The Living Room Disciple

On This Week's Episode: In this episode, Phil Snyder and Kristin Barnett from Neighborly discuss the challenges and rewards of serving refugee communities. We explore how believers can overcome discomfort and language barriers to love and serve their neighbors, and how serving refugees can reorient our priorities and shape our spiritual growth. We also discuss the importance of involving families in refugee ministry and provide practical tips for getting started. Our prayer is that this conversation is both inspiring and encouraging to you, wherever you are.  Support TLRD on Patreon: https://bit.ly/3paiqn3   Listener Survey: https://forms.gle/vJcHEmLeKJgNPbgA8   About Neighborly:  Neighborly is a relationship-based poverty relief organization advocating for biblical justice. We provide ways for our supporters to feed, tell, heal, shelter, welcome, and clothe their neighbors. We not only fight poverty, we dismantle the systems that produce and perpetuate it. At times, we give a fish. Sometimes, we teach how to fish. But we're always asking why there is a darn fence around the pond, who put it there, and why they are charging more for a fishing license for people who need it the most. Find Neighborly & Kristin Barnett: Website:  https://thatsneighborly.org/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/neighborlyorg  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NeighborlyOrg/  Find The Living Room Disciple: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thelivingroomdisciple/    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheLivingRoomDisciple    X: https://twitter.com/TLRDisciple    Website: https://livingroomdisciple.com/

On This Week's Episode: As you can likely guess from the title, today we’re going to engage in a conversation that, frankly, we’ve been nervous to have. And that’s discussing “how are we formed by the news?”  Because even the decision on who to have as a guest for this conversation is a choice that says a lot. We’ve been praying and believe that our guest, Kelsey Reed, is a great person to wade into this conversation with. You see, she calls herself a professional learner and after having this conversation, she may be one of the most thoughtful people we’ve ever had the pleasure of speaking with. The way she thinks and weighs her words should challenge all of us to do the same.  Support TLRD on Patreon: https://bit.ly/3paiqn3   Listener Survey: https://forms.gle/vJcHEmLeKJgNPbgA8   About World News:  WORLD produces sound journalism, grounded in facts and biblical truth. Through print magazines, online articles, and podcast programs, our trained journalists report on current events both global and national so that readers and listeners can see how God is at work in the world, no matter the headlines. Resources & Links Concurrently Podcast: https://wng.org/podcasts/concurrently God’s WORLD News: https://gwnews.com/ WORLD News: https://wng.org/ WORLD News Group YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WORLDNewsGroup/  Find The Living Room Disciple: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thelivingroomdisciple/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheLivingRoomDisciple    X: https://twitter.com/TLRDisciple    Website: https://livingroomdisciple.com/

On This Week's Episode: Today, we're having a conversation with James Barnett, the founder of Neighborly. Neighborly is a nonprofit based in Tallahassee, FL that aims to meet the needs of the poor and the marginalized in their community. This conversation moves in and out, connecting the many facets of life.  Support TLRD on Patreon: https://bit.ly/3paiqn3  Listener Survey: https://forms.gle/vJcHEmLeKJgNPbgA8  About Neighborly:  Neighborly is a relationship-based poverty relief organization advocating for biblical justice. We provide ways for our supporters to feed, tell, heal, shelter, welcome, and clothe their neighbors. We not only fight poverty, we dismantle the systems that produce and perpetuate it. At times, we give a fish. Sometimes, we teach how to fish. But we're always asking why there is a darn fence around the pond, who put it there, and why they are charging more for a fishing license for people who need it the most. Find Neighborly & James Barnett: Website:  https://thatsneighborly.org/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/neighborlyorg Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NeighborlyOrg/ Find The Living Room Disciple: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thelivingroomdisciple/   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheLivingRoomDisciple   X: https://twitter.com/TLRDisciple   Website: https://livingroomdisciple.com/

On This Week's Episode: Join us for a deep dive into the power of imagination on the Living Room Disciple Podcast! Hosts Phil and Nick explore how our imaginations shape our desires and struggles, and how we can fill them with the beauty of the Kingdom of God.In this episode, we'll reflect on the impact of our imaginative pursuits and discuss ways to align them with the Kingdom of Heaven. Tune in now and let's explore how our imaginations can lead us closer to God on the Living Room Disciple Podcast, where discipleship finds a home. Support us on Patreon: https://bit.ly/3paiqn3 Listener Survey: https://forms.gle/vJcHEmLeKJgNPbgA8 Find The Living Room Disciple: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thelivingroomdisciple/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheLivingRoomDisciple X: https://twitter.com/TLRDisciple Website: https://livingroomdisciple.com/

