Welcome to FMP, the podcast dedicated to helping young listeners navigate the challenges of relationships, entrepreneurship, education, business, and life! Are you tired of feeling stuck, uncertain, or overwhelmed? Do you want to level up your life, build meaningful connections, and achieve your dreams? Then this podcast is for YOU! Join us each week as we dive into real-life stories, expert insights, and actionable advice to help you: Build unshakeable confidence Launch your dream business ...
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Every movement for change starts with a generative conversation. The Igniting Imagination podcast features rich conversations with leaders across the church landscape that invite you into new possibilities for yourself, your church, and your community. Each episode offers inspiring ideas to spark the Spirit within you as a leader and inspire courage and innovation to bring about human flourishing grounded in love, generosity, and belonging.
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Opting into Joy with Rev. Tyler Sit and Rev. Rich Havard
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Joy is not just a fleeting emotion but a deep, sustaining force that connects us through authenticity and community. This week, host Rev. Lisa Greenwood and co-host Rev. Kathi McShane are joined by Rev. Tyler Sit, a pastor, community organizer, and social entrepreneur, and Rev. Rich Havard, Senior Program Officer for Wayfarer Foundation, to explore…
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Small Boats are the Big Wave for the Church with Rev. Dr. Kenda Creasy Dean and Rev. Dr. Michael Beck
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This week, host Rev. Lisa Greenwood and co-host Rev. Kathi McShane speak with Rev. Dr. Kenda Creasy Dean and Rev. Dr. Michael Beck to explore the concept of "small boats," or small experiments that are giving us vision and hope for the church as we look to the future. Traditional leadership models are transitioning to leadership that empowers other…
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Place Matters with Rev. Bill Lamar IV and Rev. Dr. Reginald Blount
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This week, host Rev. Lisa Greenwood and co-host Rev. Kathi McShane continue exploring themes that will be essential to the future church – and they are happening right now. Rev. Bill Lamar IV, Pastor of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, and Rev. Dr. Reginald Blount, Associate Professor of Formation, Leadership, and Culture at Garrett…
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The Power of Togetherness with Vipin Thekk and Rabbi Elan Babchuck
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What is the role of power in the new spiritual landscape emerging today? This season, we are exploring the themes we believe are glimpses of what will be critical guideposts for the future church. This week, host Rev. Lisa Greenwood and co-host Rev. Kathi McShane speak with Vipin Thekk and Rabbi Elan Babchuck. Vipin Thekk, Founder of the Changemake…
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Hospitality When It’s Uncomfortable with Rev. Alicia Forde and Tamice Spencer-Helms
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What are we seeing right around the corner from where the church is today? Around the corner is closer than we think. The Spirit is up to something and the invitation is to get close to what is happening right now, to pay attention, to notice, and to wonder. This week hosts Lisa Greenwood and Kathi McShane speak with Rev. Alicia Forde, a pastor, po…
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The Raw Truth About Stem You Can’t Miss
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Engineer Rashaun W. is an Aerospace Engineer who work in Weapons Integration. he has brought his expertise on STEM which goes for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. he talks about what skills you need to be successful in the field and how to get a job and be able to succeed in your career. he shares his journey and why her had decided to ch…
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#008- The Mindset and Habits that Differentiate a Successful Entrepreneur From the Rest| 5 STEPS
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In This Epic and Amazing Episode with Doctor Adam Shebindu, we’ve had a really great conversations where he describes step by step strategies on how you can become a successful entrepreneur. From his own background and history, he has revealed the secrets of how you can really define your life and make a really difference impact no matter what peop…
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#007 - Brutally Honest Entrepreneurial Advice For Young Studentpreneur and Businessman
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Get brutally honest entrepreneurial advice for young studentpreneurs and businessmen in this video. Learn self-improvement, money-making tips, and the best advice for entrepreneurship success. Perfect for aspiring entrepreneurs looking to grow their businesses!Oleh Jonathan KENDA and Taylor KENDA
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Imago Dei Drives Innovation with Carlos Huerta
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Rev. Dr. Kenda Creasy Dean reminds us in her new book, Innovating for Love, that we don’t create new things for the sake of change, for innovation’s sake, but rather so that we can love better. We are always finding new ways to love our neighbors in the ways Jesus calls us to love. Carlos Huerta, the Executive Director of the Center for Community T…
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#006 - Quarder - Strategies to Achieve Financial Freedom At A Young Age
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Quarder is an Entrepreneur and In Construction Industry, we'll discuss strategies to achieve financial freedom at a young age. From mindset shifts to smart money tactics, we'll help you create a plan to reach your financial goals. Tune in to learn more! Watch the video on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@Thefmp785/videos And on this episode of The …
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The Love of God and Love of Humanity is One Love with Jonathan Brooks
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Pastah J, as his friends and parishioners affectionately call him, is a remarkable testament to the notion that innovating is what happens when you love the people you are with. We often make innovation out to be the next, big, creative, tech, cool thing when really it's about figuring out how to love our neighbors better and how to more deeply and…
