Podcast

The Monday Monologue is my foray into podcasting. Each week I talk about ideas I’m processing, whether they be on technology, ministry, or life in general.

The Sequel

It’s a great day for podcasting! In this week’s episode I talk about the two-part message series I’m teaching for the students of the FSU Navigators. I gave the first message last Thursday. Now I have the challenge of creating a compelling sequel, which I’ll teach this coming Thursday.

Links from this episode:

  • Part one of the message series will be online soon. I’ll update this post with the link once it is.
  • The FSU Navigators Podcast is pretty sweet. Messages and testimonies from staff, students, and guest speakers. It has a Facebook page too.
  • Recordings of several of my Nav Night messages are available online if you’re interested.
  • Shaun and Sara are the reason so many people missed my first talk. Congratulations to the happy couple, who got married this past Saturday!
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Non-Negotiables

Happy MLK Day! In today’s episode I talk about how we all have personal non-negotiables, things we choose to hang on to no matter what the cost. I’ve found that I often choose my non-negotiables without careful consideration. That lack of intentional decision-making can lead to trouble.

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The Ebb and Flow of Faith

Well it’s about time. In this episode I talk about how circumstances, especially traumatic one, affect our beliefs. I illustrate the point with an old Chris Rice song and an excerpt from a book by Elizabeth Elliot.

Ironically enough Chris Rice’s record label is Eb+Flo Records.

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Spoiler Alert: Topic of my Message Series

Man, it’s cold in Connecticut. In this week’s episode I share the topic of my two-week message series I’m scheduled to teach for the FSU Navigators early on in the spring 2012 semester.

I think I ought to clarify the final spoiler. Each December I begin to evaluate whether I should stay on staff with the Navs in the upcoming fall semester and, if the answer is yes, how I can best serve the ministry. I’ve started that process for fall 2012. There’s a good chance I won’t make a decision until after I’ve given these talks.

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The Blogging Sweet Spot

If you’re wondering why you haven’t seen any of my writing from my time in Kentucky, this will hopefully shed some light on the situation. Blogging is a writing medium all its own.

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The Nature of Loneliness

It’s so good to be back together. Let’s never fight again, okay? (Wait, no, that’s not right…) Today I talk about loneliness and how it comes at you at odd times. This is something I noticed during my time away from Tallahassee. I’ve shared it with a few people but would like to get more thoughts on the subject. I can think of at least two listeners who probably have a lot to say on the subject, unfortunately.

I think toward the end I babbled even more than usual. Just when I thought I was getting good at this.

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Initial Thoughts on the Navigators National Conference

Coming to you from the Qdoba in Louisville. I wrote the talking point notes on a napkin. It seemed appropriate. In this episode I talk to you about the Navigators National Conference, which I attended over the past four days. These are some initial thoughts, the ones that are on the forefront of my mind and the ones I could squeeze into an under-ten-minute podcast episode.

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Quality of Light

This week’s podcast episode was inspired by yesterday’s sermon at Wildwood Church given by Jay Eastman. Jay is from Berlin and while I heard his name many times while I was there I had never met him until this weekend. He taught from Matthew 5 with what I thought was some intriguing insight.

Sorry this episode is so dang long. That’s what happens when I have my iPhone up to my ear where I can’t read how long I’ve been recording.

Links from this episode:

  • Jay Eastman’s sermon on Matthew 5:13-16 is not yet available and due to some of what he talked about I’m not sure it will be. I’ll add a link to it if it appears on the Wildwood Podcast in the future.

Great Aspirations

The podcast is back after an unplanned hiatus. Today I talk about planning my upcoming trip to Kentucky, both for the Navigators National Conference and my writing retreat.

I still haven’t been able to fix the Facebook audio player integration. Maybe I’ll find time this week to tackle that project.

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The Tyranny of the Urgent

In this week’s episode I talk about what has been called by people wiser than me “the tyranny of the urgent.” Essentially it refers to when deadlines crowd out the things that are really important to you. I have a plan to combat the problem.

Wouldn’t you know it. As soon as I brag about my fancy Facebook audio player I find out that Facebook changed the Open Graph protocol such that my code no longer produce the player. Ugh.

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