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182: From the Garden to the City (with Brian Delamont)

Release Date: 04/25/2025

183: Healthy Calling: From Toxic Burnout to Sustainable Work (with Arianna Molloy)

Transformed & Transformational

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...

182: From the Garden to the City (with Brian Delamont)

Transformed & Transformational

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...

181: The Mission of God and the Witness of the Church (with Justin Schell)

Transformed & Transformational

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...

180: Teaching with Humor: Building Rapport in the Classroom (with Kevin McClintock aka @MrMcTikTok)

Transformed & Transformational

Humor is one way to build rapport with your students, but there’s more to it than just being the “fun teacher.” Kevin McClintock – better known as Mr. McTiktok – shares from his experiences as a teacher and social media influencer, underscoring the importance of consistent boundaries and connecting with your students. Follow Kevin: | “When the kids come into class and they know what’s expected of them inside the class, we can get stuff done. We still can be funny, but we have certain goals.” “When you are kind of an entertainer, there’s always going to be this ebb and...

179: Worlds Here and There: A Resource for Moving Internationally (with Paul Snider)

Transformed & Transformational

Are you moving internationally or returning to your passport country? Have a friend who will be relocating soon? Worlds Here and There is a guide for navigating this significant life transition. Listen in to hear from one of the creators of this resource, Paul Snider of MK2MK, as he shares about how this book came to be and the importance of processing the impacts of moving abroad, whether upcoming, recent past, or many years ago. “How can we name and grieve the things that they’re losing [...] and look at what they’re entering into?” “Here and there is really about the magnitude...

178: Transformation in God’s Family (with Brian Delamont)

Transformed & Transformational

What does it look like to bear with one another? What message are we proclaiming, and how does the message dwell within us? Brian Delamont returns to the podcast this week to unpack Colossians 3. “Learning is actually so rich and so all-encompassing. It’s not just hearing a tidbit of information or being able to do a single skill; it’s understanding and applying that skill in context, in community, in relationship to other things that are happening.” “It’s our churches, it’s the community of Jesus followers that we find ourselves in, that can be greenhouses and accelerators for...

177: Transformed Students to Transformed Adults in Tanzania - A Calling Story (with Emmanuel and Ruth Mbennah)

Transformed & Transformational

Emmanuel and Ruth Mbennah serve as TeachBeyond leaders in Tanzania with an amazing story and vision for their country. Hear how Emmanuel’s childhood experience with school and Ruth’s background as a teacher play into their ministry today. “Where I was born and where I grew up, there was no church, there was no school, there was no hospital, there was no road going to that place.” -Emmanuel “No matter the circumstances in which one grows up, education can really define the destiny of the person. Education is key, education is possible. People regardless of where they are born and...

176: A Roadmap for AI in Education (with Dr. Benny Fong)

Transformed & Transformational

Dr. Benny Fong joins co-hosts Heather Brown and Keane Fine to share perspectives and tips for leveraging AI as a teacher. Dr. Fong provides practical applications, ethical considerations, and how AI, when used wisely, can help minimize the mundane and allow educators to focus on relationships for Kingdom impact. What are your experiences with AI in your classroom or school? Share with us at . “The misconception is that the kids will just shift totally to using an artificial teacher or something. [...] We know that book learning is really only one part of learning. The bigger part of...

175: 10 Ways to Prepare to Serve in Missions (with Amanda Cameron and Rachel Schmitt)

Transformed & Transformational

Thinking of serving in missions someday? Hear from co-host Heather Brown, along with mobilization coaches Rachel Schmitt and Amanda Cameron, about practical steps you can take now as you consider missions for the future – and in the meantime, make an impact where you are and continue to grow in Christ! Pray. Serve where you are. “How can I be plugged in? How can I use what God’s given me and actually build and grow those skills that could be used in the future? Those things can be used now, too, and benefitting the communities that we’re in. It can help with our...

174: From Renewed Minds to Transformed Cultures (with Brian Delamont)

Transformed & Transformational

Brian Delamont, TeachBeyond Vice President, returns to the podcast to share from 2 Corinthians 5 about what it looks like for our personal, internal transformation to impact culture – “getting out of our heads and into our neighborhoods.” Romans 12:1-2 “Every culture, every sub-culture, has patterns of thinking, patterns of behavior.” by Terrence Deal and Allan Kennedy “For everyone everywhere, there’s a ‘way that we do things around here.’ So what people think moves then from internal to external because it’s the values that drive the action. What you value...

More Episodes

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Genesis 2:8-20
Creation Regained by Albert Wolters
“God gives humanity the occupation of partnering with Him in order to bring this garden to the fullness that God envisions for it, to partner with God in transformation.”
Revelation 22
Psalm 19
Romans 1:20
“God’s revelation of Himself is so clearly seen that humanity is without excuse to know that there is a God and that He exists.”
Romans 2:15
“To be created in God’s image means that we have these echoes of God’s design and God’s intention innately connected and integrated into our humanness.”
“God wants us and created us and designed us to live integrated lives. There’s nothing that doesn’t have His fingerprint on it.”
“There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is sovereign over all, does not cry, ‘Mine!’ - Abraham Kuyper
“The Kingdom has come – it’s here – and yet there is more to come.”
“When we bring care or compassion or provision to others, we’re making small transformations that point to the King and point to the Kingdom, both now and the Kingdom to come.”
Creation by Alistair McGrath
“Stewarding creation is an expression of love for God because God loves what He has created.”
“We don’t worship nature or creation, but we esteem it.”
The Parable of the Faithful Steward in Luke 12:42-48
Jeremiah 29:4-7
“When we try to make God look like us, we are miscreating, but when we understand that we are created in God’s image, it enables us to integrate our faith, our spirituality, with the physical world, because that’s the way He intended it from the very beginning, all the way through Scripture.”
“Science is never going to threaten God. How we apply science can threaten our understanding.”
“What evidences do I see in creation for Him? What evidences, like Psalm 19, do I see in the law of God?”
Revelation 21:1-5
“What started in a garden does become a city.”
“In God’s city, there is life and light. The river that flowed in Eden now flows from the throne, and it’s the water of the river of life that is there for all nations. It’s part of our inheritance, it’s part of our sonship and daughtership with God.”
2 Corinthians 5:17

May Reflection: Am I actively engaging in God’s creation mandate for the part of the world that I’m able to influence? What sphere of influence has God given me? What am I stewarding?

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