One as One Podcast. An ecumenical Christian experience.

Our friendship series in season four is dedicated to the theme of Christian and Messianic prayer. Our guest is: Heiner Mommsen from Bruderhof Community, in New York.

Here are suggested websites: https://www.bruderhof.com/ | Additional Links | Foundations of our Faith and Calling (online) |

Foundations of Our Faith and Calling (hard copy) | Plough Quarterly magazine |

Peter Riedemann’s Hutterite Confession of Faith | The Prayer God Answers | Plough Books

Discipleship | Plough Books (especially the first chapter on the Inner Life) | Full version of the Serenity Prayer | Some Bach: Der Geist hilft unser' Schwachheit auf (BWV 226) is Bach’s motet setting of Romans 8:26-27 |

3:48 | What is prayer to you?

19:14 | What are some meaningful experiences of prayer?

30:00 | What experience of prayer can you share with us? 

35:52 | Why is both personal and communal prayer important? 

48:30 | What else is the Spirit prompting you to share?

The One as One podcast is a ministry of Center of the Heart of Jesus (www.theheartofjesus.org), an ecumenical organization at the service of all believers and churches of the body of Messiah and is not affiliated with any particular church. Please support this ministry with your prayer. 

Sign up for the CHJ monthly newsletter: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/newsletter-form/sign-up-for-our-monthly-chj-newsletter

We invite you to join us in supporting Season Four of the One as One Podcast that runs September 2026 to August 2027. Your generosity helps sustain this ministry’s ecumenical conversations, qualitative research, and ongoing production throughout the year. Here is a link: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/one-as-one-podcast-season-four-campaign 

Center of the Heart of Jesus offers a variety of services that include this podcast, biblical counseling and spiritual direction, talks and retreats for different sizes of groups and churches. Email for more information, or share experiences and offer feedback at [email protected]

The One as One podcast is a ministry of Center of the Heart of Jesus (⁠⁠⁠⁠www.theheartofjesus.org⁠⁠⁠⁠), an ecumenical organization at the service of all believers and churches of the body of Messiah and is not affiliated with any particular church. Please support this ministry with your prayer. 

Sign up for the CHJ monthly newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/newsletter-form/sign-up-for-our-monthly-chj-newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠

We invite you to join us in supporting Season Four of the One as One Podcast that runs September 2026 to August 2027. Your generosity helps sustain this ministry’s ecumenical conversations, qualitative research, and ongoing production throughout the year. Here is a link: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/one-as-one-podcast-season-four-campaign⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

Center of the Heart of Jesus offers a variety of services that include this podcast, biblical counseling and spiritual direction, talks and retreats for different sizes of groups and churches. Email for more information, or share experiences and offer feedback at ⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠

Our friendship series in season four is dedicated to the theme of Christian and Messianic prayer. Our guest is: Dr. Valerie Bennett of Atlanta, Georgia, STEM expert and author.

Here are suggested websites: Meet Dr. Val, http://drvaleducates.com | Dr. Val Educates: https://form.jotform.com/202426418366152 (All products-Bible Lessons for Techies: Thriving in your Relationship with God through a Technology Lens, All books, STEM Kits, and T-Shirts) | ABCs of AI Book on Amazon: https://a.co/d/0duCVrnF |

4:00 | What is prayer to you?

21:40 | What are some meaningful experiences of prayer?

25:54 | What experience of prayer can you share with us? 

28:10 | Why is both personal and communal prayer important? 

41:08 | ***Special questions***: African-American Community & AI

53:03 | What else is the Spirit prompting you to share?

The One as One podcast is a ministry of Center of the Heart of Jesus (www.theheartofjesus.org), an ecumenical organization at the service of all believers and churches of the body of Messiah and is not affiliated with any particular church. Please support this ministry with your prayer. 

Sign up for the CHJ monthly newsletter: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/newsletter-form/sign-up-for-our-monthly-chj-newsletter

We invite you to join us in supporting Season Four of the One as One Podcast that runs September 2026 to August 2027. Your generosity helps sustain this ministry’s ecumenical conversations, qualitative research, and ongoing production throughout the year. Here is a link: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/one-as-one-podcast-season-four-campaign 

Center of the Heart of Jesus offers a variety of services that include this podcast, biblical counseling and spiritual direction, talks and retreats for different sizes of groups and churches. Email for more information, or share experiences and offer feedback at [email protected]

Our friendship series in season four is dedicated to the theme of Christian and Messianic prayer. Our guest is: Michael Chaffin, Hannah Parmelee, and Liz Kinsfather from Tempe Church of Christ in the Phoenix area, Arizona. 

