The In Between

Adrienne and Julia continue the conversation about getting ready to getting back to school. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s1e18-covid-mental-health-and-coronavirus/id1498252831?i=1000475420024 (feat. Professional Counselor Romell Graves) At Vineyard Columbus, we believe remaining connected to others and having honest conversations about our experiences contribute to our emotional, spiritua...

Adrienne and Julia recap the summer, talk about getting ready to get ready for back to school, and give some sneak peaks into what's happening at Vineyard Columbus this fall. Julia also grabs an opportunity to remind us all to watch our social media diets (no surprise there)... Looking to help some families with their back to school needs? Click the link below and how you can get involved vineyard...

We're celebrating a sage as we mark Bill's retirement from pastoral staff and are blessed by his reflections on past, present, and future. Bill Christensen is retiring after serving on staff at Vineyard Columbus for 24 years, and as the International Ministries Pastor for the last 10 years. Before coming to Columbus in August 1997, he was General Manager of Vineyard Ministries International in Ana...

Eric and Pastor Jason Loehr talk with Pastor Adrienne Ash and Dave Kuta about rebuilding after divorce. Dave Kuta started on staff with Vineyard Columbus in October of 2017 as a ministry assistant with our Support for Life groups, though he’s been active in the church for over 20 years, volunteering with several different ministries. He did his undergraduate work at The Ohio State University and h...

Pastor Jason Loehr and friends from Marriage & Family ministries talk vulnerably about marriage struggles, infidelity, repair, and hope for a pathway to reconciliation. Jason has been a member of Vineyard Columbus for over seven years, and six of those have been on staff as a pastor in our Marriage & Family Life ministry. In those six years, Jason has recruited, trained and deployed volunteer coac...

Diane Bauman is pastor of the Value Life, Transitions and Orphan Care Ministries at Vineyard Columbus. She is passionate about helping women in unexpected pregnancies find hope and courage. She had an unexpected pregnancy when she was 15 and found the courage to stay in school and graduate with honors. After working in corporate America for more than 20 years, in 1999 she came on staff at Vineyard...

Eric and Daniel Interview Rev. Mitchell C. Hescox, President of The Evangelical Environmental Network. The Rev. Mitchell C. Hescox, guides a team representing over 5 million pro-life Christians who understand climate change has the greatest moral challenge of our time and the greatest opportunity for hope in building sustainable prosperity for all. Founded in 1993, EEN is a non-partisan, non-profi...

Mercy and justice work often have to do with building and rebuilding: lives, families, life situations, structures, marriages. That's why we do a lot of what we do - value life, food pantries, transitions, prison ministry, immigration counseling services, etc. - because we want to be a part of building a kingdom way in the world around us. Join us today for a rebuilding conversation from two point...

Rebuilding church in the midst of a fast-cultural-slide toward post-Christian America is no easy feat. Add into that mix a pandemic, social unrest... and then toss in changing behaviors among Christians regarding church attendance and it's clear there's no going back to normal. Julia talks with Pastor Amanda Pershing about rebuilding church, and why we want you to join a team! Amanda started out a...

Author, speaker, and survivor Nicole Braddock Bromley talks with Julia about raising awareness surrounding sexual violence and rebuilding hope in the lives of survivors. Nicole Braddock Bromley is the founder and executive director of OneVOICE (iamonevoice.org) and OneVOICE4freedom (onevoice4freedom.org), a sexual abuse survivor, an author, host of "The OneVOICE Podcast", director of "UNLEASH" vir...

Adrienne and Eric interview pastors Anthony Cannon and Andy Saperstein on the prayer in Nehemiah 1 and discuss how to come to God in prayer. It's a conversation filled with profound and practical applications. Pastor Anthony Cannon spent a little over 20 years in the US Army and retired as a Master Sergeant in 2003. He's been on pastoral staff at VC since 2009. He is married to his wife Nina, has...

Eric Pickerill and Shane Huey interview Jay Pathak, newly selected head of Vineyard USA.

