Deeper and Wider

In this episode, I speak about church for this decade coming out of the heartache and dreaming of the young adults of the 2020's...

 

This will be the first of many episodes that will be released once a month, every second Friday. 

A sermon from Matthew 7. Ask, Seek, Knock. 

Another sermon from 2019, a week after Resurrection Sunday. 

Releasing an 'off season' episode of a sermon delivered in 2019, called Grief and the Resurrection. Enjoy. 

It's been a while since we have spoke- so I thought I'd give you an update on the show, including some significant changes and also a new posture to the show overall... 

In this weeks episode we talk with Karina Kreminski on urban mission and urban spirituality.

 

Rev. Dr Karina Kreminski has worked in the fields of English teaching and journalism, and has also been a Senior Minister in the Church. She has a doctorate in missional formation, teaches at Morling College in Sydney, and also writes and blogs about spirituality, mission and theology. Karina has also authored a book called “Urban Spirituality: Embodying God's Mission in the Neighborhood”. She loves forming people for leadership and speaks regularly at churches and conferences on neighbourhood and community mission and activism. Her and her husband live in Surry Hills, an inner city village in Sydney, where they are committed to loving their local neighbourhood and seeing it flourish- working with the neighbourhood to bring about peace, justice and mercy in the ecology of the neighbourhood through Spirit-inspired relationships and initiatives.

 

To find out more about Karina and the work her and her husband do, then visit www.neighbourhoodmatters.com.au   

After a hiatus, I am finally releasing some episodes of Deeper & Wider! And for this episode, we are exploring the music act of worship by interviewing David Andrew.

 

Composer, Artist, Producer, Full Tilt Existentialist, and collaborator/producer with Gang of Youths, and sideman with Charlie Collins, and Joji Malani's (formerly Gang of Youths, now Founder of Broth Records) upcoming project, “Pae”. David has been creating contemplative piano works for the last few years as a response to the break-neck pace of modern existence. His newest project is a post-classical dance exploration, taking where he's been and directing it into a club at 3am, aiding people's return from the peak of the night, with cinematic clouds of sound and beats that make the body move on its way back down.

 

The interview itself was one heck of a rise! Check it out, and also check out David on Spotify at: https://open.spotify.com/artist/44nxpJ4QALHoSoUFpWiIQc?si=bJzSmPOnSQmmiwxWSB13mA

 

 

In this weeks episode we talk with Shane Claiborne on intentional community living, especially in light of the Simple Way, which is a non-profit intentional community in Philadelphia. Current activities of The Simple Way include planting gardens, running a store, and working for food security in the neighbourhood as they seek to emulate Jesus.

Shane Claiborne is a prominent speaker, activist, and best-selling author. Shane worked with Mother Teresa in Calcutta, and founded The Simple Way in Philadelphia. He heads up Red Letter Christians, a movement of folks who are committed to living "as if Jesus meant the things he said." Shane is a champion for grace which has led him to jail advocating for the homeless, and to places like Iraq and Afghanistan to stand against war. Now grace fuels his passion to end the death penalty and help stop gun violence. Shane’s books include Jesus for President, Red Letter Revolution, Common Prayer, Follow Me to Freedom, Jesus, Bombs and Ice Cream, Becoming the Answer to Our Prayers, Executing Grace, his classic The Irresistible Revolution, and his newest book, Beating Guns. His books have been translated into more than a dozen languages. Shane speaks over one hundred times a year, nationally and internationally. His work has appeared in Esquire, SPIN, Christianity Today, TIME, and The Wall Street Journal, and he has been on everything from Fox News and Al Jazeera to CNN and NPR. He’s given academic lectures at Harvard, Princeton, Liberty, Duke, and Notre Dame.

To find out more about Shane and his work, check out his website at http://www.shaneclaiborne.com/ or follow him on either Facebook or Twitter @ShaneClaiborne. Follow the work of The Simple Way on either Facebook or Twitter @TheSimpleWay or on Instagram at @the_simple_way. Check out their website at www.thesimpleway.org

In this weeks episode we speak with Ched Myers on Sabbath economics. Not sure what Sabbath economics is? This is what this episode is about, as we seek to figure out an economics of the Kingdom of God.

Ched Myers is an activist theologian who has worked in social change movements for more than 40 years. With a degree in New Testament from the Graduate Theological Union, he is a popular educator, animating scripture and building literacy in and engagement with historic and current movements for peace and justice. His books include Binding the Strong Man: A Political Reading of Mark’s Story of Jesus (Orbis, 1988/2008); Watershed Discipleship: Reinhabiting Bioregional Faith and Practice (Cascade, 2016); and the forthcoming Healing Haunted Histories: A Settler Discipleship of Decolonization (with Enns, Elaine, Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2021). Ched’s publications can be found at http://www.ChedMyers.org. He and his partner Elaine Enns, a restorative justice practitioner, live in the Ventura River watershed in southern California, where they co-direct Bartimaeus Cooperative Ministries http://www.bcm-net.org.

In this weeks episode we speak with Professor Ellen Davis on how scripture speaks of the connection between our relationship with God and our relationship with the land, and the implications that has for today- especially in light of our current ecological crisis.

Professor Ellen Davis is Amos Ragan Kearns Professor of Bible and Practical Theology at Duke Divinity School. She’s the author of 11 books and many articles. Her books include Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture: An Agrarian Reading of the Bible, Biblical Prophecy: Perspectives for Christian Theology, Discipleship, and Ministry, and Wondrous Depth: Old Testament Preaching.

If you want to listen to her talk more on this topic then I encourage you to search her name on YouTube and watch her lectures. Also, her book Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture: An Agrarian Reading of the Bible speaks a lot into today’s topic.