104. Idols of Comfort: The Church After Covid, with Pamela Ebstyne King and Dwight Radcliff

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Pamela Ebstyne King and Dwight Radcliff, professors at Fuller Theological Seminary, discuss what it means to thrive as we move into a post-Covid world, acknowledging our idols of comfort, and what it means to move forward toward the healing and wholeness that God wants for the whole world.


THIS EPISODE'S HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

• Pamela Ebstyne King is the Peter L. Benson Professor of Applied Developmental Science at Fuller Theological Seminary and the Executive Director of the Thrive Center for Human Development.
• Dwight Radcliff is Assistant Professor of Mission, Theology, and Culture at Fuller Theological Seminary, as well as the Academic Dean of the Pannell Center for Black Church Studies.
• The form of church and worship perhaps doesn’t matter as much as the ends.  We need new wineskins.
• Words matter and the Gospel is bigger than we thought.
• Dwight Radcliff is not convinced that much will change after Covid.
• When ecclesiology becomes an end in itself, we miss what God’s call for the church is.
• Pamela King suggests we think less about restoration and more about consummation.
• Pamela King unpacks what she means by “consummation.”
• When we don’t like where God is leading us we revert to our idols of comfort.
• Dwight Radcliff shares what it was like for him as a pastor during this past year of Covid.
• The experience of joy, according to Pamela King, and when we attune to those joy centers in our life, that is God speaking to us.
• Dwight Radcliff has embraced the freedom to be flawed over this past year.
• You can find out more about Dwight Radcliff on Twitter at @pastorrad and on Instagram at @pastorrad.  You can also find out about Dwight’s work at the Pannell Center website.
• You can find out more about Pamela King on Twitter at @drpamking and on Instagram at @drpamking, as well as at the Thrive Center website.

RELEVANT RESOURCES AND LINKS:

• Books mentioned:
  • Jesus and the Disinherited, by Howard Thurman
  • Inner Voice of Love, by Henri Nouwen
• Pamela King:
  • Twitter:  @drpamking
  • Instagram:  @drpamking
  • Thrive Center:  https://thethrivecenter.org/
• Dwight Radcliff:
  • Twitter: @pastorrad
  • Instagram: @pastorrad
  • Pannell Center: https://www.fuller.edu/pannell-center/

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