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The Englewood Review of Books PodcastEpisode 85: Mandy Smith & Dennis EdwardsChris sat down with two first-time guests, Mandy Smith and Dennis Edwards, at the recent Missio Alliance Awakenings event. Chris brought them together because their recent work shares a thematic connection of exploring "humility," which is the foundation of their conversation. They talk about their experiences as ministry leaders, biblical and theological dimensions of humility, and how their work pushes us towards specific practices to cultivate humility in our lives.Books Mentioned in this Episode:If you’d like to order any of the following books, we encourage you to do so from Hearts an...2025-04-2846 min
Beyond The OrdinaryMoon-Time Tara - Suzi SmithIn this episode, Mandy discusses how creatives and neurodivergent individuals often experience intense emotions like anger and blame and how these feelings, when channeled correctly, can become a force for positive change and creative inspiration. Author Suzi Smith then shares her deeply personal journey of navigating rage, resentment, and emotional turmoil, discovering the power of journaling, creativity, and ancestral healing to find peace and balance.Key Takeaways from This Episode:🔹 The Link Between Creativity & Intense Emotions – Mandy explores how ange...2025-04-2819 min
The Incoherent FangirlHow Ridiculously Over the Top Can I Make This Place?Send us a textChaos returns as The Fangirls welcome Kaylie Smith back to the podcast to chat about her latest novel, ENCHANTRA, and fall down all kinds of gabfest rabbit holes. Stay up to date with Kaylie by visiting their website!List of books mentioned in the podcast: https://theincoherentfangirl.com/booksEmail us @ theincoherentfangirl@gmail.comVisit our website @ https://theincoherentfangirl.comFollow us on social media!Bluesky: https://theincoherentfangirl.com/blueskyFacebook: https://theincoherentfangirl.com/facebookInstagram: https://theincoherentfangirl.com/instagram ...2025-04-111h 06Beyond The OrdinaryFrom Chaos To Clarity - Embracing Neurodiversity And Crafting A Life Of Creativity, Courage And Purpose - Dani Louise SmithWelcome to Beyond the Ordinary, the podcast where host Mandy Nicholson explores the powerful and inspiring stories of creative and neurodivergent women who have transformed life’s challenges into their greatest strengths.In this episode, along with Mandy, Dani Louise Smith, a business strategist and creative entrepreneur shares her remarkable journey from chaos to clarity. Dani dives deep into the power of creative flow, how neurodivergent minds thrive in structured creativity, and how she built a successful business by embracing her unique strengths.Key Takeaways from This Episode:2025-03-3116 min
Unhurried Living | Helping Christians Rest Deeper & Lead Better330: How Following Jesus Transforms the Way You Lead Others (Mandy Smith)"We do Kingdom things in Empire ways. What might it mean to do Kingdom things in Kingdom ways?" Mandy Smith poses this powerful question, inviting us to reimagine Christian leadership—not as coercion or burnout, but as a life deeply rooted in the ways of Jesus. In this episode, we explore why so many Christian leaders are exhausted, losing faith, or misusing power, and how confessing our limitations might be the key to rediscovering the true heart of ministry. Mandy, a pastor and author, doesn’t offer quick-fix strategies. Instead, she calls us back to the...2025-02-1746 min
The Pastor's TableLeading from Weakness in Ministry with Mandy Smith | PT 101
What if embracing our limitations could actually make us better leaders? In this heartfelt conversation, Reverend Tara Beth Leach and Dr. Mark Quanstrom sit down with Mandy Smith to uncover the transformative power of vulnerability in ministry. Instead of feeling pressured to have every answer or maintain a polished facade, discover how owning our weaknesses allows God’s strength to shine through.Mandy shares her personal journey—moments of crisis, the temptation of the “perfect leader” lie, and the profound relief in letting go. Together, they explore how gender dynamics influence leadership, the importance of truthful...2024-12-1633 minThe Pastor's TableThe Vulnerable Pastor with Mandy Smith | PT 100
Often as pastors we feel like we need to project strength and competency in order to minister effectively. That's why we go to conferences and emulate the latest superstars. But we know we can never live up to those images. Deep down, we know our own limitations, our weaknesses, our faults. We fear that if people knew who we really are, we'd be disqualified from ministry.Not so. Mandy Smith unpacks the biblical paradox that God's strength is revealed through our human weakness. Transparently describing her pastoral journey, Smith shows how vulnerability shapes ministry, through ou...2024-12-0934 min
Spiritual Life and Leadership244. Finding Strength in Desperation, with Mandy Smith, author of Confessions of an Amateur SaintSend me a text! I’d love to know what you're thinking!Is leadership about enduring endless challenges without ever, y’know, faltering? Or is it about recognizing when to slow down, step back, acknowledge our weaknesses and reconnect with the God who calls us?In this episode, Mandy Smith, author of Confessions of an Amateur Saint, talks about developing our capacity when ministry gets hard, the essential role of rest, and how we can find strength even in times of desperation.THIS EPISODE'S HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:Mandy Smith underscores the necessity of r...2024-11-2644 min
