Table Talk with Mike and Angela

"A Full Holy Week - A Way Other Than Our Own" – S02E10 of Table Talk with Mike and Angela

Welcome to the Table Talk with Mike and Angela podcast. We’re pastors Mike Holly and Angela Martin and we want to help you understand more about the Bible, faith, and living a faithful life.  In each episode of Table Talk, we sit down for a conversation about a wide range of topics. We often invite other staff members at Bluff Park UMC to join in.  Listen in and experience God in new ways and take those important next steps that help us all weave together a life of faith and service!

For the season of Lent, Mike and Angela will explore segments of the Lenten daily devotional by renowned Hebrew Scriptures scholar Walter Brueggemann from his work "A Way Other Than Our Own."

In today's podcast, Mike and Angela discuss the importance living through and worshiping through a full Holy Week so that we can appreciate the true joy of Easter. This is the final episode of our Lenten journey with Walter Brueggemann and we are invited together to take the risk and be a fully-devoted disciple of Jesus Christ. We will explore what that means for us as we wait for Easter Sunday!

"A Possibility Beyond Fear - A Way Other Than Our Own" – S02E09 of Table Talk with Mike and Angela

Welcome to the Table Talk with Mike and Angela podcast. We’re pastors Mike Holly and Angela Martin and we want to help you understand more about the Bible, faith, and living a faithful life.  In each episode of Table Talk, we sit down for a conversation about a wide range of topics. We often invite other staff members at Bluff Park UMC to join in.  Listen in and experience God in new ways and take those important next steps that help us all weave together a life of faith and service!

For the season of Lent, Mike and Angela will explore segments of the Lenten daily devotional by renowned Hebrew Scriptures scholar Walter Brueggemann from his work "A Way Other Than Our Own."

This week in the podcast, Mike and Angela talk about the shackles of fear and how they hold us back from our true identity and our true mission. We are reminded to choose to trust in God’s forgiveness and faithfulness as well as to stay connected to God and His church so that we will continue to move forward in faith and hope.

"Hope That Draws Us Forward - A Way Other Than Our Own" – S02E08 of Table Talk with Mike and Angela

Welcome to the Table Talk with Mike and Angela podcast. We’re pastors Mike Holly and Angela Martin and we want to help you understand more about the Bible, faith, and living a faithful life.  In each episode of Table Talk, we sit down for a conversation about a wide range of topics. We often invite other staff members at Bluff Park UMC to join in.  Listen in and experience God in new ways and take those important next steps that help us all weave together a life of faith and service!

For the season of Lent, Mike and Angela will explore segments of the Lenten daily devotional by renowned Hebrew Scriptures scholar Walter Brueggemann from his work "A Way Other Than Our Own."

On today’s podcast, Mike and Angela remind us that Lent is a journey forward toward God’s future. Instead of becoming stuck in the past or the present, Christians trust in God to bring a promised future to us and the rest of the world. A true Lent can help us draw closer to the

One who holds the future as well as to give us clarity of the steps needed for us to change.

"What Needs To Die? - A Way Other Than Our Own" – S02E07 of Table Talk with Mike and Angela

Welcome to the Table Talk with Mike and Angela podcast. We’re pastors Mike Holly and Angela Martin and we want to help you understand more about the Bible, faith, and living a faithful life.  In each episode of Table Talk, we sit down for a conversation about a wide range of topics. We often invite other staff members at Bluff Park UMC to join in.  Listen in and experience God in new ways and take those important next steps that help us all weave together a life of faith and service!

For the season of Lent, Mike and Angela will explore segments of the Lenten daily devotional by renowned Hebrew Scriptures scholar Walter Brueggemann from his work "A Way Other Than Our Own."

In today’s podcast, Mike and Angela discuss how both individuals and churches need to discover and reflect upon the things that prevent Christians and the Church to be who God has called us to be. Unless we put to death the things that cloud our collective witness, God's light will not be able to shine as brightly within us. Listen in to the conversation and take the time this Lent to get to work on developing a new life with God!

"Covenant Faithfulness - A Way Other Than Our Own" – S02E06 of Table Talk with Mike and Angela

Welcome to the Table Talk with Mike and Angela podcast. We’re pastors Mike Holly and Angela Martin and we want to help you understand more about the Bible, faith, and living a faithful life.  In each episode of Table Talk, we sit down for a conversation about a wide range of topics. We often invite other staff members at Bluff Park UMC to join in.  Listen in and experience God in new ways and take those important next steps that help us all weave together a life of faith and service!

For the season of Lent, Mike and Angela will explore segments of the Lenten daily devotional by renowned Hebrew Scriptures scholar Walter Brueggemann from his work "A Way Other Than Our Own."

In today's podcast, Mike and Angela discuss the sign of the rainbow from Genesis and how it stands for God's covenant faithfulness as well as our need to be faithful to God and to one another. They remind us that, as Christians, we are called out of our self-focus and out of our comfort zones and into active discipleship.

"From Dust Back to God - A Way Other Than Our Own" – S02E05 of Table Talk with Mike and Angela

Welcome to the Table Talk with Mike and Angela podcast. We’re pastors Mike Holly and Angela Martin and we want to help you understand more about the Bible, faith, and living a faithful life.  In each episode of Table Talk, we sit down for a conversation about a wide range of topics. We often invite other staff members at Bluff Park UMC to join in.  Listen in and experience God in new ways and take those important next steps that help us all weave together a life of faith and service!

