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Seminary Dropout 024: Danielle Shroyer

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My guest today is Danielle Shroyer. Ever since I started this podcast, everyone once in a while daniellesomeone would say “You should really think about interviewing Danielle Shroyer!” I needed no convincing. I attended a conference in 2007 in which Danielle was a panelist and I never forgot her brilliance and wisdom.

Danielle speaks often on issues of theology, church leadership and emerging communities of faith. She is part of Journey Church in Dallas, where she served as Pastor for 8 years. Danielle lives with her husband and two children in Dallas, Texas.

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Danielle joins me on the show to talk about her faith growing up, and her pastoral experiences. In 2010 Danielle published a book The Boundary-Breaking God.

 

 

 

 

 

In other news, in the intro I ask you the listener to vote for Seminary Dropout at podcastawards.com under the “Religion Inspiration” category. If you would take about 30 seconds to do that, I would think you’re super neato.

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Big(ish) Announcement! Seminary Dropout is Now On Youtube For Some Reason.

So I guess some people will listen to a video on youtube but not a podcast?! That’s what I’ve heard anyway.

So for those people whose internet only allows them to go to youtube, I’ll put posting all episodes of Seminary Dropout there. The first episode, my interview with Tony Kriz is now live. Slowly I’ll be posting more and more episodes to my channel. Right now all videos will simply be a graphic on the screen with the audio of the interview playing in the background, but in the future I hope to post the live video of myself and my guests in the interview. Enjoy, if you’re into that sort of thing.

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Preemptive Love: Pursuing Peace One Heart at a Time

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I’m really excited to tell you that Preemptive Love: Pursuing Peace One Heart at a Time is out today! The author and previous Seminary Dropout guest Jeremy Courtney  is the founder and executive director of the Preemptive Love Coalition.

My copy of the book is on it’s way to my house as we speak. I’ll be publishing my review of the book in the future but from talking with Jeremy, reading his words, and listening to his TEDxAustin & TEDxBaghdad talks, I have no doubt that this book will be poignant and captivating.

I fully expect this to be a best seller.

jeremy courtneyOrder your copy here, & listen to Jeremy’s Seminary Dropout interview here.

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Seminary Dropout 023: Stuart Murray

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stuart murrayMy guest today on Seminary Dropout is Stuart Murray. Stuart is chair of the Anabaptist Network and has a PhD in Anabaptist hermeneutics. Since 2001, Stuart has worked under the auspices of the Anabaptist Network as a trainer and consultant, with particular interest in urban mission, church planting, and emerging forms of church.

 

 

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Stuart joins me today to talk about his book ‘The Naked Anabaptist.’ The book deals with some of the history of Anabaptism, the core convictions of Anabaptism, and why so many people are finding a home in Anabaptist thought.

We talk about this and more on today’s episode of Seminary Dropout. Leave a comment to let me know what you’ve gained from the interview.

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List of Seminary Dropout Guests

After taking suggestions for Seminary Dropout guests in my previous post, it became apparent that there were some interviews that people would love to hear but simply didn’t know that had already been interviewed on the show. So I decided to make a list of Seminary Dropout guests.

In the future the easiest way to see an up to date list of guests/episodes is to go to iTunes, and while you’re there, be sure to subscribe and if you’re already a listener, a review would be much appreciated!

Also, one little tip, if you go to SeminaryDropout.com you’ll still be taken to this site, but only shown podcast episodes.

In chronological order…

1. Tony Kriz

2. Mary Demuth

3. Tony Campolo

4. Roger Olson

5. Katelyn Beaty

6. Shane Claiborne

7. Grace Biskie

8. JR Woodward

9.  Sam Myrick

10. Jeremy Courtney

11. Richard Foster

12. Derek Webb

13. Lacy Finn Borgo

14. Jonathan Martin

15. Rhett Smith

16. Jeff Goins

17. Jamie Wright

18. Matt Appling

19. Scot McKnight

20. Cliff Ravenscraft

21. Dave Fitch & Geoff Holsclaw

22. Philip Yancey

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Get ‘The Question That Never Goes Away’ By Philip Yancey, for Free, Today Only!

After you listen to my talk with Philip Yancey about his new book ‘The Question That Never Goes Away’, be sure to get a digital copy today for FREE from Amazon.

Here’s Philip’s letter explaining the offer.

Dear Shane,

As you know, I’ve just written a book based on my visits to three places of great suffering in 2012: Japan (tsunami), Sarajevo (war), and Newtown, CT (school shooting). It’s sort of a follow-up to Where Is God When It Hurts, 35 years later. Zondervan will publish it in December, but so many disasters were happening around the world that we didn’t want to wait for the hard copy. So we published an electronic version available for Amazon Kindle format only (there are many apps that let you read Kindle files on a pc, Mac, mobile devices, too). /The Question That Never Goes Away/ retails for $7.99, but *Amazon allows a free day, and we’ve chosen September 11* for that day–when the whole nation remembers great pain. Anyone who downloads the book that day gets it free.

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Seminary Dropout 022: Philip Yancey

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To continue the Seminary Dropout tradition of introducing people who need no philip-yanceyintroduction…

Philip Yancey began his career as Editor of Campus Life Magazine, and has connected with more than 15 million readers since his first book was published in 1977. His books have been translated into 35 languages. Philip explores the most basic questions and deepest mysteries of Christian faith and invites readers to join him on his journeys. His books have earned recognition including two Christian Book of the Year awards and 13 Gold Medallion awards.

Philip joins me on the show to talk about his new book
‘The Question That Never Goes Away’.

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Some days, the news seems too much to bear. Yet another tsunami or earthquake or flood or fire or war atrocity. One more gun-toting madman stalking young people in idyllic Norway or moviegoers in Colorado or schoolchildren in Newtown, Connecticut. We turn off the news only to get a phone call about expectant parents with a stillborn baby, or a loved one whose cancer has returned. 

Really, God? we ask. This again?

If we have faith in God, it gets shaken to the core. What was God doing in the moment when that tragedy could have been prevented? If we can’t trust God to keep our children safe or our loved ones from dying in agony, what can we trust God for? 

In his classic book Where Is God When It Hurts, Philip Yancey gave us permission to doubt, reasons not to abandon faith, and practical ways to reach out to hurting people. Now, with new perspectives and stories gathered across nearly twenty-five years, once again he tackles the hard questions head-on. His visits to three places in 2012 raised the old problems with new urgency. 

More veteran pilgrim than curious journalist in his later years, Yancey faces with his trademark honesty the issues that often undermine faith, yet he emerges with comfort and hope. Along the way, he shows that Christians have an important role to play in bringing healing to a deeply wounded world.

There are hopeful reasons to ask, once again, the question that never goes away. . . .

 -From the publisher.