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The First 8 Episodes... (scroll down for more)

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Madness of Love - Episode 001: Introduction

Who are we? What is this podcast about? Including the tear-jerker sermon, can't stop the creativity, 'Sugar Daddy in the Sky', 13th century poet mascot, screaming children (but not ours), and coming attractions.

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Madness of Love - Episode 002: Does God Exist?

Answered in Rev. Peggy's college thesis, April loses book of letters to God; spiritual awakening and falling in love, a helper would come in handy, confronting suffering.

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Madness of Love - Episode 003: Blessing the World

"A pest and a bother," light in dark times, getting real about pain and injustice, learning from catastrophe, setting limits, delirium and maternal rages.

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Madness of Love - Episode 004: Growing Older (some slightly mature content here)

Always too young or too old, "I'm that man, now!", the perfect age is 28, crying while marathoning, toddlers and pets, walking while old, lying under the Christmas tree with your dog, when doctors laugh at you, youth empowerment, master quilters.

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Madness of Love - Episode 005: Advent

Anticipation, Reading the Lectionary, "Are you Jewish?", Love Hotel, screaming latkes, fasting and chanting, advent calendars, clergy call for assylum seekers.

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Madness of Love - Episode 006: At the Border

Rev. Peggy answers "clergy call" at the US-Mexico border to "Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable," Call to action; when cops thank you; children dying in custody; the absurdiy of lines; seeking asylum is legal; marching in the mud; praying; militarization and dehumanization; what can we do?

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Madness of Love - Episode 007: Full Heart

April sits down for a conversation with friend and co-worker Marie Pavia. Marie is an exuberant, playful, brilliant and compassionate human, like April, works with very young children with developmental delays. Listen in as April asks what brought her to this field, why she loves it, how she supports parents, and why her team is so important to her. As it says on a t-shirt gifted to her by her Teaching Assistants: "If you think my hands are full, you should see my heart." So true!

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Madness of Love - Episode 008: Winter Quiet

The mania of the holidays is over, and people are detoxing -- physically and spiritually. Alternate lyrics to Handel's "Messiah." How much does Peggy hate the cold? The bare trees. Hibernation. April's dance of rage. Resisting meditation. Feeling feelings. Decorating houses in your mind. Time and Money. Learning to vacation well. Driving slowly. Simplifying. Silence.


The Goodness Continues

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Madness of Love - Episode 009: I Heart Art

Conversation with April's artist friends Kat and Greg Nemec. Kat's uber-creative mom; art class without paper; sketching in a sketchy neighborhood; how graphic design is like cooking; Greg's maker childhood; learning to connect with people; teaching art to toddlers and twenty-year-olds; finding a niche, then changing it; decorating sandwich bags; people who died for a cause; who are the helpers? Give up the right to judge your art.

Check out Kat Nemec's work at http://studiokatinc.com/ and Greg Nemec's work at https://www.gregorynemec.art/. Also, read Julia Cameron's The Artists's Way: A Spiritual Guide to Higher Creativity.

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Madness of Love - Episode 013: Community = Good

"The Low Road;" singing and chanting; wanting words; deep connections & piggyback rides; unmatchable experience of being in it together; fear of FUN; self-consciousness; girl rock band, ukelele, knitting & tap dancing; Zombie Prom; zombie choral reading; finding it.

Check out Graham Clarke and Star Island and the community garden group Intergenerate.

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Madness of Love - Episode 010: Our Image of Love

Imagining a world shaped by love. Special guest is Peggy's son Zac, who just turned nine. An end to war, overcoming cynicism, the beloved community, the list of wishes, picking up garbage, "+" signs over your head, letting go of being judgmental (fun as it is). It's okay to start small. And take heart: huge changes can happen. Zac teaches teachers to clean up the playground. Be a role model. Beaming love. The activism of Gen Z.

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Madness of Love - Episode 011: Trust, Truth, Facts: How to know what to believe

What to call this episode? Cults, narratives that empower, ruining stories by obsessing over facts, favorite Bible stories, God chooses the poor, Seders: a holiday of explanations, from slavery into the unknown; UUism and individualism, boot camp for transformation, desire.

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Madness of Love - Episode 012: Improv!

Life in America--2 years of WTF; the growth of "nones" (not nuns), smallpox vaccine wipes out disease and religion; the "Great Awakening," and itinerant preachers ruin the Protestant work ethic; how to be alive again; Rules of Improv "Yes... And," Active Listening and the Gift of Information; Radical Acceptance; "Beastie Rap" and sweaty palms; Taking risks and being creative; boundaries; hate=bad.

Check out the Cherub Improv website here.

More Episodes Coming Soon...

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