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Interested in taking a deep dive into your spiritual and missional formation? Hosted by Dr. Brian Russell (Professor of Biblical Studies and Spiritual Coach), the Deep Dive Spirituality Conversations Podcast will explore the contours of spiritual formation, leadership, and missional practice in our present reality through solo episodes and interviews with leading practitioners and thinkers.
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Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
In this episode, Dr. Peter Rollins talks about the role of uncertainty, doubt, and contradiction in theology and life. He also reflects deeply on the death of God in Jesus Christ as the ultimate contradiction and the meaning of resurrection for understanding salvation. This is the conversation you've been waiting for as we do a deep dive into post-modern thinking about theology, psychoanalysis, and modern faith.
Bio: Peter Rollins is an author, philosopher, storyteller, producer and public speaker who has authored numerous books, including Insurrection, The Idolatry of God, and The Divine Magician.
Peter gained his higher education from Queens University, Belfast where he earned degrees (with distinction) in Scholastic Philosophy (BA Hons), Political Theory and Social Criticism (MA) and Post-Structural thought (PhD). He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, currently lives in Los Angeles and will die somewhere as yet not known.
Books by Peter:
The Divine Magician https://amzn.to/39vuft8
The Orthodox Heretic and Other Impossible Tales https://amzn.to/3u8tnCC
Insurrection: To Believe Is Human, To Doubt Divine https://amzn.to/3wcNCRD
The Idolatry of God: Breaking Our Addition to Certainty and Satisfaction https://amzn.to/3mdogi0
Fidelity of Betrayal: Towards a Church Beyond Belief https://amzn.to/39pbtUb
How (not) To Speak of God https://amzn.to/3cAVZib
Books Recommended by Peter:
McGowan Enjoying What You don’t Have https://amzn.to/39pNwfO
Zizek, Sex and the Failed Absolute https://amzn.to/3u1ebXY
Hegel Phenomenology of Spirit https://amzn.to/3udKwLv
Connect with Peter:
Podcast: The Fundamentalists
https://www.patreon.com/peterrollins/posts
Instagram: @peter_rollins
Connect with Brian Russell:
Information about Brian’s Fall 2021 book Centering Prayer: How Sitting Quietly in God’s Presence Can Change Your Life www.centeringprayerbook.com
Twitter: @briandrussell
Instagram: @yourprofessorforlife
Coaching for Pastors: www.deepdivespirituality.com
Business and Life Coaching: www.drbrianrussellcoaching.com
Brian Russell’s Book on the Missional Interpretation of Scripture: (Re)Aligning with God: Reading Scripture for Church and World https://amzn.to/3qln258
Links to Amazon are affiliate links. Dr. Russell receives a small payment if you order resources through these links. There is no additional cost to you. Thank you for supporting the podcast through your purchases. #uncertainty #doubt #philosophy
Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
In this week's episode, Brian is a guest conversation partner with Frank Viola on his Insurgence podcast. Frank and Brian talk about the meaning of the Parable of the Sower within Mark's Gospel and reflect on its implications for missional living today.
Brian will serve as Frank's conversation partner of his series on references to the Kingdom in the Gospels over much of 2021. Check out Frank's podcast at https://theinsurgence.org/podcast/
FRANK VIOLA is a bestselling author, A-list blogger, and popular conference speaker. Viola has written over 12 books released by major Christian publishers (Thomas Nelson, Tyndale, David C. Cook, Baker, etc.). 8 of them have been bestsellers. His ministry is known as “The Deeper Journey.”
Viola’s mission is to help serious followers of Jesus know their Lord more deeply so they can experience real transformation and make a lasting impact.
Selected Books by Frank (https://amzn.to/3kZKuBH):
Insurgence: Reclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom https://amzn.to/3nUClAp
From Eternity to Here: Rediscovering the Ageless Purpose of God https://amzn.to/2HvTiS6
Jesus Manifesto: Restoring the Supremacy and Sovereignty of Jesus (w/ Leonard Sweet) https://amzn.to/3m6DcxA
Pagan Christianity?: Exploring the Roots of Our Church Practices (w/ George Barna) https://amzn.to/2IZixgC
Reimagining Church: Pursuing the Dream of Organic Christianity https://amzn.to/2IWB4tX
Where can listeners find you online?
