Praxis Podcast

Episode #43 Jim Belcher

dghollums — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:04:43 +0000

Aaron and D.G. are joined by Jim Belcher author of the new book “Deep Church: A Third Way Beyond Emerging and Traditional” Jim is the founding church planter and lead pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Newport Beach, California. He is co-producer of the docudrama “From Earth to Heaven: The Life and Art of Vincent Van Gogh.” He is the co-founder of the Restoring Community Conference:Integrating Social Interaction, Sacred Space and Beauty in the 21st Century, an annual conference for city officials, planners, builders and architects - www.restoringcommunityconference.com.We have a great discussion over his new book and if you isten til the end you find out the secret location where the prxis podcast is recorded!

Thanks so much for listening to the Praxis Podcast! Please let us know how we are doing and give us suggestions for who to interview on the next Praxis Podcast by sending us an email: praxispodcast@gmail.com. Thanks!(And a special Thanks to IVP for connecting us with Jim!)

Now here are some links to buy jim’s book and his websites:

http://www.thedeepchurch.com/

All about Deep Church

Jim on Twitter

Jim on Facebook

Episode #42 Ryan Bolger & Curtis Bronzan

dghollums — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:08:52 +0000

This episode D.G. apologizes for being so late in getting the podcast out as of late, and Aaron interviews Ryan and Curtis in Sunny Caili!

Ryanbolger.com

Ryan is an Associate Professor of Church in Contemporary Culture at Fuller Theological Seminary, and teachs classes on the church, new media, postcolonialism, politics, new religious movements, church renewal, and culture theory.

info on Curtis:

Curtisbronzan.com

Curtis is (something like) a pastor at Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church in Los Alamitos, California, where he lives with his wife, Cassie, and their chihuahua/dachshund (or is she chihuahua/mini pinscher?), Betty. He works with Student Ministries and lead [theBridge], a weekly gathering where he has the opportunity to preach and lead music. He is currently working on a ThM researching contemporary culture through the School of Intercultural Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary, under Ryan Bolger.

Thanks for listening to the Praixs Podcast! Please take some time and let us know how we are doing or send us suggests for other people in interview: praxispodcast@gmail.com

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Episode #41 Patrick Oden & Eric Herron

dghollums — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 04:41:40 +0000

This week Aaron takes time out of his classes @ Fuller Seminary to interview two friends Eric and Patrick. A special added bonus is Eric’s music is the intro and “outro” music for this podcast and for a few future podcasts! Eric is a professional worship artist that not only has produced 6 national recognized worship albums, but also helps train worship teams and leaders. Patrick is the author of It’s A Dance: Moving With The Holy Spirit. Want a description of the book?: “Luke is a journalist at a local newspaper in Southern California doing a series of articles on churches in the area. As he interviews Nate, pastor of a nontraditional church that operates a pub, he learns more why than who, what, when, and where. Patrick Oden uses a fictitious church and fictitious people to write a nonfiction book about the Holy Spirit. Oden destroys the myth that solid Christian doctrine is only communicated in a didactic style. The personalities of the people and the conversational style turn theology into an enlightening, fascinating read.” Yeah, sounds good huh? The Shack ain’t got nothing on this one! Links below in the show notes:

Eric’s links:

Worshipartist.net

http://unkeptrecords.com/

Eric on Twitter

Patrick’s links:

http://www.dualravens.com

http://www.itsadance.net

As always please send us your thoughts, suggestions, or questions to praxispodcast@gmail.com

Episode #40 Andrew Marin

dghollums — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:49:38 +0000

(this is the picture I was talking about him being a sharp dressed guy) (listen to the outtakes to know what I’m talking about here.)

This week Aaron and D.G. are joined by our new dear friend Andrew Marin author of, “Love is an Orientation: Elevating the Conversation with the Gay Community.” We had a great time with Andrew and even though what he talks about is highly controversal, it is a vital topic that must be discussed in a thoughtful and loving way. No matter where you stand in relation to a GBLT community, friend, or family member, this conversation must happen in love and Andrew gives us all a great starting point.

Oh, and the outtakes are worth listening to this time, so be sure to stick around at the end to enjoy them.

here’s the book go out and buy two, one for you and the other your “loaner copy”!

Andrew’s Personal Blog

Andrew’s Twitter

Andrew’s Facebook

The Marin Foundation (<–please consider giving to this foundation)

Boystown Chicago

Thanks for listening and as always, feel free to email us and let us know how we are doing, give suggestions for who to interview, or just say hi: praxispodcast@gmail.com

or please leave a comment right here on the blog, and especially for this topic, let’s respect and love each other through the conversation.

A special thanks to Intervarisity Press for our connection to Andrew and his book.

Episode #39 Professor Rah

dghollums — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:14:19 +0000

This week Aaron and D.G. are joined by Professor/Dr. Soong-Chan Rah. Prof Rah (as he prefers to to called) is the author of the new book,

The Next Evangelicalism: Freeing the Church from Western Cultural Captivity . Prof Rah is the Associate Professor of Church Growth and Evangelism at North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago. We have a great conversation discussing the eminent future of the US’s changing ethnic culture away from the typical Western culture and how the kingdom can be expressed as fuller expression for the world wide Kingdom. A bonus is that D.G. gives all of our listeners a lesson in Korean, very funny! If you have not read this book, we encourage you to read it and see if it challenges you, angers you, or saddens you. listen to the podcast and join into the conversation in the comments of this podcast post here @ the Praxis Podcast Website.

Here are a few important links of a few books tht we discussed if you want to take the discussion a little deeper:

Prof Rah’s Website

The Next Evangelicalism: Freeing the Church from Western Cultural Captivity .

