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Spiritual Life and Leadership246. Have We Forgotten to Pray? with Jeff HoffmeyerSend me a text! I’d love to know what you're thinking!What if prayer wasn’t just a box to check off your to-do list, but a lifeline deeply integrated into every moment of your life and your leadership? Imagine navigating every challenge, every conflict, and every transition with an ongoing sense that God is with you.Jeff Hoffmeyer is Vice President for Advancement and Resident Theologian for the Denver Institute for Faith and Work, and a teacher in the Doctor of Ministry program at Fuller Theological Seminary. In this episode, Jeff shares his insi...2024-12-1041 min
Spiritual Life and Leadership229. The Fear-Driven Church, a Quick Conversation with Tod Bolsinger and Markus WatsonSend me a text! I’d love to know what you're thinking!Tod Bolsinger and Markus Watson discuss a quote from episode 216 with guests Brad Strawn and Warren Brown. The quote highlights the perception that contemporary Christianity in the United States is more known for what it opposes than for what it supports. Tod Bolsinger explores this phenomenon, attributing it to the psychological tendency to focus on fears rather than potential gains. The discussion delves into how this fear-based mindset influences church leadership and community actions, emphasizing the need for churches to rally around positive and constructive go...2024-08-1307 min
Spiritual Life and Leadership216. Overcoming 'Puny' Spirituality, with Warren Brown and Brad Strawn, authors of Enhancing Christian LifeSend me a text! I’d love to know what you're thinking!In this episode, Warren Brown and Brad Strawn, authors of Enhancing Christian Life, explain how contemporary Christian practices can often lead to what they call a 'puny' experience of Christianity that elevates personal feelings of closeness to God over outward expressions of faith. They argue for a robust, 'supersized' form of Christian life, where followers of Jesus are deeply connected with their church community, contributing to and drawing from a shared life that reflects the teachings of Jesus in tangible and embodied ways.2024-05-1437 min
FULLER curated83 - Warren Brown and Brad Strawn on Extended CognitionIn a conversation moderated by Amos Yong, Warren Brown and Brad Strawn discuss the dynamics of extended cognition in embodied religious experiences, practices, and communities. Warren S. Brown is director of Fuller’s Lee Edward Travis Research Institute and professor of Psychology; Brad Strawn is Fuller’s chief of spiritual formation and integration and Evelyn and Frank Freed Professor of the Integration of Psychology and Theology; and Amos Yong is Fuller’s dean of the School of Mission and Theology.2021-08-1930 min
New Creation ConversationsNew Creation Conversations Episode 015 - Dr. Brad Strawn on Neuroscience, Psychology, and Embodied Christian FormationBrad is the Evelyn and Frank Freed Professor of the Integration of Psychology and Theology, and the Chair of Integration, in the Clinical Psychology Department at Fuller Theological Seminary. He has written extensively on the integration and intersection of theology and psychology, in our conversation we focus primarily on two books he co-authored with Dr. Warren Brown entitled: The Physical Nature of the Christian Life: Neuroscience, Psychology, and the Church, and the recently published follow-up book entitled Enhancing Christian Life: How Extended Cognition Augments Religious Community.2021-05-2559 min
Attaching to God: Neuroscience-informed Spiritual Formation008 Did My Neurons Make Me Do It? (with Dr. Warren Brown)Are we really responsible for our actions? Or is it just brain chemistry and personal history? Do we really have free will? And what does this mean for our understanding of sin? I talk with Dr. Warren Brown, of Fuller Seminary, about how our brains make meaning for us and with others. Check out his new book, "Enhancing Christian Life" (co-authored with Dr. Brad Strawn).Please join the Being With community for episodes, posts, and other resources.Please subscribe and review on i...2021-05-1035 min
Inefficiency PodcastEpisode #17 Brad Strawn Subjectivity & Relationality
Brad D. Strawn (M.A. Theology, PhD Clinical Psychology) is the Evelyn and Frank Freed Professor for the Integration of Psychology and Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary, Graduate School of Psychology. He has edited or co-authored three books including The Physical Nature of Christian Life: Neuroscience, Psychology & the Church (Cambridge: with Warren Brown) and Christianity and Psychoanalysis: A New Conversation (IVP: with Earl Bland). He also regularly publishes in integrative journals focusing on the dialogue between Christianity and Psychology. Brad’s research interests include embodied cognition, clinical psychology, psychoanalysis, the integration of psychology and theology, and psychology an...2015-11-0200 min