Connect with Brian Russell:
Information about Brian’s Fall 2021 book Centering Prayer: How Sitting Quietly in God’s Presence Can Change Your Life www.centeringprayerbook.com
Twitter: @briandrussell
Instagram: @yourprofessorforlife
Coaching for Pastors: www.deepdivespirituality.com
Business and Life Coaching: www.drbrianrussellcoaching.com
Brian Russell’s Book on the Missional Interpretation of Scripture:
(Re)Aligning with God: Reading Scripture for Church and World https://amzn.to/3qln258
Links to Amazon are affiliate links. Dr. Russell receives a small payment if you order resources through these links. There is no additional cost to you. Thank you for supporting the podcast through your purchases.
Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
In this week’s episode, Eric Huffman shares his compelling journey from skeptical pastor to a missional apologist non-religious people. We talk about his latest book Scripture and the Skeptic.
Bio: Eric Huffman is Lead Pastor of The Story Church (est. 2015), author of two books - Scripture and the Skeptic (Abingdon Press, 2021) and 40 Days of Doubt: Devotions for the Skeptic (Abingdon Press, 2018) - and host of Maybe God Podcast, where he tackles the toughest questions non-religious people are asking about Christianity.
Eric and his wife and co-pastor, Geovanna, share a passion to lead new generations of educated and non-religious skeptics to honestly consider the life-altering love of God in Jesus Christ. They live near downtown Houston with their two children, Zaira and Koen.
Books by Eric:
Scripture and the Skeptic https://amzn.to/2OHeSXu
40 Days of Doubt: Devotions for the Skeptic https://amzn.to/3vvHX93
Connecting with Eric:
Twitter: @ericthestory
Maybe God Podcast https://maybegodpod.com/
Connect with Brian Russell:
Information about Brian’s Fall 2021 book Centering Prayer: How Sitting Quietly in God’s Presence Can Change Your Life www.centeringprayerbook.com
Twitter: @briandrussell
Instagram: @yourprofessorforlife
Coaching for Pastors: www.deepdivespirituality.com
Business and Life Coaching: www.drbrianrussellcoaching.com
Brian Russell’s Book on the Missional Interpretation of Scripture:
(Re)Aligning with God: Reading Scripture for Church and World https://amzn.to/3qln258
Links to Amazon are affiliate links. Dr. Russell receives a small payment if you order resources through these links. There is no additional cost to you. Thank you for supporting the podcast through your purchases.
Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
In this week's episode, Rev. Tara Beth Leach discusses the missional vision of her latest book Radiant Church. We also talk about leadership, women in ministry, and the holiness message for the 21st century.
Tara Beth Leach is a pastor, preacher of the Word, and a writer. She speaks widely at conferences, retreats, and universities across America on Women in Ministry, Church Leadership, and the call to be a Radiant Witness. She is a pastor at Christ Church of Oak Brook in the western suburbs of Chicago. She previously served as senior pastor of First Church of the Nazarene of Pasadena (“PazNaz”) in Southern California. She is a graduate of Olivet Nazarene University and Northern Theological Seminary. She is the author of Emboldened, Radiant Church, and Forty Days on Being a Six. She has two beautiful and rambunctious sons, and has been married to the love of her life, Jeff, since 2006.
Books Written by Tara Beth Leach:
Radiant Church: Restoring the Credibility of our Witness https://amzn.to/2OiDk11
Emboldened: A Vision for Empowering Women in Ministry https://amzn.to/3ry8eRA
Forty Days on Being a Six (Enneagram Daily Reflections) https://amzn.to/2Ok5hWr
Books Recommended by Tara Beth Leach:
Greg Boyd God at War: the Bible and Spiritual Conflict https://amzn.to/3eo9WBf
Gordon Fee, 1 Corinthians https://amzn.to/3rwSRZv
Scott McKnight The Blue Parakeet: Rethinking How You Read the Bible https://amzn.to/3bAYHDX
—— Kingdom Conspiracy https://amzn.to/3eBDCev
Gail O’Day John https://amzn.to/3bxEu1A
Christopher Wright Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible’s Grand Narrative https://amzn.to/3bysVr7
Connecting with Tara:
Twitter: @TaraBeth82
Instagram: @TaraBeth82
Connect with Brian Russell:
Information about Brian’s Fall 2021 book Centering Prayer: How Sitting Quietly in God’s Presence Can Change Your Life www.centeringprayerbook.com
Twitter: @briandrussell
Instagram: @yourprofessorforlife
Coaching for Pastors: www.deepdivespirituality.com
Business and Life Coaching: www.drbrianrussellcoaching.com
Brian Russell’s Book on the Missional Interpretation of Scripture:
(Re)Aligning with God: Reading Scripture for Church and World https://amzn.to/3qln258
Links to Amazon are affiliate links. Dr. Russell receives a small payment if you order resources through these links. There is no additional cost to you. Thank you for supporting the podcast through your purchases.
