163: A Historically Accurate Nativity (with Jessica Jenkins)
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188: Pieces of Purple (with Michèle Phoenix)
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187: Praying for the Unreached (with Keith Carey of Joshua Project)
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In this bonus episode, Keith Carey shares about his work with Joshua Project, defining unreached people groups, and reaching the unreached through prayer. . “We’re praying according to God’s will because He wants every one of those tribes, tongues, and nations to be reached.” What’s changing our lives: Keane: Painting bedrooms in his house Heather: Vegetables growing from seed Keith: The Holy Spirit and cross-country running through desert scenery Weekly Spotlight: 10/40 Window and the We’d love to hear from you! Podcast Website: Learn about TeachBeyond:
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186: Waiting with Urgency (with Howard Dueck and Brian Delamont)
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What does it look like to wait with intentionality rather than apathy or impatience? For the final episode of season 5, co-hosts Heather and Keane are joined by TeachBeyond Executive Vice Presidents Howard Dueck and Brian Delamont as they reflect on Acts 1 and waiting with urgency. Acts 1:4-26 “Waiting for something definitive is so much different than waiting for something that’s undefined.” -Brian Delamont “The fact that they are together in the waiting brings growth to one another in that time.” -Brian Delamont Romans 8:22-25 by Ruth Haley Barton “It’s our transformation in...
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185: Wanderlust for the Gospel - A Calling Story (with Natalie Kardol)
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Have you heard the term Fernweh (German “fern-vay”) or Wanderlust? What if God is calling us beyond a desire to explore far-off places? TeachBeyond member Natalie Kardol shares her story of longing to travel the world before she knew Jesus and longing to reach the world with the Gospel now that she does. Natalie’s story invites us to consider how we are using our gifts for God’s glory, whether at home or far away. “As long as I can think of, I always had this longing to go.” “When I became a Christian, I thought, ‘Wow, I wasted all these years traveling to these different...
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184: Ending the School Year Well (with Mark Giebink and Season 5 Guests)
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183: Healthy Calling: From Toxic Burnout to Sustainable Work (with Arianna Molloy)
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Dr. Arianna Molloy shares hopeful and practical guidance as we seek to understand and live out our calling. Arianna defines key terms, unpacks professional research, and shares personal anecdotes to cast a vision for a healthy, reflective practice for flourishing in work and in relationship with the Caller. | “As believers, our primary calling is to love God and love others, and to do that well in everything that we do.” “[God] is a personal, intimate designer, and He has equipped each of us with skill sets and passions.” Work as a calling: meaningful, identified Caller, skill set...
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182: From the Garden to the City (with Brian Delamont)
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Brian Delamont returns to the podcast as we explore the Biblical theme of creation, beginning in the garden of Eden and culminating in the city of God. Drawing from voices like Alistair McGrath and Albert Wolters, we consider what it means to live as faithful stewards of God’s world and reflect His image in our spheres of influence. From Genesis to Revelation, we are invited to participate in God’s ongoing work of transformation, restoration, and renewal. Genesis 2:8-20 “God gives humanity the occupation of partnering with Him in order to bring this garden to the fullness that God...
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181: The Mission of God and the Witness of the Church (with Justin Schell)
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On this Good Friday, author Justin Schell traces the mission of God as seen in the sacrifice of Christ – to reveal Himself to humanity so that we may know Him in the world He’s made – and calls the Church to witness to this Master who invites us to feast with Him. Learn more about Lausanne’s “Mission is one of those things in ministry and in Christianity that so easily can become about other things than about God.” “The mission of God is Him revealing Himself to humanity so that we might know Him in the world that He’s made.” “That’s our role as a Church – we are...
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180: Teaching with Humor: Building Rapport in the Classroom (with Kevin McClintock aka @MrMcTikTok)
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179: Worlds Here and There: A Resource for Moving Internationally (with Paul Snider)
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info_outlineHow do you picture the nativity scene? Jessica Jenkins shares historical and cultural insight into the birth of Jesus and shares encouragement for telling the story of Christmas.
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- “In a house birth, Mary would be surrounded by family and neighbor women and possible midwives, and so you have this whole community surrounding Mary, Joseph, and Jesus. Rather than them being shamed and ostracized and pushed away, it’s the gathering in and caring for them.”
- “Luke tells us that this house had a guest room. That word in Greek, ‘kataluma,’ is often what is translated in many English translations as the ‘inn.’ Where we’re used to reading in Luke 2 ‘there was no room for them in the inn,’ the Greek word there is ‘kataluma,’ which really means ‘guest room.’”
- Luke 22 and Mark 14
- “It’s not going to be sparse, like our typical stable scenes, where it’s just Mary and Joseph and a sheep. You’re going to have aunties and hosts and hostess and kids running around screaming and maybe a chicken flying through.”
- “You mean Jesus came to be one of us? He’s not born in a palace?”
- “Jesus is the One who draws near. He is with you.”
- “It’s really amazing to think about how God just surrounds these people, and He just puts Himself right in the middle of everyday happenings. The angels come and announce in a big way, which it’s definitely worth announcing, but He’s also just coming in the absolute simplicity of birth and day-to-day life.”
- “The typical nativity story is God not with us. God’s away in a manger. He’s pushed out, He’s far away, He’s not really with us, He’s over there. But Emmanuel is God with us.”
- “Figuring out how to teach kids about Jesus can feel really overwhelming. Don’t feel like you have to do it all at once.”
- “God came to be with His people, including children.”
- “If we can ground our kids [in the truth] that Jesus is near them, rather than being a far-off distant God ready to reject them at a moment’s notice for a failure, but He’s a God who draws near, that will fundamentally change how they view God and their ability to attach to God and trust God.”
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- Keane: Staffs made out of dowels for his kids
- Heather: Meet-up with other Christian women in her area
- Jessica: Sweatshirts
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