Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Episode 22 Alastair Sterne: Rhythms for Life Spiritual Practices for Who God Created You To Be





Alastair Sterne (lead pastor of St. Peter’s Fireside in Vancouver, British Columbia) discusses his new InterVarsity Press book Rhythms for Life: Spiritual Practices for Who God Created You to Be. We cover the key challenges of spiritual growth, transparency in ministry, creating healthy and integrative rhythms for living, and helping others to integrate Christian identity, spiritual gifts, values and mission.


Buy a copy of Rhythms for Life: Spiritual Practices for Who God Created You to Be (https://www.ivpress.com/rhythms-for-life) or https://amzn.to/3hvWOZG .


Books Recommended by Alastair


Brennan Manning Abba’s Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging https://amzn.to/2YAweqU 


Ruth Haley Barton Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership: Seeking God in the Crucible of Ministry https://amzn.to/32sPEPw 


Michael Gorman, Inhabiting the Cruciform God: Kenosis, Justification, and Theosis in Paul's Narrative Soteriology https://amzn.to/3aXRBXU 


Other Resources Mentioned by Alastair Sterne


David Brenner The Gift of Being Yourself: The Sacred Call to Self-Discovery https://amzn.to/2QoEcPk 


Dane Ortlund Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers https://amzn.to/31tVa50 


Zach Eswine Spurgeon’s Sorrows: Realistic Hope for Those Who Suffer Depression https://amzn.to/2QrW1wL 


Brene Brown, Dare to Lead https://amzn.to/34y1eeV 


James K.A. Smith You are What you Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit https://amzn.to/2Qv4ZcN  and Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation https://amzn.to/32IrgcX 


Connect with Alastair:




Instagram: @alastairsterne 





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Wednesday, August 19, 2020

Episode 21 Dr Elaine Heath: Contemplative Spirituality, Sanctification, and the Healing of Trauma


In this week’s episode, Dr. Elaine Heath takes us deep into contemplative spirituality, entire sanctification, and the healing of trauma. Dr. Heath draws on her expertise in Scripture, spiritual formation (rooted in contemplative spirituality), mission and the theology of Phoebe Palmer. We have a rich conversation about inner healing and holiness. 


Books by Dr. Elaine Heath:

The Healing Practice of Celebration, (Nashville: Abingdon, 2020). https://amzn.to/3iWxSuB   


Healing the Wounds of Sexual Abuse: Reading the Bible with Survivors (A revised and retitled new edition of We Were the Least of These: Reading the Bible with Survivors of Sexual Abuse) (Grand Rapids: Brazos, 2019). https://amzn.to/3hdOSvY 


The Mystic Way of Evangelism: A Contemplative Vision for Christian Outreach, Revised and Updated 2nd Edition (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2017). https://amzn.to/3aD90oC  


Five Means of Grace: Experiencing God’s Love the Wesleyan Way. Nashville: Abingdon, 2017. https://amzn.to/3j0jstv 


God Unbound: Wisdom from Galatians for the Anxious Church. Nashville: Upper Room, May 2016. https://amzn.to/3kZXRDf  


Missional.Monastic.Mainline. A Guide to Starting Missional Micro-Communities in Historically Mainline Traditions. Eugene: Cascade, 2014. https://amzn.to/3kWBjTQ  


The Gospel According to Twilight: Women, Sex and God. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox Press, 2011. https://amzn.to/3iOi90C 


We Were the Least of These: Reading the Bible with Survivors of Sexual Abuse. Grand Rapids: Brazos, 2011. https://amzn.to/3hdOSvY 


Longing for Spring: A New Vision for Wesleyan Community, co-authored with Scott Kisker. Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2010. https://amzn.to/3iWylNn 


Naked Faith: The Mystical Theology of Phoebe Palmer, Princeton Theological Monograph Series. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2010. https://amzn.to/34dMJwq


The Mystic Way of Evangelism: A Contemplative Vision for Christian Outreach. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2008. https://amzn.to/3aD90oC 


More Light on the Path: Daily Scripture Readings in Hebrew and Greek, co-authored with David Baker, with a Foreword by Eugene Peterson. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1999; electronic version published by Logos Bible Software, 2006.


