00:00 - Introduction 00:00 - Free-for-All (No Free-for-All) 7:35 - Main Topic (Systems, Faces, and Vocations) In episode TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-TWO, Mike and Wade discuss Pentecost and Holy Trinity Sunday. What's the significance of these two days in the church year? Why is Pentecost such an important event in church history. What does it mean today? We hope you enjoy the episode! Let the Bird Fly! is supported by the 1517 Podcast Network, which is part of 1517.org. If you haven't done so yet, s...
Jun 01, 2023•42 min•Ep. 232
In the THIRD session of our series on Jason and Wade's past Germany travels and upcoming trip, the guys discuss their personal and professional experience with church history and theology and what they love about visiting Germany in that light. We hope you enjoy this session. If this series gives you an itch to travel, you can learn about the trip to Germany that Jason and Wade are leading in May 2024 here. We'd love to have you join us. Let the Bird Fly! is supported by the 1517 Podcast Network...
May 30, 2023•48 min
00:00 - Introduction 00:00 - Free-for-All (No Free-for-All) 8:15 - Main Topic (Systems, Faces, and Vocations) In episode TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-ONE, Mike, Jason, and Wade discuss systems, faces, and vocations. It's easy to get caught up in causes, in sweeping programs, in grand schemes, but Christ calls us to love our neighbor right where we find him or her. How do we balance political involvement and policy concerns with daily life and real people. Drawing on a scened from the Grand Inquisitor ...
May 27, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 231
In the SECOND session of our series on Jason and Wade's past Germany travels and upcoming trip, the guys discuss some of what we appreciate most about experiencing German history and culture. We hope you enjoy this session. If this series gives you an itch to travel, you can learn about the trip to Germany that Jason and Wade are leading in May 2024 here. We'd love to have you join us. Let the Bird Fly! is supported by the 1517 Podcast Network, which is part of 1517.org. If you haven't done so y...
May 24, 2023•52 min
In the FIRST session of our series on Jason and Wade's past Germany travels and upcoming trip, we discuss some of our earlier trips and experiences as well as German food and drink. We hope you enjoy this session. If this series gives you an itch to travel, you can learn about the trip to Germany that Jason and Wade are leading in May 2024 here. We'd love to have you join us. Let the Bird Fly! is supported by the 1517 Podcast Network, which is part of 1517.org. If you haven't done so yet, stop o...
May 20, 2023•1 hr 3 min
00:00 - Introduction 00:00 - Free-for-All (No Free-for-All) 6:00 - Main Topic (How We See Ourselves (Paradigms for People) and the Guys Get WELSy) In episode TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY, Mike, Jason, Wade discuss how human beings see themselves (for example, as consumers, producers, students, etc.) and how such paradigms are helpful or problematic. Also, Wade has a little too much fun with the new equipment. We hope you enjoy the episode! We are grateful to the 1517 podcasting network. If you haven't...
May 18, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 230
In the SEVENTH session of our series on Jason and Wade's recent trip to Rome, we talk about our last days in Italy and our brief stay in Munich. We hope you enjoy this session and series as much as we enjoyed the limoncello! Pour some out for the People's Hat. If this series gives you an itch to travel, you can learn about the trip to Germany that Jason and Wade are leading in May 2024 here. We'd love to have you join us. Let the Bird Fly! is supported by the 1517 Podcast Network, which is part ...
May 10, 2023•50 min
00:00 - Introduction 00:00 - Free-for-All (No Free-for-All) 6:15 - Main Topic (The Tower of Babel) In episode TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE, Mike, Jason, Wade, and Mark Braun continue the guys' discussion of anthropology with the final episode in the series, now talking about the Tower of Babel. We hope you enjoy the episode! We are grateful to the 1517 podcasting network. If you haven't done so yet, make sure to go check out all of the great podcasts they have to offer, as well as the other wonde...
May 10, 2023•54 min•Ep. 229
00:00 - Introduction 06:30 - Free-for-All (Is It Rude to Make Eye Contact, Smile, and Wave at People) 18:00 - Main Topic (The Bennett Law and Language) In episode TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT, Mike, Jason, and Wade continue to discuss the Bennett Law, when confessional Lutherans teamed up with the Roman Catholics in Wisconsin to vote out the Republicans over the use of English in schools. Wade recently presented on the topic for the Milwaukee County Historical Society and we thought it could mak...
May 05, 2023•54 min•Ep. 228
In the SIXTH session of our series on Jason and Wade's recent trip to Rome, we talk about our sixth day in Italy and discuss the development of feast days and the cult of the saints. We hope you enjoy this session and series. If this series gives you an itch to travel, you can learn about the trip to Germany that Jason and Wade are leading in May 2024 here. We'd love to have you join us. Let the Bird Fly! is supported by the 1517 Podcast Network, which is part of 1517.org. If you haven't done so...
May 01, 2023•47 min
00:00 - Introduction 00:00 - Free-for-All (No Free-for-All) 14:30 - Main Topic (The Bennett Law and Language) In episode TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN, Mike, Jason, and Wade discuss the Bennett Law, when confessional Lutherans teamed up with the Roman Catholics in Wisconsin to vote out the Republicans over the use of English in schools. Wade recently presented on the topic for the Milwaukee County Historical Society and we thought it could make a fun episode or two. We hope you enjoy it! We are g...
Apr 27, 2023•54 min•Ep. 227
In the FIFTH session of our series on Jason and Wade's recent trip to Rome, we talk about our fifth day in Italy, which we didn't spend in Rome. We hope you enjoy this session and series. If this series gives you an itch to travel, you can learn about the trip to Germany that Jason and Wade are leading in May 2024 here. We'd love to have you join us. Let the Bird Fly! is supported by the 1517 Podcast Network, which is part of 1517.org. If you haven't done so yet, stop over there and check out th...
Apr 27, 2023•52 min
In the FOURTH session of our series on Jason and Wade's recent trip to Rome, we talk about our third day in Rome. We hope you enjoy this session and series. If this series gives you an itch to travel, you can learn about the trip to Germany that Jason and Wade are leading in May 2024 here. We'd love to have you join us. Let the Bird Fly! is supported by the 1517 Podcast Network, which is part of 1517.org. If you haven't done so yet, stop over there and check out the other great podcasts in the n...
Apr 21, 2023•45 min
In the THIRD session of our series on Jason and Wade's recent trip to Rome, we talk about our second day in Rome. We hope you enjoy this session and series. If this series gives you an itch to travel, you can learn about the trip to Germany that Jason and Wade are leading in May 2024 here. We'd love to have you join us. Let the Bird Fly! is supported by the 1517 Podcast Network, which is part of 1517.org. If you haven't done so yet, stop over there and check out the other great podcasts in the n...
Apr 17, 2023•52 min
00:00 - Introduction 00:00 - Free-for-All (No Free-for-All) 9:00 - Main Topic (Drunk Noah and God's Messy Saints) In episode TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX, Mike, Jason, Wade, and Mark Braun continue the guys' discussion of anthropology, now talking about Noah's drunkenness, why Moses would include that in Genesis, and the messy nature of the Christian past. We hope you enjoy the episode! We are grateful to the 1517 podcasting network. If you haven't done so yet, make sure to go check out all of the...
Apr 13, 2023•35 min•Ep. 226
In the SECOND session of our series on Jason and Wade's recent trip to Rome, we talk about Jason's Feelings Journal and our first day in Rome. We hope you enjoy this session and series. If this series gives you an itch to travel, you can learn about the trip to Germany that Jason and Wade are leading in May 2024 here. We'd love to have you join us. Let the Bird Fly! is supported by the 1517 Podcast Network, which is part of 1517.org. If you haven't done so yet, stop over there and check out the ...
Apr 12, 2023•40 min
In the FIRST session of our series on Jason and Wade's recent trip to Rome, we talk about our time in Zurich and our arrival in Rome. We hope you enjoy this session and series. If this series gives you an itch to travel, you can learn about the trip to Germany that Jason and Wade are leading in May 2024 here. We'd love to have you join us. Let the Bird Fly! is supported by the 1517 Podcast Network, which is part of 1517.org. If you haven't done so yet, stop over there and check out the other gre...
Apr 06, 2023•42 min
00:00 - Introduction 00:00 - Free-for-All (No Free-for-All) 8:00 - Main Topic (Life after the Flood, and Maundy Thursday) In episode TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE, Mike, Jason, and Wade continue the guys' discussion of anthropology, now taking up life after the Flood, lifeblood, and the Lord's Supper. We hope you enjoy the episode! We are grateful to the 1517 podcasting network. If you haven't done so yet, make sure to go check out all of the great podcasts they have to offer, as well as the other...
Apr 04, 2023•50 min•Ep. 225
00:00 - Introduction 00:00 - Free-for-All (No Free-for-All) 7:00 - Main Topic (The Flood) In episode TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOUR, Mike, Jason, and Wade continue the guys' discussion of anthropology, now taking up the Flood and Noah. We hope you enjoy the episode! We are grateful to the 1517 podcasting network. If you haven't done so yet, make sure to go check out all of the great podcasts they have to offer, as well as the other wonderful content at 1517.org. If you're enjoying the show, please ...
Mar 30, 2023•55 min•Ep. 224
00:00 - Introduction 00:00 - Free-for-All (No Free-for-All) 10:20 - Main Topic (The Baptismal Life: Michael's New Book) In episode TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-THREE, Mike, Jason, and Wade discuss Michael's new book (well, one of them), The Baptismal Life, recently released by Northwestern Publishing House. We hope you enjoy the episode! We are grateful to the 1517 podcasting network. If you haven't done so yet, make sure to go check out all of the great podcasts they have to offer, as well as the oth...
