Hello and welcome to a very special episode of Faith adjacent. I'm your host and resident

Bible scholar Aaron Moon and joining me for this office hours episode Jamie Golden and

Max McCoy. Every month you'll hear from one two or any combination of your pals over

here at Faith adjacent as we deep dive your questions about being a person of faith in

the world. We'll share our favorite resources, offer advice and welcome that beautiful collective

wisdom and also have some laughs along the way. But before we begin you guys we just launched

our time-sensitive merch launch on October 11th. Now we have a delightful selection of Faith

adjacent items in the shop including my true favorite at Josh lives here in embroidered

sweatshirt. We have a 137-fest t-shirt which is an ode to the 137 named women in the Bible.

We have a faith adjacent seminary college theme sweatshirt. We have the I survived sticker

packs which include stickers such as I survived purity culture, the satanic panic, deconstruction,

the reformation and much more. Plus we have a pin pack featuring Martin Luther's affinity

for the toilet where he was inspired to sole a theory. So important note, this is a pre-order

sale of merch and all items will be delivered before the end of Hanukkah or Christmas.

These sales are open until November 2nd. There are no extensions. Please do not DM or ask

because no one will be able to give you an extension. So do not wait. Treat yourself

in the name of Josh. You can head to the link in the show notes or go to faithadjacent.com

slash shop. Okay so we've got some really great questions today. Jamie why don't we start

with your first one. Okay this comes from anonymous and says hypothetically speaking if

you are on your church's pastoral search committee for a new senior pastor what would

you be sure to ask the candidates? Okay have y'all ever served on a search committee at

your church? No but no. They did not ask. I have served on two search committees. I

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