Shows
TWU Chapel PodcastDwight FriesenTake a moment to refocus on Christ with the Trinity Western University Chapel Podcast.Hosted by Chaplain Ed Gerber, Chapel messages are delivered by a wide range of speakers and seek to touch on topics of special relevance for today's Christian.TWU Chapel seeks to empower the Trinity Western University community to think truthfully, act justly, and live faithfully for the good of the world and the glory of God through worship, Word, and reflection.TWU Chapel services can be experienced daily on the Trinity Western campus in the David E. Enarson Gym...
2026-02-1112 min
The Healthy Christian LeaderPastoral Care Strategies for Grief and Loss | Leanne FriesenAaron Ministries has the vision to see Healthy Leaders leading Healthy Churches that transform communities with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Resourcing Pastors and Christian Leaders through the Healthy Christian Leaders Podcast is one way that we strive to do this. In today’s episode of The Healthy Christian Leader Show, host Dwight Habermehl sits down with Leanne Friesen, Executive Minister of the Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec and author of Grieving Room: Making Space for All the Hard Things After Death and Loss. Together, they explore pastoral care strategies for grief and loss, focusing on how...
2025-09-0528 min
The Healthy Christian LeaderWalking with God Through Grief | Leanne FriesenIn today’s episode of The Healthy Christian Leader Show, host Dwight Habermehl sits down with Leanne Friesen, Executive Minister of the Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec. Leanne shares her journey from Newfoundland to ministry leadership, the impact of losing her sister to cancer, and how grief has shaped both her life and her new book Grieving Room. Together, they explore what it means for pastors to stay spiritually healthy while grieving, how to set limits in ministry, and how God meets us in silence and sorrow. This conversation is full of honesty, wisdom, and encouragement for leaders na...
2025-08-2927 min
Spiritual Life and Leadership256. Digital Disruption and the Future of the Church, with Rex Miller, author of The Millenium MatrixAI, social media, and other technologies are transforming community, worship, and leadership. To stay effective, ministry leaders must understand these shifts—but also learn from the past. How do today’s technologies compare to those of previous eras? This perspective can help us navigate the future.In this episode, I’m joined by Rex Miller, author of The Millennium Matrix. A futurist and expert in leading through change, Rex will share insights on how cultural and technological shifts impact ministry and how we can adapt.THIS EPISODE'S HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:Rex Miller explor...
2025-02-1848 min
Common Good PodcastGreg Jarrell: Our Trespasses (part 2)The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and structures of belonging. On this episode, author Greg Jarrell joins host, Courtney Napier and a handful of friends from around the country to conclude the discussion about Greg's new book, Our Trespasses: White Churches and the Taking of American Neighborhoods.The songs were performed by Dawn Anthony and Troy Conn. Other contributors to this conversation were Daniel Hughes, Dwight Friesen, Rachel VerWys, John Stiefel and Darin Petersen.This episode was produced by Joey Taylor and the music...
2024-04-0523 min
Emerged03 | Peak Emergent: A Movement Hits Its StrideBy 2001, a lot had changed for the nascent emerging church movement: Doug Pagitt left Leadership Network to start a church, and shortly thereafter, Leadership Network shut down the Young Leaders Network. (Also, a notorious pastor in Seattle was asked to leave the group.) The “Group of 20” became the “Terra Nova Project,” before ultimately settling on the name, Emergent Village. Ecclesia Church in Houston hosted a conference on the Bible in postmodern society – it was a success, and the momentum increased. Then came book deals and the Emergent Convention, so that by 2005, the movement was at its peak....
2024-01-291h 08
Spiritual Life and Leadership182. Engaging with Diverse Voices for a More Faithful Discipleship, a Quick Conversation with Tod Bolsinger and Markus WatsonIn this episode, Tod Bolsinger and Markus Watson discuss the influence of the Enlightenment and individualism on middle-class white individuals, and how this impacts their understanding of faith and community. They emphasize the importance of engaging with different perspectives and reading the Bible in community with people who are not like us in order to break free from these cultural norms and develop a more holistic understanding of spirituality and leadership.Tod Bolsinger and Markus Watson discuss this quote from Tom Sine in Episode 118: Forecasting and Innovation.“I think a lot of us in Western cu...
