Thinking with Sam Harrelson

Episode 169: Dave Maxfield

January 6th, 2021  |  45 mins 16 secs

business, legal, productivity

Sam is joined by Dave Maxfield, a consumer protection attorney in Columbia, SC to discuss how he applies lessons from other businesses to his own law firm. The discuss revenue, average unit values, throughput rates, cycle time, the concept of the block, Trello, and productivity.

Episode 168: Matthew Klippenstein

January 5th, 2021  |  59 mins 13 secs

energy, religion

Matthew Klippenstein is an Engineer écrivain (technical writing, not PR) in the electric vehicle and clean energy space from British Columbia. Sam discusses demographics, religiosity in pandemics, the boom in clean energy, and the concept of ClimateTech with Matthew this week.

Episode 167: Thomas Whitley

December 16th, 2020  |  35 mins 10 secs

columbia, columbia sc, john dailey, tallahassee, tallahassee florida, thomas whitley

Thomas Whitley is the Chief of Staff for the Mayor's Office in Tallahassee, FL. We discuss the importance of challenges of Covid and the importance of relationships between city governments and small businesses during this period.

Episode 166: Specialized Marketing and Morning Light with Merianna

December 14th, 2020  |  20 mins 26 secs

affiliate marketing, democratization, facebook, marketing, merianna neely harrelson, morning light, myspace, social media, specialized marekting, squarespace, wix

Today I'm thinking about specialized marketing. As a case study, we look at Morning Light. This is a new book of poetry (or a devotional) from The Rev. Merianna Neely Harrelson looking to address a variety of audiences looking for a similar value proposition. Let's think about how each of our marketing efforts impact what we're trying to accomplish and how well we're actually doing what needs to be done.

Episode 165: Jonah 3:10-4:11

September 18th, 2020  |  5 mins 19 secs

bible, jonah, nineveh, old testament, religion

We'll get back to Genesis, but here's a test recording I did when we were reading through Jonah for Thinking Religion. Here are some quick thoughts on Jonah's final encounter with God after Nineveh proves to be a little more receptive than first thought...

Text available here: http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=176000971

Episode 164: Genesis 5: Before The Flood

September 17th, 2020  |  14 mins 25 secs

adam, bible, cain, enoch, genesis, lamech, noah, old testament, sumerian

Another creation story, how we get from Adam to Noah, and Sumerian King List (with a little Dylan)

Episode 163: Genesis 4:17-26: Lamech and Seth and Polygamy From the Start

September 16th, 2020  |  16 mins 24 secs

abel, adam, bible, cain, documentary hypothesis, eve, genesis, julius wellhausen, kent rollins, lamech, seth

SC voting stuff, iOS 14 is out, I'm making steaks tonight, and we get into the origins of civilizations with ... polyamory. Lamech and Seth.

Episode 162: Genesis 4:1-16: Cain and Abel

September 15th, 2020  |  22 mins 10 secs

abel, adam, bible, cain, documentary hypothesis, eve, genesis, julius wellhausen, kent rollins

Today, we go over salmon recipes, Documentary Hypothesis, J's and G's in German, our new farming unit at homeschool with the 4 year old, and the tragic story of Cain and Abel and the Mark of Cain. Where did Cain's wife come from?? Listen and let's find out.

Episode 161: Genesis 3:20-24: East of Eden

September 14th, 2020  |  21 mins 45 secs

adam, creation, eve, genesis, gilgamesh, mesopotamia, satan

Q&A and follow up from Gen 3:20-24 post

Episode 160: Gesticulating Wildly

February 7th, 2020  |  45 mins 28 secs

acts, bible, bultmann, canonization, colossians, ephesians, luke, matthew, mitt romney, nancy pelosi, new testament, old testament, paul, politics, prayer breakfast, trump

This week we take a look back on a fascinating week of religion news and discuss how to talk to people who don't think the same way you do before closing out with a little history lesson on Acts 4-5.

Episode 159: You Can't Get a Babysitter For Church

January 31st, 2020  |  24 mins 6 secs

baptists, bible study, childcare, church, jesus, micah, old testament, sex, worship

Merianna and Sam discuss church schedules, life of the pastor's spouse, missing Sunday morning worship, Micah 6:8, and high church baptists.

Episode 158: We Don't Talk About That in Church

January 24th, 2020  |  1 hr 8 mins

bible, documentary hypothesis, doomsday clock, interpretation history, jonah, new testament

This week, Revs. Merianna Neely Harrelson and Sam Harrelson discuss canonization, the politics of commentaries, Jonah's Whale, interpretation history, Doomsday Clock, Harrowing of Hell, and masturbation lessons from Sunday School.

"The Next Day" Sermon

January 22nd, 2020  |  24 mins 5 secs

david bowie, gospel of john, john the baptist, new testament, sermons

Bonus episode here as the main show will be coming out a little later this week. This is audio from Sam's sermon on John 1:29-42 this past Sunday at Garden of Grace UCC in Columbia, SC about sin, community, identity, and why he started going to church.

Episode 157: Talking To Our Younger Selves about Religion

January 16th, 2020  |  1 hr 4 mins

acts, bible, bultmann, canonization, colossians, ephesians, luke, matthew, new testament, old testament, paul

Sam is joined by The Rev. Merianna Neely Harrelson to discuss babysitters, how she approaches Acts in church Bible studies, canonization, ascension vs resurrection vs transfiguration, the problem with a seminary education, and 4 listener questions.

Episode 156: You Miss 100% Of The Shots You Don't Take - Wayne Gretzky - Michael Scott

January 6th, 2020  |  1 hr 10 mins

acts, facebook, galatians, hebrew bible, james, new testament, north dakota, saskatchewan, shale oil, twitter, wayne gretzky

Sam is joined by Matthew Klippenstein this week to discuss fracturing of denominations, late dating of biblical texts, what an American has to learn from a Canadian, why the Dalai Lama might want to consider the lilies, and why ACTS might be the best book in the New Testament.

Episode 155: Back to Weekly

December 25th, 2019  |  2 mins 40 secs

christmas, newton, podcasting

Big news in this one… we’re coming back weekly for 2020! Starting around New Year’s Day, we’ll be back with all new guests and voices (and voices of guests) as well as some fun book giveaways, and a number of insider downloads drawing from the show’s past (and present and future).

Merry Christmas from Merianna, Sam, and the Harrelson family and more soon!