Episode 109: The true meaning of Christmas - Yuletide, Luigi and our new magazine
What is the true meaning of Christmas? Is there such a thing?
What is the Luigi Mangione situation all about? Do we buy the billionaire and media narrative that he (or whoever The Adjuster is) should not be lionized?
And more importantly than any of that: why did we create S(h)ibboleth magazine, and what can readers expect from it?
A lot of fuckin’ questions being asked by your chaotic friends at Beer Christianity. You may or may not like our answers. But you will hear more interesting takes than almost anywhere else in Christian media. And that ain't nothing.
Tune into this episode for our take on the health insurance CEO who had his claim on life denied, and to find out more about S(h)ibboleth magazine, which launched this week.
Along the way, we also discuss what the true meaning of Christmas is and what it means to us.
And this fine cup (or C-cup, we guess).
You can listen to Episode 109 anywhere: in the process of subscribing to an independent leftist magazine, on the cusp of buying just one copy to see if it’s any good, stocking-deep into buying it as a belated Christmas gift for the anarchist, communist, liberal or alt Christian in your life, or right here…
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Beer Christianity is an anti-capitalist, pro-BLM, pro-LGBTQ+, anti-imperialist, post-post-post-evangelical podcast where we drink a bit and talk a lot. Our aim is to be real, helpful and entertaining.
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We also help produce…
S(h)ibboleth - our new magazine for left-leaning inclusive Christians (or the post-post-post evangelical and Christian-adjacent) is available for pre-order now! Find out more at shibbolethmag.com
Support Beer Christianity…
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Other things…
Malky’s design work has graced many good magazines and music videos. You can find his stuff and even commission him if he’s not too busy, here. Jonty's novel, Incredulous Moshoeshoe and the Lightning Bird, is not literature but it’s quite fun if you like Supernatural, Africa or the Goth scene. Laura doesn’t want us to post her BookTok until she’s posted more videos. She may have prayed for the app to be banned just to avoid it.
Beliefs…
We don't really want to preach at you, but some people like to know what we believe. It's this: Jesus Christ is the Son of God and came to teach us a better way to be, while reconciling us to God and each other in a way we could never do without Him. He also changed water into wine. Nice.