Sacred Thoughts PodcastPodcast Episode 8: Mandy SmithOn Monday, I was able to host Mandy Smith on the Sacred Thoughts podcast. She is a pastor, author and all around amazing human being. Her most recent book is Confessions of an Amateur Saint. Though an Australian national, she has lived in the both the UK and the US (being an American citizen as well). With that, we not only discussed her new book, but, having now returned to Australia a couple of years ago, I asked her for some reflections on American Christianity as compared with Australian Christianity. You can check out more of her work at...2024-11-2056 min
Attaching to God: Neuroscience-informed Spiritual Formation097 Confessions of an Amateur Saint (with Mandy Smith)Instead of pretending to have it all together or insisting that you’re the problem, do you long to see more Christian leaders be honest about their own faith struggles? What benefit could there be to having a front-row seat to the moments that leaders choose to trust in God, even when it’s hard to believe?Today we have Mandy Smith, pastor and award-winning author and speaker—and also a great friend—with us to talk about this very thing.We are talking about her newest book, Confessions of an Amateur Saint: The Christian Leader’s Journey fr...2024-10-3049 min
Let Your Ears Discover the Magic of Full AudiobookConfessions of an Amateur Saint: The Christian Leaders Journey from Self-Sufficiency to Reliance on God Audiobook by Mandy SmithListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 813439
Title: Confessions of an Amateur Saint: The Christian Leaders Journey from Self-Sufficiency to Reliance on God
Author: Mandy Smith
Narrator: Coralie Bywater
Format: Unabridged
Length: 05:59:41
Language: English
Release date: 10-08-24
Publisher: ONE Audiobooks
Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity
Summary:
Confession Is Good for the Soul . . . and for Your Leadership
Why are so many Christian leaders burning out, losing faith, and abusing power? Rather than relying on our self-sufficiency and toughing our way through the tension, Mandy Smith invites us to confess it. As a pastor who also equips...2024-10-085h 59
Access Top-Rated Full Audiobooks in Religion & Spirituality, ChristianityConfessions of an Amateur Saint: The Christian Leader’s Journey from Self-Sufficiency to Reliance on God by Mandy SmithPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/813439 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Confessions of an Amateur Saint: The Christian Leader’s Journey from Self-Sufficiency to Reliance on God Author: Mandy Smith Narrator: Coralie Bywater Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 59 minutes Release date: October 8, 2024 Genres: Christianity Publisher's Summary: Confession Is Good for the Soul . . . and for Your Leadership Why are so many Christian leaders burning out, losing faith, and abusing power? Rather than relying on our self-sufficiency and toughing our way through the tension, Mandy Smith invites us to confess it. As a pastor who also equips and encourages other pastors, Ma...2024-10-0805 min
Access Top-Rated Full Audiobooks in Religion & Spirituality, ChristianityConfessions of an Amateur Saint: The Christian Leader’s Journey from Self-Sufficiency to Reliance on God by Mandy SmithPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/813439to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Confessions of an Amateur Saint: The Christian Leader’s Journey from Self-Sufficiency to Reliance on God
Author: Mandy Smith
Narrator: Coralie Bywater
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 59 minutes
Release date: October 8, 2024
Genres: Christianity
Publisher's Summary:
Confession Is Good for the Soul . . . and for Your Leadership Why are so many Christian leaders burning out, losing faith, and abusing power? Rather than relying on our self-sufficiency and toughing our way through the tension, Mandy Smith invites us to confess it. As a pastor who also equips and encourages other pastors, Mandy fe...2024-10-085h 59
Shifting CultureEp. 227 Mandy Smith Returns - The Power of Confession and Reliance on God's SpiritIn this episode, Mandy Smith shares a ancient vision for pastoral leadership - one that acknowledges human weakness and relies on God's strength. Mandy unpacks the problems with the Western, secular approach to ministry that has crept into the church and she proposes a reorientation towards confession, lament, and trusting in the work of the Holy Spirit, rather than relying on our own efforts and strategies. Mandy vulnerably shares personal stories of feeling overwhelmed in ministry, and how the practice of confession and emptying herself before God has led to renewal and a deeper awareness of His presence. She...2024-09-2759 min
#dobetter PodDo Better Pod Live Recording - Interview with Amanda "Mandy" RalstonIn this episode Dr. Megan and Joe had the pleasure of interviewing one of the most innovative behavior analysts there is: Amanda "Mandy" Ralston. Our conversation focused on the new technology Amanda has created that is changing the landscape of how we develop treatment plans as behavior analysts. Tune in to find out more!
