Pastoral Personality - I'm Not That Guy Who's a Pastoral Intern, You Know?

Josh Porter is pastor of teaching and creative vision at Van City Church in Vancouver, Washington. In episode 265 of the Expositors Collective podcast he speaks with Mike Neglia about the collaborative sermon preparation process that was modeled for him at Bridgetown Church in Portland, Oregon, as well as the rhythms of feedback and critique and accountability that have characterized the preaching at Van City Church. They also discuss his newest book  Death to Deconstruction: Reclaiming Faithfulness as an Act of Rebellion and the ongoing deconstruction / deconversion trend that is taking place now.  How can preachers deliver sermons that address the important and potentially divisive issues that are important to people today? What are the limits and the opportunities of the pulpit?  Josh has wrestled with doubt and despair of his own over the years and gives advice and hope to preachers speaking into the current milieu of doubt, ex-vangelicals, and skepticism. They also talk about Swedish punk bands and quiet faithfulness.

Then many came to Him and said, “John performed no sign, but all the things that John spoke about this Man were true.”  John 10:41 

Josh Porter is an author, filmmaker and singer/songwriter/musician in  the experimental art-punk band, Showbread, whose records have appeared on the Billboard top 200 and the Billboard Top Heatseekers charts. He is involved with several other musical projects including his solo work as Dies and the band The Bell Jar.

Josh has published seven books;  the novels  Punk Rock Vs. the Lizard People, The Spinal Cord Perception, Nevada,  An Edict of Worms, Cannibals: Book One. He has also authored the children’s book The Insect and a memoir that deals with the band Showbread titled  The Joke That We Play On The World. He is currently pastor of teaching and creative vision at Van City Church in Vancouver, Washington.

Most of Josh’s books are available to order from his official web store. His novel Nevada is also available as an eBook. His solo albums under the moniker Dies are available through Bandcamp. Showbread albums are sold in stores everywhere and through online outlets like iTunes and Amazon.com.

Links:

Death to Deconstruction is published by our friends at Kregel publishing, you can buy it here: https://www.kregel.com/christian-living-and-devotionals/death-to-deconstruction/ or on Amazon

Death to Deconstruction: Reclaiming Faithfulness as an Act of Rebellion :  https://www.amazon.com/Death-Deconstruction-Reclaiming-Faithfulness-Rebellion/dp/0825447348/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Showbread : https://open.spotify.com/artist/4kMjXBfqp2w86Lzexf1AAO?si=QJ5qtDW-Qs21OD3SNq1vyg

Summerholiday vs Punkroutine: https://youtu.be/5wn_2dT-9NI 

Recommended Episodes: 

Gerry Breshears on collaborative sermon preparation: https://www.expositorscollective.com/podcast/2020/1/18/episode-85-help-with-sermon-preparation 

Evan Wickham on collaborative sermon preparation:  https://www.expositorscollective.com/podcast/2018/9/25/episode-14-sermons-should-be-prepared-in-community   

Dominic Done on deconstruction:  https://www.expositorscollective.com/podcast/2021/9/12/preaching-faith-amp-deconstruction-dominic-done

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