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Pastor Efrem Smith and Spencer Burke take a break at the National Pastor's Convention in San Diego, California, to talk about the dream of a Church that transcends the lines of race, ethnicity and theological divides. Although he grew up going to an all-black church, Efrem remembers attending an event when he was 17 where there were multiple races and ethnicities gathered together and he thought, ââ¬�...ÂThis is the way church is supposed to be.ââˆToday he pastors a church that is multi-racial-a body of Whites, African Americans, Asians, Latinos-and he challenges listeners to decide, ââ¬�...ÂShould church be different? Should we rethink our vision of church as Black/White/Charismatic/mainline/etc.?ââˆEfrem and Spencer discuss how it was important for immigrants and first generations to have churches that were single ethnicities or theologies. They were safe places, places to assimilate and strengthen their community. But after second and third generations-perhaps this generation-people ...
Don Chaffer (from the band Waterdeep) shares new music and some musings about moving away from linear thinking in his music, and bring himself and his listeners to a place of "Accessible Mystery." He likens it to pressing on your closed eyelids and seeing colorsâ âÂÂcompressing a moodâ on the song and listener so that they feel a degree of mystery. The interview closes with Don playing the overture from a musical he is currently working on, which is about family and was born out of his own personal life experiences.Don Chaffer (from the band Waterdeep) shares new music and some musings about moving away from linear thinking in his music, and bring himself and his listeners to a place of "Accessible Mystery." He likens it to pressing on your closed eyelids and seeing colorsâ âÂÂcompressing a moodâ on the song and listener so that they feel a degree of mystery. The interview closes with Don playing the overture from a musical he is currently working on, which is about family and was born out of his ...
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ThinkFwd: EP007 Andrea Smith - Native American Insights
Some evangelical churches are reaching out to Native American communities, with a desire to reverse the longstanding prejudices against them. But it's a good guess that most Christians have never heard the history of church boarding schools for Native American children, and the far-reaching impact of the cultural genocide that came with them. Anti-violence and Native American activist Andrea Smith spends some time with TheOOZE.TV host, Spencer Burke, educating listeners about oppression of native people, and the "hopeful opportunity for churches to be courageous" in bringing this history to light and holding the US accountable for its harmful policies against native groups. Go to http://TheOOZE.TV for the full line up of episodes.Some evangelical churches are reaching out to Native American communities, with a desire to reverse the longstanding prejudices against them. But it's a good guess that most Christians have never heard the history of church boarding schools for Native American children, and the ...
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ThinkFwd: EP014 Nanette Sawyer - The Art of Authentic Hospitality
Nanette Sawyer, pastor at Wicker Park Grace, explores the realms in which we extend hospitality. Hospitality starts in our core, as we extend hospitality to God, inviting him to be in relationship with us. Encountering God through this core relationship makes it possible for us to then extend hospitality to our friends and neighbors, to strangers, even to our enemies and nature at large. Spencer Burke, host of ThinkFwd, interviews Nanette at the Wicker Park Grace?s organic gardens. The gardens, which they inherited from the local Arts Council, are an opportunity to build community. Anyone can come and help with gardening, learn about urban agriculture and simply be together. Nanette sees the gardens are a door into Wicker Park Grace as well as a door from the church into the community?an opportunity to extend hospitality and an authentic welcome. What is an authentic welcome? It is a welcome that does not apply pressure to achieve sameness. ?We have a center,? says Nanette, ?but not a boundary.? ...
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