Created For

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Created For episodes

  • Ep. 17: The Gift of the Native Perspective and How The First Nations Version Can Refresh Your Spiritual Life with Terry Wildman
    In this episode, Terry Wildman invites you on a journey to rediscover the Scriptures through the Native lens. Terry Wildman’s ancestry is Ojibwe and Yaqui. He is the lead translator and project manager for the First Nations Version, an Indigenous translation of the New Testament. Storytelling, the cultural practice of naming, and embracing the Great Mystery all play a role in this faithful and refreshing translation. Listen as Terry paints a picture of the church as a sacred family in which the gifts of all ethnicities are valued and have a seat at the table.   

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    36 min
  • Ep. 16: Living in Tension and Finding Healing with Jessica Wiarda

    Jessica Wiarda is an illustrator and a designer. She is a registered member of the Hopi Tribe, and her work focuses on blending traditional Native American Hopi design with contemporary color palettes and design trends. Her apparel brand HONOVI feature various forms of authentic, Hopi-designed apparel, including scarves and hats. She shares how the tensions of her cultural and spiritual background shape her work and her perspective on forgiveness, identity and healing.

    30 min
  • Ep. 15: Grief, Death, and Becoming More Human With Eva Ting

    Eva Ting is the founder of Here to Honor, a centralized and curated resource hub providing training, tools, and service for end-of-life needs and grief support. She shares about collective calling and the importance of living, dying and grieving well. 

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    37 min
  • Ep. 14: Love and Empathy in Unfamiliar Territory with Christian Serge

    Christian Serge seeks to make beautiful things. An Emmy-award-winning editor, and co-creator of the first 3D-360 camera, making films that cause what he calls "fierce compassion" is one of his life goals. Christian discusses the many turns his calling has taken through music, film and his neighbors.

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    37 min
  • Ep. 12: Finding a Place of Rest and Home with Dr. Kelly Mark

    Dr. Kelly Mark is a clinical psychologist passionate about the integration of faith and psychology. She believes the work of restoration to God and each other happens in community. Listen to how she is still growing, recognizing her own brokenness, and finding a sense of belonging.

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    29 min
  • Ep. 10: A Simple Calling: Love People and Love God with Wendy Chen

    In this final episode of the season, Samantha Holland has a conversation with Wendy Chen, Executive Director of Cru Embark to discuss her reflections on the podcast series. Wendy shares how her family's immigrant story connects with her calling and how limitations can become invitations. They discuss mutuality, belonging, culture and how God is writing a story in each of our lives.

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    34 min
  • Ep. 9: Coming Together to Be a Faithful Presence with Rasool Berry

    Rasool Berry, teaching pastor at The Bridge Church in Brooklyn, shares his ideas on moral imagination, argument culture, and what it means to be a faithful presence. He invites us to embrace diverse perspectives, to be culture makers, to be quick to listen, and to gain the fullness and richness of what God is doing in the world.

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    30 min

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Here at Created For we engage in God's redemptive story by learning from diverse voices, exploring our unique callings and pursuing communal flourishing.