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Last April, Jenny Nguyen opened the first women's sports bar in the entire world: The Sports Bra.Thank you to everyone who shared their stories with us for this episode!This episode features interviews with: Jenny Nguyen, Thu Nguyen, Jen Barnes, Sadee Terwort, and Christina Roberts.Thank you for listening to Cruising Podcast!-Want to support Cruising and help us keep our content free and accessible? Join our Patreon! -Reviews help other listeners find Cruising! If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave us a 5-star review!-For more Cruising adventures, follow us @cruisingpod on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook-Cruising is reported and produced by a small but mighty team of three: Sarah Gabrielli (host/story producer/audio engineer), Rachel Karp (story producer/social media manager), and Jen McGinity (line producer/resident road-trip driver). Theme song is by Joey Freeman. Cover Art is by Finley Martin.-Special thanks to this episode's sponsors, Olivia Travel and Honda-Discover Olivia at Olivia.com and save $100 on your next trip when you use promo code CRUISINGSupport the show

(9/20/23) It's FOMC Day: Rate decision and economic forecasts + the Powell presser. Two questions remain: Is the Fed done, and when will the rate cuts begin? Are we doing Bonds wrong? A discussion based upon an article in MarketWatch: Why investors seeking stability always go for US Bonds vs international debt? FedEx reports = barometer on retail sales; General Mills & the Cereal Index: the cost of feeding kids at breakfast; Danny pays his kid for fly balls & Christina Roberts' money tree. The new Retirement Bill: take risk in taxable accounts. Can the Fed achieve a "soft-landing," what is that, anyway? Pandemic effect on employment & investing. The challenging year; who'll cave first in congressional budget talks? SEG-1: FOMC Day Preview SEG-2: Are We Doing Bonds Wrong? SEG-3: FedEx Barometer for Retail Sales, and Feeding Kids SEG-4: Can the Fed Achieve a "Soft Landing?" Hosted by RIA Advisors Chief Investment Strategist Lance Roberts, CIO, w Senior Financial Advisor Danny Ratliff, CFP Produced by Brent Clanton, Executive Producer -------- Watch today's show on our YouTube channel:   -------- The latest installment of our new feature, Before the Bell, "Are Markets Close to Trigger Point?" is here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBV-ToNbB-E&list=PLwNgo56zE4RAbkqxgdj-8GOvjZTp9_Zlz&index=1  ------- Our previous show is here: "Waiting for the Fed" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEOlkyTLTAc&list=PLVT8LcWPeAugpcGzM8hHyEP11lE87RYPe&index=1&t=5s -------- Articles mentioned in this report: "October Weakness Before The Year-End Run?" https://realinvestmentadvice.com/october-weakness-before-the-year-end-run/ "Bond Vigilantes And The Waiting For Godot" https://realinvestmentadvice.com/bond-vigilantes-and-the-waiting-for-gadot/ ------- Get more info & commentary:  https://realinvestmentadvice.com/newsletter/ -------- SUBSCRIBE to The Real Investment Show here: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheRealInvestmentShow -------- Register for our next Candid Coffee: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/3016835714744/WN_zCk25t5QThq7CG5NHH4UIg ------- Visit our Site: https://www.realinvestmentadvice.com Contact Us: 1-855-RIA-PLAN -------- Subscribe to SimpleVisor: https://www.simplevisor.com/register-new -------- Connect with us on social: https://twitter.com/RealInvAdvice https://twitter.com/LanceRoberts https://www.facebook.com/RealInvestmentAdvice/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/realinvestmentadvice/ #InvestingAdvice #FederalReserve #FOMC #interestRates #GovernmentShutdown #Bonds #ForeignDebt #FedExBarometer #CerealIndex #RetailSales #Markets #Money #Investing

