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Welcome to The Daily, where we study the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every day. Get behind our through the Bible project. Read more here Project23. Our text today is Judges 5:19–27. “The kings came, they fought; then fought the kings of Canaan, at Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo; they got no spoils of silver. From heaven the stars fought, from their courses they fought against Sisera. The torrent Kishon swept them away, the ancient torrent, the torrent Kishon. March on, my soul, with might! Then loud beat the horses' hoofs with the galloping, galloping of his steeds. ‘Curse Meroz,' says the angel of the LORD, ‘curse its inhabitants thoroughly, because they did not come to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty. ‘Most blessed of women be Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, of tent-dwelling women most blessed. He asked water and she gave him milk; she brought him curds in a noble's bowl. She sent her hand to the tent peg and her right hand to the workman's mallet; she struck Sisera; she crushed his head; she shattered and pierced his temple. Between her feet he sank, he fell, he lay still; between her feet he sank, he fell; where he sank, there he fell—dead.” — Judges 5:19-27 Deborah's song stretches from the battlefront to the heavenlies. Kings clashed at Taanach, but this wasn't just a human fight. “From heaven the stars fought” — a poetic way of saying that the forces of creation and the unseen armies of God joined the fray. The Kishon River swelled and swept the enemy away, as if the earth itself fought on Israel's side. It's cosmic warfare — the God of heaven moving heaven and earth to secure victory. And then the camera zooms in. Not to a general, not to a seasoned soldier, but to Jael — a tent-dwelling woman with no title, no rank, no sword. All she has are the tools of her everyday life: a tent peg and a mallet. Yet, in God's hands, those common items become the instruments that end the enemy's life and secure the victory. The same God who commands the stars also works through the simple obedience of His people. This is how God works — the cosmic and the common, side by side. He shakes the heavens and then uses the hammer in your hand. He commands rivers and then asks you to pour the cup of milk. He wins the battle, but He invites you into the moment that matters. We often think, If I only had more skill… more influence… more resources… then God could use me. But Jael reminds us — God doesn't need what you don't have. He uses what you do have. Your “tent peg” might be your job, your words, your generosity, your hospitality, or your willingness to speak truth when it's uncomfortable. You may feel like your role is small, but when you put it in God's hands, it becomes part of His cosmic plan. The question isn't whether God is fighting — He is. The question is whether you're ready to act when the moment comes. ASK THIS: What “tent pegs” has God already placed in your hands? Do you believe your ordinary skills can be part of God's cosmic plan? Why or why not? How does knowing God fights the big battle free you to act in small but significant ways? What's one ordinary act of obedience you can take today that could have eternal impact? DO THIS: Identify one ordinary skill, resource, or opportunity you already have. Offer it to God in prayer and be alert for how He might use it in the days ahead. PRAY THIS: Lord, thank You that You fight the battles I cannot see. Take the simple tools in my hands and use them for Your glory in ways I could never imagine. Amen. PLAY THIS: "Available."

