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This week is a replay of a great episode with Christi Gibson and Dr. Ashley Jamison.

Christi is a storyteller who lives her life alongside scripture with humor and gut-wrenching honesty.  She is a flawed traveler navigating this life’s potholes with humor while keeping a serious eye out for eternal-life appointments along the way....and she currently lives in a van down by the river.

Check out Christi's  ministry HERE

Dr. Ashley Jamison is a licensed professional counselor and supervisor. Her clinical experience has included private practice work with couples and individuals with various presenting issues, as well as addiction counseling and working in the community with severe and persistent mental illness. She has served in member care for a mission organization and currently leads her church’s mental health team. She also owns Solutions Now Therapy — an online practice focused on short-term counseling.

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This week the guys have reached their 300th episode! Thank you for being a part of the journey. If there has been an episode that you have really enjoyed, why not pass it on to a friend and encourage them to subscribe!

For their 300th episode, the guys had the opportunity to sit down in studio with Dr. Raphaël Azenberger and Maxime Cauchon to talk about life and ministry in Quebec, and how learning to show and tell the Gospel in a post-Christian context is crucial for the Church in the US to learn. 

Dr. Raphaël Anzenberger is a missiologist, evangelist, and leader serving the Francophone church. Originally from Strasbourg, France, he now lives in Montreal, where he works to strengthen gospel witness in the highly secular context of Quebec. He serves as Executive Director of the Evangelical Network of Quebec and the French-speaking Baptist Union of Canada and founded Station M, a hub focused on mission and church renewal. Raphaël and his wife Karen have four children. 

Maxime Cauchon is a Canadian pastor, church planter, and missional leader serving as Director of Church Planting, Evangelism, and Multiplication for the Union of French Baptist Churches of Canada. He is also the Executive Director of a French-language media ministry broadcasting the Gospel across Quebec through radio, television, and digital platforms. 

Passionate about reaching spiritual deserts in the Francophone world, Maxime equips leaders, trains evangelists, and builds innovative, collaborative mission strategies to see thriving Gospel communities planted in spiritually underserved regions. 

https://anzenberger.net/

https://unionbaptiste.com/en/

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On this episode the guys sit down with Matthew Soerens to begin a conversation on a very important and complicated issue for the Church. 

Matthew Soerens began his World Relief journey in 2005 as an intern in Nicaragua. Since then he served as a Department of Justice-accredited legal counselor in Chicagoland before assuming the role of U.S. Director of Church Mobilization and Advocacy. Matt is the co-author of three books including Welcoming the Stranger (InterVarsity Press, 2018) and Inalienable (InterVarsity Press, 2022). Matt also serves as the National Coordinator for the Evangelical Immigration Table, a coalition that advocates for immigration reforms consistent with biblical values. He is a graduate of Wheaton College, where he has also served as a guest faculty member in the Humanitarian & Disaster Leadership program, and earned a master’s degree from DePaul University’s School of Public Service. He lives in Aurora, Illinois with his wife Diana and their four children.

https://worldrelief.org

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This episode the guys sit down With Dr. Leah Payne to talk all things Christian Music -- the good, the bad, and the confusing!

Leah Payne is an award-winning historian and Professor of American Religious History at Portland Seminary. She holds a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University and her research explores the intersection of religion, politics, and popular culture. Payne is author of God Gave Rock & Roll to You: a History of Contemporary Christian Music (Oxford University Press, 2024), the 2024 Christianity Today book of the year for History and Biography, and co-host of Rock That Doesn’t Roll, a Public Radio Exchange (PRX) podcast about Christian rock and its listeners. She also hosts Spirit & Power, an Axis Mundi Media podcast about politics and Pentecostal and charismatic Christians, and is co-creator of Weird Religion, a religion and pop culture podcast. Her writing and research has appeared in outlets such as The Washington Post, BBC Radio, NBC News, Religion News Service, Harper’s Magazine, The Economist, and Christianity Today.

www.drleahpayne.com

God Gave Rock and Roll To You: A History of Contemporary Christian Music. 

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On this episode the guys sit down in Virginia and Maine to talk about unexpected disruptions in our lives (that seem to come with regularity) and why the way we respond matters. 

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This week the guys sit down with Domenic Ruso to talk about his new book, The Bible for a Shifting Secular Age. 

Dr. Domenic Ruso is a church planter, university lecturer, who believes we are living in one of the most strategic times for re-imaging the Christian faith and the importance of the Bible.

