Podcasts about minds bookstore

Why are Cooling Towers shaped like that? … GUEST Ralph Crewe … Head Writer & Producer for Practical Engineering and co-boss of Nerd Nite Pittsburgh … a generally Curious Person. Books .… GUEST Byron Borger … owner, Hearts and Minds Bookstore, Dallastown PASee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why are Cooling Towers shaped like that? … GUEST Ralph Crewe … Head Writer & Producer for Practical Engineering and co-boss of Nerd Nite Pittsburgh … a generally Curious Person. Books .… GUEST Byron Borger … owner, Hearts and Minds Bookstore, Dallastown PASee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What is on your summer reading list? In this episode, host Susan Smetzer-Anderson has a conversation with Byron Borger, owner of Hearts and Minds Bookstore. They discuss the importance of books and reading in shaping our imagination, empathy, and faith. Byron shares insights on the power of narratives and the impact of literature on our spiritual growth and understanding of the world. He also recommends books that offer guidance on reading thoughtfully and spiritually, emphasizing the transformative nature of literature. The conversation delves into the power of narrative, the practice of deep reading, and the impact of technology on reading habits. It also explores the themes of hospitality, vocation, and the purpose of education. ----Order your books through the Hearts and Minds bookstore = https://www.heartsandmindsbooks.com----

Byron Borger, owner of Hearts and Minds Bookstore speaks with Dru Johnson about literacy, theology, and the need for bookstores to cultivate the Christian imagination.  AI Generated Takeaways —The decline in reading and literacy rates among Americans is a concern, particularly among younger generations. —Books play a crucial role in personal growth and Christian discipleship, expanding one's understanding of the world and deepening their faith. —The power of books to inspire imagination and critical thinking is essential for engaging with complex texts, including the Bible. —Wise book recommendations that consider individual interests and readiness are important for fostering a love of reading. —Christian publishing has seen trends towards ecumenical reading, contemplative spirituality, and a commitment to social justice. Christian books should go beyond self-help and focus on worldview formation and the lordship of Christ over the life of the mind. —Christian bookstores should offer diverse book categories to cater to different interests and needs. —The rise of online marketing and the influence of Amazon have changed the publishing industry, with authors now expected to promote their own books. —Supporting local bookstores is important to maintain a human connection and receive personalized recommendations. —Physical spaces like bookstores and libraries provide opportunities for serendipitous discoveries and foster lifelong learning. —Lifelong learning is a distinctively Christian act that can be seen as an act of worship and a way to practice the presence of God.

For our final episode of 2023, we're compiling a “best of” books and movies by female storytellers from the year. Jamie is an avid reader and Heather is a film enthusiast, so we're sharing some of our favorite content we read and watched. In light of our recent episodes about Taylor Swift and the value of storytelling and creating by women, we thought we'd give you some next steps for where else to look in elevating and celebrating what women make. It was a great year for women, we've got lots of wonderful recommendations! Films: Priscilla - available on VOD (video on demand) Polite Society - available on Prime Video and VOD Bottoms - available on MGM+ and VOD The Marvels - coming to VOD soon, Disney+ in February Barbie - available on Max and VOD Judy Blume Forever – available on Prime Video and VOD Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret - available on Prime Video and VOD Past Lives - available on VOD Books: The Woman They Wanted: Shattering the Illusion of the Good Christian Wife by Shannon Harris All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir by Beth Moore Happy Place by Emily Henry The work of Dr. Carmen Imes – Bearing God's Name: Why Sinai Still Matters and also Being God's Image: Why Creation Still Matters Order any books through our favorite independent bookseller, Hearts and Minds Bookstore! Send us a screenshot of your order/correspondence and you'll be entered to win a copy of This Here Flesh by Cole Arthur Riley https://www.heartsandmindsbooks.com/ Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @excavatepodcast…check there for our honorable mentions that we didn't get to in this episode! To support the podcast on patreon visit: www.patreon.com/excavatepodcast Our patreon perks include new content, zoom calls, and the opportunity for our higher tier options to invite us to your small group.