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A Platform that Empowers People with Moy Mendez
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Our Locke Innovative Leaders offer a powerful picture of what is possible for the church. They don’t just see a need, they see great potential that exists in that need, and they respond with the next faithful step, always gathering others to help create and build. It’s remarkably consistent. Moy Mendez, a pastor in Chicago and the Executive Directo…
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Network Building for Outsized Impact with Rev. Dr. Heber Brown, III
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We are so excited about this season of the Igniting Imagination Podcast as Rev. Dr. Kenda Creasy Dean and Rev. Lisa Greenwood have conversations with four exceptional, innovative faith leaders who are profoundly influencing the way we think about the church’s mission and witness. It’s stunning and inspiring! Our guest this week is Rev. Dr. Heber Br…
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#005 Real Estate Investment: Beginner's Guide to Buying First Rental Property
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Looking to invest in real estate? Watch this beginner's guide to buying your first rental property. Learn about lesser-known strategies for making money in real estate investment. A Real Estate Specialist Adam Moore shares the knowledge and on how you can invest in Real Estate the right way in 2024 steps by steps and acquire your first rental prope…
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#004 Genius Advice You Need To Control Your Emotions W/ Zoe Adjanga
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Learn how to control your emotions with this genius advice! Whether you're feeling frustrated, stressed, anxious, or insecure, we've got you covered. Improve your positive mindset, handling pressure, communication, and judgment with these tips. Coach Zoe Adjanga, Talks about how to can deal with Stress, Insecurities, Anxiety, Pressure. Starting fro…
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#3 The Major Problems With The Black Community|| Culture and Lifestyle
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In This brutally honest Conversation with Ivan Godfrey, We have got to see The most concerning Things about the black community that we need to talk about now .. from how some people don’t really like to associate themselves with the black culture and community. From what’s exactly wrong with the black culture, what caused it and how to bring chang…
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Facing Reality, Claiming Leadership in the Church Today
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Have you enjoyed Season 10 of our Igniting Imagination Podcast as much as we have?! We started with Margaret Wheatley and we are ending the season with two remarkable innovative leaders, who also happen to be part of our leadership learning and innovation team, Rev. Kathi McShane and Derrick Scott, III. If you haven’t been listening, this conversat…
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The Best Conversation With Ben K About Christianity|
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Discover the unspoken truth about Christianity in this eye-opening video. Learn how mindset, comparison, and a personal relationship with God can bring true happiness and joy into your life. Don't miss out on this life-changing information! In this eye-opening video, we reveal the unspoken truth about Christianity that will change your mindset and …
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GENIUS Advice you Need to Invest your Money
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Best Advice you need yo know about Investing your money to make more profit in Real Estate and Stocks. Looking for ways to increase your wealth? Look no further! In this video, we'll share essential investment advice that covers everything from real estate to stocks. Don't miss out on this valuable information that could help you achieve financial …
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Shaping our Biblical Imaginations with Dr. Eric Barreto
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In this week’s episode of the Igniting Imagination Podcast, we talk with professor Eric Barreto who invites us into a biblical imagination for our work together. We love how he reminds us to keep coming back to the good news of Jesus. Yes! That is what inspires us, forms us, equips and animates us! We hope this conversation gives you a new imaginat…
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Cultivating an Indigenous Worldview with Dr. Randy Woodley
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Dr. Randy Woodley, professor, scholar, farmer, and indigenous American, speaks of indigenous ways of leading that seem, on the surface, to be counter-intuitive, and yet as we sit with them, we see how resonate with Jesus’ teachings they are. We are so curious what you think as you listen. What do we have to learn from indigenous cultures about lead…
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Living ‘Love Your Neighbor’ in the State House of Representatives with Rep. James Talarico
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This week’s episode of Igniting Imagination is a bit of a departure for us – for the first time, our guest is a politician! Yep, State Representative James Talarico. We decided that if we are going to do a season on Facing Reality and Claiming Leadership, we ought to directly address the polarization in our country – and where better than Texas pol…
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Nurturing the Possible Through Catalytic Leadership with Rev. Dr. Dave Odom
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Rev. Dr. Dave Odom, who leads Leadership Education at Duke Divinity, works with hundreds of congregations and leaders from multiple faith traditions across the country. As such, he has a unique vantage point to view the realities of the church and what is needed for leaders today. In this week’s podcast episode, Dave shares that a new kind of suppo…
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Discovering a Way Back to Each Other with Rev. Dr. Amy Butler
