Let's talk about Waylon, Willie, and a lot about tobacco farming. Jennifer and I talked for so long we needed a part 2!

Also, for some reason, I feel the need to define cowboys and we explain life before cell phones.

Dr. Jennifer Moe is Associate Director and Post-Doctoral Fellow of the Young Adult Initiative at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. She received her PhD in Christian Education and Congregational Studies from Garrett in 2018. Jennifer’s research interests include the ways in which young women and girls are taught to be “good Christian women” in a variety of Christian religious subcultures and young adults in the United States and their faith practices, including how they are connected (or not) to faith communities. Dr. Moe has served as adjunct faculty in the Religious Education field at Garrett and in the Theology field at North Park University in Chicago. She lives in Chicago, Illinois.

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In which I get so excited to celebrate country music and 500 plays that I forget that I already covered Hank Williams, but it still works. Also, I confess to things about Randy Travis and Pop Country icons.

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This week's episode takes us very close to my churches. Johnny and I talk about the experiences of a new pastor in rural ministry and all his twists and turns. There's also some John Wesley, fried bologna, and a biscuit on the way out the door.

Johnny Norton is a retired licensed local pastor in the Western North Carolina serving at First UMC Stanly as Minister of Connections. Johnny is a former student and now friend and colleague. He’s had me at his churches to teach about all sorts of Methodist things.

Connect with johnny: jmnorton1950@gmail.com

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This week we get into nineties country, whether my guest, Amber Laffey has the magic touch, meat lockers, Budweiser horses and more.

Amber Laffey is an LLP (hopefully soon to be commissioned as a Deacon) in the Dakotas Conference of the UMC and serves a congregation of about 40 people and also serves as the conference secretary. She currently lives in a small town in South Dakota with her husband, four kids and obnoxious Cockapoo MacGyver.

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Kate Bowler's Podcast: https://katebowler.com/podcast/

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This episode is an exploration of three Christmas songs, six holiday traditions, and, apparently, ambulance sirens.

We explore mistletoe, kissing balls, Christmas caroling, Christmas boogering, fruitcake, and holiday treat bags. We also see Dr. J realizing he would much rather host than provide commentary. Also, we learn that Dr. J does listen to things besides country.

If you're listening live in December of 2022, there will be a two week break between this and Episode 14.

Sources:

https://www.ambius.com/blog/the-curious-kisstory-of-mistletoe/#:~:text=The%20mistletoe%20tradition%20holds%20that,person%20who%20said%20%E2%80%9CNo.%E2%80%9D

https://www.agecrofthall.org/single-post/kissing-ball#:~:text=The%20kissing%20ball%2C%20or%20bough,to%20represent%20the%20baby%20Jesus.

https://www.grunge.com/260670/the-bizarre-history-of-caroling/

https://issuu.com/wayne.kmherald/docs/cherryvilleeagle11_24_21

https://www.fodors.com/world/north-america/canada/newfoundland-and-labrador/experiences/news/are-mummers-allowed-in-the-newfoundland-holiday-tradition-where-disguised-visitors-drink-dance-and-swing-your-granny

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/the-misunderstood-fruitcake-has-a-magnificent-shelf-life-and-history#:~:text=Fruitcake%20is%20an%20ancient%20goody,dried%20fruit%2C%20often%20pomegranate%20seeds.

http://www.appalachianmtnroots.com/2016/12/appalachian-traditions-christmas-plays.html

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