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Drs. Craig and Médine Keener: Impossible Love Aug 24, 2021

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Drs. Craig and Médine Keener join the podcast today. Médine holds a Ph.D. from University of Paris 7 and is Community Formation and Pastoral Care Coordinator at Asbury Seminary. Craig is the F.M. and Ada Thompson Professor of Biblical Studies, also at the Seminary. He has authored more than 30 books, several of which have won awards and altogether have sold more than one million copies. Craig and Médine co-authored Impossible Love: The True Story of an African Civil War and Hope Against All Odds. The book talks about how Médine lived as a refugee in the Congo for 18 months while Craig waited, not knowing if she were dead or alive.
In today’s conversation, they share about her war experience, romance and how God provided healing and wholeness.
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Dr. Russell Hall: Career, Calling and Counseling Aug 10, 2021

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Dr. Russell Hall, Associate Professor of Counselor Education in the Department of Counseling and Pastoral Care at Asbury Seminary, joins the Thrive with Asbury Podcast this week. He is a licensed psychologist who specializes in trauma treatment, internalizing disorders, and developmental psychopathology.
Dr. Hall began his clinical career in community mental health with experience working with severe mental illness in state mental health hospitals, competency and criminal responsibility evaluations in the Kentucky state prison system, school counseling and education evaluations, and as a child & family psychologist in outpatient settings.
He became Director of Training in the Department of Counseling and Pastoral Care at Asbury Seminary in 2011. In addition to administrating the field placement program, Dr. Hall expanded the department's expertise and student training opportunities in child pathology and counseling. In 2017, he co-founded the Van Tatenhove Center for Counseling, a training clinic that provides counseling services to the Asbury Seminary community. He also maintains a small, private practice.
In today’s conversation, we talk about career, calling, counseling, all the things, so you won’t want to miss this encouraging episode. Let’s listen!

Rosario and Callie Picardo: Money Talks Jul 27, 2021

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Today on the podcast, we’re joined by Callie and Rosario Picardo. Roz is an M.Div. alum of Asbury Seminary and a church planter. He currently serves as Director of Houses of Study at United Theological Seminary and co-pastor of Mosaic Church, a multiethnic church he started in 2017. He also teaches in the masters and doctoral programs at United and is the founder of Picardo Coaching LLC. His wife Callie is Vice President for Development at United Theological Seminary and has spent her career in finance and fundraising. She is a member of the preaching team at Mosaic and is the founder of Deep Roots Financial Coaching. Roz and Callie have been married 11 years and are raising 3 awesome daughters. Money Talks, that released July 5 is their first book together. It provides a biblical take on money and how Christians are called to operate in a world where money often takes center stage. It provides wisdom around God’s view of things like spending, earning, saving and giving differently.
And thanks to the generosity of Roz and Callie, listeners of this show receive a special 20% discount when you purchase the book from Market Square Books with the code 20mtalk. That’s 20mtalk for 20% off their book Money Talks. So you’ll want to be sure to grab a copy of that and we’ll link all the links for you in the show notes. So now let’s listen to my conversation with Callie and Roz!

Deanna Lynn & Kristina Osborn: Integrated Jul 13, 2021

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Today on the podcast, I’m joined by Deanna Lynn and Kristina Osborn. Together they authored and ghost-wrote Integrated: Living Beyond the Sex Trade. In a previous episode of Thrive, Deanna shares her story of how she overcame her traumatic upbringing that eventually led to her escaping a 10-year career in the sex industry. Upon exiting the industry, she found Refuge for Women, a place she can heal specifically from the trauma of exploitation. After graduating from their program in 2012, she earned a master's degree from Asbury Seminary and has authored two books. The second, "Integrated," I already mentioned and the first is Purchased: Leaving the Sex Trade. Each book details a piece of Deanna’s story.
Kristina is also an alum of Asbury Seminary, as well as Asbury University. She now serves as an associate pastor of Embrace Church in Lexington, Ky. In addition to fulfilling her pastoral calling in the diverse and loving community of Embrace, she also lives out her calling to be a storyteller for the kingdom through her own original music. She processes and proclaims her faith in a singer-songwriter style, which is vocal and acoustic driven, layered with scripture references and personal experiences. Her most recent release, Once More Arise, includes topics such as Eucharist, rest, waiting and lament. Kristina also partners with others as she did with Deanna to share their stories through ghostwriting and she shares the story of God as a preacher and speaker in worshipping communities at retreats and conferences.
In today’s conversation, we talk about Deanna’s new book "Integrated: Living Beyond the Sex Trade," Kristina’s new EP, "Once More Arise," how Kristina’s and Deanna’s lives intertwined so that this book became their next right thing and what it means to engage in practices that help us live integrated lives so we can be truly free.
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John Carroll: Discipleship & Relationship Jun 29, 2021

