Word Made Digital

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast!
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Clare Hooper is a 48-year-old mum and creative who is sweeping through TikTok with her cheerful, bright and colourful lifestyle. She lives out her own tagline "busy doing good" and shares tips from baking and styling to embracing grey hair.

But how did she build her online community of 60k+? What inspires her to stay positive and enjoy the "grind" of content production?

In this episode, Joanna and Clare discuss the joy of engaging online as your most authentic self and encourages us all to find the fun in learning something new (at any age!).
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Learn more about Clare Hooper:
TikTok: @mrsclarehoops
Instagram: @clarehooper
YouTube:  @mrsclarehoops 
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Learn more about Word Made Digital: Website:
https://www.wordmadedigital.com/
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Compassion Canada: https://www.compassion.ca/​​​
Canadian Bible Society: https://biblesociety.ca/
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Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast!
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We all go through life with an "anthropology"--an idea about what humans are like, our potentials and limitations. High anthropology--thinking optimistically about human nature--can breed perfectionism, anxiety, burnout, loneliness, and resentment.

In today's conversation, popular author and theologian David Zahl explores how our ideas about human nature influence our expectations in friendship, work, marriage, and politics and invites us into a biblically rooted and surprisingly life-giving low anthropology, which fosters hope, deep connection with others, lasting love, vulnerability, compassion, and happiness.
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Learn more about David Zahl:
Instagram: @mockingbirdnyc
Book - "Low Anthropology": https://www.amazon.ca/Low-Anthropology-Unlikely-Gracious-Yourself/dp/158743556X Mockingbird Ministries: https://mbird.com/
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Learn more about Word Made Digital:
Website: https://www.wordmadedigital.com/
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Join our Facebook Group "Digital Church": https://tinyurl.com/hfwuecm9 -
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Thank you to our sponsors:
Compassion Canada: https://www.compassion.ca/​​​
Canadian Bible Society: https://biblesociety.ca/
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Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast!
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Do you feel like you're caught in the rat race of social media? Experiencing the heaviness of keeping up with an audience, while staying faithful to what you believe in. This week's guests can relate.

Chelsea and Nick Hurst are Christian YouTubers who share their ups and downs for (mostly) the world to see. They've navigated wins and losses while building a following of over 1 million. In the midst of it all, they've stayed faithful and full of purpose -- but it hasn't always been easy.

Learn more about their story in this week's podcast episode.
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Learn more about Chelsea + Nick Hurst:
YouTube:  @ChelseaandNick 
Instagram: @chelseakayhurst + @officialnickh
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Learn more about Word Made Digital:
Website: https://www.wordmadedigital.com/
Connect with us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/fsycm98m
Join our Facebook Group "Digital Church": https://tinyurl.com/hfwuecm9
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Thank you to our sponsors:
Compassion Canada: https://www.compassion.ca/​​​
Canadian Bible Society: https://biblesociety.ca/
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Zach Windahl is an author, speaker and professional encourager. No really... his books are so motivating and, especially for younger generations, help them remember God's goodness in hard times.

Today he's sharing his journey as an entrepreneur, and building the network has today called "The Brand Sunday". If you're hoping to write a curriculum or books, or start online communities then this is a chat for you!
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Learn more about Zach Windahl:
Instagram: @zachwindahl
Website: https://www.zachwindahl.com/
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Learn more about Word Made Digital:
Website: https://www.wordmadedigital.com/
Connect with us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/fsycm98m
Join our Facebook Group "Digital Church": https://tinyurl.com/hfwuecm9
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Thank you to our sponsors:
Compassion Canada: https://www.compassion.ca/​​​ Canadian Bible Society: https://biblesociety.ca/
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How do we scale our marketing without losing authenticity?

In a world of slick campaigns and selling techniques, Vik Harrison (and her husband Scott) chased a crazy dream: bringing water to the 1.1 billion people in the world who didn't have it. Charity:Water was born and in the decade following, has become a movement of over one million supporters providing clean water to 15 million+.

Now Vik wants to share all her mess-ups and milestones with those wanting to start a non-profit or charity project that inspires them and changes the world. She leads courses, strategy sessions and coaching through her marketing business, Mission Critical.
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Watch this episode of our podcast here
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Learn more about Vik Harrison:
Instagram: @vikharrison
Website: www.missioncritical.co
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Learn more about Word Made Digital:
Website: https://www.wordmadedigital.com/
Connect with us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/fsycm98m
Join our Facebook Group "Digital Church": https://tinyurl.com/hfwuecm9
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Thank you to our sponsors:
Compassion Canada: https://www.compassion.ca/​​​
Canadian Bible Society: https://biblesociety.ca/
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How do we reach high school students addicted to social media? Enter: Brain Barcelona.

Brian is the founder of One Voice Student Missions and The Jesus Clubs. Since 2009 Brian has been a leader at the forefront of youth evangelism and is calling the high school students to surrender their lives to Jesus and calling the Church to our nation’s most unreached mission field: public high schools.

