All Things New

As we continue thinking about issues of race and justice, Bob sits down for a conversation with Virgil Walker to hear his perspective on racism, injustice, and how the church should engage these issues biblically and theologically.

Racism is sinful and real. And the gospel calls us to repentance and action. Listen in as our friend Brian Key helps us sharpen our awareness and deepen our understanding of racial injustice - biblically, historically, culturally, and personally.

Listen to part 1 here: https://cdomaha.com/wed-convo/2020/6/4/episode-289-race-justice-amp-the-church-with-brian-key-part-1

Racism is sinful and real. And the gospel calls us to repentance and action. Listen in as our friend Brian Key helps us sharpen our awareness and deepen our understanding of racial injustice - biblically, historically, culturally, and personally.

In light of current events, we're recording a special episode of The Wednesday Conversation that will release tomorrow morning rather than today. In this brief episode, Bob explains why we're doing this and what you can expect. Check back tomorrow for a new episode.

In the current coronavirus pandemic, as churches begin to open back up, pastors and church leaders are turning the issue of wearing a mask into a moral choice. In this episode, we discuss why this is problematic and explore why wearing a mask is actually a wisdom issue instead of a moral one.

In a recent article, pastor & author Joe Rigney suggests that modern culture’s emphasis on empathy may be problematic. Instead, he proposes sympathy as the virtue we should strive for. In this episode, we discuss his article and how its observations ring true within the church.

Rigney's article: https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/do-you-feel-my-pain

Raise your hand if you’ve been on way too many Zoom calls in the last two months. Now raise your hand if you find yourself exhausted at the end of a day full of Zoom calls. In a recent article, Dr. Curt Thompson argues that this feeling of exhaustion isn't actually all that surprising. In this episode, we discuss Thompson's article and how we are seeing technology fatigue play out in our own lives and the lives of those around us.

Article: https://curtthompsonmd.com/a-body-of-work/

In part 2 of this conversation, we continue to discuss author Edwin Friedman's insights on anxious systems and explore how the coronavirus pandemic has influenced human behavior over the last 8 weeks.

We are well into week seven of the Coronavirus pandemic and these last seven weeks have provided many interesting observations of human behavior in a time of crisis. In this episode, we discuss those observations as well as some of author Edwin Friedman's insights on anxious systems.

In this episode, we continue our conversation from last week as we discuss an insightful article by Dick Keyes that describes sentimentality and how it might be keeping Christians from deeper spiritual growth and mission.