Books Recommended by Dr. Elaine Heath:

Besser van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma https://amzn.to/3gdqB7G  


Morton Kelsey, Psychology, Medicine, and Christian Healing


Andrew Sung Park, The Wounded Heart of God: The Asian Concept of Han and the Christian Doctrine of Sin https://amzn.to/2EdhNS9  


Julian of Norwich, Showings https://amzn.to/328qy8d   


Ann Taves, Fits, Trances, and Visions: experiencing religion and explaining experience from Wesley to James https://amzn.to/34e5q3h 


Full Bio:

Elaine Heath is an author, retreat leader, speaker and consultant. Her work is interdisciplinary, weaving together the study of Scripture, theology, and Christian spirituality with the practices of ministry in ways that help the church to reach beyond its walls and into the community. She is the former Dean of Duke Divinity School as well as the former McCreless Professor of Evangelism at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University. She is co-founder of Missional Wisdom Foundation, President of Neighborhood Seminary, and an Elder in the United Methodist Church. She currently lives in intentional community at Spring Forest, a farm in North Carolina, where she serve as Abbess.


Connect with Dr. Heath:

Her website is www.elaineaheath.org 


The website for Spring Forest, the intentional community, farm, and decentralized mission church that I help to lead is www.springforest.org


The website for Neighborhood Seminary is www.neighborhoodseminary.org


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Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Episode 20 Dr Robert Wall on Reading Scripture as Wesleyans for Deep Tr...





In this episode, I speak with Dr. Robert Wall (Professor of Scripture and Wesleyan Studies at Seattle Pacific University) about the theological interpretation of Scripture. We focus on distinctively Wesleyan approaches to reading the Bible. In particular, we discuss how Scripture invites us to a deeper life of holiness and transformation.

Books by Rob Wall:
Wesley One Volume Commentary (co-editor with Kenneth Collins; Abingdon 2020) https://amzn.to/3alvXg3
The Marks of Scripture: Rethinking the Nature of the Bible (with Daniel Castelo; Baker Academic 2019) https://amzn.to/33Sz2mD
A Compact Guide to the Whole Bible: Learning to Read Scripture's Story (Co-editor with David Nienhuis; Baker Academic, 2015) https://amzn.to/2XYv1t8

1–2 Timothy and Titus (Two Horizons Commentary; 2012) https://amzn.to/33Vx9Wq
Books recommended by Robert Wall

Bonhoeffer, Cost of Discipleship https://amzn.to/2PPHoDh Childs, New Testament as Canon https://amzn.to/2XYQQsk ---------, Biblical Theology in Crisis Hays, Richard. Conversation of the Imagination: Paul as an Interpreter of Israel's Scripture https://amzn.to/30TUOV6 ---------, Moral Vision of the New Testament. https://amzn.to/33VLVfw Sanders, James. From Sacred Story to Sacred Text https://amzn.to/2E0f928
Education: BA, Valparaiso University, 1969; ThM, Dallas Theological Seminary, 1973; ThD, Dallas Theological Seminary, 1979; additional graduate study at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University. At SPU since 1978.
Bio:
Robert Wall’s books and articles — whether aimed at other scholars or clergy — originate in the ferment of the university classroom and in conversation with his students and colleagues. In both his published research and classroom teaching, Dr. Wall approaches the Bible as a sacred text — a “production of the Holy Spirit” — and in a manner that forms a clearer understanding of God for the people of God.

The Reverend Dr. Wall is a Seattle native, an avid sportsman (CrossFitter, hiker, rower, and grandpa), and a dedicated Seattle sports fan. He is an elder of the Free Methodist Church who enjoys an active ecumenical ministry of preaching and teaching adult Bible studies in congregations of various faith traditions.

Dr. Wall has recently published two important projects. He co-authored Marks of Scripture with his SPU colleague Daniel Castelo and served as co-editor of the Wesley One Volume Commentary (contributing the lead essay “Intro To Wesleyan Biblical Interpretation”.




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Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Episode #19 Dr. Amy Oden: Spiritual Formation and the Practice of Christ...





Amy Oden: Spiritual Formation and the Practice of Christian Mindfulness

In this episode, Dr. Amy Oden shares deep insights from her research in the early Church and Christian spirituality on hospitality, Christian mindfulness and the formation of Christians for God’s mission. Listeners will appreciate the engagement with John Wesley’s teaching on watchfulness and its connection to formation. The conversation centers on her recent book Right Here Right Now: The Practice of Christian Mindfulness. 

Bio: 
Born and raised on the prairies of Oklahoma, Amy has found her spiritual home under the wide-open sky. Over the last 30 years, she has been a college professor, a seminary professor and a seminary dean. Amy is committed in her scholarship to illuminating ancient voices for Christian life today, introducing spiritual practices that can ground and nourish lives of following Jesus into the world. Her most recent book is Right Here, Right Now: The Practice of Christian Mindfulness. 

Purchase a Copy of Right Here, Right Now:

Recommend Resources. I loved that she only listed classical Christian resources!

Book of Psalms and Sermon on the Mount


John Chrysostom: On Hospitality; Homily on Matthew 25 https://ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf110

Connect with Dr. Oden: