Episode 202: Batteries Not Included

In their final episode of the year, RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk mer-baby mishaps, library impermanence, celebrity pastors, and their increasing distaste for Advent. To support the Mockingcast, text "MCAST" to 77948. We need your help! Click here (https://www.instagram.com/p/CIns4NIBLV0/) to read Sarah's message about the tragic news she received just after recording (that RJ mentions in the prelude). Please pray like mad for the Condon family. Click here (https://www.facebook.com/5405219/posts/10102013365940365/?d=n) to read Elizabeth Faidley's incredible write-up of the Pearl the Mermaid Baby Saga, which includes a picture of you-know-who (you've been warned). Click here (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/08/magazine/public-libraries.html) to read Ben Donick's piece about Library Books. Click here (https://mbird.com/2020/12/a-mockingbird-gift-guide-2020-edition/) to persue our gift guide. Click here (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/05/us/carl-lentz-hillsong-pastor.html) to read Ruth Graham's article on the Rise and Fall of Carl Lentz. Click here (https://mbird.com/2020/12/thou-shalt-be-needed-but-never-needy-sad-clowns-lonely-men-and-covid-friendships/) to read DZ's post about Sad Clowns. Click here (https://frenchpress.thedispatch.com/p/the-crisis-of-christian-celebrity) to read David French's column on The Crisis of Christian Celebrity. Click here (https://mbird.com/2012/12/another-week-ends-advent-mudballs-freaks-and-geeks-christian-pariahs-yiddish-petraeus-hitchcock-communion-and-scott-walker/) to read Walter Russell Mead's meditation on Advent.