[Please excuse the over modulation in this episode. Something happened between editing and exporting. Paul will figure it out for next week.]

This week on the There's Got to be a Better Way pod, Paul reflects on the odd 24 hours we had with the Presidential debate immediately followed by the 23rd anniversary the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. He talks about what he calls the "collective chronic anxiety" that has marked American culture since then, and how an ancient ancestor named Abram may have something to teach us about that.

This is the first full and true episode of the "There's Got to be a Better Way" podcast. This week we take the story of Adam and Eve eat of the "forbidden fruit" and explore how the concept of "judgment" works in our world and in our souls. Hit me up at IrrevPaul@gmail.com for thoughts, opinions, critiques (but be kind), and feedback. Peace, friends.

For far too long I've been meaning to start a podcast, and I just keep putting it off. But now's the time. My name is Paul Baudhuin and I live at the vocational intersection of being a city council person, a substitute teacher, and a United Methodist pastor. And that intersection is where this podcast begins...