Word Made Digital

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- A lifetime of daily, hidden obedience. This is the legacy of Dutch watchmaker Corrie Ten Boom, whose heroic efforts saved hundreds of Jewish lives during the German occupation of the Netherlands in WWII. It was not at a small cost to her or her family. Now, actress Nan Gurley steps into her shoes in the retelling of her life story “The Hiding Place” on...

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- Should we embrace new technology? What does digital rest look like? Would Jesus read the Bible app, use Twitter or play video games? In 2023, with the digital age in full swing and technology changing faster than the weather, these are real (and important questions to consider). How is tech affecting us internally? Should churches engage with social me...

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- The Church/Christians haven't historically been the best at talking about or empowering singleness. Meisha Watson wants to change that. Her podcast "My Single Story" is airing out all the misconceptions and assumptions to help encourage and support Christian singles from ALL walks of life to find hope. Meisha has been a guest on the podcast before, but...

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- This was SUCH a fun episode. Connecting with a great friend, James Adams, to celebrate a massive milestone in his entrepreneurial journey. Many of us start a business dreaming of what it could be, hoping to make wise decisions along the way, helping it grow. Few entrepreneurs achieve it and then sell their business to a DREAM client. James Adams founde...

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- Is it just me, or are we all a LOT more skeptical about the news we are reading? The reality is, everything we read has a skew or influence. Not everything we read is false, either. We went to one of the best to help us understand good journalism, good fact-checking and breaking through media noise. Bonnie Kristian is an experienced journalist skilled...

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- Jesus asked His disciples, "Who do you say I am?" It's a question that still needs an answer today. Author Jared Brock explores this question in his new book "A God Named Josh", and the answer to that question may challenge everything you once thought about who Jesus was during his time on earth, starting with his very name. This is a charged, provocat...

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- Tens of MILLIONS have watched, shared and been impacted by the Christian show, "The Chosen". In fact, it's the first multi-season show centred around the life of Jesus, ever! This week we are chatting with one of the show's producers, Amanda Jenkins on their approach to sharing these real stories of Jesus to a mass audience, many without a Biblical bac...

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- The art of person-to-person communication; like, how do we actually talk to people and with people? Why can this be so hard sometimes, or so one-sided? How do you join a conversation that’s already happening at a party? Is it rude to enter or exit a group already talking at a party? Why do people care that you know and use their names? How can you do v...

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- Have you noticed the huge trend toward “Orphaned” believers? Many evangelicals find themselves untethered, disillusioned, and—ultimately—orphaned as they grapple with the churches of their youth and embark on a search for a more loving, less corrupted, or different theological expression of the Christian faith. This week’s podcast guest, Sara Billups i...

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- Missional Labs is an interdisciplinary community that works to launch new, imaginative ministry ventures in our modern missional context. As the church faces decline and disruption, millions will walk away from a faith that doesn't make sense. Reaching people for Jesus today requires a fresh take and imagination to see what's not yet. We're joined by T...

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- Clare Hooper is a 48-year-old mum and creative who is sweeping through TikTok with her cheerful, bright and colourful lifestyle. She lives out her own tagline "busy doing good" and shares tips from baking and styling to embracing grey hair. But how did she build her online community of 60k+? What inspires her to stay positive and enjoy the "grind" of c...

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- We all go through life with an "anthropology"--an idea about what humans are like, our potentials and limitations. High anthropology--thinking optimistically about human nature--can breed perfectionism, anxiety, burnout, loneliness, and resentment. In today's conversation, popular author and theologian David Zahl explores how our ideas about human natu...

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- Do you feel like you're caught in the rat race of social media? Experiencing the heaviness of keeping up with an audience, while staying faithful to what you believe in. This week's guests can relate. Chelsea and Nick Hurst are Christian YouTubers who share their ups and downs for (mostly) the world to see. They've navigated wins and losses while build...

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- Zach Windahl is an author, speaker and professional encourager. No really... his books are so motivating and, especially for younger generations, help them remember God's goodness in hard times. Today he's sharing his journey as an entrepreneur, and building the network has today called "The Brand Sunday". If you're hoping to write a curriculum or book...

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- How do we scale our marketing without losing authenticity? In a world of slick campaigns and selling techniques, Vik Harrison (and her husband Scott) chased a crazy dream: bringing water to the 1.1 billion people in the world who didn't have it. Charity:Water was born and in the decade following, has become a movement of over one million supporters pro...

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- How do we reach high school students addicted to social media? Enter: Brain Barcelona. Brian is the founder of One Voice Student Missions and The Jesus Clubs. Since 2009 Brian has been a leader at the forefront of youth evangelism and is calling the high school students to surrender their lives to Jesus and calling the Church to our nation’s most unrea...

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- In light of the fall of famous Christian leaders in recent years, the time has come for the church to reexamine its relationship to celebrity. Award-winning journalist Katelyn Beaty and author of "Celebrities for Jesus: How Personas, Platforms, and Profits Are Hurting the Church" explores how fame has reshaped the American church, and why celebrity is...

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- Life is too short to just go through the motions. We spend countless hours dreaming and planning to do the significant, noticeable and impressive and we miss the opportunities and relationships right in front of us. For Bob Goff, author of "Love Does", "Everybody Always" and most recently, "Undistracted" -- this invitation to live purposefully and with...

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- The Advent season is all about the attentive expectation for the coming of Jesus. This season is extremely special; full of hope and longing. For artist and author Bette Dickinson this attentive longing is the heart of the artist. Paying attention to the world around them, the artist longs for connection and meaning and expresses it through their work....

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- Jason Ballard had his heart radically transformed by Jesus when he was a teenager and yet today he still has moments of struggling with his faith. If we're honest with ourselves, we all struggle and wrestle. We embrace the mysteries of God and the world and are left with questions. This is one of the motivations Jason had to begin his work with young p...

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- There has been an incredible wave of connection established through digital communities. We're seeing the rise of platforms like Discord, Clubhouse and even the use of TikTok for networking and group building. So where does the Church fit? How can we utilize this digital revolution and build healthy, flourishing communities? We're chatting with Peter f...

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- We're thrilled to have Omar El-Takrori joining us on the podcast this week. He is a pastor, digital creator and business leader who shares his perspective on showing up. Doing the hard work of being consistent in whatever you put your hand to and how that's reflected in Scripture. --- Learn more about Omar El-Takrori: Instagram: @omareltakrori Youtube:...

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- With a cumulative following of more than 10 million, Gabriel has shared his life and relationship with the internet for almost a decade alongside his wife Jess (whose adorable wedding was witnessed by over 19 million viewers). Now a dad, Gabriel's candor and vulnerability about his anxiety, depression, and other struggles have led him to be one of the...

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- Remember when we all saw the first Matrix movie and couldn't imagine a real-world that was digitally connected and dystopian could truly exist? That our bodies would be so connected to technology as to lose ourselves? Seems more close to real life somehow, in 2022. How do we lead and pastor in the most digitally connected, educated, wealthy cities in h...

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- It is always an honour to have Danielle Stickland on the podcast. Not only is she wise and honest, but she isn't afraid of confronting our ways of thinking with the truth. She leads by example. In this week's episode of the podcast, Danielle is sharing what inspired her latest book "The Other Side of Normal". Join us! --- Learn more about Danielle Stri...