Comedians with Pastors Talking Bible
Two pastors and two comedians sit down together to consider the weekly Bible reading. Chaos, hilarity and occasional insight ensue! Hosted by Pastor Eric Damon and Pastor Bob Schaefer, and featuring resident comic theologians Abby Evans and Erick Williams. New episodes every Monday.
Episodes
78 episodes
The Cross Ties the Whole Place Together - Easter 7A (May 14, 2026)
Comedians with Pastors Talking Bible is the show where Pittsburgh stand-up comedians and ELCA pastors sit down with the week's gospel text — and see what happens when nobody's too precious about it.This week Abby Evans (@it...
CPTB Special: Library After Dark Comedy Showcase (Part 1)
A note to our audience: We're taking a week off from our normal mix of comedy and Bible study. We'll jump back into the readings next week. In the meanwhile, we're pleased to present...CPTB Special: Library After Dark Comedy ...
Oatmeal Raisin Theology - Easter 5A (May 3, 2026)
CPTB is a conversational, funny, and thoughtful take on this week's Bible readings — for preachers, church leaders, deconstructors, and curious listeners who still love scripture, even when they're not sure what to do with it. We explore th...
Everything Outside Isn't Thieves - Easter 4A (April 26, 2026)
CPTB is a conversational, funny, and thoughtful take on this week's Bible readings — for preachers, church leaders, deconstructors, and curious listeners who still love scripture, even when they're not sure what to do with it. We explore th...
God-Splaining the Road to Emmaus - Easter 3A (April 19, 2026)
CPTB is a conversational, funny, and thoughtful take on this week's Bible readings — for preachers, church leaders, deconstructors, and curious listeners who still love scripture, even when they're not sure what to do with it. We explore th...
Doubt, Ditto, and a Floating Bloody Head - Easter 2A (April 12, 2026)
CPTB is a conversational, funny, and thoughtful take on this week's Bible readings — for preachers, church leaders, deconstructors, and curious listeners who still love scripture, even when they're not sure what to do with it. We explore th...
JESUS: Destroyer of Death - Easter Sunday A (April 5, 2026)
CPTB is a conversational, funny, and thoughtful take on this week's Bible readings — for preachers, church leaders, deconstructors, and curious listeners who still love scripture, even when they're not sure what to do with it. We explore th...
EUCATASTROPHE! The Best Kind of Disaster Story - Palm/Passion Sunday A (March 29, 2026)
Comedians with Pastors Talking Bible is where standup comedians and ELCA pastors sit down to discuss the week's lectionary readings—the same passages that preachers around the world will proclaim the following Sunday. It's theology, comedy,...
Wake Up Dead Man: A Stink's Out Story - Lent 5A (March 22, 2026)
Every week, CPTB brings together Pittsburgh stand-up comedians and Lutheran pastors to read scripture from the Revised Common Lectionary — no prep, no filter, no guarantees.Lazarus is dead. Four days dead. Stinky dead. Jesus kne...
Looking Through Your Eyelashes - Lent 4A (March 15, 2026)
This week, returning guests Cassi Bruno (@cassi_dicci) and Lou Pastorius (@notorious_pastorius) join Bob and Eric for John 9 — the man born blind — and nobody in the room sees it coming. Jesus makes mud in a way that polite people...
Wave Like Holy Hell and Duck - Lent 3A (March 8, 2026)
CPTB is a conversational, funny, and thoughtful take on this week's Bible readings — for preachers, church leaders, deconstructors, and curious listeners who still love scripture, even when they're not sure what to do with it. We explore th...
"It's Crazy-Eyed Jesus!" - Lent 2A (March 1, 2026)
In this episode of Comedians with Pastors Talking Bible, Pastors Bob Schaefer and Eric Damon are joined by returning comics Harriet Riley (@harrietrileycomedy) and Lizzie Martin (@lizziemartin) to take on John 3:1–17 — the most fa...