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Stirrers and Saints: The Podcast23. Confessions of an Amateur Saint: A Chat with Mandy SmithWhat does a 'professional' leader look like? Probably the same as what a 'perfect' Christian looks like: inauthentic. There is significant cultural pressure to professionalise our leadership, but this often comes with a cost, and that cost is our ability to effectively point people toward God.
In this episode, Aaron Chidgzey sits down with Jen Argue and guest Mandy Smith, pastor, leader, teacher, and author of the upcoming book 'Confessions of an Amateur Saint: The Christian Leader's Journey from Self-Sufficiency to Reliance on God'. Mandy urges the Christian leader to embrace vulnerability and authenticity, to learn be...2024-08-2059 min
Be. Make. Do.From Self-Sufficiency to Reliance on God with Mandy Smith"All the creativity, energy, goodness, and joy is there if we just stop trying so hard to be self-sufficient." -Mandy Smith, Pastor, artist and author of the new book: Confessions of an Amateur Saint.In this episode, Mandy Smith talks with Lisa and Dan about balancing creativity and leadership, the importance of vulnerability and reliance on God, and the need for authenticity and transparency in spiritual leadership.Preorder Mandy Smith's new book "Confessions of an Amateur Saint" which releases in October 2024. Support independent Christian bookstores like "Hearts and Minds" by ordering the book through their...2024-08-1336 min
Secrets Of SuccessFemale RAF Jet Fighter Pilot Tells All - Jeff Smith Talks With Mandy HicksonIn this episode, we have the privilege of speaking with Mandy Hickson, a remarkable individual who has blazed trails and achieved extraordinary success in both the military and business worlds. As the 2nd female fighter pilot in the history of the Royal Air Force (RAF), Mandy's story is one of courage, resilience, and unwavering determination. During her time in the RAF, Mandy faced numerous challenges and overcame them with her exceptional skill, expertise, and the indomitable spirit that defines fighter pilots. Her journey was marked by breakthrough moments and the relentless pursuit of excellence, as s...2024-05-231h 16
The Art of HolinessMandy SmithLast week, we interviewed our first Canadian. This week, we interview our first Australian. We are covering some miles, friends! Rev. Dr. Mandy Smith is the pastor of St Lucia Uniting Church in Brisbane, Australia. She is a regular contributor to Christianity Today and author of three books — The Vulnerable Pastor: How Human Limitations Empower Our Ministry, and Unfettered … Imagining a Childlike Faith Beyond the Baggage of Western Culture. And her newest book, Confessions of an Amateur Saint: The Christian Leader's Journey from Self-Sufficiency to Reliance on God, releases in October 2024. She is a recent graduate of the Doctor of Minist...2024-02-1958 min
Cabin CultureNot Your Typical Real Estate Investor l Mandy Wheeler, Real Estate InvestorOn our last podcast episode we chatted with Mandy Wheeler, owner of U&R Real Estate based in Portland, Maine. We spent our time on that episode talking all things real estate, in a way that would be helpful for those thinking about purchasing (or building) their first cabin. But on THIS episode we're diving into Mandy's history as a real estate investor. While she started as a realtor, it wasn't long before she started investing her own money into properties, amassing a collection of 8 by the time she was 40. Not your typical real estate investor, Mandy shares with u...2024-01-171h 06Cabin CultureRealtor 101 l Mandy Wheeler, U&R Real EstateYou can't buy or build a cabin without a realtor*, so on today's episode we're getting all the details from my personal favorite realtor Mandy Wheeler. I met Mandy when buying land for Cozy Rock, and she guided us flawlessly through the process of looking for land, inspecting land, and eventually building on that land. So today she's here to answer all your realtor questions, and give you all the Realtor 101 insight and advice you can use to pursue your cabin dreams!*Okay, technically you can, but we wouldn't recommend it. IG:@realtormandylou...2023-12-2059 min
Be. Make. Do.A Conversation with Mandy Smith"It's only recently that I realized the greatest threat to my faith when I was a young adult was the fact that I didn't feel welcome in the church as an artist." Mandy Smith, artist, pastor and author of the book, Unfettered: Imagining a Childlike Faith beyond the Baggage of Western Culture joins us in this episode. Mandy shares how she's learned to embrace her calling as a contemplative leader, her artist super powers, and lessons learned from a perilous cheese chasing competition.Get Mandy's book: Unfettered: Imagining a Childlike Faith Beyond the Baggage of W...2023-10-1754 min
The Bookshop PodcastTiffany Smith, Copperfield's Books, TexasSend us a textIn this episode, I chat with Tiffany Smith, owner of Copperfield's Books about computerizing inventory, family, local authors, and books.Copperfield's Books is a family-owned and operated independent bookstore, proud to have served the Spring/Klein and surrounding communities of Texas for nearly 30 years. The store was purchased by the Smiths in 2014, who are also lifelong residents of the Klein community. Managed by Shawn Smith and his mother-in-law Donna Maxwell, the new Copperfield's family strive to provide quality pre-read and new books, as well as unique gift items, for bo...2023-09-1834 min
Dr. Karina Smith PodcastMandy GratzerIn epiosde 7 I am speaking with the powerhouse that is Mandy Gratzer. Mandy is a Perth based Acupuncturist who is passionate about helping new graduates enter the profession with knowledge, guidance and power.
