Podcast appearances and mentions of Thomas Long

This week, we revisit a 2011 podcast where Timothy George and Robert Smith Jr. discuss Thomas Long's sermon “Measured for Ministry," which was preached at the Beeson Pastors School. The full sermon follows their discussion.

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Thomas Long

Welcome back to a new episode of Holistic Huskies! Morgan Xu, a new member of our team, will kick it off by interviewing Dr. Thomas Long, a medical humanities professor and the director of UConn's Nursing Learning Community. As he wraps up his time in his beloved world of academia, Dr. Long reflects on his educational journey, ways students can improve their mental health or find long-term support, and challenges he's witnessed new generations of nursing students go through. Contact us: Holistic_Huskies@gmail.com Visit our page: https://studenthealth.uconn.edu/holistic-huskies/ Follow us on social media: @uconnstudenthealth If you are a UConn student in need of mental health support, please contact UConn student health and wellness at (860)-486-4705 or check out our website to learn more about the mental health services offered: https://studenthealth.uconn.edu/mental-health/

I don't know about you, but I have been quite challenged by the way COVID-19 is constantly causing us to alter our plans and make changes in our daily lives.  Shifting again to online worship only for this Sunday and next Sunday is just one example of this challenge. Throughout these past two years, I have experienced a constant struggle within myself as we routinely must make new decisions while responding to the latest, unexpected challenges COVID-19 creates before us and around us. And, quite frankly, we will not see an end to this struggle and constant state of uncertainty and change until more people are vaccinated! We all struggle with change in one way or another. Some change is helpful and transformative, and some change can be devastating.  One of the greatest challenges for all of us is the change that ensues when unexpected situations arise, and our very world seems to shift on its axis.  Such change is often abrupt, disruptive, life-threatening and life changing. This is the type of change we experienced when COVID initially broke into our lives. As we experience this kind of change, we tend to find ourselves in a place of languishment and fear, fear about an uncertain future. When talking about such monumental change, the Rev. Dr. Thomas Long, a Presbyterian theologian, shares a story about the historian, Eric Hobsbawm.  Long writes: Hobsbawm remembered when his safe and secure world became a world of terror.  He grew up as a Jewish orphan in Berlin.  On a cold January day in 1933 when he was only 15 years old, he was walking his little sister home from school when he saw at a newsstand a headline bearing frightening news that would change his life, change the life of all Jews, change the life of the whole world.  “Adolph Hitler Appointed Chancellor of Germany,” the headline read.  Later in his life, Hobsbawm reflected on that moment and said it was as if “we were on the Titanic, and everyone knew it was going to hit the iceberg.”  As Europe hurdled out of control toward World War II, the old world was violently ripped apart, and the new and uncertain world began to be born.  Hobsbawm said that it was difficult to describe “what it meant to live in a world that was simply not expected to last.”  It was like living, he said, “between a dead past and a future not yet born.”   For multiple reasons, that is the kind of change we are experiencing, and it creates a feeling of fear and uncertainty.  In many ways, we are living between a dead past and a future not yet born.  And, that is also what the Jewish people had been experiencing at the time of Isaiah's writing in our Old Testament reading today.  Isaiah was writing to and for Jewish exiles who had experienced monumental, earth-shattering change. Jerusalem had been destroyed and the Jewish people had been taken into captivity in Babylon!  Their world had been shaken and turned upside down.  Living in exile, their past was dead, obliterated.  They were in a hard place, living in fear and imagining themselves on the precipice of extinction under Babylonian domination.  Feeling abandoned by God, their future seemed truly uncertain.  Into this setting the prophet speaks a word from the Lord saying, “Do not be afraid, for I am with you.” Do not be afraid. These few words are some of the most frequently spoken words we hear in scripture.  When the angel appeared to Mary announcing she would give birth to a son – talk about an uncertain future for a teenage, unmarried girl, especially at that point in time – the angel said, “Do not be afraid.”  When the angels appeared to the shepherds at the time of Jesus' birth, they said, “Do not be afraid.”  