Advent, Christmas, Best books of the year.... GUEST Byron Borger ... owner, Hearts and Minds Bookstore, Dallastown PA How many people teach Bible/Theology/Church History? (about 10,000+ people!) ... GUEST Dr Amy Peeler ... assoc prof of New Testament at Wheaton College and assoc rector at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Geneva, Ill ... author of “Women and the Gender of God The Constitution gets bandied about a lot but no one stops to reflect on how it came about and what it was meant to achieve... GUEST Bruce Antkowiak ... law professor at Saint Vincent CollegeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Advent, Christmas, Best books of the year.... GUEST Byron Borger ... owner, Hearts and Minds Bookstore, Dallastown PA How many people teach Bible/Theology/Church History? (about 10,000+ people!) ... GUEST Dr Amy Peeler ... assoc prof of New Testament at Wheaton College and assoc rector at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Geneva, Ill ... author of “Women and the Gender of God The Constitution gets bandied about a lot but no one stops to reflect on how it came about and what it was meant to achieve... GUEST Bruce Antkowiak ... law professor at Saint Vincent CollegeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Ride Home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Friday full! With.. Gender or Sex: How does God create?… GUEST Rev Kurt Bjorklund ... Senior Pastor,  Orchard Hill Church  New books ... GUEST Byron Borger ... owner, Hearts & Minds Bookstore, Dallastown PA Plus This or That, The Week in Review and More! It's all here on The Ride Home with John & Kathy. Have a great weekend!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Ride Home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Friday full! With.. Gender or Sex: How does God create?… GUEST Rev Kurt Bjorklund ... Senior Pastor,  Orchard Hill Church  New books ... GUEST Byron Borger ... owner, Hearts & Minds Bookstore, Dallastown PA Plus This or That, The Week in Review and More! It's all here on The Ride Home with John & Kathy. Have a great weekend!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and sorry, I could not travel them both and be one traveler, long I stood and looked down one as far as I could, to where it bent in the undergrowth, you might recognize that as the opening stanza to the Robert Frost poem, The Road Not Taken. It's the poem that ends, Two roads diverged in the wood, and I took the one less traveled by, and it has made all the difference. It's probably even more familiar. I remember being exposed to that poem. It was probably the first poem as a whole poem that I was actually taught or read really fully exposed to. I think I was a freshman in high school. And as I was exposed to and read and saw this poem, really for the first time, two things happened in me that I recall. One was a kind of, I guess, embarrassed response poetry, poems. They were written by and for hyper, emotive, weird people. And that if you were into poems and you liked poetry, then you must be a hyper-emotive and weird person. I was on the football team. I ran track. I was a guy.That was the one thing happening in my brain. The other thing happening in me was that I was really resonating, and I really liked the poem. And I really liked the rest of that section in our English class about poetry. Something about the very intentional use and shape and reframing of words actually resonated with my soul. That tension resolved itself over the years, till the beginning and even later in high school, as life got weirder and required more complex and deeper emotional responses. Poetry became an actual feature in my life as something I attempted to write. But definitely, I started reading more poetry all the way through college. And to be entirely honest, really, in the last decade or so, the more I've spent time, intentionally on, in my own inner universe, and done my best to come alongside people working in the arts and working in religious spaces where life is hard and complex and weird and strange.Poetry has not just become a useful tool or a powerful practice. It has become a really safe, generative, and transformative aspect of expression.It's a beautiful part of my life.I listened to Scott Cairns's read and lecture at the festival faith in writing. I believe it was in 2016. And not just not only was I struck by his writing and the way he read the things he wrote, but I was also really captured by the way he talked about his work. That's one of those. It's one of the aspects of art-making that oftentimes inspires me. So someone who's excellent in their craft and has the ability to talk about what they do, how they do it, and why they do it. I've been thinking about and hoping to catch Scott to talk about the power of poetry, the essence of poetry, and the necessity of poetry for a really long time. And so I'm really glad I got some time to sit down with him. I enjoy this conversation. I think you will as well.More info on Scott Cairns Hearts and Minds Bookstore

Rob and Vinnie interview two notable NT scholars: Gary Burge and Darrell Bock. And discuss Rom 9-11 and what Paul has to say about the Jewish people. Do the Jews still have a role in God's plan? Does the New Covenant mean that everything is fulfilled by Jesus including the promise of Land?  For more insights into this text and what the Bible says about Israel and the land see: (Remember that we encourage everyone to use Hearts and Minds Bookstore to purchase your books)  Rob's book: These Brothers of Mine: a biblical theology of Land and Family and a response to Christian Zionism Gary Burge's book: Whose Land? Whose Promise? What Christians are not being told about Israel and the Palestinians Darrell's book: The People, the Land, and the Future of Israel: Israel and the Jewish People in the Plan of God  To see all of Gary's books follow this link To see all of Darrell's books follow this link Please "follow" this podcast and give a review on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Your review will go a long way towards helping others find this podcast. Then share it with others so that we can get the word of the Gospel of the Kingdom to more people! We just want to say thank you for listening in and supporting the work of determinetruth. If you have any questions that you would like us to address, we would love to hear them. Use the contact page on Determinetruth.com  If you have been blessed by these episodes, we want to encourage you to make sure you follow this podcast, and share it with others, and post a review. By posting a review you make it easier for others find the podcast on google searches.    NB: our goal is to keep these episodes free of charge. I do not intend to ever hide them behind a paywall. I can only do this if those of you who have been blessed by them and can afford to give ($5, $10, $25, or more/month) do so. You can give a tax-deductible contribution by following this link.

Rob and Vinnie interview one of the leading NT scholars in the world Michael Gorman regarding his new commentary on the book of Romans: Romans: A Theological and Pastoral Commentary.   We address questions regarding the meaning and purpose of Romans: Does Romans teach that we must submit to our government at all times? What does Romans say about the restoration of Israel? What is the significance of the women mentioned in Romans 16?  Here is the link to Michael's favorite book store: Hearts and Minds Bookstore in Dallastown, PA. Don't forget to say that Determinetruth sent you!  Please "follow" this podcast and give a review on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Your review will go a long way towards helping others find this podcast. Then share it with others so that we can get the word of the Gospel of the Kingdom to more people!   This is Rob. We just want to say thank you for listening in and supporting the work of determinetruth. If you have any questions that you would like us to address, we would love to hear them. Use the contact page on Determinetruth.com  If you have been blessed by these episodes, we want to encourage you to make sure you follow this podcast, and share it with others, and post a review. By posting a review you make it easier for others find the podcast on google searches.      NB: our goal is to keep these episodes free of charge. I do not intend to ever hide them behind a paywall. I can only do this if those of you who have been blessed by them and can afford to give ($5, $10, $25, or more/month) do so. You can give a tax-deductible contribution by following this link.  

Today I'm concluding my four-episode series on campus ministries. My guest is Karl Johnson, the Executive Director of the Consortium of Christian Study Centers, a unique initiative to minister to students on campuses throughout the U.S. In this podcast we discuss: Karl's struggle to integrate his faith and studies while at Cornell Why and how Karl established a Christian Study Center at Cornell (Chesterton House) “Residential ministry” as a focus of Chesterton House What Christian study centers are and their core ministry to students Where and how to find a Christian study center The history of Christian Study Centers, going back to L'Abri founded by Francis Schaeffer How study centers specifically serve undergraduate students Christian study center Fellows Programs--a form of “intellectual hospitality” How Christian study centers differ from and compliment other campus ministries The Consortium of Christian Study Centers' shared Statement of Faith (The Apostle's Creed) How the Consortium thinks about labels such as “conservative,” “progressive, ” and “Evangelical” Christianity Some “heros of the Faith” Christian study centers tend to hold up to students Forms of idolatry Christian students (and their parents) often fail to see while in college How students should understand the relationship between their faith and the university Some examples of how Christian study centers have engaged the university redemptively Resources mentioned during our conversation: Consortium of Christian Study Centers Chesterton House at Cornell University Octet Collaborative at MIT Upper House at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Christian Study Center of Gainesville at the University of Florida Cambridge House Christian Study Center at the College of William and Mary Ligoneer Ministries (an example of a non-university-based Study center) Mark Noll, The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind George Marsden, The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship Charles E. Cotherman, To Think Christianly: A History of L'Abri, Regent College, and the Christian Study Center Movement James Davidson Hunter, To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World Veritas Forum Hearts & Minds Bookstore

Did you know the Bible has a whole passage about periods and menstruation? Today we're talking about Leviticus 15 and “bodily discharges”. Men, don't skip this episode because it's a topic we all need to understand better. We're digging into how to interpret the way the Bible talks about male and female reproductive hygiene, and specifically the ways we think about being “unclean” and what God's intention is for the way we view ourselves. This is a passage that on the surface can feel harsh and disgusted, but we believe contains compassionate guidance for life on earth and a glimpse into the sacred. In this episode we dig into: Leviticus 15:19-31 Leviticus 17: 11,14 Ezekiel 22:10 Luke 8:43-48 Jamie mentioned the ways women in developing nations navigate menstruation and we want to recommend a wonderful (and Oscar winning!) documentary short called Period. End of Sentence available on Netflix Share this episode on your preferred social media platform, Facebook or Instagram, and tag our socials (@strongheather and @jamiedonne) will receive a promo code for a free book of your choice from Hearts and Minds Bookstore! We'll send you all the details!

Jen hosts a freewheeling conversation with Chris and Joel about their collective reading habits in 2021, how they identify books for "lists" like this, and of course, which titles rose to the top as their favorite reading experiences in 2021. A host of various ERB contributors also chime in with their favorites of the year. Books and Writing Mentioned:If you'd like to order any of the following books, we encourage you to do so from Hearts and Minds Books(An independent bookstore in Dallastown, PA, run by Byron and Beth Borger) Means of Grace: A Year of Weekly Devotions by Fleming RutledgeLifting the Veil: Imagination and the Kingdom of God by Malcolm GuiteHow the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery by Clint SmithThe First Nations Version of the New TestamentThe Congregation in a Secular Age: Keeping Sacred Time Against the Speed of Modern Life by Andrew RootJoel's Review of 'The Congregation in a Secular Age' for ERBSubversive Witness: Scripture's Call to Leverage Privilege by Dominique Dubois GilliardWhite Picket Fences: Turning Toward Love in a World Divided by Privilege by Amy Julia BeckerBecoming Friends of Time: Disability, Timefullness and Gentle Discipleship by John SwintonOn Immunity: An Inoculation by Eula BissPrayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep by Tish Harrison WarrenDear White Peacemakers: Dismantling Racism with Grit and Grace by Osheta MooreThe Last Graduate: A Novel by Naomi NovikThe Memory of Babel: Book Three of the Mirror Visitor Quartet by Christelle DabosProject Hail Mary by Andy WeirThe Martian by Andy WeirThe Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth by Beth Allison BarrThe Creationists: From Scientific Creationism to Intelligent Design by Ronald NumbersOne Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America by Kevin KruseWas America Founded as a Christian Nation? by John FeaJesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du MezCarved in Ebony: Lessons From the Black Women Who Shape Us by by Jasmine HolmesThe Hare With Amber Eyes: An Inheritance by Edmund De WaalLetters to Camondo by Edmund De WaalLast Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal by George PackerTribe: On Homecoming and Belonging by Sebastian JungerGreat Circle: A Novel by Maggie ShipsteadLight Perpetual: A Novel by Francis SpuffordUnapologetic: Why, Despite Everything, Christianity Can Still Make Surprising Emotional Sense by Francis SpuffordLeadership, God's Agency and Disruptions: Confronting Modernity's Wager by Mark Lau Branson and Alan RoxburghShoutin' in the Fire: An American Epistle by Dante StewartHamnet by Maggie O'FarrellI Am, I Am, I Am : Seventeen Brushes With Death by Maggie O'FarrellA Year of Reading by John Wilson (For First Things Magazine)The Hermits of Big Sur by Paula HustonA Line of Driftwood: The Ada Blackjack Story by Diane GlancyThe Everlasting People: G.K. Chesterton and the First Nations by Matthew MillinerBook Notes Newsletter (from Hearts and Minds Bookstore)

“I've found Borger's vocation to be more similar to a pharmacist than a bookseller. People come to Hearts and Minds [Bookstore] with one deficiency or another. After some listening, Borger prescribes just the right supplement of Al Wolters or Richard Middleton or an obscure gem hidden in a tacky dust jacket… Byron is the Michael Jordan of synthesizing ideas. Each ["BookNotes”] post is rife with connections: connections between art and faith, between politics and science, between gardening and prayer. Byron is a true interdisciplinarian, a renascence man if ever there was one.” - Dustin Messer “Somewhere in central Pennsylvania there is a warm and inviting labyrinth called Hearts & Minds Bookstore. Byron and Beth Borger, the caretakers of Hearts & Minds, have worked there tirelessly for over three decades to create a space for serious, reflective readers. The Borgers are committed to helping their customers live out Christ's Lordship in the midst of our highly secularized, postmodern culture. They have carried out this mission through their shop, mail-order services, and book tables at conferences around the country. Their unremitting efforts to offer quality books for thinking biblically about every area of life has inspired a volume on this, their bookstore's thirty-fifth anniversary. One of the many ways Hearts & Minds has blessed their customers has been through BookNotes. In those reviews, Byron shares colorful anecdotes and passionate arguments for why to read books, and amplified lists suggesting what books to read. In this book, the Borger's friends have adopted the BookNotes model and offer a defense for books in their spheres of interest, along with a number of titles for the reader to consider investing their time in for deeper study.” – From “A Book For Hearts & Minds: What You Should Read and Why”

