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Sunday’s Coming PodcastEpisode 33: Back for Round Three | Mike GoldsworthyWelcome back to another episode of The Sunday’s Coming Podcast!This week, Caleb and Kaleb welcome back their first ever three-time guest — Mike Goldsworthy.In this conversation, they talk about what it looks like to build sustainable rhythms for leadership and life, including a surprising morning habit that’s made all the difference for Mike. They also reflect on the importance of staying grounded as ministry and culture continue to shift, and why personal health often matters more than platform success.Because Sunday’s always...
2025-04-281h 02Sunday’s Coming PodcastEpisode 22: Someone Asked Me to Be a Senior Pastor at 29 | The Sunday's Coming Podcast | Mike GoldsworthyWelcome back to another episode of The Sunday’s Coming Podcast!This week, Caleb and Kaleb sit down with Mike Goldsworthy, who shares the unlikely story of becoming a senior pastor at just 29 years old. Together, they dive into the whirlwind of stepping into church leadership with big responsibilities, the “fake it till you make it” moments, and the lessons learned along the way.Mike opens up about navigating imposter syndrome, building trust with an experienced congregation, and the unexpected joys (and challenges) of leading while still figuring things out.
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space for faith with mike goldsworthy083 - Jayne Sugg Sings Belief is HardJayne Sugg joins us on the space for faith podcast today, where we talk about how her faith has evolved and changed, and the way that she expresses that journey through her music and particularly through her new album, Belief is Hard. She takes us on her journey of deconstruction and reconstruction, and as we hear portions of her album, she unpacks for us what she was expressing that will resonate with with many of our experiences.
Jayne Sugg is a New Mexico native who’s made NYC her home for the past seven years, sharing an Eas...
2024-10-3039 min
Craft & CharacterPreaching and Plagiarism with Mike GoldsworthyIn this episode of Craft & Character, Steve Carter interviews pastor Mike Goldsworthy around the topic of plagiarism and the crafting of sermons.Mike shares ways we can easily give credit to an idea or author without slowing down the flow of the teaching. He also unpacks what’s happening in a pastors life that makes them believe this is ok.The character required to give proper credit actually communicates the time, effort, and learning into a message.BIOFor over 20 years, Mike has helped people approach their life with more wholeness, inte...
2024-10-1659 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy082 - Chuck DeGroat and Healing What's Within
Chuck DeGroat is on the podcast today as we explore understanding what is trauma, the 3 questions from Genesis 3 that open us up to healing the wounds within us in order to become ourselves again, and the intersection of spiritual trauma and stages of faith. Chuck ends our time by leading us through a practice together.
Chuck DeGroat is a professor of pastoral care and Christian spirituality at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan, where he also serves as the founding executive director of the clinical mental health counseling program. He is a lic...
2024-10-0343 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy081 - Brit Barron Is Asking - Do You Still Talk to Grandma?Brit Barron joins me on the podcast today where we talk about her new book, Do You Still Talk to Grandma?, canceling our grandmas, progressive amnesia, messages of transformation that can make for movement, a healthy suspicion about my own righteousness, our incessant need for an external authority, and the beautiful benediction that they offer at their church each week.
Brit is a professional chatterbox both on stages and paper.
She engages audiences with narratives that inspire, educate, and entertain. As an experienced storyteller, she have become known for her ability to use personal narratives and...
2024-09-2635 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy080 - Mariko Clark and Rachel Eleanor Created a New Children's BibleMariko Clark and Rachel Eleanor are the creators of the new Children's Bible, The Book of Belonging. It's a book of Bible stories for kind and contemplative kids, where they create space for wonder, contemplation, and identity, recognizing that everyone belongs. They share it's origin story (beginning with Mariko's daughter asking if God loves boys more than girls because of the representation she was experiencing in her own Children's Bible), how the process of creating it has affected each of them, why they chose to have created some visual depictions of God, and the thoughtful reasons they chose to...
2024-09-1955 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy079 - Tiffany Bluhm and The Women We're Waiting ForTiffany Bluhm joins me on the podcast today. We talk about a more redemptive way of reading women's stories in the Scriptures, self-care for social change, a better devotional, and some of the ways the stories of women in the Scriptures intersect with more modern historical stories of women.
Tiffany Bluhm is the author of Prey Tell: Why We Silence Women Who Tell the Truth and How Everyone Can Speak Up, Never Alone, and She Dreams. With over 15 years of ministry and non-profit leadership experience, she serves at the intersection of faith and leadership, women’s issues and ju...
2024-09-1228 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy078 - Micha Boyett and Blessed Are the Rest of UsToday I get to spend some time talking with Micha Boyett. We talk about her newest book, Blessed Are the Rest of Us. She shares about how her son with Down Syndrome and Autism gave her a new perspective on flourishing within limits and redefining the norms of society. We talk about reading the Beatitudes as a poem, and what it looks like to pursue the upside-down Kingdom of Jesus.
Micha Boyett is the author of Found: A Story of Questions, Grace, and Everyday Prayer and a contributor to the New York Times bestseller A Rhythm of Prayer, e...
2024-09-0543 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy077 - Jon Huckins and Journey Home PilgrimagesJon Huckins is the co founder of Global Immersion, a peacemaking training organization, and was the co-director until 2023. He is now the founder of Journey Home and Adjunct Professor of New Testament at Point Loma Nazarene University.
Jon and I talk about vocational shifts, the performative nature of the way we found ourselves doing our work, his journey into post-evangelicalism, the Camino de Santiago, and the immersive experience of a pilgrimage that opens the pilgrim up to find some kind of healing, awakening, and transformation. He shares about the importance of spaces for dominant culture men to do their own wo...
2024-08-2936 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy076 - Keri Ladouceur Talks About Mutual Flourishing for Israelis and PalestiniansKeri Ladouceur joins us today to talk about mutual flourishing for Israelis and Palestinians. Keri is the Executive Director of the Post Evangelical Collective and hosts A Third Way Podcast. She has been hosting a series on her podcast on a Christian Perspective on Peace in the Middle East. After a short conversation about why these conversations matter, we’ll listen in on one of those conversations with Greg Kahlil, one of the co-founders of the Telos Group.