The first words spoken to the disciples at the empty tomb on Easter morning were, “Do not be afraid.”  And, when the resurrected Christ appeared to his disciples who were huddled in a locked room because of fear, his words were, “Do not be afraid.” I have to say that, as I studied these scripture readings for today, they meant a great deal to me and brought comfort to my struggling, aching heart.  We are living in a time when the past and so much of what we knew as normal is dead. Quite frankly, our world will likely never again be what it was before COVID-19. As COVID continues to explode around us, the future that we long for is not yet born, and we really do not know what that future will look like. Yet, amid this uncertainty, we hear the words, “Do not be afraid, for I am with you.” There is much in our lives today that creates a sense of fear. If we follow the news and keep abreast of what is happening within our own political system and present culture, there is a plenty that can produce uncertainty and fear within us.  We daily hear rhetoric that is intended to produce division, fear, and anxiety. The challenges we currently face seem monumental. However, we need to understand that every day of our lives is lived between the days of a dead past and days of an uncertain future not yet born.  And, while this creates within us a sense of fear and anxiety, Isaiah's words to us on this day cut to the core of our anxiety as they graciously descend into the depth of our fear. Listen as Isaiah speaks the message of God to us, to you, “Do not be afraid, I am with you.  I created you.  I formed you.  I have redeemed you.  I have called you by name.  You are mine.” Today, we celebrate the Baptism of our Lord and, as we celebrate this day, we remember our baptisms. We remember that we have been baptized into the community of faith.  When water was poured on our heads, we heard our very name spoken as we heard that we were baptized in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. We heard God's Word spoken to us, saying, “I created you. I formed you. I have redeemed you. I have called you by name. You are mine.”  Our names are forever joined to God's name.  God has called us by name and claimed us as God's own.  We have no idea what the future holds for anyone of us.  We pray our lives will be filled with joy, with health, and with peace.   However, we also know that because we are human, we will face some very challenging times in life. We will pass through the waters of life's hardship.  Just as the Jewish people discovered, faith does not protect us from the realities of being human and the reality of pain and hardship in life.  Yet, we also know that God knows our very names. God will never forget us, God will never leave us alone, and God will never let go of us.  God will be present to us at every turn.  God says to each one of us: When you pass through the waters, I will be with you.  When you pass through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you.  When you walk through the fire, the flame shall not consume you.  I have called you by name and you are mine.   Knowing this, we can live with hope, trusting our entire life journey, both our present and future, to the God who holds us and loves us. The late Catholic priest and theologian, Henri Nouwen, once told a story about a terrible dream that plagued him for many nights.  He dreamed that he was traveling in some distant city, and he ran into someone with whom he had gone to high school.  This former classmate would say, “Henri, haven't seen you in years.  What have you done with your life?”  Henri felt that question sounded like judgment.  While he had done some good things with his life, he also had had some struggles and challenges.  When his old classmate asked this question, he did not know what to say.  Then, one night Henri had another dream.  He was waiting outside the throne room of God, and he found himself quivering in fear.  He just knew the almighty God would speak to him saying, “Henri, what have you done with your life?”  Then, in his dream, when the door opened to God's throne room, the room was filled with light and he was astonished to hear God speaking to him in a gentle voice as God lovingly said, “Henri, it's good to see you.  I hear you had a rough trip, but I'd love to see the pictures of your journey.”  This world in which we live can at times be dangerous, and we all live between a dead past and an uncertain future, a future yet unborn. However, we live knowing that Immanuel, God with us, is lovingly present to us and walking with us throughout life.  And, we can place our trust in this God who cherishes us and loves us with a love that will never let us go. God is saying to each one of us, “Fear not.  I know you.  I have called you by name and you are mine.”

