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In this week's conversation between Dr. James Emery White and co-host Alexis Drye, they discuss how for many people, Advent is simply a countdown to Christmas. Few seem to truly know the rich Christian tradition of Advent as it falls on the liturgical calendar. The word “advent” means “coming,” and the season of Advent within the Church is to be a time when we are preparing spiritually for the celebration of the birth of Jesus. In fact, so many of the traditions connected with Christmastime also have a rich Christian history and can all serve to help keep Christ in Christmas when you know their deeper meaning. Episode Links This conversation was sparked by an article in The Atlantic titled, “Advent Calendars Are Totally Out of Control.” It seems as though culture has commandeered this tradition of counting down to Christmas and cultivated a “little treat culture,” all about businesses making money and people treating themselves. You can read that article in full HERE. Dr. White mentioned another article that he read in a similar vein titled, “Shoppers still can't get enough of Advent calendars, and brands are racing to keep up with demand.” You can find that article HERE. Dr. White mentioned that a great way to combat the drift in culture regarding Advent is to take part in what's known as “The Advent Conspiracy.” This idea was brought forth in a book written by Rick McKinley, Chris Seay and Greg Holder called Advent Conspiracy: Making Christmas Meaningful Again (Zondervan). At Mecklenburg Community Church, where Dr. White serves as the senior pastor, this is fleshed out in a few ways. First and foremost, we make sure that the focus of the season of Advent is on Jesus' birthday, and that a great way to honor Him is by giving to the least and the lost in our world. We call it “Giving to Christ at Christmas,” and you can read more about it HERE. Another way that we've done this is through strategic message series that Dr. White has given over the years during the season of Advent. These include “The Advent Conspiracy,” “Keeping Christ in Christmas” and “I Need You Christmas.” For those of you who are new to Church & Culture, we'd love to invite you to subscribe (for free of course) to the twice-weekly Church & Culture blog and check out the Daily Headline News - a collection of headlines from around the globe each weekday. We'd also love to hear from you if there is a topic that you'd like to see discussed on the Church & Culture Podcast in an upcoming episode. You can find the form to submit your questions at the bottom of the podcast page HERE.
In recent years, Chris Seay has run point managing Woodfin's “Idea Network,” taking employee ideas and ushering them into action. The statistics are staggering. Over 14,000 ideas …Listen Now
By 2001, a lot had changed for the nascent emerging church movement: Doug Pagitt left Leadership Network to start a church, and shortly thereafter, Leadership Network shut down the Young Leaders Network. (Also, a notorious pastor in Seattle was asked to leave the group.) The “Group of 20” became the “Terra Nova Project,” before ultimately settling on the name, Emergent Village. Ecclesia Church in Houston hosted a conference on the Bible in postmodern society – it was a success, and the momentum increased. Then came book deals and the Emergent Convention, so that by 2005, the movement was at its peak. Guests in this episode include Dwight Friesen, Doug Pagitt, Brian McLaren, Brad Smith, Lilly Lewin, Mark Scandrette, Chris Seay, Michael Toy, and Mark Oestreicher. Music by The Cobalt Season (compliments of Ryan Sharp), Solomon's Porch (compliments of Ben Johnson), Ecclesia and The Voice Bible thanks to Chris Seay. Emerged is a crowdfunded project. If you join, you'll have access to extra material, ad-free episodes, private livestreams with the hosts and guests, and an array of gifts at various levels of partnership. Learn more and join at EmergedPodcast.com. Our Producers: Karen Sloan - karensloan.net The Open Table Network - https://opentable.network/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This is a section from our live stream with Brad Cecil, Tim Conder, Morgan Leigh McKenna, and Chris Seay! Emerged is a crowdfunded project. If you join, you'll have access to extra material, ad-free episodes, private livestreams with the hosts and guests, and an array of gifts at various levels of partnership. Learn more and join at EmergedPodcast.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Many people point to the Re:Evaluation Forum, held at the Glorieta Conference Center in October, 1998, as the birth of the Emerging Church Movement. That gathering followed a chain of events that included the founding of Young Leaders Network in 1993, and seminal conferences at Glen Eyrie in 1996 and Mt. Hermon in 1997. And at that latter conference, Mark Driscoll made his national debut — he also had to ask for forgiveness from the audience. Ultimately, after some planning meetings, The National Re:Evaluation Forum was held and, as Chris Seay says in this episode, “There's pre-Glorieta and there's post-Glorieta.” Also, Brian McLaren arrives on the scene. Guests on this episode include Doug Pagitt, Brian McLaren, Brad Smith, Morgan Leigh McKenna, Brad Cecil, Tim Conder, Andrew Jones, and Chris Seay. Music by The Cobalt Season (compliments of Ryan Sharp), Solomon's Porch (compliments of Ben Johnson), Ecclesia and The Voice Bible thanks to Chris Seay. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chris Seay takes us into 2024 with a great word about the Word. Looking at our world, we need the Bible to guide us now more than ever – check out the whole message here!
