July 2020 – UMC.org Podcasts

Guide to contemplative action

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Rev. Brandon Wrencher provided a glimpse of the Good Neighbor Movement and how to take action contemplatively–including a walk-though of lectio liberatio.

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Power, emptiness & satisfaction with Marlena Graves

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In her new book The Way Up is Down, author Marlena Graves shares the example of Jesus, who, “Though he was in the form of God… emptied himself” (Philippians 2:6-7).

In this conversation, Marlena and Joe talk about how all too often we do the opposite—trying to fill ourselves with power, money, comfort and more. Often, despite all our striving, we find that we can never be satisfied. When we surrender those desires and instead allow God to fill us, we can find the peace and satisfaction we desire.

Ep. 51: Church Marketing in a New World

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As we progress through the massive change that the coronavirus pandemic is causing, it is time to start thinking about church marketing in a new world. That’s what we are talking about on this episode of the MyCom Church Marketing Podcast!

This month’s episode is sponsored by karmapayments.com

Let’s end world hunger

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Barry Mattson of Rise Against Hunger shares a vision for ending world hunger–and how he came to be part of the movement.

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Proximity: From issues to people with Eric Soard

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“Issues don’t move people,” shares United Methodist missionary Eric Soard. “People move people. And we need to be better at getting close to the people that are affected by the issues we are supposedly passionate about.”

Soard learned about the importance of ‘proximity’—what John Wesley called “watching over one another in love”—while serving as an educator and the founder of Wesley College in Mwanza, Tanzania.

After weeks of quarantine and stay-at-home orders, we all have a renewed appreciation of the value of proximity.