Support us on Patreon: https://bit.ly/3paiqn3 Listener Survey: https://forms.gle/vJcHEmLeKJgNPbgA8 On This Week's Episode: Following our conversation with Dr. Robert Alter, Phil and Nick are having a conversation about reading the Bible as literature. Not just as a fact book or rule book. And not just a biography of role models to emulate. And one way we can grow in learning to read the Bible as literature is... 🥁 drumroll please... by reading other literature! So today, we're asking the question: How are we formed by reading fiction? Welcome in to the Living Room Disciple, where discipleship finds a home! Find The Living Room Disciple: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thelivingroomdisciple/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheLivingRoomDisciple X: https://twitter.com/TLRDisciple Website: https://livingroomdisciple.com/

Support us on Patreon: https://bit.ly/3paiqn3  Listener Survey: https://forms.gle/vJcHEmLeKJgNPbgA8  On This Week's Episode: This episode features renowned Hebrew Bible scholar Dr. Robert Alter. In this conversation, we discuss Dr. Alter’s translation of the Hebrew Bible and the narrative structures & techniques used by biblical authors. Translation seeks to bridge not just words but entire cultures. Our hope is that this conversation will help you grow a deeper appreciation of understanding the original context and truly see the depth of God’s word for us.  Welcome to the Living Room Disciple Podcast, where discipleship finds a home.  About Our Guest: Robert Alter is Professor in the Graduate School and Emeritus Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at the University of California at Berkeley, where he has taught since 1967.   He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the Council of Scholars of the Library of Congress, and is past president of the Association of Literary Scholars and Critics.   He has twice been a Guggenheim Fellow, has been a Senior Fellow of the National Endowment for the Humanities, a fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Jerusalem, and Old Dominion Fellow at Princeton University.  He has written widely on the European novel from the eighteenth century to the present, on contemporary American fiction, and on modern Hebrew literature.   He has also written extensively on literary aspects of the Bible.  His twenty-four published books include two prize-winning volumes on biblical narrative and poetry and award-winning translations of Genesis and of the Five Books of Moses.  He has devoted book-length studies to Fielding, Stendhal, and the self-reflexive tradition in the novel. Books by him have been translated into ten different languages.   Among his publications over the past twenty-five years are Necessary Angels: Tradition and Modernity in Kafka, Benjamin, and Scholem (1991), The David Story: A Translation with Commentary of 1 and 2 Samuel  (1999),  Canon and Creativity: Modern Writing and the Authority of Scripture (2000), The Five Book of Moses: A Translation with Commentary (2004), Imagined Cites  (2005),  The Book of Psalms: A Translation with Commentary (2007), Pen of Iron: American Prose and the King James Bible (2010),  The Wisdom Books: A Translation with Commentary (2010), and Ancient Israel: The Former Prophets.  His completed translation of the Hebrew Bible with a commentary has just appeared in a three-volume set. In 2009 he received the Robert Kirsch Award from the Los Angeles Times for lifetime contribution to American letters and in 2013 the Charles Homer Haskins Prize for career achievement from the American Council of Learned Societies.  Find The Living Room Disciple: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thelivingroomdisciple/   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheLivingRoomDisciple   X: https://twitter.com/TLRDisciple   Website: https://livingroomdisciple.com/

Support us on Patreon  Listener Survey  On This Week's Episode: Today, we have the pleasure of interviewing Dr. John Delany. You may know him as one of the hosts of The Ramsey Show or from his own show, The Dr. John Delony Show, or from his first two best-selling books: Own Your Past Change Your Future and Redefining Anxiety.  But what we’re most excited about discussing is his most recent book: Building a Non-Anxious Life.  Sounds aspirational, right? For some, that may even sound out of reach. But the truth is, it isn’t. But it’s not something you can wander in to. We’re not going to ever be insulated from grief and harm but those should not be the things that define us. So let’s dive in, listen to the wisdom of Dr. Delony. And when we’re done, make sure to pick up your copy of Building a Non-Anxious Life.  About Our Guest:  Dr. John Delony is a two-time #1 national bestselling author, mental health expert and host of The Dr. John Delony Show. John has two PhDs and over two decades of experience in counseling, crisis response and higher education. He is the author of the bestselling books Own Your Past, Change Your Future, Redefining Anxiety and most recently, Building a Non-Anxious Life. John has appeared on Good Morning America, Fox News and Fox Business and been featured in Real Simple magazine, Fast Company, The Today Show, and HuffPost. He has been a guest on The School of Greatness Podcast, The Minimalist Podcast, The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast, The Dhru Purohit Podcast and the Mind Pump Podcast. John’s goal is to help people navigate tough decisions, improve their relationships, and believe they’re worth being well. Follow John on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and X. Find Dr. Delony: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheDrJohnDelonyShow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johndelony/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@johndelony Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnDelony X: https://twitter.com/johndelony Website: https://www.ramseysolutions.com/john-delony Find The Living Room Disciple: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thelivingroomdisciple/   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheLivingRoomDisciple   X: https://twitter.com/TLRDisciple   Website: https://livingroomdisciple.com/