In this episode, Rev. Dr. Heber Brown, founder of the Black Food Security Network, describes how experimenting with one small church garden led to connections with other churches and then with farmers and eventually to a transformed ecosystem—in this case, a food shed. This inspiring refugia story weaves through health justice, food security, and climate resilience. Even more, this story celebrates the power of relationships among thousands of gifted, passionate, faithful people. Many thanks to Heber Brown for graciously welcoming us to a church garden at one of the network churches in Baltimore, where we enjoyed chatting together in the greenhouse. To learn more about Rev. Dr. Heber Brown as a pastor, writer, and speaker, take a look at his website. You can also explore the wider work of the Black Church Food Security Network here.Rev. Dr. Heber BrownTRANSCRIPTHeber Brown Our garden has really become like a front door. It's a demonstration site. You're not going to feed an entire city or community with a church garden, but it becomes an activation space for your congregation members and the neighbors to come and reap the personal and individual benefits of just being closer to soil, but then also to practice what collectivism looks like in a garden space. It's a very controlled environment for a laboratory for, “how do we do this together?” And those learnings can roll over into other places as well.Debra Rienstra Welcome to the Refugia Podcast. I'm your host, Professor Debra Rienstra. Refugia are habitats in nature where life endures in times of crisis. We're exploring the concept of refugia as a metaphor, discovering how people of faith can become people of refugia: nurturing life-giving spaces in the earth, in our human cultural systems, and in our spiritual communities, even in this time of severe disturbance. This season, we're paying special attention to churches and Christian communities who have figured out how to address the climate crisis together as an essential aspect of their discipleship. Today, I'm talking with Rev. Dr. Heber Brown, founder of the Black Food Security Network. Beginning with a small congregation, a 1500-square foot garden, and a divine calling, the Black Food Security Network now connects 250 Black churches and 100 Black farmers in the Mid-Atlantic states and beyond. Reverend Brown's story weaves through issues of health justice, food security and climate resilience. And I love how beautifully this story illustrates the power of refugia. One small experiment started to form connections, then spread and eventually transformed a whole ecosystem—in this case, a food shed. I think you'll find Heber's brilliance and humility and joy inspiring, but he would be the first to say that this network is built on relationships among thousands of gifted, passionate, faithful people. People finding and exercising their beauty and agency is the best part of this story. Let's get to it.Debra Rienstra Heber, it's so great to talk to you today. Thank you so much for spending some time with me.Heber Brown Thank you for the opportunity.Debra Rienstra You've told your origin story about the Black Food Security Network a million times. Will you tell it again for our listeners?Heber Brown Absolutely. So, somewhere about five years in to pastoring a beautiful congregation here in Baltimore City called the Pleasant Hope Baptist Church, I began to notice a pattern of members of our congregation who were being hospitalized, and in response to that, like any well trained pastor will do, we do the things that seminary and other places have taught us: to show up by the bedside, give prayer, give encouragement, don't stay too long, and get to the next member who needs that kind of pastoral care. And so I was doing what my family—which was a family full of pastors—and seminary taught me to do: to go and visit. And during those visits, and while extending that encouragement, those prayers and the like, I also got the opportunity to do deep listening and learn some things about the people in my church, that stuff that doesn't necessarily and normally come out on a Sunday morning during all of the activity of a service. And one of the things that would come up, that started to come up in the confidentiality of those sacred circles, was the ways that diet and food was a part of the picture that was leading to the dis-ease and suffering, physical suffering, of those in the church. And I began to hear that over and over again. So I'm going, I'm praying, I'm giving scripture, I'm listening, shaking hands and moving on, and listening and hearing about food being in the picture. Alright, next visit. I'm going, I'm praying, I'm giving scripture, I'm giving encouragement, I'm listening, shaking hands, move to the next person. Food comes up again. It came up so much that eventually I got tired of just hearing about this challenge and walking away. I got unsettled by listening to people who I love and share life with, share with me their challenges, and as much as I believe and know that prayer is powerful, I wondered if there was ways that I could pray in a different way, pray through action.And so I got the idea—well, God gave vision. Well, no, God didn't give the first vision. The first one was just my idea. And my idea was to partner with the local market that was really right across the main intersection from our church. And I wanted some type of pathway so that food from that market could get to our church, get to our members, and it could improve their quality of life and address the health challenges in our church. But I still remember the day I went over to that market. And when I went to that market, and I looked at the prices of the produce, and then I also took note of the—as the young folks would say—the vibe of the space. It failed the vibe test, and it failed the price tag test. I saw barriers that would prevent, or at least slow this idea around nutrient-rich produce coming from that market right across the main intersection to our church within walking distance. And I got frustrated by that. I was frustrated because what we needed was right within reach. It was right at our fingertips, literally, but those barriers there would have made it very difficult for us to acquire and obtain the food that was there. Over the years, and like you said, I've told this story many times, and it's a living story, and so even my reflections on parts of it illuminates different ways, even at this stage of my journey with this. But I thought about like, what stopped me from talking to the market manager anyway? So I made the decision on that day just to walk out and say, “No, I'm not going to pursue partnership.” As I reflect on it, I interrogate myself, like, “Why didn't you at least have a conversation? Because who knows, something could have come out of the conversation, and maybe they would have given you the food for free or the discounted rate...” et cetera, et cetera. And when I sat with that and I thought about it more, I think there was something within me that didn't want free food. I thought, and I still think to this day, in a different, deeper, more conscious way, more aware way—but back then it was just something within where I thought that free food would have been too expensive. And not in a dollars and cents kind of way. That would have cost us too much with respect to our dignity, our sense of somebody-ness, and I did not want to lead my congregation in kind of genuflecting to the benevolence and charity, sense of charity, of the “haves” of the neighborhood. I did not want to reinforce kind of an inferiority complex that comes with staying in a posture of subservience to what you can recognize to be unjust and racist systems that keep food away from people when I believe that food is a God-given right. Healthy, nutritious food is a God-given right. I didn't want to lead my congregation into that, and I didn't want to reinforce even a sense of superiority, which is an equally devastating and damaging thing to the human soul, to think that these poor Black people are coming across the street to get food, and we are in the position to help those poor, at risk, needy people. Whether inferiority or superiority, both, I believe, are corrosive to the human soul. I did not have the articulation of that then, but I had enough in me that was living in that space that stopped me from leading our congregation into a partnership there. And so I left out, I walked back to the church. While I'm walking back to the church, near the front door of our church, there's a plot of land, and that land I'd walked past a thousand times before that day, but on that day, with divine discontent bubbling up inside of me, that's when God gave a vision. God vetoed my idea, gave a real vision, and that vision was rooted in us growing our own food in the front yard of our congregation. And so I go inside the church and I announce this vision to members of the church, and I remember saying to them, “Hey, y'all. God gave me a vision!” And I saw eyes rolling, like, “Oh, here he goes again.” I was at that time, I was in my early thirties. I started pastoring at 28 years old. And, you know, I came in at 28, I had all the ideas in the world. We was gonna fix everything by the weekend. And this patient congregation gave me room to work out all of that energy around changing everything immediately. So they were used to hearing this kind of stuff from me before, and so the rolling of the eyes when I said, “Hey, y'all, let's start a garden,” was quite expected, but I'm grateful for a remnant of the folks who said, “This one actually might work. Let's stick with him. Let's go with him on this.” And that remnant and I, we got together, we started growing food in the front yard of our church, and long story short, that garden helped to transform the spiritual and the physical material conditions of our congregation. 1500-square feet. We started growing 1200 pounds of produce every season: tomatoes, broccoli, kale, corn, even watermelon some years. It just transformed our ministry and even attracted people to the ministry who were not Christian, who'd never come to the church. Some people flew in from out of town. Like this little congregation of like 125 people with the 1500-square foot garden became, for some people, a destination, like church. And I was like, “What is this? We don't have bells and whistles and smoke machines and everything else. We're just a regular church on the side of the road with a little piece of land. And this garden is becoming a calling card for our ministry.”Debra Rienstra It was such a wild thing to do, and yet—it's just a garden.Heber Brown It's just a garden!Debra Rienstra So, I want to come back to, now, you know, long fifteen years later, you have this network of 250 Black churches and a hundred Black farmers, mostly up and down the East Coast, but all over the US. And we'll get to that exciting development in a bit, but I want to go back to those early days, because we're really interested in how congregations get excited. So could you talk about Maxine Nicholas?Heber Brown Yes, yes. Maxine Nicholas was the president of the sanctuary choir when I first got to Pleasant Hope. And she also was the one who organized a lot of exciting trips for seniors. They went shopping and went to plays. And you know, that was my introduction to her, when I first got to the church. And really, that was the extent, pretty much, of what I knew about her, how she showed up in the ministry. And when I shared this vision from God for us to start a garden, she was one of the members who said, “I'm gonna help.” And it was critical that she...what she did was critical to even us having this conversation today because she had the agricultural and farming know-how. I didn't.Debra Rienstra You didn't know anything!Heber Brown No, I didn't know anything! I was, I mean, born in Baltimore City. Yes, I spent summers down the country. As we say in my family and community, we say, you know, “We're going down the country for the summer.” And so, when school let out, my parents took us down to our relatives' home in rural Virginia, and my big mama, mama Geraldine, we would stay with her. She had land. She grew, you know, all the things. I wasn't paying attention to any of that when I was a young child, but some seeds were planted. But it really wasn't what I was focused on then, so I didn't know much about growing or, you know, agrarian kind of rhythms of being at all. Sister Maxine, though, grew up with multiple brothers and sisters on a farm in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina. She moved to Baltimore from North Carolina around the fifties, joined Pleasant Hope shortly after that, and had really grown with the church over the years. Though she left the farm, the farm never left her. It was still in her. I didn't know it was there. My seminary-trained pastoral eyes were socialized to lock in on the gifts that people had that could be in service to our Sunday service, the production of the corporate worship experience. So if you can sing, I was trained to say, “Hey, I think you should join the choir.” If you could play an instrument, get on the band. Could you stand for two hours or so? The ushers' ministry. But I had some major blind spots about the gifts of God in people that were detached— seemingly detached and devoid—from what corporate worship and liturgy could look like in our space. Sister Maxine stepping forward helped to challenge my blind spots. She's not just a sanctuary choir president. She's not just the planner of trips for the seniors. She was a farmer.Debra Rienstra Isn't that remarkable? I think so many churches are full of such talent and passion, and sort of untilled passion, right? That, as you say, we're so focused on church programs, whatever those might be, for a church, that we often don't realize what people are capable of in the service of the name of Jesus, right? So, now you say, when you go to work with a potential partner church, you look for the Sister Maxine.Heber Brown That's right, she's a profile.Debra Rienstra How do you find the Sister Maxines? Everybody wants them.Heber Brown Yeah. Many times, well, one thing I know for sure, I'll say. Sister Maxine is rarely the pastor. It's not the pastor or anybody with the big highfalutin titles up front on the website, on the camera. It's rare. I'll just say that: it's rare, in my experience, that that's your Sister Maxine. They do play a crucial role in the furthering and establishment of this kind of ministry, “innovation,” innovation in air quotes. But Sister Maxine is, in many times, in my experience, that's the one who is recognized as getting things done in the church. And many times, they're almost allergic to attention. They're the ones who are running from the microphone or the spotlight, but they're the ones who prefer, “I'm in the background.” No, they often say things like that: “No, no, that's not for me. I just want to get stuff done. You know, I don't know what to say.” Oftentimes they talk like that. But everybody in the church knows if it's going to get done, this one's going to do it. Or, you know, maybe it's a group, they're going to get it done. And so that's one of the things that I've just trained myself to look for, like, who really is over—you know, when I shake the hand of a pastor, many times I'm looking over their shoulder. Who is behind you? Because what I know is, “Pastor, and no disrespect, but you're not the one who's gonna be with me in the garden on the land. You'll be getting an introduction to the land most times, just like I will be when I first arrive.” Who's the person who already knows it? And then too, I think you find the Sister Maxine by listening. Hearing Sister Maxine's story, and really listening to the fact that she grew up on a farm in North Carolina. And watching her face light up when she talked about growing up, she talked about her parents, and she's since passed away, but I still remember so many conversations we've had. And she would tell me about how her parents would send all the children out to work the farm before they went to school. And she would chuckle and say, “My daddy sent the boys and the girls out there to work that land,” to kind of challenge notions of this is not a woman or a girl's work. Her parents like, “Nope. Everybody get outside.” And she chuckled and laughed and smiled sharing so many of those kinds of memories. And I think you can find the Sister Maxines oftentimes by doing deep listening. And sometimes it's not a Sister Maxine that's really doing the farming thing, but it might be a Sister Maxine who's into herbalism, or, you know, or who has stories about their elders or parents who could walk in the field and put stuff together and tend to a rash or a wound or a bruise. These things might not show up on a resume, but they're in the lines of the stories of the people who are right under our nose. And so maybe I'll just offer it finally, that maybe it's, you know, you find Sister Maxine by doing deep listening.Debra Rienstra Yeah, yeah. Okay, so now you've got a church garden. And it's transforming the congregation. How? What's changing?Heber Brown Well, one of the things that transformed with the congregation was just like the pride. Members of the church was taking pride in what we were doing. You know, we're not a megachurch in the city. Never have been a megachurch. In fact, our church blended in so much in the background of the neighborhood that when I first got to the church, the trustees—really one of the trustees in particular—was really adamant about us needing to build a steeple on top of our building, because the steeple would then indicate to the community that this is a church. And thank God we never got a steeple, but we didn't need it. The garden became the steeple, and the members started taking pictures of the produce they were receiving from the church garden and posting it on their Facebook page, and putting it, you know, sharing it with their families. They began sharing recipes in the congregation related to what we were growing in our garden, and I saw people start coming to our church for worship and programming that were coming because we had a garden.Debra Rienstra Lured by the cabbages.Heber Brown That's it! Not these sermons I worked so hard to put together.Debra RienstraNope. It was the cabbages.Heber Brown I'm trying to say, “You know, this word in the Greek means...” and all this stuff. And I'm trying to, “Hey, y'all, I have a degree!” And I'm trying to show you I have a degree. Like, “no, we're here for cabbage.”Debra Rienstra You just need carrots. So, from there, we become this big network, and there's a lot going on between those steps. So you've got the garden. You start having markets after services on Sunday. What happens next to begin creating this gigantic network?Heber Brown Yeah, so this network, I mean, this activity with our garden continues to grow and mature. We're testing. We develop an appetite for experimentation and a curiosity, and nurturing kind of a congregational curiosity about what could happen, like, what if? What if, what if? And in that kind of context, my “what ifs” also grew to: “What if other churches could do this too?” And what if we could work together to systematize our efforts? And so I was very clear that I was not interested in a scaling of this experience in such a way that would create additional siloed congregational ministries. Like, that's not going to fix and help us get to the root of why we are hungry or sick in the first place. If we're going to, you know, really get at the root of, or some of the root, of the challenges, we have to create an ecosystem. We have to have churches who do it, but also work with other churches who are doing it. And we compliment—like a choir. You got your sopranos, your altos, your tenors, and you got some churches that will do this part well, other churches will do that part well, but if you sing together, you can create beautiful music together. And so that idea started rolling around in my head, and I started talking to farmers and public health professionals here in the city, and other folks, food justice folks in the city, and just kind of getting their reactions to this idea. I had never seen or heard of anything like that before at that time. And so I was just trying to get a read from others who I respected, to kind of give some insight. And in the course of that, this city, Baltimore, experienced an uprising related to the death of Freddie Gray.Debra Rienstra Yeah, this is so interesting, how this became a catalyst. Describe that.Heber Brown It kicked at the uprising and the death of Freddie Gray at the hands of Baltimore City police officers. And for those who are not familiar, Baltimore City, like many communities around this country, sadly, had experienced a long line of Black people who've been killed by Baltimore City police officers with no consequences to those officers or to government officials who supported them. So Freddie Gray in 2015 was the latest name in a long list of names and generations of Black families who've endured the brutality and the horror of those kinds of experiences. When the city goes up in demonstrations and protests against police brutality against Black people in Baltimore, one of the things that happened was those communities nearest the epicenter of the demonstrations and protests that were already what we call “food apartheid zones” and struggling with food access and food security, those neighborhoods...things intensified because the corner stores that they were dependent on also closed during that time. Public transportation did not send buses through the neighborhood, so they were stranded there. Even the public school system closed for a few days, and 80,000 students in Baltimore City, many of them who were dependent on free breakfast and free lunch from school, had to figure out something else. So with all of that support not there anymore, members of the community started to call our church, because by 2015 we were known kind of like as the “food and garden” church. They got food. It was our calling card. So they called the church office. They said, “Hey, Reverend Brown, Pastor Brown, we need food.” I called our garden team. We harvested from our garden. We called farmers that we knew. Other people just made donation to us. We transformed our church into like this food depot. We started processing donations, harvesting, loaded it up on our church van, and I was driving our church van around the city of Baltimore in the midst of the uprising, getting food to people and into the communities that called us to come.Debra Rienstra Wow, you've done a lot of driving vans around, it seems like. We'll get back to that. But it's just so fascinating that that moment catalyzed, it sounds like, an awareness of food insecurity that made it really real for people who are maybe aware of it, but now it's reached a sort of acute moment. And I love the way that you talked in an interview with Reverend Jen Bailey about how Black churches are already a network. And so that moment, it sounds like, activated that network. And in fact, the way that you talked about the legacy of Black churches having a spiritual vocation connected to social change for a long time, and so many people