Audio Episodes
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It All Starts With Mission | Mission Musings
Sep 9, 2021 •
Join us for a conversation about mission, about how it should shape your own identity, and how it binds us to a community in Jesus Christ. In this episode, Pastors Clint and Michael introduce a new series called “Mission Musings.” In this introductory conversation, they explore how Christians are mysteriously…
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What is Your Mission? | Mission Musings
Sep 16, 2021 • 57:28
On one hand, the mission of the church is simple, to be faithful to Jesus Christ. On the other hand, it requires commitment from both the individual and the community to be humble enough to be open for direction and courageous enough to follow where Jesus leads. Today’s conversation explores…
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Are You a Missionary? | Mission Musings
Sep 23, 2021 • 48:09
In this conversation, Pastors Clint and Michael turn the mission focus to you. Do you consider yourself a missionary or do you think that missionaries are only professionals trained and sent overseas? As the contemporary church surveys our quickly changing culture, we have been forced to return to some of…
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Mission Barriers | Mission Musings
Sep 30, 2021 • 53:40
Living into Christ’s mission has never been easy. In fact, it has always required careful attention and deliberate effort. Today, Pastors Clint and Michael explore some of the barriers that stand in the way of both our individual and communal efforts to become Christians defined by our mission. In particular,…
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Us AND Them | Mission Musings
Oct 7, 2021 • 47:10
If Christians are going to take on a missional identity, we will inevitably wrestle with who we are called to serve. In a world with finite resources but infinite need, Christians must grapple with the tension between helping those near to us and those far away. In this conversation, Pastors…
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How to Be Missional | Mission Musings
Oct 21, 2021 • 46:36
Have the Pastors convinced you that every Christian needs to have a missional identity? So what next? What does it actually mean to be missional? Join Pastors Clint and Michael as they explore these foundational questions and provide some suggestions for how every Christian (and congregation) can begin to make…
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Missional & Connectional W/ Amgad Beblawi | Mission Musings
Oct 28, 2021 • 57:39
Today Pastors Clint and Michael are overjoyed to welcome Amgad Beblawi to the Pastor Talk podcast. Amgad is the Mission Executive for three PC(USA) Presbyteries in northwest Iowa and he is actively involved in helping over 100 churches foster and grow in their missional identities. Today’s conversation explores how Amgad’s…
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Missional Past and Present W/ Darrell Guder | Mission Musings
Nov 4, 2021 • 50:41
Today Pastors Clint and Michael welcome Dr. Darrell Guder to the Pastor Talk podcast. Dr. Guder has written several influential works in missional theology and served for much of his career as a professor of missional theology. In fact, it was that capacity that both Clint and Michael had the…
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Concluding Questions | Mission Musings
Nov 11, 2021 • 46:18
In this series conclusion, Pastors Clint and Michael explore the many questions left behind by the missional conversation, especially how these conversations become practical in the life and practice within a church. Be sure to stay tuned to the end for when the Pastors make predictions as to what challenges…