(12/15/22) Fed Chair Jerome Powell was "a tad-bit more" hawkish at yesterday's FOMC Presser, announcing another 50-bp rate hike, with more to come in 2023, and no rate cuts possibly until 2024. Markets responded with a mixture of performance. Will Santa skip Broad & Wall this year? Will there be recession next year? A first-peek at Consumer Health comes from today's releases of data on manufacturing, retail sales, jobless claims, capacity utilization, and the Philadelphia Fed business outlook index. The Fed moves Terminal Rate higher; the Fed's credibility is now on the line. The difference between pivot and pause; Christina Roberts' Quebecois Adventure; Tracking the Yield Curves: How do we avoid recession in current economic climate? The Fed's projections are pointless...and wrong. Markets have gone nowhere in response to CPI and Fed speech; year-end trading is taking over. SEG-1: A "Tad More" Hawkish SEG-2: Preview - Economic Data Dump Day SEG-3: Christina Robert's Quebecois Adventure; Tracking the Yield Curves SEG-4: The Problem with 'Safe Haven' stocks Hosted by RIA Advisors Chief Investment Strategist Lance Roberts, CIO, w Portfolio Manager, Michael Lebowitz, CFA -------- Watch today's show on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjsU8egviN8&list=PLVT8LcWPeAugpcGzM8hHyEP11lE87RYPe&index=1&t=2683s -------- Our Latest "Three Minutes on Markets & Money: "Jerome Powell Releases the Krackens" is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSSgD8uPEsU&list=PLVT8LcWPeAujOhIFDH3jRhuLDpscQaq16&index=1 -------- Our previous show is here: "Four Things To Do if You Lose Your Job in 2023" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76zhw4Lg110&list=PLVT8LcWPeAugpcGzM8hHyEP11lE87RYPe&index=1&t=2685s -------- Articles mentioned in this podcast: "The 2023 Investing Outlook As The Fed Pivots – Part II" https://realinvestmentadvice.com/the-2023-investing-outlook-as-the-fed-pivots-part-ii/ -------- Get more info & commentary: https://realinvestmentadvice.com/newsletter/ -------- SUBSCRIBE to The Real Investment Show here: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheRealInvestmentShow -------- Visit our Site: www.realinvestmentadvice.com Contact Us: 1-855-RIA-PLAN -------- Subscribe to RIA Pro: https://riapro.net/home -------- Connect with us on social: https://twitter.com/RealInvAdvice https://twitter.com/LanceRoberts https://www.facebook.com/RealInvestmentAdvice/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/realinvestmentadvice/ #InvestingAdvice #FederalReserve #InterestRates #RateHikes #JeromePowell #Recession #2023Economy #Markets #Money #Investing

Celebrate International Coffee Day by supporting Youth Off The Streets (Father Chris Riley) with Cup of Kindness. Christina Roberts shares with us the story behind Cup of Kindness, who it helps and how you can support the very important work they do while enjoying your favourite hot beverage.

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Christina Roberts, Kantor at Our Savior Lutheran Church and School in Grand Rapids, Michigan, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the upcoming NIKE: A Marathon of Hymns Celebrating Christ's Victory at Our Savior on Friday, January 29th, 8:30am ET / 7:30am CT, including what inspired this idea, how the children of Our Savior Lutheran School will be an integral part of this festival, why singing hymns is so important, and how you can participate. Learn more at oslsgr.org/nike-hymn-marathon and RSVP to the event on Facebook at facebook.com/events/443704623332498.

Christina Roberts, Kantor at Our Savior Lutheran Church and School in Grand Rapids, Michigan, joins Andy and Sarah to explore our rich hymnody for the season of Christmas! Today, we learn about Lutheran Service Book 362, "O Sing of Christ." Find your edition of the Lutheran Service Book at music.cph.org/lutheran-service-book/related-products and the LSB Companion to the Hymns at cph.org/p-33586-lutheran-service-book-companion-to-the-hymns-2-volume-set.aspx. Find more research at hymnary.org and tips at music.cph.org/blog/diy-hymnology-research-tips-for-studying-hymns.

