Faith, Work & Rest

Welcome to Surge’s Faith, Work, and Rest podcast. Our goal is to help ordinary people discern their vocations and reimagine their occupations for the good of their neighbors and the glory of God.

In this episode we listen to a conversation between Juan Pena and Jim as they discuss what the faith and work conversation looks like for the working class, abolishing poverty, and transformational vocational discipleship.

Juan received his mechanical engineering degree from the University of Massachusetts and his Master of Divinity from Baptist Bible Seminary in Clarks Summit, P.A. While attending seminary, Juan worked as an engineer and planted a multiethnic, socioeconomically diverse church in the Poconos. In 2008, he moved to Denver to be a part of the elder team at Providence Bible Church. He is now the Chief Program Officer of CrossPurpose and a pastor for Providence Bible Church. He is passionate about helping Denver's families escape poverty and pursue their dreams through a year-long career and community development program. When he’s not working, Juan enjoys spending time with his wife and four boys, cheering for the Patriots, and loving his Clayton neighbors.

The Faith, Work, and Rest crew cap off the year with a discussion of some of their favorite clips from this season's interviews, including those from Katelyn Beaty, Dr. Curtis Thompson, and Lorie Kinman.

Links:

surgenetwork.com/start-faith-work-rest

www.missionaltraining.org/

Welcome to Surge’s Faith, Work, and Rest podcast. Our goal is to help ordinary people discern their vocations and reimagine their occupations for the good of their neighbors and the glory of God.

In this episode we listen to a conversation between Geoff Hsu and Jim as they discuss a wide range of topics including faith and work, employment, missiology, and more.

Dr. Geoff Hsu is Executive Director of Flourish San Diego. Geoff aims to lead others to be apprentices of Jesus who help people and churches become who they were created to be so they may join God to help our city and world flourish. He believes that the dynamic, life-giving message of Jesus has been obscured from people who seek to find meaning and purpose in Him, and works to help recover that message and faithfully communicate it to people today.

Links:

surgenetwork.com/start-faith-work-rest

www.missionaltraining.org/

Welcome to Surge’s Faith, Work, and Rest podcast. Our goal is to help ordinary people discern their vocations and reimagine their occupations for the good of their neighbors and the glory of God.

In this episode we listen to a conversation between Michael Goheen, Josh Butler, and Jim about the cultural idol of consumerism and how it impacts Christian living today.

Michael Goheen is Director of Theological Education (MTC) and Scholar-in-Residence (Surge Network). He divides his time between Vancouver, B.C. and Tempe, AZ. He’s the author of several books including The Drama of Scripture, Living at the Crossroads, and A Light to the Nations. He has been married to Marnie for 36 years. He has four adult married children and nine grandchildren.

Links:

surgenetwork.com/start-faith-work-rest

www.missionaltraining.org/

Welcome to Surge’s Faith, Work, and Rest podcast. Our goal is to help God’s people discern their vocations and re-imagine their occupations for the good of their neighbors and the glory of God.

In this episode, we listen to a conversation between Warren Williams and Jim about working full time as a managing operator in logistics as well as pursuing his unique gifts on the side in the music industry.

Warren Williams is a managing operator of RPM Expedite, a start-up in the logistics industry, as well as a hip hop artist. Warren has produced several mixtapes as part of the rap group Artificial Christian, as well as a solo album under his stage name, Warren Christian. He resides in the Chandler area with his wife.

Links:

surgenetwork.com/start-faith-work-rest

www.missionaltraining.org/

https://www.rpmexpedite.com

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/120-degrees/1436359249

https://soundcloud.com/artificialchristian

Welcome to Surge’s Faith, Work, and Rest podcast. Our goal is to help God’s people discern their vocations and re-imagine their occupations for the good of their neighbors and the glory of God.

In this episode, we listen to a conversation between Vincent Bacote and Jim about six different ideas from Abraham Kuper which we can apply to the faith and work discussion.

Dr. Vincent Bacote is an Associate Professor of Theology and the Director of the Center for Applied Christian Ethics at Wheaton College in Wheaton, IL. He is the author of the The Spirit in Public Theology: Appropriating the Legacy of Abraham Kuyper (2005), and has contributed to books including On Kuyper (2013), Aliens in the Promised Land (2013), Keep Your Head Up (2012) and Prophetic Evangelicals (2012).

