Preacher's Kid: Recent Episodes
Kendall Paul Wilt
This episode features a new guest writer—Sandrafrom Switzerland. She offers three selections taken from a collection of her worktentatively entitled A Hiker’s Notebook.From an early age, PK has learned the inducements of nature to spiritualunderstanding, as he was raised a preacher’s kid in north central Maine. Hisparents were spiritual naturalists at heart but probably didn’t know it. They took a lot of family trips on the backroads to explore the northern woods and waters of The Pine Tree State. PKdreamed of living like a hermit there in those woods with a good water sourcenearby. He read all the Field & Stream mags he could get his hands on. Hisfolks bought him a subscription to Outdoor Life. The world of nature fascinatedthe preacher’s kid as a child and drew him to itself. For there, he began tobelieve that maybe God could be found in nature. At that stage of life, Godlost the silvery haired image and pulsed invisible in the carbon life forms onEarth. Some folks have even called it their Ground of Being. In this reading ofSandra’s work the natural world speaks for itself. So be it.
This episode features the Preacher Kid’s little brother, Dr. Timothy, speaking to us in person from his home in Tennessee. He critiques attributes of the overall podcast as well as a recent episode, Check Your Sources. Per his request, a “good ol’ gospel song” is revved up and ready to go at the end.
For so long, Preacher's Kid has berated the Christianity he was raised up in. He now thinks that just to be fair he ought to balance that with a positive outlook on the Christian experience, sifting out the gold from the dross. Today, PK introduces a guest writer who breaks down for us an effective teaching method used by Jesus a couple thousand years ago.
The Preacher's Kid (PK) investigates the primary source of information about Jesus as it is reported in the New Testament of the Bible. What he finds is an amazing young man who innocently gets embroiled in the lurid political currents of his country.
Preacher’s Kid (PK) delivers the address for a guest writer who submitted it recently. The writer expressed concern for the negative portrayal of Christianity in previous episodes, and thought this piece might paint a better picture of it. Manuscripts by guest contributors are always welcome!
Sister Beverly delivers a sermonette she had delivered years ago when she was a novice living in a monastic community. Of all the episodes, this is perhaps the most religious. Sister B lays it on the line in this one.
Some skills just don't come naturally to the Preacher's Kid as it seems they should. Take, for instance, how to paddle a canoe. There are more basic skills than paddling, such as getting in and out of a canoe in the first place, which one must learn to do if they are ever going to enjoy the paddling!
This episode has a hypnotic flow that again may make for good bed-side listening. Try it! Find a comfortable position, close your eyes, take a couple deep breaths, and ease into the world of Sister Beverly, Brother Bob, and Kendall Paul Wilt the Preacher's Kid. 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 …. and you are there. Welcome!
Per listener request, PK teams up with Brother Bob and Sister Beverly to present several old, old gospel hymns that were among PK's childhood favorites. Family and friends pitch in to help on the musical numbers. This would be a great podcast to play while tucked in to sleep for the night.
Per a listener's request, PK renders an audio of Sherwood Anderson's "The Book of the Grotesque." Sister Beverly and Brother Bob join PK for a semi-literate discussion of the story afterwards. Enjoy!
This is the final piece of Kent Nussey's trilogy of stories submitted to the Preacher's Kid podcast. The story highlights a strange episode in the life of PK at age 30. Sister Beverly is on hand to counter PK and Brother Bob's penchant for longwindedness.
Once again, Kent Nussey is the featured guest contributor on Preacher's Kid. We are expecting one more work from him to complete a Nusserian trilogy. Once a PK himself, Kent's works can be Amazon-ed or googled under his full name. The Note is a short story chronicling how the narrator's youthful error leads to a revelation that affects the finding of his way along life's path.
In his 23rd year of teaching, Preacher's Kid gets to experience what most likely no teacher has ever experienced. To this very day, PK remains mystified by what really was taking place at that time in the murky web of high-school culture in a rural district of Western New York.
Preacher's Kid (PK) finds himself in an awkward situation as a member of the Christian Academy Boy's Quartet.
Any listeners interested in being a guest contributor to this program--send a query to me at kpwilt@hotmail.com!
This episode features the first guest contributor to the Preacher's Kid podcast. Author Kent Nussey recently submitted a piece on the topic of a youthful transgression. Just google his name for a complete description of his written work. Future GUEST CONTRIBUTORS WANTED and are welcome to submit their work. If interested, contact kpwilt@hotmail.com.
PK (Preacher's Kid) tells his version of arriving at mid-life crisis. Turns out it wasn't much different than Jonah's rediscovery of his anointed path.
As backstory to her character development, Sister Beverly reveals the zig-zag path she has taken to get to "where she's at" today.
Another impromptu discussion featuring Brother Bob, Sister Beverly, and Preacher's Kid, this rough cut reveals some of the backstory to Brother Bob's character.