used to doing things with hardly any obvious resources, like not money or power, and depending on God to make a way out of no way. And it sounds like you just leveraged all of those incredible assets born of years of struggle and said, “We can do this. We can move from being consumers at the whim of systems like this to producers that create food security.” So how did you, you know, sort of leverage those assets and help people understand that they had them?Heber Brown Yeah, I think that what was helpful to me early on was to almost look at the church like, assume the posture of a social scientist. And to almost go up on the balcony of the church and look down on it. Like, just back up and try as best as possible to clean your lenses so you can just look at it. What does it do? What does it care about? What does it prioritize? Like, just really take notes. And that's a part of what I was drawn to do early on, was just: what does Pleasant Hope— and not just Pleasant Hope Baptist Church, but all the churches that we're in relationship with, and all the churches that I knew, being a preacher's kid, my dad still pastors in this city. And so I've grown up in the church, the Black churches of Baltimore and beyond, and so just stepping back and watching to see what it does gave me some curiosities, some clues, some tips and hints, like: wow, if it already does that, then if I can just run downfield a little bit and get in the path of where I know it's about to come, then potentially it could make what it's going to do anyway even more impactful. So an example is: pastors' anniversary or church anniversary services always have food in the picture. You're going to eat. And you don't have to be a Black—that's any church. You're going to eat throughout the year. It's a part of the practice of the faith. If you can run downfield and get in front of where you know the congregation is about to come—because church anniversary is the same Sunday every single year. And you can reverse-engineer like, at what point will the church need to buy food? At what point do they need to decide where they get the food from? At what point is the budget decided for the following year so they see how much money they're going to spend on food. If you can get in and kind of almost double dutch into those critical moments, like jump rope, and be like, “If I make this suggestion at this particular moment, then it's going to introduce something into the conversation with the trustees that might increase the amount of money spent on food that we then could use to connect with this particular farmer, which we then can use to connect with the kitchen ministry, who they can then use to create the menu for the meal.” And before you know it, you have a plate with local food right in front of everybody's faces at the church.Debra Rienstra You have said that after the pulpit, the second holiest place in the building is the kitchen.Heber Brown It really...honest to God, is the second, and it's a close second too, because everybody can't walk into that kitchen. And if you can strategize and think about how to leverage the stuff, the assets, but also your knowledge of how this entity operates, it could really be transformative.Here we are, chatting at the greenhouse. Debra RienstraHi, it's me, Debra. If you are enjoying this podcast episode, go ahead and subscribe on your preferred podcast platform. If you have a minute, leave a review. Good reviews help more listeners discover this podcast. To keep up with all the Refugia news, I invite you to subscribe to the Refugia newsletter on Substack. This is my fortnightly newsletter for people of faith who care about the climate crisis and want to go deeper. Every two weeks, I feature climate news, deeper dives, refugia sightings and much more. Join our community at refugianewsletter.substack.com. For even more goodies, including transcripts and show notes for this podcast, check out my website at debrarienstra.com. D-E-B-R-A-R-I-E-N-S-T-R-A dot com. Thanks so much for listening. We're glad you're part of this community. And now back to the interview.Debra Rienstra You've really asked people to go back in the system to origins, like the origins of the soil, and think about the provenance of everything they eat—in the church, but also at home and and say, “Well, why can't we help Black farmers find markets for their food by creating this whole network?” Talk a little bit about what the network actually looks like. So you've got farmers, they create produce, and then you go with a truck, and sounds like it's all you! You go with a truck, bring their stuff to a church. So explain how that all works now in the larger network.Heber Brown Yeah, so now, after getting our official start ten years ago, so I started 15 years ago on this journey. The network itself, this is the tenth year. 2025 is our ten year anniversary. And now what our network looks like is helping member churches to start gardens on land that they own. We are very clear about starting on garden-owned—sorry, on church-owned land, just because in this kind of context, gentrification, eminent domain, that's real. You got Black communities who don't know if their land or property will be taken because a highway needs to be built here. And we don't, we've not tapped into, or don't have the sense of agency, collective agency, yet to push back against those kinds of things. And so church-owned land really is important because it creates some political buffers against systems that would be hesitant to snatch church land. Just politically, it's not a good idea. So knowing that about the political environment, that they don't want to mess with—they want votes from congregations. They don't want to, you know—congregations coming after them is like, “Oh, okay, well, let's grow food on the land that is less likely to be taken by politicians or developers.” And so we help churches to start gardens or agricultural projects. It might be composting, it might be rain barrels. It might be, you know, different types of things to either establish it or to expand it. And our gardens really become like a front door. It's a demonstration site. You're not going to feed an entire city or community with a church garden, but it becomes an activation space for your congregation members and the neighbors to come and reap the personal, individual benefits of just being closer to soil, but then also to practice what collectivism looks like in a garden space. It's a very controlled environment for a laboratory, for, “How do we do this together?” And those learners can roll over into other places as well.Heber Brown So gardens is one thing. Markets, Black farmers markets. We do them at churches. We like to do it on Sundays right after worship, when people are hungry anyway. We like putting those farmers right there before people get to their car. We want to make it feel like a family reunion, a cookout in your backyard, a holiday gathering. There's a DJ, we're line dancing, there's prepared food, and there's produce, games for the children. So kind of an event experience. It's really fun. It's an experience, you know? And that's what we really try to do with that program. It's not just transactional, “Here is your squash.” It's: let's give people a nourishing experience that even goes beyond the food that the farmers are bringing. And then we do Black farm tours, where we're driving people around to kind of literally get your feet on soil. And it's become an increasing request of groups and churches that many times they don't even know there are farmers right under their nose, like right around the corner. We're so disconnected from our local food environments. So Black farm tours are helpful. And then what you reference, with respect to driving food around—it's almost like, I've called it the BCSA program. It's kind of a play off of “CSA: Community Supported Agriculture,” like the subscription box program. Black Church Supported Agriculture looks like us helping farmers with the logistics of getting bulk items from their farm to congregations. And yes, over these past ten years, I have done a lot of the driving of refrigerated trucks and box trucks. It's been my joy, though, to do that. It's been a sanctuary for me, even while pastoring. I mean, so I'm preaching on Sunday, and then I'm delivering sweet potatoes on Monday, and like, behind the wheel of a big box truck. I love that kind of stuff, just because it helps me be feel free to explore my call beyond just more conventional, classic understandings of what it means to be a clergy person. So it's been great for me to experience that, but ten years in, it is increasingly important that I get from behind the wheel and pass the keys to somebody else, so that we might really systematize it, because if it stays with me, this network won't go far at all.Debra Rienstra Yeah. Okay, so I want to read a quote from you, and then I want to ask a question about that very thing. So you put it before that your vision is to move people from being—and this is my summary—your vision is to move people from being disadvantaged consumers to confident producers, and that means, and here's your quote, “co-creating alternative micro food systems, not just because of the racism and the oppression in the current food system, but also because of the impending challenges around climate change, the growing concerns around geopolitics, and, at the time you said this, Covid-19, which showed us how fragile our current food system is.” So the Black Food Security Network is wrapped up in health justice, food security, climate resilience. Do you have ways of communicating all of that to people? Are the folks who are buying the carrots and the kale aware of all that? And if so, how are they aware of all that?Heber Brown Yeah, many. I mean, this food is a very political thing, and so it sets a good table for conversations around all of that and so much more that you just lifted up. And so there are many one-on-one conversations or small group conversations or online, you know, conversations that happen where people do recognize the implications of what we're doing. Yeah, that goes far beyond your next meal. And so that is helpful. I am definitely interested, though, in how we do more in the way of communicating that. I would love to see, for example, Sunday school curricula created that kind of takes—again, if I'm looking at how churches operate today, Christian education programs are one of the things that have been on the church budget and in the air of the programming of the church for a very long time, and I suspect it's going to stay there. How do we inject it with Sunday school curriculum that fits? So climate change, racism, social justice, food justice. How do we have Sunday school curriculum, vacation Bible school and summer camp experiences that speak to that? How might we reimagine our Sunday live streams? Is anybody really watching the full one hour of your live stream on Sunday? Could it be that we could produce programming that perhaps pops in on a piece of the sermon, but then pops out to another segment that touches on these different things, so that people really have a dynamic experience watching? Maybe there's one stream of the Sunday service that stays just on the whole service, but maybe there's an alternative link for those who may be closer to the outer edges or different edges of the ministry, who's really not interested in hearing the church announcements and when the tea is gonna be and when the that...Maybe, if we thought about how to create material, curriculum, streamed experiences that are a little bit more dynamic, it would also create a runway for the sharing of those. And last thing I'll say is: what about our small group and discipleship programs at our churches? And so many congregations have book clubs and small group studies that have done wonderful things over the years. I wonder if there could be, in addition to those kinds of groups, where there's an action component. So we don't read just for the sake of reading. We read to reflect. We read to be activated to go do, and then we come back and reflect, and then we read the next thing, and then we go do, and then come back—a praxis. Could our small group and discipleship programs embrace a different kind of praxis, or for how they are experimenting with the practice of this faith in this day and time?Debra Rienstra “Okay, let's pause and go out to weed a little bit.” There you go. So one of the things I love about your story is the way you began with this—we could call it a “low-resource refugia space,” one congregation. And I'm curious how things feel different now. So ideally, refugia in nature persist and grow, connect and spread through corridors, and eventually you have this renewed ecosystem. So the Black Food Security Network is essentially a successful refugia network. You've created an ecosystem. What feels different now for you and for the whole network? You've been at this a long time.Heber Brown What feels different now? So I was thinking this week about the rhythm of nature, and in my personal embrace of this vocation, I try to mirror and mimic nature in a number of ways. And so like during winter, you won't hear me a lot. I'm doing what nature does, and the energy is in the roots and not in the fruit. And I don't take a lot of interviews. I don't travel a lot. I get real still and real quiet. And during the spring, I start poking my head out a little bit more. During the summer, it's go time. During the fall, it's harvest time. So I look at that personally, but now I'm also beginning to look at that organizationally, and with respect to this network. And I'm saying, I'm intentionally saying “organization” and “network” separate. With respect to the organization, I am clearer today, as we go through the life cycles of what nature does, that I now have the opportunity, and the responsibility even, to till the soil again in the organization. And a part of that tilling of the soil, turning the soil over, means me renegotiating my position in the organization. That out of necessity, I leaned into a role that, for the past decade, I've been organizing and bringing things together, but I recognize, and I always have, my highest and best use is really not in the management of the day to day operations of a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. My skills are not as sharp in all of the ways that would continue to cultivate that kind of consistency and efficiencies in an organization. And so currently, I am working as hard as I can and as fast as I can to get out of positions that I've been holding, particularly with the executive director. This is not going to be overnight, but I'm articulating it and saying it out loud to help remind myself, remind my team, and also make it more real. I'm speaking it into—I'm manifesting it through my words that if the organization is to continue to grow and flourish. I can't stay in this role.Debra Rienstra Okay, you want to go back to the soil.Heber Brown Right here. For those who are listening, we're sitting at one of our member gardens, and this is where I belong. I still, I will obviously still have a role with the organization. I'm not leaving. But maybe there's a different configuration. Maybe I become more of a John the Baptist. I'm just going out, and I go out and I'm preaching in the wilderness about, and painting the picture, about the necessity of this stuff. And then after that, after I paint the picture, get folks excited, show them that it's real, help them in the early stages—I love talking about the early stages and my failures and all that kind of stuff. And then pass the baton. Once these congregations are activated and energized and ready, at some point very soon, passing the baton to those in the organization who will continue to work with them to mentor them and grow them. And then with the network as a whole, you know, going around and being like a people pollinator—that's what I really feel called to. I want to grow food, and I want to go around and people-pollinate. I want to introduce people. I want to connect folks. I think that's part of my highest use in the network, which will demand a renegotiation of how I show up in the organization.Debra Rienstra Yeah, yeah, because you've talked all along about how important relationships are in making this. It's always person to person, always about relationships. Yeah. So is the network right now fundamentally built on congregations, still? Like it's a network of congregations plus farmers.Heber Brown It's a network of congregations and it's a network of relationships with farmers. We really, over the years, one of the developments that we had over the past maybe year and a half or so, was that really the sweet spot of what we do well is work with Black congregations. That's what we do well. Black farmers, because of a century of discrimination and so many other systemic injustices against them—they need a high level of advocacy, technical assistance, support, financing, et cetera. And we really came to a place about a year and a half ago where we realized...before that point we were trying to help the churches and the farmers. I was like, no, it's enough getting a church to change one small thing, seemingly small thing. How are you going to do churches and farmers? And so a clarity around—what is the sweet spot of what we do well, and where's the thing that others are not doing as much? There are a lot of organizations now, thankfully, that give a lot of support to farmers in general and Black farmers in particular. We don't need to try to be the experts there. We can just be again in a relationship with those organizations that do that with the farmers, and just make sure that we're dancing well together in how, “If y'all help the farmers and we help the churches, now we bring together what our advocacy, organizing and programming can look like.” And so right now, it's congregations, and we're trying to increase our ability to serve our congregations well.Debra Rienstra Yeah, so that's refugia-like, too, in the sense that refugia are very particular to a species in a place, and when they spread and grow through corridors, the biodiversity increases. So you know, you're building, as you say, this ecosystem, and it naturally, you would have biodiversity increase, but there's still going to be specialized pockets. Okay, lightning round. and then a final question. Lightning round, what's your favorite veg?Heber BrownFirst thing that came up...oh man, that's a lot. Nevermind. I'm gonna go with kale. Stay with my kale.Debra RienstraKale! Okay. I'd have to say carrots for me, because they're so versatile. And they last a long time.Heber Brown I've had carrot hot dogs. I'm vegetarian, and so I've had carrot hot dogs. They are really good.Debra Rienstra Okay, so I wanted to ask you about being a vegetarian, because this is essentially the South, right? It is so meat centric. I'm vegetarian too. It is hard to find something to eat. How do you do that?Heber Brown Yes, yes.Debra RienstraWhat do you do about like, pork barbecue?Heber BrownYeah. So a lot of things—social functions and fellowships—I know I have to eat beforehand or bring my own food. And so that's what I do to kind of get through. It's like, I'm not going for the plate, I'm going for the people.Debra Rienstra Macaroni and cheese works.Heber Brown Mac and cheese still works a lot. So the sides—all the sides, I'm good on the sides.Debra Rienstra Yeah, me too. Most impressive farm skill?Heber Brown Attracting labor to help.Debra Rienstra That's a huge skill!Heber Brown Huge, huge huge. I'm still learning. I went to beginner farm school, and I'm still learning the farm stuff, and I'm excited about it, but I'm grateful that God has gifted me to get folks to show up to him.Debra Rienstra Unappreciated farm skill. Okay. Elderberry syrup for communion. Talk about that.Heber Brown When we all get to heaven, I think Jesus will be serving elderberry syrup. It's like, no, I'm playing. Yeah, that was one of those experimentations.Debra Rienstra Did it work?Heber Brown It worked! And then the next week, Covid hit and shut down. So we were just beginning. I partnered with an herbalist who was gonna—and she also was a baker, so she was gonna be doing fresh bread and elderberry syrup every communion Sunday. The day we did this, she was in the church kitchen, baking the bread, and the smell of bread is just going through the congregation. And I knew she had the elderberry syrup in this big, beautiful container. And so it was such a beautiful moment. And I was so jazzed about...I was jazzed about that, not only because the bread was good and like children were coming back for seconds for communion bread, but also because I felt like with the elderberry syrup and the bread, that it was in deeper alignment with our ethics and what we preached.Debra Rienstra It's better sacramentalism. Because, you know, as you've been saying all along, it's not consuming an element of unknown provenance. It's producing. It's the fruit of human labor, right? It's the work of God, the gift of the earth, and the fruit of human labor. And it's labor you've had your actual hands on. So it's a lot to ask for churches to do this, but it's, you know, one of these small experiments with radical intent that could be really, really cool.Heber Brown And I think in a time when congregations, well, I'm thinking about trustee ministries, those who are over financial resources of the church, right? So one of the ways that it worked at my church was, I was like, “Listen, I noticed in our financial reports here that we're spending X amount on buying these boxes of these pre-made communion cups. What if we could take some of the money we're already spending and divert it to an herbalist who could grow, who could make us the syrup that we need, and what if we can do it that way?” And so I had to speak to that particular ministry, not from the perspective of like the earth and the soil, but in a language that I thought that they could better appreciate was dollars and cents.Debra Rienstra Yeah, keeping those dollars local. Oh my gosh. Okay. Final question: what is your vision for the Church, capital C, in the next 50 years?Heber Brown That we'd be baptized back into the soil. That Scripture speaks about the ways in which we are brought from the soil, and God breathed into Adam, the breath of life. And I think there's more of the breath of life now back in the soil, if we would but release ourselves into the compost of what is happening socially now that we would be in a position where new life, resurrection, would be experienced in a different kind of way through our ministry.Debra Rienstra Heber, thank you so much. This was such a pleasure. Thank you for your time today. Thank you.Debra Rienstra Thanks for joining us for show notes and full transcripts, please visit debrarienstra.com and click on the Refugia Podcast tab. This season of the Refugia Podcast is produced with generous funding from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship. Colin Hoogerwerf is our awesome audio producer. Thanks to Ron Rienstra for content consultation as well as technical and travel support. Till next time, be well. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit refugianewsletter.substack.com

