Podcast appearances and mentions of roger owens

In this episode, Paul Nixon interviews Pastor Donna Sokol of Washington, D.C., about ever-changing ministry in a downtown context, working with eclectic people in an environment where organized religion is increasingly seen as suspect. Donna is co-author with Roger Owens of A New Day in the City: Urban Church Revival.

Famed Dodgers peanut vendor, Roger Owens, discusses how his 1976 Carson appearance changed his life, teaching Carson how to throw peanut bags, Mel Brooks casting him in a film, & being a judge on The Gong Show.

While life may give us a few opportunities for assenting to God in momentous ways, it is in fact mostly made up of much smaller and far more ordinary occasions for saying yes—for responding to what writer Roger Owens calls “the divine summons of this moment.”

The 2nd speaker of the 2019 Alabama New Year’s Meeting, Brother Roger Owens speaks concerning the importance of leadership in our congregations. Roger Owens: 2019 Alabama NYM “From Sheep to Shepherd” MP3 Link

May you have a blessed weekend! Join us as we sing, read scripture, and pray for our world and our concerns! Our Podcast includes a: Gathering (00:00), Opening Prayer (00:30), Psalm (01:08), Scripture (02:47), Prayer (05:15), Rev. Dr. L. Roger Owens (08:20), Blessing (09:36), End (10:07). You may find the full daily scripture reading (Psalm 85:8-13; 1 Kings 18:17-19, 30-40; Acts 18:24-28) at Daily Revised Common Lectionary. Blessings!Discover more of Roger's deep and uplifting work at:Threshold of Discovery: A Field Guide to Spirituality in Midlife.A New Day in the City: Urban Church Revival What We Need Is Here: Practicing the Heart of Christian SpiritualityPastoral Work: Engagements with the Vision of Eugene Peterson Abba, Give Me a Word: The Path of Spiritual DirectionRev. Dr. L. Roger Owens

In this episode, Claire speaks with Roger Owens from his home in Pittsburgh, where he’s now teaching spiritual formation classes to his seminary students online, enjoying family meals with his teenagers again, and discovering that The Academy and its rhythms are a helpful guide in this time of global pandemic...and always. What follows is a conversation with Roger about the expansiveness of God, the invitations of a global pandemic, his writing process, the spiritual practice of music, and more.

Opening Day is about many things: The return of baseball season. The end of winter. Most of all, it is a day of hope and possibility. The caliber of gameplay might not yet be in midseason form, nor is the weather; still, Opening Day arrives with the promise of better days to come.  Not this Opening Day. In 2020, Opening Day of the Major League Baseball season came and went, without anything actually opening. Without any baseball. This debut episode of the Out Of Left Field Podcast looks around the stillness of the baseball world and imagines what should have been happening on March 26, 2020: Opening Day. Roger Owens, a vendor who has worked every Los Angeles Dodgers Opening Day since baseball came to California, should be pitching peanuts in the Loge Level of Dodger Stadium. Tony Rossi, the longest-serving head coach in Division I college baseball history, should have been in the dugout for Siena College instead of having his 51st season canceled. Lindsey Knupp, one of the most creative marketing and promotions minds in minor league baseball, should have been finalizing her plans for the Rocket City Trash Panda’s first season in their new town. Two million Little League baseball and softball players should be preparing to play ball. I want to thank everyone involved in the total team effort behind this first episode of the first season: * George Hochbrueckner, for the original tunes. Check out his album, Celticafricousticelectric on iTunes.* Scott Holmes Music (https://scottholmesmusic.com/) for the opening theme, Hotshot.* Jessica Berenblat of JB Arthouse (https://www.jbarthouse.net/) for designing the cover art.* Rachel Blechman of Tinbear Consulting (https://tinbearconsulting.com/) for building a new internet home for Out Of Left Field.* Josh Sippie, my podcast mentor from the Gotham Writers Workshop (https://www.writingclasses.com/).* Our sponsors, Everipe Blender-Ready Superfood Smoothies (everipe.com), which has rescued breakfast-time for my family, and Soggy Doggy (soggydoggydoormat), because it’s a lot easier to shelter in place when your place doesn’t smell like wet dog. * And, lastly, to Strat-O-Matic . . . which is not a sponsor, but was a game I always enjoyed playing as a kid, and now provides a portal into a simulated alternative universe (http://www.strat-o-matic.com/2020-season-simulation/) where the 2020 baseball season is playing out as scheduled (man, those A’s are off to a hot start).