Support us on Patreon: https://bit.ly/3paiqn3  Listener Survey: https://forms.gle/vJcHEmLeKJgNPbgA8  On This Week's Episode: This week, we've got Sarah L. Sanderson, author of "The Place We Make." Sarah is all about radical honesty and the freedom that comes with it -- something that we all want but can struggle to embrace when shame comes into play.  Today, we're tackling the elephant in the room -- America's historical struggle with racial injustice. Some may be thinking, "Haven't we moved past this?" but let's not shy away. Let's lean into that discomfort hoping to find freedom and healing on the other side. Let's dive into this conversation with a posture of Jesus who says that "the truth will set you free" as we talk through this difficult topic with Sarah.  About our Guest:  Sarah L. Sanderson is a writer, speaker, and teacher who believes in the life-giving freedom found in radical honesty. Her work has appeared at PBS NewsHour, Blackpast, Christianity Today, Fathom, The Unmooring, Christ and Pop Culture, The Other Journal, Motherly, Relief, Stark and Main, and Brain, Child, among others. She is also a monthly contributor to Three-Fifths. She studied English and Philosophy at Wheaton College, and holds a Master in Teaching degree from Seattle University and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction from Seattle Pacific University. As a creative writing teacher, she has worked with every age, from preschool through adults. Her first book, The Place We Make: Breaking the Legacy of Legalized Hate, released August 15, 2023 from WaterBrook. Find Sarah L. Sanderson here: Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/S_L_Sanderson Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahlsandersonwriter/ Website: https://www.sarahlsanderson.com/ Newsletter: https://www.sarahlsanderson.com/newsletter-form Find The Living Room Disciple: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thelivingroomdisciple/   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheLivingRoomDisciple   X: https://twitter.com/TLRDisciple   Website: https://livingroomdisciple.com/

Support us on Patreon: https://bit.ly/3paiqn3  Listener Survey: https://forms.gle/vJcHEmLeKJgNPbgA8  On This Week's Episode: The genesis of this conversation started many months ago... Phil and Nick were discussing children as part of the "big church service" and that type of thing. What is the stance of the Church? Is there one? Who do we talk to? Well, as we searched, one name kept coming up as the source of so many articles: Dr. Marcia Bunge. She's been researching and writing about children in the church for 20+ years. How are children formed by the way we "do" church? How should children be treated within the church? How should churches handle children's ministry?? There's so much here.  Dr. Bunge is absolutely an expert on the topic and we're thrilled to share this conversation with you!  Find Dr. Marcia Bunge here: Bio & books: https://gustavus.edu/profiles/mbunge The Child in Christian Thought: https://a.co/d/cD3FSLL The Child in the Bible: https://a.co/d/8u3mFBy Children, Adults, and Shared Responsibilities: https://a.co/d/hu0TL9r Child Theology: https://a.co/d/94old5G Find The Living Room Disciple: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thelivingroomdisciple/   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheLivingRoomDisciple   X: https://twitter.com/TLRDisciple   Website: https://livingroomdisciple.com/

Support us on Patreon: https://bit.ly/3paiqn3 Listener Survey: https://forms.gle/vJcHEmLeKJgNPbgA8 On This Week's Episode: Today we’re rolling back the clock and looking at God through the eyes of a child. Phil and Nick are sitting down for a conversation about how they’ve been formed by their children and how Christians ought to be formed by the faith, joy, and playfulness of children. Find The Living Room Disciple: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thelivingroomdisciple/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheLivingRoomDisciple X: https://twitter.com/TLRDisciple Website: https://livingroomdisciple.com/