Keri’s A Third Way Podcast where you can hear more of her conversations on the conflict betwee...
2024-06-201h 50space for faith with mike goldsworthy075- The Divine Conspiracy Chapter 10We're finishing up our time together in The Divine Conspiracy Project this week as we cover the last chapter, chapter 10. We don't have a guest this week, and Mike tackles the chapter alone and then offers some reflections on re-engaging this book over the past few months. We talk a bit about the loss of a future hope for post-evangelicals as it relates to the afterlife, the significance of recognizing the physicality of the future hope, and the intersection of personal transformation and the transformation of systems and structures, with a good bit of rambling to try and make...
2024-06-061h 00space for faith with mike goldsworthy074 - The Divine Conspiracy: Chapter 9 with Justin MorganWe’re getting close to the end of our time in the Divine Conspiracy and joining us today in one of the final chapters is Justin Morgan. Justin is the pastor of Church on Morgan (which is not named after him…which we talk about in the episode). One of the reasons we wanted to have Justin on for this specific chapter is because Willard lays out some of the vision that Justin grabbed ahold of when he first started Church on Morgan, but that he would eventually find not fully adequate for the work that they were doing. He t...
2024-05-301h 01space for faith with mike goldsworthy073 - The Divine Conspiracy: Chapter 8 with John OrtbergJohn Ortberg joins us on the podcast today as we continue on in the Divine Conspiracy Project, looking at Chapter 8 of the book. John is a pastor, author, and speaker. He’s been in ministry for over 40 years and teaches around a central theme of spiritual formation. John is a deep believer that the main thing God gets out of your life is the person you become. He desires for people to know God in an interactive, life- transforming way. Presently, John leads the ministry, Become New, focused on leveraging online technology for life change and spiritual community. Dallas Wi...
2024-05-2354 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy072 - The Divine Conspiracy: Chapter 7 with Jeremy JerniganJeremy Jernigan joins us on the podcast this week to discuss Chapter 7 of The Divine Conspiracy as we continue in The Divine Conspiracy Project. Jeremy is the founder of Communion Wine Co, he leads the Cabernet and Pray podcast, and is known as “The Wine Pastor”.
Jeremy and I talk about a wide array of topics that this chapter brought up for us - dealing with contempt, prayer, Open Theism and how all of that relates as our faith grows and shifts and changes.
You can find Jeremy at:
His website
Cabern...
2024-05-161h 07space for faith with mike goldsworthy071 - The Divine Conspiracy: Chapter 6 with Steve CarterSteve Carter- The Divine Conspiracy Ch 6 (071)
Steve Carter joins us on the podcast again today. Steve is the best selling author of the book, The Thing Beneath the Thing, he hosts a podcast about the intersection of the craft of preaching and who we are becoming called Craft and Character, he’s a coach to communicators, and is a Teaching Pastor at Forest City Church.
Steve and I first talk briefly about his newest book, Grieve, Breathe, Receive. We then talk about the sixth chapter of The Divine Conspiracy where we tackl...
2024-05-0955 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy070 - The Divine Conspiracy Project: Chapter 5 with Michael HidalgoMichael Hidalgo- The Divine Conspiracy Ch 5 (070)
Michael Hidalgo joins us today to continue in our discussion on The Divine Conspiracy. Michael is the Lead Pastor of Denver Community Church, the author of Unlost: Being Found by the One We Are Looking For and Changing Faith: Questions, Doubts and Choices About the Unchanging God, the host of “The Changing Faith Podcast”, a speaker, retreat leader and an associate with GiANT London. He lives with his wife and children in Denver, Colorado.
Michael and I tackle the longest chapter in The Divine Conspiracy with a conver...
2024-05-0258 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy069 - The Divine Conspiracy Project: Chapter 4 - with Jason Adam MillerJason Miller joins us on the podcast again, this time to talk about Chapter 5 of the Divine Conspiracy, where Willard (and Jason) unpack the Beatitudes for us. Jason is a pastor who never quite felt at home in church, an artist who figured out the sermon is his song, and a teacher who still has some questions. he studied theology in the graduate school at the University of Notre Dame, and follows Jesus with the people of South Bend City Church, an eclectic Christian community known for its thoughtful teaching, inclusive vision, and commitment to its city context.
2024-04-2553 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy069 - The Divine Conspiracy Project: Chapter 4 with Jason Adam MillerJason Miller joins us on the podcast again, this time to talk about Chapter 5 of the Divine Conspiracy, where Willard (and Jason) unpack the Beatitudes for us. Jason is a pastor who never quite felt at home in church, an artist who figured out the sermon is his song, and a teacher who still has some questions. he studied theology in the graduate school at the University of Notre Dame, and follows Jesus with the people of South Bend City Church, an eclectic Christian community known for its thoughtful teaching, inclusive vision, and commitment to its city context.
2024-04-2553 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy068 - The Divine Conspiracy Project: Chapter 3 with Aaron NiequistAaron Niequist is a liturgist, writer, and pastor currently living in New York City. He is the creator of A New Liturgy, founder of Pastors, Priests and Guides and the author of The Eternal Current.
Aaron and I shared together in his first earthquake, which hit New York while recording this podcast. But we also talk about understanding God’s presence and space and how we open ourselves up with new eyes to recognize its implications around us, and experiencing the reality of the way the world actually works.
Pastors, Priests and Guides Retreats
Aa...
2024-04-1856 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy067 - The Divine Conspiracy Project: Chapter 2 with Brian ZahndBrian Zahnd joins us again on the podcast to engage in the third chapter of the Divine Conspiracy. Brian is the founder and lead pastor of Word of Life Church in St. Joseph, Missouri. He’s also a pastor-theologian who has authored eleven books, including most recently The Wood Between the Worlds.
BZ and I briefly talk about his new book, the unique story of how he first came across The Divine Conspiracy and the significant shifts it brought about in his own life, salvation as something other than a transaction that what happens to you...
2024-04-1154 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy066 - The Divine Conspiracy Project: Intro & Chapter 1 with Sean PalmerSean Palmer joins us today to delve into the first chapter of The Divine Conspiracy. Sean is an enneagram theorist, a preacher and a pastor, a speaking coach and author. He’s currently the Teaching Pastor at Ecclesia Houston, and most recently is the author of Speaking by the Numbers.
