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This week, our sacred text is drawn from Luke’s Gospel—an invitation to stay awake, gird one's loins, sell one’s possessions, and fear not. But when Bob insists on reading it in the King James Version, all theological decorum unravels. Eric breaks. Cassi drowns in a sea of “comeths.” Harriet, ever the Anglican, remains composed for nearly three verses.

What follows is an hour of exorcisms, sheep-based theology, bribed sacraments, purse allegories, and one shockingly tender meditation on where Jesus keeps his treasure. (Spoiler: it might be you.)

Our guests—comedians Harriet Riley (@harrietrileycomedy) and Cassi Bruno (@cassi_dicci)—bring impeccable chemistry, mischievous insight, and just the right amount of blasphemous glee. Between them:

• A childhood of mumble-singing in the Church of England
• A Roman Catholic confirmation funded via Nonna
• And a shared improviser’s instinct to play with the unexpected.

Bob confesses his shift from Drew Barrymore to Demogorgon crushes. Eric holds the line on foot-washing Christology. And together, we try (with some success) to answer the question: What’s the good news here, really?

This Week's Reading:

Luke 12:32–40 (NRSVue)

[32] “Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. [33] Sell your possessions and give alms. Make purses for yourselves that do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. [34] For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. [35] “Be dressed for action and have your lamps lit; [36] be like those who are waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that they may open the door for him as soon as he comes and knocks. [37] Blessed are those slaves whom the master finds alert when he comes; truly I tell you, he will fasten his belt and have them sit down to eat, and he will come and serve them. [38] If he comes during the middle of the night or near dawn and finds them so, blessed are those slaves. [39] “But know this: if the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. [40] You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”

Hosted by Pastor Eric Damon and Pastor Bob Schaefer.

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