A World of Difference

Celebrate the courage to explore, learn and grow with empathy, as TCKs show us how to thrive with multiple dimensions of belonging. "The biggest tool in our tool bag is something that we're good at, but we need to focus on more so that we can use it to our advantage, and that would be empathy. So being very open, one thing I find, and I found this to myself, and I have to work on it every day, is...

In Hannah Nation's podcast episode, uncover the compelling central conflict between the Chinese house churches' global identity and the Chinese authorities' nationalist agenda, as the Hannah Nation explores the idea of persecution as an apologetic moment. "God is not dependent on political rights to grow his church. Do political rights help? Yeah, I think often they do. Are they important? Yeah. I...

Martine Kalaw's compelling mission is to empower Human Resources professionals to make Diversity, Equity and Inclusion accessible in the workplace, but her journey as a stateless and undocumented survivor reveals the irony of empowering managers to support marginalized communities while also risking Tokenism. You will learn how to use team building activities and mental health support to help empo...

Dr. Wade Mullen is the author of Something’s Not Right: Decoding the Hidden Tactics of Abuse – and Freeing Yourself From Its Power. Dr. Mullen is a world renowned expert on abuse in the church. He served ten years in pastoral ministry and then five years as a seminary M.Div. program director and assistant professor before transitioning to full-time research and writing, consulting, speaking, and a...

In this podcast episode Lori and Jason Adams-Brown share their story of spiritual abuse and betrayal at Echo. Church and Saddleback Church, while remaining hopeful that God will bring restoration, reconciliation and resurrection through their courageous testimony. Lori Adams-Brown and Jason Adams-Brown are a married couple who share their story of working at Echo. Church in Silicon Valley in order...

In Dele Downs Kooley's military family, Christmas traditions are reinvented every couple of years, from reindeer food to Snoop on the Stoop. Despite being told single mothers couldn't start over, she took a huge risk to relocate with $1,500 and forged a path to a six-figure income. "I chose not to listen to the stories that we tell ourselves, that society tells us, that condition us to not want mo...

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate! ********* Become a patron of this podcast, and enjoy free merch. Join other patrons of this podcast at Patreon. ********** Bette Dickinson is a prophetic artist, writer, and speaker who invites audiences to connect with God through visual parables of the spiritual journey in her ministry Awakening the Soul. Bette earned her MDiv through Grand Rapids Theologica...

Become a patron of this podcast, and enjoy free merch. Join other patrons of this podcast at Patreon. ********** Planning a Restorative Retreat in 2023? Jake Sasseville, CEO of Imiloa Institute, tells us about his restorative retreat center in Costa Rica. (Use PROMO CODE below for discount.) Jake was born in Lewiston, Maine, Jake's dad was a social worker, and his mother was a substitute teacher....

Become a patron of this podcast, and enjoy free merch. Join other patrons of this podcast at Patreon. ********** Craig Greenfield is the founder and director of Alongsiders International, a grassroots movement of young Christians reaching the world's poorest children. Originally from New Zealand, he has lived and worked for more than two decades in marginalized communities in Asia and North Americ...

Become a patron of this podcast, and enjoy free merch. Join other patrons of this podcast at Patreon. ********** Jenny Booth Potter is a creative producer, storyteller, and co-host of The Next Question, a web series about expanding our imagination for racial justice. She has co-led racial justice trainings across the country for churches and organizations, and is a founding partner of HerSelf Medi...

Become a patron of this podcast, and enjoy free merch. Join other patrons of this podcast at Patreon. ********** Karen González is a speaker, writer, storyteller, and immigrant advocate, who herself immigrated from Guatemala as a child. Karen is a former public school teacher and attended Fuller Theological Seminary, where she studied theology and missiology. For the last 15 years, she has been a...

Become a patron of this podcast, and enjoy free merch. Join other patrons of this podcast at Patreon. ********** Mekdes Haddis is a sought after Millennial African Missiologist and thought leader whose voice is challenging the Church to undo its “missions as usual” ethos. Her work is a clarion call to redefine missions from charity giving to disciple making and justice seeking. In 2020 Mekdes crea...

Become a patron of this podcast, and enjoy free merch. Join other patrons of this podcast at Patreon. ********** Dr. Wade Mullen is the author of Something’s Not Right: Decoding the Hidden Tactics of Abuse – and Freeing Yourself From Its Power. Dr. Mullen is a world renowned expert on abuse in the church. He served ten years in pastoral ministry and then five years as a seminary M.Div. program dir...