Sean and I talk about how the Divine Conspiracy helped to give Jesus as fresh hearing for those like us who had presumed familiarity that led to unfamiliarity. We talk about what it means to do life with God, what a kingdom is, and how this changed and...
2024-04-041h 03space for faith with mike goldsworthy065 - The Divine Conspiracy Project: Overview with Jan JohnsonJan Johnson is an author, speaker, college professor, and spiritual director. Amongst the many books she's written, she co-authored the Study Guide for the Divine Conspiracy. Jan also serves in leadership for the Dallas Willard School of Kingdom Living. She is someone who knew Dallas well, has been interacting with the ideas from the Divine Conspiracy for over two decades, and has been teaching and creating content from it for about as long as well. She's a great guest to introduce us to some of what we'll experience as we engage in The Divine Conspiracy together.
2024-03-2146 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy064 - Introducing The Divine Conspiracy ProjectBuy The Divine Conspiracy
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2024-03-0725 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy063 - update and reflectionswhere the space for faith podcast has been the past several months...what will it look like this year...and a few reflections from some of my learnings this past year
2024-01-0933 min
The Sparking Entrepreneur Show"Sustainable Leadership: Thriving in Life and Business with Mike Goldsworthy"Dive into a transformative episode of Sparking Entrepreneur with Mike Goldsworthy, the catalyst for high-capacity leaders seeking sustainability in life and leadership. As a seasoned guide, Mike empowers leaders to infuse sustainability into their professional and personal realms for a more fulfilling existence. Join us as Mike shares insights, strategies, and practical wisdom to help you not only lead but thrive. Discover the keys to balancing high-capacity leadership with a life of enjoyment and purpose. If you're a leader seeking longevity and fulfillment, this episode is your roadmap to sustainable success with Mike Goldsworthy.
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Cabernet and PrayMoving Beyond the Medium (with Mike Goldsworthy)Click here to watch the episode on video.
Picture this; you're leading a megachurch and suddenly, you decide to make a shift. A shift from preaching to coaching, from the pulpit to facilitating high-capacity leaders. This is the intriguing journey of Mike Goldsworthy, our guest for this episode and the founder of Live Contrarian. Mike shares his experiences, from being a lead pastor to transitioning into an executive coach and facilitator. It's not just about change but a reshaping of identity and relationships. As we reminisce about our first meeting and chat about Mike's current passions, we...
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Cabernet and PrayMoving Beyond the Medium (with Mike Goldsworthy)Send us a Text Message.Cabernet and Pray Episode 4Check out the podcast at: https://communionwineco.com/podcast/Picture this; you're leading a megachurch and suddenly, you decide to make a shift. A shift from preaching to coaching, from the pulpit to facilitating high-capacity leaders. This is the intriguing journey of Mike Goldsworthy, our guest for this episode and the founder of Live Contrarian. Mike shares his experiences, from being a lead pastor to transitioning into an executive coach and facilitator. It's not just about change but a reshaping of identity and relationships. As...
2023-09-251h 29space for faith with mike goldsworthy062 - Meredith Miller -Nurturing a Faith Your Kid Doesn’t Have to Heal FromMeredith Miller is a pastor and parent who helps grownups, and the kids they love, engage with the Bible and faith in ways that are life-giving, fun, and a fit for their real lives. We talk about why it's a more helpful goal for kids to develop trust with God than obedience, what God-centered storytelling looks like, Moral Therapeutic Deism, and a bunch more. Regardless of whether you have kids or not, I think you'll find our conversation helpful as you navigate what it means to engage your faith in this current moment.
Woven - Me...
2023-08-0858 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy061 - Jason Adam Miller - When the World BreaksJason Miller joins us on the podcast today where we talk about the way we read the Beatitudes as a transformative way forward when we suffer rather than an expectation that creates heavier burdens. He paints us a picture of the beauty of what it begins to look like when we let these blessings of Jesus do their work.
Check our Jason's new book, When the World Breaks
Find him on the Instagram
And on the webs
And at South Bend City Church
Other links from the podcast:
postevangelicalcollective.org - connect with post evangelical churches and others who are sta...
2023-07-181h 11space for faith with mike goldsworthy060 - Scot McKnight - The Second TestamentScot McKnight is the Julius R. Mantey Chair of New Testament at Northern Seminary. He's the author of numerous books including Jesus Creed, Blue Parakeet, King Jesus Gospel and A Church Called Tov, which he co-authored with his daughter Laura Barringer.
Today we're talking about a new New Testament translation that Scot has completed that will be released on June 6. In our interview, Scot calls it a "crunchy and clunky translation" as a way of describing some of how he approached this work. It's a translation that will cause you to experience some of the New Testament i...
2023-05-1654 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy059 - Andrew Lang - Unmasking the Inner CriticAndrew Lang joins us on the podcast today. Many of the people who join us here to talk about faith are coming out of experiences from a more conservative tradition. Andrew is a bit different in that he's coming from a more progressive tradition and along the way finds the significance and beauty of the contemplative tradition. We talk about depth and inner work in our lives and the practices of the contemplative tradition that open us up to that work.
Andrew's book - Unmasking the Inner Critic
Find Andrew on the Internets at
www.andrewglang.com
Instagram
2023-05-0935 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy058 - Mike Foster - The Seven Primal QuestionsMike Foster is known as the Mr. Rogers of self-development. He’s a best-selling author, speaker, and executive coach empowering people to build strong lives by turning their setbacks into superpowers.
We spend some time today understanding our primal question, how it helps us to understand ourselves in ways that unlocks places where we’re stuck, gives us a framework for how to relate in relationships and a better understanding of what our best contribution to the world is. Plus, you get to hear Mike diagnose me and give me a bit of a brief coaching session, where I may or ma...
2023-05-0247 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy057 - Casey Tygrett - The Gift of RestlessnessCasey Tygrett is a pastor, a spiritual director and author. He has degrees and certifications and all of the stuff. But, what you need to know is that he's incredibly thoughtful, intuitive and generous. His newest book (releasing today) called The Gift of Restlessness was such a gift to me. I think you're going to appreciate the book and the conversation.
