Heather speaks with Dan Groody at the University of Notre Dame about his book "A Theology of Migration: The Bodies of Refugees and the Body of Christ" and how Christianity teaches an ethics of love for the refugee and migrant.
Over the years, much of the work that we’ve done at Faith Matters has tried to take into account much of the wisdom and research that’s been done in the field of faith and adult development. It’s also been important to us to share and discuss some of the existing models, including Brian McLaren’s four-stage framework, and the “creation, fall, atonement” framework that our amazing friend Jared Halverson has spoken about at Restore and on this podcast.
God gives us pain that becomes our purpose in life. You have a mission to fulfill in this life that only you can achieve. Speaker Beacon Howard helps us understand that we are each needed, wanted, and valued in the gospel of Christ, but it is up to us to decide that we belong.
Brant Hansen is an author, nationally syndicated radio host, and advocate for healing children through CURE International. He’s won national “personality of the year” awards for his work on his offbeat and quirky radio show, which airs on more than 200 stations. His podcast with his friend and radio producer, Sherri Lynn (“The Brant and Sherri Oddcast”) has been downloaded more than 10 million times. Brant's first book, Unoffendable, has prompted a national discussion on the idea of forgiveness, and our culture’s embrace of self-righteous anger. Brant and his wife Carolyn have been married 30 years and have two grown children. Highlights
Our lives all look very different and without them, the gospel would not be complete. Blogger Rachel Rhien Tucker reminds us that you are needed, you belong, and you are an important part of the body of Christ.
When we “keep back part” of ourselves that could bless someone else’s life, a part of us dies…and we too can “give up the (Holy) ghost” in the process. If you’d like to view the video that goes with this podcast, click here
Today we’re studying Acts 5:2-3 together, so grab your scriptures and let’s dive in!
Hank Smith and John Bytheway talk about this week's Come, Follow Me study.
Difficult days are ahead and rarely in the future will it be easy or popular to be a faithful Latter-day Saint who testifies of Jesus Christ. But don’t let that stop you from sharing goodness - hopefully you and I get to be “worthy to suffer shame for his name”.
Stories from Bil Lepp and Donald Davis, both recorded live in The Apple Seed Studio.