In addition to a PhD in church history, his diverse leadership experiences  have helped him to think through questions of faith, spirituality, truth, and new challenges related to the Bible.

www.domruso.com 

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This week the guys sit down for a powerful conversation with Rebecca Carrell about the importance, power, and hope in grief. 

Rebecca Carrell is, in order of importance, a joyful Jesus follower, wife to Mike, mother to Caitlyn and Nick, Bible teacher, conference speaker, author, and an award-winning broadcaster. A proud DTS’er through and through, she graduated with her Master of Arts in Christian Education in 2023 and is currently working toward her Doctor of Education.

After spending over twenty years on the radio in Dallas/Fort Worth, she now mentors and teaches students at Dallas Theological Seminary in two departments: Media Arts and Worship and Educational Ministries and Leadership.

In her spare time, Rebecca hosts and produces the podcast Honestly, Though: Real Talk. Real Life. Real Faith. Find out more about her, her ministry, and her podcast at rebeccacarrell.com 

Listen to her chapel message HERE. 

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This week the guys sit down to talk about some exciting news for one of their own. Greg shares just a small part of the story of how God has led him and his wife, Kelly, to a new ministry outside the church walls. 

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This week we go back to the start of last year and a pretty unusual time!

The Reimagine podcast is gearing up for a string of new episodes so stay tuned!

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It's the annual Christmas show so put down that figgy pudding and have a listen....or eat the pudding while you listen we don't really care -- Merry Christmas from the Reimagine Podcast.

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This week the guys sit down for a new episode to talk about what it looks like to get "stuck" in life and what it looks like to walk out of it. 

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This week we are taking you back to our third annual Christmas Show.  Grab your reindeer cup full of egg nog, sit down by the hearth, and cozy up to a conversation about all things Christmas.

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On this replay episode from last December, the guys sit down to talk about the gifts they had growing up and what we can learn from this season of giving. 

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Happy Thanksgiving from all of us here at the Reimagine Podcast!

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This week the guys sit down to talk about having Gospel conversations and being ready to give an answer for the hope that is within us. 

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This week the guys sit down with Dr. Ross Hastings to talk about The Ascension and his new book on this often overlooked but crucial doctrine. 

W. Ross Hastings (PhD theology, St Andrews; PhD chemistry, Queen's) is the Sangwoo Youtong Chee Professor of Theology at Regent College, Vancouver. Among other books, he is the author of Missional God, Missional Church; Total Atonement; and The Resurrection of Jesus Christ. He also serves as an Anglican priest at St. John's Vancouver and enjoys watching rugby, soccer, and cricket. He lives in Vancouver with his wife, Tammy. They have five children and nine grandchildren.

Get a copy of The Glory of the Ascension: Celebrating a Doctrine for the Life of the Church.

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This week the guys sit down to talk about recent travels and the power of listening to the God who speaks. 

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Today on the show we go back to an episode where Greg, Brad, and Bryan sat down to talk about forgiveness with Dr. Philip D. Jamieson.

Philip D. Jamieson (PhD, Boston College) is president of the United Methodist Foundation for the Memphis and Tennessee Annual Conferences. He is coauthor of Ministry and Money with Janet Jamieson. He is an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church and formerly taught pastoral theology at the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary.

Check out The Face of Forgiveness and buy a copy!

Reach out to Dr. Jamieson at phil.jamieson@umfmtc.org

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This week the guys sit down to talk about the Image of God in all people. What does the Image of God mean and how does it shape us in the world today. 

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This week the guys sit down to talk about the slow fade of the semicolon. 

Then they settle in to talk about the gift of Sabbath and rest and rhythm.

(There were audio difficulties on this episode so thank you in advance for your patience).

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Today the guys sit down to talk about a a cornucopia of topics on a free-for-all Friday.

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Today the guys sit down to talk about a deceptively simple question: What if theology is not a niche specialty but the shape of everyday Christian faithfulness? Our guest, Dr. Keith L. Johnson—author of Theology as Discipleship—invites us to see doctrine as training in love: habits of mind and heart that help us follow Jesus, discern truth from error, and serve the church.

Dr. Keith L. Johnson is Professor of Theology and undergraduate chair at Wheaton College. His work centers on how doctrine shapes the life of the church. He wrote Theology as Discipleship and several books on Karl Barth, including The Essential Karl Barth and the co-edited Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Karl Barth. His scholarship and teaching invite pastors and laypeople to see thinking about God as part of following Christ.