Find Casey's new book, The Gift of Restlessness HERE
Find Casey on the internets:
CaseyTygrett.com
Instagram
Facebook
If you want to talk with me about Executive Coaching or how I can be helpful for your team, you can send...
2023-04-2555 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy056 - Justin McRoberts and Sacred Strides- The Journey to Belovedness in Work and RestIt's been a bit, but we've got several new episodes recorded that you'll be getting over the next several weeks.
Today, Justin McRoberts joins us again on the podcast to talk to us about finding our belovedness in our work and our rest. We talk about my Sabbath and Retirement rants, finding contentment in the actual life I'm living, and moving beyond utility and usefulness.
Check out Justin's new book Sacred Strides HERE
And follow him on the Instagram
2023-04-1959 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy055 - Dave Davis - Changing Metrics, Vocational Shifts and Faith EvolutionDave Davis joins us on the podcast today. We talk about the experience of your faith shifting while you’re on church staff, about changing metrics in the church, and some thoughts for those of you in ministry who are considering vocational shifts.
Dave Davis has been coaching leaders, leading organizations and bringing clarity to the confused for more than 30 years. He been an Executive Pastor, Lead Pastor, Chief Operating Officer and Consultant through a long carrier in ministry, corporate and Not For Profit spaces.
Here is info on the Telos Peace...
2022-11-2256 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy054 - Jonathan Foster - A Theology of ConsentJonathan Foster and I talk about René Girard’s mimetic theory and scapegoating, how God operates with consent and love as non-scapegoating, non-violent, non-binary.
Check out Jonathan’s new book, Theology of Consent
And find him on the internets here
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To help support me and my work, particularly with post-evangelical churches, you can make tax-deductible donations to:
“WE Ministries”
And mail it to:
Mike Goldsworthy
6285 E. Spring St #474
Long Beach, CA 90808
2022-11-151h 03space for faith with mike goldsworthy053 - Blaine Hogan - Exit the CaveBlain Hogan joins us today to talk about Happy Friday Dance Parties, the work of uncovering your story, the tension of knowing what you want to create while also creating space for feedback, how paying attention to the particulars of our story helps us to connect more universally, and how we can change our past.
Blaine Hogan is a writer, film and creative director, and actor. Former creative director for Willow Creek Community Church, Hogan is currently a full-time filmmaker. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with his wife, Margaret, and their three daughters. He holds a master's degree in theology and...
2022-11-0755 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy052 - Peter Choi + Jonathan Merritt [Post Evangelical Collective 2022]Peter Choi's talk from the Post Evangelical Collective 2022 in Denver, CO. Jonathan Merritt closes out our time together with Eucharist
2022-10-2833 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy051 - Eric Wilson + David Gushee [Post Evangelical Collective 2022]Eric Wilson's spoken word and David Gushee's talk at the 2022 Post Evangelical Collective in Denver, CO
2022-10-2626 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy050 - Gail Song Bantum [Post Evangelical Collective 2022]Gail Song Bantum's opening talk at the 2022 Post Evangelical Collective in Denver, CO
2022-10-2423 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy049 - Peter Choi and the Dynamism and Movement of FaithPeter Choi is Director of the Center for Faith and Justice, Associate Professor of American Christianity, and a member of the Core Doctoral Faculty at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. He spends some time talking to us about the way evangelicalism is understood and defined, the dynamism of our faith, and the way we engage the Scriptures and a faith that is always reforming.
Find the Center for Faith and Justice HERE, on Instagram and on Facebook
And find Peter at this year's Post Evangelical Collective in Denver
2022-10-0457 min
Schenck Talks BonhoefferInterview with Mike GoldsworthyEpi 74 – Interview with Mike Goldsworthy In this episode, the Rev. Rob Schenck speaks with Mike Goldsworthy, a ministry leader working in the spaces of deconstruction and reconstruction in post-evangelical communities. For 19 years, Mike served on staff with Parkcrest Christian Church in Long Beach, CA, with the last 11 of those years as the Lead Pastor. When he left that church, he shifted his focus to connecting and mentoring individuals and communities as they walk through transitions of deconstruction and reconstruction of their faith. He is an Adjunct Professor of Ministry and Bible at Hope International University and partners with Slingshot Gr...
2022-09-141h 12space for faith with mike goldsworthy048 - Kan’Dace Brock & Zach Lambert - New Life From Previous InstitutionsOn today’s episode, we’re joined by Kan’Dace Brock & Zach Lambert who talk with us about the ethos of the churches that they’ve each been a part of planting, the ways that people use money to try and control outcomes with Christian institutions, a vision for a seminary that is multi and inter-denominational as well as scholarly and practical, and how they are both involved in critiquing the old by creating the new.
Go HERE for more information about Fletcher Seminary
Find Kan’Dace’s church, The Message HERE
Find Zach’s...
2022-09-1354 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy047 - Mallory Wyckoff - God IsMallory Wyckoff joins us on the podcast today. Mallory is a teacher, preacher, writer, and spiritual director. She serves as key relationships officer with Preemptive Love, a global community of peacemakers working to end war and stop the spread of violence. Having completed her dissertation on the impact of sexual trauma on survivors’ theological perception and spiritual formation, Mallory has a DMin from Lipscomb University in missional and spiritual formation. In all her work, Mallory is a trusted voice for people seeking to navigate their spirituality with curiosity, honesty, and courage. A native Floridian, she lives with her husband and...
2022-09-0657 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy046 - Dan Lowery and Theological Education for Tomorrow’s ChurchWe are joined today by the President of Pillar Seminary, Dan Lowery. We spend some time talking about your life and calling taking you into unexpected vocations places, the future of seminary, ecumenical spaces, and creating space in seminary and the church for help people learn to think rather than be told what to think.
Check our Pillar Seminary and their Lunchtime Seminary program
Find information about the Post Evangelical Collective in October, Logos Bible Software or partnering with Mike in your church, non-profit or other organization at mikegoldsworthy.com
2022-08-3051 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy045 - Seeing, But Not ClearlyWe're doing something a bit different on the space for faith podcast today and broadcasting a sermon Mike recently preached at South Bend City Church. We walk through the double healing of the blind man in Mark 8, recognizing that sometimes in our faith journey we need to see, but not clearly before our eyes can be opened to see clearly and in focus. Like the blind man who experiences a two part healing in Mark 8, our faith often progresses through stages that grow and expand. And the places where we have grown from were often necessary pieces to help...
