Word Made Digital

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- Dan Blythe is a husband, father, proud Londoner, and passionate evangelist who is committed to encouraging the next generation as they discover who God is and their relationship with him. He is currently serving as the Global Youth Director for Alpha. We are so thankful that Dan could share some of his insights about Gen-Z and how the world will contin...

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- Chari Orozco (pronounced Cha-dee) is an author of books, teacher of the Bible, and podcaster focused on all the feels. In 2021 Chari stepped away from 20+ years of vocational ministry and stepped into a new season. She is currently serving as the Creative Director of The Smithee Group in New York City and writing her next book, Fruitful; Motherhood and...

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- After a lengthy, thoughtful renaming and rebranding process led by Dr. Al Anderson and his team, what you may know as Gideon's is now ShareWord Global. The same mission and heart for evangelism worldwide remain central to ShareWord Global, but with a revitalized focus and perspective now represented in their name. Want to know more about why this chang...

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- Daniel Yang currently serves as the Director of the Send Institute at the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College where he leads and oversees all of its initiatives. Prior to directing the institute, Daniel planted a church in Toronto where he also helped recruit, assess, and train church planters through the Send Network and the Release Initiative. It...

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- Christina Crook is a writer, speaker, and podcast host that has been studying the relationship between joy and technology for over a decade. Whether you're seeking presence, peace, focus, or productivity, Christina has shaped tools and teachings to reconnect your habits with your happiness. In this conversation host, Joanna la Fleur and Christina chat...

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- Vijay Krishnan is the lead pastor of The Well Church, a multi-site community throughout the GTA. He's a driven leader, an amazing teacher, and deeply encouraging and motivated to create space in the Church for the questioning, the hurting, and the healing. In this episode of the podcast, Vijay and Joanna want to encourage current Pastors and Christian...

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- Andi Andrew is pioneering a church community in New York City called Liberty Church. She is a wife, mother, motivator, communicator, author, tv show host, and all-around amazing person. In this episode of the podcast, Andi and host Joanna la Fleur chat about grief in this season and the effects that not dealing with it has on our society, communities,...

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- Jon Tyson is a pastor and church planter in New York City. His passion to cultivate renewal in the Western Church has him leading Church of the City NY, as well as authoring a number of books including: "A Creative Minority", "Beautiful Resistance" and most recently "The Intentional Father". Jon beautifully shares his heart for the renewal of family va...

Aaron Niequist is a liturgist and creator of A New Liturgy and The Practice. He is the author of The Eternal Current and has recently launched a podcast exploring the practice of contemplation and living a life in the flow of God. Together Joanna and Aaron discuss liturgy in the modern church, surviving the pandemic in a major city and how a life of contemplation allows us access and operate in al...

Chris Chase is a sought-after leadership and church communicator. Most recently, he has joined The Meeting House's staff team as the new lead pastor of their Newmarket Site/Parish. Along with 9 of his friends, Chris is a part of The House of Common Show, a podcast and YouTube show that covers areas of popular culture, Black/African-American culture and more. In this episode of the podcast, Joanna...

Krish Kandiah is a social entrepreneur, author, broadcaster and consultant. He's passionate about helping to solve some of society’s seemingly intractable problems through partnerships across civil society, faith communities, government and philanthropy. So, it's safe to say with that experience, he has great advice and encouragement for how to cultivate goodness and steward our generosity well. -...

Danielle Strickland and the IMBY Home team envision a world where deep needs are met through flourishing communities offering peaceful hospitality and practicing sustainable stewardship. The IMBY Team (Siobhan and Timo Koch, Alicia Wilson) share their experience from having one of the first tiny homes for this project right in their backyard, and how community living becomes easier the more you do...

Tiffany Bluhm is an author, podcaster, speaker who has made waves with her latest book "Prey Tell: Why We Silence Women Who Tell The Truth And How Everyone Can Speak Up". Bluhm explores the complex dynamics of power and abuse in systems we all find ourselves in. In this episode, Joanna and Tiffany discuss how to grow the fruit of faithfulness despite the failings of leadership inside Church and ou...

