The New Leaf Project

Ep 128 is here, bringing you more multivocational goodness! We’re talking about the realities of multivocational life - is it stressful? Is it satisfying? Is it “better” or “worse” than being univocational? Let’s go beyond just conversational ✨ vibes ✨ and bring in some data, shall we? Beth Anne Fisher joins the conversation for this episode. She was one of the researchers on the MISSiM project,...

Episode 127 of The New Leaf Project is here and we’re bringing you more goodness from the Multivocational Podcast. Join Beth and Jared as Jared shares his multivocational story. Jared serves in many capacities in the Canadian Church.  He founded the New Leaf Network and is one of Canada’s leading inter-denominational church planter trainers.  But church planting isn’t the only kind of ex...

Episode 126 of The New Leaf Project is here! We’re going to continue to share the goodness from the new Multivocational Podcast. Join Beth and Jared as Beth shares her multivocational story. Beth Carlson-Malena grew up as a Baptist pastor's kid in Treaty 6 territory (aka Saskatoon), and now lives with her wife Danice on unceded Coast Salish land (aka Vancouver). Beth co-pastors a non-den...

Episode 125 of The New Leaf Project is here! We have a special episode for the New Leaf Project listeners… please help us in welcoming a brand new podcast on our network: The Multivocational Podcast! Join hosts Jared Siebert and Beth Carlson- Malena as they explore the stories of Christian leaders and practitioners carving out new roles - roles that are increasingly multivocational in the post-Chr...

Episode 124 of The New Leaf Project is here! Elle is joined in this episode by Albert Chu, the Director of the Centre for Missional Leadership at St. Andrews Hall .  In their conversation they talk about the realities that need to be faced by Canadian practitioners; considering new paths forward that don’t ignore very real constraints but imagine new ways of doing ministry. Learn more about t...

Episode 123 of The New Leaf Project is here! Elle is joined in this episode by Krista-Dawn Kimsey, the Director of Learning and Innovation of Servant Partners Canada . Krista-Dawn is a longtime friend of the New Leaf Network, and has been teaching the Canadian Church from her perspective of seeking God's shalom by pursuing holistic transformation of urban poor communities alongside our neighb...

Episode 122 of The New Leaf Project is here! Hear the story of the epiphany that led Wendy Janzen to start a forest church, and subsequently co-found the Wild Church Network. Forest Church/Wild Church are unique expressions of church, where we worship both in and with all creation. It is not just taking a regular worship service and moving it outdoors - it is engaging with God'...

Episode 121 of The New Leaf Project is here! Today on our feed we're featuring the second episode of the Disability & the Canadian Church podcast , part of of the New Leaf Network of Podcasts. This second Cynthia Tam and Stephen Bedard about autism and the church. Cynthia and Stephen help us to learn from multiple perspectives: parent, pastor, professional, self-advocate, ministry leader, and...

Episode 120 of The New Leaf Project is here! Today on our feed we're featuring the first episode of the Disability & the Canadian Church podcast , part of of the New Leaf Network of Podcasts. This first episode of the limited series is an honest and vulnerable conversation about healing vs. curing, barriers to accessibility, finding belonging in church communities, and resisting normalcy. The...

Episode 119 of The New Leaf Project is here! In this week's conversation, Dr Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme, Professor in Sociology at the University of Waterloo, shares with us the ethnocultural and religious take-aways from the 2021 Canadian Census, released at the end of 2022.  Sarah gives expert data interpretation to those parsing through this invaluable religious affiliation data for Canad...

Slow down, pay attention, and listen to the words as writers share their Advent Reader reflections on Known and Unknown: Dwelling in the Mystery of Advent . Elle Pyke shares her reflection for Christmas Day - The Embodiment of Christmas Music by Canadian Award Winning Singer/Songwriter Drew Brown www.drewbrownmusic.com

Slow down, pay attention, and listen to the words as writers share their Advent Reader reflections on Known and Unknown: Dwelling in the Mystery of Advent . Rohadi shares his reflection for the fourth Saturday of Advent - Advent Solidarity Music by Canadian Award Winning Singer/Songwriter Drew Brown www.drewbrownmusic.com