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This week on the podcast the guys sit down to talk about a growing reality in today’s families: grandparents stepping back into the role of full-time parenting. What happens when a stage of life that was supposed to be about rest and spoiling grandkids becomes a return to diapers, homework, and carpool lines? Together they unpack the challenges, the unexpected joys, and the ways faith and community can support grandparents who now find themselves raising their grandchildren.

Our guest is Cavin Harper, a leading voice on intentional grandparenting, unpacking the hard and holy work of grandparents raising grandchildren.

Cavin is founder and executive director of Christian Grandparenting Network. Cavin and his wife became grandparents in 1998 and Cavin is a speaker and author and published Raising Your Grandchildren – Encouragement and Guidance for Those Parenting Their Children’s Children.  

Check out these resources:

Raising Your Grandchildren:  Encouragement and Guidance for Those Parenting Their Children's Children. 

Axis Ministry

Summit Ministries

Legacy Coalition

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This week the guys sit down with Tom and Debbie Cowles to talk about the joys and challenges of being a Grandparent. 

Tom and Debbie lead the Grandparenting ministry at Cool Spring Baptist Church in Mechanicsville, Va.

They have 8 Grandchildren ranging in age from 5 - 23. Tom enjoys taking the grandkids metal detecting and Debbie enjoys a good yard sale. 

Learn more about how you can have a greater spiritual impact on your grandchildren by visiting Legacy Coalition. 

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Today on the podcast we reach all the way back to our first season to bring you a conversation we had with Doug Paul. 

Doug is a best-selling author and strategist who works with nonprofits, networks, denominations and social entrepreneurs. He specializes in scaling, innovation & organizational development. He lives in Richmond, Virginia, along with his wife, Elizabeth, and three kids, and his Great Dane, Oliver.

Check out his work at Catapult. 

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This week the guys sit down with Dave Ripper for a conversation about truly encountering God as we read the scriptures....with a little help from Dallas Willard. 

Dave Ripper is the lead pastor of Crossway Christian Church, a multicongregational church in southern New Hampshire, focused on spiritual formation. 

He earned a Doctor of Ministry in Spiritual Direction from Fuller Theological Seminary and The Martin Institute for Christianity and Culture and Dallas Willard Research Center at Westmont College. He is the author of Experiencing Scripture as a Disciple of Jesus: Reading the Bible like Dallas Willard, coauthor of The Fellowship of the Suffering and serves as the chaplain for the Boston Bruins. Dave and his wife, Erin, a mental health therapist, have three children. They make their home in the woodlands of New England near Nashua, New Hampshire.

Pick up a copy of Experiencing Scripture as a Disciple of Jesus: Reading the Bible like Dallas Willard. 

Visit daveripper.com 

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This week the guys meet up to talk about the week and to play a game....sort of.

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This week the guys sit down to talk about what's happening and what is coming up in their lives and on the show. 

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Today we bring back a past episode where we welcomed Dr. Rick Mitchell to the podcast.

Rick serves as Commissioner for the Virginia Dept. for the Blind and Vision Impaired, and has been with the agency for 36 years in a variety  of roles. Rick is married for 41 years to Melinda, and has two daughters and four grandchildren.  Rick has a Doctorate in counseling and a Doctorate in Ministry and has served as bi-vocational pastor in Bristol Va.

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This week the guys are back at the table to talk about what has been going on over the last 3 weeks. 

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This week on the podcast we go back into the archives to a conversation we hd with Dr. Chip Dodd, to talk about the important role our feelings play in our growth and development as someone made in the image of God.

Chip is a teacher, trainer, author, and counselor. He has been working in the field of recovery and redemption for more than 30 years. His purpose is to help others see who they are made to be so they can do what they are made to do. 

Find Chip at www.chipdodd.com

Check out Voices of the Heart: A Call to Full Living

Order his latest children's book:  "How Are You Feeling Today?"

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This week we go back to the time when Greg, Brad, and Bryan sat down with Dr. Marshall Shelley to talk about difficult people in the Church. They explore the types of difficult people and how/why to care for them well.

Dr. Marshall Shelley joined the faculty of Denver Seminary in 2016 and served as director of the Doctor of Ministry program and associate professor of pastoral leadership and ministry. He was editor of Leadership Journal for 34 years, and as a vice president at Christianity Today, oversaw Christian History, Marriage Partnership, Church Law & Tax Report, and Men of Integrity magazines and PreachingToday.com.