A Practical Guide to Raise Sons of Consequence "We need to have a vision of the day our sons will leave our homes and work backward from that day with a plan to help them gain the knowledge, skills, character, and experiences they need. This will enable them to move into the world as confident and healthy men. That's when the questions will start pouring into your mind. What have I given him? What wisdom, what love, what lessons is he carrying into the world? What brokenness is he bearing? What is my legacy to him?" "Formation happens day by day; distortion happens day by day. We are either helping our sons move into adulthood or joining the culture's attempt to trap them in an extended adolescence." “May it never be said that your son thinks there is more wisdom about life from Google and YouTube than from you.” “Somebody is going to disciple your son. Somebody is going to give your son wisdom on how to live, and it's either going to be you and a community of godly men or it's going to be the world. Your son is going to become someone—he is going to grow up. His character will be formed by someone.” Hence forth, may their richest experiences be ones we curated and planned for them intentionally, not just random, traumatic events that lead to brokenness. Listen in as we sit down with Jon Tyson, author of book “The Intentional Father: A Practical Guide to Raise Sons of Courage and Character”, and get in the nitty gritty of raising our sons with intentionality rather than shooting from the hip. Self-initiation is killing our young men. Without strong mentors, boys are walking alone into a wilderness of conflicting messages about who they should be as men. It's no wonder that our sons are confused about what the world expects from them and what they should expect of themselves. The Intentional Father is the antidote. This concise book is filled with practical steps to help men raise sons of consequence--young men who know what they believe, know who they are, and will stand up against the negative cultural trends of our day. Jon Tyson lays out a clear path for fathers and sons that includes specific activities, rites of passage, and significant "marking moments" that can be customized to fit any family. It's not enough to hope our sons will become good men. We need them to be good at being men. This book shows how fathers, grandfathers, and other male mentors can lead the way. You can buy the book from the machine that is Amazon here, or you can support the saints who run Hearts & Minds Bookstore by emailing them here.

Rev. Dr. Mae Elise Cannon, executive director of Churches for Middle East Peace, joins our host Chris Orme for the first episode of Season 3. Mae and Chris discuss different forms of advocacy, as well the spiritual formation that takes place through advocacy. Show Notes: Mae's Website: maecannon.com Beyond Hashtag Activism: http://www.ivpress.com/beyond-hashtag-activism Hearts and Minds Bookstore http://www.heartsandmindsbooks.com Transcript: https://dojustice.crcna.org/article/advocacy-it%E2%80%99s-more-social-media-mae-elise-cannon The Reformed family is a diverse family with a diverse range of opinions. Not all perspectives expressed on the podcast represent the official positions of the Christian Reformed Church.

Too many of us have experienced abuse of power from pastors in our churches. This happens in churches that have allowed for a culture of toxicity. To resist toxicity, we need to restore goodness in our churches. The Hebrew word translated “good” is tov.  Scot McKnight and his daughter Laura Barringer have written A Church Called Tov: Forming a Goodness Culture That Resists Abuses of Power and Promotes Healing (Tyndale, 2020).  In this episode, we interview Scot McKnight. Dr. McKnight is Professor of New Testament at Northern Seminary in Lisle, IL. He is a New Testament scholar, historian of early Christianity, and theologian. He has a very popular blog called "Jesus Creed" that is housed at ChristianityToday.com.  Thanks for listening! Your hosts are Brendan Romigh and Dr. Bob Robinson, the Executive Director of Reintegrate. Go to re-integrate.org for the latest articles on reintegrating your callings with God's mission and online resources for further learning. There is a Bible study book that you can use in your small group or individual devotions: Reintegrate Your Vocation with God's Mission by Bob Robinson. On Reintegrate's podcast page, you'll find more episodes and ways to email us to comment on this podcast. To get your copy of A Church Called Tov, contact Byron and Beth Borger at Hearts and Minds Bookstore. You can order online through their secure server or call 717-246-333. Mention that you heard about it on the Reintegrate Podcast and get 20% off! 

How do we invite God into our everyday work lives? We spend most of our time not at church or in a quiet place, but at work! How do we find God there? In a new book, Working in the Presence of God: Spiritual Practices for Everyday Work (Hendrickson Publishers in partnership with the Theology of Work Project, 2019), co-authors Denise Daniels and Shannon Vandewarker help us to create practices within our work-a-day lives to see where God is already present in our work environment. If we want to be transformed into Christ's likeness, the great place for that to happen is where we spend so much of our time and energy: Our work.  Today on the Reintegrate Podcast we have one of the authors of this book. Denise Daniels, Ph.D., was recently appointed the Hudson T. Harrison Professor of Entrepreneurship at Wheaton College. Previously she was a Professor of Management at Seattle Pacific University, where she also served as the Associate Dean and Interim Dean in the School of Business, Government, and Economics. Denise is the co-Principal Investigator on a $1.5 million dollar research project funded by the Lilly Endowment examining how Christians in the United States reintegrate their faith with their work. While at Seattle Pacific University, she was the producer of an excellent documentary film series, Faith & Co. designed to inspire deeper connections between faith and work (be sure to check this out, it is now free online!). Contact Byron and Beth Borger at Hearts and Minds Bookstore to purchase the book. Call 717-246-333. Mention that you heard about it on the Reintegrate Podcast and get 20% off!  Thanks for listening! Your hosts are Brendan Romigh and Dr. Bob Robinson, the Executive Director of Reintegrate. Go to re-integrate.org for the latest articles on reintegrating your callings with God's mission and online resources for further learning. There is a Bible study book that you can use in your small group or individual devotions: Reintegrate Your Vocation with God's Mission by Bob Robinson. On Reintegrate's podcast page, you'll find more episodes and ways to email us to comment on this podcast.

