<p>Last episode of the year, in which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk Knives Out, self-checkout lines, optional futures, and how not to hate Christmas. Also, Sarah gets a Zippo while heaven and earth meet at an unlikely funeral. </p>

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<li><a href="https://mbird.com/film/knives-out-and-the-cinema-of-perpetual-grace/" rel="nofollow">Click here</a> to read Dave&#39;s review of <em>Knives Out: Wake Up Dead Man</em> on Mbird</li>
<li><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/12/self-checkout-grocery-line-long/685125/" rel="nofollow">Click here</a> to read Valerie Trapp&#39;s piece in The Atlantic on &quot;The One Line Americans (Weirdly) Choose to Wait In&quot;</li>
<li><a href="https://lindynewsletter.beehiiv.com/p/from-option-to-obligation" rel="nofollow">Click here</a> to &quot;From Option to Obligation&quot; by Paul Skallas in the Lindy Newsletter</li>
<li><a href="https://mbird.com/holidays/christmas/no-more-flaccid-christmas-stockings/" rel="nofollow">Click here</a> to read Sarah&#39;s &quot;No More Flaccid Christmas Stockings&quot; on Mbird</li>
<li><a href="https://mbird.com/holidays/christmas/how-to-not-hate-christmas/" rel="nofollow">Click here</a> to read David Clay&#39;s &quot;How to Not Hate Christmas&quot; on Mbird</li>
<li><a href="https://mbird.com/suffering/faiths-long-december/" rel="nofollow">Click here</a> to read &quot;Faith&#39;s Long December&quot; by Kyle Wells on Mbird</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s8lvnSmISc" rel="nofollow">Click here</a> to watch the performance of &quot;Fairytale of New York&quot; at Shane MacGowan&#39;s funeral</li>
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Episode 289: Throw Parties, Give Gifts, Tell Stories

The Mockingcast is a bi-weekly podcast hosted by RJ Heijmen, Sarah Condon and David Zahl, and brought to you by Mockingbird Ministries, an organization which seeks to connect the Christian faith with the realities of everyday life in fresh and down-to-earth ways. You can find out more about Mockingbird at www.mbird.com. Audio production provided by TJ Hester.