Dr. Merry is a clinical psychologist, author, and podcaster with over 25 years of clinical expertise. She is the Executive Director of Dr. Lin & Associates. A wise counsellor and respected speaker, she can be heard on her popular podcast, The Fully Lived Life, with her friend, Coach Gillian, where they speak about life, love and purpose through the lens of faith and science. In this episode, D...

Richmond Wandera is a pastor and entrepreneurial leader from Uganda. This episode is deeply moving as Richmond shares his story, the impact of Compassion child sponsorship on his life, and how he is now training and equipping pastors and ministry leaders in the very church that helped his family out of a desperate situation. There is so much to learn from Richmond and the work that Compassion is d...

Jon Acuff is a NY Times Best Selling author, who combines his writing skill and natural humour to encourage and challenge people towards their goals. His latest book, "Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking" reminds us that our restless thoughts are too often a barrier to our growth. In this episode of the podcast, Jon shares some insights from his book and how he navigates the world...

Danielle (Dani) Coke is as colourful, bright and impactful as her artwork. She helps everyday people use their passions to make a difference in their sphere of influence, and she's leading by example. In this episode of the podcast, Dani shares with us the story behind her business, how she stays joyful in the face of horrific racial injustice and her mandate as a creative. She's inspired us to lo...

S06 E02: The Power of Patience with John Mark Comer John Mark Comer is a pastor, author and passionate advocate for slow, intentional living. In this episode, John Mark and Joanna chat about navigating the digital world with patience. With our phones consuming so much of our attention, John Mark discusses the effects on our mental health, understanding of suffering and even our ability to handle p...

S06 E01: "Where Do We Go From Here?" with Joanna la Fleur In this kick-off episode of Season six (wow!!) Word Made Digital founder and host of the podcast, Joanna la Fleur reflects on the year that was 2020-2021 so far. From languishing to disillusionment and leadership failure at seemingly every turn...the question left is really "Where do we go from here?" The truth is, we don't really know anyw...

S05 E20: Paul Burns on Twitter, Censorship, and Faith at Work Paul Burns is the Managing Director of Twitter, Canada. This episode discusses the power of social media for social change, politics and censorship, and how to integrate faith into your work life. Paul Burns : twitter.com/paulburns Joanna la Fleur : @joannalafleur and www.joannalafleur.com . Email: hello@joannalafleur.com Join the Digit...

S05 E19: Dr. Caroline Leaf on what Science says about overcoming Anxiety Dr. Caroline Leaf has spent the last 30 years researching the mind-brain connection, nature of mental health and formation of memory. She was one of the first in her field to study how the brain can change with directed mind input (neuroplasticity). Pandemic life has drastically increased stress, anxiety and our “mental mess”...

S05 E18: Hannah Brencher on Start Writing, Fight Forward Hannah Brencher is a writer, TED Speaker, and online educator with a heart for building leaders. She coaches us on how to move from idea to actually getting started as writers who publish their work. She teaches how to stay in the fight – the fight to show up, the fight to move forward, the fight to believe we can actually change this world...

S05 E17: Rich Villodas on Racism, Politics, Celebrity Pastors, and the Deeply Formed Life Rich Villodas talks about the troubling reality that believers can be deeply committed to being Christian without ever being deeply formed by Christ.  How do we find the life—the deep life—that we’ve been craving for a long time? Are spiritual formation and the digital world inherently opposed? We also t...

S05 E16: Dr. Anita Knight Kuhnley on The Mister Rogers Effect Dr. Anita Knight Kuhnley shows us how to use the transformative psychological principles that Mister Rogers masterfully employed to make a difference in our own neighbourhoods. How did Mister Rogers communicate, why was it so memorable, and how can we all use a gentle posture to change the world. Dr. Anita : @the.empathetic.counselor an...

S05 E15: Kait Warman on Digital Romance and Dating App Survival Tips Kait Warman stumbled into becoming a recognized dating expert and coach in the Digital Age. Her podcast, conferences, books, and courses help singles navigate the confusing world of dating online. In this episode we get real about online dating and what it takes to move from "swipe right" to lasting relationship. Kait Warman: ins...