Episode # 297 Another Disruption....Again

Send us Fan MailThis week is a replay of a great episode with Christi Gibson and Dr. Ashley Jamison.Christi is a storyteller who lives her life alongside scripture with humor and gut-wrenching honesty.  She is a flawed traveler navigating this life’s potholes with humor while keeping a serious eye out for eternal-life appointments along the way....and she currently lives in a van down by the river.Check out Christi's  ministry HEREDr. Ashley Jamison is a licensed professional counselor and supervisor. Her clinical experience has included private practice work with couples and individuals with various presenting issues, as well as addiction counseling and working in the community with severe and persistent mental illness. She has served in member care for a mission organization and currently leads her church’s mental health team. She also owns Solutions Now Therapy — an online practice focused on short-term counseling. To connect with Ashley click HERE

Send us Fan MailThis week the guys have reached their 300th episode! Thank you for being a part of the journey. If there has been an episode that you have really enjoyed, why not pass it on to a friend and encourage them to subscribe!For their 300th episode, the guys had the opportunity to sit down in studio with Dr. Raphaël Azenberger and Maxime Cauchon to talk about life and ministry in Quebec, and how learning to show and tell the Gospel in a post-Christian context is crucial for the Church in the US to learn. Dr. Raphaël Anzenberger is a missiologist, evangelist, and leader serving the Francophone church. Originally from Strasbourg, France, he now lives in Montreal, where he works to strengthen gospel witness in the highly secular context of Quebec. He serves as Executive Director of the Evangelical Network of Quebec and the French-speaking Baptist Union of Canada and founded Station M, a hub focused on mission and church renewal. Raphaël and his wife Karen have four children. Maxime Cauchon is a Canadian pastor, church planter, and missional leader serving as Director of Church Planting, Evangelism, and Multiplication for the Union of French Baptist Churches of Canada. He is also the Executive Director of a French-language media ministry broadcasting the Gospel across Quebec through radio, television, and digital platforms. Passionate about reaching spiritual deserts in the Francophone world, Maxime equips leaders, trains evangelists, and builds innovative, collaborative mission strategies to see thriving Gospel communities planted in spiritually underserved regions. https://anzenberger.net/https://unionbaptiste.com/en/

Send us Fan MailOn this episode the guys sit down with Matthew Soerens to begin a conversation on a very important and complicated issue for the Church. Matthew Soerens began his World Relief journey in 2005 as an intern in Nicaragua. Since then he served as a Department of Justice-accredited legal counselor in Chicagoland before assuming the role of U.S. Director of Church Mobilization and Advocacy. Matt is the co-author of three books including Welcoming the Stranger (InterVarsity Press, 2018) and Inalienable (InterVarsity Press, 2022). Matt also serves as the National Coordinator for the Evangelical Immigration Table, a coalition that advocates for immigration reforms consistent with biblical values. He is a graduate of Wheaton College, where he has also served as a guest faculty member in the Humanitarian & Disaster Leadership program, and earned a master’s degree from DePaul University’s School of Public Service. He lives in Aurora, Illinois with his wife Diana and their four children.https://worldrelief.org

Send us Fan MailThis episode the guys sit down With Dr. Leah Payne to talk all things Christian Music -- the good, the bad, and the confusing!Leah Payne is an award-winning historian and Professor of American Religious History at Portland Seminary. She holds a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University and her research explores the intersection of religion, politics, and popular culture. Payne is author of God Gave Rock & Roll to You: a History of Contemporary Christian Music (Oxford University Press, 2024), the 2024 Christianity Today book of the year for History and Biography, and co-host of Rock That Doesn’t Roll, a Public Radio Exchange (PRX) podcast about Christian rock and its listeners. She also hosts Spirit & Power, an Axis Mundi Media podcast about politics and Pentecostal and charismatic Christians, and is co-creator of Weird Religion, a religion and pop culture podcast. Her writing and research has appeared in outlets such as The Washington Post, BBC Radio, NBC News, Religion News Service, Harper’s Magazine, The Economist, and Christianity Today.www.drleahpayne.comGod Gave Rock and Roll To You: A History of Contemporary Christian Music. 

Send us Fan MailOn this episode the guys sit down in Virginia and Maine to talk about unexpected disruptions in our lives (that seem to come with regularity) and why the way we respond matters. 

Send us Fan MailThis week the guys sit down with Domenic Ruso to talk about his new book, The Bible for a Shifting Secular Age. Dr. Domenic Ruso is a church planter, university lecturer, who believes we are living in one of the most strategic times for re-imaging the Christian faith and the importance of the Bible.In addition to a PhD in church history, his diverse leadership experiences  have helped him to think through questions of faith, spirituality, truth, and new challenges related to the Bible.www.domruso.com Buy his book HERE

Send us Fan MailThis week the guys sit down for a powerful conversation with Rebecca Carrell about the importance, power, and hope in grief. Rebecca Carrell is, in order of importance, a joyful Jesus follower, wife to Mike, mother to Caitlyn and Nick, Bible teacher, conference speaker, author, and an award-winning broadcaster. A proud DTS’er through and through, she graduated with her Master of Arts in Christian Education in 2023 and is currently working toward her Doctor of Education.After spending over twenty years on the radio in Dallas/Fort Worth, she now mentors and teaches students at Dallas Theological Seminary in two departments: Media Arts and Worship and Educational Ministries and Leadership.In her spare time, Rebecca hosts and produces the podcast Honestly, Though: Real Talk. Real Life. Real Faith. Find out more about her, her ministry, and her podcast at rebeccacarrell.com Listen to her chapel message HERE. 

Send us Fan MailThis week the guys sit down to talk about some exciting news for one of their own. Greg shares just a small part of the story of how God has led him and his wife, Kelly, to a new ministry outside the church walls. 

Send us Fan MailThis week we go back to the start of last year and a pretty unusual time!The Reimagine podcast is gearing up for a string of new episodes so stay tuned!

Send us Fan MailIt's the annual Christmas show so put down that figgy pudding and have a listen....or eat the pudding while you listen we don't really care -- Merry Christmas from the Reimagine Podcast.