Latest Middlebury Podcast Episodes
God's Message for Discouraged People
Ridge Life Podcast - May 19, 2024 14:30 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsHave you ever been discouraged? The people during Haggai's day had found themselves discouraged in the attempt to rebuild the temple. God gives Haggai another message to encourage the people to continue to accomplish the task He has instructed them to accomplish.
Democratic Decline and Possible Responses
Opening Up: A Conflict Transformation Podcast - May 17, 2024 12:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsDemocratic institutions can serve as a powerful mechanism for channeling constructive conflict, which makes a recent wave of democratic decline particularly concerning. In this episode, we hear from Sebnem Gumuscu, associate professor of political science and head of the undergraduate "pillar" o...
First Priority
Ridge Life Podcast - May 12, 2024 14:30 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsHaggai confronts the remnant that has returned from Babylon about not rebuilding the Temple. His message is a simple one, "Put God first".
Jesus the King is Coming
Ridge Life Podcast - May 05, 2024 14:30 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe book of Mark is a fantastical book. The Gospel of Mark records many aspects of Jesus’ ministry, but it has no account of his birth. This gospel begins when Jesus is already an adult. Mark portrays Jesus as the suffering servant. As you read through Marks Gospel you see the actions of Jesus....
Peacebuilding and Reconciliation in the Balkans
Opening Up: A Conflict Transformation Podcast - May 02, 2024 15:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsOn today’s episode, we are excited to share a story of an experiential learning opportunity for exploring peacebuilding and intercultural competence (ICC). The CT interns lead a conversation with professor Thor Sawin. At the time of recording, Sawin was associate professor at the Middlebury Inst...
Longing for Jesus
Ridge Life Podcast - April 28, 2024 14:30 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWhat is the purpose of fasting? How will we know if we are fasting correctly? What does Jesus teach us about fasting?
Longing for Jesus 4.28.24
Ridge Life Podcast - April 28, 2024 14:30 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWhat is the purpose of fasting? How will we know if we are fasting correctly? What does Jesus teach us about fasting?
Mediation: Transforming Relationships to Reshape Global Conflicts
Opening Up: A Conflict Transformation Podcast - April 22, 2024 17:38 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAs we have started teaching "Conflict Transformation Skills" at Middlebury, we have been fortunate to have a leading global mediator as a guest speaker and teacher. Francisco Diez is senior mediation advisor at the United Nations (UN). He has contributed to the UN’s efforts to foster dialogue ...
Fasting is Feasting
Ridge Life Podcast - April 21, 2024 14:30 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWhat does a true fast look like? What will fasting actually accomplish? What kind of fast does the Lord desire?
When You Fast
Ridge Life Podcast - April 14, 2024 14:30 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsJesus gives us some very important instructions on what to do when we fast.
Principles and Practices of Fasting
Ridge Life Podcast - April 07, 2024 14:30 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWhat is fasting and why should we practice it? Why isn't fasting something that as believers we don't do? God's Word has quite a bit to say on this amazing Christian devotion.
What's Your Story?
Ridge Life Podcast - March 31, 2024 17:54 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWhy did God choose to have the events unfold the way they did on that early Sunday morning? Why tell the resurrection story the way that it’s recorded for us in the Gospel accounts?
Christ is King!
Ridge Life Podcast - March 24, 2024 14:30 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAs we read of Christ's entrance into Jerusalem on what is known as Palm Sunday we encounter three different groups of people in the crowd. Jesus came as the King but do we accept Him as such?
Are You Prepared?
Ridge Life Podcast - March 17, 2024 14:30 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsIn the garden Jesus prays to His Father. He tells His disciples that they need to keep watch.
Education as The Great Equalizer feat. Annie Weinberg ’10
Midd Moment - March 14, 2024 15:21 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsMiddlebury has a long standing relationship with Alexander Twilight. Twilight graduated from our institution in 1823. He has been noted as the first person of color to graduate from an American college, and later became the first American of African descent to serve in a state legislatu...
Restoring Justice, Cultivating Hope: A Scholar Practitioner Conversation
Opening Up: A Conflict Transformation Podcast - March 12, 2024 19:57 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsRestorative justice, transnational activism, and communication across cultures are all spaces in which conflict transformation can inform the long work of social change. In this episode, restorative justice leader sujatha baliga and civil society scholar Sarah Stroup discuss the foundations of t...
