Gleaning and Gathering

By Eric HimelickSociety & Culture Personal Journals

Gleaning and Gathering episodes

March 21, 2023 Reaching the Unreached: A Conversation with Dr. Stephen Gibson
Dr. Stephen Gibson is the President of Evangelistic Faith Missions, Holiness Pilgrim Missions, and on the Board of Shepherd's Global Classroom. He was my first professor at Union Bible College and has been a long time friend and ministry partner.
This episode was recorded while visiting him at his home in Southern Indiana and includes some of his story on the winding road of missions he has travelled as well as the genesis of Shepherd's Global classroom, training materials that are making it possible to provide local theological education to thousands of pastors and church leaders among the global poor.
30 min
March 18, 2023 Missions and Stewarding Relationships: A Conversation with Keith Schaper
I enjoyed catching up with my friend and coworker, Keith Schaper this past week for a conversation about life, transition, and his work now in the area of donor relations at Evangelistic Faith Missions. I am thankful for the training that I received from my friend, Zach Clark at Leadership and Development Coaching.
While many leaders feel called to lead, they don't fully understand that part of leading is stewarding the relationships with the people who are giving to make that work possible. Why do people give, and why do they keep giving? We talk about that and much more in this episode.
20 min
March 11, 2023 Taking Their Place at the Table: Helping Relationally and Responsibly
A discussion about the church's role in charity and helping people to help themselves. How can we help in a way that is truly helpful? How do we help without undermining personal responsibility? How far should we go? How do we keep the safety net from becoming a hammock? How do we preserve the relationship while having hard conversations?

As with most things, there are no easy answers, but these are some thoughts for churches and individuals interested in moving beyond the "benevolence fund" mentality towards developing responsible, relational disciples.
43 min
March 03, 2023 Ecclesiology: What is the Church's Purpose and Why It Matters
What does it mean for us to be the church, and what is God calling us to as His people to be? Is it enough to just "have church," or is God calling us to more?

I explore the "Ephesians Paradigm" (thank you Dr. Stephen Gibson) and my own experiences in making a case for the church being more than just a "dispenser of religious goods and services."

I believe that the church is intended to be the Body of Christ - the continuing manifestation of Christ in the world, and that it is intended to reveal to a broken, watching world the "manifold wisdom of God."

If that is true, then there is much to discuss and even more to do. What is the wisdom of God as it relates to agriculture, childcare, public safety, food, and 100 other issues of "real life?" Do we believe that the wisdom of God speaks to these things? Do we see this as part of the work of the church, or is all of that just "secular?" These are some of the issues explored in this episode.
29 min
February 26, 2023 The Changing Seasons of Parenting
Rebecca, our second daughter, turned 20 this past week. It got me to thinking about the changing seasons of parenting. My encouragement and admonition to young parents is, "Keep your eye on the ball! You have a narrow window of opportunity."
34 min
February 14, 2023 A People After God's Heart
Just sharing from my experiences these past few days, including my time at Asbury University.
19 min
February 08, 2023 Rhythms and Rule of Life: What Kind of Leader Are You Becoming?
What kind of a person are you becoming? The battle is won or lost in the day to day choices. Every choice is a vote for who you want to become.

A "rule of life" has been a helpful tool for Christians throughout the ages in becoming more disciplined and Christ-like. In this episode, I share some of my daily rhythm and "rule of life." Being rather than just doing is also a theme.
18 min
February 03, 2023 Desire: What Do You Really Want?
Sit down and write out 50 things that you really desire. As we delight ourselves in God, He promises to give us the desires of our heart. Why? Because the things that we want as we delight in Him, are the things that He wants for us.
27 min
January 21, 2023 Delight: Making Our Soul Happy In The Lord
George Muller wrote in his autobiography, "The first great and primary business to which I ought to attend every day is... to make my soul happy in the Lord."

Duty is not enough; we must find DELIGHT in Him. This truth has been something that I'm still learning, but I hope it is a help to you as well.
17 min
January 17, 2023 Navigating A Changing Leadership Culture
George Patton was a great leader, but leaders with that model of leadership struggle in today's leadership culture.
In this episode of the podcast, I explore that idea and share some of my favorite books in the "new" model of leaders as team builders.
Here's that list in case you didn't catch it in the podcast:
The Speed of Trust by Stephen Covey
Team of Teams by General Stanley McChrystal
The Five Disfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
Tribal Leadership by Dave Logan, John King, and Halee Fisher-Wright
Multipliers by Liz Wisweman
Joy, Inc. by Richard Sheridan
Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek
The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork by John Maxwell
31 min

About Gleaning and Gathering

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I love meaningful conversations, and this is probably what it would sound like if we had a chance to have that chat in my home office. It is my effort to process what I'm thinking out loud (and sometimes with friends.) I am a Christian, husband, father, pastor, church planter, community developer, author, and social entrepreneur. I am a mortal on a journey through this beautiful, delightful world God has given us, and I live in wide-eyed, child-like wonder.