The Preacher's Kid fights for his dignity on the playground and after school. He doesn't like being put in a headlock.
Brother Bob obliges PK by vocalizing Poe's famous poem "The Raven," a story about a guy who's suffering the loss of a girlfriend/partner. Whoever knocked on the guy's door came through the window instead!
PK talks about a couple musical styles that have shaped his musical preferences and playing style since childhood.
THE PK TRUDGES DOWN THE LOST HIGHWAY THROUGH 3 FAILED MARRIAGES. WHAT'S BECOME OF OUR NICE LITTLE PREACHER'S KID?
PK, the preacher's kid, begins to take his leave from the realm of religious fundamentalism.
Join Sister Beverly, Brother Bob, and the Preacher's Kid in this episode of a roundtable planning session for future episode topics. In this case, the topic of marriage surfaces.
The Preacher's Kid, PK, flinches as he takes two hard body punches to the gut of his being in junior high school and ninth grade. He stands on his own in the fighting ring of the Christian World vs. the Unredeemed World.
PK, Brother Bob, and Sister Beverly recollect their most memorable horror stories found in the Bible when they were children. This episode was accidently, if not unwittingly, recorded during a late evening brain-storm session.
The Preacher's Kid, apparently, has not received a call on the celestial telephone, and still is waiting for it to ring!
KP as the PK disputes the wise man: rock : : foolish man: sand analogy, commonly presented in his church's Sunday School. He draws ol' Moses into this controversy by suggesting he spent too much time "on the rock" in the Sinai sands.
Little PK gets censored at the church picnic for saying something that he shouldn't have said.
Several years beyond early childhood, PK visits The Badlands on a family vacation--an apt metaphor for his life story that unfolds here for you.
Kendall Paul explains, by way of his Preacher's Kid delivery to a pandemic inspired virtual audience, why Blues, the music genre, has been so vital in chasing his personal blues away. KP's daughter Linzi plays a hopping bass line throughout.
In keeping with current events, PK takes a painful look at racism. He recollects for us an event that took place earlier in his career as a junior high English teacher.
PK expresses his view of the President of the United States (PUS) in 2020. To do this, he flashes back and forth to spaces in his life as a Preacher's Kid.
Dreams of being a rebel fade into an awkward situation between Preacher's Kid (PK) and a visiting Christian rebel that is visiting the college campus. What follows is a scramble for the rock of self-identity!
P.S. The song in the intro is "The Foolish Man and the Wise Man"which PK learned in his Sunday School years.
A peculiar episode, PK explores the transformation from the rebel ideal to being more of a social misfit. Sister Beverly and Brother Bob join KP (Kendall Paul) for a discussion concerning the inclusion of this episode for a podcast. KP wanted to retract it, but Sister B and Brother B suggest otherwise.
PK almost pulls in a big one. But, what he ties-into next is bigger... in a way that defines a mystical experience in the deep woods of Maine.
Rebellion helps launch PK into his "orbit." He enters a world of ideas hitherto unexplored. PK grows frustrated with characters who have an answer for everything.
The first seed of rebellion is planted in PK's young mind, all in the name of becoming a good Christian. PK begins plotting his rebellious game plan.
PK wonders why he can't write stories with happy endings, and contemplates the possibility of converting a negative (tragic) perspective into a positive (comic) outlook.
PK contemplates the tragic and comic nature of one's life story. He illustrates how the evangelical fundamentalist would handle the problem of switching one's negative (tragic) perspective on life to a positive (comic) outlook.
PK is invited to speak at The Church of Souls Held in Time Space for an evening service. The congregation is quite receptive. The confessional is based on one of the PK’s hitch-hiking experiences. The Wilt Boys present their version of Lost Highway (written by Leon Payne, made famous by Hank Williams, Sr.) for the intro and outro.
PK responds to letter from a listener inquiring about making his course of study seem worthwhile to the students. PK discusses an attempt to solve this problem in a public school setting.
PK is shamed when he cannot fulfill his duty as president of his high school junior class. His love for pranking is on the rise. Is there a connection?
Part 1:
PK develops his prenatal love for music. At 16, he decides he wants to be a rock musician. His passion for music approaches forbidden limits.
PK goes flying a space ship, visits the Devil's Tower, and gets a spanking for the last time.
The preacher’s kid (PK) finds himself suspended in midair between his father’s love for God and love for his first-born son.
My gripe is primarily with the fundamentalist church, but for different reasons commonly given by defectors from fundamentalism. These reasons for my defection fall under the paradoxical nature of the church, and not for just fundamentalist churches but maybe for all churches in general.
PK as high school junior undergoes ego crunching experience during which God must have been on vacation.
A look at the physical set-up of my childhood church with plentiful commentary attached.