At the age of 18, she moved from Kununurra to Perth to study an Advanced Diploma of Traditional Chinese Medicine at the Perth Academy of Natural Therapies.
After graduation Mandy promptly travelled to Hang Zhou, China where she completed an Internship under the supervision of numerous dual trained Doctors at the Hang Zhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine (and may have eaten a chicken foot or two...2023-05-2139 min
My Favourite Film PodcastMandy chosen by Megan KennyThis Episode it's Horror, actually it's a crazy descent into madness with revenge, gore, drugs and all sorts of other stuff in 2018's Mandy.Megan Kenny of the Monstrous Flesh Podcast joins Gav to discuss Nicolas Cage in Mandy.Contact:The Podcast:Email: myfavouritefilmpodcast@gmail.comTwitter: @myfavefilmInstagram: @myfavouritefilmpodcastFacebook: The My Favourite Film PageThe Community PageWebsite: www.myfavouritefilm.comOur Theme Tune was composed and performed by:The Craig Whale...2023-05-171h 05
Full Trial Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, MemoirsYou Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir by Maggie SmithPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/601070 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir Author: Maggie Smith Narrator: Maggie Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 48 minutes Release date: April 11, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.24 of Total 37 Ratings of Narrator: 4.43 of Total 7 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NPR Best Book of the Year • Time Best Book of the Year • Oprah Daily Best Memoir of the Year “A bittersweet study in both grief and joy.” —Time “A sparklingly beautiful memoir-in-vignettes” (Isaac Fitzgerald, New York Times bestselling author) that explores coming of age in your middle age—f...2023-04-1103 min
Centered on the ArtsMandy Gonzalez & Javier Muñoz (Broadway Stars)Broadway stars Mandy Gonzalez & Javier Muñoz join the podcast! Mandy is highly known for starring as Angelica Schuyler on the hit show Hamilton and Nina Rosario on In the Heights. Javier is equally as known for starring as Alexander Hamilton in Hamilton after Lin-Manuel Miranda departed the show. Javier is currently on Broadway starring in the pre-Broadway run of THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA: A NEW MUSICAL. He plays Miranda Priestley’s right-hand man, “Nigel”. Listen in as Jacqueline Thornell, a Theatre Directing major at Pepperdine interviews them about...2023-03-0131 min
Learning Unboxed176. Patching the Leaky Pipeline & Empowering STEM Identity with Dr. Mandy SmithDr. Mandy Smith is the Director of Research at PAST Foundation. She has a wealth of experience in the K-12 education system, including teacher preparation and the intersection of science and technology.In this episode, we will be discussing the concept of STEM identity. The lack of diversity and opportunity in STEM careers has been a topic of debate and conversation for over a decade. The "leaky pipeline" phenomenon, where individuals drop out of STEM pathways, is a well-known issue, particularly for women and underrepresented minorities. However, PAST Foundation has received funding from the Battelle Memorial Institute...2023-02-2041 minLearning Unboxed176. Patching the Leaky Pipeline & Empowering STEM Identity with Dr. Mandy SmithDr. Mandy Smith is the Director of Research at PAST Foundation. She has a wealth of experience in the K-12 education system, including teacher preparation and the intersection of science and technology.In this episode, we will be discussing the concept of STEM identity. The lack of diversity and opportunity in STEM careers has been a topic of debate and conversation for over a decade. The "leaky pipeline" phenomenon, where individuals drop out of STEM pathways, is a well-known issue, particularly for women and underrepresented minorities. However, PAST Foundation has received funding from the Battelle Memorial Institute...2023-02-2041 min
30 Days To Happiness Podcast10 X Your Happiness Through Nutrition With Mandy GefleToday my friend Mandy and I talk about the most effective ways we can optimise our nutrition to 10 x our happiness. We Discuss: 1. Our happiness is in the gut 2. What's the rave about filtered water??3. The vibrational frequencies food can have 4. How to heal yourself from mental health issues 5. Healthy habits to live a healthy life styleAbout Mandy Owner of Pura Vida Nutrition, specializes in helping clients who struggle with exhaustion and overwhelm related to chronic stress. Mandy realized her passion for prevention after...2023-02-0838 min
