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A pastor, a Trekker, and a Star Wars fan walk into a recording session... That’s the set-up for this series which explores the intersection of religion and science fiction. The three hosts -- Drew, Dan, and Pastor Dave -- discuss a particular theological topic as it morphs through the sci fi realm. Well, Pastor Dave tries to keep Drew and Dan focused on one particular topic. He really tries. Their mothers should have warned him.
Episodes
Sunday May 14, 2023
Episode 32: Are You Certain?
Sunday May 14, 2023
Sunday May 14, 2023
Pastor Dave has one question for the 3-Ds: are you certain?
Each D must answer twice -- once asking if they're certain about something in the Bible, and once about something in science fiction. Unless the two overlap, like when the ending of Lost revealed that everyone on the island was actually in Purgatory the whole time. Like the final episode of Seinfeld, it was an ending so bad that Dave is still recovering from the trauma.
What else are we certain (or not) about? Listen in to find out! We assure you: this episode does end well!
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For more of our shenanigans, be sure to follow us on Twitter! We're @churchnspace.
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Credits:
Editor Extraordinaire: Cathy Rinella of Merodi Media
Co-Producers & Co-Hosts: Dave Kamphuis & Drew Nelsen
Producer & Plucky Sidekick: Dan Mushalko
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"For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream."
- Vincent Van Gogh
Monday Apr 24, 2023
Episode 31: Space Whales and Pedro Passion
Monday Apr 24, 2023
Monday Apr 24, 2023
Fresh from the Red Planet, we are greeted by our first ever guests. Julia & Kate add their distinctiveness to our own as we are driven to answer the question: Could you survive Order 66?
As usual, our drive wanders down several off-ramps, including multiple manifestations of space whales, and a fleeting flirting with the populace's passion for Pedro Pascal.
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For more of our shenanigans, be sure to follow us on Twitter! We're @churchnspace.
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Credits:
Editor Extraordinaire: Cathy Rinella of Merodi Media
Co-Producers & Co-Hosts: Dave Kamphuis & Drew Nelsen
Producer & Plucky Sidekick: Dan Mushalko
Special Guest Stars: Julia Nelsen & Kate Venable
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"Fiction was invented the day Jonah arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by a whale."
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Monday Apr 10, 2023
Episode 30: Lutherans Invade Mars - Winter
Monday Apr 10, 2023
Monday Apr 10, 2023
Winter is coming. And so is the final episode of our game of A Quiet Year.
So much is unresolved. How can our hardy band of Lutherans survive with the rutabaga crop devastated, and only a box of lowing Twinkies to eat? Is the only way to solve thefts on the Martian railroad to build more suspension bridges? And which Hollywood producer will green light the latest biblical epic from colonist Cecil B. DeMars?
Oh, and we learn an actual science fact: bongos and bells will sound very different in the Martian atmosphere!
Download this bugger, and enjoy the pulse-pounding finale of our saga of the first Lutherans on Mars.
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For more of our shenanigans, be sure to follow us on Twitter! We're @churchnspace.
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Credits:
Editor Extraordinaire: Cathy Rinella of Merodi Media
Co-Producers & Co-Hosts: Dave Kamphuis & Drew Nelsen
Producer & Plucky Sidekick: Dan Mushalko
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"They say once you grow crops somewhere, you have officially 'colonized' it. So technically, I colonized Mars. In your face, Neil Armstrong!"
ANDY WEIR
Sunday Mar 26, 2023
Episode 29: Lutherans Invade Mars - Autumn
Sunday Mar 26, 2023
Sunday Mar 26, 2023
"We struck oxygen, boys!"
All seems well in the Lutheran colony in our third installment of A Quiet Year. Indeed, the game play goes well enough that our spacey Lutherans decide to build a brewery, and the Pope sends a Catholic contingent. Pastor Dave and Dan rejoice, but Drew has perfidy on his mind: there's a predator on the prowl, and the excommunicated engineer engineers an insidious return. Who will stop his senseless waste of resources on suspension bridge construction now?
Gasp!
All this and more awaits you in this episode of Church in Space!
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For more of our shenanigans, be sure to follow us on Twitter! We're @churchnspace.
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Credits:
Editor Extraordinaire: Cathy Rinella of Merodi Media
Co-Producers & Co-Hosts: Dave Kamphuis & Drew Nelsen
Producer & Plucky Sidekick: Dan Mushalko
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"NASA's Mars Lander found traces of ice and salt on Mars. Right now, it's searching for tequila." - David Letterman
Sunday Mar 12, 2023
Episode 28: Lutherans Invade Mars - Summer
Sunday Mar 12, 2023
Sunday Mar 12, 2023
Murder. Mystery. Mayhem. And suspension bridges!