2022-08-0533 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy044 - Jeff Lockyer - Approaching the Gaps in MinistryJeff Lockyer is the Lead Pastor of Southridge, one of the largest churches in Canada, eh. I love the way he thinks about gaps in the church and how to close them; the way his church does many similar things to other churches their size, but the heart and motivation behind them is very different; the way he thinks about operationalizing ministry concerns and heartbeats. he is a mature and thoughtful leader and I've learned a lot from Jeff.
Find Jeff's book, Finding Our Way
And check out Leader's Village
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2022-06-2847 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy043 - Jared Byas - Jonah for Normal PeopleJared Byas is the cohost of the popular The Bible for Normal People podcast. He previously served as a pastor, but he continues the work of helping people find and save their faith by introducing them to honest engagement with the Scriptures. I loved his previous book, Love Matters More. Today we talk about his newest book, Jonah for Normal People, where he helps us see Jonah with fresh eyes while engaging in thoughtful scholarship.
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To help support me and my work, particularly with post-evangelical churches, you can make tax-deductible donations to:
“WE...
2022-06-2148 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy042 - Angie Hong - Experimental Liturgies & Diverse VoicesAngie Hong is a worship leader, writer and speaker based in Durham, NC. She is also a co-founder of Kinship Commons, creating resources to equip worship cultivators of color, which is one thing we'll discuss in this episode.
Angie and I talk about the pressure that is often put on worship leaders of color when significant events that gain national attention take place. We talk about cultivating diversity in who you're learning from, experimental liturgies and the work she's doing with the Faith and Justice Network.
Here's a few links mentioned:
Angie's Linktree...
2022-06-141h 01space for faith with mike goldsworthy041 - Nancy Beach & Samantha Beach Kiley - Next Sunday: An Honest Dialogue About the Future of the ChurchNancy Beach and Samantha Beach Kiley share with us about their new book, Next Sunday: An Honest Dialogue About the Future of the Church. They show us what it looks like to have humility about the way we think about God and the church, being open to seeing things through others' perspectives. I think this will be an important book at opening up a cross-generational dialogue about reimaging the church for our current moment.
Next Sunday releases June 14, but we are having a giveaway on Instagram of 2 copies of the book - so head over to @mgoldsworthy t...
2022-06-0759 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy040 - Kevin Sweeney - The Making of a MysticKevin Sweeney is the co-founder and pastor of Imagine Hawaii and the author of The Making of a Mystic.
We talk about what authenticity and integrity will cost you, what it is to be a mystic and the integration of those experiences into the normalcy of life, and the process he's going through of learning to let go as Imagine moves towards its final days and he enters into a new season.
We also briefly talk about the Post Evangelical Collective Gathering for pastors, artists, and other church leaders who are reimagining the church for ou...
2022-05-3159 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy039 - Rob Schenck - A Third Conversion, The Religious Right, & Dietrich BonhoefferRob Schenck is a public theologian and founder of The Dietrich Bonhoeffer Institute in Washington DC. Formerly, Rob had been significantly involved in a high public platform in the Religious Right until he went through his own journey of his faith evolving.
Rob talks to us about the intersection of power and having a public faith platform, how Abigail Disney opened him up to what he calls his third conversion experience and how Dietrich Bonhoeffer saved his faith.
For more info on The Dietrich Bonhoeffer Institute - TDBI.org
For registration to the P...
2022-05-2455 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy[ANNOUNCEMENT] Post-Evangelical Collective, Oct 11-12, 2022If you are a pastor, artist, or other church leader who feels connected to the post-evangelical space – which is to say that you have felt ecclesiologcally homeless in the larger church landscape. Not quite sure where you fit, but you’re not ready to give up on the church and you’re a part of reimagining what it looks like for our current moment.
If that’s you, I’d love to have you join us and bring others from your church along with you to the Post-Evangelical Collective Gathering in Denver, October 11-12
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2022-05-1006 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy038 - Sean Palmer - Speaking by the NumbersToday’s space for faith episode has a little bit of everything with Sean Palmer. It starts early with Sean comparing Taylor Swift with Shakespeare and quickly moves to talking about the Enneagram, cancel culture, Power over persuasion as the normal experience culturally and in the church, the church recapturing the ability to have difficult conversations together, the pragmatics of communicating to multiple enneagram numbers, and preaching and leading in post-evangelical spaces.
Sean is always one of my favorite people to talk to, and I think you’ll hear that as we jump from subject to subject.
2022-03-1454 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy037 - Aaron Niequist - New Liturgies, Formation & a RetreatAaron Niequist is a liturgist, writer and pastor currently living in NYC. Having led worship at Mars Hill, and Willow Creek, Aaron has created A New Liturgy, written The Eternal Current, and leads the Pastors, Priests and Guides Retreat.
Aaron and I talk about his movement from being an evangelical megachurch worship leader to becoming more oriented towards liturgy and practice. We talk about bringing about change in churches, and worship services in particular. Building a worship service with an eye towards a formative journey. Liturgy as building a muscle of spiritual development. And moving to a place where we t...
2022-03-0754 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy036 - Sarah Swartzendruber - Parenting After DeconstructionSarah is a Co-Pastor and founder of Cascade PDX. In her pastoring work, she began to discover parents who had gone through their own deconstruction process who were trying to figure out how to engage in their kid's faith development. In addition to pastoring, she began to lead cohorts for parents who are trying to figure that out.
We have a great conversation about her church in Portland and some of its uniqueness, the path of deconstruction, as well as the way that parents often react to the faith development of their kids because of their own e...
2022-02-2857 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy035 - Matthew Vines Talks about the Church, Discipleship, Scripture and Becoming LGBTQ InclusiveMathew Vines, author of God and the Gay Christian and founder of The Reformation Project joins us today. We talk about the church and why it still matters, not losing discipleship in the midst of reevaluating your beliefs, how you can hold onto a high view of Scripture while becoming affirming of Same-Sex Marriages and he tells us a little of the story of his recent engagement.