Full Trial Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, MemoirsStraight Shooter: A Memoir of Second Chances and First Takes by Stephen A. SmithPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/601077 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Straight Shooter: A Memoir of Second Chances and First Takes Author: Stephen A. Smith Narrator: Stephen A. Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 4 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.88 of Total 33 Ratings of Narrator: 4.86 of Total 14 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: AN NAACP IMAGE AWARD NOMINEE America’s most popular sports media figure tells it like it is in this “raw, deeply authentic, and immensely entertaining” (Bob Iger, #1 New York Times bestselling author and CEO of The Walt Disney Company) book, not only dishing out his signature, uninhi...2023-01-1703 min
Becoming RoninWomen’s Health - Confidence, Goal Setting, Body Image, Hormone Tracking with Mandy GriersonOverview: In today’s episode, we bring you to our very first female guest; Mandy Grierson. Mandy is a women’s health expert as well as pre and post natal certified. Mandy brings a unique perspective to the podcast as we chat about some major issues plaguing women’s health as well as psychology behind a females training success. Mandy also discusses auto regulation, hormone tracking, and some of the big corrective exercise criteria that you should know when training females. If you are a female that is into training...2022-10-151h 04
Is This Real Life? With Mandy SlutskerEpisode 214 - ‘Anger, Authenticity, and Sweeping Things Under the Rug’ with Donny Hadfield-Smith featuring Alyssa MassThis week Mandy is joined by Donny Hadfield-Smith from the “I am the Cute One: A Nostalgia Podcast” to break down this week’s RHOBH finale and 2nd episode of RHOSLC. They discuss the similarities between Kathy Hilton and Lisa Barlow and question which women are the least authentic on their shows. Plus, an update from marriage and family therapist and eating disorder expert Alyssa Mass, who taped a scene with Crystal that got cut.
Listen to “I am the Cute One: A Nostalgia Podcast”: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-am-the-cute-one-a-nostalgia-podcast/id1570702948
For more informatio...2022-10-091h 34
Shifting CultureEp. 73 Mandy Smith - A More Childlike FaithIn this episode Mandy Smith shares about what it takes to have a more childlike faith, rest, western cultural baggage that we need to get rid of, and a proper use of power.Mandy Smith is pastor of St Lucia Uniting Church, Brisbane, Australia and the author of The Vulnerable Pastor: How Human Limitations Empower Our Ministry and Unfettered: Imagining a Childlike Faith Beyond the Baggage of Western Culture. Mandy and her husband, a New Testament professor, live with their family in a little house where the teapot is always warm. Learn more about Mandy’s work at...2022-09-2052 min
Full Trial Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, MemoirsHead Trauma: The Bruising Diary of a Head Teacher by Nick SmithPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/600326 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Head Trauma: The Bruising Diary of a Head Teacher Author: Nick Smith Narrator: Finlay Robertson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 11 minutes Release date: August 18, 2022 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A humorous yet honest look at the education system, from trainee to headteacher across an extraordinary thirty-year career. 'As I began my teacher training, little did I know of what awaited me. Almost three decades and seven schools later, I am head of a state secondary school. On the wall in my office is a children's toy, a plastic monster's...2022-08-1803 min
Transforming Engagement: The PodcastClergy Burnout with Mandy SmithIn this episode of our Clergy Burnout series, we’re joined by Mandy Smith, pastor and author. Mandy talks about the importance of limitations in ministry. Co-hosted by Kate Rae Davis, MDiv, and Rose Madrid Swetman, this discussion provides special insight into the ways that female church leaders in particular may be subject to additional pressures in their profession that can lead to defensiveness or exhaustion. However, the conversation always comes back to the hope, grace, and rest to which God is calling us. We hope that this is a space where pastors and clergy wil...2022-08-1652 min