2023-09-1908 min
Transforming Engagement: The PodcastChurch After Mars Hill | Dr. Dwight FriesenIn this episode, we explore a new perspective on church with Dr. Dwight Friesen, who asks us: "How do I start where I am? Wherever I am, how do I discover being church here?" Instead of viewing church as a megachurch attracting distant members, we shift our focus to being church in our own context. We’re honored to be joined by Dr. Dwight Friesen, an Associate Professor of practical theology at The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology, who is dedicated to rediscovering the true essence of being a church within a specific place and neighborhood.
2023-07-1859 min
Spiritual Life and Leadership155. Leadership and Looking to the Future, with Tom Sine, co-author of 2020s ForesightTom Sine’s most recent book (co-authored with Dwight Friesen) is 2020s Foresight: Three Vital Practices for Thriving in a Decade of Accelerating Change.Tom Sine has been doing future forecasting for many decades and has helped lots of churches think about what is happening in their communities now so that they can make plans as they anticipate what is coming in the next several years.Tom also thinks a lot about the younger generations and how their presence and activity will shape our society in the coming years and decades. And what I love abo...
2023-03-1436 minTWU Chapel PodcastDwight Friesen | Living Faithfully: "Tech Tok"Take a moment to refocus on Christ with the TWU Chapel Podcast.Hosted by Chaplain Ed Gerber, Chapel messages are delivered by a wide range of speakers and seek to touch on topics of special relevance for today's Christian. Devotion services are facilitated by Associate Chaplain Jennifer Graves, and include immersive student led contemplative, meditative, and Christian spiritual practices to refocus and refresh.TWU Chapel seeks to empower the Trinity Western University community to think truthfully, act justly, and live faithfully for the good of the world and the glory of God through worship, Word, a...
2023-03-0614 min
Spiritual Life and Leadership118. Forecasting and Innovation, with Tom Sine and Dwight Friesen, co-authors of 2020s ForesightDwight Friesen and Tom Sine coach and consult with churches in the area of foresight and innovation. They are alo co-authors of 2020s Foresight: Three Vital Practices for Thriving in a Decade of Accelerating Change.There’s no denying that the world just keeps changing and it feels like the church is constantly playing catch-up.But here’s the thing. We can’t keep playing catch up. We have to start asking not, “How do we need to change to be the church for today?” But, “How do we need to change to be the church for tomor...
2021-12-2146 min
The Embedded Church PodcastJonathan Brooks on Completing the Narrative in Your NeighborhoodIn this episode Sara Joy and Eric interview Jonathan Brooks of Chicago, currently co-pastor at Lawndale Community Church and the former pastor of Caanan Community Church in Englewood and author of Church Forsaken: Practicing Presence in Neglected Neighborhoods. Jonathan tells how his attempt to get out of Englewood by pursuing a career in architecture, led him right back to his old neighborhood where he had to learn to see it with different eyes. "Pastah J" shares about becoming a pastor in the neighborhood where he grew up and discovering that God was very much at work in this neighborhood...
2021-09-2141 min
Earthkeepers: A Circlewood Podcast on Creation Care and SpiritualityFor A Greener Future: 2020s Foresight with Tom Sine and Dwight Friesen | Ep. 36 In this episode Forrest talks to the authors of a book called 2020s Foresight: Three Vital Practices for Thriving in a Decade of Accelerating Change. One of the authors is Tom Sine—a man who has written many books and influenced many lives—and in fact this podcast has deep ties to his profound influence. (Earthkeepers podcast is an expression of an organization called Circlewood. Circlewood itself grew out of an organization called Mustard Seed Associates—and that organization was founded by Tom and his wife Christine). The other author of this book is Dwight Friesen, a professor at The Seattle...
2021-08-1632 min
Ending Poverty TogetherIt's a spiritual thingwith guest Mike Janz, Food for the Hungry Canada.While never having experienced material poverty himself, Mike’s been running into the messiness of poverty his entire life. He’s lived in urban centres across Canada, taken trips to Haiti, ran a coffee shop, pastored a church, fundraised for causes — and is constantly faced with knowing what the best response is to poverty. What do you do when what you tried fails?Recommended Resources: Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry; Everywhere You Look by Scott Soerens; The New Parish by Paul S...
2021-01-1841 min
Re-integrateAre You Prepared for the Accelerated Change of the 2020s? - with Tom Sine and Dwight Friesen2020 has been an incredible year of turmoil. It is the first year of a decade that promises to have lots of challenges. Tom Sine and Dwight Friesen are the authors of a fresh new book, 2020s Foresight: Three Vital Practices for Thriving in a Decade of Accelerated Change. Brendan and Bob discuss with them how these three vital practices can prepare young people, ministry leaders, and marketplace Christians for a decade that promises to be incredibly challenging. How can Christians be on the front lines, changing challenges into opportunities to serve and to show the l...