The tension and drama Lutherans face as they colonize Mars reaches a fever pitch in Part 2 as we play The Quiet Year. In this episode, the domed city of New Augustana must repel an invading army from the dome next door. Will the Methodists cooperate? Why is the corpse of Martin glowing, even as Frasier and Niles decide it will make a great lighting fixture? And just what role can rutabagas play in the colony's salvation?
Listen in as Pastor Dave, Drew, and Dan bumble...er, decisively strategize the fate of Lutherans on Mars!
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For more of our shenanigans, be sure to follow us on Twitter! We're @churchnspace.
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Credits:
Editor Extraordinaire: Cathy Rinella of Merodi Media
Co-Producers & Co-Hosts: Dave Kamphuis & Drew Nelsen
Producer & Plucky Sidekick: Dan Mushalko
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"Am I the only one who secretly hopes that the Curiosity rover will be swallowed up by a giant alien worm living just below Mars's surface?" - VICTORIA LAURIE
Wednesday Mar 01, 2023
Episode 27: Lutherans Invade Mars - Spring
Wednesday Mar 01, 2023
Wednesday Mar 01, 2023
We're back! Season 2 finally launches after a long hiatus: going underground to escape the Shadow Bishop, Drew and Dan performing with Figrin D'an on his intergalactic concert tour as a covert cover, and rescuing Pastor Dave from the Spa of Innumerable Unpleasures. (Drew and Dan will post recovered audio from their SighOps debriefs as the season goes on.)
In this episode: live play! We begin Season 2 with actual play of The Quiet Year. In Season 1, Pastor Dave lamented the lack of sci fi about Lutherans in space. Now, in a bout of hard-set wish fulfillment, he teaches Drew and Dan how to play The Quiet Year, with this set-up: the ELCA's first colony ship has just landed on Mars. How can they eek out an existence in the harsh environment of Mars? Did NASA pack casserole dishes in the supply ship? And is there a good spot for a Holy Suspension Bridge?
All this and more await you in this start to Season 2!
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For more of our shenanigans, be sure to follow us on Twitter! We're @churchnspace.
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Credits:
Editor Extraordinaire: Cathy Rinella of Merodi Media
Co-Producers & Co-Hosts: Dave Kamphuis & Drew Nelsen
Producer & Plucky Sidekick: Dan Mushalko
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"It's not going to do any good to land on Mars if we're stupid."
Thursday Nov 03, 2022
Episode -1: ANNOUNCING OUR RETURN!
Thursday Nov 03, 2022
Thursday Nov 03, 2022
After a long hiatus due to the rigors and chaos of our modern lives -- and not at all due to a massive theological conspiracy to silence those who question religious dogma within the framework of deeply informed speculative fiction, nor who believe The Rings of Power IS canon -- Church in Space will return in a few days.
Listen to the announcement for more.
If you dare!
Monday Sep 05, 2022
Episode 26: Dan Strikes Out (The Baseball Show)
Monday Sep 05, 2022
Monday Sep 05, 2022
In which Pastor Dave and Drew desperately try to make Dan an acolyte of baseball. They try pointing out that it's a Calvinist game, that you can be really out of shape to play (even professionally), and that there's a whole lot of physics and math involved. Will Dan be drawn in to this Cult of Sport? Or is he simply too far down the path of Nerdom to ever succumb?
On the way, Dan learns that American football may well be the wimpiest of all pro sports (but has the most money); OSU football fits the definition of a religion; and that getting cities to foot the bill for new stadia and arenas is an economic scam.
He does like baseball's practice of the walk-in song, so Drew devises our weekly game on that!
It's our riskiest, lowest sci fi show ever. Do we strike out or knock this one out of the park?
Remember to follow us on Twitter! We're @ChurchNSpace .
Sunday Aug 07, 2022
Episode 25 - Angels...or Ancient Aliens?
Sunday Aug 07, 2022
Sunday Aug 07, 2022
In which the 3Ds ponder the presence of aliens influencing human development in ancient times. Does the Bible document ETs amongst the prophets? On the way, we learn that Pastor Dave would make the universe's absolute worst Starfleet officer, who even now would feel much more comfortable in the Dark Ages. Meanwhile, Drew and Dan shudder at the possibility that the solution to the Fermi Pardox is simply that humans are the oldest and wisest life forms in the galaxy. We close with a few thoughts about the impact made by the late Nichelle Nichols, both on screen and off.
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Saturday Jul 30, 2022
Episode 24 - Getting Hardcore (or WWJR: What Would Jesus Read?)
Saturday Jul 30, 2022
Saturday Jul 30, 2022
In which the 3Ds debate the merits of hard versus soft science fiction -- and wonder which type each of the Gospel writers would be fan boys of. Along the way, we learn that whoever wrote Matthew really didn't understand the point of poetry; the need for Bryce Dallas Howard and Leah Thompson to direct more sci fi (a lot more, please!); Alan Tudyk is the perfect anti-star; and Dan is disgusted at the utter and complete lack of science in Star Wars. Dave and Drew are shockingly not surprised in the slightest.