Stations of the Cross Meditations & Virtual Art Exhibit
Betwixt Podcast · Meditations for the Stations of the Cross
A Journey of Love through Audio & Art
Betwixt podcast and the artists of Flourish Contemplative Center invite you on a journey of love with a series of original paintings and historic artwork based on the Stations of the Cross.
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A Cure for Despondency? Nicole Roccas Offers 3 Ancient but Timely Remedies
Betwixt Podcast · 29 Cure for Despondency (The Problem of Time & Eternity) with Nicole Roccas
Dr. Nicole Roccas joins me to talk about the problem of time and eternity. She suggests three ancient cures for despondency that still work today.
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Bright Sadness: Walking the Stations of the Cross in Quarantine
As the Covid-19 pandemic and Lent intermingle, these words of Father John Breck feel poignant.
“Bright sadness may be the most powerful and important experience we can know. It brings to our mind and heart, in the most direct and personal way, the ultimate purpose of our life and the object or end of our most passionate desire.
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Why Intersex Christian Slip Through the Pew Cracks: Lianne Simon Shares Her story of Fraught Faith Amidst the Culture Wars.
“Intersex is a broad label for people with differences of sex development (DSDs)—people whose bodies show physical characteristics of both male and female.” – Intersex and Faith
In this latest Betwixt Podcast episode, Deb Gregory talks with Lianne Simon about her experience as a Christian intersex woman.
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Jesus Died So God Wouldn’t Be Angry With Us Anymore…and Other Misunderstandings about the Cross
Men Who Buy Sex: How a Former Porn Addict is Pastoring Johns
How Do You Treat Men Who Buy Sex? John School with Chris Stollar
(Part 2 in the Sex Trafficking Series)
Confession: This episode was difficult to produce. It has exposed how my desire for justice far outweighing my willingness to extend compassion toward men who solicit prostitutes and contribute to the horrific world of human trafficking.
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Embracing Your Daughter’s Killer: The Freedom of Radical Forgiveness with Joel Kime
It’s often said “forgive and forget.” But what happens when two parties, offender and offended, come together and build a relationship in a space that never forgets?
In this episode of the Betwixt Podcast, Joel Kime shares his story of great tragedy and how the practice of forgiveness transformed that tragedy into something no one expected.
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Larycia Hawkins on Stepping Out onto the Bridge of Solidarity.
“What does it mean to be an embodied question mark wherever you are on your journey?” This was the question Dr. Larycia Hawkins presented to her students at Wheaton College. “Our bodies do work for us.”
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Betwixt Podcast: Prayer as Liminal Space with Alice Fryling
“Prayer is a wonderful and frustrating mystery.”
– Alice Fryling in The Art of Spiritual Listening.
Her first memory of prayer was a petition for God to bring the ice cream truck.
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Dominion with Richard Middleton: The Image of God & the Feminine Experience Part 5
Near the end of the twentieth century, the Functional View of the Image of God emerged with virtual consensus among Old Testament scholars. The discovery of ancient texts which used “image of God” language in reference to kings and cult images led scholars to recast the imago Dei in terms of how a king or priest functions as a royal representation of God.
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Stations of the Cross Meditations for Holy Week
In a recent interview with Walter Brueggemann, he called Lent a liminal moment. “We want to celebrate Easter but don’t want to do the hard work of Lent. This is a great seduction into which we all fall.”
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How the Cross Overcomes Love of Power with the Power of Love: An Interview with Derek Vreeland
For Sinners & Sufferers: The Baptism of Jesus
Why was Jesus baptized?
And what is sin, really?
And what is sin nature vs. sin nurture?
Geoff Holsclaw, along with special guest Scott Kent Jones, talk about the baptism of Jesus (Fitch is out teaching his week-long intensive for his DMIN cohort—detail below).
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Returning to Joy in a Troubled World
How is joy a source of strength?
Why was it joy for Jesus to endure the cross?
Is joy just happy-clappy sentimentality?
Mandy Smith and Scott Jones join Geoff Holsclaw to talk about the need to return to joy.
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Seminary Dropout:142 Mike McHargue aka “Science Mike”, Author of “Finding God In The Waves”
Mike McHargue (better known as Science Mike) is the best-selling author of Finding God in the Waves, host of Ask Science Mike and co-host of The Liturgists Podcast. He’s a leading voice on matters of science and religion with a monthly reach in the hundreds of thousands.
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Gender Differences: 3 Views
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Is there a difference between female and male? And if there is, why? And how do we explain it?
These are the pertinent questions that our culture casts before the church.
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Seminary Dropout 138: Morgan Guyton, Author of “How Jesus Saves the World From Us”
Christianity has always been about being saved. But today what Christians need saving from most is the toxic understanding of salvation we’ve received through bad theology. The loudest voices in Christianity today sound exactly like the religious authorities who crucified Jesus.
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Theological Jenga: The Word Blocks of Mission
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“In the beginning God raised Jesus from the dead” ~Michael W. Pahl
(From Resurrection to New Creation: A First Journey in Christian Theology)
Where does theology come from?
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Does God Love You? Have a Plan for You?
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What does it mean that “God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life?” Is this messages distorted amid a culture of affluence and ease?
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