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Honest to God: From the spotlight, to the pulpit, to the wilderness
Manage episode 431405853 series 2663736
John Hamilton is a non-theist pastor whose lifelong search for transcendence has taken him from altar boy to rock-and-roll musician, from preaching with certainty into embracing the unknowable nature of God. In this episode, John and I discuss his upcoming memoir, Honest to God, which comes out September 15. Get book info at Wildhouse Publishing here.
Click here for an episode transcript.
Content warning: alcohol & addiction (from 19:00-24:35).
Talking Points:
- (0:00) Introducing John Hamilton’s memoir Honest to God
- (5:00) The inspiration and publication process
- (11:00) Reaching ego death through transcendence; transcendence in Catholic worship
- (16:13) Finding transcendence as a rock-and-roll musician
- (19:00) Years of keeping a panic disorder secret; getting in and out of alcohol dependence
- (24:35) Becoming a pastor, coming to understand that God is unknowable
- (36:10) Looking to humanity's future — more divisions, dying churches; what do we hold onto?
- (44:00) Finding "hard hope" while pastoring dying churches
- (47:30) Hoping for deeper and more honest conversations; wrapping up
Where to find John:
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This show's theme song is "Aetherium" by Leah Horn. This episode also made use of "At Home," "Sunrise, St. Chapelle," and "Closing Time" by John Hamilton, with permission.
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Manage episode 431405853 series 2663736
John Hamilton is a non-theist pastor whose lifelong search for transcendence has taken him from altar boy to rock-and-roll musician, from preaching with certainty into embracing the unknowable nature of God. In this episode, John and I discuss his upcoming memoir, Honest to God, which comes out September 15. Get book info at Wildhouse Publishing here.
Click here for an episode transcript.
Content warning: alcohol & addiction (from 19:00-24:35).
Talking Points:
- (0:00) Introducing John Hamilton’s memoir Honest to God
- (5:00) The inspiration and publication process
- (11:00) Reaching ego death through transcendence; transcendence in Catholic worship
- (16:13) Finding transcendence as a rock-and-roll musician
- (19:00) Years of keeping a panic disorder secret; getting in and out of alcohol dependence
- (24:35) Becoming a pastor, coming to understand that God is unknowable
- (36:10) Looking to humanity's future — more divisions, dying churches; what do we hold onto?
- (44:00) Finding "hard hope" while pastoring dying churches
- (47:30) Hoping for deeper and more honest conversations; wrapping up
Where to find John:
____
This show's theme song is "Aetherium" by Leah Horn. This episode also made use of "At Home," "Sunrise, St. Chapelle," and "Closing Time" by John Hamilton, with permission.
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