Welcome to The Daily, where we study the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every day. Support our mission to teach every verse of the Bible. Read more here: Project23 Our text today is Judges 4:21-22: But Jael the wife of Heber took a tent peg, and took a hammer in her hand. Then she went softly to him and drove the peg into his temple until it went down into the ground while he was lying fast asleep from weariness. So he died. And behold, as Barak was pursuing Sisera, Jael went out to meet him and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man whom you are seeking.” So he went in to her tent, and there lay Sisera dead, with the tent peg in his temple. — Judges 4:21-22 What could God do with your ordinary tools if you had the courage to act? This is it—the moment Deborah had prophesied. Sisera, exhausted and convinced he was safe, falls asleep in Jael's tent. And Jael, an ordinary woman with no training in battle, picks up a tent peg and a hammer—the tools of her daily life—and strikes down the mighty commander of Canaan's army. When Barak finally arrives, Jael doesn't just point him to Sisera—she shows him the lifeless body. The prophecy is fulfilled. The honor goes not to Barak, but to an unlikely woman whose courage and obedience changed the course of history. Jael's story is a reminder: God uses unlikely people with ordinary tools to accomplish extraordinary victories. She didn't have a sword. She wasn't wearing armor. She used what she had, where she was, with bold faith. You may feel like you don't have much to offer—just a “tent peg” and a “hammer” in your daily life. But in God's hands, that's enough. Don't underestimate the impact of your simple obedience. The world doesn't need you to be the most powerful man in the room. It needs you to be the most willing. When others hesitated, Jael acted. And because she did, God's Word was fulfilled. ASK THIS: What ordinary “tent peg” has God put in my hand to use for His glory? Do I believe God can use me—even if I feel unqualified or overlooked? How might hesitation keep me from stepping into the role God is calling me to? What step of bold faith can I take today with the tools I already have? DO THIS: Take one “ordinary tool” in your life today—your time, a skill, a relationship—and use it intentionally for God's purposes. PRAY THIS: Lord, thank You for using unlikely people like Jael. Give me courage to act with what You've placed in my hands, trusting You for the outcome. Amen. PLAY THIS: "God of the Impossible."