Bacote is a regular columnist for Comment (wrf.ca/comment) and has also had articles appear in magazines such as Books and Culture, Christianity Today, Think Christian and re:generation quarterly and journals such as Christian Scholars Review, Urban Mission and the Journal for Christian Theological Research. He is a member of the Evangelical Theological Society and the Society of Christian Ethics. He resides in the Chicago area with his family.

Links:

surgenetwork.com/start-faith-work-rest

www.missionaltraining.org/

http://www.vincentbacote.com/index.html

Welcome to Surge’s Faith, Work, and Rest podcast. Our goal is to help God’s people discern their vocations and re-imagine their occupations for the good of their neighbors and the glory of God.

In this episode, we listen to a recent sermon from Jim Mullins about re-imagining the mundane tasks of work in light of the biblical story.

Jim Mullins is the pastor of theological and vocational formation for Redemption Tempe and is on the leadership team for the Surge Network. He has worked as a pastor, entrepreneur, nonprofit leader, and a basketball scout in Turkey. He’s married to Jenny, and has a nine-year old daughter named Elliana. They spend their time watching basketball, cooking Middle Eastern food, and being completely ineffective gardeners.

Links:

surgenetwork.com/start-faith-work-rest

www.missionaltraining.org/

Welcome to Surge’s Faith, Work, and Rest podcast. Our goal is to help God’s people discern their vocations and re-imagine their occupations for the good of their neighbors and the glory of God.

In this episode, we listen to a conversation between Michael Ly and Jim about accounting, start-ups, managing employees, and more.

Michael is an entrepreneur and cloud accounting professional, most recently as CEO of ReconciledIt.com and Co-Founder of BlockchainVT.co

Michael has served in a variety of financial leadership capacities, from Controller to CFO. After moving to Burlington, VT in late 2011, he quickly became a trusted adviser to CEOs and business owners, developing a niche as a part-time CFO. He launched ReconciledIt.com in 2015 as his customer's demands for bookkeeping services grew and the technology to serve them online has come to a good level of maturity. His company grew relatively quickly and was selected by Intuit as a 2016 Firm of the Future Runner-up, recognizing it as one of the most future-ready and forward-thinking firms in the world. He was also selected to serve on Intuit's Accountants Advisory council for 2017-2018.

Links:

surgenetwork.com/start-faith-work-rest

www.missionaltraining.org/

Welcome to Surge’s Faith, Work, and Rest podcast. Our goal is to help God’s people discern their vocations and re-imagine their occupations for the good of their neighbors and the glory of God.

In this episode, we listen to a conversation between Lorie Kinman and Kimberly about how administration, lean processes, and efficiency glorify the God of order and love our neighbors.

Lorie resides in Peoria with her husband and three children. She and her husband, Jarrod, have been married for almost 20 years and has a heart for the Body of Christ. Lorie comes from many years of experience in the marketplace as partner and Chief Administrative Officer of Auto Body World. Through running this business, Lorie developed a burden to help Christian non-profits and local churches know how to better utilize administrative gifts within their church to increase the fruitfulness of their ministries. She holds leadership in TLC Women’s Group, a Christian group that serves to teach and encourage women. She and her husband planted Ignite Church in 2014. Lorie also spends her time enjoying her three children and teaching them to have the same servant heart she is learning about daily.

Links:

surgenetwork.com/start-faith-work-rest

www.missionaltraining.org/

Welcome to Surge’s Faith, Work, and Rest podcast. Our goal is to help God’s people discern their vocations and re-imagine their occupations for the good of their neighbors and the glory of God.

In this episode, we listen to a conversation between Matt Rusten and Jim about the top C.S. Lewis quotes pertaining to faith and work.

Matt Rusten serves as the executive director for Made to Flourish. Rusten received his master of divinity degree from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and has served in churches in North Dakota, the Chicago area, Kansas City, and most recently as pastor of spiritual formation at Blackhawk Church in Madison, Wisconsin.

Links:

surgenetwork.com/start-faith-work-rest

www.missionaltraining.org/

www.madetoflourish.org