Good Grapes
Ridge Life Podcast - March 10, 2024 14:30 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWhat do grapes have to do with our Lord's passion? These were some of his list intimate words our Lord spoke with His disciples the night before His crucifixion and death.
A Pioneering Vision: Lederach on Conflict Transformation
Opening Up: A Conflict Transformation Podcast - March 04, 2024 19:17 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis episode features selections from a September 2022 talk at Middlebury by John Paul Lederach, with an introduction from Middlebury president Laurie Patton. John Paul Lederach is globally recognized for his pioneering theory and practice in the field of conflict transformation (CT). Lederac...
Christ Exalted and Lifted Up
Ridge Life Podcast - March 03, 2024 15:30 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsChrist's passion is set before us in these 10 verses. This is the last week of his life. The cross is now imminent, perhaps three days away. Everything is coming to a close. There are 4 word’s that will help us capture his passion as Christ is exalted and lifted up.
Hope In His Coming
Ridge Life Podcast - February 25, 2024 15:30 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThis is our last message out of Malachi. So far we’ve seen God exposing and confronting the apathetic, insincere and loveless worship of his people. Today you will see a difference. What Malachi will be focusing on here in his last message is all about the second coming of Christ.
Marks of an Apathetic Christian
Ridge Life Podcast - February 18, 2024 15:30 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsGod's people had become spiritually apathetic. Their response to God's indictments was "we're fine" "no problem here". God shows them ways to reveal to the people that they had become spiritually apathetic.
Hope for Wearisome Words
Ridge Life Podcast - February 11, 2024 15:30 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings"God you delight in evil!" "Where is the God of justice?" Israel was saying all the wrong things about who God was and in turn God told them through Malachi that their words were wearisome to Him. Their words revealed a deeper problem and that was their hypocrisy. Is there any hope? Yes through...
Leadership and Learning in South Africa: the diiVe experience
Opening Up: A Conflict Transformation Podcast - February 07, 2024 18:57 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode, we speak with Elspeth Boynton, the founder and CEO of diiVe, a South Africa-based organization that offers high-impact internships to college students. The in-person and remote global internships integrate leadership development, purpose coaching, data science skills, and cultur...
Guard Yourself From Faithless Relationships
Ridge Life Podcast - February 04, 2024 15:30 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAre we faithful in our relationships? How will we know if we are? Malachi addresses the peoples faithless relationships and shows them the sin that they had committed against each other but ultimately God.
Listen Up Spititual Leaders!
Ridge Life Podcast - January 28, 2024 15:30 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsGod's disgust with the way His people were worshiping Him, was in direct connection with the priests. The priests were not leading the people spiritually and with integrity. Today the church is to be led by godly spiritual men and there are some very good reminders here out of Malachi that can ...
Do You Respect God?
Ridge Life Podcast - January 21, 2024 15:30 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe priests were allowing the people to bring polluted sacrifices for worship. God was very displeased in their worship. Their response was "How have we despised you?" In essence their sacrifices they were using was a reflection of what they thought of God. They had lost respect for God.
Hope Rooted In God's Love
Ridge Life Podcast - January 14, 2024 15:30 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsMalachi's message to God's people was how they had grown cold to God's love.
No Time to Waste feat. Nick Whitman ’97
Midd Moment - January 10, 2024 10:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsFood waste is a major issue not only in the United States, but around the world. Whether it's the mass waste that gets dumped by restaurants and grocery stores or the bag of lettuce that was never opened, rotting away in the back of your refrigerator, it touches each of us daily. Nick...
Malachi an Introduction
Ridge Life Podcast - January 07, 2024 15:30 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWhat message does the book of Malachi have for us who live in 2024? Surprisingly his message is very applicable for us who know Christ. This is an introduction to the book of Malachi.
Teach Us To Number Our Days
Ridge Life Podcast - January 01, 2024 01:31 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsHow many days are you going to live? What will your life consist of? Moses gives us a life lesson at the end of his life out of Psalm 90.
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