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Whistle Pig & The Bear#45This one goes all over the place but well worth the time.
We love each of you and hope our love and appreciation comes across in each of our conversations.
Reach out via Instagram or text.2024-03-021h 23Whistle Pig & The Bear#44Matt & Steve discuss "Book of Clarence" written and directed by Jeymes Samuel and catch up over other musings of the week.2024-02-111h 17Whistle Pig & The Bear#43 - Special Guest Gabe StoutimoreJoining Steve & Matt this week is long-time friend, author Gabe "GJ" Stoutimore.
In this conversation, Steve, Matt & Gabe discuss Gabe's latest work, Murder Baby, post-Christianity, humanity's constructs, and all things friendship.
Go pick up your copy of Murder Baby is book one of the series, Knights of Sadira.
Pick up your copy of Murder Baby here.
About Knights of Sadira:
The Knights of Sadira is a dark supernatural fantasy novel series telling the story of a once ancient sorority of d...2024-01-202h 00Whistle Pig & The Bear#42 with Special Guest Rob BellSteve & Matt talk with special guest author-painter-podcaster Rob Bell about his new book "Where'd You Park Your Spaceship".
You can find his podcast, The RobCast, here.
Rob is a New York Times Bestselling author. Some of his works include:
Velvet Elvis
Love Wins
Everything is Spiritual
How To Be Here
These works, along with "Where'd You Park Your Spaceship", are available at www.robbell.com.2023-12-0255 minWhistle Pig & The Bear#41In this conversation Steve & Matt discuss:
"Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life" by Karen Armstrong
"Swampland of the Soul: New Life is Dismal Places" by James Hollis
"Morning Sun on a White Piano: Simple Pleasures & the Sacramental Life" by Dr. Robin R. Meyers
"Where'd You Park Your Spaceship" by Rob Bell
Also referenced:
Spiral Dynamics - including it's coverage by Ken Wilber in "Integral Spirituality: A Startling New Role for Religion in the Modern and Postmodern World"
2023-11-181h 13Whistle Pig & The Bear#40Steve & Matt discuss:
What it looks like to life transitions that include following Christ outside of weekly church attendance and what it means to find one's true self while navigating the choice to live life as a presence in community.2023-11-121h 20Whistle Pig & The Bear#39Getting back into the groove of Whistle Pig & The Bear.2023-11-0647 minWhistle Pig & The Bear#38Steve & Matt discuss:
"In memoriam"
Funeral home experiences in our small towns.
We all grieve...uniquely (and that's okay).
Streaming and the "all you can eat" buffet
Familial practices
"Everything fits"
Books discussed:
"Morning Sun on a White Piano" by
Dr. Robin Meyers
"Post-Modern Pilgrims" by Leondard Sweet
Dora, Alabama
Tazewell, Virginia
Appalachian Podcasters2023-10-141h 09Whistle Pig & The Bear#37We're back!
After a much-needed break and lots of transitions, Steve & Matt are excited to be back for another run of conversations!
2023-09-3024 minWhistle Pig & The Bear#36After a few weeks of being under the weather, Matt & Steve catch up:
- spring fever
- pink duets
- bussin bussin
- 88 reasons in 1988
- Murder Baby (the Knights of Sadira) by GJ Stoutimore
- Deep Creek National Park
- LBJ - POTUS #36
- Mark's swing
- Matt inverts
- Updates re: WPTB
- Stay Tuned!2023-03-0650 minWhistle Pig & The Bear#35 with Special Guest Chip EarlySpecial Guest Chip Early from Littleton Colorado.
Chip is a native of Winston-Salem, North Carolina and long-time friend of Steve & Matt.
2023-01-291h 28Whistle Pig & The Bear#34In this week's conversation Steve & Matt discuss:
- Universal Christ by Richard Rohr
- Dallas Willard
- Imitation of Christ by Thomas A. Kempis
- Progressive Christianity
- Nature of the Divine
- Armenian Pentecostalism
- Public domain and Scrub Daddy
- Othering
- Considering your place and how it might be used for the good of the community
- egg corns
And other stuff :)
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#lovewins #transcendsandincludes #progressivechristianity #therehastobemore #richardrohr #stillinonepeace #findafriend #bettertogether2023-01-211h 19Whistle Pig & The Bear#34January 14, 2023
Matt and Steve discuss Matt's MLK message.2023-01-211h 10Whistle Pig & The Bear#33Steve & Matt's conversation...
New reads...Rupert Spira's "Being Aware of Being Aware"
Matt's new cat Madelyn
Two of Matt's former students from Southeastern University reach out with questions.
"How are we reading the same Bible?"
Water Brueggemann's "second naivety"
Religious leaders' manipulation and attempt to control "the magic"...the Divine...work of the Spirit
"Smoking what you're selling"...going all in...believing "they hype"
Attempts to convert vs. conversations
Matt and the Buddhist at Mount Rushmore on the 4th of July
"Look at them in their idolatry"
Appalachian Maple Bourbon
Cutting back on the dairy.