Bedell resigns from Recycle Utah general manager post, Park City to begin installing driving range net in October, Teighlor Kodel from the Utah Department of Health and Human Services shares tips for reacting to and processing traumatic events, Basin Rec looks at tax increase for ongoing costs and new positions, Wasatch County updates emergency response plan, the Friday Film Review of "Sorry, Baby," Heber warns residents about door-to-door water testing scam, Utah State University Extension Professor Katie Wagner shares want to know about what fall colors we will see this year, Kenworthy withdraws from Park City Council race and New Rabbi Jeff Dreifus joins the show to discuss his new position at Temple Har Shalom.

Welcome to The Daily, where we study the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every day. Support our mission to teach every verse of the Bible. Read more here: Project23 Our text today is Judges 4:17-20: But Sisera fled away on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite. And Jael came out to meet Sisera and said to him, “Turn aside, my lord; turn aside to me; do not be afraid.” So he turned aside to her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug. And he said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened a skin of milk and gave him a drink and covered him. And he said to her, “Stand at the opening of the tent, and if any man comes and asks you, ‘Is anyone here?' say, ‘No.'” — Judges 4:17-20 What if the person God chooses to win the battle is the one nobody expected? Sisera, the mighty commander who once terrorized Israel, is now running on foot like a fugitive. Desperate for safety, he stumbles into the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite. On the surface, Jael looked like the last person God would use. She wasn't a warrior. She wasn't even an Israelite. In fact, her family had a peace treaty with Sisera's king. If anything, Sisera should have felt safe there. But Jael was also a Kenite, a distant relative of Moses. But God had already spoken through Deborah: the honor of Sisera's downfall would go to a woman. And here she was—an unlikely woman, in an ordinary tent, about to play an extraordinary role in God's plan. Sisera thought he found refuge. Instead, he walked straight into the hands of the one God chose to fulfill His prophecy. Jael's story is living proof that God uses unlikely people. She didn't have a sword, an army, or a reputation as a leader. She had a tent and the courage to act. And God used her to change the course of Israel's history. Don't ever think God can't use you because you're not the most skilled, the loudest, or the obvious choice. He delights in flipping expectations and proving His power through ordinary lives. The question isn't are you qualified? but are you willing? Deborah's prophecy reminds us: when God speaks, His word will come to pass. And Jael's story reminds us: He often chooses the most unlikely person in the room to bring it about. ASK THIS: Where in my life do I doubt God could use me because I feel too ordinary? Who around me might God want to use—even if they seem unlikely? What “tent peg” (ordinary tool) has God placed in my hand to serve Him? Am I willing to say yes when God calls, even if I feel unprepared? DO THIS: Identify one “ordinary tool” in your life—time, skill, relationship—and pray for God to use it in an extraordinary way this week. PRAY THIS: Lord, thank You for choosing unlikely people like Jael. Use me, with whatever I have, to be part of Your plan today. Amen. PLAY THIS: "Available."