In today's episode join us as we journey back to when the Real Eyes Realize Podcast was simply a spark of an idea. Listen as Ariela Cuellar moderates a conversation between show hosts, Christina Roberts Enneking and Jessica Smith where they share what it's been like to bring this movement from concept to REALity. Christina Roberts Enneking (she, her, hers) is an experienced coach, facilitator, and leadership consultant supporting large and small businesses and individuals throughout Silicon Valley. She is known as a catalyst for positive change, combining entrepreneurial spirit with practical tools and skill practice to hone leadership efficacy and help align people with their deeper purpose. When Christina isn't serving corporate or private clients, she is leading service-based yoga retreats to install solar lights built by children in the Silicon Valley to children and families who live off the grid, worldwide, and want light in their homes to support education and family bonding. Jessica Smith (she, her, hers) is an author and public speaker. She wrote the book, 'YOUR TWENTIES, a book about navigating change and transition and taking good care of ourselves as we navigate the 'real world'. She loves to travel the world speaking at events, workshops, conferences and universities. Jess is a career advisor, podcaster of the show titled 'Career Coaching Jessness'. She also incorporates essential oils into both her personal and professional life and sells them as a Wellness Advocate with Doterra, whom she loves because of their commitment to purity, sustainability + respect for farmers and the Earth. Ariela Cuellar (she/her/hers) identifies as salvadoreña/latinx, queer, Leo sun, Taurus moon, Gemini rising, dog mom, and pizza fanatic. She grew up in Vallejo CA and in her spare time can be found hanging out with her partner, friends, at local parks with her dog Waldo, and cooking. Some of Ariela’s side hobbies include photography, creating YouTube videos, and hosting a Live show on Instagram showing folks how to make essential oil DIY products. As a professional in the social media world, Ariela brings an eye for strategy and creativity to the Real Eyes Realize podcast team. She is passionate and excited about promoting positive ripples that initiate change in our world. Ariela loves engaging with community members (online and in-person) and is grateful to be a part of the Real Eyes Realize podcast. Support this podcast

Today's episode will have a lot of glitches and spoilers and pauses. We are sorry in advanced and Phil gave a review on Harry and the Potter. In this chapter Harry meets Severus Snape in potions class and Snape dislikes him. Also in this chapter Harry meets Rubeus Hagrid in his hut and they discuss the about Vault Number 713 and its break in and secrets. Also Phil discover 3 typos in the same page. Also today we had a special guest whose name is Christina Roberts. Also if this is the first episode you listen to we suggest that you start from the beginning and read the books before listening to this podcast. We hope you enjoy!

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Evangelicals have staked out one position in our current political divisions while other Christians have battled against them. What does spiritual health and leadership look like in a time of such strong stakes? David Schulz, an interfaith leader, joins Christina Roberts and Dave Schmelzer for a rollicking conversation.  Mentioned on this podcast:   Spiritual direction with Christina Roberts. Email: christina@blueoceanfaith.org

Peter Eavis, a New York Times business reporter and popular Blue Ocean World guest, just covered WeWork's rise and (seeming) fall. He talks with Dave Schmelzer and Christina Roberts about how, since the 2008 crash, businesses have positioned themselves as offering meaning and not just a product. We talk about the implications of that consequential shift.  Mentioned on this podcast:   "'It's Definitely Pretty Empty:' Why Saving WeWork Will Be Hard," by Peter Eavis in The New York Times.

Francine Kiefer, the West Coast Bureau Chief for the Christian Science Monitor, just wrote a viral story about how a 1994 trigger event for California's Latino population set things in motion that are changing all of America's political future. California's highly publicized (and attacked) challenges--immigration, homelessness, spiraling housing prices, climate change--foreshadow what we'll all be talking about shortly. Join Dave Schmelzer and Christina Roberts for a wide-ranging conversation with Francine about what this means for your political and social future. Mentioned on this podcast:    "California's Latino voters helped turn the state blue. Will others catch the wave?" by Francine Kiefer in the Christian Science Monitor

Gyasi and the gang are joined by Christina Roberts of Seattle University for a discussion about the thorny issue of whether Natives, given the legal precedents, can experience racism the way we've come to define the term. With all the language and contextual considerations, the answer isn't as easy as you might think..

After hearing Gay Hendricks's book The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level celebrated on several podcasts, Christina Roberts picked it up and loved it. Dave Schmelzer joins her for a rollicking conversation about how the book has proven so empowering, how it has parallels with Christian healing practices--and then how we can, in fact, transcend our limiting thoughts in order to, well, take our lives to the next level.   Mentioned on this podcast:   The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level, by Gay Hendricks.