Chat GPT...the d...2022-12-191h 29Whistle Pig & The Bear#32.
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#NCPodcast #Life #Spirituality #Bestfriends #CatchingUp #Jesus #LoveWins #Church #VirtualMonastery #Monks #NorthCarolinaPodcast2022-12-1248 minWhistle Pig & The Bear#31Discussions around:
Spotify 2022 Wrapped.
Readers for Matt.
Steve's & Matt's differing opinions on engagement with social media.
Attention and energy loops.
Rural Appalachian communities.
Peace - Not the absence of fear/insecurity/conflict.
Humanity's response to the Divine.
Yeezy, Twitter, & Elon Musk
Follow and DM us on Instagram @whistlepig_thebear
#NCPodcast #Spirituality #LoveWins #Invitation #BetterTogether #Friendship #Divine #Jesus #Buddha #Energy #Church #Community #LGBTQ 2022-12-041h 24Whistle Pig & The Bear#30Steve and Matt discuss HOPE...is it healthy, lazy, realistic? Share your thoughts with us in a voice message at https://anchor.fm/whistlepigbear/message.2022-11-2652 minWhistle Pig & The Bear#29We’re back after a busy few weeks…
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#cataractsurgery #TLC #envogue #ncretreat #perspective #rhythm #dynamicbalance #calendars #selfmedicate #limitations #marginalia #nooutlines #newbalance #bettertogether #ncpodcast2022-11-131h 03Whistle Pig & The Bear#28
Lou Rawls
Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller
Anne Lamotte
Rachel Evans
Alone
2022-10-1559 minWhistle Pig & The Bear#27Discussion on what's ahead for Whistle Pig & The Bear in 2022.
Steve encourages Matt to bring our Whistle Pig & The Bear lens to upcoming topics.
Boogie Woogie Man Jimmy Valiant
Tattoos
GI Joe / Indian & The Cupboard
The voices of Matt Huett
Martyr syndrome
2022-09-241h 10Whistle Pig & The Bear#26Just a reminder...you don't have to always be "on".
Much Love.
Steve & Matt2022-09-1938 minWhistle Pig & The Bear#25
Steve & Matt catch up from the past week's events and activities.
Discussion on being informed, involved and active parents and educators in the lives of kids.
Student loan forgiveness
Othering & boxes
Destro from GI Joe
2022-08-271h 16Whistle Pig & The Bear#24In this conversation Steve & Matt visit questions/comments submitted to us via our IG . Out of respect to you, we've elected to not use your actual names/info and will continue to do so without your expressed permission.
"Hey guys I am loving the podcast. Seriously, brings me back to my SEU days and also helping me understand/process a lot of things since that time (gosh almost 20 years ago?!) Matt, in 2005 or so you told me I could do "good things…or do great things" when I was having an existential crisis about not following God's plan for...2022-08-2046 minWhistle Pig & The Bear#23Jumping through the hoops and checking the boxes. Do these and other ritualistic practices facilitate lasting change?
What's your thought? See our poll question included (Spotify users).
*This week's conversation was recorded remotely so please overlook the recording quality this week.2022-08-1753 minWhistle Pig & The Bear#22Steve & Matt unpack about our experience presenting at, and attending, Wild Goose.
Paula Stone Williams
Jim Wallis
Dianna Butler Bass
Welcome Squad (university initiative at UNCSA developed by Steve)
Shoutouts: Lou Scalzo, Gabe Stoutimore, Monte Fields, Brent Lutz, Jeremy Sims, Steve Witherup, Rob & Holli Sperti, David & Dara Docusen, John Bost, the states of Ohio and Alabama, Southeastern University (Lakeland) security team 1995-1999.
2022-07-241h 41Whistle Pig & The Bear#21In case you've just discovered us...
Steve & Matt are best friends of 30 years after both growing up in rural Appalachia...Steve from Virginia and Matt from Alabama.
Both of us were raised in the Assemblies of God (a Pentecostal denomination) and our paths crossed during our undergraduate years in college in central Florida where we became friends and roommates. A few years after college our paths crossed again when we accepted university administrator roles in the same department and then built houses beside each other with our spouses.
In the middle of our...2022-07-091h 40
Whistle Pig & The Bear#20In this conversation:
Flannel graphs
Pete Rollins
Pete Enns
Shane Claiborne
Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller
Emergent Church
Lyotard, Derrida, Foucault
NBA Trades
Bobby Bonilla Day
Sea Monkeys
Eli Gemstone
Tour of 1997
2022-07-021h 40Whistle Pig & The Bear#19
Burger King & Biscuit Factory
Fluffered Nutters
In the news this week
Life & Choice Pro
Deep inside the echo chambers
Cult of innoncence
Tea
A-Team Shorts
Schitts Creek
Ebb & flow in the life of institutions
2022-06-251h 09Whistle Pig & The Bear#18...We're BACK!
After taking a break for a few weeks Steve & Matt are back and catching up on life and discuss how can we be there for each other during the highs and lows of life?
