Month: December 2021

  • God interruptions of good news

    It’s year-end reflection time! Hosts Ryan Dunn and Pierce Drake review the moments they felt like God “showed up” in 2021. How did you see God showing up in your midst?

  • What was the Christmas Conference?

    We hear so much about the Christmas Conference as a crucial piece of Methodist History, but what exactly happened there? GUEST: Rev. Bonnie McCubbin serves bi-vocationally as the Director of Museums & Pilgrimage/Conference Archivist for the Baltimore-Washington Conference of The United Methodist Church where she oversees 33 historic sites and as the pastor of Old…

  • Give Love: Keeping kids safe in Honduras with Desiree Segura-April

    Desiree Segura-April and her husband are United Methodist missionaries serving throughout Latin America and the Caribbean and currently living in Honduras. As a Resource Person for Children at Risk Ministries, Desiree is passionate about creating safe spaces for children and shares with us how her life growing up in the Pacific Northwest continues to influence…

  • A season 2 review of Pastoring in the Digital Parish

    We’re stuffing your stocking with digital delights for online ministry as we close out season 2 of Pastoring in the Digital Parish. While this episode details a handful of things learned in previous season 2 sessions, it also dives into a big question: What measurements really matter in digital ministry?

  • Give Love: Serving Liberia’s Children with Helen Roberts-Evans

    Helen Roberts-Evans grew up in the United States, in Chicago. But returning to the continent of Africa, to Liberia, where she was born, was a lifelong dream. Today, Helen is a United Methodist missionary, serving in Liberia. In this special Advent episode of “Get Your Spirit in Shape,” we chat with Helen and learn the…

  • MyCom podcast Ep. 068: Podcasting 101

    On this episode of the MyCom podcast, Dan talks to fellow podcaster Ryan Dunn, host of the Pastoring in the Digital Age and the Compass podcasts, about the basics on how to get started in podcasting. For more information on Ryan, you can take a listen at his podcasts at: https://www.umc.org/en/rethink-church/compass-podcast https://www.resourceumc.org/en/agencies/communications/church-and-conference-resources/podcasts/digital-parish-podcast or contact him…

  • Healing our divides with Amy Julia Becker

    Amy Julia Becker is helping us disrupt the cycles of division in our society. Overcoming systems of injustice feels overwhelming for one single person, we don’t feel like our efforts could make a difference. Amy Julia shares her experience with those doubts and committing to justice anyways. Amy Julia Becker is an award-winning writer and…

  • Time-saving digital tips for local pastors

    The biggest stressor for most of us when it comes to digital ministry is that the digital parish is not necessarily the campus to which we’ve explicitly been hired or appointed. Rev. Dan Wunderlich delivers valuable time-saving tips and tactics for staying on top of our digital ministries while trying to keep balance with the…

  • Understanding our online behavior with Kelly Price

    In this session of Pastoring in the Digital Parish we hear from Dr. Kelly Price. Dr. Price provides an in-depth perspective on why many of us do the things we do online and how understanding our digital consumer behaviors helps us meet people and form community in digital spaces. Dr. Kelly Price is associate professor…