Tuesday Mar 02, 2021
Tuesday Mar 02, 2021
In this week’s episode, Tiffany Bluhm discusses her powerful new book – Prey Tell: why We Silence Women who tell the truth and how everyone can Speak up. We focus on the challenges of abuse within the church and how to thrive and serve together in a culture of truth, honesty and justice.
Buy: Prey Tell: why We Silence Women who tell the truth and how everyone can Speak up https://amzn.to/3e9lAA1
Bio: Tiffany Bluhm is the author of Prey Tell, She Dreams and Never Alone and their companion Bible studies. She is cohost of the podcast Why Tho and speaks at conferences and events around the world. Her work has been featured in World Vision magazine and on the YouVersion Bible app, the Hallmark Channel, and the Jenny McCarthy Show. She leads an engaged audience of 50,000 followers online and is committed to encouraging people of faith to live with conviction, substance, and grace. As a minority, immigrant woman with an interracial family, Bluhm is passionate about inviting all to the table of faith, equality, justice, and dignity. She lives in the Pacific Northwest.
Books Recommended by Tiffany:
Henry Cloud, Changes That Heal: Four Practical Steps to a Happier, Healthier You https://amzn.to/3e44svu
Isabel Wilkerson, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents https://amzn.to/3e6C7EC
Connect with Tiffany:
www.instagram.com/tiffanybluhm
Twitter: @tiffanybluhm
Connect with Brian Russell:
Information about Brian’s Fall 2021 book Centering Prayer: How Sitting Quietly in God’s Presence Can Change Your Life www.centeringprayerbook.com
Twitter: @briandrussell
Instagram: @yourprofessorforlife
Coaching for Pastors: www.deepdivespirituality.com
Business and Life Coaching: www.drbrianrussellcoaching.com
Brian Russell’s Book on the Missional Interpretation of Scripture: (Re)Aligning with God: Reading Scripture for Church and World https://amzn.to/3qln258
Links to Amazon are affiliate links. Dr. Russell receives a small payment if you order resources through these links. There is no additional cost to you. Thank you for supporting the podcast through your purchases.
Tuesday Feb 23, 2021
Tuesday Feb 23, 2021
In this episode, Dr. Mark Dunwoody discusses the critical role that Missional Formation Coaching plays in the lives of church planters, spiritual leaders, and pastors.
Dr. Mark Dunwoody has more than three decades of international experience as an entrepreneur and consultant to non-profits and faith communities. Originally from Belfast, Ireland, Mark has lived in five countries and is well known, internationally, in the missional conversation as a writer, trainer, speaker, strategist and coach.
Link to Mark’s new Book:
Healthy Rhythms for Leaders
Connect with Mark Dunwoody:
https://missionalformationcoaching.com/
Twitter: @markdunwoody1
Instagram: @markdunwoody
Connect with Brian Russell:
Information about Brian’s Fall 2021 book Centering Prayer: How Sitting Quietly in God’s Presence Can Change Your Life www.centeringprayerbook.com
Twitter: @briandrussell
Instagram: @yourprofessorforlife
Coaching for Pastors: www.deepdivespirituality.com
Business and Life Coaching: www.drbrianrussellcoaching.com
Brian Russell’s Book on the Missional Interpretation of Scripture:
(Re)Aligning with God: Reading Scripture for Church and World https://amzn.to/3qln258
Links to Amazon are affiliate links. Dr. Russell receives a small payment if you order resources through these links. There is no additional cost to you. Thank you for supporting the podcast through your purchases.
Wednesday Feb 17, 2021
Wednesday Feb 17, 2021
In this episode, Fr. Murchadh Ó Madagáin, author of Centering Prayer and the Healing of the Unconscious takes us on a deep dive into the practice of centering prayer. Specifically he addresses a question that often comes his way, "Is centering prayer a truly Christian practice?" The answer is "Yes." Listen in and discover a rich prayer practice that has deep roots in the church and one that can help you grow deeper into the grace and love of God.
Pre-order Brian's Centering Prayer: How Sitting Quietly in God's Presence Can Change Your LIfe https://amzn.to/32NoCCU
Books by Murchadh Ó Madagáin
Centering Prayer and Healing of the Unconscious https://amzn.to/3tQoI9i
By the Word of Their Testimony: The Journey of a Priest https://amzn.to/3dbCA7U
Books recommended by Fr. Murchadh
Keating, Invitation to Love: The Way of Christian Contemplation https://amzn.to/3ptQnt5
Mother Teresa, Come Be My Light https://amzn.to/2ZnVUXN
Watkins, The Warning: Testimonies and Prophecies of the Illumination of Conscience https://amzn.to/3aqyp6G
Connecting with Fr. Murchadh Ó Madagáin
Also, all masses are live-streamed, if anyone wants to join us online, or hear homilies live/recorded: www.facebook.com/stvincentftmyers.org
Connect with Brian Russell:
Information about Brian’s Fall 2021 book Centering Prayer: How Sitting Quietly in God’s Presence Can Change Your Life www.centeringprayerbook.com
Twitter: @briandrussell
Instagram: @yourprofessorforlife
Coaching for Pastors: www.deepdivespirituality.com
Business and Life Coaching: www.drbrianrussellcoaching.com
Brian Russell’s Book on the Missional Interpretation of Scripture:
(Re)Aligning with God: Reading Scripture for Church and World https://amzn.to/3qln258
Links to Amazon are affiliate links. Dr. Russell receives a small payment if you order resources through these links. There is no additional cost to you. Thank you for supporting the podcast through your purchases.
Tuesday Feb 09, 2021
Tuesday Feb 09, 2021
Dr. A. J. Swoboda talks about his latest book, After Doubt: How to Question Your Faith Without Losing It. He offers substantive theological and pastoral reflection on doubt, uncertainty, and the deep resources of the Christian faith to guide faithful sojourners through seasons of deconstruction.
A. J. Swoboda (PhD, University of Birmingham) is assistant professor of Bible, theology, and world Christianity at Bushnell University. He also leads a Doctor of Ministry program around the Holy Spirit and leadership at Fuller Theological Seminary. He is the author of a number of books, including the award-winning Subversive Sabbath.
Buy After Doubt: How to Question Your Faith Without Losing It https://amzn.to/2YXPr5x
Connect with Dr. A.J. Swoboda
Web: https://www.ajswobodawrites.com/
Twitter: @mrajswoboda
Others Books by A.J.
Subversive Sabbath: The Surprising Power of Rest in a Nonstop World https://amzn.to/3tHBJC3
Messy: God Likes It That Way https://amzn.to/3tEsUsp
The Dusty Ones: Why Wandering Deepens Your Faith https://amzn.to/3rAxkil
A Glorious Dark: Finding Hope in the Tension between Belief and Experience https://amzn.to/3rxxF5i
Introducing Evangelical Ecotheology: Foundations in Scripture, Theology, History, and Praxis (co-authored) https://amzn.to/3jxFULL
Book Recommendations by A. J. Swoboda
Don Carson The God Who Is There: Finding Your Place in God's Story https://amzn.to/2MQbfNQ
Thomas Oden A Change of Heart: A Personal and Theological Memoir https://amzn.to/3d0q1MZ
Ronald Rolheiser. The Holy Longing: The Search for a Christian Spirituality https://amzn.to/3p5O13m
Connect with Brian Russell:
Information about Brian’s forthcoming Fall 2021 book Centering Prayer: How Sitting Quietly in God’s Presence Can Change Your Life www.centeringprayerbook.com
Twitter: @briandrussell
Instagram: @yourprofessorforlife
Coaching for Pastors: www.deepdivespirituality.com
Business and Life Coaching: www.drbrianrussellcoaching.com
Brian Russell’s Book on the Missional Interpretation of Scripture:
(Re)Aligning with God: Reading Scripture for Church and World https://amzn.to/3qln258
Links to Amazon are affiliate links. Dr. Russell receives a small payment if you order resources through these links. There is no additional cost to you. Thank you for supporting the podcast through your purchases.