Become a patron of this podcast, and enjoy free merch. Join other patrons of this podcast at Patreon. ********** Michelle Ferrigno Warren is the president and CEO of Virago Strategies, a consulting firm for civic engagement campaigns impacting poor communities. The author of The Power of Proximity, she cofounded Open Door Ministries, a community development 501(c)(3) corporation in downtown Denver...

Use Promo Code: AWORLD22 to get 30 percent off plus free shipping of the ebook and hard copy of Liturgical Mission at ivpress.com. The code is good from today through 11/2 Become a patron of this podcast, and enjoy free merch. Join other patrons of this podcast at Patreon. ********** Winfield Bevins is an internationally recognized author, teacher, and coach. He is director of Church Planting at A...

Become a patron of this podcast, and enjoy free merch. Join other patrons of this podcast at Patreon. ********** JESSICA STONE’S WORK HAS APPEARED IN THE SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, YAHOO FINANCE, STANSBERRY RESEARCH, PUBLIC RADIO INTERNATIONAL, USA TODAY, THE WASHINGTON TIMES, AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY AT THE NATION’S CBS AND FOX STATIONS. She picked up many of her cross-cultural observations while re...

Become a patron of this podcast, and enjoy free merch. Join other patrons of this podcast at Patreon. ********** Dorothy Littell Greco is an author, photojournalist, writer, and marriage coach. Dorothy feels equally at home speaking in front of hundreds or standing behind her camera without saying a word. Her words and images offer hope and encouragement to those longing for healing, reconciliatio...

Become a patron of this podcast, and enjoy free merch. Join other patrons of this podcast at Patreon. ********** Dr. Angie Ward, the general editor of Kingdom and Country: Following Jesus in the Land that You Love (book two in the Kingdom Conversations series), is a leadership author and teacher with nearly thirty years of experience in church, parachurch, and Christian higher education ministry. ...

Become a patron of this podcast, and enjoy free merch. Join other patrons of this podcast at Patreon. ********** Please consider signing the petition by Echo Survivors to release former staff at Echo.church from NDAs so they can share their stories and heal. As of this uploading, 1,290 people have signed in support of this NDA free plea. Go to: https://www.change.org/echochurchNDA ********** Trigg...

Become a patron of this podcast, and enjoy free merch. Join other patrons of this podcast at Patreon. ********** Please consider signing the petition by Echo Survivors to release former staff at Echo.church from NDAs so they can share their stories and heal. As of this uploading, 1,211 people have signed in support of this NDA free plea. Go to: https://www.change.org/echochurchNDA ********** Trigg...

Become a patron of this podcast, and enjoy free merch. Join other patrons of this podcast at Patreon. ********** Please consider signing the petition by Echo Survivors to release former staff at Echo.church from NDAs so they can share their stories and heal. As of this uploading, 1,211 people have signed in support of this NDA free plea. Go to: https://www.change.org/echochurchNDA ********** Trigg...

Become a patron of this podcast, and enjoy free merch. Join other patrons of this podcast at Patreon. ********** Trigger warning: If you have experienced spiritual abuse, emotional abuse, psychological abuse or any type of abuse especially in a faith-based environment, this episode deals with content that may be triggering. Please feel free to listen in small chunks or if this is too traumatizing,...

Become a patron of this podcast, and enjoy free merch. Join other patrons of this podcast at Patreon. ********** Trigger warning: If you have experienced spiritual abuse, emotional abuse, psychological abuse or any type of abuse especially in a faith-based environment, this episode deals with content that may be triggering. Please feel free to listen in small chunks or if this is too traumatizing,...

Become a patron of this podcast, and enjoy free merch. Join other patrons of this podcast at Patreon. ********** Trigger warning: If you have experienced spiritual abuse, emotional abuse, psychological abuse or any type of abuse especially in a faith-based environment, this episode deals with content that may be triggering. Please feel free to listen in small chunks or if this is too traumatizing,...

Become a patron of this podcast, and enjoy free merch. Join other patrons of this podcast at Patreon. ********** Kevin Nye works as the Housing Director of YouthLink MN in Minneapolis. He has worked in homeless services and advocacy Los Angeles, and is a graduate of Fuller Theological Seminary. Kevin also writes on the intersections of theology, justice and equity, and pop culture. He was a contri...