186: Waiting with Urgency (with Howard Dueck and Brian Delamont)
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Release Date: 05/23/2025
Study Abroad and Missions | Calling Story with Nichole DeBruin, Kylie Stancliffe, and Abby and Zeke Esteban (Ep. 213)
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Studying abroad and serving missionally can go hand in hand! From the vibrancy of Ecuadorian dancing to the incense of Buddhist temples, TeachBeyond members share how their study abroad experiences exposed them to missions and helped them discern a calling to pursue teaching overseas. Zeke and Abby studied abroad with Nichole student taught abroad with “It gave me ‘family’ in another culture and another location, and I think people are [...] what you hold onto the most with study abroad.” - Zeke “That’s the difference [from] if you are just going on vacation or if you do a...
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Study Abroad and Missions | Calling Story with Nichole DeBruin, Kylie Stancliffe, and Abby and Zeke Esteban (Ep. 213)
Transformed & Transformational
Studying abroad and serving missionally can go hand in hand! From the vibrancy of Ecuadorian dancing to the incense of Buddhist temples, TeachBeyond members share how their study abroad experiences exposed them to missions and helped them discern a calling to pursue teaching overseas. Zeke and Abby studied abroad with Nichole student taught abroad with “It gave me ‘family’ in another culture and another location, and I think people are [...] what you hold onto the most with study abroad.” - Zeke “That’s the difference [from] if you are just going on vacation or if you do a...
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Stories That Shape Identity | Teacher’s Desk with Chris O'Shaughnessy (Ep. 212)
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Hear from global storyteller Christopher O’Shaughnessy about the power of storytelling to build connection, shape identity, and help people navigate life across cultures. From the role of humor in bringing people together to the deeper work of putting words to our internal experiences, Chris shares practical insights into how stories create bridges between people. “Whether you’re intentionally saying it or whether people are unintentionally hearing it, there’s always some story in context.” “The more of your story you can refine, the more you’re opening up points of...
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Global Christian Database | Zoom In with Dr. Gina Zurlo (Ep. 211)
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From the process of data collection to the impact of women in the church to stories of conversions in West Asia, hear from social scientist Dr. Gina Zurlo about the current state and important trends in world Christianity. Whether you love numbers or are brand new to demography, there is something to learn from this conversation about the World Christian Database, and Dr. Zurlo’s passion is contagious! “I’m really committed to producing the highest quality, most comprehensive, reliable data that I possibly can because I know that people are using these data to help inform...
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The Myth of Rules Versus Relationship | Spiritual Formation with Brian Delamont (Ep. 210)
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Are you naturally a rule-follower, or do you tend to balk at rules? Brian Delamont joins co-hosts Keane and Heather for a conversation about how God’s commands are given in the context of relationship and for our flourishing. “We’re created by God to be flourishing and to be in relationship with Him. If we go back to God’s original creation, if we go to the garden, in His perfect design God gives us guardrails.” - Brian “There’s a difference between blind or obligatory compliance and truly joyful obedience.” - Heather Genesis 2:16-17 Deuteronomy 5:32-33 “We become the...
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God’s Path to Prague | Calling Story with Baylor and Erin May (Ep. 209)
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Baylor and Erin May tell the story of how growing up overseas, meeting in college, and trusting the Lord with each step has led to international adoption, raising their family overseas, and investing in the global community in Prague. “We just decided [that] we’re going to go as far as we can until we know it’s either going to work or not going to work, and it did, and that was confirmation from the Lord.” -Baylor “Looking back, it’s like a little light-up path we can see clearly, but we didn’t really see it starting out.” -Erin “The truth and the goodness of the gospel is...
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Genesis 1 in a Genesis 3 Classroom | Teacher’s Desk with Missy Takano and Kristi Schliep (Ep. 208)
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Lent and Missions | Zoom In with Nathan Sloan of Upstream Collective (Ep. 207)
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In anticipation of the upcoming season of Lent, we consider how the practices of fasting and lament can remind us of our humanity and orient our hearts toward the lost. “This physical need reminds me how much I need the Lord. So, it’s not just the removal of something; it’s a taking in of something.” “Forty years in the wilderness for God’s people and 40 days in the wilderness for Jesus were preparation for the fulfilling of God’s promise, so when we’re fasting, we’re experiencing that wilderness so that when Easter comes, when Good Friday comes, it’s a celebration.”...
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The Myth of an Easy Life | Spiritual Formation with Brian Delamont (Ep. 206)
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Should I expect to have an easy life following Jesus? Being a Christian does not mean comfort or ease, as culture would define it. Brian Delamont, Executive Vice President of TeachBeyond, unpacks Scriptural truths about blessing, contentment, and abundance from a Kingdom perspective. Deuteronomy 28 Psalm 136 Matthew 20:18-19 John 16:32-33 “When we face difficulties, when life is not easy, the Father is with us.” “Life is not easy. There will be trouble. [...] However, take heart! I have overcome the world.” “You don’t give to get.” Malachi 3:10 2 Corinthians 9:7-9 2 Corinthians...
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The Birth of Open Schools Worldwide | Calling Story Part 2 with Alan McIlhenny (Ep. 205)
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This week, hear the rest of the story from Alan McIlhenny, one of the co-founders of Open Schools Worldwide, with the mission to design and deliver life-changing learning to bring hope to marginalized children in developing countries worldwide. Listen to Part 1 of the story here: Four legs of the table of education are vision, people, materials, methods, with Christ at the center “[One of the biggest challenges] was finding the right people who understood the children that we were going to be working with.” “We need to take care of our volunteer tutors and help them because...
info_outlineWhat 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
- Pursuing God’s Will Together by Ruth Haley Barton
- “It’s our transformation in the waiting that actually enables us to act with love and wisdom in the world. There’s no quick and easy way to get there.” -Brian Delamont
- “He has given me accountability and responsibility to be involved in some level of decision making, but the Kingdom does not hinge on the decision I’m about to make in that moment, and that helps right-size the decision for me.” -Brian Delamont
- “Our hope isn’t on ourselves or our plans, but it’s on the Lord.” -Howard Dueck
- The Critical Journey: Stages in the Life of Faith by Janet Hagberg and Robert Guelich
- “Take this period of waiting as a period of eager anticipation of what God [is] going to do next, as opposed to slipping into apathy or impatience or precipitated action. That’s where our whole soul is being shaped in that time.” -Howard Dueck
- “God is combusting something new within us.” -Howard Dueck
- “Rather than being stuck in this empty void of life, we have the opportunity to do what we can do because in God’s sovereignty, in His love and care for you, in His shepherding, you are right where you are and He’s right there with you.” -Brian Delamont
- “There’s this inner compulsion that builds with the waiting [...] and this growing our longing and capacity for the fullness of the Spirit so that then He can speak through us.” -Howard Dueck
- “Who you are wherever you are in that waiting stage is exactly what you’re going to be able to bring to wherever that other place may be.” -Brian Delamont
- “This is your time. Seep yourself in Scripture, in your craft that you’re learning, become all that you can be within your time of waiting. This is your apprenticeship.” -Howard Dueck
- Matthew 25:14-30
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What’s changing our lives:
- Keane: Kids packing their own lunches
- Heather: Savannah Bananas baseball on streaming platforms
- Brian: Learning from and doing life with others in TeachBeyond
- Howard: Grandparenting
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