Eric interviews pastor Ryan Snow on how driven Type A people can slow down and recover their lives. Ryan is the father of four children, has run dozens of marathons (including Boston!), planted two churches, managed a business, and served as a bi-vocational pastor for the past fifteen years--this is a person who is driven! Learn about the intentional practices that Ryan has incorporated to help him slow down and recover his life.

Sacred Rhythms: Arranging Our Lives for Spiritual Transformation

Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life

Addicted to Busy: Recovery for the Rushed Soul

These books can be found at: https://bookstore.vineyardcolumbus.org/reads

Julia interviews Angie Plummer, Director of CRIS (Community Refugee & Immigration Services) along with Executive Director of the Vineyard Community Center, Gina Watts, on their partnership to help refugees in our community.

CRIS is an independent non-profit organization and refugee resettlement agency that serves the refugee and immigrant populations in Central Ohio. Their wide array of programs and services aim to facilitate sustained self-sufficiency and successful integration for the people we serve.

Anyone interested in providing housing for refugees, please email [email protected]

crisohio.org/support-afghan-refugees

cwsglobal.org/blog/reading-list-books-by-refugees-and-immigrants-of-color/

A conversation between Julia and Pastor Charles Montgomery about some exciting things that are in the future as Charles broadens his role to include both teaching pastor at Vineyard Columbus *and* new, national involvement with Vineyard USA. These things mean that there’s change coming this winter for East Campus. Listen in for the inside scoop on what’s ahead.

To find out more about Vineyard USA, go to vineyardusa.org.

Adrienne and Eric give you a preview of the Legacy Conference coming up THIS WEEK (October 13&14) at Vineyard Columbus. You don't want to miss it.

Check out all the details HERE: legacy.vineyardcolumbus.org

Eric and Julia have a conversation about holding on to hope in the face of a world enamored with deconstruction, and what it means to look at the world and church around us, in all of its mess and very real challenges, through the eyes of faith, hope, and love.

As mentioned in the show: After You Believe: Why Christian Character Matters, by NT Wright.
https://bookstore.vineyardcolumbus.org/reads/p/after-you-believe-why-christian-character-matters?rq=after%20you%20believe

Julia interviews Dr. David Hartman (Masters in Sociology from Notre Dame, PhD in Counselors Ed from Seattle Pacific, Counseling Educator, and long-time friend) about some of the processes that lie behind how identity formation works, and how Christians can be intentional about Christian identity formation. (Julia also goes old-school and quotes Pink Floyd with the help of audio engineer James Hixon.)

You can hear more from David on the More Than This podcast. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/more-than-this/id1441211852

Eric and Julia (who remains convinced that mix-tapes are going to be making a comeback sometime in the next 12 months) debrief this past weekend's sermon about identity formation... and talk about the cultural press to curate our own identities, how to think deeply about what it means to be made in the Image of God, gender and sexuality... and Julia finds a way to make yet another mention about the negative impacts of social media.

Julia interviews Eric about his own faith story, why we're committed to the next generation, and the role of sages in the church. (Eric gets a few questions in for Julia as well.) And you'll also get the inside scoop about the upcoming Legacy event, a two-evening conference Oct 13 & 14th.

Julia and Adrienne interview Pastor Ellie Smith of VC20 about how God is at work in the lives of young adults in our community. Listen in for an update on what’s happening with our VC20 community.

Julia interviews Michael Doom and Santos Chaparro on how they came to work in youth ministry, how the church can work to bridge generational divides, and upcoming changes to youth ministry at Vineyard Columbus.

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Book: Faith For Exiles by David Kinnaman and Matt Matlock

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