Category Archives: Memento Mori

All Life is Precious: 05×16 “Conquer”

“He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God” Micah 6:8

  • Did Rick’s Group Cause This?
  • Passion Overtaking Reason
  • Mercy in Three Duels
  • The Diverging Roads of Rick and Morgan
  • How Many Should We Kill?
  • Are We Called to Effectiveness or Faithfulness?
  • Money & Jubilee (Bible, not Marvel)
  • Materialism – Mammon’s Lure
  • The Walking Dead is a Sandbox

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Owen grew up in Los Angeles and moved overseas after college. After a brief stint in political campaigns, Owen returned overseas as a missionary in Russia & Bulgaria with his wife and son.

Thoughts on Season 5 Finale?

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Owen grew up in Los Angeles and moved overseas after college. After a brief stint in political campaigns, Owen returned overseas as a missionary in Russia & Bulgaria with his wife and son.

Safety: 05×15 “Try”

“He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.” Col 2:15

  • The Coming Conflict
  • Deanna vs. Rick – Governing Style
  • Living Inside the Same as Living on the Outside
  • What Should Deanna Have Done?
  • What is Safety?
  • “It’s their world, we’re just living in it”
  • Rick Flips Out
  • Listener Feedback

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Owen grew up in Los Angeles and moved overseas after college. After a brief stint in political campaigns, Owen returned overseas as a missionary in Russia & Bulgaria with his wife and son.

Giftings: 05×14 “Spend”

“Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord.” 1 Cor 12:4-5

  • Giftings and the Body of Christ
  • Service as a Means to Build Relationships
  • Role of Pastor
  • How the Communities Care for Each Other
  • What’s the Deal with Father Gabriel!
  • Do the Creators Understand Christianity?
  • Righteousness and What We Deserve

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Owen grew up in Los Angeles and moved overseas after college. After a brief stint in political campaigns, Owen returned overseas as a missionary in Russia & Bulgaria with his wife and son.

Vocation: 05×13 “Forget”

“Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men.” Colossians 3:23

  • Theology of Vocation
  • Where do we find our identity?
  • Stewardship
  • Metaphor of the horse
  • This is what you worry about?!
  • Dehumanization
  • Depravity
  • What’s with the wall?

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Owen grew up in Los Angeles and moved overseas after college. After a brief stint in political campaigns, Owen returned overseas as a missionary in Russia & Bulgaria with his wife and son.

Kingdom of God: 05×12 “Remember”

“There is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time” – Mark 10:29-30

  • Is everything good now?
  • “Be on guard”
  • Do we Christians live in the safe zone?
  • Go to the dark places
  • “Wise as serpents, innocent as doves”
  • Family and the Kingdom of God
  • Did Communism win?
  • What’s your 5-year plan?

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Owen grew up in Los Angeles and moved overseas after college. After a brief stint in political campaigns, Owen returned overseas as a missionary in Russia & Bulgaria with his wife and son.

Good People: 05×11 “The Distance”

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven.” Matthew 5:43-45

  • Rick’s calculus
  • What is hope at this point?
  • You’re survivors AND people
  • Dissent with Rick
  • “Just because we’re good people …”
  • Total Depravity
  • Love your enemy
  • Great Commission

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Owen grew up in Los Angeles and moved overseas after college. After a brief stint in political campaigns, Owen returned overseas as a missionary in Russia & Bulgaria with his wife and son.

Character: 05×10 “Them”

“He makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.” Matthew 5:45

  • Filler?
  • Struggle to Survive
  • Too many characters
  • Hope
  • Why do we exist?
  • Common Grace/Intervention
  • When do you see someone’s character?
  • Hairsuits & Father Gabriel
  • Characterizing Christians
  • Would you drink the water?
  • Do you trust strangers?

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Owen grew up in Los Angeles and moved overseas after college. After a brief stint in political campaigns, Owen returned overseas as a missionary in Russia & Bulgaria with his wife and son.

A Meaningful Death: 05×09 “What Happened and What’s Going On”

“To live is Christ, and to die is gain.” Philippians 1:21

Our inaugural episode!

  • A meaningful death?
  • Inevitability/Predestination
  • What does a Christian life look like in this world
  • Forgiveness
  • Hope
  • Is death better?

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Owen grew up in Los Angeles and moved overseas after college. After a brief stint in political campaigns, Owen returned overseas as a missionary in Russia & Bulgaria with his wife and son.

Memento Mori: Theology and The Walking Dead

We discuss The Walking Dead from a distinctly Christian worldview.

What does the world of The Walking Dead tell us about what it means to be human? How does Christian theology inform our participation in this endeavor?

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Owen grew up in Los Angeles and moved overseas after college. After a brief stint in political campaigns, Owen returned overseas as a missionary in Russia & Bulgaria with his wife and son.