Podcast – Tokens

by Lee C. Camp That medieval Saint Thomas Aquinas insisted that Christian life was ultimately about happiness. This is an odd assertion, perhaps, for us Protestants and free-church folks, who have been so prone to focus upon the rigors of [...] [Read More]

This week’s podcast features host Lee C. Camp’s reflections upon the sesquicentennial of the Battle of Nashville, December 15-16, 1864, fought in Lee’s neighborhood, and then concludes with some segments from the Tokens Show entitled “Singing Down the Pain,” recorded [...] [Read More]

This week’s podcast features host Lee C. Camp’s reflections and audio snippets from a recent sojourn with students in Santiago, Chile. For more pictures on the trip, visit Lee’s Flickr album, and for more reflections on the trip, see Lee’s [...] [Read More]

This week, we’re pleased to share a little homiletic indulgence, as Lee calls it. Which is to say, we share a sermon by our own most outstanding host, titled “Salsa and Queso, Salt and Light.” It was delivered on 13 [...] [Read More]

This week, we share the closing segments from our The Prophetic Ethic show. We are pleased to include three Over the Rhine numbers: Called Home, Gonna Let My Soul Catch My Body, and Trumpet Child. We also include a vignette [...] [Read More]

Hello, my friends. Welcome to another episode of Dispatches. This week, we feature some class and grass—complete with Lee’s thoughts on false dichotomies—along with Black Mountain Rag, and a waltz by Russ Barenberg called Return to the Brandywine. We hope you [...] [Read More]

This week, we’re pleased to share more segments from the first act of our recent “A Prophetic Ethic” show. We’re grateful to be able to share two more songs by Over the Rhine – “All My Favorite People Are Broken” [...] [Read More]

This week we share the opening portion of our most recent show, beginning with Lee’s opening monologue, followed by our Most Outstanding Horeb Mountain Boys performing our Tokens Theme. We finish off with Over the Rhine’s fine song, “Spark,” an [...] [Read More]

Walter Brueggemann on doxology as political subversion, leading into a marvelous moment with an accapella singing of one “Doxology,” and yet more conversation on the poetic as telling prophetic truth in a way that is elusive of the royal consciousness, [...] [Read More]

Our Social Media Editor has the week off, but we’re pleased to rerun this fine podcast from our first season of Dispatches.  From “The Christmas Revolution,” we feature an interview with Professor Andrew Bacevich, in which he discusses his book, [...] [Read More]

Most delighted to have you listening in again this week. We share more highlights from past shows, including Suzy Bogguss' rendition of "Red River Valley," the Tokens Radio Players performing their interpretation of Steve Jobs Visits God, a little Brother Preacher, Todd Suttles very fine version of "Ain't Gonna Study War No More," and Buddy Greene leading us in "Shall We Gather at the River?" We hope you enjoy. A reminder that tickets are on sale for our upcoming Ryman show the Sunday prior to Thanksgiving; visit tokensshow.com/tickets for more information. And Tokens on WSM-650AM continues this Sunday at six o’clock pm central, featuring more of our favorite Tokens Show segments. Be sure to let all your friends know about our socio-cultural experiment here. Remember, you can subscribe to Dispatches from the Buckle on ITUNES. And be sure to follow DISPATCHES ON TWITTER for all the latest. Lee C. Camp, Professor of Theology & Ethics at Lipscomb University, in Nashville, Tennessee, is the host of WWW.TOKENSSHOW.COM and the Dispatches from the Buckle Podcast, and the author of WHO IS MY ENEMY?

Hello my friends. Welcome to Dispatches from the Buckle, the soon to be award winning podcast from the Tokens Show. This week, we're pleased to share with you more segments from our extraordinarily most outstanding 2011 Ryman show, a show that featured Ketch Secor and Critter Fuqua of Old Crow fame alongside Mike Farris and the Roseland Rhythm Revue. We also had the Nashville Choir, Buddy Greene, and Odessa Settles singing that night. Today, we'll hear an interview with Charlie Strobel of Nashville's Room in the Inn, and we'll close you out with the old hymn "Nearer My God to Thee." Tune in to WSM this Sunday night at 6:00 pm central for more from Act 2 of this Welcome Table episode. And be sure to make plans to join us at 7:30 in Nashville for Thanksgiving at the Ryman. We'll have Vince Gill and Paul Franklin, to name but a few. Sure to be a most delightful night. And, in this season of Thanksgiving, we give thanks especially for our 2013 presenting sponsor, Blue Coast Burrito. A reminder that tickets are on sale for our upcoming Ryman show the Sunday prior to Thanksgiving; visit tokensshow.com/tickets for more information. And Tokens on WSM-650AM continues this Sunday at six o’clock pm central, featuring more songs from “The Welcome Table.” Be sure to let all your friends know about our socio-cultural experiment here. Remember, you can subscribe to Dispatches from the Buckle on ITUNES. And be sure to follow DISPATCHES ON TWITTER for all the latest. Lee C. Camp, Professor of Theology & Ethics at Lipscomb University, in Nashville, Tennessee, is the host of WWW.TOKENSSHOW.COM and the Dispatches from the Buckle Podcast, and the author of WHO IS MY ENEMY?