Ken is a veteran Centering Prayer practitioner, often encouraging AA people to use is as their 11th Step (hence our not using Ken's last name here, following AA's practice). In a lively conversation with Christina Roberts and Dave Schmelzer, Ken explains Centering Prayer for the novice and describes how it offers a unique connection to God and how it empowers us to relinquish control in ways that really help us.

Ryan Bauers has found Rick Hanson's book Hardwiring Happiness to be the simplest and most-powerful approach to joy he's found. Hanson has a bold idea: by choosing to notice and take in small, pleasant experiences, we can actually create new grooves in our physical brains that will build resiliency and joy and quiet the innate negative thinking that comes with being human. Christina Roberts and Dave Schmelzer join Ryan to explore this big idea. Mentioned in this episode   Hardwiring Happiness, by Rick Hanson   Waking Up app, by Sam Harris

Some years back, This American Life discovered the singular work Jim Henderson was doing. Jim talks here with Christina Roberts and Dave Schmelzer about how he's an evangelist at heart, but how the most effective evangelism he discovered involves bringing together people across differences. He's written popular books and worked at churches small and massive (Jim talks about how such size discrepancies mostly reflect regional differences). But now, in our especially divisive times, his 3 Practices work along these lines draws interest from universities and elsewhere.   Mentioned on this episode: 3 Practices

A friend recently posed a great question to Dave Schmelzer: when people take big steps forward in their spiritual life, why are they tempted to retreat to the way people thought about God in earlier eras? But maybe a step forward by definition requires a kind of retrenching. What does it mean to move into new spiritual territory while staying present to modern life? And does technology help us or hurt us--or both--as we do that? Dave, Christina Roberts and Daniel Wilson (who also reports about spiritual lessons he's taken from relocating to Moldova) discuss.  Mentioned in today's show:   An upcoming spiritual growth podcast with Dave called "Journey On with Dave Schmelzer"   An online group about the spirituality discussed in this episode. Learn more by emailing mail@blueoceanfaith.org.   Stranger Things, Season 3, on Netflix   The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life, by David Brooks   The World Before Your Feet, a documentary on Amazon Prime

Gareth Higgins ran the popular Wild Goose Festival for several years and currently leads festivals in Ireland, North Carolina and Texas. Christians of many stripes have often found friends and validation in such settings. What has Gareth observed after many years of festival-throwing? Gareth, Christina Roberts and Dave Schmelzer also talk about a range of topics, including how empowering fresh storytelling is a radical act and how opposing political enemies is important--but only in limited doses.    Mentioned in today's podcast   https://www.theporchmagazine.com/ http://www.garethhiggins.net/ Google Translate A Thousand Small Sanities, by Adam Gopnik

Fran Pratt has journeyed from conservative churches in which, as a woman, she wasn't invited to lead, to becoming a worship leader to discovering the power of scripted prayer in liturgies to finding meditation to writing and distributing her own litanies. Ryan Bauers, Christina Roberts and Dave Schmelzer talk with her about the power she's found in each new form of connecting to God.  Mentioned in Today's Podcast Call and Response: Litanies for Congregational Prayer by Fran Pratt FranPratt.com Ikigai by Hector Garcia

Dr. LaRynda Thoen worked for years as an OB-GYN before becoming a hospice volunteer. Christina Roberts, Ryan Bauers and Dave Schmelzer talk with her about insights from the end of life and the beginning of life, and what those insights mean about why we are here.   Mentioned in Today's Podcast:​ Final Journeys: A Practical Guide for Bringing Care and Comfort at the End of Life Being With Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death Midwife for Souls: Spiritual Care for the Dying May I Walk You Home?: Courage and Comfort for Caregivers of the Very Ill The Grace in Dying: How We Are Transformed Spiritually as We Die What I'm Into:  Farewell to Disneyland: My Decade of Young Widowhood Ted Talk Davidson's Tea Cocoa Nibs  

David McKee is a counselor who is also an oblate at a Benedictine monastery (and a member of a Zen center). In a far reaching conversation with Christina Roberts, Ryan Bauers and Dave Schmelzer, he talks about how learning to be present to ourselves with compassion opens us up to healing--and God--but also to the kind of prophetic engagement with the world that he says is a particular gift that Christianity offers other traditions.  Mentioned in Todays Podcast: The Daily Reader for Contemplative Living: Excerpts from the Works of Father -  Thomas Keating New Seeds of Contemplation - Thomas Merton Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice - Shunryu Suzuki

