steadily skipping stones

Jun 8

JR. Forasteros: Tattooed Pastor

moving the podcast – interview from November 13, 2013

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Episode 20. JR. Forasteros is back! Listen in as he tells me all about his tattoos and the deep religious significance that each one holds for him. We also talk about body art as an extension of self and what the Bible really says about Christians with tattoos.

“I want to be getting one right now just talking about it.”

0:00 ~ welcome back, JR.!
3:45 ~ immediately addicted
8:05 ~ JR.’s tattoos & their religious meaning
14:45~ “he’s the artist, I’m not”
19:05 ~ yeah, it hurts
21:10 ~ Can Christians get tattoos?
30:45 ~ tattoos are an extension of self
35:35 ~ Do you know those are permanent?
39:50 ~ a nice practical buyer’s guide to tattoo

JR. explains what his job as Teaching Pastor entails

I ask JR. why all the “preachers” I grew up with are now called “pastors”

Connect with JR.
on his blog JRForasteros.com
on Twitter @jrforasteros
on Facebook
check out the start of JR.’s new tattoo on Instagram

References
Star Trek Into Darkness; with JR. Forasteros
Clay Morgan
Matt Mikalatos
Matt Lee Anderson
Earthen Vessels
Matt Lee Anderson’s StoryMen episode
Lars Van Zandt
Iron Tiger Tattoo (Columbia, Missouri)
Tattoos! with Lars Van Zandt (Storymen Interview with JR.’s tattoo artist)

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Jun 6

Jacque Moran (My Mom!): Childhood Stories

moving the podcast – interview from November 6, 2013

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I don’t see my parents as much since they retired and moved a couple of hours away. So when I got the rare chance to spend an afternoon with my mom, I asked if she’d talk with me for the podcast. I wanted to hear about when she was growing up. Among other things, we talked about kids running freely all over the neighborhood, not keeping your front doors locked, and how things today are different and somehow still the same. I don’t ask enough about my parent’s histories, and this was a fun chat for me, getting to hear new stories and getting some of what I thought I knew cleared up a bit.

“I would not want to be a young adult or a young teenager again. But I would go back and be a kid again. Especially if I could pull up more of the memories of being a kid again, if I could just restore those memories.”

0:00 ~ surprised by retirement
3:10 ~ What was it like when you were a little girl?
9:50 ~ working parents and chores
14:30 ~ switches and wooden spoons and whatever was handy
18:50 ~ fathers, alcoholism, fish fries, and knowing your neighbors
26:35 ~ childhood memories (like sneaking out, stealing cherries, and chaining up your sister)

Visit Where My Parents Retired To:
Weekends at The Rivah
River Vacation (or How I Almost Died)
Crabbing With Dad
Thanksgiving at the River

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Jun 4

Pastor, Father, and Really Tall Guy Matt Cannon

moving the podcast – interview from October 30, 2013

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Matt has a great blog that you should check out, and I’ve linked some of his posts below to help you get to know him a little better over there. Meanwhile, take a listen as he talks to me about not being “one of those types of pastors”, how his family grew from one to four children in the course of five months, and how he’s so tall he once impaled his head on a coat hook. We also have a great chat about the benefits and challenges of communicating through the written word.

“Yes, He called me to be a pastor, but I’m not just that.”

0:00 ~ not a stereotypical pastor
9:07 ~ a great chat about writing
17:50 ~ 1 to 4 kids in five months
30:50 ~ the hook incident (or: the perils of being 6’7″)
36:25 ~ wife with a gun!

Connect with Matt:
on his website The Seeking Pastor
on Facebook
on Twitter @theMattCannon

References
Larry Carter
Coming Full Circle with Larry Carter
About Matt
If I Were a Garden Gnome
Looking Older (Matt explains why he looks much older than he is.)
My Head Hurts
A Skunk and a Chicken (and Me and You)

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Jun 2

The Mean Mommy Club: Friends and other Zombies

moving the podcast – interview from October 16, 2013

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Mean Mommy Bex and Mean Mommy Suzy sat down with me to talk about their group of “sister-wives”, how they went public, and why they are now a non-profit organization. We also talk about the wild success of their annual Zombie Walk!

“We just can’t keep this funny to ourselves anymore!”

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0:00 ~ “we’re not mean to everybody…”
4:35 ~ becoming a non-profit
8:10 ~ public scrutiny & group dynamics
13:20 ~ charities Mean Mommies support
17:05 ~ the Zombie Walk!
22:45 ~ some amazing costumes
28:15 ~ 2013 expectations