Want to get to know some culture:

Things Fall Apart: A Novel by Chinua Achebe

Native Speaker by Chang-Rae Lee

The Namesake: A Novel by Jhumpa Lahiri

Justo Gonzales

James Cone

Frank Wu

Episode #38 David Nixon

dghollums — Tue, 26 May 2009 02:52:05 +0000

This week D.G. interviews David Nixon as requested by one of our faithful listeners! Dave is a wonderful friend living right here in Norwood, OH in the back yard of the brown House where Kevin lives and is a part of Vineyard Central! Dave and his wife run the Convent a urban retreat center to provide a place for renewal for ministers, pilgrims, and anyone else that might need some rest, retreat, spiritual directed retreats, etc… We really hope you will have a chance to come out and enjoy Dave’s hospitality. He truly is a wonderful Christ-filled man that longs to assist anyone in their Spiritual journey.

The Convent is a dream of Dave’s and his wife for the Kingdom. And just loike everything else in this econmic chalenge is attempting to stay afloat. So, even if you can not visit the Convent, please tell others and invite them to find it all on the web. Plus if you just believe in what Dave is doing and would like to make a donation all of those would be greatly apprecited. For more information please go visit thier website:

http://sustainablefaith.com
or follow David on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/davidjnixon

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Episode #37 Dr. Joseph Dongell

dghollums — Wed, 06 May 2009 15:41:16 +0000

This week Aaron and D.G. are joined by one of D.G.’s previous professors Dr. Joe Dongell. The topic for today is salvation and judgment when it comes to the Christian God and if, “the Jews are God’s chosen people then won’t they be “saved” too?” Yeah, it gets good and deep in this podcast, and you will not want to miss the beauty of Dr. Dongell’s answer!

“Dr. Joseph R. Dongell” joined the faculty at Asbury Theological Seminary in 1989. He now serves as professor of Biblical Studies, with primary responsibility in the Inductive Bible Studies Department. He lives with his wife and two children, is an avid gardener, and extremely well loved by his students (including D.G.) He has written a few books two being Why I’m Not A Calvinists with Jerry Walls and a great commentary in John that never collects dust on D.G.’s shelf because he uses it often (but only after doing his own exegetical work first, of course! ha ha)

For his full bio head over to Asbury Theological Seminary’s bio page for Dr. Dongell:

“Dr. Joseph R. Dongell”

or just go buy his books (click on the books to go to Amazon.com:

Thanks everyone so much as always for listening and please send us an email to: praxispodcast@gmail.com and send us other praxising people to interview! Heck just say Hi via twitter.com/praxispodcast We would love to know your listening and if there is anything we could do to make things better. Thanks!

Episode #36 The Sleeths

dghollums — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:59:25 +0000

Just in time for Earth Day 2009, Aaron and D.G. are humbled and excited to share yall the Praxis Podcast listeners an interview with Matthew and Nancy Sleeth. They are both authors and Kingdom Praxis-ers! They invited us into their home, fed us amazing organic food, and had a wonderful “green” discussion. Maybe being green is not just a cultural fad, but way of God that god desires for us to live out in our lives! If you have friends that are green and wondering where the Christian voice is, then this is the podcast for you. Or, if your like D.g. and desire to respect God by respecting this earth and the lives of others, then please listen and start living a live of transformation today! Enjoy!

The Sleeth family’s environmental journey has paralleled their faith journey. As they began to live out what it means to love God with all their heart, mind, soul, and strength, and to love their neighbors as themselves, they found their calling: to live more simply. The first and most important miracle for the Sleeths is that their entire family came to know Christ, not just in their heads but in their daily actions. Hanging clothes on the line, washing dishes by hand, and growing their own food are all ways of they show daily respect for God’s creation, and love for their global neighbors.

Nancy’s new book was just released so click on it up there and buy it from thier website or find it online on amazon! Thank you!

Blessed Earth Website

Matthew’s Blog

Nancy’s Blog

Please send us your email for thoughts, ideas, or people to interview! praxispodcast@gmail.com !! Thanks for listening!!!

Episode #35 Peter White

dghollums — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:33:55 +0000

Welcome back to the Praxis Podcast! This week Aaron and D.G. are speaking with our good friend Peter White!Peter was recently commissioned at the Oklahoma Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church and loves to talk about living simply and shares a passion to live green just just for “green’s sake”, but for the Kingdom of God! Enjoy!

Peter’s Facebook Page

Peter’s Blog

Peter’s Photos

Peter’s Twitter : http://twitter.com/fathermckenzie

As always please feel free to send us emails to praxispodcast@gmail.com with comments, thoughts, or suggestions for whom to interview. Thank you all for listening!

Episode #34 Nadia Bolz-Weber

dghollums — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:27:18 +0000

Get ready to laugh & be blessed! This week Aaron is not with us and we thought it would be a great time to bring in the much better sounding voice of Tiffany Hollums…(yes, she is happily married to D.G.) Oh, and Praxis Podcast listeners have heard Nadia before from The Emergence Conference where she spoke at (episode #, but this time we get some two on one time with Nadia. During Nadia’s life she has been a professional comedian/addict, and is now a mother, ordained Lutheran pastor, author, and great friend! You might find yourself in tears from all the laughter on this one! Thank you all for listening! Enjoy!

Nadia’s Personal Blog: The Sarcastic Lutheran

Nadia’s Church: house For All Sinners and Saints

As always please send Praxis Podcast an email to give us suggestions for the next awesome person to interview: praxispodcast@gmail.com