Sandbox Cooperative Podcast

Is it possible to be present in a life where every moment is documented in pictures, video, texts, tweets and posts? Does this impact the way we perceive reality, or see our lives? What about the lives of those we love, or the events of our world? More and more it seems that life is filtered through a digital screen. What would it mean to attempt to live an unfiltered life?

We live in a world of soup kitchens and eating contests. We have a food problem. It’s not that there isn’t enough, but there’s certainly a problem in how people get the food they need. What would it look like if we took steps to make sure everyone had enough to eat?

Today’s Guests:
Bishop Steve Delzer of the Southeastern Minnesota Synod of the ELCA
Jennifer Woodford, Executive Director at Channel One Regional Food Bank, Rochester, MN

It’s an incredibly unique privilege that we can ask questions like: What are you made to do? What gifts do you have? What is your personality? What makes your life meaningful? In this episode of the Sandbox Podcast we explore a bit about going after what it is you’re made to do.

Today’s References:
Shane Hipps on Stirring Soup with a Flute
Story of the Fisherman at BecomingMinimalist.com

Today’s topic is the shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C. This incredibly awful event has sparked a national conversation about why these things happen and how to begin to actually heal the wound of our racial divide. Our guest is Paul Van Auken, Associate Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies at University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, who wrote an article about his experience in Charleston at the time of the shooting.

Article links:
Cape Fear: Sharks in the Ocean and the Pew by Paul Van Auken and
How to Actually Fight for Racial Reconciliation by Christena Cleveland

In our first Sandbox Cooperative podcast we talk about ‘sacred’ and ‘secular.’ What makes something sacred? What makes something Secular? Is there really a divide? Is there a difference… or is the difference something we’ve created?

Trending Topics:
16 Years of Selfies.
Microsoft Windows 10 Release Date, Intel’s Thunderbolt 3.
Phoenix Mosque Protests.

Other stuff we talked about:
Ben Folds Five – (Listen | iTunes | Google Music)
‘Jesus Christ’ by Brand New (Listen | iTunes | Google Music)
Louis CK on Flying