TNL presents Author Stories! Season 2 is over, but we just couldn't take a break. With so many incredible books coming out this holiday season, we wanted to introduce you to a few of our favorites. This Author Story features JR Forasteros Teaching Pastor from Catalyst Rowlett whose new book Empathy for the Devil is available now.

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In the Church of the Nazarene, we celebrate October as Pastor’s Appreciation Month. This October 2017, rather than promoting Young Clergy Network and doing a bunch of giveaways, we’ve decided to partner with young clergy affected by recent hurricanes to bless them and their ministries. We’re calling them Digital Love Offerings. You can see their stories at thisnazlife.com and donate at https://www.gofundme.com/DLO-florida or at thisnazlife.com/donate. After a month, we will total up the donations and pass them on to these pastors, to support the rebuilding efforts as they see fit. We hope you will partner with us to pray for and support these young pastors. We’ll be back next week with a regularly scheduled episode, but until then, Thanks for all you do for young clergy and thanks for tuning in.

Rev Eric and Pastor Kayla Smith both minister at Hermitage Church of the Nazarene outside of Nashville, Tennessee.

This episode is sponsored by Long-Expected Jesus, an Advent devotional and lectionary-based resource for church communities. Long-Expected Jesus invites the people of God to spend four weeks slowing down, waiting patiently, and praying expectantly in anticipation of our coming Savior. Contributors include some of our past guests: Michael Palmer, Dr Carla Sunberg, Deanna Hayden, and Brit Bolerjack. Order Long-Expected Jesus for your community at TheFoundryPublishing.com.

In the Church of the Nazarene, we celebrate October as Pastor’s Appreciation Month. This October 2017, rather than promoting Young Clergy Network and doing a bunch of giveaways, we’ve decided to partner with young clergy affected by recent natural disasters to bless their ministries. During each of the four weeks in October, we’ll be taking up a Digital Love Offering for a local Nazarene church. You can see their stories at thisnazlife.com and donate at thisnazlife.com/donate. Each week, we will total up the donations and pass them on to these pastors and their church families, to support the rebuilding efforts as they see fit. We hope you will partner with us to pray for and support these young pastors.

Rev Andy Bolerjack is the Executive Director of the Nazarene Student Center a the University of Oklahoma. We hung out during a thunderstorm in Norman!

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TNL is a production of Young Clergy Network: a ministry of OKC First Nazarene committed to listening to, collaborating with, and empowering young pastors.

Rev. Dana Franchetti is the Children and Youth Program Director at the Cactus Nazarene Ministry Center in Cactus, Texas.

This episode is sponsored by Long-Expected Jesus, an Advent devotional and lectionary-based resource for church communities. Long-Expected Jesus invites the people of God to spend four weeks slowing down, waiting patiently, and praying expectantly in anticipation of our coming Savior. Contributors include some of our past guests: Michael Palmer, Dr Carla Sunberg, Deanna Hayden, and Brit Bolerjack. Order Long-Expected Jesus for your community at TheFoundryPublishing.com.

Rev Sherwin Rulloda is the lead pastor of Bremerton Church of the Nazarene in Washington State.

TNL is a production of Young Clergy Network: a ministry of OKC First Nazarene committed to listening to, collaborating with, and empowering young pastors. If you love this podcast, consider sending us a little love at youngclergy.net/donate.

Pastor Ryan Hannay is the youth pastor at South Austin Church in Texas.

If you love this podcast, consider sending us a little love at youngclergy.net/donate. Thanks to everyone who has already given—we literally couldn’t do this work without you!

TNL is a production of Young Clergy Network: a ministry of OKC First Nazarene committed to listening to, collaborating with, and empowering young pastors.

This episode is sponsored by audible - get a FREE audiobook download and 30 day free trial at www.audibletrial.com/thisnazlife. They’ve got over 180,000 titles to choose from for all your devices. Today’s role model episode features Rev. Albert Hung, district superintendent of Northern California District Church of the Nazarene. Thanks for all you do for young pastors and thanks for tuning in.

Rev Malorri and Pastor Ray Seamon are co-lead pastors at Connection Point Church of the Nazarene in Keaau, Hawaii. You can email them at [email protected].

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