Send us a text Well hi everybody, we are back again for part two of our trek through Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky. We hope that this book as been instructive and challenging and thought provoking for you all.

Send us a text Welcome back to the Supplementalist, we hope you are having a great summer. Today we have part one of a two part episode where we are looking at what is widely believed to be one of the greatest novels ever written, Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Although long, this book is very much worth the time to read. Look for part 2 in the next couple weeks

Send us a text Welcome back everybody! Today we have a very special episode as we as we have a special guest in studio, pastor and author Chris Cobb. it was a joy to sit down with Chris and chat through his book and other topics like writing and literature in the life of a pastor and more generally a Christian.

Send us a text And we are finally back! This is a short yet powerful read that we hope you enjoyed as much as we did. As promised here is the link for the book that we are looking at for our next, very special, episode with the author himself https://a.co/d/4KI017c

Send us a text Welcome to our humble little show. Glad you stopped by. In today’s episode we look at a work by Thomas Sowell called Conflict of Visions. This isn’t an easy read but it has proven to be a very important work by Dr Sowell that we believe can be very helpful. We hope that you were helped by the book and by our subsequent discussion.

Send us a text Well hey everybody. We are finally back with a new episode. Today we are looking at Abraham Heschel’s book Sabbath. In this book he explores the idea of Sabbath from a hebraic perspective. We think this can be a helpful book as we think through this theme that we find from Genesis 1 all the way through the end of the Scriptures.

Send us a text Whats up everybody, happy weekend from the Supplementalists. We must have a thing for stories that don’t have a happy ending here at the Supplementalist. This week Paul Jamie and Steve are looking at a poignant and tragic story by John Steinbeck called The Pearl. There is a lot to think about and wrestle with in this short novel and we hope it was thought provoking and our conversation helpful.

Send us a text Well hello everybody welcome back to the Supplementalist. We hope that you are all having a fantastic 2025 so far. In todays episode we are taking our first foray into the greatest of all English writers, the inestimable William Shakespeare. We are going to be looking at brief selection of his sonnets. Here is a list (not necessarily in the order we cover them) 30, 73 (aging/ regret)91 (heartbreak)29 (jealousy)106 (time)27 (weary)18, 116 (love/ most popular)We hope that you too...

Send us a text Welcome back dear listener. We are here again with a new book and a new episode. Our book for today is The Road, a 2006 post-apocalyptic novel by American writer Cormac McCarthy. This book explores the theme of fatherhood among others. We realize this is not an easy read at times but we believe it is worth it in the end. As mentioned the next episode we will be looking at some selected Sonnets from the one and only William Shakespeare. The Sonnets that we will be looking at ar...

Send us a text Happy New Year! Well 16 days late. We take our time here at the Supplementalist, well our audio editing guy does - come on Steve! Today is a bonus episode to kick off the new year. We will get back to our regularly scheduled programing next week. This week we have a special episode were we are looking at an article from an organization called Public Discourse. This particular essay is from Joshua Hren with the title of "The Moral Imagination and the Spirit of Literature” You ...

Send us a text Merry Christmas from the Supplementalists. We pray that you have had a great Advent and Christmas season. Today we take a look at one of the most beloved children's books of the past 100 years, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis. We hope that we enjoyed reading this book with your families.

Send us a text Happy December everyone! its kinda crazy how quickly this year has gone by but here we are looking at another Christmas and New Year right around the corner. Today we are looking at a Jack London short story, To Build a Fire. This is a classic Jack London story of man vs nature with a dog in the mix. We hope that you were helped by it and provoked to thought and contemplation as he explores the themes of pride and foolhardiness.

Send us a text Happy Thanksgiving! We hope this book was a cornucopia of reading delight. Seriously though, we hope that you enjoyed it as much as we did. At first blush it may seem like a zany, offbeat comedy and thats about it, but we think there is more going on under the surface. Hopefully our conversation is helpful in untangling - just a little bit - this nihilistic sci-fi. So enjoy some Turkey and Mashed Potatoes and wash it down with a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster and have a great Than...

Send us a text Welcome to another episode of our humble little podcast. Today we dive into a book by Rod Dreher called the Benedict Option. This is Paul and Jamie's favorite book (ok not so much). We hope that you found the book thought provoking and our conversation helpful.

Send us a text Happy Halloween! Or as us Protestants say "Happy Reformation Day.” Ok so basically no one says that. Today we have a ghost story for you… well sort of. The story in question is a play not a book by Thornton Wilder called Our Town. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did and find our conversation helpful.

Send us a text Ever wondered about what Pastors are actually called to do? today we take a look with the help of Harold Senkbeil in his work The Care of Souls. We hope this book was both encouraging and challenging to you

Send us a text And we're back! After over a month hiatus we are finally back with a new episode and it is a good one. In this episode we are looking at Norman Maclean’s A River Runs Through It. This is a master piece of storytelling and we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did

Send us a text Glad you're back! Today we are going to cover Gene Edwards rumination about leadership in his book A Tale of Three Kings. In this he works through ideas of leadership using Saul, David, and Absalom as the case studies. We hope that you were helped and encouraged by this book.

Send us a text “A patchwork memory is the shame of a refugee” Thanks for stopping by! Today we explore Daniel Nayeri’s outstanding and beautifully written book Everything Sad is Untrue. We trust that you enjoyed this book as much as we did!

Send us a text Hello again! So somehow I mixed up my episodes and released the wrong one a few episodes back and didn’t realize it until recently. So to rectify that we are dropping the missing episode now! We hope you enjoyed this fascinating book as much as we did!