships feel not as accessible, plans altered or cancelled, trust is questioned and patience are tested...

The Punks discuss the frustration of not knowing how to get loved ones to want to work on the relationship.

The Punks discuss how being male makes their emotions scary to other people, And how does that result in suffocated emotional expression? Punks elaborate... PunkTheology.net aP5Yd9WpgBRLBiWrxJu8

As we journey on this life. As we age as we experience things as we grow and or atrophy. What is the machine? Is it blocking us? Or do we have a relationship that’s dependent on it continuing to turn? Or do we want freedom from the machine? Punks try and unpack what the heck the machine even effing is...

Steve, Derek and Russ bring you another installment of Woke Academy LOL! How do you know when your woke? How do you know other people aren’t woke? Is it a matter of consciousness vs unconsciousness? Or is it, I know something you don’t? Whether it’s the good news, an important stance on social justice or the crazy thing those people are doing. How do we know we are the ones who are awake, AKA Woke?!

3 dudes, Yeah these 3 men, Steve the Boomer, Derek the millennial and Russ the Gen Xer discuss their envy for vaginas?! Yes? No? Kinda? What does Vagina envy mean and how do we put language to something many men think about but never dare talk about.

Everyday Modern Mystics interview of Russ Shaw by past guest Rev. Wendy Wolf. She phones up PT host Russ Shaw on a zoom call for Every Day Modern Mystics Playground, her Facebook group. You can also find some more of Wendy’s work of Everyday Consciousness real in our own soul reality in our Everyday lives at ModernMystic.us and lightovercomesdarkness.com

We’ve all heard a virtual reality but the question beckons in summer of 2020 how good are we at making up our own realities? How do we know the difference? Do we live in a day and age of choose your reality? Is there a reality buffet for just about any crazy or rational set of ideas one can come up with? And do we choose it or is it looking for a place to choose us?

S03E21 CHAZ AKA CHOP DONE? And the Modern Mystic interview of Russ Shaw by past guest Rev. Wendy Wolf. She phones up PT host Russ Shaw on a zoom call for Every Day Modern Mystics Playground, her Facebook group. You can also find some of Wendy’s work at ModernMystic.us and lightovercomesdarkness.com

Punks discuss the sometimes sticky, tricky eyebrow raising feelings of a married man being friends with a human female adult person. And... CHAZ AND CHOP UPDATE June 2020.

The critically acclaimed conversation about sports being both meaningless and meaningful not only continues but tends to have a different kind of energy during these times. So Chuck, Derek, Steve and Russ ask how we gonna play/watch Sports post in 2020 Covid 19 season? Again the question Meaningless or meaningful arises don't it? And what about the correlation between sports and church? Why do religious organizations get to gather in a group, audience atmosphere? And how come sports isn’t treated the same way? We fell it an honest question to ponder..? Ain't it?

The feeling of powerlessness continues with this episode of powerlessness three. More evidence of uncertain times as injustice leads to social unrest. Derek and I respond to the feelings of powerlessness that can come when authorities, tasked to serve and protect continue to abuse their power over and over again. Missing Steve on this episode. PunkTheology.net

You, Your living through a global F-ing pandemic! Our adrenal glands, hormonal system, cardiovascular system, and brain are constantly in a state of preparedness for survival. Anxiety is a normal and often healthy emotion. However what about when a person regularly feels disproportionate levels of anxiety, excessive nervousness, fear, apprehension, and oppressive worry?

Another Punk Theology Zoom Episode! A boomer, millennial and a gen-Xer discuss the art of continuing to live, exist or thrive during Covid-19's take over of spring and possibly summer of 2020.

How are we being triggered by living in the city where the first novel Corona 19 virus outbreak was reported in the United States? Steve, Derek, Russ and Chuck stops by to talk about how us Americans are processing the cognitive dissonance around uncertainty and risk-taking in the age of covid-19. The effects this light apocalypse is having on our anxiety sense of safety and peace of mind. (WARNING this episode is mostly us just hanging out)

Dean shares escaping the clutches of one of the most stubborn, deadly and inevitably body and soul deteriorating addictions know to man. One of Russell’s oldest friends stops by the Punk Theology Podcast to boldly and courageously share his story of addiction, recklessness, coming to the end of himself and his resurrection from Seattle to a sunshine island paradise.The Punk Theology 2020 Easter special.

A Global shaking of the Snow Globe! What do you men Toilet Paper doesn't just show up at the store automatically?!?! Punks talk about the consciousness in and of the logistics of how a society functions during the *light* apocalypse we’re all experiencing. And how do relationships bend, strain and copulate (or not) during long stay at home orders?