Since 2020, The Jesus Clubs has grown to be a youth movement in the digital space where millions have heard the gospel and thousands have come to know Jesus. Brian lives with his family and community in Texas.
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Learn more about Brian Barcelona:
Instagram: @brianbarcelona
Website: https://brianbarcelona.com/
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Learn more about Word Made Digital:
Website: https://www.wordmadedigital.com/
Connect with us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/fsycm98m
Join our Facebook Group "Digital Church": https://tinyurl.com/hfwuecm9
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Thank you to our Season 9 sponsors:
Compassion Canada: https://www.compassion.ca/​​​
Canadian Bible Society: https://biblesociety.ca/
ServeHQ: https://servehq.church/
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In light of the fall of famous Christian leaders in recent years, the time has come for the church to reexamine its relationship to celebrity.

Award-winning journalist Katelyn Beaty and author of "Celebrities for Jesus: How Personas, Platforms, and Profits Are Hurting the Church" explores how fame has reshaped the American church, and why celebrity is woven into the fabric of the evangelical movement.

She identifies many ways fame has gone awry in recent years and shows us how evangelical culture is uniquely attracted to celebrity gurus over and against institutions. She offers a renewed vision of ordinary faithfulness, helping us all keep fame in its proper place.
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Learn more about Katelyn Beaty:
Instagram: @katelyn_beaty
Website: https://tinyurl.com/4afk2y72
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Learn more about Word Made Digital:
Website: https://www.wordmadedigital.com/
Connect with us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/fsycm98m
Join our Facebook Group "Digital Church": https://tinyurl.com/hfwuecm9
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Thank you to our Season 9 sponsors:
Compassion Canada: https://www.compassion.ca/​​​
Canadian Bible Society: https://biblesociety.ca/
ServeHQ: https://servehq.church/
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Life is too short to just go through the motions. We spend countless hours dreaming and planning to do the significant, noticeable and impressive and we miss the opportunities and relationships right in front of us.

For Bob Goff, author of "Love Does", "Everybody Always" and most recently, "Undistracted" -- this invitation to live purposefully and with intention is what creates true depth. We can go to the ends of the earth, but how many of us have taken the time to walk across the street?

Today's episode is an invitation to dream bigger, live deeper and love others with purpose.

Thanks for joining us, leave a comment below!
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Learn more about Bob Goff:
Instagram: @bobgoff
Website: https://www.bobgoff.com/
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Learn more about Word Made Digital:
Website: https://www.wordmadedigital.com/
Connect with us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/fsycm98m
Join our Facebook Group "Digital Church": https://tinyurl.com/hfwuecm9
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Thank you to our Season 9 sponsors:
Compassion Canada: https://www.compassion.ca/​​​
Canadian Bible Society: https://biblesociety.ca/
ServeHQ: https://servehq.church/
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Music: "Good Morning" by Laxcity
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Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast!
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The Advent season is all about the attentive expectation for the coming of Jesus. This season is extremely special; full of hope and longing.

For artist and author Bette Dickinson this attentive longing is the heart of the artist. Paying attention to the world around them, the artist longs for connection and meaning and expresses it through their work.

Thanks for joining us, leave a comment below!
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Learn more about Bette Dickinson:
Instagram: @bette_dickinson
Website: https://www.bettedickinson.com/
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Learn more about Word Made Digital:
Website: https://www.wordmadedigital.com/
Connect with us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/fsycm98m
Join our Facebook Group "Digital Church": https://tinyurl.com/hfwuecm9
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Thank you to our Season 9 sponsors:
Compassion Canada: https://www.compassion.ca/​​​
Canadian Bible Society: https://biblesociety.ca/
ServeHQ: https://servehq.church/
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Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast!
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Jason Ballard had his heart radically transformed by Jesus when he was a teenager and yet today he still has moments of struggling with his faith. If we're honest with ourselves, we all struggle and wrestle. We embrace the mysteries of God and the world and are left with questions.

This is one of the motivations Jason had to begin his work with young people at Alpha Canada and still inspires him in his work serving the city of Vancouver at The Way Church. He also provides leadership for the Canadian Church Leaders Network, helping build a community for pastors from coast to coast.

We're so thankful for Jason's honest approach to faith, gifts, pastoring and how to build a collective network that builds each other up.
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Learn more about The Way Church + CCLN:
Instagram: @theway_vancouver
Website: https://www.thewaychurch.ca/
Instagram: @churchleadersnetwork
Website: https://www.ccln.ca/
--- Learn more about Word Made Digital:
Website: https://www.wordmadedigital.com/
Connect with us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/fsycm98m
Join our Facebook Group "Digital Church": https://tinyurl.com/hfwuecm9
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Thank you to our Season 9 sponsors:
Compassion Canada: https://www.compassion.ca/​​​
Canadian Bible Society: https://biblesociety.ca/
ServeHQ: https://servehq.church/
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Music: "Good Morning" by Laxcity
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