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According to a study curated by Pew Research in 2017, about 30% of Americans are now identifying as spiritual but not religious. That’s right! You heard that correctly. This growing population – also known as SBNR, for short – has created its own category on every platform, from ce...
According to a study curated by Pew Research in 2017, about 30% of Americans are now identifying as spiritual but not religious. That’s right! You heard that correctly. This growing population – also known as SBNR, for short – has created its own category on every platform, from ce...
What is Advent? What do the colors of the candles mean? Why are the scriptures in the lectionary so daunting? Aren’t we supposed be talking about the birth of Jesus? Join Rev. Ben Boswell, Mia McClain, and Rev. Carrie Veal as they explore this sacred time of Advent amidst the commercialized C...
What is Advent? What do the colors of the candles mean? Why are the scriptures in the lectionary so daunting? Aren’t we supposed be talking about the birth of Jesus? Join Rev. Ben Boswell, Mia McClain, and Rev. Carrie Veal as they explore this sacred time of Advent amidst the commercialized C...
What is Advent? What do the colors of the candles mean? Why are the scriptures in the lectionary so daunting? Aren’t we supposed be talking about the birth of Jesus? Join Rev. Ben Boswell, Mia McClain, and Rev. Carrie Veal as they explore this sacred time of Advent amidst the commercialized C...
To accompany our year-long Awakening to Environmental Injustice Series, Rev. Ben Boswell and Mia McClain are engaging in conversation around all things Earth Justice. We have learned through our studies that environmental injustice dwells alongside creation care and climate change under the umbrella...
To accompany our year-long Awakening to Environmental Injustice Series, Rev. Ben Boswell and Mia McClain are engaging in conversation around all things Earth Justice. We have learned through our studies that environmental injustice dwells alongside creation care and climate change under the umbrella...
To accompany our year-long Awakening to Environmental Injustice Series, Rev. Ben Boswell and Mia McClain are engaging in conversation around all things Earth Justice. We have learned through our studies that environmental injustice dwells alongside creation care and climate change under the umbrella...
To accompany our year-long Awakening to Environmental Injustice Series, Rev. Ben Boswell and Mia McClain will engage in conversation around all things Earth Justice. We have learned through our studies that environmental injustice dwells alongside creation care and climate change under the umbrella ...
Does my sexuality separate me from God? Is there relevant God-talk that centers LGBTQ+ people? Join Rev. Ben Boswell and Mia McClain on a conversational journey centered on Queer Theory and Queer Theology, rooted in groundbreaking publications that center the voices of queer-identifying theologians....
Does my sexuality separate me from God? Is there relevant God-talk that centers LGBTQ+ people? Join Rev. Ben Boswell and Mia McClain as they embark on a conversational journey centered on Queer Theory and Queer Theology, rooted in groundbreaking publications that center the voices of queer-identifyi...
Does my sexuality separate me from God? Is there relevant God-talk that centers LGBTQ+ people? Join Rev. Ben Boswell and Mia McClain as they embark on a conversational journey centered on Queer Theory and Queer Theology, rooted in groundbreaking publications that center the voices of queer-identifyi...
Does my sexuality separate me from God? Is there relevant God-talk that centers LGBTQ+ people? Join Rev. Ben Boswell and Mia McClain as they embark on a conversational journey centered on Queer Theory and Queer Theology, rooted in groundbreaking publications that center the voices of queer-identifyi...
Who are we? How are we communicating who we are? What does it mean to be Baptist? Do denominations even matter anymore? What’s in a name?We are excited to roll out Identity Crisis: a 4-part podcast series exploring the ever-evolving identity of Myers Park Baptist Church and the “Church&#...
Who are we? How are we communicating who we are? What does it mean to be Baptist? Do denominations even matter anymore? What’s in a name?We are excited to roll out Identity Crisis: a 4-part podcast series exploring the ever-evolving identity of Myers Park Baptist Church and the “Church&#...
Who are we? How are we communicating who we are? What does it mean to be Baptist? Do denominations even matter anymore? What’s in a name?We are excited to roll out Identity Crisis: a 4-part podcast series exploring the ever-evolving identity of Myers Park Baptist Church and the “Church&#...