Chris Seay takes us into 2024 with a great word about the Word. Looking at our world, we need the Bible to guide us now more than ever – check out the whole message here!
In this episode, our teaching pastors Chris Seay and Sean Palmer sit down to wrap up the series we just finished about remembering. Remembering is an important part of worship. We remember when we read scripture, share stories, sing, gather, and more. And in this practice we remind each other and ourselves of the ways we have experienced God in our lives which serves as a reminder of the ways God will continue to show up as we go about our lives.
In a world that primarily values commerce, the invitation to worship fully this advent season is an invitation to embrace a set of values that honor God above the market. Pastor Chris, through the book of Exodus and the story of Moses, invites us to embrace a season and life that worships God more fully.
In a world that primarily values commerce, the invitation to worship fully this advent season is an invitation to embrace a set of values that honor God above the market. Pastor Chris, through the book of Exodus and the story of Moses, invites us to embrace a season and life that worships God more fully.
In a world that primarily values commerce, the invitation to worship fully this advent season is an invitation to embrace a set of values that honor God above the market. Pastor Chris, through the book of Exodus and the story of Moses, invites us to embrace a season and life that worships God more fully.
In a world that primarily values commerce, the invitation to worship fully this advent season is an invitation to embrace a set of values that honor God above the market. Pastor Chris, through the book of Exodus and the story of Moses, invites us to embrace a season and life that worships God more fully.
In a world that primarily values commerce, the invitation to worship fully this advent season is an invitation to embrace a set of values that honor God above the market. Pastor Chris, through the book of Exodus and the story of Moses, invites us to embrace a season and life that worships God more fully.
Darren opens a new series, Advent Conspiracy, based on the book "Advent Conspiracy: Making Christmas Meaningful (Again) by Rick McKinley, Chris Seay, & Greg Holder. Worship Fully - Spend Less - Give More - Love All These are the values we have embraced at Freedom Fellowship, and the results have been incredible. Listen as Darren shares about all that has transpired over the last 6 years at Freedom as a result of embracing a new way of doing Christmas. Thank you for listening to our podcast! We hope you have been encouraged today.Check us out on social media, or to learn more, you can visit our website at www.freedomcanyon.com.
This is episode 164 of the Church Venture Northwest podcast. We're finishing up Winter Youth 2008, Epiphany Kingdom with Chris Seay. This is Session 6. https://churchventurenw.com
This is episode 163 of the Church Venture Northwest podcast. We're continuing Winter Youth 2008, Epiphany Kingdom with Chris Seay. This is Session 5. https://churchventurenw.com
This is episode 162 of the Church Venture Northwest podcast. We're continuing Winter Youth 2008, Epiphany Kingdom with Chris Seay. This is Session 4. https://churchventurenw.com
This is episode 161 of the Church Venture Northwest podcast. We're continuing Winter Youth 2008, Epiphany Kingdom with Chris Seay. This is Session 3. https://churchventurenw.com
This is episode 160 of the Church Venture Northwest podcast. We're continuing Winter Youth 2008, Epiphany Kingdom with Chris Seay. This is Session 2. https://churchventurenw.com
This is episode 159 of the Church Venture Northwest podcast. This episode goes back to Winter Youth 2008, Epiphany Kingdom with Chris Seay. This is Session 1. https://churchventurenw.com
This episode is part 4 in our 5-part series, The State of the Church. In this episode, our CEO & Founder, William Vanderbloemen talks with Chris Seay, founding and Lead Pastor of Ecclesia, a progressive Christian community in Houston, Texas. Chris and William discuss the need for hyper-localized pastoring as online church becomes more prevalent. Since churchgoers can listen to any sermon and any preacher online, it’s critical for local pastors to build relationships with the members of their community and create messages that ties directly to their current experiences. Chris offers powerful comfort and tangible tips for serving your congregation well through crisis and always staying focused on our true purpose - loving our neighbors as ourselves. Catch the shownotes: https://www.vanderbloemen.com/blog/hyper-localize-mission-message-podcast Tweet your takeaways from today’s show using the hashtag #vandercast and join our Facebook group to see exclusive content from each episode.
Chris Seay, a Houston pastor who helped mobilize resources in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, and Rob Peabody, founder of a technology company VOMO that helps people volunteer to meet the needs of their city, tell their story of responding to local needs after a hurricane hit Houston.
