Shades Midweek

This week we cover various and sundry things that have been happening at SVCC in the last few weeks as well as looking forward to our new series on the book of Judges and the first stop of the Shades Midweek Taco Tour!

JM's Album Of The Week: Novo Amor - Antarctican Dream Machine

Bradford's Book Club: The Laura Lea Balanced Cookbook by Laura Lea

This week's episode is all about missions! We interviewed members of our missions team - Shae Wall & Doug Abernathy. Visit our website shadesvalley.org for more information!

JM's Album Of The Week: William Shatner - William Shatner Has Been

Bradford's Book Club (Jonathan's Pick): Saints, Sufferers, and Sinners: Loving Others as God Loves Us by Michael R. Emlet

This week we elaborate on a question we received from Avery Crump via email a few weeks ago about how to get involved in church. 

JM's Album Of The Week: Ashley Wingo - Weedeater

Bradford's Book Club: Do You Believe?: 12 Historic Doctrines To Change Your Everyday Life by Paul David Tripp 

This week we interviewed Mike Sloan from GRACE (Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment). Mike is the Director of Safeguarding Initiative at GRACE. For the last ten years, Mike has trained churches, schools, and other Christian ministries across the United States and abroad in abuse prevention and response best practices. Mike worked with GRACE board member Victor Vieth to develop the GRACE Seminary Curriculum, the first three-credit hour seminary course on child maltreatment, which was piloted at Biblical Seminary in 2017. Mike has served as a local pastor in congregations in Atlanta, Georgia, and Columbus, Ohio. Go to netgrace.org to find out more about GRACE.

JM's Album Of The Week: Colorvault - Faint

Bradford's Book Club: Praying the Bible by Donald S. Whitney

We've been inundated with more emails so we took another trip down to the email corridor to read all of them and respond. We also finalized our guidelines and stipulations for the upcoming Shades Midweek Taco Tour.

JM's Album of the Week: EB Cole - On Earth (The Lord's Prayer)

Bradford's Book Club (Grant Premo's Pick): Everything Sad Is Untrue: (a true story) by Daniel Nayeri

This week we camped out in the email corridor to read and answer your emails! We discussed the Shades Midweek Taco Tour, cults, social media and more!

To find out more about the McClungs returning to Poland go here: https://express.adobe.com/page/hOSKfIaj1d5L9/

Bradford's Book Club: Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention -- and How To Think Deeply Again by Johann Hari

Jonathan and John-Mark look back at Summer 2022, share some stories, and call some SVCC members to see what they were up to this past summer.

JM's Album Of The Week: Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love

Bradford's Book Club: The Bruised Reed by Richard Sibbes

This week we interviewed Dr. Matthew LaPine about his book The Logic of the Body and the five myths of mental health. Matthew is the Christian Education Director at CityLight Omaha. He holds a PhD from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School under Kevin Vanhoozer. He writes on theology, emotion, and mental health.

 Click here to find out more: matthewalapine.com

JM's Album of the Week: Dave Matthews Band - Busted Stuff

Bradford's Book Club: The Logic of the Body: Retrieving Theological Psychology

This week we rewind to a sermon Jonathan Haefs preached on July 11, 2021 titled "The Kingdom Of God?".

JM's Album of the Week: Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball

Bradford's Book Club: Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope by Esau McCaulley

This week we interviewed Anton Ivanov. Anton is a 2021 M.Div. graduate of Beeson Divinity School. He serves as an assistant pastor at Third Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Birmingham, Al. We discussed his time growing up in Russia, his conversion to Christianity, his move to the United States, and how he met his wife Dasha who is from Ukraine. 

Click here to read Anton's blog regarding Ukraine: https://www.beesondivinity.com/blog/2022/pray-for-ukraine

JM's Album of the Week: Daniel Lanois - Shine

Bradford's Book Club: The Road to Character by David Brooks