Who are we? How are we communicating who we are? What does it mean to be Baptist? Do denominations even matter anymore? What’s in a name?We are excited to roll out Identity Crisis: a 4-part podcast series exploring the ever-evolving identity of Myers Park Baptist Church and the “Church&#...
In this special Lenten edition of the Awakening Shalom Podcast, Rev. Ben Boswell is joined by special guests in the field of history, medicine, health care, wellness, and end of life concerns to discuss Atul Gawande's bestselling book Being Mortal. ...
In this special Lenten edition of the Awakening Shalom Podcast, Rev. Ben Boswell is joined by special guests in the field of history, medicine, health care, wellness, and end of life concerns to discuss Atul Gawande's bestselling book Being Mortal. ...
We are excited to offer this special episode centered around Bethany Johnson’s new book You’re Doing it Wrong. Listen in as Rev. Boswell and Bethany talk about the book together on the Awakening Shalom Podcast....
In this special Lenten edition of the Awakening Shalom Podcast, Rev. Ben Boswell is joined by special guests in the field of history, medicine, health care, wellness, and end of life concerns to discuss Atul Gawande's bestselling book Being Mortal. ...
In this special Lenten edition of the Awakening Shalom Podcast, Rev. Ben Boswell is joined by special guests in the field of history, medicine, health care, wellness, and end of life concerns to discuss Atul Gawande's bestselling book Being Mortal. ...
In the fourth episode of the podcast series, Rev. Ben Boswell and Bethany Johnson conclude their discussion on The Body is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor by engaging Taylor’s “Ten Tools for Radical Self-Love” and discussing toxic media, stress, being olympians at body shame, ...
In the third episode of the Awakening Shalom podcast Ben and Bethany dive into chapter four of The Body is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor, and they discuss being “nice” Christians, the “tyranny of the should” tone policing, eschatology, Taylor’s unapologetic agree...
Awakening Shalom PodcastsShalom is the Hebrew word for the peace, harmony, wholeness, well-being, community, equity, justice, goodness, and beauty that exists when we are living in right relationship with God, ourselves, other human beings, and all created things. The Awakening Shalom podcast is an ...
Theology Upstream Podcasts are a series of conversations hosted by two young(-ish) clergy, Rev. Ben and Rev. Chrissy, who are convinced that good theology still has something to say to people living their lives in the real world. With that conviction, Chrissy and Ben seek to read theological books a...
Theology Upstream Podcasts are a series of conversations hosted by two young(-ish) clergy, Rev. Ben and Rev. Chrissy, who are convinced that good theology still has something to say to people living their lives in the real world. With that conviction, Chrissy and Ben seek to read theological books a...
Theology Upstream Podcasts are a series of conversations hosted by two young(-ish) clergy, Rev. Ben and Rev. Chrissy, who are convinced that good theology still has something to say to people living their lives in the real world. With that conviction, Chrissy and Ben seek to read theological books a...
Theology Upstream Podcasts are a series of conversations hosted by two young(-ish) clergy, Rev. Ben and Rev. Chrissy, who are convinced that good theology still has something to say to people living their lives in the real world. With that conviction, Chrissy and Ben seek to read theological books a...
Theology Upstream Podcasts are a series of conversations hosted by two young(-ish) clergy, Rev. Ben and Rev. Chrissy, who are convinced that good theology still has something to say to people living their lives in the real world. With that conviction, Chrissy and Ben seek to read theological books a...
Theology Upstream Podcasts are a series of conversations hosted by two young(-ish) clergy, Rev. Ben and Rev. Chrissy, who are convinced that good theology still has something to say to people living their lives in the real world. With that conviction, Chrissy and Ben seek to read theological books a...
Theology Upstream Podcasts are a series of conversations hosted by two young(-ish) clergy, Rev. Ben and Rev. Chrissy, who are convinced that good theology still has something to say to people living their lives in the real world. With that conviction, Chrissy and Ben seek to read theological books a...
Theology Upstream Podcasts are a series of conversations hosted by two young(-ish) clergy, Rev. Ben and Rev. Chrissy, who are convinced that good theology still has something to say to people living their lives in the real world. With that conviction, Chrissy and Ben seek to read theological books a...
Theology Upstream Podcasts are a series of conversations hosted by two young(-ish) clergy, Rev. Ben and Rev. Chrissy, who are convinced that good theology still has something to say to people living their lives in the real world. With that conviction, Chrissy and Ben seek to read theological books a...