#deconstruction #doubt #spiritualformation
Tuesday Feb 02, 2021
Tuesday Feb 02, 2021
Listen in as Dr. Massimo Pigliucci (best selling author of books on Stoicism as well as a professor of philosophy and expert on evolutionary biology) shares his knowledge and wisdom concerning the modern practice of Stoicism, it’s relationship to spirituality and Christianity, and how to live a good life.
Bio:
Dr. Massimo Pigliucci has a PhD in Evolutionary Biology from the University of Connecticut and a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Tennessee. He currently is the K.D. Irani Professor of Philosophy at the City College of New York. His research interests include the philosophy of science, the relationship between science and philosophy, the nature of pseudoscience, and the practical philosophy of Stoicism. (See fuller bio below)
Connect with Dr. Pigliucci
Web: https://massimopigliucci.com
Twitter: @mpigliucci
Books by Massimo
A Field Guide to a Happy Life: 53 Brief Lessons for Living https://amzn.to/3ovvhKm
A Handbook for New Stoics: how to Thrive in a World Out of Your Control https://amzn.to/39pJZhK
How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life https://amzn.to/2YqQTNz
How to Life a Good Life: A Guide to Choosing Your Personal Philosophy https://amzn.to/2YkXiKd
Nonsense on Stilts: how To Tell Science from Bunk. https://amzn.to/3iU3iD0
Other books by Massimo: https://amzn.to/39qYrWG
Books recommended by Massimo
Carl Sagan. The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark https://amzn.to/3absot7
Bertrand Russell. Autobiography https://amzn.to/3orcfVD
Connect with Brian Russell:
Twitter: @briandrussell
Instagram: @yourprofessorforlife
Coaching for Pastors: www.deepdivespirituality.com
Business and Life Coaching: www.drbrianrussellcoaching.com
Brian Russell’s Book on the Missional Interpretation of Scripture:
(Re)Aligning with God: Reading Scripture for Church and World https://amzn.to/3qln258
Links to Amazon are affiliate links. Dr. Russell receives a small payment if you order resources through these links. There is no additional cost to you. Thank you for supporting the podcast through your purchases.
Thursday Jan 28, 2021
Thursday Jan 28, 2021
In this episode Dr. Bryan Sims reflects on what adaptive and spiritual leadership looks like today.
Bio:
Bryan Sims has worked since 2001 as a Leadership and Organizational Change Coach with SLI where he has trained and coached leaders, teams, churches, and organizations over extended periods of time to bring spiritual awakening and missional effectiveness. He has coached in Anglican, Methodist, Free Methodist, Wesleyan, Baptist, Presbyterian, and non-denominational settings.
Bryan has also been a professor of Leadership and Lay Equipping at Asbury Theological Seminary since 2011. His teaching expertise relates to team leadership, equipping, leading change, adaptive spiritual leadership, and the link between leadership and discipleship.
Bryan is a graduate of West Texas A&M University (1998) and Asbury Theological Seminary (M.Div., 2003) and has a Ph. D. in Organizational Leadership from Regent University (2009). He is author of Leading Together: in Christ, with one another, through our greatest challenges (100M Publishing, 2021) and has a authored a chapter in Leadership the Wesleyan Way (Emeth Press, 2016).
Books Recommended by Dr. Bryan Sims:
Ronald Heifetz Leaderships without Easy Answers https://amzn.to/3owZPLT
Robert Quinn, Change the World: How Ordinary People can Achieve Extraordinary Results https://amzn.to/3iWbvGZ
The Arbinger Institute Anatomy of Peace https://amzn.to/39sAqOZ
and Leadership and Self-Deception https://amzn.to/3j5Xcja
Ted Bolsinger Canoeing the Mountains https://amzn.to/3iWzgyD
and Tempered Resilience: How Leaders Are Formed in the Crucible of Change https://amzn.to/3oBvlIQ
Connect with Dr. Bryan Sims:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryan-sims-20497524/
Web: http://www.bryandsims.com/
Connect with Brian Russell:
Twitter: @briandrussell
Instagram: @yourprofessorforlife
Coaching for Pastors: www.deepdivespirituality.com
Business and Life Coaching: www.drbrianrussellcoaching.com
Brian Russell’s Book on the Missional Interpretation of Scripture:
(Re)Aligning with God: Reading Scripture for Church and World https://amzn.to/3qln258
Links to Amazon are affiliate links. Dr. Russell receives a small payment if you order resources through these links. There is no additional cost to you. Thank you for supporting the podcast through your purchases.