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The Rev. Dr. Amy Butler is a master at facing reality and claiming leadership. In her newly released memoir, Beautiful and Terrible Things: Faith, Doubt, and Discovering a Way Back to Each Other, she weaves together what is real and messy and hard with what is true and hopeful and redemptive, reminding us that the journey of faith is inextricably a…
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Actively Waiting in the Accelerating Age with Dr. Andy Root
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If you are having conversations about innovation in the church, chances are that Andy Root’s name has come up. Writing books like, When the Church Stops Working and The Church After Innovation and The Pastor in a Secular Age, Dr. Andrew Root is leading the way in helping leaders to name and face current reality and lean into new ways of leading. Wh…
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Reimagining an Established Institution with Dr. Aaron Kuecker
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Our guest is Dr. Aaron Kuecker, President of Trinity Christian College in Chicago. We can’t wait for you to hear what they are doing at Trinity Christian to tend to the wellbeing of their students. It is intentional and generous and nothing short of life-changing – from their approach to the funding model to how they are protecting the mid-week “We…
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Stewarding Ambiguous Loss with Dr. Pauline Boss
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This conversation with Dr. Pauline Boss, author of Ambiguous Loss: Learning to Live with Unresolved Grief, is hope-filled, encouraging, validating, and motivating. Her insights manage to be both practical and weighty. She reminds us that we live in a mastery culture – that is, we want to be in control, have the answers, and win – which is, of cours…
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Analyzing Nieuwhof’s Church Trends That Will Disrupt 2024
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Jump into 2024 with a special Bonus Episode of Igniting Imagination! We have invited two of our most frequent (and beloved) guests, Rev. Rachel Billups and Rev. Matt Rawle, to engage with Carey Nieuwhof’s list of 7 Church Trends That Will Disrupt 2024. Matt and Rachel reflect that this year’s list seems particularly spot on. From the endangered sta…
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Hope in Doubt? Are we addicted to hope?
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Read Rev. Dr. Paul Escamilla’s response to the Wheatley episode on our website here. In this episode, you’ll hear us: Discuss of Wheatley’s unsettling insistence that we are ‘addicted to hope’ (9:19) Consider what the notion of “islands of sanity” means for local congregations (13:55) Analyze becoming vs. gaining (22:34) Interpret Wheatley’s Two Lo…
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Restoring Sanity with Dr. Margaret Wheatley
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Dr. Margaret Wheatley has greatly influenced our leadership ministry work over the past several decades. We have given her book Who Do We Choose to Be? Facing Reality, Restoring Sanity, Claiming Leadership to many leaders. Meg’s foundational idea that “conversation is the currency of change” is at the heart of everything we do. The Two-Loop Theory …
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Holy Friends Pursue Higher Truth with Rev. Kathleen McShane and Rabbi Elan Babchuck
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Rev. Kathi McShane, a retired United Methodist pastor, and Rabbi Elan Babchuck, a millennial, experienced an immediate connection when they met, a Spirit connection that made them fast friends from the beginning. In this episode, they share how their friendship naturally manifested in Picking Up the Pieces: Leadership After Empire. They discuss the…
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Holy Friends Bridge Deep Divides with Dr. Cleve V. Tinsley IV and Rev. Dr. Matt Russell
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The guests in this episode became friends through a common commitment to activism and social justice. Dr. Cleve V. Tinsley IV and Rev. Dr. Matt Russell became best friends both by cultivating their common ground and exploring the very real differences between their perspectives and experiences. They share how their friendship has profoundly shaped …
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Holy Friends Bear Witness over Time with Bishop Laura Merrill and Bishop Janice Huie
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The guests in this episode are ‘all in’ with the church; they are dear friends of our host, Rev. Lisa Greenwood, who also happen to be Bishops in the United Methodist Church, Bishop Laura Merrill, and Bishop Janice Huie. In their conversation the three of them explore what has been meaningful about their friendship and how their friendship has impa…
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Holy Friends Become Healthier Leaders with Rachel Billups and Matt Rawle
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This episode features two “besties” talking honestly and openly about their friendship of many years and how it has deeply nourished them, even though they’ve never even lived in the same state. They discuss being fully present in real friendship, giving each other accountability, compassion, love, and care. They engage with the challenges that all…
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Holy Friendships with Rev. Dr. Victoria White Victoria White
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One of God’s greatest gifts to us is friendships, especially what our guest Rev. Dr. Victoria White calls “holy friendships.” These are the friendships that not only make life more enjoyable and more creative, but they are also core to who we are and who we become. They are “mutual and sacred relationships formed in God’s love,” and they help us be…
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In a world of surface-level connections, true friendship is a divine experience. Friendship forms us and allows us to show up as our true selves. Join us as this season as we delve into the power of sanctifying friendship.Oleh Wesleyan Impact Partners
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The Current Project with Rev. Alisha Gordon
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Rev. Alisha Gordon wants black single mothers not just to survive but to thrive socially, economically, and emotionally. This vision, borne out of Alisha’s own experience as a single mother, led to the start of the Current Project, an advocacy and mission-driven organization focused on supporting the well-being of black single mothers by connecting…