At the end of the episode Matthew shares about a new video project, The Reformation Project has put together, exploring in more depth the biblical case for LGBTQ inclusion. Find t...
2022-02-2155 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy034 - Gail Song Bantum and Brian Bantum - Choosing UsGail Song Bantum and Brian Bantum join us on the podcast today. Gail is the Lead Pastor of Quest Church in Seattle and Brian is a Professor of Theology at Garrett Seminary. We spend some time talking about what it's like for Gail to be a woman leading a church, about Brian's work on the Mulatto Jesus, and then we get into creating space for mutual flourishing in marriage. They share with us a bit of what that journey has looked like for them and share insights that they've learned about how we might create space for each partner...
2022-02-141h 03space for faith with mike goldsworthy033 - Todd Deatherage - Peacemaking as Discipleship and the Telos GroupTodd Deatherage spent sixteen years in senior positions in the legislative and executive branches of the U.S. government before co-founding the Telos Group. From 2005 to 2009, he was Chief of Staff in the Secretary of State’s Office of Policy Planning at the U.S. State Department. He also spent two years as Senior Advisor in the Department’s Office of International Religious Freedom, where he specialized in religious freedom in the Middle East.
Todd and I talk about Israel and Palestine, experiential learning, peacemaking as discipleship, how our own missed discipleship has caused harm in vulnerable communities, and so much...
2022-02-071h 02space for faith with mike goldsworthy032 - Miley Waterman: Brave GlobalMiley Waterman is the CEO of Brave Global, an organization working to empower vulnerable girls in partnership with churches and local communities and organizations.
Miley is also an event producer and helped to run the Post Evangelical Pastor and Church Leader Gathering that we held last October.
We talk about that gathering, about doing preventative work in order to help vulnerable girls not become victims of human trafficking, and how churches and organizations can partner in this important work.
For more information about Brave Global, check out their website or email them at inf...
2022-02-0131 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy[BONUS - PRAYER WITH ZAHND]Recently when Brian Zahnd was on the podcast he ended his time by leading us through a prayer that he uses as he moves into a contemplative prayer that he calls sitting with Jesus.
We've taken that prayer and posted it here so that you can use it on your own - to be led in a formative prayer that can help set up your own times of contemplative prayer.
I hope this can be helpful for you
𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵, 𝘐 𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶.
𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦.
𝘝𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘎𝘰𝘥.
𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘦, 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩.
𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯.
𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯.
𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩.
𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵-𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴.
𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦, 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧.
𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩
~𝘉𝘡
2022-01-2700 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy031 - Brenna Rubio & Bill White Talk About Learning to Lead WithBrenna Rubio and Bill White Co-Pastor City Church Long Beach and also founded Small Church Big Table to help deconstructing faith leaders dismantle toxic leadership patterns and learn power-sharing practices to build potent, inclusive communities.
They share with us about what it's like to co-pastor a church, how to share power without just swinging the pendulum from one way of thinking about leadership structures and power to completely dismantling all structure and creating chaos, and even some practical tools to help with the way we lead meetings.
2022-01-2458 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy030 - Brian Zahnd: When Everything’s on FireBrian Zahnd is the Lead Pastor of Word of Life Church in St Joseph, Missouri. He's a prolific author, with his most recent book When Everything's on Fire now available. For many of us, particularly pastors, who were looking for other pastors who were wrestling deeply with what he calls a theological remodeling, Brian has been someone that many of us have looked to and learned from.
Towards the end of the episode, he talks about the prayer school that he leads before leading us through a prayer. I'd highly recommend that Prayer School...especially if you...
2022-01-181h 07space for faith with mike goldsworthy029 - April Diaz Helps Women and Men Partner TogetherApril Diaz from Ezer and Co joins me on today's podcast. April talks with us about how men and women can work well together in partnership. She shares some safeguards that she has in her own marriage without needing to operate in the Billy Graham Rule. She helps us to see how churches that have been empowering women might actually not be as empowering as they have thought and some steps to deal with that, and why investing in female leaders is worth it.
At the end of the podcast, April shares briefly about some coaching packages th...
2022-01-1037 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy028 - Scott Erickson - Say YesScott Erickson joins us to talk about journeys of shifting faith, vulnerability and its relationship to our weaknesses, spiritual practices to pay attention to the path of desire in each of us, visual liturgies as excavation tools to help excavate the true story in each of us and his newest book, Say Yes that releases on Jan 25
Pre-order Scott's new book Say Yes here
Find Scott on Instagram
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A few 'programming notes' that I mention at the top of the episode
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2022-01-031h 16space for faith with mike goldsworthy027 - Justin McRoberts - It is What You Make of ItJustin McRoberts provides language for the process of life and faith. He is a teacher, storyteller, pastor, and songwriter.
We talk about writing prayers that create a trajectory for people rather than control, listening versus effort, Derrida and the difference between deconstruction and the normal process of growing and changing in your faith, the work of creating from whatever context you are coming out of, and how you are the work.
Check out Justin's newest book It Is What You Make of It
2021-08-1845 min
Restore AustinSummer Mixtape 2021 - Mike GoldsworthyThis week, we are joined by Mike Goldsworthy. Join us as Pastor Zach interviews Mike about what it’s like to be a pastor and what it looks like to be a leader in this “post-evangelical” space.
www.restoreaustin.org
2021-08-0842 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy026 - Steve Carter and the Thing Beneath the ThingSteve Carter joins me on today's podcast where we talk about all kinds of things. From what he's learned about character development from his podcast Craft and Character, how he's become curious about what's going on inside of him and others, how reactions are often people reenacting some wound from their past, what churches can do to create healthier leadership culture and our first Sermon Camp experience.
Check out Steve's newest book - The Thing Beneath the Thing
Check out Steve's podcasts - Craft and Character and The Home Team
If you're interested in learning more about Sermon Camp - yo...
2021-07-2038 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy025 - AJ Sherrill and Being With GodAJ Sherrill is the Lead Pastor at St Peter's Church in Charleston, South Carolina. He's the author of The Enneagram for Spiritual Formation and the upcoming Being With God.