Pastor Ian Graham talks to world-renown artist, author, entrepreneur, and thinker, Makoto Fujimura. Fujimura recently published "Art & Faith: A Theology of Making." You can purchase the book at Hearts & Minds Bookstore or wherever you get your books. Support the show (https://ecclesianj.churchcenter.com/giving)

How have the various political ideologies become idolatries? We have David Koyzis on to guide us through the strengths and weaknesses of each of them - Liberalism, Conservatism, Nationalism, Democracy, and Socialism. This is a crash-course in political science during the election season from one of our generation’s best thinkers on the subject. David T. Koyzis earned his Ph.D. in government and international studies from the University of Notre Dame. He has taught undergraduate political science for thirty years. The new second edition of his highly acclaimed book, Political Visions & Illusions: A Survey & Christian Critique of Contemporary Ideologies came out last year, published by InterVarsity Press.  It is the very best book Bob’s ever read about politics from a Christian worldview. This is a book with a broad international and historical perspective, so it is not bogged down with the punditry that infects so many books. It is not only an equal-opportunity critique but is also a book of hope -- that we can move beyond the ideologies that divide us in our civil and public life.  Thanks for listening! Go to re-integrate.org for several years’ worth of articles on reintegrating your callings with God’s mission, online resources for further learning, links to the Reintegrate YouTube channel, and more. On Reintegrate’s podcast page, you’ll find ways to email us or call us to comment on this podcast. Please consider purchasing this book from our friends Beth and Byron Borger, independent bookstore owners of Hearts and Minds Bookstore.

2020 has been an incredible year of turmoil. It is the first year of a decade that promises to have lots of challenges.  Tom Sine and Dwight Friesen are the authors of a fresh new book, 2020s Foresight: Three Vital Practices for Thriving in a Decade of Accelerated Change. Brendan and Bob discuss with them how these three vital practices can prepare young people, ministry leaders, and marketplace Christians for a decade that promises to be incredibly challenging. How can Christians be on the front lines, changing challenges into opportunities to serve and to show the love of Christ?  Tom Sine is what we might call a futurist. He is co-founder, along with his wife Christine, of Mustard Seed Associates. For three decades, he has consulted countless churches and organizations to help them forecast and innovate for the challenges of the future. They live in an intergenerational community in Seattle where they seek to model a new way of living for the 2020s called the Mustard Seed House. He encourages and equips who he calls the New Changemakers. http://www.newchangemakers.com/about/ Dwight Friesen is a professor of practical theology at The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology. He has been a leading innovative church leader for years which has led him to initiatives like Parish Collective, a global movement of Christians reimagining church in, with, and for the neighborhood as well as the Inhabit Conference, a gathering of Christian leaders who share a common vision for seeing the transformation of the church through their participation in their neighborhoods. Born & raised in Canada, he now lives in Washington State with his wife Lynette. http://dwightfriesen.com/ Thanks for listening! Go to https://www.re-integrate.org/ for several years’ worth of articles on reintegrating your callings with God’s mission, online resources for further learning, links to the Reintegrate YouTube channel, and more. On Reintegrate’s podcast page, you’ll find ways to email us or call us to comment on this podcast. https://www.re-integrate.org/reintegrate-podcast/ Please consider purchasing this book from our friends Beth and Byron Borger, independent bookstore owners of Hearts and Minds Bookstore. https://www.heartsandmindsbooks.com/booknotes/

How do we reintegrate the Christian faith with how we watch movies? We can go to the movies to just be entertained or escape for a couple hours, or we can look closer and dig deeper. What do the stories and characters in today’s movies tell us about the human condition? How can art teach us things that God wants us to grasp that we may not understand in any other way? Dr. Craig Detweiler (MFA, University of Southern California’s School of Cinema/TV and Ph.D. in Theology and Culture, Fuller Theological Seminary) has thought and wrote about these things for years and helps Bob and Brendan to wrestle with the messages of many of today’s best movies. Movies Discussed in this Podcast: The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) Mean Streets (1973) Silence (2016) The Tree of Life (2011) The Witch (2015) A Quiet Place (2018) Get Out (2017) The Invisible Man (2020) Black Panther (2018) 42 (2013) Da 5 Bloods (2020) Lady Bird (2017) Little Women (2019) The Vast of Night (2019) Palm Springs (2020) Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) Arrival (2016) Les Misérables (2019) Snowpiercer (2013) Parasite (2019) Shoplifters (2018) Moonlight (2016) Craig Detweiler is a filmmaker and author. He has written or co-written many books on Christian engagement with pop culture, media, and technology. Check them out: Selfies: Searching for the Image of God in a Digital Age iGods: How Technology Shapes Our Spiritual And Social Lives Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games with God Into the Dark: Seeing the Sacred in the Top Films of the 21st Century A Matrix of Meanings: Finding God in Pop Culture Deep Focus: Film and Theology in Dialogue Purchase these books from independent booksellers Beth and Byron Borger at Hearts and Minds Bookstore! Craig’s cultural commentary has been featured on ABC’s Nightline, CNN, NPR, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. He’s served as a professor at Biola University, Pepperdine University, and Fuller Seminary (where Bob took a class from him on a theology of pop culture for his doctoral degree).  Craig is the co-founder of the Windrider Forum, an approved and sanctioned event that takes place during the Sundance Film Festival. Windrider is an immersive experience for 200 students from 25 Christian universities and seminaries and leaders from film, media, business, academia, ministry, and journalism. They invite Sundance’s cutting-edge filmmakers into the Windrider Forum, where Craig leads a Q&A time with them to honor their craft, listen to their stories, and find thoughtful, spiritual themes in their work. Thanks for listening! Go to https://www.re-integrate.org/ for years’ worth of articles on reintegrating your callings with God’s mission, resources for further learning, links to the Reintegrate YouTube channel, and more. On Reintegrate’s podcast page, you’ll find ways to email us or call us to comment on this podcast. https://www.re-integrate.org/reintegrate-podcast/ If you like this podcast, please subscribe and write a quick review at Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app to encourage others to listen too!

