Lore Ferguson Wilbert is a long-time blogger and author of the new book, Handle With Care: How Jesus Redeems the Power of Touch in Life and Ministry. Lore (pronounced Lor-ee) joined me on the show to discuss the wonder of the Incarnation, the playfulness and delight of Jesus, platonic vs sexual touch, healthy touch in community, and my wife’s philosophy on hugging. For a healthier church, for a healthier, more embodied world, I highly commend this interview and Lore herself to you.

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Order Handle With Care: How Jesus Redeems the Power of Touch in Life and Ministry by Lore Ferguson Wilbert
Read the opinion piece in The Guardian, “I desperately miss human touch. Science may explain why.”
More on Andy Crouch’s rubric of authority and vulnerability.
Find Lore online at sayable.net
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My guest on the show this week is Lucy Peppiatt, Principal of Westminster Theological Centre in the UK. Lucy is a Charismatic Anglican and is a theologian, an educator, pastor and author. We discussed the gifts that Charismatic Christians offer the world in a time of crisis, as well as the areas that Charismatics need to be particularly careful about. We covered the power of prayer, using prophecy responsibly, anchoring what we say about God in the real world, as well as the importance of co-suffering & lament with our brothers and sisters around the world.

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Read Lucy’s article Charismatic Christians, Crisis, and Coronavirus parts one, two and three.
Order Rediscovering Scripture's Vision for Women, by Lucy Peppiatt.
Learn more about Westminster Theological Centre here.
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This week I had the distinct privilege of sitting down with Christopher Heuertz and discussing his brand new book, The Enneagram of Belonging: A Compassionate Journey of Self-Acceptance. Chris’s work has been instrumental in my own journey of self-love and so it was a real honour to drill deep into some core philosophical aspects of the Enneagram (including some of the ways people frequently misapply the tools), followed by a review of the new language he gives us in this book. If you have ever felt frustrated or put into a box by the Enneagram, you’ll find some things here that I hope will be helpful and freeing for you.

UPDATE: I am aware of claims against Chris Heuertz and I have done my best to investigate the issue as far as I am able. You can read about these claims here, along with Chris’ response to them, and the response of an investigation by the board of directors of the Gravity Institute. I have chosen to keep Chris’ interview here as I believe the material is helpful. I encourage you to discern for yourself how to proceed regarding Chris’ work.

Listen to Chris read the first 9 minutes of the book for free, right here.
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Visit Chris online at chrisheuertz.com

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My guest on the show this week is YouTuber and Instagram personality, Emma Mae Jenkins. Emma and I talked about God meeting us where we are, finding our confidence in who God says we are, dealing with haters online, loving yourself and those who attack & demean you, and finding joy in difficult circumstances, even in eyebrow bullying (which we have both experienced!). She shares some beautiful thoughts from her new devotional, ALL CAPS YOU. She’s utterly delightful.

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Visit Emma online at emmamaejenkins.com

Jonathan Martin is an author, pastor and host of The Zeitcast, and he is one of the biggest influences and encouragements in my life and work. Jonathan joined me on the show this week to chat about seasons of life, allowing things within us to die, and placing hope in a resurrection that we can’t orchestrate ourselves. We touched on grief, community, hope, church life and the importance of intentionally incarnating rebirth within our own lives.

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Listen to The Zeitcast with Jonathan Martin.
Order How to Survive a Shipwreck: Help Is on the Way and Love Is Already Here by Jonathan Martin.
Order Prototype: What Happens When You Discover You're More Like Jesus Than You Think? by Jonathan Martin.Visit Jonathan Martin online at jonathanmartinwords.com
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Jamie Sumner is a writer and novelist whose latest non-fiction book, Eat, Sleep, Save the World: Words of Encouragement for the Special Needs Parent released the first week of widespread COVID-19 lockdown. Jamie joined me on the Puddcast to talk about letting go of parenting guilt, being present in the moment day-by-day, rethinking our priorities and leaning into God for resilience. If you’re a parent or someone looking after children, there’s hope for in here.

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Order Jamie’s middle-school novel, Roll with It.Visit Jamie online at jamie-sumner.com
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My guest this week is Tim Day, one of the top thought leaders in Canada regarding the church, mission and culture. Tim is Executive Director of City Movement Canada, and Director of Waybase.com (The Impact Network). We discussed the very real suffering caused by COVID-19, how individuals, churches and ministries are responding to it, and what God invites us to examine about ourselves, within the pain.

Resources mentioned:

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Access crisis resources for the Canadian church
Visit Tim online at timday.org
Visit WayBase, Canada’s premier church & ministry collaboration platform.
Learn more about City Movement Canada.
Order Tim’s book, God Enters Stage Left.

Many of us were raised to believe all kinds of myths about emotions, such as they’re sinful, they lead us astray, that emotions aren’t spiritual and so on. Right now, terrorized by the fear of a global pandemic, we’re surrounded by emotions! The truth is that emotions are a God-given source of wisdom when we know how to interpret them. In this episode, I share some science on what emotions are in our brains and bodies, a few practical tips on how to process the fear, anger and sadness coming up during this COVID-19 crisis, and then we practice accessing our emotions and bringing them to God.

Resources mentioned:

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Order The Wisdom of your Heart: Discovering the God-Given Purpose and Power of Your Emotions by Marc Alan Schelske
Listen to my podcast with Marc.
Brené Brown’s list of emotions.
6 core emotions.

My guest this week is Dr. Jerome D. Lubbe, the creator of the Brain-Based Enneagram. We talked about science, hope, trauma, shame, the Brain-Based Enneagram… pretty much anything relating to the psychological framework of Jesus and the application for that in our lives. I’ve linked to a bunch of resources below for those wanting to dive deeper into the topics we covered. Get some!

Resources mentioned:

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The Neurotheology of Self-Care
Visit Jerome at drjerome.com
Order Whole-Identity: A Brain-Based Enneagram Model for (W)holistic Human Thriving by Dr. Jerome Lubbe.
Learn more about the Brain-Based Enneagram.
Get the scoop on my self-love devotional at jonathanpuddle.com/devo
Listen to Dr. Jerome Lubbe on The Zeitcast with Jonathan Martin: Neuroscience and the Enneagram Part 1… and Part 2.

In October 2016, Andrew & Norine Brunson were arrested and jailed in Turkey. Andrew was ultimately held for 2 years. I had the privilege of sitting down in person with Andrew and Norine and hearing their story. They shared about the persecution they experienced, the trial of faith he endured and how Andrew ultimately learned to stand in the darkest place of his life and press into God for strength every day. I was inspired and challenged!

Resources mentioned:

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Order Andrew’s book, God's Hostage: A True Story of Persecution, Imprisonment, and Perseverance