Moments that Matter

We’re joined today by Christy Bauman. She is an author, teacher and psychotherapist, a mother of four, and passionate about advocating for women. She has a master's degree in counseling and is certified in Medical Family Therapy and Trauma and Abuse counseling. She published the books Unearth in 2008, and A Brave Lament in 2018. Her most recent book, which we will be focusing on today, is Theology of the Womb: Knowing God Through the Body of a Woman. She is currently earning her doctorate at Seattle Pacific University and is researching Shame and Sexuality in Women.  For more information about Christy and the work she does, be sure to visit her website www.christybauman.com and join us next week for part two of this interview. Warning: Given the context of the book, we warn listeners that, though the interview is quite delightful and informative, it is also frank and direct. Listener discretion is advised.

Today we continue our interview with Sarah and Austin McCombie, the delightfully charming bluegrass/folk duo of Chatham Rabbits.  They share their experience in getting started, using their practical business acumen, and hopes and dreams for their future.  Additionally, you will hear how they decided on their name and the influence their community has on their music.  For more information you can find them at www.chathamrabbits.com, follow them on Instagram at chatham_rabbits, and be sure to look for their new album, The Yoke is Easy, The Burden is Full, coming May 1, 2020.

Today we are privileged to be joined by Sarah and Austin McCombie, the delightfully charming bluegrass/folk duo of Chatham Rabbits.  In part one of our interview, they share how they began playing music early in life, how they met, married, and began taking the music world by storm.  You will have a chance to hear first hand of a true clearness committee, how music speaks the language of the heart, and how these two left their jobs to embrace their joint vocational call.  For more information you can find them at www.chathamrabbits.com, follow them on Instagram at chatham_rabbits, and be sure to look for their new album, The Yoke is Easy, The Burden is Full, coming May 1, 2020. Join us next week for part two of our interview!

Rev. Andrea Summers, Assistant Professor of Religion at Southern Wesleyan University, and an ordained minister in the Wesleyan Church talks with us today about her journey to the academic world, work on her doctorate, and her recent trip to the southern border of the United States.  Rev. Summers is known as an agent of redemptive work in a number of circles and provides our listeners with wisdom regarding spiritual development in community, viewing the marginalized from God's perspective, and being a voice for the voiceless in our own communities.  

We are privileged to speak with Gena Thomas, author of Separated by the Border, who recounts her experience of fostering a young Honduran girl separated from her mother, and the mother's harrowing journey to finally reunite with her daughter.  This story is not only about the relentless love of a mother and the lengths she would go to reach her daughter but also about God's mothering capacities as He seeks justice for the marginalized in our world.  For more information on Gena and the work she is doing, visit https://www.genathomas.com/, and be sure to follow her on twitter https://twitter.com/genalthomas.

Today we continue our conversation with Rev. Scott Williams about his sojourn through missions, the pastorate, and into higher education. In particular, we discuss what happens when the calling we were counting on unexpectedly changes direction.  

This week Amanda Shive, 2012 Southern Wesleyan University graduate, shares about her call to missions in Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak.  Amanda spent four years living in Wuhan and talks about her call to missions, what she did while there, and provides a current report on what conditions are like on the ground in Wuhan right now.  

Moments that Matter is back, continuing our conversation with Dr. Paul Shotsberger, speaking specifically about his clearness committee moment in which he understood he was being called in mid-life to go overseas. If you feel a leading within yourself toward the world of missions, he provides some practical wisdom that will serve as a great guide.  Blessings!

Anne Keene, an author and journalism graduate from UNC-Chapel Hill,  joins us today.  Anne worked as a ghostwriter for 25 years, writings speeches, editorials, but most recently wrote a book titled, The Cloudbuster Nine.  After her father's passing, in preparation for his memorial service, she discovered an old trunk that held memorabilia from her father's connection to a baseball team.  This baseball team, The Cloudbuster Nine,  represented the Navy during World War II.  She shares what this discovery meant for her personally, as well as the incredible stories of the greatest generation and the game that brought them together.  For more information about Anne and her work, please visit https://www.annerkeene.com/.

In a further conversation with your intrepid hosts, Scott Williams shares several "clearness committee" moments that led him to the present.  It is important to note the role and desire that God plays in directing His people in and out of seasons of life.  Thank you for tuning in!