2020-10-0642 min
2020-10-0500 min
CLA Young Adults SermonsThe First Testament - Boundaries and a God Who Wants ClosenessDwight Friesen
2020-02-1247 min
Learning Matters: a Bridge to Practice#2 Learning Matters with Dwight Friesen and Jack ReimerHuman Flourishing and Ideas that Inspire.Jack Reimer and Dwight Friesen discuss Foundations 102 HUMAN FLOURISHING and Foundations 210 IDEAS THAT INSPIRE courses at Trinity Western University.Ever wonder how a course you’re taking now will help you in the future? You aren’t the only one. Plus, there’s good news. Foundations courses will help you envision how a Christian liberal arts education from Trinity Western sets you up for success—not just in your career but in life. Think of it like the map on your phone. I...
2019-12-1443 minThe Embedded Church PodcastSupporting the Neighborhood StoryOn this episode, Stephanie Williams O’Brien, Co-lead Pastor of Mill City Church in Minneapolis, MN, tells about being a church that meets in a local school and the creative partnerships they’ve formed to address the needs of local students. The non-profit, The Sheridan Story, formed by the church has now grown from an individual church initiative to a replicable model being implemented by churches across the Twin Cities to serve the students of local schools. She highlights the value of seeing their church as supportive actors in the story God is already telling on the ground in the...
2019-10-2242 min
Unlock: This Riveting Full Audiobook For Knowledge Hunters.The Soul of an American President by Alan Sears, Craig Osten, Ryan ColePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/180497to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Soul of an American President
Author: Alan Sears, Craig Osten, Ryan Cole
Narrator: David Cochran Heath
Format: mp3
Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
Release date: 10-04-19
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 7 ratings
Genres: Church & State
Publisher's Summary:
While there have been many biographies of Dwight D. Eisenhower that focus on his military career or the time of his presidency, none clearly explores the important role faith played both in his personal life and in his public policy. This despite the fact that he is the only US president to...
2019-10-046h 38
Lectio CascadiaNeighborly (Acts 9:36-43)Reading: Acts 9:36-43
I would never have caught the neighborly theme of this episode if it weren't for my friends at the Parish Collective, namely Tim Soerens, Paul Sparks, and Dr. Dwight Friesen. Give them a follow and a shout-out for leading hundreds of folks across the continent in sacred reading exercises of this story of Dorcas.
Music from https://filmmusic.io:
"Shamanistic" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
Licence: CC BY
2019-05-1011 min
The Missiology PodcastMissiology Podcast S1E2: With Allen YehIn this episode, host Martin Rodriguez sits down with Allen Yeh, associate professor of intercultural studies at Biola University, to discuss his experiences in missiology and his hopes for its future.
Our Guest
Allen Yeh (DPhil, Oxford University) is an associate professor of intercultural studies at Biola University. He specializes in Latin America and China. He also has academic interests in history, classical music, homiletics, social justice, the California missions, the Maya, and biographical interest in Jonathan Edwards (America's greatest theologian) and Adoniram Judson (America's first intercontinental missionary). He serves on the Board of Trustees for the...
2019-02-1530 min
text.soul.culture: a podcast from The Seattle School of Theology & PsychologyThe Dare of Proximity with Dr. Dwight FriesenThis week on text.soul.culture, Dr. Derek McNeil is joined by Dr. Dwight Friesen, Associate Professor of Practical Theology, to talk about fostering a more holistic form of education and sharing his deep passion for the movement of God in the particularity of place.
2018-04-0245 min
Homebrewed ChristianityThe Church and New Media w/ Brandon VogtIn this interview, Bo talks with Brandon Vogt about "Blogging Converts, Online Activists, and Bishops Who Tweet". Brandon is a Catholic writer and speaker who blogs at The Thin Veil (www.thinveil.net). He writes on spirituality, technology, social-justice, and features regular book reviews and weekly giveaways on his blog. He also manages the Church and New Media blog (www.churchandnewmedia.com) and daylights as a mechanical engineer. This episode is brought to you by the Seattle School of Theology and Psychology, a progressive, interdenominational graduate school that's rooted in the integration of theology, psychology and culture. We v...
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