Dr. Long was named one of the twelve most effective preachers in the English speaking world by Baylor University, On the next State of Belief Radio, They do it every ten years. The Rev. Thomas Long and Rabbi Jack Moline reflect on the tragedy of 9/11 and the collective aftermath from a Christian and a Jewish perspective… And the latest conversation will be taking place this weekend. Also, a powerful new book titled, Thy Queendom Come: Breaking Free from the Patriarchy to Save Your Soul. I'll talk with the author, feminist theologian the Rev. Kyndall Rae Rothaus.

Aider les aidants Vivre avec un membre de sa famille lourdement handicapé demande une attention de chaque minute. Il n'est pas simple de tout porter pour les aidants, qui jour et nuit veillent sur ceux qu'ils aiment. Face à des institutions à bout de souffle faute de moyens, à des familles épuisées par leurs enfants handicapés devenus adultes, peu de solutions sont envisageables.  Pourtant Rozenn Morice n'a pas voulu se résigner. La maman de Gaël Morice, jeune homme porteur de handicap de 20 ans, a décidé d'inventer pour lui un habitat comme tout le monde. Initialement appelait "Ose ta vie" et créée en Bretagne, l'association s'est ralliée à "Famille solidaire" créée en Alsace par Jean Ruch et porteuse du même type de projets. L'objectif est simple : créer des habitats inclusifs adaptées au mode de vie de chacun des adultes porteurs de handicap, soutenir les aidants et créer un lien social fort entre les habitants.  Pour comprendre le fonctionnement de ces colocations du coeur, Véronique Macary est partie à la rencontre des gens qui les font vivre, dans tous les sens du terme.   Baptiste et Gaël en plein atelier réparations   La colocation des pimpins : une "famille" solidaire Grâce au système de soins adapté, Gaël a droit à six heures d'aide à domicile sur 24h. Par ailleurs, la colocation de Charlène, Kévin, Gaël et Baptiste, mutualise ses aides, ce qui permet aux colocs d'avoir plusieurs personnes 24H sur 24h et aux familles de se reposer. Les handicaps sont lourds dans la colocation des pimpins, mais l'organisation adaptée et la fraternité entre tous les intervenants et les colocataires montrent que cette belle invention a tout son sens. La plupart des personnes travaillants dans la collocation, tout comme les habitants, ont choisi de quitter les institutions médicales afin de retrouver du sens à leur vocation d'accompagnateurs. Un retour à l'humain et au soin plus que nécessaire à une époque où le fonctionnement des institutions montre une défaillance du système de prise en charge des personnes porteuses de handicap. Les familles de la collocation crées par Rozenn Morice sont formelles, leurs enfants ont progressé, et les familles se sentent libérées. Un reportage teinté d'espoir et de vie réalisé par Véronique Macary. Avec Rozenn Morice, les aidants Vincent, Thomas, Marie Dominique qui supervise l'équipe,Marie Do Brahy, coordinatrice et animatrice et la voisine Marine. Les musiques sont réalisées avec les voix des collocs et sont à retrouver sur le sound cloud de Thomas Long. Pour plus d'informations sur les habitats inclusifs   UNE ÉMISSION RÉALISÉE EN PARTENARIAT AVEC LE CCAH ET GRÂCE AU SOUTIEN D'AG2R AGIRC-ARRCO  

James Stevens is a Partner at Troutman Pepper with a focus on corporate and financial services law. He is joined by Thomas Long a recent graduate of the University of Georgia and now a leader at TripActions in Silicon Valley. The discussion explores the ins/outs of bank and fintech partnerships.

"Faculty should always be willing to challenge students but also not...overwhelm them," says Dr. Thomas Long, Professor in Residence for the UConn School of Nursing and Director of the Nursing Learning Community. With our host Tomaso, Dr. Long transports us back to his early years of college as he reminisces about difficulty in finding a parking space while Rod Stewart's “Maggie May” played on the radio. He also talks about how one of his own professors “shaped the trajectory of [his] thinking and teaching for the last 50 years.” Throughout the conversation, Tomaso and Dr. Long discuss the importance of connections while acknowledging the difficulties both faculty and students are experiencing in forming those connections in today's reality of so much remote working, learning, and teaching. Tune in and learn more about how “students and faculty are much more alike than they are dissimilar” and how faculty-student dynamics greatly impact student success.

https://amzn.to/3nBcnmlIn this bold collection of hard-hitting urban erotic quickies, Noire, the undisputed Queen of Urban Erotica, brings you 11 authors who explore, without apology or restraint, street sagas of sexual pleasure.Boasting an all-star lineup of some of today’s hottest authors - and sprinkled with heat from some fresh new talent, too - this collection from Noire thoroughly lives up to her credo of giving her fans just what they like: street drama with a sheet-drenching erotic twist.Here you’ll find sexy tales from fan favorites K’wan, Joy, Thomas Long, Jamise L. Dames, Andrea Blackstone, Gerald Malcom, Euftis Emery, Kweli Walker, and Erick Gray, along with two hot new voices: Aretha Temple and Plea$ure. Noire even supplies her own juicy addition to the hard-body lineup.So beware: The heat and the drama contained herein are not fairy tales for the desperate housewife. Ride hard with Noire as her authors get their grind on and take it to the limits in From the Streets to the Sheets.https://amzn.to/3nBcnml

https://amzn.to/3nBcnmlIn this bold collection of hard-hitting urban erotic quickies, Noire, the undisputed Queen of Urban Erotica, brings you 11 authors who explore, without apology or restraint, street sagas of sexual pleasure.Boasting an all-star lineup of some of today’s hottest authors - and sprinkled with heat from some fresh new talent, too - this collection from Noire thoroughly lives up to her credo of giving her fans just what they like: street drama with a sheet-drenching erotic twist.Here you’ll find sexy tales from fan favorites K’wan, Joy, Thomas Long, Jamise L. Dames, Andrea Blackstone, Gerald Malcom, Euftis Emery, Kweli Walker, and Erick Gray, along with two hot new voices: Aretha Temple and Plea$ure. Noire even supplies her own juicy addition to the hard-body lineup.So beware: The heat and the drama contained herein are not fairy tales for the desperate housewife. Ride hard with Noire as her authors get their grind on and take it to the limits in From the Streets to the Sheets.https://amzn.to/3nBcnml