Recorded a few blocks away from the hospital where the first Novel Coronavirus Outbreak was reported in the United States. Steve, Derek and Russ talk about the effects this light apocalypse is having on our anxiety sense of safety and peace of mind, both personally and globally. Recorded 3/12/2020

Long time favorite PT member from season one and season two checks in. Speak candidly about struggling with dissociative identity disorder, previously called multiple personality disorder. A complex psychological condition that is likely caused by many factors, including severe trauma during early childhood.

This podcast has no description and needs no introduction. FYI The Punk Theology Podcast is a loud, encouragingly troublesome, rebellious, colorful artistry of what one really, actually believes.

Silicon Valley giving birth to a curious moral trend? What is dopamine fasting? And how is it different than religious ideas of sin and repentance? Derek Steve and I talk about the interesting trend of dopamine fasting on Punk Theology

What if in this hopeful new year 2020 we could be more positive about the fact that people die. The western world tends to have a stigma towards death and dying. The facts are that death is as natural as childbirth.

Today on the podcast, is there a healthy kind of giving up? Got a New Year’s resolution? That word tends to trigger me because it’s from the realm of law. that word, it’s a legal term and isn’t it interesting how we try and attach legal language to subjective and objective human lives or stories.

Some Punk Psychology, Philosophy and yes Theology with The Shack author Wm. Paul Young we discuss the complexities of pain, joy, fear, trust and growing faith and/or fear in the uncertain realm of our relationships with everything. Starting to think Grace may be a form of anarchy. - Jay Bakker

So this is Christmas time. Steve touches on emotions surrounding the song so this is Christmas by John Lennon. Christmas episode ends up the stirring questions like... 1. Why does it seem so hard to spend time just for the sake of valuing a relationships? 1. Is there something to the saying that mainly comes from the U.S. south “We’re going to have us a time” or “We sure had a time” 2. Mindfulness; good for mental health and well-being. But is it because it’s time awareness? 3. Are we as humans really bad at valuing the present moment? 4. Is who we spend our time with as important as what we spend our time on?

Disrespectful? A witty comeback? Malignantly dismissive? Or simply a way to let out some frustration? A millennial, a gen Xer and a Boomer discuss the meme heard round the world OK Boomer!

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Our first honored guest of season 3. You may know him from the Sundance television series one Punk under God. He is the author of Son of a Preacher Man: My Search for Grace in the Shadows. Why did he write that? Maybe in part Because He is the son of televangelists Jim Bakker and Tammy Faye Bakker Messner. He’s also the author of Faith, Doubt, and Other Lines I've Crossed. & Fall to Grace: A Revolution of God, Self & Society. I’m (Russ Shaw) very honored to have had this conversation with the extremely real and transparent Jay Bakker.

S03E01 I’m Better And Everything is Worse. Season three Gets off to a bumpy start. John leaves before the topic begins. Remaining punks discuss how getting better doesn’t mean the consequences of life get any better.

Season 2 finale With our very special guest Carlton. A patron show supporter, listener and Lutheran pastor from the Canadian part of the Midwest?! That’s right we even shelved this episode to make it our season finale. A fascinating conversation on love, pain and discovering one’s self from the PT studio.

A conversation inspired by Amanda Palmer punk front woman for The Dresden dolls a Brechtian punk cabaret from Boston Ma. Amanda inspires a conversation about Sex, Me Too, Abortion, Miscarriage - 2 PT punks review a night in Vancouver British Columbia with Amanda Palmer.

Another episode rebelling against the popular ‘always keep it positive’ cultural faults narrative. One that suggests we can ignore the suffering of life, sufferings like the loss of a loved one. What does it look like it actually grieve the loss of a loved one without minimizing or stuffing our hurt in the presence of those feelings? And sometimes, like in Chuck’s story, experiencing a bumpy ride on the airplane isn’t the only turbulence you may feel in the presence of other grieving family members.

S02E28 We talk about miracles with our honored guest Kristin! She is a Listener to the podcast, a therapist and also Derek’s sister! The Question?!?! What are we really saying when we say “I need a miracle”? Are big miracles meaning made out of observed extraordinary random chance or coincidence? Or is there something supernatural at work? How extraordinary could life be If people stopped hiding behind the language of miracles and had the courage to face the significance of the pains and pressures the lottery ticket that is “the miracle” promises to take away?

Addressing the lack of critical thinking in evangelical circles when it comes “Being a city on the hill” to marginalized people. Would Jesus have more of a “woe to you” attitude when it comes to the actions of actually loving, acceptance and understanding of their ideological neighbors?