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S4E9: “Cracking Our Shins on Altars” with Beth Bowers

Wednesday, June 10, 2020
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PreacHer: Beth Bowers

Summary: Will you join me on a walk? Acts 17 is a well-known and well-loved text for many. The question I have wrestled with while listening to it is this: What did Athens give to Paul? In my life, a  journey up Mt Kilimanjaro created the space for an encounter with the Divine. Let’s walk together and be on the lookout for God to show up. 

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• Beth’s Writings
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S4E8: “Faith Without Works is Dead(ly)” with Dr. Mallory Wyckoff

Wednesday, June 3, 2020
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PreacHer: Dr. Mallory Wyckoff

Summary: If you’ve ever read the book of James, you know that the author makes a strong case for practicing what you preach, putting your money where your mouth is, letting your actions speak louder than your words. And the thing is, all those deeply-held convictions that never materialize in tangible action are dangerous. Faith without works isn’t just dead--it’s deadly. It’s poisonous and tricky and can lull us into a state of being half-asleep where we think our thinking alone is enough. It’s not. But let’s put our thinking minds and loving hearts together to figure out how and where to channel our faith and convictions in acts of love that Just. Might. Change. The. World. 

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• Faith and Culture Center (where Mallory is the executive director)
• The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities Through Mindfulness by Rhonda V. Magee
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S4E7: “Car Wrecks and Interruptions” with Dr. Jen Hale Christy

Wednesday, May 27, 2020
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PreacHer: Dr. Jen Hale Christy

Summary: The openness of our heart will dictate the openness of our hands. Our interruptibility will influence our willingness to notice, listen, serve, and participate in God’s ongoing work in the world. In this episode I share about a terrible car wreck and angels in a Tahoe, busyness and missing the things that matter.

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S4E6: “A Tale of Three Conversions” with Dr. Sara Barton

Wednesday, May 20, 2020
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PreacHer: Dr. Sara Barton

Summary: When Luke constructed Acts 10 and 11, he very specifically decided to tell a story twice from two different perspectives, the narrator and Peter. The story is so central to Acts – and to the Gospel in the big picture - that it needed to be double-underlined for us. Think of it as a form of highlighting before highlighters existed. So, we pay double attention because Luke says we should, and the point is that God shows no favoritism. The goal of the blessing and call of Abram all the way back in Genesis 12 is coming to fruition as God's work in history blesses all people in all the world. The first Jesus followers had to figure out how to catch up with God’s purposes, so here we have an example of how that occurred. (A sermon preached at Camarillo Church of Christ)

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• Sara on Twitter
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• https://www.pepperdine.edu/spiritual-life/blogcast/
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S4E5: “You Are Not God’s Punchline” with Rhesa Higgins

Wednesday, May 13, 2020
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PreacHer: Rhesa Higgins

Summary: Acts 12 is one of those stories that gets told time and time again, as the early church reminds themselves of what they knew to be true--the Kingdom of God will eventually prevail. But also, there’s this minor character who might actually be the hero in hiding. All of this has us asking ourselves: whose voice have we discounted, or silenced in proclaiming the good news that God is still in this resurrection business? When our chains fall off, will we choose to get up and believe the truth that God is resurrecting us and freeing us from a life of fear? How many times have we chosen to stay put instead of following the unexpected way out? God is at work among us. May we have eyes to see it, and feet to follow. 

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• Rhesa on FB
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• Eleven28 Ministries (Rhesa is the founding director) 
• Eleven28 on FB
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S4E4: “God Doesn’t Play Favorites” with Dr. Jen Hale Christy

Wednesday, May 6, 2020
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PreacHer: Jen Hale Christy

Summary: This is the third time that it has taken Peter three times to get it. For the message to sink in. But when it does, watch out world--Peter is relentless on a mission to declare the good news that God is FOR EVERYONE.

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S4E3: “Dead Bodies and Resurrected Faith” with Dr. Jen Hale Christy

Wednesday, April 29, 2020
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PreacHer: Dr. Jen Hale Christy

Summary: When is the last time you saw someone resurrected from the dead? Yeah, me neither. But it happened. More than once. Not just Jesus, others too. And it has us thinking about our own faith in God’s power to resurrect us - from our circumstances and ailments and dwindling faith. May we be people who can admit where we are in need, and freely receive God’s resurrecting work in us.

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S4E2: “Rethinking Pedestals” with Kaitlin Shetler

Wednesday, April 22, 2020
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PreacHer: Kaitlin Shetler

Summary: The conversion story of Paul sets the stage for the exponential growth of the church and at least half of the letters we read in the New Testament. It’s an exciting and harrowing tale of a murderer turned Christian, a fundamentalist accuser turned preacher, a spiritually blind man turned woke. But also, let’s not be so quick to gloss over who he was as “Saul.” How do we read the Paul story in light of trauma and the importance of centering survivors’ voices? And why do we need to do this in the first place? 

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S4E1: “Who Is This Story About?” with Dr. Jen Hale Christy

Wednesday, April 15, 2020
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PreacHer: Dr. Jen Hale Christy

Summary: Sure, Jesus said that the Good News was going out to the ends of the earth--that this was a message for everyone. But did he really mean it? Did he *actually* mean everyone is included? Yes. Yes he did. In this episode we take a ride in a royal chariot to learn God’s unconditional acceptance and embrace of everyone.

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S310: "Lynchings and Explosions" with Dr. Jen Hale Christy

Wednesday, April 8, 2020
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PreacHer: Dr. Jen Hale Christy

Summary: After Stephen’s famous speech, what happens? Luke takes us on a scenic journey full of echoes back to God’s work through Jesus, fulfillments of prophecies spoken through the ancestors, and reversals of our expectations. Where do we find ourselves in this story, and how might we respond?

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