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Co-hosts Anthony Rispo and Clayton Smith, along with their ideologically diverse suite of guests, use conversation to test ideas, analyze arguments, and question dogmas.

Welcome to the Roll for Joycast, where every episode is a quest for holy wholeness! Join Rory, Alex, and Anthony - three nerdy pastors and dungeon masters - as they dive into the world of tabletop roleplaying games like Dungeons & Dragons. Together, they wander through myth, story, spirituality, and sacred absurdity, discovering how play can reconnect us to joy, courage, community, and hope. Plus, in our Game Design Theopoetics segment, we reimagine game elements to help us rediscover the sacred possibilities within ourselves and the worlds we create together. Get ready to roll the dice for a ...

In compiling this anthology, it was my intention to focus on stories of crime motivated by hate. Not racially, politically, or religiously motivated violence, even though these are labeled ‘hate crimes’ in contemporary media.

Deputy Billy Lafitte is not unfamiliar with the law—he just prefers to enforce it, rather than abide by it. But his rule-bending and bribe-taking have gotten him kicked off the force in Gulfport, Mississippi, and he’s been given a second chance—in the desolate, Siberian wastelands of rural Minnesota. Now Billy’s only got the local girls and local booze to keep him company. Until one of the local girls—cute little Drew, bassist for a psychobilly band—asks Billy for help with her boyfriend.