Mar 29, 2023•50 min•Ep. 223
00:00 - Introduction 13:30 - Free-for-All (MLB Predictions) 28:00 - Main Topic (Chad Walta: Bilingual Ministry) In episode TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-TWO, Mike, Jason, Wade, and Chad Walta discuss bilingual urban ministry in Milwaukee. Thanks to Pastor Walta for joining us. We hope you enjoy the episode! We are grateful to the 1517 podcasting network. If you haven't done so yet, make sure to go check out all of the great podcasts they have to offer, as well as the other wonderful content at 1517.org...
Mar 23, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 222
00:00 - Introduction 00:00 - Free-for-All (No Free-for-All) 7:25 - Main Topic (And He Died) In episode TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-ONE, Mike, Jason, Wade, and Tyler continue the guys' discussion of anthropology. They discuss what it means that Adam's son, Seth, and all after him, are made in Adam's image and likeness, the "and he died" refrain of chapter five, human corruption, the Nephilim, and our temptation to externalize sin and internalize salvation, among other things. We hope you enjoy the epi...
Mar 14, 2023•49 min•Ep. 221
00:00 - Introduction 00:00 - Free-for-All (No Free-for-All) 7:40 - Main Topic (Life after Murder) In episode TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY, Jason, Wade and Mark continue the guys' discussion of anthropology. Our focus this time around is life in the world after the first murder, where power and status became a driving force. We were very excited that Mark Braun was able to join us. We hope you enjoy the episode! We are grateful to the 1517 podcasting network. If you haven't done so yet, make sure to go...
Mar 07, 2023•48 min•Ep. 220
00:00 - Introduction 00:00 - Free-for-All (No Free-for-All) 10:35 - Main Topic (The Guys Do a True Crime Podcast) In episode TWO HUNDRED AND NINETEEN, Mike, Jason, and Wade continue the guys' discussion of anthropology. Our focus this time around is the first murder, as Cain kills his brother Abel in a rage over sacrifice and God's favor. We were very excited and are very grateful that Pastor Noah Bater of Prince of Peace Lutheran in Thousand Oaks, California was able to join us. We hope you enj...
Mar 02, 2023•50 min•Ep. 219
00:00 - Introduction 00:00 - Free-for-All (No Free-for-All) 21:30 - Main Topic (Ministry Talk with James Metsger) Wade has friends, or at least a friend! In this episode we prove it. In episode TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN, Jason and Wade talk to Pastor James Metsger of Christ Point in Charlotte, North Carolina, one of Wade's best friends since high school. This was our first attempt at hosting a remote guest with the new equipment, and Wade was thrilled and grateful that James was able to be that f...
Feb 25, 2023•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 218
00:00 - Introduction 00:00 - Free-for-All (No Free-for-All) 9:30 - Main Topic (Promise and Curses: Genesis 3) In episode TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN, Mike, Jason, and Wade continue the guys' discussion of anthropology. We focus especially upon the relationship between God's promise and the curses at the end of Genesis 3 and how the gospel predominates, even in this darkest moment in mankind's history, the fall into sin, when death came into the world. They also test out new equipment, which we got...
Feb 24, 2023•41 min•Ep. 217
00:00 - Introduction 08:55 - Free-for-All (Raleigh Sadler and MercyCast) 23:50 - Main Topic (Anthropology: Genesis 3) In episode TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN, Mike, Jason, Peter (yes, Peter!), Nate Wordell, Raleigh Sadler and Wade continue the guys' discussion of anthropology. Raleigh Sadler, on campus to speak for our students (until an attack of snow struck) joins us and tells us about his work with Let My People Go, his book, Vulnerable, and his new podcast, MercyCast. As we explore Genesis 3, we ...
Feb 16, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 216
00:00 - Introduction 00:00 - Free-for-All (No Free-for-All) 6:40 - Main Topic (Anthropology: Genesis 2) In episode TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN, Mike, Jason (dressed spectacularly) and Wade continue to discuss anthropology. What is it? Why does it matter? What does the Bible have to say about it? As we continue our discussion of the topic, we explore Genesis 2. We hope you enjoy the episode! We are grateful to the 1517 podcasting network. If you haven't done so yet, make sure to go check out all of t...
Feb 09, 2023•55 min•Ep. 215
00:00 - Introduction 00:00 - Free-for-All (No Free-for-All) 4:30 - Main Topic (Anthropology and Genesis 1 and 2) In episode TWO HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN, Mike, Jason and Wade continue to discuss anthropology. What is it? Why does it matter? What does the Bible have to say about it? As we continue our discussion of the topic, we explore Genesis 1 more and also start Genesis 2. We hope you enjoy the episode! We are grateful to the 1517 podcasting network. If you haven't done so yet, make sure to go ch...
Feb 02, 2023•52 min•Ep. 214
00:00 - Introduction 00:00 - Free-for-All (No Free-for-All) 14:45 - Main Topic (Anthropology and Genesis 1) In episode TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN, Mike, Jason and Wade discuss anthropology. What is it? Why does it matter? What does the Bible have to say about it? As we start our discussion of the topic, we explore Genesis 1. We also talk about the WELS National Conference on Lutheran Leadership and Jason't time at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, too. We hope you enjoy the episode! We are grateful...
Jan 27, 2023•49 min•Ep. 213