#308 | Desentulhando Poços | Pr.Heber Teo

#307 | Entrando na Terra Prometida | Pr.Heber Teo

====================================================SUSCRIBETEhattps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNpffyr-7_zP1x1lS89ByaQ?sub_confirmation=1====================================================DEVOCIÓN MATUTINA PARA ADOLESCENTES 2025“HABLEMOS CLARO”Narrado por: Mone MuñozDesde: Buenos Aires, ArgentinaUna cortesía de DR'Ministries y Canaan Seventh-Day Adventist Church===================|| www.drministries.org ||===================07 de SeptiembreDefensora valerosa"¡Sea Jael, esposa de Héber el quenita, la más bendita entre las mujeres, la más bendita entre las mujeres que habitan en tiendas de campaña!" (Jueces 5:24).En el contexto de la época de los Jueces en Israel, surgió una figura valerosa llamada Jael. Su historia se entrelaza con una etapa tumultuosa en la historia del pueblo de Dios. Exploremos por un momento el papel crucial que desempeñó en un momento de tribulación.Jael vivió en una época de transición y desafíos para el pueblo de Israel. Este fue un período marcado por la falta de liderazgo centralizado, donde Dios levantaba jueces para guiar a su pueblo en momentos de necesidad. Los desafíos históricos pueden influir en la formación de héroes inesperados.La historia de Jael se despliega en el contexto de una alianza inusual entre su esposo, Heber, y el enemigo de Israel, Sísara. En un giro inesperado, Jael se convierte en una pieza clave en este complicado tablero político. Las circunstancias históricas pueden abrir puertas para acciones heroicas.Cuando Sísara buscó refugio en la tienda de Jael, ella aprovechó la oportunidad para actuar con valentía. Su determinación y audacia la llevaron a un acto que cambiaría el curso de la historia de Israel. La valentía individual puede marcar la diferencia en momentos críticos.El versículo clave nos presenta una bendición sobre Jael, donde se reconoce su valentía y se destaca su singular posición entre las mujeres de la época. Las acciones valerosas pueden llevar a un legado duradero.Oración: Dios de la historia y el propósito: gracias por el testimonio valeroso de Jael en medio de tiempos desafiantes.

DOPEYCON TIX HERE: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thedopeyfoundation/1765668This Week on Dopey! Getting ready for DopeyCon - who is coming? This week on the show we have a voicemail from Matt WC on shooting coke - a riveting kratom email - and then we pay a house call to Tzvi Heber in Los Angeles - of Ascendent Recovery and he shares a not usual Dopey Recovery story starting out deep within the orthodox Jewish community. We cover - Jewish identity, loss, resentment, addiction, recovery, community, basketball, opiates, personal growth, spirituality, addiction, recovery, detox, OxyContin, fentanyl, family, spirituality, gambling, community, self-esteem and how Tzvi got better! Plus gambling kicking and much more on a brand new episode of that good old Dopey show!Join Patreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast

#306 | Dê Vida à Palavra Profética | Pr.Heber Teo

Leve, engraçado, mas profundamente reflexivo, este Debate 93 fala sobre confusões em família. Ouça e compartilhe!

#305 | Imergidos na Presença | Pr.Heber Teo

Francis code changes ban future hotels and limit short-term rentals, new townhome proposals head to Heber planning commission, Ember Conley previews the Park City Performing Arts Foundation Main Stage schedule, Wasatch Back municipalities to certify primary election results, residents asked to name High Valley's bus rapid transit system, Lauren Lockey with Sage Mountain shares details about the organization and their upcoming annual fundraiser, Heber Valley temple construction begins in Wasatch County, intergenerational Sages & Seekers returns to Wasatch County Library, Historic Echo Church board member Sandra Morrison and Brian Craig provide details on the next lecture this Saturday and Summit County Council delays repeal of original Dakota Pacific approval.

Man in custody after SWAT standoff near Trailside Park, Summit County creates new agricultural tourism permitting process, Miners fall hard as Wasps and Wildcats notch first wins, Heber leaders discuss latest iteration of downtown rezone plans, Wasatch Immigration Project featured speaker Ketzel Morales previews her presentation on how to be an "undocu-ally," Parkite shares his journey from U.S. Ski Team to singer-songwriter, Park City Chamber Bureau CEO Jennifer Wesselhoff provides a monthly update on tourism trends, an 11-acre fire near Echo is contained after weekend lightning and Park City Manager Matt Dias and Deputy City Manager Heather Sneddon preview this week's city council meeting.

Back Alley Bash to mark start of KPCW summer pledge drive, Summit County disbands Basin open space board, for now, Gov. Cox says Utah would welcome another X Games, former Summit County planning commissioner joins state liquor board, Art on the Trails brings performers and painters to McLeod Creek trail, Beulah Fire update with fire spokesperson Erin Hanczyk, Heber leaders discuss latest iteration of downtown rezone plans, Park City Municipal golf director Vaughn Robinson discusses the end of the season and reactions to higher prices, Summit County Council delays repeal of original Dakota Pacific approval and Park City native Bryon Friedman talks about life as a US Ski Team member-turned full-time touring musician and Sarah Ervin previews the Back Alley Bash and upcoming KPCW Pledge Drive.

#304 | Ambientes de Fé | Pr. Heber Teo

#302 | Paternidade | Pr. Heber Teo

Council prepares to vote on central Heber zoning changes, Wasatch County Manager Dustin Grabau discusses topics from the county council meeting, Utah Chapter of Alzheimer's Association shares details on this year's Walk to End Alzheimer's and Recycle Utah Education Director Mary Closser and Community Outreach Manager Chelsea Hafer share the latest on programs happening at the recycle center.

Teologia da Reforma - Estudo Bíblico - Heber Campos Jr.

Teologia da Reforma - Estudo Bíblico - Heber Campos Jr.

Teologia da Reforma - Estudo Bíblico - Heber Campos Jr.

Teologia da Reforma - Estudo Bíblico - Heber Campos Jr.