Thomas Long graduated with Full-time Web Development Cohort 39. My professional software programming story may just now be getting started, but computers have been a part of my life, and a genuine interest of mine, for as long as I can remember. From the very first sentence I wrote in a word processor so many years ago, I have been intrigued by what goes on "under the hood", and now that I'm learning exactly that, I can't believe it's taken me so long to get here! Software development has become exactly what I've always wanted to do, and I am extremely excited to continue learning, developing, and creating!

Have you ever had the experience of reading a book or seeing a movie in which the story was so powerful that it stuck with you for a while and kept you thinking about it for the next several days?  This frequently happens to me.  For example, when I saw the movie A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, the movie about Mr. Rogers, its themes of forgiveness and redemption were on my mind for several days afterwards. Jesus’ parables, those rich stories he shares, are designed to work that way in our minds and hearts.  In fact, theologian, John Dominic Crossan, suggests they are designed to be like time bombs that tick away in our heads as we continue to think about them, and then eventually they explode and their meaning takes us to new places in understanding God’s relationship with us.  It is also important to remember that, by nature, Jesus’ parables can be interpreted in multiple ways.  In fact, as you hear each of his stories, you can insert yourself into any one of the various characters and then, by doing so, discern different and deeper understandings of what Jesus is saying.  Today, we hear Jesus telling the crowd a parable about a farmer who has gone out to sow seed.  And, I have to say, this farmer seems quite irresponsible in the way he goes about planting his field.  He has a very unusual process for planting, something that makes no sense to our 21st century way of thinking.  Truthfully, he seems reckless and careless as he arbitrarily, indiscriminately, even wastefully throws seed everywhere.  In fact, he throws seed in the most unlikely of places and it appears that he does not know what he is doing.  When we think about planting, we know that farmers and gardeners ordinarily put an emphasis on planning before they plant.  First, they plow the field and prepare the soil, because they want the ground to have just the right pH balance.  Then, they inject the seed, irrigate the soil, and fertilize.  They do not just wastefully throw seed around and let it fall wherever! Well, in Jesus’ time, randomly throwing seeds on the ground was not unusual.  In fact, Jesus’ account of the farmer’s process is quite realistic.  Unlike modern farmers, first-century farmers would throw seed around all over the place and then plow.  With this approach, something that seems crazy to us, it is not surprising that some seed would fall on hard soil, other seed on rocky ground, and yet others in the thorns and weeds.  This was just the reality of the situation.  Everyone knew this and understood the process.  So, as Jesus begins to tell the story, I can imagine people in the crowd standing there nodding their heads in agreement as Jesus talks about the way the farmer plants seed.  Jesus was taking an example from everyday life, an example everyone understood, and he turned it into a teaching moment about his very own ministry.  You see, in the analogy he uses, he is not only describing a familiar process, he is describing the situation he has already been facing in his ministry.  Jesus has been teaching and proclaiming the good news that the Kingdom of God has broken into this world and is in fact growing.  In all of Jesus’ parables, he is describing God’s kingdom which is already breaking in upon us, but not yet fully here.  However, most of the time the people just do not get it.  If you remember last week’s gospel, we heard that Jesus had been misunderstood.  In the gospel narrative preceding today’s reading, Jesus had faced opposition.  His message seemed to be falling on rocky ground.  Furthermore, the Pharisees are always wanting to choke out his message.  And, we will find that in the passages following today’s reading, his message falls on the hard soil of his hometown folks and they will reject him.  Jesus’ metaphor is very much about his message and what is happening in his present life. I think for those of us who have heard the Parable of the Sower so many times, it is very familiar and we tend to think it is about us – about the kind of soil within our hearts as we receive the message of good news.  In fact, in the second part of today’s reading we hear Jesus explain the parable’s meaning, indicating the story is about our response to the word of God which has been sown among us.  This certainly is one valid interpretation and it can be helpful.  But, this explanation, as printed in Matthew, was not part of the original parable.  Those verses were added at a later point in time by the gospel writer or the early church.  And, while those verses do offer a compelling and helpful interpretation of the story, the truth is this is not necessarily a story about us.  While it can be interpreted as a story about what kind of soil we have within our hearts, I think it is really a story that is all about God.  It is all about an amazing God who is extravagant and even wasteful in the way God’s love and grace is poured upon this broken world. You see, God is this crazy farmer who sows seeds of forgiveness and love in all kinds of places, even the most unlikely of places.  God is this strange farmer who nurtures those seeds wherever they fall by showering them and drenching them in abundant grace.  God is this whacky farmer who blesses those seeds with the vibrant sunshine of unconditional love and mercy, and continually nurtures their growth.  Friends, our God is one who always randomly throws seed around, not only on good soil where hearts are ready to be open to the Word.  This God extravagantly throws seed out on to rocky ground where hearts are hard and the seed cannot easily take root, on weed infested ground where hearts are filled with hate and anger, and on sandy ground where the soil of people’s hearts just keeps shifting around.  And, the most amazing thing happens – some of this seed takes root and produces a great harvest.  Yes, some of this seed produces bushels of abundance.  Jesus ends the parable with these words, “Other seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.  Let anyone with ears listen!”  Theologian, Talitha Arnold, says, “Maybe [this parable] should be called the Hundredfold Harvest.”  I like that idea and it makes great sense because, if you understand the harvest measurements Jesus gives at the end of the parable, you begin to understand the astonishing aspect of this story.  In the first century, if a harvest brought forth only thirtyfold, an entire village would have been fed for a year.  If a harvest brought forth sixtyfold it would have been an extraordinary year for a farmer.  And, if a harvest brought forth a hundredfold, the “the farmer could retire to a villa by the Sea of Galilee.” (Feasting on the Word) This parable of Jesus ends with a miracle when Jesus talks about a hundredfold harvest.  It is a parable filled with promise.  It is a parable about abundance, the abundance we find as children of God, the abundance that is all about a God of love who wastefully sows seeds in the most unlikely places, even in the messiness of our own hearts. It is all about God’s abundant grace for all people.  And, in the person of Jesus Christ, this God of abundance gets down and dirty, working the ground, the soil of our being in the messiness of our lives.  This parable tells us of a God who is so extravagant he gets down and dirty to the point of dying on a cross because of God’s abundant love for this world.  And, it is that abundant love and life we are called to share as we deeply connect with others and allow God to use us to wildly and wastefully sow seeds of forgiveness, grace, and love into the lives of others.  As theologian, Thomas Long, says: “The church is called to ‘waste itself,’ to throw grace around like there is no tomorrow, precisely because there is a tomorrow, and it belongs to God.”