This week, more segments from past Ryman shows. We're proud to share with you "Turkey in the Straw," as performed by our Most Outstanding Horeb Mountain Boys. Following that, you'll hear Mike Farris singing that old spiritual, "Oh, Mary Don't You Weep." We conclude with Lee's monologue from the night and Buddy Greene leading our cast in "Bringing in the Sheaves." A reminder that tickets are on sale for our upcoming Ryman show the Sunday prior to Thanksgiving; visit tokensshow.com/tickets for more information. And Tokens on WSM-650AM continues this Sunday at six o’clock pm central, featuring more songs from “The Welcome Table.” Be sure to let all your friends know about our socio-cultural experiment here. Remember, you can subscribe to Dispatches from the Buckle on ITUNES. And be sure to follow DISPATCHES ON TWITTER for all the latest. Lee C. Camp, Professor of Theology & Ethics at Lipscomb University, in Nashville, Tennessee, is the host of WWW.TOKENSSHOW.COM and the Dispatches from the Buckle Podcast, and the author of WHO IS MY ENEMY?

Welcome to Dispatches from the Buckle, the soon-to-be-award-winning podcast from the already-award-winning Tokens Show. This week we're sharing segments from our very first foray to the Ryman, beginning with Jeff Taylor's and Buddy Greene's Cluck Ol' Hen, an interview with Shane Claiborne about his book Economy of Love, the Nashville choir, then, shares the Doxology with us, and our company sings I'm Gonna Sit and the Welcome Table. Hear more from our first Welcome Table episode on WSM, Sunday at 6:00 pm central on air or online at wsmonline dot com. We hope you enjoy this episode of Dispatches, brought to you by Blue Coast Burrito. A reminder that tickets are on sale for our upcoming Ryman show the Sunday prior to Thanksgiving; visit tokensshow.com/tickets for more information. And Tokens on WSM-650AM continues this Sunday at six o’clock pm central, featuring more songs from “The Wisdom of the Skeptic.” Be sure to let all your friends know about our socio-cultural experiment here. Remember, you can subscribe to Dispatches from the Buckle on ITUNES. And be sure to follow DISPATCHES ON TWITTER for all the latest. Lee C. Camp, Professor of Theology & Ethics at Lipscomb University, in Nashville, Tennessee, is the host of WWW.TOKENSSHOW.COM and the Dispatches from the Buckle Podcast, and the author of WHO IS MY ENEMY?

Hello my friends and welcome to the soon-to-be-award-winning podcast from the Tokens Show, Dispatches from the Buckle. This week we feature segments from our Wisdom of the Skeptic show. We begin with a most outstanding interview with our friend, Dr. Francis Collins. Following that we hear Odessa Settles sing "I Remember, I Believe" and our entire company perform "To Canaan's Land I'm on My Way." Thankful as always to our 2013 presenting sponsor BlueCoast Burrito. A reminder that tickets are on sale for our upcoming Ryman show the Sunday prior to Thanksgiving; visit tokensshow.com/tickets for more information. And Tokens on WSM-650AM continues this Sunday at six o’clock pm central, featuring more songs from “The Wisdom of the Skeptic.” Be sure to let all your friends know about our socio-cultural experiment here. Remember, you can subscribe to Dispatches from the Buckle on ITUNES. And be sure to follow DISPATCHES ON TWITTER for all the latest. Lee C. Camp, Professor of Theology & Ethics at Lipscomb University, in Nashville, Tennessee, is the host of WWW.TOKENSSHOW.COM and the Dispatches from the Buckle Podcast, and the author of WHO IS MY ENEMY?