"The Devil & Rick Sanchez" - Lent 1A (February 22, 2026)
CPTB is a conversational, funny, and thoughtful take on this week’s Bible readings — for preachers, church leaders, deconstructors, and curious listeners who still love scripture, even when they’re not sure what to do with it. We explore th...
"Jazz Hands on the Mountain" - Transfiguration of Our Lord (Year A | February 15, 2026)
CPTB is a conversational, funny, and thoughtful take on this week’s Bible readings — for preachers, church leaders, deconstructors, and curious listeners who still love scripture, even when they’re not sure what to do with it. We explore the te...
"A Very Special Episode: Salt, Light, and a World on Fire" - Epiphany 5 (Year A | February 8, 2026)
CPTB is a conversational, funny, and thoughtful take on this week’s Bible readings - for preachers, church leaders, deconstructors, and curious listeners who still love scripture, even when they’re not sure what to do with it. We explore th...
“Blessed, Not Hashtag Blessed” - Epiphany 4 (Year A | February 1, 2026)
CPTB is a conversational, funny, and thoughtful take on this week’s Bible readings - for preachers, church leaders, deconstructors, and curious listeners who still love scripture, even when they’re not sure what to do with it. We explore th...
"Jesus Makes a Weird Pitch (And It Works)" - Epiphany 3 (Year A | Jan. 25, 2026)
CPTB is a conversational, funny, and thoughtful take on this week’s Bible readings - for preachers, church leaders, deconstructors, and curious listeners who still love scripture, even when they’re not sure what to do with it. We explore th...
“The Lamb and the Lion: Power That Doesn’t Flex” - Epiphany 2 (Year A | Jan. 18, 2026)
CPTB is a conversational, funny, and thoughtful take on this week’s Bible readings - for preachers, church leaders, deconstructors, and curious listeners who still love scripture, even when they’re not sure what to do with it. We explore th...
"Jesus, Baptism, and Water in His Ears" — Baptism of Our Lord (Year A | Jan. 11, 2026)
CPTB is a conversational, funny, and thoughtful take on this week’s Bible readings - for preachers, church leaders, deconstructors, and curious listeners who still love scripture, even when they’re not sure what to do with it. We explore th...
“Grace, Truth, and a Very Confusing Gospel” (January 4, 2026 - Christmas 2A)
What do you do with a gospel that doesn’t tell the Christmas story, starts before time, and keeps circling back on itself like it’s thinking out loud? In this episode of Comedians with Pastors Talking Bible, we dive into the o...
“The Christmas Text Nobody Wants to Preach” (December 28, 2025 - Christmas 1A)
The First Sunday of Christmas isn’t all angels, carols, and gentle joy. In this Short Take, pastors and comedians Erick Williams (@comicaledubs) and Abby Evans (@itsabbye) join the conversation as we sit with one of the hardest go...
"You Forgot How Weird Christmas Is" (December 21, 2025 - Advent 4A)
What does it mean to say yes when the cost is public scandal?In this Advent 4 episode, Pastors Bob Schaefer and Eric Damon are joined by comedians John Benkart (@johnbenkartcomedy) and Roy Gloeckle (@...
"The One Where Jesus Talks in Riddles" (December 14, 2025 - Advent 3A)
Season 3 kicks off with the return of our Resident Comic Theologians, Abby Evans and Erick Williams, as we dive straight into Matthew 11—the part where John the Baptist is in prison, Jesus sounds like Columbo, and nobody can agree how many High...
"Healthcare Jesus & Bob’s Slow-Clap Showcase" (August 27, 2025 - Proper 16C)
In the Comedians with Pastors Talking Bible Season 2 finale, we start with bidets and end with Bob in wedge heels. In between, comedians Harriet Riley (@harrietrileycomedy) and Cassi Bruno (@cassi_dicci) bring stories of ...
"Hangry Jesus & the Rule of Threes" (August 17, 2025 - Proper 15C)
It’s our last Short Take of the season, and Luke 12:49–56 is bringing the heat — literally. Jesus says he came to bring fire to the earth and division to households, not peace. We unpack what that means without sliding into persecution cosplay,...