Absurdity with Ryan Becker

Absurdity with Ryan Becker


Latest Episodes

A72 Clapbacks, Gillette, and Threatened Masculinity
January 28, 2019

This week, Tony and I talk about Gillettes new advertisement targeting toxic masculinity and calling men to be better and behave better. Not only that, but for the first half of the episode we dive into a piece of church news that you may not hear anywhe.

A71 Grief, Pain, and Identity with Stephanie Johnson and James Johnson
January 21, 2019

We get personal this week. Two of my first-ever mentors, Stephanie Johnson and her son, James, join me at Prayer Conference in High Springs, FL as we talk about some of the events revolving around my year of intense grief and loss, we talk about bullying.

A70 Projection, Denial, and Self-Defense
January 14, 2019

This week we do a deep dive on projection. Its not just done in friendships and relationships, its done on a systemic level. We do it for policy, we do it against ethnic and social groups, we enfore laws based on projections. Why do people project, whats.

A69 Can Pastors Question Their Faith?
January 07, 2019

Happy New Year! This episode we bring some cool Patreon announcements for 2019, and Tony and I discuss what the current church atmosphere is for pastors who go through a crisis of faith and have to ask difficult questions. As people in ministry, this is .

A68 The Music Conversation You Never Heard with Henry Johnson
December 31, 2018

We made it through 2018! Thank you for your support this year! For our final episode, Henry Johnson joins us once again to talk about the biblical and historical treatment of music in Christianity. Perhaps we have approached the Worship War all wrong thi.

A67 Absurdistack Christmas Special Part 2!
December 25, 2018

STOP! If you havent listened to Part 1 on Burn The Haystacks podcast, you wont know whats going on! This Christmas, Absurdity and Burn the Haystack have partnered to create a 2-part Christmas special. We talk gifts, tradition, and experiences each of us .

A66 I Don't Like Church with Lauren Brooks
December 17, 2018

A good friend of ours, Lauren Brooks, joins us to talk about a recent post she made on her blog about church. We dive into current church culture and community and we try to answer the question: Is it better to sit disengaged in the service or not to att.

A65 Avoiding Dirty Texts
December 10, 2018

If you think this is about phones, sorry to disappoint! This episode, we dive in to ways pastors are avoiding talking about the dirty texts of Sciptures and why its a dangerous and harmful trap to fall into. It turns out, in the same way you can miss the.

A64 Unity Video with Jose Briones
December 03, 2018

We are sure youve seen the Unity video,so Jose, Tony, and I talk about the video, how it was made, and all the issues we have with it. what a more fitting time to talkabout this video than after our Adventist Revolution episode, which the Unity video is .

A63 An Adventist Revolution?
November 26, 2018

Tony and I talk about Michael Polites recent call to arms for Adventists in North America to recommit themselves to local mission, re-engage with whats happening in the church, and stand up to institutional injustice. We share a breakdown of all the vide.