dPod

dPod

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dPod episodes

  • Ep.12 DP's Mind: How to Keep Growing After Retreat; Gracepoint's Cultural Distinctives

    It's another episode of DP's Mind, where Tof picks DP's Mind on different topics. We discuss the winter retreat we just got back from and how people can continue to grow after these "mountaintop" experiences. We also discuss things we found "weird" about our church when we first started coming out, and other cultural distinctives of our church.

    Have suggestions for future episodes? Or have a question you want answered? Ask at bit.ly/dpod-ama

    1 hr 1 min
  • Ep.11 AMA with dpcp

    Here's our second AMA (Ask Me Anything) episode! Questions covered on today's episode:

    • What are your thoughts on Progressive Christianity? Tangentially, how do you balance or prioritize the command to love with obedience to God when those seem contradictory?
    • What are some stories of how you "caught the vision" of Acts 2 Church and how you saw yourselves as ministers specifically in college ministry?
    • How do you make positive change in yourself when you feel like it's impossible to change, in particular, when dealing with your relationships with others and trying to change within that dynamic?
    • Questions about gender roles in the church? Are women allowed to be pastors? Is it expected for women to do domestic responsibilities? Is there a biblical principle for these things?
    • How has it been raising your kids in a large close-knit church that does life together as opposed to raising them in a very nuclear family? 
    • How do we balance attracting non-Christians to church without forfeiting the standards for our life described in the Bible?
    • Where do you see the Chicago church another 4 years from now? Hopes? Worries?
      • 52 min
    • Ep.10: Merry Christmas, Church!
      It's hard to believe we're on our 10th episode already! Here's a special Christmas episode made up of audio contributions from staff and students from Gracepoint Chicago. It was great hearing from all of you!
      I mention this at the beginning of the episode, but this will probably be the last episode until the middle of January (so that we can focus on preparing for the upcoming Winter Retreat (you can still sign up at tiny.cc/retreat2023). But we will definitely be resuming dPod again after that!
      Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year! We'll see y'all in 2023!
      14 min
    • Ep.09 BTS: Genji Noguchi
      In this episode of BTS, I talk to Genji about his experiences in Cambodia and Philadelphia. 
      In BTS (Behind the Staff) episodes, we interview different staff mentors to hear their faith journeys, and the stories that make them who they are today.
      Have suggestions for future episodes? Or have a question you want answered? Ask at bit.ly/dpod-ama
      1 hr 6 min
    • Ep.08 BTS: Biatris Oyebolu & Jeanette Hsu

      In today's episode, I have a conversation with Biatris and Jeanette about their faith journeys and how their primary identities have changed over the years. We also talk about how their friendship has formed. 

      In BTS (Behind the Staff) episodes, we interview different staff mentors to hear their faith journeys, and the stories that make them who they are today.

      Have suggestions for future episodes? Or have a question you want answered? Ask at bit.ly/dpod-ama

      1 hr 14 min
    • Ep.07 BTS: Tofunmi Oyebolu
      This episode's guest is Tofunmi. In this "Behind the Staff" episode, we try something new! After talking about Tofunmi's spiritual journey, we talk about a couple of topics that Tofunmi is passionate about and how it pertains to Christian living: working out & money. 
      Have suggestions for future episodes? Or have a question you want answered? Ask at bit.ly/dpod-ama
      1 hr 13 min
    • Ep.06 BTS: Amy Liu & Hyuna Noguchi

      In today's BTS we interview two of our staff mentors together. Amy and Hyuna were both "CPIs" (church plant interns) and they became friends through that. We talk about their spiritual journeys, their decision to become a CPI, and how their friendship developed even though they were in two different cities. 

      Have suggestions for future episodes? Or have a question you want answered? Ask at bit.ly/dpod-ama

      1 hr 7 min
    • Ep.05 The First AMA with dpcp

      Here's our first AMA (Ask Me Anything) episode! Questions covered on today's: 

      • How has your experience in Chicago church been different from what you expected? What were your expectations and worries moving out here? 
      • What does life outside of explicit ministry look like? What are your hobbies, and how do you make time to partake in them? How has your view and relationship with hobbies changed as you have gained more responsibility over time with the church? 
      • What are ways to love parents/family when you live far from them?  How has ministry/leading changed for you after having kids? Are there things you had to readjust or change about how you did ministry? 
      • What books are you reading right now? 

        • Have suggestions for future episodes? Or have a question you want answered? Ask at bit.ly/dpod-ama

        57 min
      • Ep.04 BTS: Agape Yu

        You get a second release this week! This episode's guest is Agape, who was part of the "Chicago 8," the eight bros who moved out together to start the church in Hyde Park, Chicago. In this conversation, we talk about his academic decathlon experience, his unlikely journey to UC Berkeley and faith, and what League of Legends had to do with all of that. 

        In BTS (Behind the Staff) episodes, we interview different staff mentors to hear their faith journeys, and the stories that make them who they are today. 

        Have suggestions for future episodes? Or have a question you want answered? Ask at bit.ly/dpod-ama

        1 hr 10 min
      • Ep.03 BTS: Benjamin Liu

        Today's guest is Benjamin, who was part of the "Chicago 8," the eight bros who moved out together to start the church in Hyde Park, Chicago. Currently, he's doing ministry on the Illinois Tech campus! We talk about his faith journey, how he decided to join as a mentor after he graduated, and what keeps him going in ministry. 

        In BTS (Behind the Staff) episodes, we interview different staff mentors to hear their faith journeys, and the stories that make them who they are today.

        Have suggestions for future episodes? Or have a question you want answered? Ask at bit.ly/dpod-ama

        1 hr 5 min

      About dPod

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      Storytelling is our obligation to the next generation. Conversations transmit culture, values, and ethos. In each episode, DP, the campus pastor of Voyage College Church in Chicago, interviews people in his relational circles, to discover, cherish, and pass down essential stories of how we've chosen to live out Christian life in our day and age.