Rev. Dr. Eboni Marshall Turman is coming to MPBC October 12-14, 2018! We are so excited, we just couldn’t wait until the 12th to get the conversation started! Listen in to this conversation for the inside scoop on Dr. Turman’s vocational journey and sense of call, her understanding of...
Kicking off the Awakening the Body series, MPBC hosted Bible scholar duo Elaine Enns and Ched Myers. Listen in as Ben and Chrissy talk with Ched and Elaine about their journeys of faith (individual and together) and how they found themselves as activist-teacher-scholars dedicating their lives to th...
Theology Upstream Podcasts are a series of conversations hosted by two young(-ish) clergy, Rev. Ben and Rev. Chrissy, who are convinced that good theology still has something to say to people living their lives in the real world. With that conviction, Chrissy and Ben seek to read theological books a...
Theology Upstream Podcasts are a series of conversations hosted by two young(-ish) clergy, Rev. Ben and Rev. Chrissy, who are convinced that good theology still has something to say to people living their lives in the real world. With that conviction, Chrissy and Ben seek to read theological books a...
Theology Upstream Podcasts are a series of conversations hosted by two young(-ish) clergy, Rev. Ben and Rev. Chrissy, who are convinced that good theology still has something to say to people living their lives in the real world. With that conviction, Chrissy and Ben seek to read theological books a...
Theology Upstream Podcasts are a series of conversations hosted by two young(-ish) clergy, Rev. Ben and Rev. Chrissy, who are convinced that good theology still has something to say to people living their lives in the real world. With that conviction, Chrissy and Ben seek to read theological books a...
Theology Upstream Podcasts are a series of conversations hosted by two young(-ish) clergy, Rev. Ben and Rev. Chrissy, who are convinced that good theology still has something to say to people living their lives in the real world. With that conviction, Chrissy and Ben seek to read theological books a...
Theology Upstream Podcasts are a series of conversations hosted by two young(-ish) clergy, Rev. Ben and Rev. Chrissy, who are convinced that good theology still has something to say to people living their lives in the real world. With that conviction, Chrissy and Ben seek to read theological books a...
Christ is risen! Happy Easter everyone! Can you believe we’ve made it through the wilderness journey of Lent? While it may be difficult to believe that the 40-day journey is complete, the wilderness – I’m afraid to say – still surrounds us. Politics, economics, relationsh...
In this episode we are talking about holding hands. with strangers. (I typed it that way on purpose.) Brené opens us to the power of collective effervescence, mediated to us through experiences of joy, pain, music, and practices of faith. Her main point, and we agree, is that in sharing joy and pa...
This week we’re reading and discussing Chapter 5, “Speak Truth To Bullshit. Be Civil.” Reflecting on Brené’s experiences talking about gun ownership, difficulties managing her workload, “fitting in culture,” and more, we found ourselves (#1) appreciating the dif...
Welcome back, wilderness bravers! This week we’re really in the thick of the season. Lenten practices are getting more difficult, and it seems like the end will not come. Be strong! We’ve still got a lot of work to do! In this fourth episode we talk about trauma and pain, and how of...
Do you know the difference in loneliness and being alone? Do you ever feel “that lonely feeling?” In this episode of the Wilderness podcast, we talk about all things lonely. How did we get so lonely and what can we do to remedy the overwhelming loneliness that exists in our world and ...
In this second episode we explore the concepts of belonging, spirituality, identity, and true belonging. As the conversation evolves, it becomes clear that there is a very real tension between standing alone and standing together in community. We embellished Brené's definition of spirituality to i...
Can you believe it is Lent already? Some of you may be asking, what is Lent? Short version is: it's the time of year we set intentions (give something up, take on a spiritual practice, etc.) to make us aware of our humanity and our human finitude. For this reason, we begin the season on Ash Wedne...
In this final episode on Making Room we explore ways that we can begin to create for ourselves a rhythm of hospitality. Beginning with gratitude, recognizing the culture of busy-ness, and continuing to share the stories of hospitality are three ways that we can resist mainstream culture that keeps ...
Welcome back after a couple of weeks off for Christmas and New Years travel! Did you all put your hospitality to the test in this season? If so, we want to know all about it! Add your story in the comments section!In this episode we’re doing a few things new. First, we’ve invited a gu...
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