In this podcast, we continue our discussion with Dr. John Fea. Professor of American History at Messiah University. He provides a historical framework for understanding the rise of the Religious Right and the political environment that led to evangelicals embracing Donald Trump in the 2016 election. We discuss the political playbook of the Religious Right that has limited the strategy to overturning Roe v Wade with Supreme Court justices. This framework for political engagement doesn’t ask wider questions like, What can we do to reduce abortions to the point that women no longer see a need to have one? or How can Christians best live and witness for Jesus in a pluralistic society? Dr. John Fea received his Ph.D. in American History from Stony Brook University. He is a sought-after writer and speaker and has written for several publications, including The Atlantic, Christianity Today, The Washington Post, USA Today, Fox News, Vox, Religion News Service, and several other publications. He has appeared on NBC News, CNN, C-SPAN, MSNBC, NPR, and dozens of radio programs across the country. Dr. Fea has a popular daily blog called “The Way of Improvement Leads Home” which offers reflections on the intersection of American history, religion, politics, and academic life. https://thewayofimprovement.com/ He also hosts a podcast with the same name. https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/the-way-of-improvement-leads-home?selected=ADL6403914481 His books include the book he named his blog and podcast after, The Way of Improvement Leads Home: Philip Vickers Fithian and the Rural Enlightenment in Early America. He has also written a college textbook Why Study History?: Reflecting on the Importance of the Past and the history book we discussed on the previous episode, Was America Founded as a Christian Nation? In this podcast, we discuss some of the ideas he shares in his latest book, Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump, of which Publishers Weekly wrote, “Clear, concise, and convincing… Fea uses his training as a historian to trace a chronology of the evangelical attraction to political power…and offers an alternative way (relying on hope and humility) for evangelical leaders to think about their relation to power.” https://believe-me-book.com/ Please consider purchasing these books from our friends Beth and Byron Borger, independent bookstore owners of Hearts and Minds Bookstore. https://www.heartsandmindsbooks.com/booknotes/ Thanks for listening! Go to https://www.re-integrate.org/ for years’ worth of articles on reintegrating your callings with God’s mission, resources for further learning, links to the Reintegrate YouTube channel, and more. On Reintegrate’s podcast page, you’ll find ways to email us or call us to comment on this podcast. https://www.re-integrate.org/reintegrate-podcast/ If you like this podcast, please subscribe and write a quick review at Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app to encourage others to listen too!

The idea that America was founded to be a Christian nation is a presumption that many evangelical Christians have. It is no wonder, since so many conservative preachers and teachers perpetuate the myth, including Robert Jeffress, Eric Metaxas, and David Barton. Dr. John Fea, Distinguished Professor of American History at Messiah University, wrote a detailed history book on the subject and provides insight and analysis on what the founders actually believed and what they were attempting to do in the founding of the United States. He says that Christians should be seeking the truth about history, and not allow those with political agendas to use the past for their purposes. If we are going to have a positive influence in our country, it should not be based on a foundational myth. Dr. John Fea received his Ph.D. in American History from Stony Brook University and before that his Master of Arts in Church History and Master of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He is a sought-after writer and speaker and has written for several publications, including The Atlantic, Christianity Today, The Washington Post, USA Today, Fox News, Vox, Religion News Service, and several other publications. He has appeared on NBC News, CNN, C-SPAN, MSNBC, NPR, and dozens of radio programs across the country. Dr. Fea has a very popular daily blog called “The Way of Improvement Leads Home” which offers reflections at the intersection of American history, religion, politics, and academic life. https://thewayofimprovement.com/ He also hosts a podcast with the same name. https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/the-way-of-improvement-leads-home?selected=ADL6403914481 His books include the book he named his blog and podcast after, The Way of Improvement Leads Home: Philip Vickers Fithian and the Rural Enlightenment in Early America. He has also written a college textbook Why Study History?: Reflecting on the Importance of the Past. The book we discuss in this podcast is Was America Founded as a Christian Nation?, written in 2011 and revised in 2016 (WJK). https://www.wjkbooks.com/Products/066426249X/was-america-founded-as-a-christian-nation-revised-edition.aspx Please consider purchasing these books from our friends Beth and Byron Borger, independent bookstore owners of Hearts and Minds Bookstore. https://www.heartsandmindsbooks.com/booknotes/ Thanks for listening! Go to https://www.re-integrate.org/ for years’ worth of articles on reintegrating your callings with God’s mission, resources for further learning, links to the Reintegrate YouTube channel, and more. On Reintegrate’s podcast page, you’ll find ways to email us or call us to comment on this podcast. https://www.re-integrate.org/reintegrate-podcast/ If you like this podcast, please subscribe and write a quick review at Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app to encourage others to listen too!

Now that I know what I know (about myself, this world, and God), what am I going to do with my life? According to Dr. Steven Garber, this is the essence of the word, “Vocation.” For decades, Steve has been thinking and writing on the deep things of vocation, on finding a vision for life, responding to the call of God, and how to live wisely so that our ordinary lives are filled with meaning and purpose. Steve discusses these topics with Brendan Romigh and Dr. Bob Robinson, providing insights for people Bob’s age (in his mid-life crisis) and Brendan’s age (in his quarter-life crisis) and everyone in between. What is the difference between "vocation" and "occupation?" Do you have a vision for life that shapes what you will do day-by-day, year-by-year?   As you live in a “dis-integrated” and frustrating world, how do you “re-integrate" so that all of life has meaning and purpose? What does it look like to live in light of God's wisdom? Dr. Steven Garber has been the wise sage of the faith-and-work movement for decades. He started The Washington Institute for Faith, Vocation and Culture, has mentored scores of pastors and marketplace leaders, served as a consultant for foundations, corporations, and universities, has taught at seminaries and colleges, and has written amazing articles and fantastic books. His wife is Meg and they have five children and several grandchildren. His latest book is The Seamless Life: A Tapestry of Love & Learning, Worship & Work from InterVarsity Press. https://www.ivpress.com/the-seamless-life Two of his earlier books have made a deep impression upon Bob and his way of life and of doing ministry: The Fabric of Faithfulness: Weaving Together Belief and Behavior, and the second is Visions of Vocation: Common Grace for the Common Good, both also published by InterVarsity Press. https://www.ivpress.com/the-fabric-of-faithfulness https://www.ivpress.com/visions-of-vocation Please consider purchasing these books from our friends Beth and Byron Borger, independent bookstore owners of Hearts and Minds Bookstore. https://www.heartsandmindsbooks.com/booknotes/ Links to things discussed in the podcast: Washington Institute for Faith, Vocation and Culture: https://washingtoninst.org/ Steven Garber, “Making Peace with Proximate Justice”: https://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/finding-our-way-to-great-work-even-in-politics-making-peace-with-proximate-justice/ Walker Percy, The Second Coming: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780312243241 JI Packer, Knowing God: https://www.ivpress.com/knowing-god-paperback   Thanks for listening! Go to https://www.re-integrate.org/ for years’ worth of articles on reintegrating your callings with God’s mission, resources for further learning, links to the Reintegrate YouTube channel, and more. On Reintegrate’s podcast page, you’ll find ways to email us or call us to comment on this podcast. https://www.re-integrate.org/reintegrate-podcast/ If you like this podcast, please write a quick review at Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app to encourage others to listen too.

