By Steve Flowers & Jordan Flowers The 4th installment of the periodic series studying through The Gospel of Mark. Steve and Jordan discuss Jesus’ parables with emphasis on The Parable of the Sower found in Mark 4.

By Ivy Lamb Scott is a husband, father, and professor. Over the years, he’s slowly learned to relinquish the illusion of control. Moving past his own theories of how the world should work has been one of his greatest spiritual challenges, and yet he considers it core to the message Christianity. In this episode, he … Continue reading "Stories From A Village Podcast: Living From My Heart"

By Ivy Lamb How do we overcome experiences of struggle and find ways to share our gifts with the world? For Chase, the answer lies partly in practices of spiritual discipline. A relatively new high school English teacher, Chase feels called to use own experiences of struggle to empathize with and encourage his students. Journaling, … Continue reading "Stories From A Village Podcast: Breathing Goodness Into the World"

By Ivy Lamb As the son of a Methodist pastor, Andrew grew up intimately connected to the church. His childhood experiences exposed some of the difficulties and shortcomings of the church, but they also helped Andrew discover his own call to ministry. Today, he serves at Stone Village Church as a musician and worship leader. … Continue reading "Stories From A Village Podcast: It Is Well with My Soul"

By Ivy Lamb Angela is a black woman who grew up in the South attending Southern Baptist churches. Independent and always seeking, Angela has moved away from the church of her roots to a very different place. In this episode, she talks about the process of spiritual growth and how she’s reached a “quiet place” … Continue reading "Stories From A Village Podcast: Uncovering My Life"

By Ivy Lamb For more than a decade, Joey identified as an atheist. Today he calls himself a Christian again, but his story isn’t what you might think. In this episode, Ivy and Joey talk about his early experiences with Catholicism, how his moral convictions led him to leave the church, and how he eventually … Continue reading "Stories From A Village Podcast: Learning to Live Beyond Labels"

By Steve Flowers & Jordan Flowers Jordan and Steve share how they came to love comic books and superheroes and then discuss where they see faith being reflected in the characters and stories of those superheroes. This episode along with the bonus OTT 8.1 episode also released today are the last OTT episodes for our … Continue reading "On The Table Podcast: Up, Up, and Away!"

By Steve Flowers & Jordan Flowers BONUS episode! After talking about superheroes and faith in OTT 8, Jordan and Steve kept talking about their favorite comic book superheroes, DC and Marvel movies, and DC animated movies and TV shows. There’s absolutely ZERO spiritually redeeming value in this episode. It’s solely for anyone who wants to … Continue reading "On The Table Podcast: Nerd Alert!"

By Steve Flowers and Jordan Flowers In this 3rd installment of the periodic series studying through The Gospel of Mark, Steve and Jordan discuss the five conflict stories in Mark 1:40-3:12. They reflect on the scripture, including where we might be picking a similar fight with Jesus by not recognizing who He really is and … Continue reading "On The Table Podcast: Picking Fights with Jesus"

All the Flo bros are together as Heath and Tanner join their brother Jordan and their dad Steve. The brothers talk about what resonated and what didn’t in their own spiritual upbringings, a discussion that at times is serious but also at times explained in laughter (including at Dad’s expense). The conversation ends with their … Continue reading "On The Table Podcast: Flo Bros Edition"