AJ and I talk about the Enneagram and spiritual disciplines, seeing the whole of life as available to be a part of our process of formation, contemplative practices, neurology, moving from the reactive brain, how to start dipping our toes in contemplative practices and how pastors could start allowing space for awkwardness in the church experience in order to to create space for a contemplative journey.
Fi...
2021-07-0947 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy024 - Steve Wiens - Shining Like the SunSteve Wiens is a spiritual teacher, writer, and pastor who loves helping people reconstruct their faith after their theological foundations have crumbled. His ecumenical and imaginative approach to spiritual development encourages people to let their deep questions lead the way into new and expansive understandings of God, themselves, and the world in which they live.
We have a great conversation about why he doesn't want to be my friend, deconstruction, and reconstruction of faith, and why our practices matter in that process, Meister Eckhart's pathless path, contemplative spirituality, and being able to hold non-defensive conversations. Steve's a...
2021-05-181h 00space for faith with mike goldsworthy023 - Richard Beck and Hunting Magic EelsDr. Richard Beck joins us to talk about his latest book, Hunting Magic Eels, which I have been regularly recommending to folks.
If you're not familiar with Beck, he is an Experimental Psychologist who often writes in a way that intersects psychology (and particularly existential psychology) and theology. His books have been profoundly meaningful for me.
We talk about recapturing enchantment in our faith, viewing science through the lens of mysticism, belief as an issue of attention, and leaning into the traditions of the liturgical, contemplative, charismatic and celtic.
Follow Richard's Blog
B...
2021-04-2957 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy022 - Winn Collier on Eugene Peterson and Recapturing Christian ImaginationWinn Collier was the founding pastor of All Souls Charlottesville in Virginia. He now directs the Eugene Peterson Center for Christian Imagination at Western Theological Seminary in Michigan. Winn’s newest book, a biography on Eugene Peterson, called “A Burning in My Bones” comes out on March 23.
Winn and I talk about how Eugene moved from being a competitive pastor to a contemplative one, how theology can’t be separated from geography, creating space to not have the clarity that we often want, and recapturing imagination.
One of the people I regret I never got to spend t...
2021-03-1840 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy021 - Tatiana Simonian -Mindful Digital Engagement, Wellness Competitions and Competitive YogaTatiana has worked as the head of music at Twitter,
led global entertainment partnerships at Tumblr and now as a global marketing executive at Amazon. She shares with us about her faith journey growing up with a mother who wanted to be a televangelist, her desire to be in competitive yoga, and how we can be mindful about our digital engagement without turning it into a wellness competition.
Find Tatiana at Twitter, Instagram and Medium.
Slow Social: The Call for Mindful Digital Revolution
2021-02-1248 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy020 - Jonathan Merritt and a Faith That Moves From Closed to OpenJonathan Merritt joins us on the podcast to talk about a myriad of things. We spend time reflecting on his Tiny Diary readings, a healthier engagement with social media, the Post-Evangelical Church, a faith that moves from closed to open, engaging with others who seem to be living in a different reality now, and why I want to become best friends with Beth Moore.
Jonathan is one of America’s most trusted and popular writers on religion, culture, and politics. He is an award-winning contributor for The Atlantic, a contributing editor for The Week, and is author of...
2021-01-081h 02space for faith with mike goldsworthy019 - Michael Hidalgo Leads a Church With a Commitment to Unity, Vulnerability and CuriosityToday, Michael Hidalgo, the patriarch of the post-evangelical church joins us as we talk about his faith journey, Dallas Willard, being mentored by Ed Dobson, a posture of curiosity, creating true unity in the church in the midst of tension and the cohorts that he and I will be helping to lead next year for those who find themselves ecclesiologically homeless.
A few links mentioned:
Michael Hidalgo
Denver Community Church
The Changing Faith Podcast
If you're a church leader or pastor who feels ecclesiologically homeless and want to connect, I...
2020-12-151h 15space for faith with mike goldsworthy018 - Justin Morgan and Church on Morgan are Waking People Up to the Beauty of God and Each OtherToday we get to hear from Justin Morgan who leads Church on Morgan (which, I promise is not named after him).
We talk about how the church calendar helped to ground him, the ways they're thinking about growing the church smaller rather than bigger and being a church that wakes people up to the beauty of God and each other.
Check out Church on Morgan on their Instagram or join their service online on Sundays
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At the end of the podcast I share again briefly about my work with Post Ev...
2020-12-1152 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy017 - Lindsey Nobles - Finding Belonging As Your View of God ExpandsLindsey Nobles shares with us about trying to find a church as her experience of God and faith was expanding, living in tension with others who have different views rather than drawing lines in the sand, and creating space to be our full authentic selves.
Lindsey is the VP of Marketing at Onsite, and before that, she was the strategic force in the creation and growth of IF:Gathering, an organization that equips over one million women around the world.
Lindsey is a natural connector and social justice advocate and lives in Nashville, Tennessee, serving o...
2020-12-0449 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy016 - Jason Miller Started a Church That's a Safe Place to Lose Your FaithWe get a chance to hear from Jason Miller, the Lead Pastor at South Bend City Church.
We talk about the Post Evangelical Church and help to tell a bit of the story of SBCC in order to understand some of what's happening there better. We also get a bit into holding the tension of an ancient faith that is also taking seriously the realities of a changing world, the experience of being ecclesiologically homeless...plus, he calls me a Bishop...so you know it's a good time.
At the end of the podcast I...
2020-11-231h 25space for faith with mike goldsworthy015 - Lindsay and Susan Flaming Yeats - The Gift of LGBTQ Christians and the ChurchLindsay and Susan are dear friends who have been a gift in friendship to Allison and Mike. Today, they help us to begin thinking about shifting the conversation around LGBTQ Christians from just about acceptance and tolerance, towards seeing the unique gifts that Queer Christians are in the church.
Because we don't really spend any time in the interview unpacking some of the biblical work around the different ways of thinking about the Scriptures as they relate to sexuality (because that wasn't the point of the interview), Lindsay and Susan suggested a few resources for those who w...
2020-11-151h 10space for faith with mike goldsworthy014 - Sean Palmer -On the Enneagram, Parenting, Racial Justice, and When Your Faith ChangesSean Palmer, author and Teaching Pastor at Ecclesia Houston, joins us today to talk about the Enneagram, parenting, racial justice, the landscape of the church in America and how to think about your church when your faith has changed.