Slow down, pay attention, and listen to the words as writers share their Advent Reader reflections on Known and Unknown: Dwelling in the Mystery of Advent . Jared Siebert shares his reflection for the fourth Friday of Advent - The Road Marked Unease Music by Canadian Award Winning Singer/Songwriter Drew Brown www.drewbrownmusic.com

Slow down, pay attention, and listen to the words as writers share their Advent Reader reflections on Known and Unknown: Dwelling in the Mystery of Advent . Sonia Reid Noble shares her reflection for the fourth Wednesday of Advent - Getting Comfortable with Uncomfortability Music by Canadian Award Winning Singer/Songwriter Drew Brown www.drewbrownmusic.com

Slow down, pay attention, and listen to the words as writers share their Advent Reader reflections on Known and Unknown: Dwelling in the Mystery of Advent . Stella Chung shares her reflection for the fourth Monday of Advent - What’s Birthing Behind the Fog? Music by Canadian Award Winning Singer/Songwriter Drew Brown www.drewbrownmusic.com

Slow down, pay attention, and listen to the words as writers share their Advent Reader reflections on Known and Unknown: Dwelling in the Mystery of Advent . Angela Reitsma Bick shares her reflection for the fourth Sunday of Advent - Joseph, First-Time Dad Music by Canadian Award Winning Singer/Songwriter Drew Brown www.drewbrownmusic.com

Slow down, pay attention, and listen to the words as writers share their Advent Reader reflections on Known and Unknown: Dwelling in the Mystery of Advent . Tim Tang shares his reflection for the third Saturday of Advent - Hear us, Shepherd of Israel… Music by Canadian Award Winning Singer/Songwriter Drew Brown www.drewbrownmusic.com

Slow down, pay attention, and listen to the words as writers share their Advent Reader reflections on Known and Unknown: Dwelling in the Mystery of Advent . Phil Reinders shares his reflection for the third Wednesday of Advent - Christmas fear Music by Canadian Award Winning Singer/Songwriter Drew Brown www.drewbrownmusic.com

Slow down, pay attention, and listen to the words as writers share their Advent Reader reflections on Known and Unknown: Dwelling in the Mystery of Advent . Jessica Stefick shares her reflection for the third Tuesday of Advent - The Mystery of Dead Ends Music by Canadian Award Winning Singer/Songwriter Drew Brown www.drewbrownmusic.com

Slow down, pay attention, and listen to the words as writers share their Advent Reader reflections on Known and Unknown: Dwelling in the Mystery of Advent . Ellen Duffield shares her reflection for the second Saturday of Advent - Mary’s Magnificat: Praise, Pain, Prophecy and Prayer Music by Canadian Award Winning Singer/Songwriter Drew Brown www.drewbrownmusic.com

Slow down, pay attention, and listen to the words as writers share their Advent Reader reflections on Known and Unknown: Dwelling in the Mystery of Advent . Keith Dow shares his reflection for the second Thursday of Advent - The long, slow mercy of Christian hope Music by Canadian Award Winning Singer/Songwriter Drew Brown www.drewbrownmusic.com

Slow down, pay attention, and listen to the words as writers share their Advent Reader reflections on Known and Unknown: Dwelling in the Mystery of Advent . Kyra Schat shares her reflection for the second Wednesday of Advent - Do You Believe Music by Canadian Award Winning Singer/Songwriter Drew Brown www.drewbrownmusic.com

Slow down, pay attention, and listen to the words as writers share their Advent Reader reflections on Known and Unknown: Dwelling in the Mystery of Advent . Kyra Schat shares her reflection for the second Tuesday of Advent - A Crisis of Faith and Its Friends Music by Canadian Award Winning Singer/Songwriter Drew Brown www.drewbrownmusic.com

Slow down, pay attention, and listen to the words as writers share their Advent Reader reflections on Known and Unknown: Dwelling in the Mystery of Advent . Matthew R Green shares his reflection for the second Monday of Advent - Waiting in Desolation Music by Canadian Award Winning Singer/Songwriter Drew Brown www.drewbrownmusic.com

Slow down, pay attention, and listen to the words as writers share their Advent Reader reflections on Known and Unknown: Dwelling in the Mystery of Advent . Cathleen Getchell shares her reflection for the second Sunday of Advent - Four-letter Word Music by Canadian Award Winning Singer/Songwriter Drew Brown www.drewbrownmusic.com