VIP Café Show – Youngstown, Ohio – Local Guests with Amazing Impact to Our CommunityE31: VIP Café Show featuring Mandy Forlina from Safety Training Group USAMandy ForlinaSafety Training Group USAhttp://www.safetytraininggroupusa.com330-506-9633mandy@safetytraininggroupusa.comSafety Training Group USA has over 25 years of experience with the transportation, material handling, distribution, and manufacturing industry. STG was founded by Mandy Forlina, a female pioneer dedicated to preventing workplace tragedies through proper heavy duty equipment training.Mandy worked in the transportation industry, with Estes Express Lines, FedEx Freight (Regional Operations) Yellow combined prior to founding Safety Training Group USA. She is passionate about keeping companies in training compliance and making sure that all employees g...2022-07-2033 min
Spiritual Misfits PodcastMandy Smith on childlike faith and resisting the empireThis episode is a chat with Mandy Smith. Mandy is a pastor and author of multiple books including The Vulnerable Pastor and Unfettered — a book about imagining a childlike faith beyond the baggage of western culture. That book has a foreword by Walter Brueggemann. And if you know who Walter is, you know that’s one of the finest endorsements you can get. I have really loved listening to the way Mandy speaks about Christian faith because it has reminded me how beautifully and radically upside down and unconventional Jesus is, in so many ways. In this episo...2022-06-181h 01
Connections with Mike Thom and Colleen HoudeMandy Smith: Detoxing your faith from the habits and mindsets of Western cultureMandy Smith says Western culture is in a tailspin and the Christian faith is entangled in it. Western approaches to faith leave us feeling depressed, doubting, anxious, and burned out. We know something is wrong with the way we do faith and church in the West, but we’re so steeped in it that we don’t know where to begin to break old habits.
She says the best way forward is in Jesus's surprising invitation to the kingdom through childlikeness.
Today on Connections, Mandy Smith, a popular pastor, speaker and author, invites us to detox from the deeply ingrained habi...2022-06-0318 min
Worlds CollideWorlds Collide 🌍 EP 8 🌍 Will Smith, Ukraine, Ethan Klein Scandal, Dirty Cop, & Shea Woods🌍Well, we certainly didn't intend for this episode to be as long as it turned out being, but we had a lot that we feel very passionate about to discuss & felt it necessary to use more clips than we normally would. So, get comfy, relax, & let's talk about Will Smith, the situation in the Ukraine, the Ethan Klein scandal, a dirty cop in Tennessee, & the incredible Shea Woods among several other topics.
Will Smith: 2:13
Vincent Jean/Road Rage: 18:34
Daniel Wilkey/Dirty Cop: 34:20
Ukraine: 50:10
CM Stars: 1:46:29
Trisha Paytas, B...2022-04-203h 14
The Bookshop PodcastShoshana Smith, Flashlight BooksSend us a textIf you have children to buy books for, this is the episode for you! Flashlight Books is an independent bookstore located in Walnut Creek, California. Owners Shoshana Smith, Marian Adducci, and Gigi Reinheimer are dedicated to promoting a sustained love of reading in children and see the bookstore as a community-focused space that celebrates curiosity, passion, and learning.Shoshana Smith (originally from Brookline, MA) and Marian Adducci (Homewood, IL) met in college. Both moved to the Bay Area in 2011, where they both worked at The Reading Bug in San Ca...2022-03-2822 min
Taking it for GrantedTaking it for Granted Ep 48 Mandy ConnellMandy Connell is the host of The Mandy Connell Show on iHeartRadio and 850 AM KOA, and she has scratched and clawed her way to get there. Through hard work and making the most of the opportunities presented to her, Mandy has created one of the most popular talk radio shows in the country. While she loves her work, over the years, Mandy has found that what is most important to her is the relationships in her life, and seeing those she cares about succeed and find happiness. To learn more about Mandy, check her out on Instagram and Twitter or...2021-12-011h 01
Is This Real Life? With Mandy SlutskerEpisode 167 - 'The Power of God...and the SDNY' with Donny Hadfield-Smith and Quinten LamarThis week Mandy is joined by the hosts of Know That: A Real Housewives Podcast, Donny Hadfield-Smith and Quinten Lamar - who also happen to be celebrating their wedding anniversary! They start off with a quick chat about part 1 of the RHOP reunion, Candiace’s theatrics, and wonder whether Mia will come back for another season. Then they dive into this week's explosive RHOSLC, including the assertion that Mary holds the power of God, and Jen Shah’s attempt to outrun the feds. Plus, Mandy uncovers the darkest part of the online Bravo universe.
