An atheist minister breaks it down. Pastor Joshua Berg is the minister at Pacific Unitarian Universalist Church in California. This is a collection of his sermons, musings, and interviews with very interesting people.
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Joshua Lewis Berg Podcasts

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Pastor Joshua Reads the Torah (Parashat Ki-Tavo)
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32:19Pastor Joshua reads Deuteronomy 26:1 - 29:8 about curses if the Israelites should not submit to God's authority and obey God's commandments and the blessings if they do.By Joshua Lewis Berg
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Pastor Joshua Reads the Torah (Parashat Ki-Teitzei)
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33:57Pastor Joshua reads Deuteronomy (Devarim) 21:10 - 25:19 in which much is laid out about rules/commandments including a number of reasons for stoning people to death to rid the Israelites of evil.By Joshua Lewis Berg
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Pastor Joshua talked about belonging at a church in Michigan a few years ago.By Joshua Lewis Berg
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Pastor Joshua Reads the Torah (Parashat Shoftim)
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44:50Pastor Joshua reads Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9.By Joshua Lewis Berg
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Pastor Joshua Reads the Torah (Parashat Re-eh)
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1:05:11Pastor Joshua reads Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17, Parashat re-eh (meaning "see").By Joshua Lewis Berg
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Pastor Joshua Reads the Torah (Parashat Eikav)
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48:24The Torah, also known as the Hebrew Scriptures, or the five books of Moses, is read annually in Jewish synagogues from cover to cover (or the equivalent of covers for a scroll). Pastor Joshua has decided to take this on, reading the Torah literally and interpreting it through his context as a culturally Jewish atheist Unitarian Universalist. A new …
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Pastor Joshua preached this sermon at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Santa Monica in 2024. He combines the UU principle of "Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part" and the UU value of love at the center.By Joshua Lewis Berg
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This was one of my first professional sermons preached at Unitarian Universalist Church of East Liberty in Michigan in 2019.By Joshua Lewis Berg
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This was an interview I did back in 2020 for an earlier podcast I had. It is with Abby Stein, the transgender activist, author, speaker, and scholar.By Joshua Lewis Berg
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From Fear to Freedom - Joshua Berg speaks at the Chautauqua Institution
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19:44This was a talk I gave in 2022 at the Chautauqua Institution in their Hall of Philosophy as a guest of the UU Fellowship of Chautauqua. It was originally called "Freedom and Other 'Ineffable' F Words”, but the Fellowship preferred I change that title.By Joshua Lewis Berg
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