Reports from the Spiritual Frontier
164 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsTelling the Stories of Those Who Live and Work on the Spiritual Margins
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Episodes
Doug Pagitt
June 14, 2016 07:00 - 23.1 MBEpisode Highlights Include: Doug Levels Up at Balding and Ben Levels Up at Social Media-Doug, the Jesus People, and the Back of a Napkin – Human Centered Spirituality – The Evolution of Solomon’s Porch – The Blessings and Cost Of Being Out on the Frontier – Getting Flipped
John Helmiere B-Side
June 07, 2016 07:00 - 8.87 MBThe importance of language – Should Christians should reclaim all words long-established in the Christian tradition? What makes Valley and Mountain Methodist, even if they don’t use Methodist language – Why his conference has been successful at creating space for projects like his.
John Helmiere
May 31, 2016 07:00 - 20.5 MBBen talks with John Helmiere, lead covener of Valley and Mountain Fellowship in Hillman City, Washington. Highlights Include: Parachute Drops – Sustainable Rhythms When You’re Crazy Busy- Boundaries or Mutuality? – Unapologetic Social Witness – Leadership Development With Busy People
Brian Kemp-Schlemmer B-Side
April 26, 2016 07:00 - 2.87 MBHow does what we measure begin to define us?
Brian Kemp-Schlemmer
April 20, 2016 07:00 - 19.6 MBHighlights Include: Parkas Under 60 Degrees – City-Shaped Churches- Third Spaces – Co-Dependent Christians – Would I Pastor If I wasn’t Paid?- Church Beyond Buildings- Inputs Versus Outputs – Creating Space for Others
Lynne Favreau
April 05, 2016 07:00 - 19.1 MBDialoguing between the religious and non-religious – Making A Decision to Live Out Your Values – The Spirituality of Writing – National Novel Writing Month – Seeing People, Not Just Beliefs
Stephanie Price B-Side
March 29, 2016 07:00 - 1.87 MBStephanie and Ben talk about having children while church planting and Stephanie shares what her daughter thinks about the land.
Stephanie Price
March 22, 2016 07:00 - 21 MBEpisode Highlights Include: Farm Church Dream and Planning Boards – Erin Brockovich Moments – Hope Held Lightly – People Over Ideas – Church Planter and Mom
Nora Ortiz Fredrick B-Side
March 16, 2016 07:00 - 2.26 MBThe United Methodist Church’s tolerance for risk and and how that contrasts with the failure-embracing entrepreneurs she knows.
Nora Ortiz Fredrick
March 08, 2016 08:00 - 20.5 MBHighlights Include: Meeting God on the Trail – How Biblical Are Church Attendance/Budgets As Metrics? – Living Into the Community You’re Called to Be – The Limited Lifespan of Our Current Religious Institutions – Getting the Hell Out of the Church
Beth Estock B-Side
February 18, 2016 08:00 - 2.4 MBHow the church, like the newspaper industry, must change from a broadcast-based to a platform based model.
Beth Estock
February 09, 2016 08:00 - 18.9 MBEpisode Highlights: House Church Convenor, Not House Church Pastor – Denomination’s and Funding – Empty Taize Art Services – Trusting the Unfolding of Spirit – Weird Christians Are Not Alone
Jerry Herships
January 26, 2016 08:00 - 19.8 MBHighlights include: – Denver: The Land of Comics Turned Pastors – Getting Behind the Mule – The Church’s Delivery System – What Jerry Doesn’t Know Yet – A Shameless Plea to Help Jerry Buy His Son’s College Textbooks – A Quote That Is Definitely Not By E. E. Cummings
Zach Kerzee
January 26, 2016 08:00 - 21.4 MBHighlights Include: Zach’s Esca-la-de – Worship as Bread – Cheap Church – Pastor as Professional Dinner Party Thrower – The Prosperity Gospel of Church Statistics -Is Our Treasure in Buildings? – Shaking the Shoulders of the Church – Soulless Big Tent Methodism –