Listen to Know That...2021-11-141h 07
The Boys in the Band Podcast74: The Spinto Band - Nick and Thomas on 'Oh Mandy', four albums, breaking out in the UK, and love for The BeatlesThis week on The Boys in the Band Podcast we catch up with Nick Krill and Thomas Hughes from The Spinto Band.
These guys were recording music before they'd even played a gig but soon took off, opening for the Arctic Monkeys on their first US tour, and then blowing up in the UK when single 'Oh Mandy' took off over here.
Nick and Thomas break down how that standout tune came together, share some good stories from life on the road in the UK, and we run through how their sound developed over their four...2021-10-301h 01
Being Human with Steve CussS7E10 - Mandy SmithOriginally from Australia, Mandy Smith is pastor of St Lucia Uniting Church, Brisbane, Australia and the author of "The Vulnerable Pastor: How Human Limitations Empower Our Ministry" (IVP) and "Unfettered: Imagining a Childlike Faith Beyond the Baggage of Western Culture" (Brazos). Mandy and her husband, a New Testament professor, live with their family in a little house where the teapot is always warm. Learn more about Mandy’s work at www.TheWayisTheWay.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices2021-10-2556 minBeing Human with Steve CussS7E10 - Mandy SmithOriginally from Australia, Mandy Smith is pastor of St Lucia Uniting Church, Brisbane, Australia and the author of "The Vulnerable Pastor: How Human Limitations Empower Our Ministry" (IVP) and "Unfettered: Imagining a Childlike Faith Beyond the Baggage of Western Culture" (Brazos). Mandy and her husband, a New Testament professor, live with their family in a little house where the teapot is always warm. Learn more about Mandy’s work at www.TheWayisTheWay.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices2021-10-2556 min
Enough, the PodcastBonus Episode 14: Sleep Help for Knackered Peri-Menopausal Women, with Dr. Bella SmithThe lack of sleep is a crazy-making thing, especially if you’re a woman of a certain age. It worsens anxiety and ruminating thoughts – like, “I need to get a grip.” Which pushes you to work even harder to avoid the chaos of uncompleted to-do lists, meaning you end up ratty and radioactive, not to mention over-caffeinated till the nightly wine brings you down again. Then heap on the pandemic and Zoom fatigue. Doesn’t bode well, does it? If this sounds familiar, there’s help. Dr Bella Smith...2021-09-2319 minEnough, the PodcastEpisode 13: Women's Mental Health, with Dr. Bella SmithThe pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on women. The majority are overwhelmed, exhausted and zombie-walking through the blur work and home, now a boundary-less mush. Maybe self-care has dropped off. Maybe your sleep and hormones are out of whack. Women are more at risk than ever for declining mental health and burnout. Enter Dr Bella Smith, a GP with more than 2 decades of experience in the National Health Service. We talk symptoms of burnout (such a slippery fish, this one). She shares the fascinating hormonal angle, which...2021-09-1549 min
A World of DifferenceChange Makers EPS 51: Mandy Smith on Unfettered, Dancing, Childlike Faith, Western Productivity Mills, and Vulnerability as a PastorOriginally from Australia, Mandy Smith is a pastor and the author of The Vulnerable Pastor: How Human Limitations Empower Our Ministry (IVP) and Unfettered: Imagining a Childlike Faith Beyond the Baggage of Western Culture (Brazos). Mandy and her husband, a New Testament professor, live with their family in a little house where the teapot is always warm. Learn more about Mandy’s work at www.TheWayisTheWay.orgMandy's friend Sandy Brock is a spiritual director who also does body work. You can find her holistic approach here: http://antiphio.com/essentia-experience/Stay In Touch: Connect on Fa...2021-09-011h 07Is This Real Life? With Mandy SlutskerEpisode 156 - 'Substance and Subtext' with LaKeya DeWalt featuring Donny Hadfield-SmithThis week Mandy is joined by LaKeya Dewalt, a moderator on Club Bravo and huge Housewives fan, to discuss this week’s RHOP, RHOBH, and RHONY. LaKeya and Mandy spend time trying to figure out why Gizelle is so afraid to be vulnerable, how now by season six the women are starting to self produce, and unpack what’s going on (if anything) with Wendy. They also discuss Erika’s legal issues and whether her story about Yolanda and the text messages adds up. Plus, Donny Hadfield-Smith of the Know That podcast shares a boots on the ground story about...2021-08-291h 50
The Holy PostEpisode 470: The Happiest Countries & Childlike Faith with Mandy SmithThe United Nations World Happiness Report is out, and it says the United States is still behind the world’s happiest countries. Can we learn anything from them, or does America’s diversity mean perpetual conflict? Then, pastor and author Mandy Smith says Western culture has warped our understanding of what it means to be a Christian by focusing too much on knowledge and power. The antidote? Embracing Jesus’ call to childlike faith. Also this week—covid skeptics have some explaining to do because last year life expectancy in the US dropped the most since WWII—and it wasn’t because of m...2021-08-181h 27