Amy Carlson talks to groups around the country about joyful, thriving eating and the power of eating around a table (or even just at a table, if we're alone) and how learning to notice our body's response to food is a game-changer. In a vibrant conversation with Ryan Bauers, Christina Roberts and Dave Schmelzer, she talks about how churches, sadly, often complicate our relationship with food--even as they provide the powerful community that offers us the good stuff she's so passionate about.  Mentioned in Today's Podcast: Orthodox, By G.K. Chesterton from tablet to table: where community is found and identity is formed, by Leonard Sweet The blessing of a skinned knee: using jewish teachings to raise self-reliant children , by wendy mogel liturgy of the ordinary: sacred practices in everyday life, by Tish Harrison Warren   

On last week's podcast, Dave Schmelzer offered a book report on a book called "Why Buddhism is True" to consider crossover between Buddhist and Christian Contemplative insights. Christina Roberts asks: How should Christians navigate spiritual exploration? Are there things they shouldn't explore because those things expose them to spiritual danger? If so, how might one figure out what's safe and what's not? Ryan Bauers joins Christina and Dave to consider this.

More recent Christian contemplatives like Thomas Merton famously have discovered that what they're learning has a lot in common with what contemplative Buddhists know. Christina Roberts and Ryan Bauers commissioned Dave Schmelzer to do a "book report" along these lines, and he chose Robert Wright's (he's a journalist with The New Republic) provocatively-named book "Why Buddhism is True" (not, as Wright points out, in a religious sense, but as a description of how meditation impacts our consciousness for the better). Christina, Ryan and Dave have a vibrant conversation about what Dave reports. Mentioned in Today's Podcast: New Yorker article: Thomas Merton, the Monk Who Became a Prophet, by Alan Jacobs 

A founding perspective of Blue Ocean Faith is that everything is shot through with meaning. This is contrasted with a life devoted to finding meaning only in new truisms--here the meaning comes from being present right now. But this is harder than it looks! Christina Roberts, Ryan Bauers and Dave Schmelzer give you a glimpse into their journey into living each moment.   Mentioned in Today's Podcast:  New Yorker obituary of William Goldman

One of Blue Ocean Faith's founding perspectives is "My drive to judge other people is a big problem." Yet it comes across to us differently in today's ever-more polarized world. As was pressed by our conversation about Ken Wilber and our conversation with Doug Pagitt, what does it look like to embrace people very different from you while also living out your convictions? Christina Roberts, Ryan Bauers and Dave Schmelzer discuss. Mentioned in Today's Podcast:  "Moon River" by Jane Monheit "Moon River" by Audrey Hepburn from Breakfast at Tiffany's "Moon River" by Ben E. King

Blue Ocean Faith published perspectives several years back as a way of helping people understand its vibe, one of which was "We've found Jesus to be a particularly helpful North Star." Ryan Bauers, Dave Schmelzer and Christina Roberts talk about how a focus on Jesus might play out in the sometimes unsettling places that accompany an ongoing, often uncertain life of faith.    Mentioned in Today's Podcast Carl Meaderis

Christina Roberts, Ryan Bauers and Dave Schmelzer have all changed and grown in their experience of faith. The Bible was a fixed anchor of a certain sort earlier in their journey. What sort of benefits and challenges does it offer further down the road? Mentioned in Today's Podcast  Books: Peter Enns: The Bible Tells Me So: Why Defending Scripture Has Made Us Unable to Read It Jesus and Empire: The Kingdom of God and the New World Disorder Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels Podcasts: The Pete Enns Podcast What I'm Into: Netflix: The Haunting of Hill House  

A key part of Blue Ocean Faith's perspective on life is that, like Abraham in the Hebrew Bible, our most direct path to what our life is meant to be about comes through a "hero's journey." But it feels risky! Or it feels hard to figure out what it might look like on an ordinary day! Christina Roberts, Ryan Bauers and Dave Schmelzer explore this in a lively conversation.    Mentioned in Today's Podcast:   The Hero's Journey and a Fresh Christianity, Part 1 The Hero's Journey and a Fresh Christianity, Part 2 The Hero's Journey and a Fresh Christianity, Part 3 The Great Work of Your Life: A Guide for the Journey to Your True Calling, by Stephen Cope What I'm Into A Scary Time, by Lynzy Lab    

