Tag: Podcast

McLaren talks Homebrewed Christianity

My buddy Chad and his friend Tripp interviewed Brian McLaren this past week for their Homebrewed Christianity podcast.

I haven’t had a chance to listen to it yet but Chad promises it’s great. It’s already 9:19 tonight and I’m debating on downloading it and listening to it before heading to bed or waiting and listening to it on the bus tomorrow.

Here’s the quote Chad pulled out for his blog:

“You know, if people want to say that the gospel of sin management is easy and hopeful, I have to ask myself how deeply they’ve thought about it, because what it really ends up doing is making most of life for most people pretty much meaningless, and yet, to me, the gospel of the kingdom then brings meaning and value into every dimension of life, and it brings value to all people’s lives as well. So, I would say, the good news is 10,000 times better than I used to believe.”

You can listen here or subscribe via iTunes.

UPDATE: I’m listening to the podcast now – this quote grabbed my attention (around 11:30 in the podcast):

I would never want to say this in a harsh way, but in a true way the gospel for an awful lot of people has become the ultimate spiritual commodity and it’s a consumer product. And an awful lot of what we call Christian activity is the marketing of that product and the winning of new customers so that they can remain satisfied customers for life. When you contrast that with the idea of being invited to join God in the healing and on going development and growth and fertility and goodness of the world — the difference is staggering.

Homebrew Christianity (episode 2)

Thought this was super interesting…

The discussion around the table turns to looking at how some various doctrines are becoming more and more attracted to emergent thoughts and ideas (approx 14:30 min into the podcast).

“In the last year I’ve had meetings with three different kinds of Presbyterians who have all said… ‘that’s really Presbyterianism. It’s really good to hear this.’ And the Methodists say, ‘that’s totally Methodist theology that you’re talking about.’ The Episcopalians say, ‘that’s Anglicanism this emergent thing…’ With the Mennonites, ‘that’s what Mennonites say.'” … “I got a call from a Greek Orthodox church who said ‘I’m coming through Minneapolis and I’ve read the Emergent Manifesto of hope and I feel like I’ve found a long last brother. Can we get together?’ There’s something about this thing that all these traditions are saying, ‘That’s us in our best days!'”

Why We Remember, Why We Forget

While waiting at CarMax yesterday to get my truck appraised I picked up a copy of National Geographic and read half of an article on memory and why we remember or forget certain things. It was a great read (at least what I got through reading) and I wish I could have finished it. But luckily KERA’s Think talked with the National Geographic author Joshua Foer about the story and I can play catch up online. From the program:

What makes memory possible and why do we forget the things that we forget? We’ll explore the realm of memory this hour with Joshua Foer, whose cover story “Remember This” appears in the November, 2007 issue of National Geographic Magazine.

Listen online

New leadership podcast

Just found the Threadsmedia Leadership Podcast from Lifeway.
Very good stuff.

Training Tip 5 talks about teaching people with various learning styles. This is a great listen for anyone who leads anyone anywhere.

“Engage every learning style… Engage as many learning styles as possible.”

Some may learn better by listening and taking notes, others may do better with music, others may do better making art or doing something with their hands. I’m sure my mom could give some great examples of this.

“Culture never informs Scripture but Scripture informs culture.”

“The type of question you ask in your small group could engage learning styles or disengage learning styles.”

What if you walked in to small group and a pile of pipe cleaners were lying in front of you and the leader said, “The one thing I need from God this week is… Answer it with a pipe cleaner.”

What if we thought about our small groups/church like the game Cranium? Engage the whole brain.

“A small group leader who understands the concepts behind Cranium, that’s a great small group leader.”

Go into all the world

Fellow UMHB Crusader, Erin Rigsby has been serving in Jos, Nigeria for over four years now as a nurse for street children.
She was recently interviewed by the Missionary Talks podcast.
Missionary Talks interviews missionaries all over the world about their ministry and how they were led into their particular area and field.
Check out the Missionary Talks blog for more interviews.
Or follow Erin’s journey on her blog.

JESUS Podcast

Belén luminoso

Jesus has His own podcast now.

The Jesus movie is now available to be downloaded to your computer or iPod or Mp3 player. How cool is that?

That’s great thinking on the part of Campus Crusade.

I’ve really enjoyed my copy of The Message on Mp3. It’s a great picker upper anytime I need it.