Jason Thomas, chief economist at AssetMark, says that the structural and societal changes and advancements that have allowed the economy to not be in more-significant trouble thanks to the coronavirus pandemic are also laying the base for an economy that ultimately will emerge strong, with stocks providing the best chance to come out ahead several years down the line. He notes that the United States  -- despite the issues it faces -- is positioned 'to come out of this as one of the winners.' Also on the show, Matt Hougan of Bitwise Investments talks cryptocurrencies and how bitcoin is proving its value as an alternative to gold and a portfolio diversifier, Chris Vermeulen of The Technical Traders says the technicals show the market to be 'in a no-man's land between a bull and bear market' and while he expects a dip back to March lows, he believes there are good opportunities for traders. Also, Kelly Thompson of Direct Lending Deals talks about how the economic slowdown has affected the middle-market financing of business-development companies and how she expects BDCs to restructure and bounce back.

A sermon given by the Rev. Dr. Thomas Long on February 16, 2020, at Duke University Chapel

Tawnya Musser, founder of Dear Departures, is a Home Funeral Guide, Life-Cycle Celebrant, and End-of-Life Doula offering services in the Denver Metro and surrounding areas. Tawnya shares how her journey through life informed her transition into the world of death and dying. Hear how she shifted from a headspace of ‘We’re all going to die, so what’s the point?’ to a place of ‘Yes, we’re going to die. So, what can we do to be prepared and empowered in our choices?’ We talk ‘go-to’ death practices, and their impact on the land, our environment, and our finances. We discuss and define terms including green burial, home funeral, water cremation, burial vaults, what it means to be ‘death positive,’ and what a funeral celebrant is.   We delve into engaging children in conversations about death, by introducing how cultures throughout the world have a variety of ways to care for the bodies of their dead. We explore how being in the presence of the deceased’s body has value as it relates to grief, and the ways in which we process death. We touch on how the shift into celebrations of life can strive to include space for tears and grief. Resources:  Dear Departures National Home Funeral Alliance Tenants of the Death PositiveMovement The Moth – Grief To A Five Year Old The Good Funeral by Thomas Long and Thomas Lynch  Conscious Dying Institute Celebrant Institute Death Café Life of Death short video Song: Everything Gets Gone by William Elliott Whitmore

This week, we learn about how the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts is nurturing young musicians; talk to Thomas Long about what it's like to be the writer-in-residence in the School of Nursing; and learn just how hard it used to be to get classes canceled on account of weather. 