A recent survey suggested that, worldwide, participation in churches and other civic organizations--like parent meetings at schools--has dramatically dropped. Marlin Watling, an innovative faith and business leader from Germany, joins Christina Roberts, Ryan Bauers and Dave Schmelzer to detail some fascinating responses to this new reality.    Mentioned in Today's Podcast:   Marling Watling Website - http://spark-network.org/ Instagram -  https://www.instagram.com/spark_europe/ What I'm Into:  Strengthsfinder

"God's goodness" is a pretty basic religious teaching. But in Blue Ocean Faith, they've found that this truth triggers surprising, unexpected ways to the life we all want. Christina Roberts, Ryan Bauers and Dave Schmelzer explore the key ways this truth makes it possible to suffer and nonetheless find a great, transcendent world. Mentioned in Today's Podcast:  The Unity of the Bible: Unfolding God's Plan for Humanity | By Daniel P. Fuller

Several weeks back, Blue Ocean Faith's Dave Schmelzer invited members of Blue Ocean's mailing list who regarded themselves as "done with church" to fill that out for him. After a hundred detailed responses within the hour, Dave started compiling. Here, he, Christina Roberts and Ryan Bauers take a first pass at passing on what they've learned and what it might mean.  Mentioned in Today's Podcast: Church Refugees: Sociologists Reveal Why People Are Done with Church but not Their Faith | By Josh Packard and Ashleigh Hope The Vanishing Neighbor: The Transformation of American Community | By Marc J. Dunkelman What I'm Into: The Long Goodbye | By Raymond Chandler Grateful: The Transformative Power of Giving Thanks | By Diana Butler Bass      

Adam Reynolds has, for years, been the Blue Ocean Faith chaplain at M.I.T., but has recently been promoted as an assistant chaplain for everyone there. Arguably more than anyone else in the BOF world, Adam has learned some ins and outs of, as a Christian, promoting spiritual health among all people. But it's required significant spiritual growth and change for him to pull that off. Dave Schmelzer and Christina Roberts have a fascinating conversation with Adam about what that's looked like and what all Christians might learn from his journey.  Mentioned In Today's Podcast -  SEEK - find all of the videos here. Pray As You Go Neil Simon    

 Erin Lane--who works with Parker Palmer at the Center for Courage and Renewal--has championed women's voices in churches and has written about her own attraction to and challenges with finding her own place in a church. Ryan Bauers, Christina Roberts and Dave Schmelzer explore these and other passions with her in a lively conversation.     Mentioned in Today's Episode   What I'm Into Bucky on Parade Siddhartha - Herman Hesse

Some years back, Dave Schmelzer and Blue Ocean Faith worked with a major evangelical PR person who loved everything about BOF with the strong exception of it's use of the word "mystical" as part of its understanding of spiritual growth. And yet the idea that there really is something going on out there is a big deal to Christina Roberts, Ryan Bauers and Dave. They discuss why as well as kicking around why mysticism can seem so controversial in some religious settings. Mentioned in Today's Episode: Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics -  Dan Harris Insight Timer App - Transform Your Life Through Centering Prayer Bonus Material Rev. Cynthia Bourgeault on Christian Centering Prayer. Sign up for the Blue Ocean Faith newsletter at mail@blueoceanfaith.org  

A constituting idea of Blue Ocean Faith has been that everyone is us, that there is no ultimate us/them. But we developed that idea when the "them" for religious people were secular people, a group that Blue Ocean Faith flows easily with. Years later, the "us" is the other side of a sharply partisan, often vicious political divide. Christina Roberts, Ryan Bauers and Dave Schmelzer discuss whether "everyone is us" holds true in this new world.  Mentioned in Today's Podcast: Helpful Websites Carl Medearis Podcast Episodes Episode 109 - Good Without God's Greg Epstein on Life as an American Atheist/Humanist What I'm Into Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Natural Born Heroes - Christopher McDougal  