Check out Well-Intentioned Dragons

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Today on the show we go back to the day when Brad, Greg, and Bryan sat down with Michelle Van Loon, to talk about what Faith and Discipleship look like in the second half of life.

Since coming to faith in Christ at the tail end of the Jesus Movement, Michelle Van Loon’s Jewish heritage, spiritual hunger, and storyteller’s sensibilities have shaped her faith journey and informed her writing.

She is the author of seven books and has been published in a variety of outlets including ChristianityToday, Next Avenue, In Touch ministries, and Fathom magazine. She's the co-founder of ThePerennialGen.com, a website for midlife women and men. She’s married to Bill, and is mother of three and grandmother of two.

Check out her site at www.michellevanloon.com

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This week the guys sit down with Jason Moore to talk about AI and the Church -- the fears, the benefits, the hopes, and the future.

Check out AI and the Church: A Clear Guide for the Curious and Courageous. 

Learn more at aiandthechurch.ai

Or to read the notes generated by ChatGPT that took less time than it did for me to write the sentences above....

In this episode of the Reimagine Podcast, we sit down with author, innovator, and digital ministry expert Jason Moore to explore the themes of his timely new book, AI and the Church. As artificial intelligence continues to transform nearly every aspect of our world, what does it mean for the future of faith, community, and discipleship?

Together, we dive into the promises and perils of AI, unpack how churches can approach emerging technologies with wisdom and creativity, and wrestle with the spiritual implications of machines that learn. Jason shares practical insight on how church leaders can faithfully engage with AI while staying rooted in the core mission of the Church.

Whether you're tech-savvy or tech-wary, this conversation will challenge you to think more deeply about how we form people in Christ in a rapidly changing digital landscape.

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Today the guys sit down to talk about all things Father's Day....plus a few extras.

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This week we reach back into the archives for a classic show just in time for the start of Summer. 

Enjoy and don't forget the sunscreen. 

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Today we welcome Dr Paul Hoffmann to the podcast. 

Paul A. Hoffman (Ph.D., University of Manchester) has served as the lead pastor of Evangelical Friends Church of Newport, Rhode Island, since 2007. His life’s mission is contending for reconciliation, unity, and revival. He has served on the Oversight Board for the Evangelical Friends Church–Eastern Region and is an Association Director for Vision New England. Paul is a nationally recognized scholar and leader in the area of racial reconciliation, and provides leadership for and participates in various prayer and unity movements in the US and abroad. Paul has visited, lived in, studied in, or ministered in thirty-five countries on four continents. 

In his free time, Paul enjoys reading, traveling, hanging out with his family at the beach, harvesting sea glass, playing tennis, and watching English Premier League soccer. 

Paul has been married to his lovely wife, Autumn, for over twenty-five years and has two wonderful sons, Landon and Kelan. 

Check out AI Shepherds and Electric Sheep: Leading and Teaching in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.

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Today we welcome Dr john Upton to the podcast. 

John has long served in various Pastoral, Mission, and Director roles both Nationally and Internationally. Pastoring the local church in Texas and Virginia, serving with his family on the field in Taiwan, leading as Director for the Baptist World Alliance and Executive Director of the Baptist General Association of Virginia.  

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Today we welcome Alan Fadling to the podcast. 

Alan Fadling (MDiv, Fuller Theological Seminary) is president and founder of Unhurried Living Inc. in Mission Viejo, CA, inspiring people to rest deeper, live fuller, and lead better. 

An international speaker, he is the award-winning author of An Unhurried Leader, A Year of Slowing Down, and A Non-Anxious Life. 

Check out An Unhurried Life.

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Today on the podcast we welcome, Matt Steen, Co-founder of Chemistry Staffing. 

Matt has served the local church for over two decades as a youth pastor, church planter, and executive pastor. Originally from Baltimore, Matt currently lives in the Orlando, FL area with his wife Theresa, and has a B.S. in Youth Ministry from Nyack College and an M.Div. and MBA from Baylor University. 

Matt has made a career of helping churches thrive through intentionality, clarity, and creating healthy cultures. He is convinced that a healthy church is led by a healthy team with great chemistry and loves partnering with Chemistry’s churches to do great things for the Kingdom. 

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Today we welcome Karl Vaters to the podcast. 

