Down to Earth Podcast

In our current series on becoming fully human we’ve explored rest, the theology of work, and friendship. In this episode we’re talking about theology of the body. It’s easy to compartmentalize, but we’re integrated beings: body, mind, and spirit. And the body is not just something physical—it’s something spiritual. Body theology is intrinsic to healthy self-love and knowledge; what we believe about our own bodies informs how we interact with God in the world around us.

In our current series on becoming fully human we've explored rest and the theology of work. In this episode we're unpacking friendships and their importance in light of our Christian faith.

We tend to view friendship as trite and gloss over it, but friendship is not only essential but also a part of what God creates us for.

In John 15, Jesus calls us His friends. If He called us friends it points us towards the idea that friendship is both important and vital.

In our current series on becoming fully human we’ve explored rest and the theology of work. In this episode we’re unpacking friendships and their importance in light of our Christian faith. We tend to view friendship as trite and gloss over it, but friendship is not only essential but also a part of what God creates us for. In John 15, Jesus calls us His friends. If He called us friends it points us towards the idea that friendship is both important and vital.

In our current series on becoming fully human we've explored rest and what it looks like to flourish. In this episode we're flipping the script by tackling the theology of work.

We tend to compartmentalize, keeping our spiritual life to spiritual activities like reading the Bible, praying, and going to church. But our spiritual life and our work life aren't separate.

Scripture talks about Jesus as the second Adam and because of Him we have a chance to more fully live into what God intended for His creation. It's in this context we ask, what does it look like in terms of our work?

In our current series on becoming fully human we’ve explored rest and what it looks like to flourish. In this episode we’re flipping the script by tackling the theology of work. We tend to compartmentalize, keeping our spiritual life to spiritual activities like reading the Bible, praying, and going to church. But our spiritual life and our work life aren’t separate. Scripture talks about Jesus as the second Adam and because of Him we have a chance to more fully live into what God intended for His creation. It’s in this context we ask, what does it look like in terms of our work?

This episode is the first in a six-part series on becoming fully human. We're kicking off our dialogue on this topic by talking about rest as an essential component of what it means to be human.

Through this series we want to answer the question of what would it look like for us to fully flourish? If there were no Fall and sin, what would our lives look like?

In a lot of ways, being fully human is what freedom in Christ is about. But in order to achieve this we have to move out of sin management and toward delighting in the gift of being human.

This episode is the first in a six-part series on becoming fully human. We’re kicking off our dialogue on this topic by talking about rest as an essential component of what it means to be human. Through this series we want to answer the question of what would it look like for us to fully flourish? If there were no Fall and sin, what would our lives look like?  In a lot of ways, being fully human is what freedom in Christ is about. But in order to achieve this we have to move out of sin management and toward delighting in the gift of being human.

This episode is the third in a three-part series on suffering. Something to keep in mind is our lives are made up of seasons—beautiful ones as well as winter seasons. And no season lasts forever.

You may be in a great season right now, and while you should enjoy it you should also be prepared for winter.

Scripture has all kinds of examples of wilderness experiences, for example Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and 1 Kings 18. We learn from these passages that no one is exempt from suffering but God is with us still.

This episode is the third in a three-part series on suffering. Something to keep in mind is our lives are made up of seasons—beautiful ones as well as winter seasons. And no season lasts forever. You may be in a great season right now, and while you should enjoy it you should also be prepared for winter. Scripture has all kinds of examples of wilderness experiences, for example Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and 1 Kings 18. We learn from these passages that no one is exempt from suffering but God is with us still.

This episode is the second in a three-part series on suffering. It's important to prepare for suffering so we're not surprised when it happens, because everyone suffers at some point in life.

Our North American approach to suffering is escaping until we're forced to deal with it. We value prosperity, accolade, and success and above all self. But Jesus doesn't call us to focus on ourselves.

Today we're taking this idea further and exploring what it means to suffer for Jesus or as participants in the mission of God in the world. Is there a call to Christians to suffer? Does God invite us in some way?