Judges 4 tells the powerful story of how God delivered Israel from the oppressive rule of King Jabin of Canaan through unexpected leaders. After the death of Ehud, the Israelites once again turned away from God, and the Lord allowed them to be oppressed for 20 years by Jabin, whose commander Sisera had 900 iron chariots. God raised up Deborah, a prophetess and judge over Israel, to guide the people. She summoned Barak and delivered God's command: gather 10,000 men to fight Sisera's army at Mount Tabor, and the Lord would give them victory. Barak agreed, but only if Deborah went with him — and she agreed, prophesying that the honor of killing Sisera would go to a woman. The Lord threw Sisera's forces into confusion, and Barak's army defeated them completely. Sisera fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite. She welcomed him, gave him milk, and let him rest — then, while he slept, she drove a tent peg through his head, killing him. Through Deborah's leadership, Barak's obedience, and Jael's courage, God gave Israel victory over Jabin's army, beginning the nation's liberation from oppression. Themes: •God can use anyone — man or woman — to fulfill His purposes. •Obedience brings victory, even against overwhelming odds. •Deliverance often comes in unexpected ways. #Judges4 #DeborahAndBarak #BibleStudy #WomenOfTheBible #Jael #FaithAndCourage #BibleStories #ScriptureReading #GodsVictory #FaithInAction #OldTestament #BibleTruth #SendMeRadio #ChristianFaith #BiblicalInspirationBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sendme-radio--732966/support.

Teologia Da Reforma - Estudo Bíblico

Teologia Da Reforma - Estudo Bíblico - Heber Campos Jr.

Toly, Zegarra lead Park City Council primary race, preliminary results show eastern Summit County primary leaders, Franco, Phillips lead 2025 Heber mayoral primary race, Intermountain Ski Hall of Fame Inductee Steven Nyman and Museum Manager Maddie Nunez share details on this year's Intermountain Ski Hall of Fame induction ceremony, Park City Manager Matt Dias previews this week's city council meeting and Heber Valley Chamber Public Relations Manager Jessica Turner provides updates on upcoming events.

We talk Heber 25 after our trip to Utah as well as some local stuff around here like Palmyra and Mt Sterling so you get national and local this week. Hope you enjoy the listen

Prospector Park meeting to focus on future of state Route 248, Park City couple share turbulent Delta flight experience, Wasatch County Manager Dustin Grabau has a preview of this week's county council meeting, Heber poised to add safety bonus for city employees, Utah Outliers Game Operations Manager and Housing Coordinator Bill McCloud on Park City's newest hockey team and CEO Summit Lands Conservancy Cheryl Fox discusses open space issues.

The Bank of Utah's Where's the Wallet Cash Quest for 2025 has officially begun — and so have the bad solves from Christian.Where's The Wallet Cash Quest: https://www.bankofutah.com/bou-questerclues.In this first episode of Cache Me Outside: Where's the Wallet Edition, the guys dissect Clue 1 of the Bank of Utah's $20,000 treasure hunt. From food festivals and fake charities to mountains, monuments, and massive canyons, they brainstorm possible locations, debate whether giants are mountains or mascots, and suggest some—likely false—meanings of "feast."Along the way, you'll get: • An unnecessarily serious whiteboard segment • A pitch to sleep on Black Desert Resort's couch • A deep dive into Utah's fruit festivals • A masterclass on chiasmus you didn't ask forIf you're hunting for cash, clues, or just a group of dudes taking treasure hunting way too seriously — you're in the right spot.New episodes drop weekly as new clues are released.Chapters:0:00 – Intro & Welcome to Where's the Wallet Edition1:00 – Why We're Obsessed with Treasure Hunts (and Bathtubs)2:28 – How This Hunt Differs From the Utah Treasure Hunt4:00 – Structure of the Clues & Why It's More Digestible5:30 – What's Actually In the Wallet? (Speculation Begins)7:20 – The Side Quests and Piggy Bank Prizes Explained9:15 – Dreaming of Black Desert Resort10:45 – We're Going After the Piggy Banks, Hard12:05 – Clue 1 Breakdown Begins: Feast, Giants, and Grit13:15 – Brainstorming the Meaning of ‘Feast' and Flavor14:35 – What Are the Giants That Bookend a City?17:00 – Massive Brainstorm: Mountains, Statues, Skyscrapers, Smoke Stacks20:00 – Venn Diagram of Solves (Food + Grid + Giants)22:15 – Strawberry Days in Pleasant Grove? Strong Candidate24:15 – Heber's Giant Grids and Swiss Food Cred26:05 – Holiday, Titans, and Gobbler's Knob…?28:00 – More Wild Ideas: Thanksgiving Point, Lehi, Smoke Stacks, Emus30:00 – Listener Callout: Send Us Your Solve Ideas31:05 – Why This Clue Format Might Be Better Than Utah Treasure Hunt32:25 – When Clues Drop & Podcast Release Cadence33:10 – If One of Us Wins, Can All Three Sleep Over?34:10 – Final Thoughts & Wrap-Up34:45 – Let's Make it Rain – See You Next Week#podcast #utah #treasure #trails

Happy 801 Day, Salt Lake! Host Ali Vallarta, executive producer Emily Means, and Salt Lake Tribune reporter Andy Larsen count down their favorite things about our city. Plus, Heber residents push back against a new church, a cute new avalanche pup, and gourmet fast casual.  Resources and references: Residents to appeal Heber Valley temple decision to Utah Supreme Court [KPCW] Updated guidance on banned books in Utah schools: you own it, you can bring it [KUER] Join us for 801 Day at the Gallivan Center on Friday, Aug. 1. RSVP here! Become a member of City Cast Salt Lake today! It's the best way to support our work and help make sure we are around for years to come. Get all the details and sign up at membership.citycast.fm. Subscribe to Hey Salt Lake, our daily morning newsletter. You can also find us on Instagram @CityCastSLC.  Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads. Learn more about the sponsors of this episode:  Tracy Aviary Workshopslc.com - use code CITYCAST for 20% off. Live Crude - Get $10 off your first CRUDE purchase with promo code CITYCASTSLC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The sermon explored the hymn 'Holy, Holy, Holy,' tracing its origins in the life and ministry of Reginald Heber, an Anglican pastor who sought to write songs aligned with the Anglican holy day calendar. It highlighted the theological significance of the hymn, emphasizing the doctrine of the Trinity and the importance of recognizing God's holiness, while also connecting it to the broader narrative of salvation and the restoration of humanity's role as king-priests. The message underscored the power of music to express faith and the enduring legacy of Heber's work, encouraging listeners to appreciate God's creation and to maintain a focus on His presence in their lives.

Summit County approves Dakota Pacific development for second time, Park City hotel occupancy up 3% through first half of 2025, water district urges Heber locals to be "waterwise" as reservoir levels sink, residents to appeal Heber Valley temple decision to Utah Supreme Court, Coalville luxury golf community saddled with debt and layoffs, lawsuits say, POWDR CEO Justin Sibley discusses his leadership role in the adventure lifestyle company and the complex portfolio of ski resorts under POWDR, Cult + King wraps up annual education week, and Dr. Barbara Wirotsko, founder of the Joseph James Morelli Legacy Foundation, and Dr. Carina Beck, Vice Provos of Montana State University, have details on the transition to MSU.

Snyderville Basin planners consider exception for Silver Creek mixed-use project, Coalville City implements odd-even watering restrictions, Planned Parenthood discusses injunction blocking cuts to funding, neighbors express worries about Heber food truck court idea, Wasatch County Parks and Recreation Marketing Coordinator Jennifer Bowman previews the Wasatch County Fair, Park City Council candidates show interest in flex lanes and KPCW Development Director Sarah Ervin has an update on emergency fundraising efforts.

We sit down with Micah White of JM Race Engines to talk about the trip he is taking with us to vend at Heber 2025 and everything he is taking with him. See everyone there and hope you enjoy the listen

Utah voters must mail in ballots earlier this year, Summit County Housing Authority Director Maddie McDonough with details on housing in the county, Summit County Manager Shayne Scott with updates on issues facing the county, Park City Community Foundation Executive Director Joel Zarrow and board member Eyee Hsu with details on the food waste collection program, Recycle Utah General Manager Jim Bedell and Carolynn Wawra with the latest on a location for a new center, Kimball Arts Fest to bring local, national artists to Park City, Two stabbed at Heber birthday party; police seek suspects and Basin Rec urges Willow Creek visitors to respect pond closure.