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Staying Awake for God's Sake with Rev. Tyler Sit
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When Rev. Tyler Sit set out to plant a church in Minneapolis in 2015, he began by listening. He walked every neighborhood in the city to listen for God’s dreams and discern where God wanted him to plant a church. He listened to neighbors over meals to hear what kind of church they would want to be a part of. What emerged was a church led by BIPOC l…
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Human Again with Rev. Michael Gienger
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“This place makes me feel human again” is a phrase often heard at Galveston Central Church from people at radically different ends of the socioeconomic spectrum. Being a part of the community grounds people in the truth that they belong to each other. It is not too much to say that this conversation with Rev. Michael Gienger will make you feel huma…
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Fishing Differently with Rev. Dr. Sidney Williams
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Expanding imagination for ministry can happen when you employ the FISHing differently framework developed by today’s inspired guest and 2023 Locke Innovative Leader, Rev. Dr. Sidney WIlliams. As the saying goes: “what got us here won’t get us there.” Instead of focusing purely on the financial capital needed to fund ministry, Sidney invites us to F…
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Innovating for Love with Rev. Dr. Kenda Creasy Dean
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Why do we innovate? The goal is never innovation itself. As Rev. Dr. Kenda Creasy Dean says, “The goal is always loving people well.” This conversation is packed with insight and wisdom that gets to the heart of why innovation matters. We often feel pressure to innovate in big ways that make things bigger, faster, stronger but Kendra reminds us tha…
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Loving our Neighbors Means Loving our Neighborhoods with Pastah J
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The last episode of our season on formation begins with co-hosts Lisa Greenwood and Tim Soerens each sharing their top three takeaways from the season. Don’t miss this great season wrap up! And then: We couldn’t imagine a better conversation partner to end this season with than Jonathan Brooks, or as he’s better known, Pastah J, who offers a hopefu…
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Reimagining God’s Economy with Rev. Rosa Lee Harden
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Rosa Lee Harden, Episcopal priest and serial entrepreneur, says that a conversation about generosity should bring about the best in us. This conversation certainly does just that! Each minute with Rosa Lee is inspired and inspiring. Rosa Lee shares her journey of faith that led her to bring together her desire to follow Jesus with her financial sav…
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Living the Gospel through the Multi-Ethnic Church with Mark DeYmaz
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Mark DeYmaz, founder of Mosaix Church and the Mosaix Global Network, passionately articulates how the multi-ethnic church is the visible sign of the Gospel. In this wide-ranging conversation, Mark shares the origin story of Mosaix Church and his conviction that “if a people group or an individual is missing, then we’re actually missing part of the …
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Creating Cultures of Generosity with Joe Park
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Joe Park, CEO and Principal of Horizons Stewardship, invites us to think deeply about the connection between formation and generosity. He humbly says he is not an expert in generosity but his track record of incredible successes helping churches and faith-based not for profits build sustainable cultures of generosity, and the depth with which he ap…
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Formation and the Phygital Space (Bonus Episode)
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This is a first for us: we recorded this bonus episode on location at a gathering we hosted in Austin, Texas! You’ll hear from eleven amazing leaders and practitioners of physical and digital ministry, or “phygital” as we’ve now learned to say. These pioneers in digital ministry will share their experiences, questions, and ideas for what the digita…
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The Spiritually Awakened Brain with Dr. Lisa Miller
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Humans are equipped with an innate capacity for spirituality and our brains become more resilient and robust the more we engage with spirituality. This groundbreaking research from Dr. Lisa Miller has enormous implications for the church. Dr. Miller joins our podcast to make a case for why the church is desperately needed today, not just as an anti…
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The Whole Person Revolution with Anne Snyder
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Our podcast aims to “spark the Spirit within you” and what you will hear in this conversation with Anne Snyder is a person whose spirit is on fire for something bigger than herself. What an inspired and inspiring time we had with Anne Snyder–we can’t wait for you to listen! From her vulnerable sharing of her own formation story to her reflection on…
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Spiritual Formation Everywhere You Look with Tim Soerens
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We kick off Season 7 of the Igniting Imagination podcast in conversation with pastor and social entrepreneur Tim Soerens about the immense opportunity to reenergize the church today by daring to be “faithfully present” to what God imagines for us in our churches, our neighborhoods, and in our daily lives. The challenges the church faces today are v…
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This season on Igniting Imagination host Lisa Greenwood, co-host Tim Soerens, and special guests explore spiritual formation: what is formation and what is the church’s role in formation? Join our email, contact us, and find more resources from Leadership Ministry at tmf-fdn.orgOleh TMF & Wesleyan Investive
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