Can we be dedicated Christians and still indulge in the pleasures of this earthly life? Can we go to the beach, eat at a great restaurant, watch an exciting movie, play our favorite video game or sport, and still be pleasing to God? How do we reintegrate our faith into every aspect of our lives, even the stuff that we don’t think of as the "spiritual" aspects of life? Or as today’s guest phrases it, “Can you serve Jesus and still enjoy your life?” That’s the subtitle of Mike Wittmer’s book, Becoming Worldly Saints: Can You Serve Jesus and Still Enjoy Your Life? (Zondervan, 2015). Michael Wittmer is Professor of Systematic & Historical Theology and the Director of the Center for Christian Worldview at Grand Rapids Theological Seminary. He is the author of lots of articles and several books, including his first two books, Heaven Is a Place on Earth: Why Everything You Do Matters to God (Zondervan, 2009) and Don't Stop Believing: Why Living Like Jesus Is Not Enough (Zondervan, 2009). Thanks for listening! If you like this podcast, please write a quick review at Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app to encourage others to listen too. Go to https://www.re-integrate.org/ for years worth of articles on reintegrating your callings with God’s mission, resources for further learning, links to the Reintegrate YouTube channel, and more.  On Reintegrate's podcast page, you’ll find ways to email us or call us to comment on this podcast.  Purchase Mike Wittmer's books from a trusted independent bookseller, Byron and Beth Borger at Hearts and Minds Bookstore.

Marlena Graves, author of "A Beautiful Disaster" and the upcoming "The Way Up is Down" on falling in love with Scripture, the hard but oh-so-powerful lessons of desert seasons, and Psalm 145. Preorder "The Way Up is Down" at Hearts and Minds Bookstore, InterVarsity Press, or Amazon

John, Kathy & Mike share their most favorite apps, music, restaurants & books of 2019! Best Christian Books of 2019 GUEST Byron Borger, owner, Hearts and Minds Bookstore, Dallastown PA Best Apps of 2019 Best Restaurants in Pittsburgh 2019 (+ Pgh Magazine picks) Best TV Shows of 2019 Best news/pop culture websites of 2019 Best songs of 2019Highest Paid Music Artists of 2019See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John, Kathy & Mike share their most favorite apps, music, restaurants & books of 2019! Best Christian Books of 2019 GUEST Byron Borger, owner, Hearts and Minds Bookstore, Dallastown PA Best Apps of 2019 Best Restaurants in Pittsburgh 2019 (+ Pgh Magazine picks) Best TV Shows of 2019 Best news/pop culture websites of 2019 Best songs of 2019Highest Paid Music Artists of 2019See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

92% of Americans think their basic rights are being threatened (USA Today) Observing Advent Makes Me Feel Less Alone: Following the rituals of the church calendar remind me that my life is part of the larger story of God’s creation, redemption, and restoration ... GUEST Charlotte Donlon She’s 105, he’s 106, they’re celebrating 80 yrs of marriage (WashPo) The Christian Withdrawl Experiment (The Atlantic) ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY Dec. 17, 1903 Orville Wright made history's first sustained airplane flight, lasting 12 seconds and covering 120 feet near Kitty Hawk, N.C. His brother Wilbur flew 852 feet later that day. Meet Chet: his employer knows what time he got up today (WSJ) Best Christian Books of 2019 ... GUEST Byron Borger, owner, Hearts and Minds Bookstore, Dallastown PA I helped make Richard Jewell famous: and ruined his life in the process (WashPo)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

92% of Americans think their basic rights are being threatened (USA Today) Observing Advent Makes Me Feel Less Alone: Following the rituals of the church calendar remind me that my life is part of the larger story of God’s creation, redemption, and restoration ... GUEST Charlotte Donlon She’s 105, he’s 106, they’re celebrating 80 yrs of marriage (WashPo) The Christian Withdrawl Experiment (The Atlantic) ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY Dec. 17, 1903 Orville Wright made history's first sustained airplane flight, lasting 12 seconds and covering 120 feet near Kitty Hawk, N.C. His brother Wilbur flew 852 feet later that day. Meet Chet: his employer knows what time he got up today (WSJ) Best Christian Books of 2019 ... GUEST Byron Borger, owner, Hearts and Minds Bookstore, Dallastown PA I helped make Richard Jewell famous: and ruined his life in the process (WashPo)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to Surge’s Faith, Work, and Rest podcast. Our goal is to help God’s people discern their vocations and re-imagine their occupations for the good of their neighbors and the glory of God. In this episode, we listen to a podcast episode from our friends at the Denver Institute for Faith and Work interview Jeff Haanen about a nuanced, Biblical, view of retirement. Jeff Haanen is the Founder of Denver Institute for Faith & Work and the 5280 Fellowship. He contributes to various magazines and publications, including Christianity Today. He has previously served as a school administrator, a pastor and missionary. He holds a B.A. in International Economics and Spanish from Valparaiso University and a Master of Divinity from Denver Seminary. Jeff attends Littleton Christian Church with his wife and four daughters. Jeff has written for The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, The Gospel Coalition, and Christianity Today. We encourage you to buy Jeff Haanan's wonderful book An Uncommon Guide to Retirement: Finding God's Purpose For the Next Season of Life. We highly recommend Hearts and Minds Bookstore as your source for good books like this. Hearts and Mind's Bookstore: https://www.heartsandmindsbooks.com/

