Talkingbird
About the show
Your destination for talks given at events hosted by Mockingbird (www.mbird.com), both present and past. Subjects run the gamut from religion and theology to psychology and literature to pop culture and relationships and everything in between. Humor and grace abound.
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Episodes
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The View From the Back Pew – Carrie Willard
March 26th, 2025 | 27 mins 50 secs
A talk from the Mbird OKC Conference "Grace in the Grind". 2016. Property of Mockingbird Ministries, all rights reserved (www.mbird.com).
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Life at Play — Jamin Warren
March 12th, 2025 | 31 mins 19 secs
A talk from the 2015 NYC Conference "Clean Slate: Absolution in Real Life". Property of Mockingbird Ministries, all rights reserved (www.mbird.com).
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Beach Boys — David Zahl
February 19th, 2025 | 1 hr 5 mins
A talk from the 2012 Mbird Fall Conference in VA "High, Low, & In Between: Hope Amidst the Ruins". Property of Mockingbird Ministries, all rights reserved (www.mbird.com).
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Devotion 3: Satisfaction and a Post-Scripted Life — Gil Kracke
February 5th, 2025 | 19 mins 58 secs
A talk from the Mbird Birmingham Conference "Grace, Rest, and the End of Scorekeeping". 2011. Property of Mockingbird Ministries, all rights reserved (www.mbird.com).
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Devotion 2: Nolan Ryan and the Thief on the Cross - Frank Limehouse
January 22nd, 2025 | 6 mins 12 secs
A talk from the Mbird Birmingham Conference "Grace, Rest, and the End of Scorekeeping". 2011. Property of Mockingbird Ministries, all rights reserved (www.mbird.com).
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Devotion 1: Herod's hunger — Gil Kracke
January 8th, 2025 | 16 mins 13 secs
A talk from the Mbird Birmingham Conference "Grace, Rest, and the End of Scorekeeping". 2011. Property of Mockingbird Ministries, all rights reserved (www.mbird.com).
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The View from the Back Pew — Carrie Willard
December 27th, 2024 | 27 mins 50 secs
A talk from the Mbird OKC Conference "Grace in the Grind". 2016. Property of Mockingbird Ministries, all rights reserved (www.mbird.com).
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Why Everyone Actually Goes to Church — David Zahl
December 3rd, 2024 | 43 mins 36 secs
A talk given at 1517's 2024 Here We Still Stand Conference.
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The Things That Remain — Mary Zahl
October 21st, 2024 | 51 mins 13 secs
From the Morning Women's Event at the Cathedral Church of the Advent in Birmingham, AL. October 17, 2024.
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Shelter in Distant Lands — Ben Wheeler
October 10th, 2024 | 44 mins 31 secs
A talk from the Mbird Tyler Conference "The Language of Grace". September 28, 2024. Property of Mockingbird Ministries, all rights reserved (www.mbird.com).
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One Noun & Five Adjectives: Refreshing Our Vocabulary of Grace — David Zahl
October 8th, 2024 | 35 mins 13 secs
A talk from the Mbird Tyler Conference "The Language of Grace". September 28, 2024. Property of Mockingbird Ministries, all rights reserved (www.mbird.com).
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Narcissism and the Shape of Grace: Hot Dogs, Line-Cutters, and the Doctrine of Reserve — Cole Hartin
October 8th, 2024 | 30 mins 24 secs
A talk from the Mbird Tyler Conference "The Language of Grace". September 28, 2024. Property of Mockingbird Ministries, all rights reserved (www.mbird.com).
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When God Speaks Things Happen — Sam Bush
October 8th, 2024 | 33 mins 20 secs
A talk from the Mbird Tyler Conference "The Language of Grace". September 28, 2024. Property of Mockingbird Ministries, all rights reserved (www.mbird.com).
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How to Be Real: the Plastic, the Blood, and the Incarnational ‘Yes’ to Your Creator and ‘No’ to Being Anything You Want to Be in Greta Gerwig’s Barbie — Leigh Hickman
October 8th, 2024 | 1 hr 4 mins
A talk from the Mbird Tyler Conference "The Language of Grace". September 28, 2024. Property of Mockingbird Ministries, all rights reserved (www.mbird.com).
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The Language and Lap of Grace — Sarah Condon
October 8th, 2024 | 35 mins 48 secs
The keynote talk from the Mbird Tyler Conference "The Language of Grace". September 27, 2024. Property of Mockingbird Ministries, all rights reserved (www.mbird.com).
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Grace on a Plane — Sarah Condon
October 8th, 2024 | 14 mins 9 secs
A talk from the Mbird Tyler Conference "The Language of Grace". September 28, 2024. Property of Mockingbird Ministries, all rights reserved (www.mbird.com).