Ep. 97 - Rev. Dr. Robin Meyers ”Spiritual Defiance”

The Deconstructionists

John Williamson

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2020

⏱️ 72 minutes

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GUEST INFO/BIO: This week’s guest is the Rev. Dr. Robin Meyers. Dr. Meyers is a minister, peace activist, philosophy professor, and author. He has been a syndicated columnist and an award-winning commentator for National Public Radio and the Senior Minister of the Mayflower Congregational United Church of Christ in Oklahoma City since 1985. He is Distinguished professor of Social Justice in the Philosophy department at Oklahoma City University, where he has taught since 1991. (SELECT) GUEST PUBLICATIONS: “Saving Jesus From the Church: How To Stop Worshipping Christ and Start Following Jesus; The Underground Church: Reclaiming the Subversive Way of Jesus; Spiritual Defiance: Building a Beloved Community of Resistance; and Saving God from Religion: A Minister’s Search for Faith in a Skeptical Age.” GUEST LINKS/SOCIAL MEDIA: www.mayflowerucc.org SPECIAL GUEST MUSIC: www.attaboyonline.com Facebook: @attaboy Twitter: @attaboyonline Instagram: @attaboyonline Enjoy the songs? Songs heard throughout the episode were: “Waking Up, Never Going Back, Disappearing, and Fire” from the album, Wild. Go forth and find their music on iTunes, Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, and anywhere good music is found! Stay on top of all the latest at www.thedeconstructionists.com Go there to read our blog, grab one of our many t-shirt designs, snag a pint glass or coffee mug, follow us on social media, or join our Patreon family! The Deconstructionists Podcast is edited by John Williamson This episode was produced by THE Nicholas Rowe. Website by Ryan Battles All photos courtesy of Jared Hevron Logo & graphics designed by Joseph Ernst & Stephen Pflug T-shirt designs by Joseph Ernst, Chad Flannigan, Colin Rigsby, and Jason Turner. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-deconstructionists/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Be a follower of Jesus is to be radical, in the best sense of that word, not left or right,
0:07.1	radical for the cause of love, which is the most subversive and the most redemptive force in the universe.
0:25.7	Can't help thinking that it's never going to change wondering how to fake it another day
0:30.6	seems like we're all unheard
0:32.7	way down by the heartless words
0:35.2	same thing
0:36.3	Welcome to the deconstructionist podcast.
0:38.7	I'm your host, John Williamson.
0:40.8	And I'm here with you again in 2020 with another episode.
0:48.0	And so I consider that a win.
0:50.5	I think this time last year, we hadn't even come out with one episode.
0:54.1	So we're doing great, guys. We're doing great. I'm this time last year, we hadn't even come out with one episode. So we're doing
0:55.4	great, guys. We're doing great. I'm really proud of us. Anyway, great episode. I'm really excited
1:03.4	to share this one with you. This one's been a long time coming. So we tried to get the Reverend
1:09.4	Dr. Robin Myers on last year, and schedules just didn't quite a line.
1:14.3	So it worked out this year.
1:15.6	And actually, this was our second go-round.
1:19.1	The first episode we recorded, we had a weird software file glitch situation.
1:26.6	I don't know what happened, but we lost the file.
1:29.1	And I was very sad.
1:30.5	That's only the second time in the history of our podcast that's ever happened.
1:34.2	The first time was literally the first week we were recording when Adam's computer crashed.
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