Behind the Faith

Today Danielle Presseault and Lisa Bauman share their insights on the book of Acts and we introduce some of the characteristics of the First Nations Version of the New Testament.  Coming up we will have episodes that cover specific chapters of the book of Acts.  Feel free to send in your questions and insights as you read through the book of Acts or simply follow along with our discussions!  You can find me on instagram jenhorst.3 or facebook!


If you are interested in taking a look at the NT version we refer to:
First Nations Version of the New Testament

If you are searching for a local church in the Ottawa area!
Greenbelt Church - Ottawa

We do not need to look very far to see the systemic issue of division in our world today.  We all have a capacity to create division and its time we become intentional about reducing that footprint.

This series will concentrate on learning more about how the early church was formed by reading through the book of Acts.  You are invited to journey along with us as we use the First Nations translation as a way to continue to work on our own discovery of truth and the reconciliation that will follow.  Keeping in mind what we learn about the early church and the missions of Peter and Paul, we hope have discussions that will encourage us to consider the roles we play in division and work towards being undivided.

Share this expedition with those whom you think would be interested! I encourage you to reach out and let us know you are following along!  You can send your questions through my facebook or direct message me on instagram @jenhorst.3.

Thank you for supporting the Behind the Faith Podcast!  We are excited you are here!

If you are interested in a copy of the version I will refer to during this series:
First Nations Version of the NT Bible

This series did not feel complete until I asked my sister and brother to join us!  We prepared some pretty tough questions for mom to reflect on.  Marilyn Bauman shares more of her own journey by reflecting on shame, forgiveness, heritage and the comfort of the cross. 

By far one of the best conversations I have had in a long time!  It looks like this podcast was the birth of a new series.  Looking forward to sharing it with you when the details are sorted out - or not...perhaps we will just trust that the details will sort themselves out as we move forward in learning more truth and its resulting reconciliation. 

Season 2 launching soon...but first I need to get a handle on all this back to school chaos :)
Thank you for listening!

Link to the song that is mentioned in the podcast:
Native Drums (still echo in my mind)
Poem by Brain Purdy
Composed by David Dobson, Brain Purdy, Barry Francis, Judy Dobson
Throat singer Ella Stevens

Marilyn Bauman shares more insights on healing from trauma and ways we can respond to the tragic discoveries of mass grave sites at Canadian residential schools.  Her reflections are brilliantly wise and honest.  Focusing on what we want to see in the future will help us take the necessary steps today to get there.

Ministries mentioned in this podcast:

Terry and Brenda Martin
Rising Above Abuse Counselling Agency
Box 930 Niverville, MB R0A 1E0
[email protected]
www.risingabove.ca
donations: https://www.risingabove.ca/home/donate/

Rick and Linda Martin
As part of MSC Canada in Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Rick and Linda work to bring healing and the gospel of Jesus to the aboriginal people of Canada through holistic evangelism.
http://www.mypeopleinternational.com/

An emotional conversation with a wise Acadia First Nations woman who has done the long and difficult work of working through trauma  - we get to benefit from her bravery of sharing her stories and questions.

In today's episode Marilyn shares her schooling experience in the public system as an indigenous child.  She shares her journey through trauma and learning about the difficult layers of intergenerational trauma.

Marilyn gives some suggestions on how churches could respond to these tragic discoveries - a call to lament, grieve and wait to see what God wants to teach us.

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Things to check out after the podcast!

Listen to today's message from @DanielleStrickland!  A great example of church leaders responding by recommending we need to grieve and lament.
http://themeetinghouse.com

My most recent painting -
"Strength of Roots"
Dedicated to those who survived Residential School and to those who were lost during those years.  I see you little ones and will try to move forward in truth and reconciliation.  You can see this painting in person in Elmira, Ontario!  I would love for you to visit - take a selfie and tag someone who needs to be reminded of the strength of their roots!
@downtownelmirabia
Art Exhibit

"From Where She Stands" - featuring Marilyn Bauman: an Acadia First Nations Member.

In response to the horrific discovery of the mass grave site on the former Residential School in Kamloops BC, I wanted to invite my mom to share with us her experiences as a child and gain insight on how we can move forward in reconciliation.  Her insight and wisdom runs deep!

This podcast serves to introduce you to the speaker and learn a little about her family history.  This will lay the groundwork for the upcoming podcasts where we will dig a little deeper and discuss the oppression she experienced growing up, her experiences within the public school system, the impacts of intergenerational trauma and how we can move forward from all of this.  Is there hope in reconciliation?

If you have questions for Marilyn Bauman please email them (written or audio) to [email protected] or DM me on instagram @jenhorst.3.  We look forward to receiving your questions!  We will include them in our upcoming episodes!

This is the last episode in the series "Let's write the Bible".  We finish off the season with the book of Ephesians.  Marilyn Bauman, Sheri Stover, Lisa  Bauman and I share our biggest takeaways from the book,  some of our favourite verses and of course, we share the questions we are left with.

The conversations spans from what is our favourite "I don't want to cook" meal to our thoughts on submission.  The questions and reflections run deep and will continue beyond the time it takes to listen to this episode!

Thank you for listening and sharing this journey with us!  Keep looking back for more episodes on "What's in a Word?"

Welcome Lisa Bauman to the series "What's in a Word?"!  This weeks word is existential.  Such a fitting word while we all navigate a pandemic, political unrest, and chaos.  Listen in while Lisa shares parts of her journey through the lens of existential things!  God gets full credit for bringing all things together with purpose and at times with a very good sense of humour!

Welcome to the 4th episode in the series “What's in a word”!
This weeks words is gobsmacked!  Such a fun word.  Seems to stick out from the other 11 words in this series as less biblical or something - but it's a word that I use to describe how I feel when I learn something new or when something I thought to be true is blown out of the water - I'm gobsmacked!

This week I am using the recording of a conference from 2019 - the theme was relentless faith. I took a look at the book of Job to see if we can tease out some understanding of our faith in action.  We look at our understanding of God, ourselves and our circumstances and how this influences our faith in action.  The session concludes with a rich panel discussion.

Panel participants: Marilyn Bauman, Dana Cressman, Nancy Martin , Victoria Boettger and Eunice Frey

Wishing you all gobsmacked experiences - that will transform you and move you closer to understanding who God is!

Its March  27th, 2021 and we are done (well some of us) writing out the book of Romans.  This adventure started on January 1st with a challenge of writing out the book of Romans and the connecting to share our questions, concerns and things we have learned through the process.

In this episode Lisa Bauman, Amanda Lewis, Sheri Stover and I finish up our discussions on Romans and decide what book of the Bible to tackle next.  Feeling blessed to be a part of this group where we can openly share our questions and things God is revealing to us!

I hope this podcast finds you well and encourages you to read for yourself the living word we call the Bible!

Follow us as we journey along in a parallel series as well! "What's in a word"  features a word of the week - I invite a guest to share what the word of the week means to them and things they have learned about the power and beauty of the word!  Next week will be "mercy"!