The BEMA Podcast230: Mandy Smith — UnfetteredMarty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by special guest Mandy Smith, pastor, author, and speaker. She is a regular contributor to Christianity Today and Missio Alliance, and a part of the Ecclesia Network. She and her husband, Jamie, a New Testament professor, have two kids.Discussion Video for BEMA 230St. Lucia Uniting ChurchThe Vulnerable Pastor by Mandy SmithUnfettered by Mandy SmithThe Wordless Book by Charles H. SpurgeonThe Whole Good News — Missio Alliance [this event happened in 2021]Mandy Smith at Christianity Tod...2021-07-2952 min
Gravity Commons PodcastMandy Smith: Childlike Faith Beyond the Baggage of Western CultureFor many of us, for too long, Christianity has been unhelpfully entangled with Western culture. Pastor and author Mandy Smith teaches us that the way forward is to embrace childlike faith again. In her new book Unfettered: Imagining a Childlike Faith Beyond the Baggage of Western Culture, she lays out a model of learning that […]
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Spiritual Life and Leadership107. Childlike Faith, Adultlike Leadership, with Mandy Smith, author of UnfetteredSend me a text! I’d love to know what you're thinking!Mandy Smith is a pastor and the author of Unfettered: Imagining a Childlike Faith Beyond the Baggage of Western Culture. In this episode, Mandy discusses the ways we are called to embrace childlikeness, while resisting childishness. And, at the same time, we are called to embrace mature adultlikeness, while resisting insecure adultishness.THIS EPISODE'S HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDES:Mandy Smith is a pastor and the author of Unfettered: Imagining a Childlike Faith Beyond the Baggage of Western Culture.Mandy wrote Unfettered over the cour...2021-07-2034 min
Dream Big & Kick AssEp 43 Mompreneur Sarah SmithMeet Sarah Smith, owner of an apparel company called Little Pieces XOXO and owner of a virtual summit strategist organization called Mompowered Summits. She founded Little Pieces XOXO to honor her late BFF, Heather, in order to uplift others. Sarah is also passionate about helping other mompreneurs be successful and build their brands and audiences through hosting virtual summits.Along with being a mom and a biz owner, Sarah is a caregiver of an elderly parent. She shares her story about how she navigates all of it.We also talk about both of our interests i...2021-06-0855 minConnections with Mike Thom and Colleen HoudeMandy Smith: Detoxing your faith from the habits and mindsets of Western cultureMandy Smith says Western culture is in a tailspin and the Christian faith is entangled in it. Western approaches to faith leave us feeling depressed, doubting, anxious, and burned out. We know something is wrong with the way we do faith and church in the West, but we’re so steeped in it that we don’t know where to begin to break old habits.
She says the best way forward is in Jesus's surprising invitation to the kingdom through childlikeness.
Today on Connections, Mandy Smith, a popular pastor, speaker and author, invites us to detox from the deeply ingrained habi...2021-06-0218 min
Dissident OrthodoxyMandy Smith - Unfettered: Imagining a Childlike Faith beyond the Baggage of Western CultureMandy Smith, author of the newly released Unfettered: Imagining a Childlike Faith beyond the Baggage of Western Culture, joins Casey to talk about the theological necessity of rest, play and a childlike approach to our spiritual lives. We go into not only how the practice of sabbath can take us deeper into the life of God, but how it can inform our commitment to social justice, activism and truly being a change in the world.
Also mentioned in this episode are amazing quotes from G.K. Chesterton, C.S. Lewis, John Steinbeck, Thomas Merton and Jurgen Moltmann!
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Let Your Ears Be the Gateway to Knowledge With Full AudiobookUnfettered: Imagining a Childlike Faith beyond the Baggage of Western Culture Audiobook by Mandy SmithListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 501529
Title: Unfettered: Imagining a Childlike Faith beyond the Baggage of Western Culture
Author: Mandy Smith
Narrator: Cat Gould
Format: Unabridged
Length: 07:26:07
Language: English
Release date: 05-18-21
Publisher: Christianaudio.com
Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Prayer
Summary:
Western culture is in a tailspin and Christian faith is entangled in it: we do kingdom things in empire ways. Western approaches to faith leave us feeling depressed, doubting, anxious, and burned out. We know something is wrong with the way we do faith and church in the West, but we're so...2021-05-197h 26