Eric and Julia interview Dr. Greg Boyd; an internationally recognized theologian, preacher, teacher, apologist and author. He has been featured in The New York Times, CNN, National Public Radio, the BBC, and elsewhere. Greg received his Ph. D. from Princeton Theological Seminary, an MDiv from Yale Divinity School, and studied Philosophy at the University of Minnesota. He was a professor of theolog...

Senior Pastor Julia Pickerill interviews author Bonnie Kristian who is a journalist, and a contributing editor at The Week, writing feature articles on foreign policy, religion, criminal justice, urbanism, civil liberties, electoral politics, and more. Her column "The Lesser Kingdom," appears in Christianity Today. Bonnie is a fellow at Defense Priorities, and her op-eds have been published at out...

Senior Pastor Julia Pickerill and Pastor Adrienne Ash interview Rev. Dr. Wesley Hill. He is the author of Washed and Waiting: Reflections on Christian Faithfulness and Homosexuality. He graduated from Wheaton College and has an MA in theology and religion from Durham University in the UK. He is currently working toward a PhD in New Testament at Durham. Additional resources: - Paul and the Trinity:...

Senior Pastor Julia Pickerill and VCTwenty Past Shane Huey interview Dr. Brittany Kim who is an Old Testament scholar, adjunct professor, and spiritual director-in-training based in Chicago, IL. She has taught at Roberts Wesleyan College, Northeastern Seminary, and Bethel Seminary, and is the author of "Lengthen Your Tent-Cords: The Metaphorical World of Israel's Household in the Book of Isaiah."

Senior Pastor Eric Pickerill and Pastor Scott Engebretson interview Dr. Ed Stetzer about Christian Nationalism and the impact of evangelical support of Donald Trump. Dr. Stetzer is a professor and dean at Wheaton College who also serves as Executive Director of the Wheaton College Billy Graham Center. Stetzer has planted, revitalized, and pastored churches, trained pastors and church planters on s...

Senior Pastor Eric and Pastor Adrienne interview Reporter Emily Belz about why so many Christians are getting caught up in the QAnon phenomenon. Emily reports for WORLD magazine from New York City, where she covers a variety of subjects from chess to drug overdoses to court cases. She has worked in journalism for over a decade, starting in Washington, D.C., where she nearly developed frostbite dur...

Experts Dr. Darrell Gray and Dr. Craig Story answer questions about the safety of the COVID vaccines. Dr. Gray is a gastroenterologist specializing in the evaluation, management and prevention of diseases involving the digestive tract. He completed medical school at Howard University College of Medicine, his residency in internal medicine at Duke University Medical Center and his gastroenterology...

Sr. Pastor Eric Pickerill and Dr. Charles Montgomery Jr. interview author, speaker, and community advocate Joel Edward Goza. His first book America’s Unholy Ghosts: The Racist Roots of Our Faith and Politics, was endorsed by National Book of the Year Award Winner Ibram X. Kendi and NY Times Contributor Khalil Gibran Muhammad. His current book project tentatively entitled Rebirth of a Nation: Repar...

Dr . Charles A. Montgomery, Jr. is the East Campus Pastor at Vineyard Columbus. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics from Morehouse College, a Master of Divinity from Emory University, and a Ph. D. from Union Institute and University. He has been blissfully married to his lovely wife, Lady Kimberly, since 2003. https://vineyardcolumbus.org/east

Pastor Eric and Dr Charles Montgomery interview officer Bryan discussing the current environment, and what it's like to balance being a police officer, a person of color, and a person of faith. Bryan is a VC member, has been a Law Enforcement officer for 21 years and serves currently as department Chaplain.

Reverend Doctor Canon Esau McCaulley is a New Testament scholar and an Anglican Priest who completed his doctoral studies at the University of St Andrews under N.T. Wright. His new book, Reading While Black, speaks hope to African Americans in the United States through the tradition of African American biblical interpretation. Dr. McCaulley is currently an assistant professor of New Testament at W...

Adrienne, Eric, and Julia recap the first season of the first official Vineyard Columbus Podcast along with updates on what's going on at the church and some things coming up in the near future.

Adrienne and Julia chat with Pastor Kerry Davis on how to be good news to those who are around us.