630: Pain & God’s Presence with Dave Gibbons
The Holy Post
Phil Vischer
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 14 August 2024
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Summary
We all hear stories of people walking away from faith because of cultural challenges and hypocrisy in the church. That’s what makes Dave Gibbons' new memoir, “The Shape of My Eyes,” so powerful. He joins Skye to talk about growing up within American fundamentalism as a mixed-race kid, and how he encountered God despite deep family trauma and church dysfunction. Also this week—Mike Erre joins the crew to talk about the ongoing fallout from Megan Basham’s new book, David French’s decision to endorse Kamala Harris, and the rise of the post-religious right. Plus, cannibal frog sermon illustrations.
0:00 - Intro
1:03 - Show Starts
3:41 - Theme Song
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10:07 - Frog Cannibalism Sermon Illustrators
14:56 - Phil Accused by Megan Basham of Being a Sellout
22:08 - Do the Facts Matter?
28:48 - Conflating Christianity and Republican Party Issues
34:57 - David French Voting for Harris??? And Mike the Anabaptist
46:09 - The Post-Religious Right
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54:28 - Interview
56:10 - Why Did Dave Gibbons Write “The Shape of My Eyes?”
1:02:32 - How Did His Trauma Impact His Faith?
1:10:44 - Encountering God
1:22:10 - On the Verge of Renaissance
1:25:53 - End Credits
Links Mentioned in the News Segment:
Cannibal Frogs:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/16/science/cannibal-female-frog.html
Phil’s Article about Shepherds for Sale:
https://www.holypost.com/post/i-ve-read-basham-s-book-and-i-have-some-thoughts
David French on Why He’s Voting for Harris:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/11/opinion/harris-trump-conservatives-abortion.html
Ross Douthat Tweet:
https://x.com/DouthatNYT/status/704462319074594816
Other resources:
The Shape of My Eyes: A Memoir of Race, Faith, and Finding Myself by Dave Gibbons: https://a.co/d/gKBmRja
Holy Post website: https://www.holypost.com/
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Holy Post. |
| 0:02.0 | We all hear stories of people walking away from the faith |
| 0:04.6 | because of cultural challenges and hypocrisy in the church. |
| 0:07.9 | And that's what makes Dave Gibbons new memoir, |
| 0:10.3 | the shape of my eyes, so powerful. |
| 0:12.8 | He joins me today to talk about growing up with an American fundamentalism as a mixed-race |
| 0:17.2 | kid and how he encountered God despite deep family trauma and church dysfunction. |
| 0:22.6 | Also this week, Mike Erie joins us to talk about the ongoing fallout |
| 0:26.4 | from Megan Basham's new book, David French's decision |
| 0:29.5 | to endorse Kamala Harris, and the rise of the post religious right. |
| 0:33.8 | All of that, plus Hannibal Frog Sermon illustrations. |
| 0:38.1 | We've got some new episodes of The Sky Pod |
| 0:40.2 | and getting schooled by Caitlin Shess for Holy Post Plus subscribers |
| 0:43.7 | and the Holy Post Book Club selection for this quarter is disarming Leviathan. |
| 0:48.1 | So go to Holy Post.com to find out how you can join the Holy poster community for access to all of that, plus how to get tickets |
| 0:55.6 | to one of our upcoming live events happening in cities all around the country this fall. |
| 1:00.4 | All right, here is episode 630. |
| 1:03.0 | Hey there, welcome back to the Holy Post podcast. |
| 1:05.6 | I'm Phil Vissure. |
| 1:06.4 | I'm here with Skye. |
| 1:08.0 | High Sky. |
| 1:09.5 | Hi, Phil. |
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