Enfranchised Mind

Enfranchised Mind


Latest Episodes

Peace Games: Game Theory and Peace (PJSA Presentation)
November 27, 2011

It’s my birthday weekend, and for my birthday, I’d like to give you a gift. After a long delay, I finally sat down and recorded the presentation that I gave at the Peace and Justice Studies Association national conference. People have been ask

Sermon: Possessing the Church
November 16, 2011

This is my last sermon for Preaching class (and possibly my last sermon ever!). The manuscript is mangled, because I wrote enough for 15 minutes without reading the scripture, so I had to do some on-the-fly editing and improvisation. It begins with my tra

My Sermon: "Vain Worship" (Now in MPEG format)
November 09, 2011

This is my sermon, “Vain Worship”, which was previously published on the blog. The manuscript is here. I’m re-releasing it in MPEG format, since my entire world seems to be filled with Mac users who can’t see the WMV file. You pro

Sermon: Vain Worship
November 03, 2011

Here is my sermon for preaching class. Enjoy! (If you’re curious or textually inclined, the manuscript is here.) Related posts: My Sermon: "Vain Worship" (Now in MPEG format) Sermon: Possessing the Church Preaching August 1st, 2010: "It Takes All Ki

My Story at The Monti: The Night of the Fire God
August 24, 2011

Among the numerous awesome things that we have here in Durham, North Carolina, is The Monti. The Monti has two series: a storytelling series which brings some of the great storytellers in the area onto the stage, and a StorySLAM series, where average Joes

“Chillcast” 5th Anniversary Compilation
March 18, 2011

If you haven’t discovered Anji Bee and the Chillcast, your life is now better. If you know Anji Bee and the Chillcast, then you should probably know she’s pulled together a one hour music compilation to celebrate the 5th anniversary of her exc

The Indie3 Project is Live!
June 16, 2010

Introducing The Indie3 Project: commit to keeping independent music alive by buying three albums a month. Related posts: CouchDB — The Project Brian Didn’t Want to Do Pig The Programmer is Dead; Long Live the Developer!

Introducing Indie3.org
June 14, 2010

Crystal, who previously co-hosted Dave’s Lounge, explains how The Indie3 Project works. If you’d like to subscribe to The Indie3 Podcast, the feed is at http://feed.indie3.org. The background music for this episode is by “Line”, a

Ellen Davis and Krista Tippett
June 10, 2010

It's finally out! One of my favorite professors is on one of my favorite radio programs! Related posts: Ellen Davis interviewed for “Speaking of Faith” Non-Relativistic Religious Tolerance Scott Davis, ZDNet.co.uk Interview Me

Ellen Davis interviewed for “Speaking of Faith”
May 14, 2010

Speaking of Faith just interviewed Dr. Ellen Davis. She's an awesome professor who is engaged in this area of "agrarian theology", which asks questions about how we are to relate to the land we live on and what it means for us to be in a particular envir