Audio Episodes
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Reflections on 2020: Roger & Donna Harms
Mar 31, 2021 • 46:52
Today, the Pastors talk with Roger and Donna Harms about their experience navigating through 2020. We discuss what it feels like to be labeled “vulnerable,” how Covid immediately impacted family relationships of all kinds, and what it was like to address unrelated medical concerns in the midst of lock-downs and…
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Reflections on 2020: Perspectives
Mar 28, 2021 • 48:54
This episode of the Pastor Talk Podcast features the sixth in our our series of Pastors’ reflections on lessons learned during the last year. In this episode, the Pastors discuss how one’s perspective has made a substantial difference in how we have all dealt with the stress and troubles of…
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Reflections on 2020: Jason Harrington
Mar 24, 2021 • 1:00:42
Today, we the Pastors talk with the President of Lakes Regional Health Jason Harrington about his experience leading during the pandemic. Our wide ranging conversation explores some of the strength and values of Midwest communities, communicating during a crisis, and separating fact from opinion. We thank Jason for taking time…
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Reflections on 2020: All or Nothing
Mar 21, 2021 • 50:38
This episode of the Pastor Talk Podcast features the fifth in our our series of Pastors’ reflections on lessons learned during the last year. In this episode, the Pastors explore how over the course of the last year, there has seemed to be an increase in “all or nothing” thinking.…
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Reflections on 2020: Josh Bolluyt & Terry Bruinsma
Mar 17, 2021 • 40:22
Today, we talk with Josh Bolluyt and Terry Bruinsma about their experience leading the Spirit Lake High School and Middle School through a period of unprecedented uncertainty and change. They reflect upon the previous year’s challenges and successes and lift out some of the lessons that they will carry forward…
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Reflections on 2020: Social Media
Mar 14, 2021 • 51:14
This episode of the Pastor Talk Podcast features the fourth in our our series of Pastors’ reflections on lessons learned during the last year. In this episode, the Pastors explore how social media has shaped our experience of the last year. Regardless of how often you consume social media personally,…
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Reflections on 2020: Greg Jenness
Mar 10, 2021 • 38:54
Today, we talk with Greg Jenness about how the pandemic affected his local business and his ministry to grieving families all while navigating the multitude of changes with his young family. This conversation is far reaching and invites all of us to ask how the changes in our life impacted…
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Reflections on 2020: Fear
Mar 7, 2021 • 47:21
This episode of the Pastor Talk Podcast features the third in our our series of Pastors’ reflections on lessons learned during the last year. In this episode, the Pastors reflect upon the many ways that fear impacted our lives throughout this season. They explore our instinctive human reaction to fear…
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Reflections on 2020: Carol Ayres
Mar 3, 2021 • 44:50
Today, we talk with Carol Ayres about the opportunities and challenges she navigated throughout the previous year as a college music educator, student mentor, and church musician. Her vantage as community college band professor gives us the ability to see how the broader musical community rallied together to find new…
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Reflections on 2020: Division
Feb 28, 2021 • 48:03
This episode of the Pastor Talk Podcast features the second in our our series of Pastors’ reflections on lessons learned during the last year. In this episode, the Pastors reflect upon the many kinds of division present throughout this season. Some time is spent reflecting on the source of division,…