Contact info: Roger Owens http://www.rogerowenspeanutman.com Bio: Roger Owens is the famed peanut vendor who tosses bags of peanuts under-the-leg, behind-the-back, and two at a time, all with unbelievable accuracy, and to those seated even more than 30 rows away. Roger has charmed and amazed generations of fans with his "show within a show" at Dodger Stadium for nearly 45 years. But he's worked the crowds for almost 50 years if you include the Coliseum years from '58 to '61.  He didn't start trick-tossing peanut bags until 1962 when the Dodgers moved into Dodger Stadium, even  though he started at age 15 by selling soda at the Coliseum, and moved up the vending chain to sell peanuts in 1959, his consistent hard work and showmanship throughout the 1960's not only helped increase his growing fan base who were thrilled with his amazing tosses, but also with his growing media attention in the 1970's. Although he was the focus of a number of television appearances including news stories and game shows, Roger's career as an icon of Dodger Stadium, who brings added fun and excitement to the game was launched when he was seen nationwide on "The Tonight Show" in September, 1976, on stage with Johnny Carson, as Carson's first guest for the evening.  Roger's theatrics and nutty joke telling haven't been limited to Dodger Stadium over the years. In fact, he's taken his peanut pitching to countless Rams, USC, and UCLA football games at the Coliseum, Dallas Cowboys football games once a year for 12 years straight, boxing matches, hockey games, minor league baseball games, and he even has quite a following in Japan after tossing out peanut bags at the American collegiate football all-star games for a number of years at Yokohama Stadium.  There is so much fascinating information, from his personal life of traumas, obstacles, happiness, and depression, to his public life of pioneering and remarkable talent, sense of humor and a natural ability to entertain, that to try to cover all of it here would be impossible and inadequate. For a complete biography, please refer to the book, "The Perfect Pitch, the Biography of Roger Owens, the Famous Peanut Man at Dodger Stadium" by Daniel S. Green.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This month’s podcast features teaching from Roger Owens at Two-Year Academy #36 in San Antonio, TX where he taught on “Traditions of Christian Spirituality.” Walking us through the Ignatian spiritual practice of “Examen,” Roger illumines an age-old exercise that is applicable and perhaps even essential in our modern lives. Featured on this podcast before, Roger continues to offer us guidance and wisdom in the way of spiritual formation, reminding us that when we pay attention we can be open to true transformation.

What if an entire season of life could be a spiritual practice? L. Roger Owens, author of Threshold of Discovery, shares how entering his 40th year with curiosity and intention opened him up to surprising connection with God. He will inspire you to wonder about how your current season of life might also become a spiritual practice.SHOW NOTESRoger’s websiteThreshold of Discovery: A Field Guide to Spirituality in Midlife“Suspended” by Denise LevertovHymn lyrics for “Oh Love That Will Not Let Me Go”The Five Buddhist RemembrancesThe Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of LoyolaThe Quotidian Mysteries by Kathleen NorrisThomas Merton’s writingsRevelations of Divine Love by Julian of NorwichJim GaffiganMorning Prayer “New every morning is your love, great God of light.”

Sermon by Rev. Dr. L. Roger Owens, special guest preacher, July 15, 2018.

In this month’s episode, we hear from Roger Owens on the topic of prayer and spirituality in a postmodern world, taken from his lectures he offered in August 2011 at a Five-Day Academy in Alabama. Listen on as Roger illumines God’s presence of mercy and love in all things...and may you have ears to hear and eyes to see and hearts to open to the sacredness of all. Enjoy.

Donna is the pastor of Mount Vernon Place UMC in Washington, DC.  When she arrived in 2005 it was a completely different church than it is now.  It was a dying congregation.  However, through Donna's leadership, a ton of time, and even more prayers, they have turned this congregation around.  Along with Roger Owens, she has now authored a new book about this journey, "A New Day in the City."  It is a powerful testimony to urban church renewal and the work God has done in and through them.

Church revival is not an easy task. While it took Jesus 3 days to overcome death, revival within the church takes more time. Donna Claycomb Sokol, pastor of Mount Vernon Place UMC in Washington, D.C., is leading her congregation in a revival.Donna co-wrote A New Day In The City, about this transformation alongside L. Roger Owens.In the interview Teer talked with Donna about Mount Vernon Place's public repentance for its role in white supremacy, as well as prophetic preaching. On its 100th anniversary, October 2017, the historic congregation, located along busy Massachusetts Ave., repented for its history of being a "representative church".This particular portion of the interview is important because the banner signed by members of the congregation was displayed outside, along the busy streets of Washington, D.C. This was not only a public display of repentance but it was also a prophetic statement in the midst of white supremacists becoming more emboldened and less afraid of sharing their hatred publically.Fast forward to November 27, when this banner outside the church were vandalized. If the events of Charlottesville, VA were not reminder enough that white supremacy, and the accompanying hatred is alive and strong in America, let the vandalism at Mount Vernon Place remind us all. We hope you enjoy this episode of C&GJ.

Church revival is not an easy task. While it took Jesus 3 days to overcome death, revival within the church takes more time. Donna Claycomb Sokol, pastor of Mount Vernon Place UMC in Washington, D.C., is leading her congregation in a revival.Donna co-wrote A New Day In The City, about this transformation alongside L. Roger Owens.In the interview Teer talked with Donna about Mount Vernon Place's public repentance for its role in white supremacy, as well as prophetic preaching. On its 100th anniversary, October 2017, the historic congregation, located along busy Massachusetts Ave., repented for its history of being a "representative church".This particular portion of the interview is important because the banner signed by members of the congregation was displayed outside, along the busy streets of Washington, D.C. This was not only a public display of repentance but it was also a prophetic statement in the midst of white supremacists becoming more emboldened and less afraid of sharing their hatred publically.Fast forward to November 27, when this banner outside the church were vandalized. If the events of Charlottesville, VA were not reminder enough that white supremacy, and the accompanying hatred is alive and strong in America, let the vandalism at Mount Vernon Place remind us all. We hope you enjoy this episode of C&GJ.

Our episode this month focuses on the spiritual practice of being present to your own life - especially in moments or seasons where we are tempted to find solace in avoiding or numbing our difficult feelings. Mary Earle and Roger Owens guide us toward awareness through their wisdom and personal stories that see opportunity in our fear, anger and mourning.

The Passion Story and The Easter Celebration show us a God who journeys with us in pain and celebration. This promise of presence--embodied, incarnational, and holy--is the grace and glue of all types of spiritual journeys. Using clips from Elaine Heath and Roger Owens, this episode follows Julian of Norwich and Jacob as they find God as their companion on the road. May their wanderings and wonderings accompany you on your way. Feel free to comment and share!