Out on a Limb: A Lovers Lane Podcast

Guests: Rev. Dawn Anderson and Dr. Jana Rentzel The Christmas season is often one where we're told to rejoice, but sometimes this season is more grief-filled than joyful. Are those two feelings mutually exclusive? Rev. Dawn Anderson and Dr. Jana Rentzel share how grief often tears away the facade that Christian contemplation was already trying to remove in the first place and how we can hold sorrow and joy in tandem. If you like the episode, make sure to rate, review, subscribe, and share with your friends. From all of us here at Lovers Lane UMC, thanks for going Out on a Limb with us!

Guests: Ilknur Ozgur, Director and Founder of Artstillery and Morgana Wilborn, Director of Education at Dallas Theater Center. We are constantly being pulled away from being present in the moment. Often this leads us to ignore our emotions or the emotions of the people around us. “Checking out” of the present moment is not as possible in live performance. Ilknur and Morgana talk through what it is like to practice in the moment presence from a performance perspective. Their perspective helps us to embrace our thoughts and emotions in the present moment that we might otherwise ignore. If you like the episode, make sure to rate, review, subscribe, and share with your friends. From all of us here at Lovers Lane UMC, thanks for going Out on a Limb with us!

Guests: Jenna Dobyns, Doula and Jennifer Sutcliffe, Co-Director of KIDS Ministry In this episode, we have a conversation with Jenna Dobyns and Jenn Sutcliff. We talk about the experience of bringing life into this world, the struggles and joys of parenthood, how Jesus was once a little, squishy baby, and the beautiful messiness of flesh. If you like the episode, make sure to rate, review, subscribe, and share with your friends. From all of us here at Lovers Lane UMC, thanks for going Out on a Limb with us!

Guests: Tiffany Taylor Wines, Vice President of Orphan Outreach and Rev. Andy Nelms, Associate Pastor of Lovers Lane UMC. In this episode, we discuss it's like to be in a high stakes waiting situation. High stakes waiting can be when we are forced to wait for something that is life changing - like parents adopting children, a loved one recovering in the hospital, or a world waiting on a vaccine. How can you sense Gods presence in those situations? Tiffany and Andy talk about their experiences with high stakes waiting and how God was present in it If you like the episode, make sure to rate, review, subscribe, and share with your friends. From all of us here at Lovers Lane UMC, thanks for going Out on a Limb with us!

Guests: Dr. Roy Heller, Professor of Old Testament at Perkins School of Theology and Rev. Sarah Marsalis Luginbill, Associate Pastor at Lovers Lane UMC. In this episode, we have a conversation with Dr. Roy Heller and Rev. Sarah Marsalis-Luginbill. We talk about how the way we look at scripture can be a microcosm for how we look at life. If we look at scripture narrowly and rigidly, we may look at life narrowly and without inspiration. This episode is for anyone who wants to know how to practice helpfulness, amazement, and thankfulness. If you like the episode, make sure to rate, review, subscribe, and share with your friends. From all of us here at Lovers Lane UMC, thanks for going Out on a Limb with us!

Guests: Rev. Dr. Stan Copeland, Senior Pastor at Lovers Lane UMC and Rev. Kay Eck, Executive Pastor at Lovers Lane UMC In this episode, we discuss what it means to go out on a limb to love ALL people by diving into the history of Lovers Lane United Methodist Church with Rev. Stan Copeland and Rev. Kay Eck. We talk about how the core message of the gospel is one of unity, which is so essential in the hyper-polarized time in which we live. If you like the episode, make sure to rate, review, subscribe, and share with your friends. From all of us here at Lovers Lane UMC, thanks for going Out on a Limb with us!