For the season of Lent, Mike and Angela will explore segments of the Lenten daily devotional by renowned Hebrew Scriptures scholar Walter Brueggemann from his work "A Way Other Than Our Own."

On today’s podcast, Mike and Angela discuss the devotions from Ash Wednesday and the first few days of Lent from Brueggemann’s "A Way Other Than Our Own." Lent can be a time of wandering through the wilderness looking for the right path for our lives but it is also a way to engage in life-building habits and practices that can keep us on God’s path. Mike and Angela discuss the paths that are in conflict with God’s way for us as well as some of the stumbling blocks that we all face.

"Merciful Means of Grace - Being Methodist in the Bible Belt" – S02E04 of Table Talk with Mike and Angela

Welcome to the Table Talk with Mike and Angela podcast. We’re pastors Mike Holly and Angela Martin and we want to help you understand more about the Bible, faith, and living a faithful life.  In each episode of Table Talk, we sit down for a conversation about a wide range of topics. We often invite other staff members at Bluff Park UMC to join in.  Listen in and experience God in new ways and take those important next steps that help us all weave together a life of faith and service!

In the second season of Table Talk with Mike and Angela, we explore Being United Methodist in the Bible Belt by looking at F. Belton Joyner, Jr.'s important book by the same name. The goal is to help United Methodist Christians understand what is unique and distinct about the denomination as well as what unites us with other Christian denominations in the worldwide Christian family. During this four-week series, we will look through several core beliefs and practices of United Methodism and help all people to appreciate the importance of faith, grace, love, and action within the Christian life.

On today’s podcast, Mike and Angela finish discussing Joyner's book Being United Methodist in the Bible Belt with a conversation about "works of mercy" and how God's grace works through our holy activities of loving and serving our neighbors. They also spend a little time talking about how United Methodists relate to other Christians around the world.

"Communal Means of Grace - Being Methodist in the Bible Belt" – S02E03 of Table Talk with Mike and Angela

Welcome to the Table Talk with Mike and Angela podcast. We’re pastors Mike Holly and Angela Martin and we want to help you understand more about the Bible, faith, and living a faithful life.  In each episode of Table Talk, we sit down for a conversation about a wide range of topics. We often invite other staff members at Bluff Park UMC to join in.  Listen in and experience God in new ways and take those important next steps that help us all weave together a life of faith and service!

In the second season of Table Talk with Mike and Angela, we explore Being United Methodist in the Bible Belt by looking at F. Belton Joyner, Jr.'s important book by the same name. The goal is to help United Methodist Christians understand what is unique and distinct about the denomination as well as what unites us with other Christian denominations in the worldwide Christian family. During this four-week series, we will look through several core beliefs and practices of United Methodism and help all people to appreciate the importance of faith, grace, love, and action within the Christian life.

On today’s podcast, Mike and Angela discuss the ways in which God connects with us through His grace in ordinary “means of grace." To be a United Methodist is to be a part of a dynamic and empowering relationship with God and Sacraments are an important part of that relationship. Listen in to hear about our understanding and practice of Baptism and Holy Communion!

"A People of One Book and Four Guides - Being Methodist in the Bible Belt" – S02E02 of Table Talk with Mike and Angela

Welcome to the Table Talk with Mike and Angela podcast. We’re pastors Mike Holly and Angela Martin and we want to help you understand more about the Bible, faith, and living a faithful life.  In each episode of Table Talk, we sit down for a conversation about a wide range of topics. We often invite other staff members at Bluff Park UMC to join in.  Listen in and experience God in new ways and take those important next steps that help us all weave together a life of faith and service!

In the second season of Table Talk with Mike and Angela, we explore Being United Methodist in the Bible Belt by looking at F. Belton Joyner, Jr.'s important book by the same name. The goal is to help United Methodist Christians understand what is unique and distinct about the denomination as well as what unites us with other Christian denominations in the worldwide Christian family. During this four-week series, we will look through several core beliefs and practices of United Methodism and help all people to appreciate the importance of faith, grace, love, and action within the Christian life.

On today's podcast, Mike and Angela discuss the importance of community, Scripture, and other guides to help us live as people of faith and holy practices. To be a United Methodist is to be a part of a global church that is fairly and consistently organized and where each and every person is encouraged to grow in faith and love. Listen in to hear about our "connexion" and the Wesleyan Quadrilateral!

"The Transformation of John Wesley - Being Methodist in the Bible Belt" – S02E01 of Table Talk with Mike and Angela

Welcome to the Table Talk with Mike and Angela podcast. We’re pastors Mike Holly and Angela Martin and we want to help you understand more about the Bible, faith, and living a faithful life.  In each episode of Table Talk, we sit down for a conversation about a wide range of topics. We often invite other staff members at Bluff Park UMC to join in.  Listen in and experience God in new ways and take those important next steps that help us all weave together a life of faith and service!

In the second season of Table Talk with Mike and Angela, we explore Being United Methodist in the Bible Belt by looking at F. Belton Joyner, Jr.'s important book by the same name. The goal is to help United Methodist Christians understand what is unique and distinct about the denomination as well as what unites us with other Christian denominations in the worldwide Christian family. During this four-week series, we will look through several core beliefs and practices of United Methodism and help all people to appreciate the importance of faith, grace, love, and action within the Christian life.

On today's podcast, Mike and Angela discuss the transformation of John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist Movement, and how his transformation was fueled by his experience of and understanding of God's grace. They will also discuss who this foundation of grace led to a revival in England and a new denomination.