Here are suggested websites: The church website is: https://tempechurch.org/ | Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@tempechurch3446 | About: Our Next 100 Years: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12c2XOhdgIlri9p2K8u9Rv7L44FWeNhbQ/view?usp=sharing
Kingdom Expansion Phase 1: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wB9B-r3taiRjGt4phugJ4TIT1W16ZCel/view?usp=sharing |

4:26 | What is prayer to you?

21:00 | What are some meaningful experiences of prayer?

30:08 | Can you lead us in praying?

40:28 | Why is both personal and communal prayer important? 

47:16 | What else is the Spirit prompting you to share?

The One as One podcast is a ministry of Center of the Heart of Jesus (www.theheartofjesus.org), an ecumenical organization at the service of all believers and churches of the body of Messiah and is not affiliated with any particular church. Please support this ministry with your prayer. 

Sign up for the CHJ monthly newsletter: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/newsletter-form/sign-up-for-our-monthly-chj-newsletter

We invite you to join us in supporting Season Four of the One as One Podcast that runs September 2026 to August 2027. Your generosity helps sustain this ministry’s ecumenical conversations, qualitative research, and ongoing production throughout the year. Here is a link: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/one-as-one-podcast-season-four-campaign 

Center of the Heart of Jesus offers a variety of services that include this podcast, biblical counseling and spiritual direction, talks and retreats for different sizes of groups and churches. Email for more information, or share experiences and offer feedback at [email protected]

The One as One podcast is a ministry of Center of the Heart of Jesus (⁠⁠⁠www.theheartofjesus.org⁠⁠⁠), an ecumenical organization at the service of all believers and churches of the body of Messiah and is not affiliated with any particular church. Please support this ministry with your prayer. 

Sign up for the CHJ monthly newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/newsletter-form/sign-up-for-our-monthly-chj-newsletter⁠⁠⁠

We invite you to join us in supporting Season Four of the One as One Podcast that runs September 2026 to August 2027. Your generosity helps sustain this ministry’s ecumenical conversations, qualitative research, and ongoing production throughout the year. Here is a link: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/one-as-one-podcast-season-four-campaign⁠⁠⁠ 

Center of the Heart of Jesus offers a variety of services that include this podcast, biblical counseling and spiritual direction, talks and retreats for different sizes of groups and churches. Email for more information, or share experiences and offer feedback at ⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠

Our friendship series in season four is dedicated to the theme of Christian and Messianic prayer. Our guest is: Pastor John Smith from Goodness Family Church, in Tucson, Arizona.

Here are suggested websites: The church website is: https://www.goodnesschurch.org | Pastor John’s Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B08H5QW2W9?ccs_id=cb8631aa-f5bf-44f7-aba3-ba11733c8f3b | Pastor Virgil’s book on Baptism: | https://a.co/d/09Mc7wLz | 

4:08 | What is prayer to you?

23:50 | What are some meaningful experiences of prayer?

33:53 | What experience of prayer can you share with us? 

38:33 | Why is both personal and communal prayer important? 

52:53 | What else is the Spirit prompting you to share?

The One as One podcast is a ministry of Center of the Heart of Jesus (www.theheartofjesus.org), an ecumenical organization at the service of all believers and churches of the body of Messiah and is not affiliated with any particular church. Please support this ministry with your prayer. 

Sign up for the CHJ monthly newsletter: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/newsletter-form/sign-up-for-our-monthly-chj-newsletter

We invite you to join us in supporting Season Four of the One as One Podcast that runs September 2026 to August 2027. Your generosity helps sustain this ministry’s ecumenical conversations, qualitative research, and ongoing production throughout the year. Here is a link: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/one-as-one-podcast-season-four-campaign 

Center of the Heart of Jesus offers a variety of services that include this podcast, biblical counseling and spiritual direction, talks and retreats for different sizes of groups and churches. Email for more information, or share experiences and offer feedback at [email protected]

The One as One podcast is a ministry of Center of the Heart of Jesus (⁠⁠⁠www.theheartofjesus.org⁠⁠⁠), an ecumenical organization at the service of all believers and churches of the body of Messiah and is not affiliated with any particular church. Please support this ministry with your prayer. 

