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Forecast episodes

  • The Vocational Journey: Further Explorations of the Call (Ep 30)

    Vocational guide Jeff Compton-Nelson speaks with Josh about his role in supporting seminary students to discern who they are and how they will live into the life God is giving them. He also shares his personal vocational journey, which has brought surprises and gifts. Developing a concept map of calling, they explore the universal callings of all people, the relationship between vocation and career, ordained ministry and chaplaincy, the vocation of art and writing and the importance of community and renewing the mind in discerning God's will.


    Jeff Compton-Nelson is the Assistant Director of Field Education and Vocational Formation at Duke Divinity School, North Carolina. An ordained minister in the Church of the Nazarene, Jeff is married, and they have two children. Jeff welcomes feedback; his email address is [email protected].


    Below are the books mentioned in this episode:

    A Ray of Darkness by Rowan Williams

    Let Your Life Speak by Parker Palmer

    Live for a Change by Francis DeWar


    Josh Seligman is the founding editor of Foreshadow.


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    1 hr 12 min
  • Episode 29: We Have Everything We Need: Vocation and Sustainable Farming (Ep 29)
    Farm manager Sarah DePhillips speaks with Will about sharing the good news of Jesus through sustainable farming. Through Sarah's work supporting young people in Virginia and farmers in Zimbabwe, she embodies her message that God has given us everything we need to flourish, and our task is to steward our resources well, whether they are material, such as soil and water, or immaterial, such as our relationships with people, our gifts and our good passions.


    Sarah DePhillips is a farm manager with Hope for Suffolk, a ministry that serves and empowers young people in Suffolk, Virginia, through agricultural work (learn more here). She also works with Foundations for Farming, a stewardship programme for farmers in Zimbabwe (learn more here).

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    41 min
  • Episode 28: Keeping in Tune: Vocation and Piano Tuning (Or 'From Jarel to Jesus', Ep 28)
    Piano technician Jarel Paguio speaks with Will and Josh about tuning pianos and being a new dad. For Jarel, piano tuning is about more than just the piano, as central as that is; it's about the quality of his relationships and interactions with his clients. In the words of his mentor, 'It's all relational.' Just as Jarel and his wife seek to create a harmonious home for their newborn, to a smaller degree Jarel seeks to establish an atmosphere of trust and harmony with his clients. 

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    50 min
  • Episode 27: Because God First Loved Us: Thomas Merton and the Vocation of Writing (Part 4)
    In Chapter 4 of Echoing Silence: Thomas Merton on the Vocation of Writing edited by Robert Inchausti, Thomas Merton reflects on the work of contemporary writers. For him, a mark of good writing is having something worth saying, which comes from writing for God. One aspect of this approach is being inwardly transformed so that we write out of our experience of the life God gives us. At the heart, the Christian who writes must first know that they are loved by God. This episode includes a poem written and read by Foreshadow contributor Matthew J. Andrews. 

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    40 min
  • Episode 26: Cosmos Out of Chaos: Vocation and Teaching Music
    Jon Seligman speaks with Josh about how teaching primary/elementary music, at its best, brings 'cosmos out of chaos', to quote author Madeleine L'Engle. Jon finds purpose and hope in helping students to find their voices and become self-confident through music. Jon's Christian faith and work are inseparable. He also explains how other areas of his life, such as volunteer worship leading and taking photographs as a hobby, can similarly bring cosmos out of chaos.

    Jon Seligman is a primary music teacher in Chula Vista, California. You can listen to his podcast on music education advocacy here.

    Josh Seligman is a co-host of     Forecast.

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    57 min
  • Episode 25: Right Beside You
    Ryan Weiss speaks with Will about how he prioritises his responsibilities and callings, whether as a professor, a parent, a husband, a musician, a worship leader or a researcher. Each of his roles gives him the opportunity to connect with and nurture others. Looking back on his life, he observes how openings have forced him to ask who he really is and what he really wants to do, forming a path that has become his identity. He also describes how his faith in God and his work in science complement each other. This episode features music by Ryan's former band Tularosa.

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    Dr. Ryan Weiss is a professor in the biochemistry and molecular biology department​ of the University of Georgia. He is also a musician, a dad and a husband. You can learn more about his lab here.

    Will Shine is a co-host of     Forecast.

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    39 min
  • Episode 24: Vocation as a Gift

    Author and speaker Alina Sayre speaks with Josh about the intersection between her Christian faith and her writing. Although at one point, she wondered if creative writing distracted her from pursuing God, she now believes that God has given it to her as a gift to use and develop in various forms. Alina also describes her experience as a theopoetics student and then reads and discusses her new poem 'Sleepwalker', which is forthcoming on Foreshadow. 


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    Alina Sayre is the award-winning author of five books and a graduate student of theopoetics at Bethany Theological Seminary. You can learn more about her work here. You can also read her poem 'Keeping Vigil', recently published on Foreshadow, here.

    Josh Seligman is the founding editor of Foreshadow and a co-host of Forecast.


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    55 min
  • Episode 23: Muscle Memory
    Musician and vocational mentor Julius Obregon, Jr., speaks with Will about parallels between musicianship and the spiritual journey. For Julius, vocation involves all of our lives and is driven by love. Just because one is called doesn't mean automatic arrival at one's destination; excellence requires discipline and learning from others. Our longings shape us, Julius says, and we are called to conform our longings to their divine source. This episode includes a clip of Julius' music.

    Julius Obregon, Jr., is the assistant director for the Shema Center for Christian Formation. Find out more about the center here and listen to their podcast All Things here. You can listen to Julius' music here.


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    1 hr
  • Episode 22: Called by Name (Season 2 Introduction)
    Josh and Will introduce the theme of Forecast Season 2, 'Called Forth: Vocation and Faith'. They describe how their experiences have shaped their understanding of vocation, outlining three dimensions of vocation: the universal, the personal and the overlap between the two. Then they discuss the key terms, particularly 'discernment', and give a brief outline of the year to come.

    In this episode, Will refers to the book God Hides in Plain Sight by Dean Nelson, a Foreshadow contributor. You can find his book here.

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    51 min
  • Episode 21: Thomas Merton (Part 3): The Contemplative Poet
    Continuing in our series on Thomas Merton, in the third chapter of Thomas Merton on the Vocation of Writing​, 'On Poetry', Merton describes the need for Christian poets to have both writing skills and a contemplative orientation. Such contemplation is illustrated by what pastor Eugene Peterson calls the 'middle voice', synthesising personal initiative and receptivity to the divine. Merton also describes the nature of poetry and its dependence on and renewal of meaningful symbols.

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    56 min

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Forecast seeks glimpses of heaven on earth through conversations about people's lives and work.

The podcast of Foreshadow, a spirituality literary magazine,…