Karl has served in a small church ministry for 40 years, with a handful of pastoral experiences. He is the author of numerous books and hosts a bi-weekly podcast - The Church Lobby: Conversations on Faith & Ministry. 

 He is the author of De-Sizing the Church: How the Church Growth Movement Became Science, then an obsession, and what’s next.  

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Today on the podcast the guys sit down with JR Rosko to talk about the Order of the Common Life.

Rev. Dr. J.R. Rozko is a seasoned pastor, educator, and missiologist dedicated to integrating theological formation with local church ministry. He holds a Doctorate in Missiology from Fuller Theological Seminary, focusing on missional ecclesiology.   

He co-founded and served as National Director of Missio Alliance for over eight years.  Currently, he and his wife, Rev. Canon Amy Rozko, co-lead Common Life Church in Canton, Ohio, where J.R. serves as Pastor for Calling & Community Development.   

J.R. is also a novitiate member of the Order of the Common Life, a global ecumenical religious order reimagining monastic formation in everyday life.  He, Amy, and their two daughters, Aubrey and Junia, reside in Canton, Ohio, where they are deeply involved in their local community and congregation. 

www.orderofthecommonlife.org

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Today we welcome Marcus Corey to the podcast. 

Marcus is the Executive Mountain Minister and Loon Mtn Chaplain for Loon Mountain Ministry. Marcus and his family love God and love living in the White Mountains. They are AT thru hikers, passionate skiers, and outdoor adventurists. It’s their mission to see lives transformed as a result of being on the hill.

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This week, as we get closer to Holy Week, the guys sit down to talk about the meaning behind Maundy Thursday and the season of Lent in the life of a Jesus follower. 

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Today the guys sit down with Dr Jones to talk about the practice of Christian Doctrine -- what that means and why should matter!

Beth Felker Jones (PhD, Duke University) teaches theology at Northern Seminary, and loves to write for the church and the academy. She lives in the Chicagoland area with her husband Brian, four kids, two dogs, and Dwight, her theology cat. 

Check out Practicing Christian Doctrine. 

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As we move closer to Easter, the guys sit down to talk about the Resurrection with Dr. W. Ross Hastings.

W. Ross Hastings (PhD theology, St Andrews; PhD chemistry, Queen's) is the Sangwoo Youtong Chee Professor of Theology at Regent College, Vancouver. Among other books, he is the author of Missional God, Missional Church; Total Atonement; and The Resurrection of Jesus Christ. He also serves as an Anglican priest at St. John's Vancouver and enjoys watching rugby, soccer, and cricket. He lives in Vancouver with his wife, Tammy. They have five children and nine grandchildren.

Check out The Resurrection of Jesus Christ: Exploring Its Theological Significance and Cultural Relevance. 

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This week the guys sit down with Dr. Waters to talk about one of the commandments we are the most okay with ignoring...the Sabbath. 

Dr. Guy Prentiss Waters is the James M. Baird Jr. Professor of New Testament and Academic Dean at Reformed Theological Seminary. A specialist in Pauline theology and Reformed ecclesiology, he has authored numerous books, including Facing the Last Enemy and The Sabbath as Rest and Hope for the People of God. Dr. Waters is also a Teaching Elder in the PCA and serves on the denomination’s Standing Judicial Commission. 

Learn more at rts.edu.

Buy The Sabbath as Rest and Hope for the People of God. 

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Today we welcome Dr. Karen Mason to the podcast. 

Dr. Mason is Professor of Counseling and Psychology at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. She completed an MA in Old Testament at Denver Seminary and an MA and PhD in counseling psychology at the University of Denver with a minor in industrial / organizational psychology. Dr. Mason has managed the Office of Suicide Prevention at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. 

She has worked in the mental health field since 1990. Currently her research is focused on the clergy’s and faith community’s role in suicide prevention. She is a member of the American Counseling Association and the American Psychological Association.

Preventing Suicide: A Handbook for Pastors, Chaplains, and Pastoral Counselors

Preaching Hope in the Darkness:  Help for Pastors in Addressing Suicide from the Pulpit. 

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This week the guys sit down to talk about books, boats, and righteousness. 

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Today the guys sit down with Dr. Stephen Presley to talk about the relationship between the Church and the World in the early Church and today!

Dr Stephen Presley is the author of Cultural Sanctification – Engaging the World like the Early Church. He is Senior Fellow for Religion and Public Life at the Center for Religion, Culture, and Democracy, as well as professor of Church History at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Check out Engaging the World like the Early Church