Seminary Dropout 016: Jeff Goins

Jeff Goins pic

During the day, Jeff Goins is the Communications Director for Adventures in Missions, a nonprofit organization. In his free time, he writes books and tries to take over the Internet.

Jeff has written and guest-blogged for a lot of magazines, publications, and blogs.

He’s is also a speaker, creative coach, and consultant.

 

wrecked

 

 

Jeff joins me on the show to today to talk about his book Wrecked: When a Broken World Slams into Your Comfortable Life.


.

Find out more about Jeff on his website goinswriter.com
Follow Jeff on twitter at twitter.com/jeffgoins

 

Rate/Review/Subscribe in iTunes
twitter
facebook

Seminary Dropout 015: Rhett Smith

rhett-head

Today, licensed marriage and family therapist Rhett Smith sits down to talk about his new book What It Means to Be a Man. 

Where most books on manhood and masculinity are for either the Egalitarian or Complimentarian crowd, this is one that both can read, focusing less on the roles of men and instead on the pitfalls common to men.

If you are a man then this book will help you navigate those pitfalls and if you’re a woman it will help you understand them.

what it means to be a man

You can find our more about Rhett at his website RhettSmith.com. Follow him on twitter  at twitter.com/rhetter.

Rate/Review/Subscribe in iTunes
twitter
facebook

Seminary Dropout 014: Jonathan Martin

Jonathan Martin picMy guest today is Jonathan Martin. Jonathan is the pastor of Renovatus: A Church for People Under Renovation in Charlotte, NC where he lives with his wife Amanda.  He holds degrees from Gardner-Webb University, the Pentecostal Theological Seminary, and Duke University Divinity School.

In episode 14, Jonathan and I are talking about his new book Prototype: What Happens When You Discover You’re More Like Jesus Than You Think.

In the book Jonathan explores the question of what our lives would look like if we truly believed that we are loved by God. I truly believe that everyone should read this book, because if we truly grasped just a bit of the love that God has for us, our hearts, minds, and lives would be radically changed.

prototype book

 

 

I hope you benefit from Jonathan’s words as much as I did.

 

Jonathan blogs at pastorjonathanmartin.com

Follow him on twitter at twitter.com/renovatuspastor & on Facebook at facebook.com/renovatuspastor

Renovatus & Jonathan’s sermons can be found online at renovatuschurch.com

Rate/Review/Subscribe in iTunes
twitter
facebook

 

Seminary Dropout 013: Lacy Finn Borgo

Lacy_Borgo_webLacy Finn Borgo writes for the spiritual formation of children and families because she has children and a family and she likes them both. She is currently the volunteer Director of the Renovare Children & Families Ministry.  Her Bachelor’s Degree is from University of Texas, Permian Basin and her Master’s Degree in Education from the State University of New York, Geneseo. Lacy is a recent graduate of the Renovare Spiritual Formation Institute.  She has taught in both public and private schools in Texas, New York, Colorado and Kazakhstan.  Lacy has written books and curriculum for Houghton Mifflin and McGraw Hill. She has also written leveled readers for Reading A-Z.  Big Mama’s Baby is a picture book she wrote about her mother.  Lacy lives in Colorado where she tends both the physical and spiritual gardens of her family.

 

 

Lacy has some great insight into teach children spiritual disciplines. If you are a parent or ever want to be one, listen. to. this. podcast!

To read some of Lacy’s blog posts go to renovare.org.
Lacy can be contacted at lacy@renovare.org

Rate/Review/Subscribe in iTunes

Seminary Dropout 012: Derek Webb

Rate/Review/Subscribe in iTunes

derek webb

Singer/Song writer Derek Webb stops by the show to talk about his art, touring, and the Gospel.

I’ve always wanted to say this– This episode contains language that may not be suitable for some listeners.

Enjoy!

Rate/Review/Subscribe in iTunes

Be Sure To Subscribe To the Email List  & Never Miss a Post or Podcast

Seminary Dropout 011: Richard Foster

Rate/Review/Subscribe in iTunes

 

RF

Richard Foster joined me on the podcast to talk about being a Quaker, spiritual disciplines, and social media.

Richard’s writings have had a HUGE impact on my spiritual life and countless others.  I have to say this was a bucket list interview.

 

Here’s my signed copy of his most notable work The Celebration of Discipline. If you haven’t read this then run to your local bookstore and buy it today!

My Signed Copy of Celebration of Discipline!

 

Here’s Richard & Me, we’re pretty much best friends now (He may not remember my name).

Richard and Me

 

There are so many quotable moments from this interview. Which ones stood out to you?

Enjoy the interview, then enjoy some silence with God.

Rate/Review/Subscribe in iTunes

 

Seminary Dropout 009: Sam Myrick

Welcome to episode 9!

Today’s guest is Sam Myrick.

Sam

Sam serves as Pastor of Mosaic Church in Austin. Mosaic is a community of believers and seekers with diverse backgrounds and personalities drawn together by the grace and love of Jesus.

On the podcast Sam and I discuss the idea of Sabbath as well as Pedro The Lion’s Control album. If you’re a fan of Sabbath or Indie Rock music from the earlier aughties then this episode is for you!

You can hear Sam’s sermons here on iTunes, and find out more about Mosaic at MosaicAustin.org.

I apologize for the poor sound quality. I didn’t know it at the time, but I was actually recording this interview through the microphone on my laptop which obviously doesn’t provide the best sound quality, but the things Sam had to say were good enough to publish it anyway.

Enjoy!

Seminary Dropout 008: JR Woodward

Welcome to Episode 8 of Seminary Dropout.

I start out the show with some thoughts on Ray Lewis’s comments on the day of the Super Bowl, and the health and wealth gospel that is alive and well.

Then we move on to the interview segment of the show.

My interview today is with equipper, activist and author JR Woodward.

JRWoodward

 

JR’s latest book is Creating a Missional Culture: Equipping the Church for the Sake of the World.

JRbook

Find JR at:

 

 

jrwoodward.net

 

 

 

Associated organizations:

Ecclesia Network

 

Missio Alliance

My Next Interview (Hint: It’s With Richard Foster)

You may have seen my tweet yesterday…

tweet

 

The next interview I’ll be conducting is with non other than….

 

Theologian…

 

Author…

 

Richard Foster
RF

Dr. Foster has written several books including one that has probably had more influence on my (and many others) spiritual life than any other book…

celebration of discipline

 

…plus many others that have had a great impact on me, but we’ll talk about those later.

Dr. Foster has been generous enough to agree to an interview and obviously I’m a little excited. This is where you come in…

Do you have a question for Dr. Foster?

If you do, leave it in the comment section or send it to me in an email if you’d rather.