Chris Seay//John 17:11-21//October 13, 2019
Chris Seay reflects on what it looks like for us to be in community and what we can learn from the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer [1 Corinthians 12:7-20]. Reflection What are some ways we experience or contribute to scapegoating in our lives? What does it look like to listen well in community?
Tonight we talk tire vouchers, We give you an insider alert about the holiday classic Respect and why it's important. OUr Blue Line Graphics "In the seat" guest is "Mr. Simple" Chris Seay. WE talk about the success of the thanksgiving thunder, His Predictions on the Holiday Classic and we talk a little BK11.
Tonight we talk tire vouchers, We give you an insider alert about the holiday classic Respect and why it's important. OUr Blue Line Graphics "In the seat" guest is "Mr. Simple" Chris Seay. WE talk about the success of the thanksgiving thunder, His Predictions on the Holiday Classic and we talk a little BK11.
Tonight we talk tire vouchers, We give you an insider alert about the holiday classic Respect and why it's important. OUr Blue Line Graphics "In the seat" guest is "Mr. Simple" Chris Seay. WE talk about the success of the thanksgiving thunder, His Predictions on the Holiday Classic and we talk a little BK11.
We’ve seen over the last year the devastation inflicted on cities by natural disasters such as hurricanes and flooding. We’ll hear from two voices — a Houston pastor who helped mobilize resources in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, and a founder of a technology company helping people volunteer to meet the needs of their city. Rob and Chris will share their story of responding to local need.
We’ve seen over the last year the devastation inflicted on cities by natural disasters such as hurricanes and flooding. We’ll hear from two voices — a Houston pastor who helped mobilize resources in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, and a founder of a technology company helping people volunteer to meet the needs of their city. Rob and Chris will share their story of responding to local need.
Chris Seay//October 22, 2017
Guest speaker Chris Seay, pastor of Ecclesia in Houston, illustrates the difference between guilt and shame through the lens of the Gospel and God's boundless grace in this stand-alone message.
Somehow, Christians have traded the best story in the world for the story of what’s on sale. How do we rediscover and tell the true hope of Christmas? Shane and Tony talk to the founders of Advent Conspiracy, Rick McKinley and Chris Seay, about the subversive Christ, the Kingdom he brought, and how we can focus our worship on our King.
Tonight we are honored to have on of the largest and best speedway racing supporters, the legendary Chris Seay!...Happy Thanksgiving everybody!
Tonight we are honored to have on of the largest and best speedway racing supporters, the legendary Chris Seay!...Happy Thanksgiving everybody!
Tonight we are honored to have on of the largest and best speedway racing supporters, the legendary Chris Seay!...Happy Thanksgiving everybody!
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Jonathan Storment returns to the show to discuss God's discipline, finding God's will, an enchanted view of the world, Internet controversy and reading scripture through Jesus. Plus Chris Seay makes a cameo to discuss preaching to a President and the Praxis conference.
In this Exponential 2012 podcast, Chris Seay speaks about leading a gospel centered church. Paul's letters to the church in Corinth are useless to churches that only engage the religious culture, but they have so much to teach the church that enters the deep brokenness of culture. Discover the truths that guide churches engaging the brothels and pagan temples of our day.
In this Exponential 2012 podcast, Chris Seay talks about the hardest person to lead. The hardest person to led in our church is not our Board or our Staff. It's not the congregation. The hardest person to lead is our self. As goes the leader, so goes the church. How can we master our lives and live lives of discipline and self control? How can we grow as a leader?
Chris Seay speaks about living a life that makes a difference and what a difference that Compassion International makes.
Chris Seay speaks to chapel student about the importance of not imitating others while Scot the Painter creates renditions of children from www.Compassion.com
We will be wrapping up our series on what made Jesus the “Greatest Show on Earth” with guest speaker Chris Seay.
Stefan Halper with "The Beijing Consensus"...our relationship with China is precarious. Why? What about Iowa shortening our yellow caution lights? WHAZZUPWITHTHAT? Chris Seay explains "The Gospel According to LOST" Stuff.
In this Christmas season, we hear from Chris Seay. The founder of Advent Conspiracy, which inspires people to worship fully, spend less, give more and love all.
A double episode featuring Chris Seay, pastor of Ecclesia Church in Houston, TX and Dino Rizzo, pastor of Healing Place Church in Baton Rouge, LA.
Catalyst Conference 2008 is officially here. Listen in as you make the trek to Atlanta as the Catalyst Team provides important information, details, and as always, a little entertainment. Steve Fee, Lanny Donoho, and Chris Seay join in as well. This episode will make your roadtrip extra special.
Merry Christmas from Catalyst! It's the final episode of the year, featuring a great roundtable discussion with Chris Seay, Shane Claiborne, and Rick McKinley. Make sure to stay tuned in to the end for a little extra fun.