Greg Epstein, Harvard and MIT's Humanist Chaplain, joins Blue Ocean Faith's Dave Schmelzer, Christina Roberts and Ryan Bauers for a dynamic conversation about life as a nonreligious person in a largely religious country, gathering atheists/agnostics at Harvard and MIT, finding common cause with Christians and other people of faith and much more.  Mentioned in Today's Podcast -    Books Good Without God - Greg Epstein - https://amzn.to/2tO87FI Websites Greg Epstein's Webpage - The Humanist Hub Other Podcast Episodes Mentioned Episode 102 - On Men's Spiritual and Emotional Development What I'm Into Goliath on Amazon TV The Franciscan Spirituality Center

What does it look like to define faith and purpose not through being right about anything or knowing stuff, but through being connected to ourselves, others, God and the world? Christina Roberts, Ryan Bauers and Dave Schmelzer explore the implications of living this way. Mentioned in Today's Podcast: Books Let Your Life Speak - Parker J. Palmer : https://amzn.to/2yuEOwq Websites Blue Ocean Faith Perspectives What I'm Into Tour De France Community Supported Agriculture Lebron James' Free Agency Other Episodes Mentioned Episode 102 - On Men's Spiritual and Emotional Development Episode 106 - Our Controversial Stage Theory of Spritual Growth

Blue Ocean Faith is known for many things. But its take on M. Scott Peck's theory of spiritual and emotional development is right up there. Is it helpful to think about spiritual/emotional growth through the lens of stages? Is it--as is sometimes charged--elitist? Dave Schmelzer, Christina Roberts and Ryan Bauers have a lively discussion about how this continues to have leverage in their lives and those of their friends. If you would like to continue the conversation about the stages theory, email mail@blueoceanfaith.org and we will follow up with an online format to continue chatting. Metioned in Today's Episode: Books Faith Shift - Kathy Escober : https://amzn.to/2t944m1 The Road Less Traveled - M. Scott Peck: https://amzn.to/2JDlXVo Further Along the Road Less Traveled - M. Scott Peck: https://amzn.to/2MtnxqL The Bible Tells Me So - Pete Enns: https://amzn.to/2MlZKJb Websites Pete Enns: https://peteenns.com/ Podcasts Kate Spade on How I Built This with Guy Raz  Videos Dave Schmelzer - M Scott Peck's Stage Theory : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHyqDGAiEpA What I'm Into Breathe 4 Change Yoga: https://www.breatheforchange.com Biking Backpack for Picnics: https://amzn.to/2sV6kOM From the New Yorker: "Don't Eat Before Reading This" by Anthony Bourdain Previous Episodes Mentioned: Episode 103 - WM. Paul Young on The Shack, God and a New Reformation

The stereotype is that liberal, privileged people care about justice but feel guilty, while conservative, privileged people feel unjustly accused of racism while doing little for the marginalized. Again, a stereotype! Ryan Bauers, Christina Roberts and Dave Schmelzer--white, straight Christians--delve in.    Mentioned in Today's Episode   Books I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made For Whiteness - Austin Channing Brown :  https://amzn.to/2L39vKV Other Episodes Mentioned Episode 100: Why Do Christians So Love Personality Profiles? Podcast Seeing White Podcast Links Bounded/Centered Set Photo Explanation What I'm Into: Madison Farmers Market Stella's Cheesy Bread  

Wm. Paul Young went from working three jobs to doing press conferences in Croatia and South Korea--and throughout the U.S. and the rest of the world. Suddenly he heard many different stories and perspectives about profound worldwide shifts in how people view God and meaning. Dave Schmelzer, Christina Roberts and Ryan Bauers have a lively conversation about these big ideas. Mentioned in today's episode: Books: Lies We Believe About God - WM. Paul Young Eve-  WM. Paul Young The Shack - WM. Paul Young Artist: M.C. Escher What I'm Into: I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made For Whiteness The Seagull - Anton Chekhov Ryan's Favorite Hammock