We also start off on a brief tangent on our shared heritage in the Restoration Movement of churches
Check out Sean's book, 40 Days on Being a Three
Find Sean on Twitter
2020-11-0959 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy013 - David Gushee: After Evangelicalism (pt 2)In the second part of this 2 part interview I talk to David Gushee about his newest book, After Evangelicalism, offering a vision for a Christian faith that moves beyond white evangelicalism.
Dr. Gushee is the Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics and Director of the Center for Theology and Public Life at Mercer University.
We have a great conversation about what’s happening with the decline of evangelicalism, the litmus test of LGBTQ inclusion, a political vision for this moment and beyond this moment, being a part of a church, purity culture and a positive se...
2020-08-2436 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy012 - David Gushee: After Evangelicalism (pt 1)In the first part of this 2 part interview I talk to David Gushee about his newest book, After Evangelicalism, offering a vision for a Christian faith that moves beyond white evangelicalism.
Dr. Gushee is the Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics and Director of the Center for Theology and Public Life at Mercer University.
We have a great conversation about what's happening with the decline of evangelicalism, the litmus test of LGBTQ inclusion, a political vision for this moment and beyond this moment, being a part of a church, purity culture and a positive sexual e...
2020-08-2138 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy011 - We Were Like Those Who DreamedPsalm 126 opens with the line, "When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dreamed"
What COVID, Maslow and an Old Testament Scholar help us to understand about recapturing our ability to dream
2020-08-1833 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy010 - The God Who Trusts With Curtis HoltzenPhilosophical Theologian Dr. Curtis Holtzen joins us to talk about being open to growth and learning, the implications of a relational God, what it means for God to have faith and to believe in us and his heresy sign that he holds up in the middle of his pastor's sermons.
Dr. Holtzen's newest book, The God Who Trusts is available here
2020-07-3148 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy009 - Lisa Yebuah Leads Us to LamentOn June 1, Lisa Yebuah led her church, Southeast Raleigh Table, through a Lament service. I didn't realize how much I needed to lament until I was led in it by Lisa.
Lisa graciously is allowing us to repost her lament service
Engage in this when you have an hour of your time to set aside to be led in lamenting all of the things we're all experiencing and going through right now. I think it'll be worth your time
Southeast Raleigh Table
2020-06-0852 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy008 - Goodie Goodloe Offers a Prophetic WitnessWe're joined by my friend Dr. Marcus "Goodie" Goodloe. Goodie traveled to Minneapolis to the site of George Floyd's murder to bear prophetic witness and joins with me to bear that witness to us all. As a scholar on MLK, he helps us to think about what Dr. King might be saying to us today as well.
You may at times feel a bit uncomfortable, but I'd encourage you to sit with what he's saying and to allow it to hit you without being defensive or giving excuse.
Links mentioned:
White Fragility
2020-06-051h 02space for faith with mike goldsworthy007 - Jared Wilkins - Race, Formation and This Current MomentIn Episode 7, Jared Wilkins, the Lead Pastor at Parkcrest Christian Church in Long Beach, sits down with me to discuss race, formation and how our current moment affects the way we think about the intersection of those.
The resources we mention are listed at http://mikegoldsworthy.com/wordpress/podcasts/
2020-06-0448 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy006 - Job: When My Answers Don't Work: Episode 5We interview my daughter Kate about her quarantine experience and she teaches us some slang before we wrap up our final episode in Job
In Job 24, Job take a turn in the way he talks about suffering where his pain has transformed him in a way where he now sees and advocates for others in their suffering. We're confronted with what we will do and who we are becoming in our own pain and suffering
2020-05-2635 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy005 - Befriending Your Monsters With Luke NorsworthyI take a brief break from wrapping up our time in Job to talk to my friend Luke Norsworthy about his newest book, Befriending Your Monsters.
After a bit of lazy banter about Quarantine Stashes, we get into what it means to recognize the monsters beneath the surface in our lives, the value in not running from them, the role that spiritual disciplines play and how we become healthy people who are more of who we're meant to be.
2020-05-1837 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy004 - Job: When My Answers Don't Work" Episode 4In Episode 4, we explore how Job responds when his new experiences don't match what he has previously understood. We talk about living in honest tension, stages of faith, and Walter Bruegemann's Orientation-Disorientation-Reorientation framework.
2020-04-2842 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy003 - Job: When My Answers Don't Work: Episode 3In Episode 3 we start with an interview with my son Isaac about his Quarantine Stash & move into trying to understand the way that the 3 friends of Job in this ancient book show the typology of the way people of faith try & exert control during suffering by explaining & making sense of things that you can't make sense of
2020-04-1536 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy002 - Job: When My Answers Don't Work: Episode 2We continue exploring what this ancient book is inviting us into today by looking at a small section of Job that forces us to think about what it means to sit in suffering
Job 2:11-13
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2020-04-0822 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy001 - Job: When My Answers Don't Work: Episode 1Welcome to the first episode of Mike's Podcast. I apologize for some sound issues, as we were having mic issues that I think we have resolved for future episodes.
In this first episode, Mike begins unpacking a theme from the ancient book of Job to understand the question that's being asked of Job is being asked of us today as we engage in the reality of the COVID-19 Pandemic
2020-04-0424 min
NorsworthyJason Miller and Mike Goldsworthy: Telos Part 2Luke, Jason Miller, and Mike Goldsworthy discuss their pilgrimage to Israel and Palestine including Banksy, grief, art and high/low's.
For more on this month’s sponsor, Lipscomb University’s Marriage and Family Therapy program, click here.
2018-11-1248 min
The Desire Line31 | Praying while Moving | Interview with Mike GoldsworthyClick here to find Brandon's new book! "Be still and know that I am God". How many times have we found ourselves wrought with feelings of anxious obligation when it comes to making time to be with God? For many of us, the time needs to look like silent prayer, meditation or other spiritual practices with an emphasis on stilling our bodies to be more susceptible to what God has to say to us. In an engaging and insightful interview, we speak with friend and pastor, Mike Goldsworthy. Mike challenges that idea by s...
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