The Surge Network Podcast

The Surge Network Podcast

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  • Blessings and Curses of Social Media - Dr. Stephen Carradini

    Blessings and Curses of Social Media

    As church leaders, how do we cultivate faithfulness in our congregations around the right stewardship of social media? From vitriolic tirades to yummy cookie recipes, we seem to be sharing pieces of ourselves on social media in ways that are at times true reflections of who we are, and at others, mere projections of who we desire to be. In this gathering, we have invited Dr. Stephen Carradini (assistant professor at ASU) to join us for a conversation regarding the theological significance of social media, its impact on our communal psyche, and to offer us some directions forward in the proper stewardship of this technological tool for faithful Christ-centered living.

    Dr. Stephen Carradini is an assistant professor of technical communication at Arizona State University. He has a doctorate from the Communication, Rhetoric and Digital Media program at North Carolina State University. He also co-hosts a podcast called Winning Slowly (winningslowly.org) about the ethics of technology (including social media) as seen through a Christian lens. He lives in Gilbert with his family and is a part of New Valley Church in Chandler.

    50 min
  • Surge Lunch - February 2018 - Discipleship in a Disenchanted World
    Team building, creating a culture of shared leadership, and developing
    cohesion around mission is essential for leaders. Strong churches and teams
    also need vision and direction from leaders. Sometimes these realities feel
    in tension with one another.
    We are all gifted differently as well as have different philosophies of
    ministry and yet whether we thrive more as independent leaders or within a
    team, shared leadership is important.
    48 min
  • Surge Lunch - November 2017 - Creating a Culture of Shared Leadership
    Team building, creating a culture of shared leadership, and developing
    cohesion around mission is essential for leaders. Strong churches and teams
    also need vision and direction from leaders. Sometimes these realities feel
    in tension with one another.
    We are all gifted differently as well as have different philosophies of
    ministry and yet whether we thrive more as independent leaders or within a
    team, shared leadership is important.
    24 min
  • Surge Lunch - October 2017 - Mission Improv: Making Wholistic Disciples
    "Our aim as Christ’s Social Body is to “follow in his steps” (1 Pet 2:21);
    to “walk in love as Christ loved” (Eph 5:1); “to speak and do the truth”
    (4:15, 21; 1 John 1:6); to “grow up together” (Eph 4:15) in the One who
    embodies “mature humanity” (4:13).  In the drama of discipleship, the local
    church “puts on” Christ’s pattern of covenantal fidelity, not with the
    definitive weight of Christ’s unique fulfillment, but in his ways, after
    his likeness." -Dr. Greg Perry
    38 min
  • Surge Lunch - August 2017 - The Way of The Dragon Or The Way of The Lamb by Jamin Goggin
    In this book, Pastor Jamin Goggin and theology professor Kyle Strobel
    invite readers on a journey to uncover Jesus’ seemingly contradictory way
    to power: weakness.
    Why do so many rock-star pastors implode under the spotlight? Why do
    modern-day churches become so entangled in growing their brand that they
    lose sight of their true purpose? Because, according to Jamin Goggin and
    Kyle Strobel, Christians have succumbed to the temptations of power and
    forgotten Jesus’ seemingly contradictory path to power—first giving it up.
    In The Way of the Dragon or the Way of the Lamb, Goggin and Strobel paint a
    richly biblical vision of power through weakness and offers a compelling
    vision of the way of Jesus that will challenge both individual believers
    and the church as a whole.
    Our prayer and hope is that churches in Arizona would be full of leaders
    and pastors who are committed to the Jesus-way of power and that pastors
    would recognize where the idols of power and prestige have gotten a
    foothold into our affections for Christ and leadership decisions so that we
    might turn toward embracing weakness.
    41 min
  • Surge Lunch - May 2017 - Partnering with the church
    Partnering with the church

    At this Surge lunch, we will be hearing from Anna Ho, President of Reconciled World. This lunch is intended to provoke questions and ideas for what it looks like to be pastors and leaders who are seeking the Spirit’s help to identify lies that trap us as leaders that keep us from being light in the midst of darkness and seek God’s power to embrace all areas of mission he has called us to.


    Anna has spent over 20 years in ministry internationally and has sharp insights into how God’s word calls us to effectively address brokenness, walk with the vulnerable, mobilize local resources, and, above all, depend on God.

    Anna speaks with deep theological insight to the capability of the local church around the world to see their communities transformed by Jesus and a biblical worldview when they are freed from lies that cripple the church. Anna desires to see the church respond to God and watch as he brings healing to brokenness and builds His church in both numbers and depth.

    Speaker: Anna Ho


    Anna Ho, together with her husband Nam are the co-founders of Reconciled World. Originally from New Zealand, Anna Ho has lived and worked in Asia since 1995. Anna joined Food for the Hungry in 1996, working with them until 2013. In 2004 Anna started a program, Truth-Centered Transformation to see if people could really move out of poverty as they understood and applied a Biblical Worldview. The results were beyond anything they ever imagined, with hundreds of communities moving out of poverty. In 2013, Nam and Anna followed God’s leading to launch Reconciled World–based on bringing transformation by applying Biblical truth to all areas of brokenness. Anna currently holds the position of Executive Director of Reconciled World. She is based in Asia but spends at least half the year on the road.

    40 min

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