Dan Littauer, who used to work with Blue Ocean Faith, now leads groups focusing on men's spiritual development in several places, from M.I.T. to prisons. How is the path to spiritual and emotional growth the same and different for men and women? Drawing from the wisdom of people like Father Richard Rohr and Carl Jung and many thoughtful teachers, Dan talks about this work with Dave Schmelzer, Christina Roberts and Ryan Bauers. Mentioned in today's podcast:   Books: The Drama of the Gifted Child – Alice Miller Practically Shameless – Alice Barry The Language of Emotions – Karla McLaren King, Warrior, Magician, Lover – Robert Moore Wild Man to Wise Man – Fr. Richard Rohr Waking the Tiger - Peter Levine Websites The Mankind Project  Jericho Circle Project     Movies "The Work" trailer  RGB trailer    TV Series  Timeless   Poem The Invitation - www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/the-invitation-by-oriah-mountain-dreamer    

Gyasi Ross & Co. are back with a vengeance! Well, not really, but they are back, still talkin' that ish, being Native AF and being real about the issues that Natives care about. This week they're joined by Howie Echo Hawk and Prof. Christina Roberts to continue their discussion about how Natives self identify and all the implications that go with it!

Ryan Gorman spoke with Junior Achievement of Tampa Bay about their career readiness, financial literacy and entrepreneurship programs. Christina Roberts, director of partnerships and development, joined the show along with scholarship recipients Yusuf Fattah and Mariah Cook and PwC procurement senior manager Kate Gatchell. www.jatampabay.org

Dave Schmelzer (Blue Ocean Faith's executive director) discovered personality profiles when he joined his first Christian group after a previous life of atheism. And what he discovered was that Christian groups seriously love these things. From the Myers-Briggs to the DISC test to Strengths Finder to the motherlode--the Enneagram--he discovered that learning about the Bible and about God also seemed to involve learning about his and others's personalities. He, Christina Roberts and Ryan Bauers celebrate the awesomeness of this while wondering if it has downsides.   Mentioned in today's podcast:   Books: The Enneagram: A Christian Perspective - Richard Rohr & Andreas Ebert The Enneagram: Understanding Yourself and the Others in Your Life - Helen Palmer Quiet - Susan Cain What I'm Into: WTF with Marc Maron Podcast Fountain Pen Article ​

Centered-set faith involves thinking outside of the box, but that sort of thinking can seem threatening in faith communities. Are there genuinely spiritually dangerous lines of thought or can we trust Jesus to be a good guide wherever we go? Ryan Bauers, who leads a Blue Ocean Faith community in Duluth, points to an article that says we in fact need to travel uncharted courses in this way or we actually damage our brains. He, Dave Schmelzer and Christina Roberts kick this around.   Mentioned in todays podcast:   Books Blue Ocean Faith - Dave Schmelzer Not the Religious type - Dave Schmelzer Articles https://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/scientists-established-link-brain-damage-religious-fundamentalism/ https://www.si.com/nfl/2018/04/18/jake-locker-nfl-2011-draft-tennessee-titans-why-he-quit Videos   Dave explains the Stage Theory Dave explains Bounded & Centered Set What I'm Into: The Untethred Soul - Michael A. Singer Ryanhood - "Embers" Naked Granola - California Adventures Whole Me Granola Purely Elizabeth Probtiotic Granola

How do kids grow up in Christian families and yet find a faith that they own as their own in adulthood? Centered-set thinking has an unexpected answer to that question. Caroline Park--Blue Ocean's leading thinker on kids' spiritual development--joins Blue Ocean Faith leaders Dave Schmelzer, Christina Roberts and Ryan Bauers to hash this out.

Let's be clear: church services work just great for a whole lot of people and a whole lot of Blue Ocean Faith churches. But lots of ex-churchgoers and current churchgoers find themselves triggered by things they used to like. Blue Ocean Faith's Dave Schmelzer and fellow Blue Ocean leaders Christina Roberts and Ryan Bauers are each leading local conversations about messing with what churches look like. What are they learning? 

Mindfulness is being taught in most public schools, in businesses, in seminars--but often not in churches. Blue Ocean Faith's Dave Schmelzer is joined by fellow Blue Ocean leaders Christina Roberts and Ryan Bauers. Ryan, a former evangelical pastor, discovered that regular mindful practices "took his anxiety from a 7 to a 4." Christina has reconnected with Orthodox roots and discovered that her version of mindfulness has opened up her relationships and ability to connect with God in more of her day.