Stuff I Want to Say

Stuff I want to say is the podcast where...well, I say whatever I want to say. 

This episode is a bit of a shorter, more meandering episode. In it I talk about a small handful of things. 

• Why I treasured working in Kentucky.
• Chronological Bible readings are interesting.
• A few thoughts on reading Paul chronologically.
• How I nearly cried at the bar at a BBQ restaurant. 
• Why we all need to admit we need shelter.

What I'm Reading Paul - A Biography by NT. Wright

What I'm Listening to. Jon Tyson. Altars sermon series The Emotionally Healthy Leader - Pete Scazzero

Welcome to stuff I want to say. It's a podcast that pretty much functions as the external process of my own brain and life as I pastor in North Louisiana. In this episode I talk with my friend Rev. Aaron Mansfield, the person I consider my pastor. We talk about a lot of different things, many of the around the idea of reading the Bible. In this episode we talk about a bunch of stuff. Some of it includes:

• Ministry in the Northside of Lexington, Kentucky.
• Letting your kid Flair Chop another pastor.
• An odd reason to wear a clergy collar.
• People filled with the Holy Spirit.
• BIble reading plans.
• Writing a Master's thesis on preaching Revelation while keeping crack heads out of the clothes closet.
• When you decide to read the Bible as fast as you can.
• Why you need to skim the Bible.
• Bible translations.
• Why just reading for time works best.

It was great to have Aaron come on the podcast. I have been wanting to do this conversation for a long time. I'm still thinking of doing a faster read. I just wrapped up my chronological read of the Apostle Paul and I am extremely glad I did it. 

My Stuff Only One Bible: Why I'm ditching nearly all my bibles in 2020 (video)

Mentioned 90 Day Bible reading plan 30 Day Bible Shred

What does it mean to have your own weather system? Meaning that, you understand how the environment around you has the ability to direct the quality of the environment that you are living in?

Novel idea. Right? 

I talk about my own personal weather system in this episode. 

• Why I'm dipping my toe back into podcasting
• Have you ever had a friend that is a weather person?
• Bullet Journal time-tracking
• What are your points of bad weather patterns?

What I am Reading/Doing

• 30 Day Bible Shred 

A message from Luke 17:20-21.

Stuff I want to say is a *hopeful weekly show in which I share stuff I want to say. Sounds simple...right?

One of the things I have been excited about since the beginning of this new show is sharing conversations with friends that I think have something to share. My buddy JR Forasteros is the author of the fantastic book Empathy for the Devil. Last year, after preaching a sermon about the devil, I had JR on another podcast to talk about his book and some of the ways he feels we learn from the stories of villains in the bible. I wanted to replay it for you here on SIWTS.

My favorite part of this conversation is the one where he talks about a Biblical Theology of the Devil, and discerning the who, what, where and why from the tiny bits and pieces we have learned about him in the scriptures.

Links JR Forasteros Empathy For The Devil (Amazon Link)

* I hope to make this weekly, but let's just call it a hope.

Stuff I Want to Say is the weekly podcast where I share...stuff I want to say. This week I spend my time talking about

• Summer rhythms
• Why they are different
• Reinventing yourself
• How Much Work is Enough?
• My word of the moment. 

Mentioned: How Much Work is Enough - Jenny Smith

From 6.16 - > https://www.wearefoundry.com/eyes-ears-sermon-preview/

Welcome to Stuff I Want to Say, the weekly (cough..sometimes) podcast where I run down...stuff I want to say. In this episode, I talk about

• Making Big Decisions
• Why I'm shutting down Productive Pastor and why I'm deleting all the content. 
• Bible Reading.
• Why we need to quit waiting for the perfect Bible study.
• My Bible Survey and what I discovered.
• How to start reading the Bible (why prayer is a big thing). 

Links

• Saying Goodbye is hard
• iTunes link to Productive Pastor (download it while you got it)
• The Productive Pastor Facebook group
• Ears to Hear: Re-engaging John's Apocalypse in 21st Century Doxological Communities (trust me. It's boring)
• ESV Scripture Journals

So how do you shock the big guy? You take him for exactly who He says he is. 

Find the sermon preview and text here.