Also in this conversation:
- Teacher/Speaker/Author, Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg
#bestfriends #bettertogether #northcarolinapodcast #everythingisspiritual #lovewins #upsanddowns2022-06-111h 15Whistle Pig & The Bear#17Steve & Matt discuss dealing with life's rollercoasters.2022-05-2541 minWhistle Pig & The Bear#16 - Special Guest Brian McLarenAuthor Brian McLaren visits with Steve & Matt to discuss his latest work, "Do I Stay Christian? A Guide for the Doubter, the Disappointed, and the Disillusioned".2022-05-121h 24Whistle Pig & The Bear#15For more info:
- Immokalee Workers
*Note - This recording experienced technical difficulties which have been corrected for our next conversation (#16).2022-05-0858 minWhistle Pig & The Bear#14We're Back!
Featured topics this week...
- Dynamic Balance
- "7 Habits of Highly Effective People" by Stephen Covey
- Something learned from Dr. Mike Rakes
- Brain Pickings
- Steve & Matt have been invited to share at the Wild Goose Festival this summer (July 2022)2022-05-0445 minWhistle Pig & The Bear#13Surprise audience member!2022-04-131h 07Whistle Pig & The Bear#12WARNING: Around the 1:00:00 to 1:06:00 mark in this conversation Matt discusses a friend's recent mental health crisis/suicide.
Little Debbie Nutty Buddy® Wafer Bars
Bathtub Refuge for Matt
Reading injury (in the bathtub)
Steve's role in these conversations
Matt's library
Umberto Eco
The journey of deconstruction --> reconstruction
Head, heart, & hands
The saunterer
Friends named John
CMC - American Jesus
Keith Giles, Author
Jaroslav Pelikan, Author
"The Great Emergence: How Christianity is Changing & Why" by Phyllis Tickle
The church's failure supporting mental health - a friend of Matt's mental health/suicide
2022 March Madness Men's Semi-Final: UNC vs Duke
2022-04-031h 18Whistle Pig & The Bear#11Mentioned in this conversation:
John Bost - Author, Educator, Former Mayor of Clemmons, NC., Connector, Sage/Jedi Master
Negative Space;
FedEx and hidden designs in logos
Dr. Terris Neuman - Professor/University Administrator, Silver Surfer
Washington Park Barbershop in Winston-Salem, NC
Zac Hagerty - Singer/Songwriter/Executive Producer
2022-03-261h 20Whistle Pig & The Bear#10Why whistle pig and why bear?
Synced up with kudzu
Enneagram
Labels
Plans for the coming year
A Word in the Wilderness by Malcolm Guide
Faith and the journey
Round and round with church clubs
Phyllis Wheatley
Remember, Rehearse, & Respond
Screens a tool and an appendage
Exile
Generational ministries
Liv & Matt
Our kids and the relationship with the river
Tolstoy and the incubator
Shout-outs to...
Tuckers Grill in Horneytown, NC
Agni Indian Restaurant & Bar in Greensboro, NC
Moose Cafe in Colfax, NC
Pond Country in Colfax, NC
Special thank you to Caleb for the new intro and outro!2022-03-201h 13Whistle Pig & The Bear#9
If there's more...
Bryson City
Conduit
Honda Elements
Superheros
Jon Heder
2022-03-121h 01Whistle Pig & The Bear#8
The Royal Ranger Motto from the 1970's - "Ready. Ready for anything. Ready to work, play, serve, obey, worship, live, etc.
"Naked Spirituality" by Brian McLaren
René Girard
"The Body Keeps Score" by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
"What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing" by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey
Deepak Chopra
"Will" by Will Smith
DDP Yoga
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Connect with us on Instagram @WhistlePig_TheBear2022-03-061h 30Whistle Pig & The Bear#7Phyllis Wheatley | Shaq Giving2022-02-261h 19Whistle Pig & The Bear#6Mentioned in this conversation:
Author Madeleine L'Engle
Author|Futurist Leonard Sweet
Author Brian McLaren
Pentecostal Movement
Kedging
Follow us on Instagram @whistlepig_thebear2022-02-201h 35Whistle Pig & The Bear#5Washington Football Team
Punxsutawney Phil
Tulsa Time by Don Williams
Saint Simeon
Christian Hermeticism
Desert Fathers
St Anthony / Antony the Great
The Sarum Rite / Body Scan
Lectio Divina2022-02-061h 19Whistle Pig & The Bear#4Discussion about the transitions we encounter in life and the various ways people process (or don't process) these moments.
Resources referenced in this conversation:
- Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
- Walter Brueggemann
- Kenda Creasy Dean
- New Kind of Christianity by Brian McLaren2022-01-301h 18Whistle Pig & The Bear#3Book referenced in this episode:
"Jesus & John Wayne" by Kristin Kobes Du Mez
2022-01-221h 02Whistle Pig & The Bear#2Steve & Matt discuss a few of the goals behind publishing these conversations.2022-01-1644 minWhistle Pig & The Bear#1How Steve & Matt's friendship of thirty+ years began.2022-01-0135 min