Welcome to Surge’s Faith, Work, and Rest podcast. Our goal is to help God’s 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 from a Surge Lunch between Jim Mullins and Dr. David Rylaarsdam about what we would see on a hypothetical magic school bus tour through the different eras of church history.

Dr. Rylaarsdam is a church historian and professor from Calvin Theological Seminary.

Links:

http://surgenetwork.com/start-faith-work-rest

http://www.missionaltraining.org/

Welcome to Surge’s Faith, Work, and Rest podcast. Our goal is to help God’s 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 clip from a Surge Lunch where Joshua Ryan Butler spoke about “The Leader and the Pursuing God.”

He is the author of The Pursuing God and The Skeletons in God’s Closet. He’s the Pastor of Local and Global Outreach at Imago Dei Community, a church in the heart of Portland, Oregon, where he gets to develop city ministries in areas like foster care, human trafficking and homelessness. He also crafts international partnerships in areas like clean water, HIV-support and church planting.

Links:

http://surgenetwork.com/start-faith-work-rest

http://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 clip from Dr. Michael Goheen‘s talk about the importance of reading the Bible as a story. It’s the grand narrative that gives meaning to all of life. This was originally recorded at the Surge School’s Quarter 1 Intensive.

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:

http://surgenetwork.com/start-faith-work-rest

http://www.missionaltraining.org/