Pentecost 9This recording is an abridged version of the 10:00 am service from Sunday July 17, 2016.    (Download Podcast)The readings are from the NSRV (New Revised Standard Version) Bible. You can read the passages online at: https://www.biblegateway.com/versions/New-Revised-Standard-Version-NRSV-Bible/.[00:00:55]  First Reading - Amos 8:1-12[00:03:06]  Second Reading - Colossians 1:15-28[00:06:01]  Gospel Reading - Luke 10:38-42[00:07:04]  Sermon - The Rev. Canon Maureen Crerar[00:21:06]  Blessing and DismissalWith Thanks and credit for sermon ideas: Elizabeth Johnson, The Working Preacher, 2009; Thomas Long, Mary and Martha; David Lose, In the Meantime, Luke 10, 2016,  as well as Baptism. 2013Today's bulletin can be found here.This podcast is also available on iTunes.www.sttimothy-edm.ca

Tom Long offers tips for preaching Matthew, the featured gospel in Year A of the Revised Common Lectionary. The structure of the Gospel of Matthew, according to Long, "is a rhythm between teaching and action, so, Jesus teaches and then there's ethics or a kind of deepening of the teaching ... I think read more...

Host Cyrus Webb welcomes bestselling author Thomas Long to Conversations LIVE to talk about his literary path to sucess and what's next for him in 2013.

Eyone talks with Thomas Long!

Listen to Thomas Long talk about "What Shall We Say? Evil, Suffering and the Crisis of Faith" and the theodicy problem, and read an excerpt.

Listen to Thomas Long talk about "What Shall We Say? Evil, Suffering and the Crisis of Faith" and the theodicy problem, and read an excerpt.

Sermon preached at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia, on July 8, 2012, by the Rev. Benson Shelton. Gospel is Mark 6:1-13. Sermon is intellectual property of Benson Shelton. Story taken from Thomas Long's "Preaching from Memory to Hope", pp. 19-20.

Join special guest Thomas Long with Profs. Karoline Lewis and David Lose for a conversation around preaching the lectionary texts for Easter Sunday: Acts 10:34-43, Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 (24), 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, Mark 16:1-8 or John 20:1-18 read more...

Dr. Timothy George and Dr. Robert Smith, Jr., discuss Dr. Thomas Long's sermon “Measured for Ministry," which was preached at the Beeson Pastors School. The full sermon follows their discussion.

Dr. Timothy George and Dr. Robert Smith, Jr., discuss Dr. Thomas Long's sermon “Measured for Ministry," which was preached at the Beeson Pastors School. The full sermon follows their discussion.

Tom talks about the mimetic function of preaching. read more...

Thomas talks about the importance of creating a community that is prophetic, not simply equipping people to live as individuals in the world. And also reflects on the challenges of preaching public issues without being political. read more...

Tom discusses negotiating the authority to preach each time we preach. read more...

Thomas Long discusses what he calls the "back porch" of the text read more...

Liz Thomas is a well-traveled adventure athlete most known for breaking the women’s unsupported speed record on the 2,181-mile long Appalachian Trail in 2011. She has completed the Triple Crown of Hiking–the Appalachian Trail, the 2,650 mile Pacific Crest Trail, and 3,100 mile Continental Divide Trail–and has backpacked over 10,000 miles across the United States on long distance hiking trails. Liz is among the most experienced woman hikers in the country and is known for hiking light and fast. In addition to having a lot of experience hiking, Liz also received a Masters in Environmental Science from the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and the prestigious Doris Duke Conservation Fellowship for her research on long distance hiking trails, conservation, and trail town communities. Liz has been featured in Backpacker Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, and LA Magazine and has given talks about her experiences at colleges, hiking clubs, and conferences across the country. www.facebook.com/SnorkelHikes Twitter: @EAThomas Trail Journals American Long Distance Hiking Association - West