The latest trails report from Mountain Trails Foundation, UDOT to discuss US 40 safety barriers at Heber open house, Wasatch Immigration Project receives $90K grant to help local women and children, Summit County Councilmember Chris Robinson recaps Wednesday's council meeting, Heber, county housing board disagree how to spend developer fees, Kimball Arts Festival Director Hillary Gilson and Marketing & PR Director Alexandra Regenold share details on this year's festival, Summit County Clerk Eve Furse explains upcoming election issues, Leadership Park City is looking for "invested" community members, West Hills town sponsor says he followed Utah law and denies wrongdoing alleged in lawsuit, fire weather conditions continue as dry winds and thunderstorms roll through Utah and Kamas' DeJoria Center under contract, could become hotel.

We continue our Heber 25 talk before our trip out there so we talk with Destructive Behavior's very own Brad Bowman to shed some light on the show before it starts getting really crazy. Hope you enjoy the listen

Qual é o limite entre prezar pelas coisas certas e a intromissão na vida alheia? Ouça e aprenda com mais um Debate 93!

SummaryThis presentation explores the story of Jael, the displaced wife, and her role in the deliverance of Israel from the oppression of the Canaanites. It highlights the faithfulness and leadership of Deborah and Barak, as well as the consequences of Heber the Kenite's decision to separate himself from his faithful family.Highlights

We talk with the one and only Casey Seiloff out of Wyoming as we get prepped for Heber 2025. We also talk with Chad Markley of CDDA to talk about some rule issues for the upcoming Bowling Green team show. Hope you enjoy the listen

Did Summit County shrink or grow last year? It depends who you ask, CEO of National Ability Center Willie Ford shares details about their 40th anniversary gala this weekend, Park City Board of Realtors CEO steps down to join NY luxury firm, Park City Manager Matt Dias previews this week's city council meeting and Heber Valley Chamber Executive Director Dallin Koecher recaps Heber's successful July 4th events and plans for a new heritage event in September.

Heber locals, leaders ask UDOT to consider lower speeds on US 40, Wasatch County Manager Dustin Grabau has a preview of this week's county council meeting, Missing rifles found in ReStore donations, shipping error suspected, Park City Heights neighbors worry about impacts of new housing project, Mike Lee pulls federal public land sale from ‘Big Beautiful Bill,' Canyons Village Management Association Director of Marketing and Public Relations Debbie LaBelle has details on this week's three-day Forum Fest and Director of Parking/Operations John Simmons with details on parking garage, Second lawsuit filed over odorous Midway wastewater treatment ponds, CEO of Summit Land Conservancy Cheryl Fox discusses open space issues and Music for the Mines fundraiser hits the right note for Ski Mountain Mining History

La Tertulia de los Lunes con Gonzalo Baroni, Miguel Brechner, Pablo Díaz y Patricia González. *** La convención nacional del Partido Nacional eligió este sábado al senador Álvaro Delgado como nuevo presidente del Honorable Directorio, en una votación muy ajustada. El ex candidato presidencial se impuso sobre el senador Javier García por apenas 17 votos: 201 a 184. Por otra parte, el también senador Luis Alberto Heber y el intendente electo de Florida, Carlos Enciso, quedaron más rezagados. En total votaron 464 de los 500 convencionales habilitados. Para alcanzar el triunfo Delgado sumó los 141 votos de la lista de Aire Fresco y 60 de la de D Centro. García, de Alianza País, llegó a 184, Heber, del Herrerismo, tuvo 45 y Enciso, que presentó una lista independiente, recibió 33 votos. Al momento de proclamarse el resultado, se escucharon aplausos, gritos, pero también silbidos y abucheos. El nuevo Directorio del Partido Nacional quedó integrado por 17 miembros. Por Aire Fresco ingresan: Álvaro Delgado, Ana Bentaberri, Alejandro Draper, Álvaro Viviano y Armando Castaingdebat. Por D Centro: Carlos Moreira y Gloria Rodríguez. Por Alianza País: Javier García, Enrique Antía, María de Lima, Jorge Larrañaga Vidal, Santiago Gutiérrez y Lucía Minutti. Por el Herrerismo: Luis Alberto Heber. Por el sector de Enciso: Carlos Enciso. Y por la Comisión Nacional de Jóvenes: Pilar Simón y Lucas González.

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Park City Transit ridership up 4% in 2024-2025 winter season, Alf Engen Ski Museum Executive Director Annie Bommer and ski historian Tom Kelly provide details on the three new exhibits, Park City Chamber Bureau reports strong spring visitation numbers, Families delight in Heber's new Coyote Springs Park, PC Tots Executive Director Sue Banerjee Banerjee and board member Anne Sinnott share details on their Birthday Bash fundraiser and family and friends celebrate life of Park City's "Silver Fox" Rolf Sandberg.

No episódio de hoje, recebemos o reverendo Heber Campos Júnior para uma conversa profunda sobre fé, confiança em Deus, crescimento espiritual e a realidade do pecado em nosso coração. Com uma sabedoria que atravessa gerações, Heber compartilha histórias pessoais, confronta distorções comuns na caminhada cristã e nos lembra que a fé verdadeira não está nas circunstâncias, mas no caráter confiável de Deus.Falamos sobre:A diferença entre viver para Deus e apenas parecer crente;Como discernir a vontade de Deus;A importância de uma fé que cresce;E o papel da Palavra e da comunhão no amadurecimento cristão.Esse episódio é um convite à reflexão e à busca por uma fé mais sólida, bíblica e vivida com temor e profundidade.

#291 | Ô Deus da criação | Pr. Heber Teo

We're back for Episode 154! In this episode Cody and Eric catch up on the news and cover 6 Good Games With Double Jump   11:27 - Quick Questions 29:36 - Patreon Song 34:08 - Tea Time With Tim - AliExpress Pickups 1:02:49 - Cody's Corner - Dreamcast 1:34:22 - News 2:11:32 - 6 Good Games With Double Jump   News Tim – The Multisystem2 from Heber has now been released for general sale. This is the successor to the original Multisystem that allowed you to consolise the DE10 Nano MiSTer system. The Muiltisystem2 offers everything including the FPGA on board along with all the connections you might need for controllers, inputs and outputs. There is a digital and analog version of the system, shipping starts with pre-orders in August.  https://shop.heber.co.uk/mister-multisystem/    Cody - https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/04/alan-wake-and-max-payne-dev-mikko-huovinen-is-creating-a-space-harrier-style-shooter-for-vectrex  Eric - Slap Fight set to Slap Back onto Genesis - Retro News https://www.retronews.com/slap-fight-set-to-slap-back-onto-genesis/  Cody – Reviving the use of a great old controller. https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/05/the-wavephoenix-brings-nintendos-best-controller-back-to-life-for-usd5  Tim – Vicky Lamburn (Vix) has started a new series of videos all about the rise and fall of one of our favorite software and hardware publishers Hudson Soft on her Vix (not) in Japan YouTube channel. Vicky explained this video to me on our recent travel to the South West Amiga Group, now its out for everyone to enjoy, please give it a watch.  https://youtu.be/sYAxNEJRs1s?si=079vLJHw7k_xOvOR  Cody - https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/04/random-this-new-3d-demo-for-the-neo-geo-is-seriously-blowing-our-minds  Eric - Retro gaming lounge at Seattle airport lets you play for free - The Points Guy https://thepointsguy.com/news/retro-gaming-lounge-seattle-airport/  Cody - https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/04/evercades-namco-carts-now-work-on-the-vs-thanks-to-a-stealthy-update  Eric - Neo Geo Evercade Cartridge Delayed - Retro News https://www.retronews.com/neo-geo-evercade-cartridge-delayed/  Cody - https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/04/retro-fighters-latest-release-is-a-wireless-evolution-of-the-classic-xbox-360-controller  Eric - Retro-style Tower Defence Gnomes Steam review - Retro News https://www.retronews.com/retro-style-tower-defence-gnomes-steam-review/  Cody - https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/04/limited-run-games-is-releasing-doom-plus-doom-ii-in-a-box-that-can-run-doom  Eric -