Sign up for the CHJ monthly newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/newsletter-form/sign-up-for-our-monthly-chj-newsletter⁠⁠⁠

We invite you to join us in supporting Season Four of the One as One Podcast that runs September 2026 to August 2027. Your generosity helps sustain this ministry’s ecumenical conversations, qualitative research, and ongoing production throughout the year. Here is a link: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/one-as-one-podcast-season-four-campaign⁠⁠⁠ 

Center of the Heart of Jesus offers a variety of services that include this podcast, biblical counseling and spiritual direction, talks and retreats for different sizes of groups and churches. Email for more information, or share experiences and offer feedback at ⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠

The One as One podcast is a ministry of Center of the Heart of Jesus (⁠⁠www.theheartofjesus.org⁠⁠), an ecumenical organization at the service of all believers and churches of the body of Messiah and is not affiliated with any particular church. Please support this ministry with your prayer. 

Sign up for the CHJ monthly newsletter: ⁠⁠https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/newsletter-form/sign-up-for-our-monthly-chj-newsletter⁠⁠

We invite you to join us in supporting Season Four of the One as One Podcast that runs September 2026 to August 2027. Your generosity helps sustain this ministry’s ecumenical conversations, qualitative research, and ongoing production throughout the year. Here is a link: ⁠⁠https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/one-as-one-podcast-season-four-campaign⁠⁠ 

Center of the Heart of Jesus offers a variety of services that include this podcast, biblical counseling and spiritual direction, talks and retreats for different sizes of groups and churches. Email for more information, or share experiences and offer feedback at ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠

In this episode of the friend series, we seek to learn from our guest, Dr. Deb Waterbury, from Tucson, Arizona. Here are two resources that she shares with us: drdebwaterbury.com | https://www.youtube.com/c/DebWaterbury/videos | 

6:02 | What does it look like to celebrate baptism in your community?

28:28 | How does baptism create a community identity?

41:30 | How does baptism impact one’s personal identity and way of living? 

…. | What are some meaningful experiences of baptism? 

…. | How does baptism unite us beyond different Church traditions and historical divisions? 

50:46 | Final words.

The One as One podcast is a ministry of Center of the Heart of Jesus (www.theheartofjesus.org), an ecumenical organization at the service of all believers and churches of the body of Messiah and is not affiliated with any particular church. Please support this ministry with your prayer. 

Sign up for the CHJ monthly newsletter: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/newsletter-form/sign-up-for-our-monthly-chj-newsletter

We invite you to join us in supporting Season Four of the One as One Podcast that runs September 2026 to August 2027. Your generosity helps sustain this ministry’s ecumenical conversations, qualitative research, and ongoing production throughout the year. Here is a link: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/one-as-one-podcast-season-four-campaign 

Center of the Heart of Jesus offers a variety of services that include this podcast, biblical counseling and spiritual direction, talks and retreats for different sizes of groups and churches. Email for more information, or share experiences and offer feedback at [email protected]

In this episode of the friend series, we seek to learn from our guest, Elder Dr. Harold V. Bennett, from Atlanta, Georgia. His Church is Temple of Faith Church of God in Christ. He is also a professor, dean, and ecumenical officer. Dr. Bennett is also the founder of the Pentecost 4 Life Foundation and Institute. The Pentecost 4 Life Foundation seeks to equip Christians so they can grow personally and serve humanity faithfully. Through biblical study, seminars, and other training programs, Pentecost 4 Life seeks to make the kingdom of God visible in a postmodern, culturally diverse, and globalized world (pentecost4life.com)

3:20 | Describe key elements of how baptism is celebrated in your community?

11:20 | What are some meaningful experiences of baptism? 

18:01 | How does baptism impact one’s personal identity and way of living? 

32:13 | How does baptism create a community identity?

…. | How does baptism unite us beyond different Church traditions and historical divisions? 

41:58 | Final words.

The One as One podcast is a ministry of Center of the Heart of Jesus (www.theheartofjesus.org), an ecumenical organization at the service of all believers and churches of the body of Messiah and is not affiliated with any particular church. Please support this ministry with your prayer. 

Sign up for the CHJ monthly newsletter: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/newsletter-form/sign-up-for-our-monthly-chj-newsletter

We invite you to join us in supporting Season Four of the One as One Podcast that runs September 2026 to August 2027. Your generosity helps sustain this ministry’s ecumenical conversations, qualitative research, and ongoing production throughout the year. Here is a link: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/one-as-one-podcast-season-four-campaign 

Center of the Heart of Jesus offers a variety of services that include this podcast, biblical counseling and spiritual direction, talks and retreats for different sizes of groups and churches. Email for more information, or share experiences and offer feedback at [email protected]