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Today on the podcast, I got to talk to John Carroll. John is an Asbury Seminary alum and has served in the local church for over ten years in many areas including youth ministry, spiritual formation and teaching pastor. Currently, John is the Director of the School of Kingdom Living for Dallas Willard Ministries. His heartbeat includes the two “ships” in life: Discipleship and Relationship. In today’s conversation, we talk about John’s calling, how that calling grew his faith as each step built new knowledge, what it means to be an apprentice of Jesus and how we can incorporate some of these practices into our own lives.
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Drs. Mark Dunwoody and Winfield Bevins: Missional Formation Coaching Jun 15, 2021

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Dr. Winfield Bevins and Dr. Mark Dunwoody, co-founders of Missional Formation Coaching, joined the podcast today. Together, they have more than four decades of experience training and coaching leaders from around the world. They’ve crafted online courses, personal coaching and innovative resources that connect spiritual practices with missional practices to promote healthy rhythms that can be accessed by anyone, anywhere in the world.
In today’s conversation, we talk about how Mark and Winfield met, ways we can find new beginnings in an ever-changing world, their new book Healthy Rhythms for Leaders: Cultivating Soul Care in Uncertain Times, and ways we can begin incorporating lifegiving rhythms into our daily lives.
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Rev. Teddy Ray: The Next Right Step Jun 01, 2021

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Today on the podcast, I got to talk to Rev. Teddy Ray, Asbury Seminary alum, co-owner of North Lime Coffee and Donuts and lead pastor of the Offerings Community of First United Methodist Church in Lexington, Ky. You may recall that Teddy Ray joined the podcast for Episode 7 to talk about finding calling within community and gave us ways to delight in our one ordinary life. We’ll link it in the show notes, so you can go back and listen if you would like.
Teddy Ray has pastored at Offerings for the past 20 years, but in early 2020 felt a restlessness like never before and sensed that the season of pastoring might be coming to an end. In today’s conversation, we talk about how he discovered his next right thing—studying to become a lawyer at Yale Law School.
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Rev. Dr. Cynthia Davis: Wholeness of Body, Mind and Spirit May 18, 2021

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Today on the podcast, I had the privilege of talking to Rev. Dr. Cynthia Davis, Mississippi River District Superintendent. Dr. Davis served as a nurse for 24 years and later as a nursing instructor. For almost half of her nursing career, she also served as a bi-vocational pastor. She is a lifelong learner and in 2005, she received her Doctor of Ministry degree with her dissertation focusing on “The Black Church and Public Health.”
We talk about her sense of calling from the time she was a child, her work as a nurse and pastor and the relationship between faith, health and wholeness of the body, mind and spirit.
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Dr. A. Sue Russell: Relationshift May 04, 2021

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Today on the podcast, I got to talk to Dr. Sue Russell, Professor of Mission and Contextual Studies at Asbury Seminary. Prior to coming to the Seminary, Dr. Russell was the Associate Professor of Anthropology and the Chair of the Department of Anthropology at Biola University. And before that, she spent 17 years in cross-cultural ministry and field research with Wycliffe Bible Translators in S.E. Asia, where she worked with a committee of national pastors to complete the translation of the whole Bible into the Tagal language.
We talk about a lot of things, including her call to ministry and her book Relationshift: Changing the Conversation about Men and Women in the Church. This book focuses on relationships, specifically brother-sister type relationships that are based on love, humility and mutuality, rather than specific roles. We talk about what that means and what that can look like in our context.
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Dr. Matthew Sleeth: Hope Always Apr 27, 2021

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Today on the podcast, I got to talk to Dr. Matthew Sleeth. Dr. Sleeth is a former ER physician and chief of the hospital medical staff. He resigned from that position to teach, preach and write about faith and stewardship issues. Dr. Sleeth is a widely sought after speaker and was recognized by "Newsweek" as one of the nation’s most influential Christian leaders. Dr. Sleeth is the executive director of Blessed Earth and author of numerous articles and books. He and his wife, Nancy, live nearby in Lexington, Ky.
In today’s conversation, Dr. Sleeth and I talk about his new book "Hope Always" that releases on May 4. So we’ll link it in the show notes, but go ahead and grab a copy of that, so you’ll have it on release day. In this book, Dr. Sleeth shares from the position of a physician and minister. He shares his personal and professional experiences with depression and suicide, challenging Christians to become part of the solution. With sound medical principles finding their rightful place beside timeless biblical wisdom, "Hope Always" offers practical and spiritual tools for individuals, families and churches to help loved ones who are stressed and struggling.
If you or someone you know is struggling with depression and suicide this conversation offers practical resources and hope. One resource that I want to be sure to mention is the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. That number is 800-273-8255 (TALK). It provides free and confidential, 24/7 support for people in distress and offers resources for you, your loved ones and best practices for professionals.
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