Winter storm on the way ... today is the March for Life 2019 ... + ... Pgh Restaurant week closes out. A look back at the must reads of 2018 and looking forward to new titles for 2019 ... GUEST Byron Borger, owner, Hearts and Minds Bookstore, Dall This Day in History: Marion Barry arrested The Lost Discipline of Conversation: Surprising Lessons in Spiritual Formation Drawn from the English Puritans ... GUEST Joanna Jung Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible and Brain Science (A Guide for Sinners, Quitters, & Procrastinators) (new book) ... GUEST Drew Dyck, author and editor ... He’s also the author of “Yawning at Tigers: You Can’t Tame God, So Stop Trying”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Winter storm on the way ... today is the March for Life 2019 ... + ... Pgh Restaurant week closes out. A look back at the must reads of 2018 and looking forward to new titles for 2019 ... GUEST Byron Borger, owner, Hearts and Minds Bookstore, Dall This Day in History: Marion Barry arrested The Lost Discipline of Conversation: Surprising Lessons in Spiritual Formation Drawn from the English Puritans ... GUEST Joanna Jung Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible and Brain Science (A Guide for Sinners, Quitters, & Procrastinators) (new book) ... GUEST Drew Dyck, author and editor ... He’s also the author of “Yawning at Tigers: You Can’t Tame God, So Stop Trying”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

World Emoji Day & National Tattoo Day! Should Kathy get a tattoo?! Best of Summer 2018 Reading ... GUEST Byron Borger, owner, Hearts and Minds Bookstore, Dallastown PA. More dads get Paternity Leave ... Forget the Cat Ladies, meet the Plant Parents ... The importance of socializing: even weak ties to others can better your physical and emotional health. Education & the Kingdom of God ... GUEST Saleem Ghubril is an advocate for children and for the City of Pgh ... An ordained Presbyterian minister, he has devoted his life to serving the people of his community through outreach & education programs ... In 1985, Saleem founded The Pgh Project, a community development organization that provides free home renovations to hundreds of vulnerable seniors, & mentors, educates, & deploys thousands of volunteer youth in meaningful community service . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

World Emoji Day & National Tattoo Day! Should Kathy get a tattoo?! Best of Summer 2018 Reading ... GUEST Byron Borger, owner, Hearts and Minds Bookstore, Dallastown PA. More dads get Paternity Leave ... Forget the Cat Ladies, meet the Plant Parents ... The importance of socializing: even weak ties to others can better your physical and emotional health. Education & the Kingdom of God ... GUEST Saleem Ghubril is an advocate for children and for the City of Pgh ... An ordained Presbyterian minister, he has devoted his life to serving the people of his community through outreach & education programs ... In 1985, Saleem founded The Pgh Project, a community development organization that provides free home renovations to hundreds of vulnerable seniors, & mentors, educates, & deploys thousands of volunteer youth in meaningful community service . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bonus holiday episode! We come at you once again LIVE from the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania clergy conference in Cape May, New Jersey! Byron Borger, owner of Hearts and Minds Bookstore in Dallastown, Pennsylvania, joins us. Suggested talking points: why books matter, Amazon is evil, shop local, John Calvin, Calvin and Hobbes, the reformation, using tech wisely with children and youth, and more. https://www.heartsandmindsbooks.com/  

  There is a higher law than human law, one from which the authority and justice of man’s law flows into bountiful life. Accordingly, we often see Christian legal theories in terms of knowledge about law, so that what we know of the higher law informs what we should affirm or deny about human law. But Dean Eric Enlow says that another important kind of Christian knowledge about law is how to praise God in relation to it. This praise stirs up and responds to the joy which Christians experience in law, just as praise does when it recognizes and replies to God’s presence in other parts of creation. Dean Enlow gave two addresses on this topic at the 2017 Christian Legal Society national conference in Newport Beach, encouraging those in attendance to learn to praise God in law.  His first presentation was Joyful Jurisprudence: God's Presence in Law and Man's Praise of God, the keynote for the annual Christian Legal Scholars' Symposium, sponsored by CLS friend and partner Trinity Law School. It was an inspiring presentation and discussion, and the conversation spilled over into the conference bookstore afterwards.  This episode of Cross & Gavel allows listeners to sit in on that conversation, with host Mike Schutt, Dean Eric Enlow, and our friend Byron Borger, owner of Hearts and Minds Bookstore.  Enjoy the conversation! Dean Enlow graduated from Yale University and Washington University School of Law. During law school, Professor Enlow served on the editorial boards of the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy and the Washington University Law Quarterly. He has clerked in the United States Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, and he was in private practice in intellectual-property, international, and appellate law. In addition to being dean of the Handong International Law School, Enlow teaches Christianity and Law, International Intellectual Property, Patents, Private International Law, and Torts.  Byron Borger has been talking books almost his whole life, and doing it well and for the good of Christ's kingdom. Since the early 80's, he and his wife Beth have, through Hearts and Minds Books in Dallastown, PA, lived out a mission to see the body of Christ encouraged and the world around them flourish. They believe that ideas matter and that books are an important part of Christian discipleship-- "a disciple is learner, after all," says Byron. Whether you're in his store, on the phone with him, or at one of the many conferences at which he and Beth serve, it is always a treat to talk books with Byron. Subscribe to his amazing Booknotes here. (He mentions this podcast in the latest edition).  Cross & Gavel Audio is a project of the Institute for Christian Legal Studies, a cooperative ministry of Regent University School of Law and Christian Legal Society. Mike Schutt is associate professor at Regent and director of ICLS and Law Student Ministries for CLS.