The Re: Podcast: Recent Episodes
The Re: Podcast
Alternating between expert ideas and everyday peoples' experience, the Re: Podcast tackles topics that need deeper nuance for deeper understanding. The Re: Podcast is brought to you by New Heights Church. A church located in Mission BC focused on being church with Mission in Mind.
On this episode we press into what comes to mind when we, or others, hear words like Gospel, Salvation, or Jesus. And it raises the question: what do we actually believe is "good news?" Our two guests: one, an academic and Pastor, and the other, a songwriter, reflect on how this question has evolved in their own praxis and understanding.
It's funny how the holiday season can seem like both a time that is rich with joy and celebration on one hand, and yet, on the other hand, be a source for real mental unrest. In this episode of the Re: Podcast, our friends Tim and Donna share about their experiences of living life in spaces of challenging mental health, and what they have learned along the way in seeking wellbeing.
In the final episode of Season 1 of the Re: Podcast, Greg and Jess take a look back on where things started, how they're going, and what's coming for Season 2.
On this episode of the Re: Podcast we have two guests from the New Heights Church Community; Jordana Hood and Mike Abercrombie. One a mom of three in the middle of discerning what God might be asking of her life, the other a dad of grown children and nearing retirement; both with unique perspectives and experiences of the different ways that vocation takes form.
Amidst shifting circumstances, reoriented ambitions, and sometimes unexpected changes in direction, many of us notice the majority of our time going towards tasks that seem ordinary or mundane. Even if we are lucky enough to find ourselves working our dream job, there are still dishes to be done, floors to be swept, emails to be sent, and for some, diapers to be changed. Today we're exploring the breadth of what a vocation can speak to. We turn to Gareth Brandt, a professor specializing in spiritual development who has taught and written on the subject of calling, vocation and identity.
On this episode of the Re: Podcast, we have two guests from the New Heights Community; Jordan Coquelle and Marion Larson continue with us in our discussion on the theme of sexuality and the church. As we've opened discussion that is sometimes treated as a taboo topic, we've watched the reaction between people that come from different perspectives, different histories, and different generations, listen and learn together. Our guests share on ways they have shifted how they respond and have given new nuance to some of their foundational beliefs in the area of sexuality.
In this episode the Re Podcast is talking about issues related to sexuality. Undoubtedly the topic spans a wide range of complex questions rooted in the core understanding of who we are, how we connect, and what to think when issues related to our sexuality push us for answers in questions that don't always have clear precedence. We Invite Amy Caswell-Bratton to give us some insight on how others are laying foundations to have healthy and productive conversation on a topic that is so emotionally charged, in so many ways, for so many people.
*Might not be suitable for listening with kids.
On this episode the Re Podcast continues on the theme of peacemaking. Living in a world that delivers all kinds of surprises, we are met with multiple scenarios where a proactive move toward peace could offset violent reactions to what life dishes out. Long time member of New Heights Church, Cam Taylor, opens up themes related to grief, trauma and pain to illustrate the tension between allowing violent attitudes to dictate our responses or choosing something better.
In the latest episode of The Re: Podcast we invite Chris Lenshyn from Abbotsford Restorative Justice and Advocacy Association to speak to us about his work as a practitioner of restorative justice, giving us cues as to how we can begin to embody the idea of restorative justice, or peacemaking, in our own perspectives, relationships and personal actions.
Many of us have had experiences where the natural world has stirred inspiration in us, where wonder has been palpable or where we felt reduced to childlike awe at an intricacy in a piece of the land that we see often and miss seeing just as much. Today The Re:Podcast carries on the conversation around God, the land, ourselves and all the interplay between and to widen our expression of these themes we turn to Leah Kostamo, the spiritual care coordinator and co-founder of A Rocha Canada.
In this episode of the Re: Podcast we invite you to learn from two artists who have studied in ways where they understand and put words to what in creation deserves our attention and care. In response to last month's creative connections, we build on the theme of co-creating by asking questions that delve deeper into what a sincere and meaningful care of the land might actually look like.
We are back for part 2 of our conversation with Jerry Pauls. if You missed episode 9, it sets up some of the back ground for what is a more specific conversation today. We are picking up the conversation around the opening lines of Scripture and how the way they are written challenges us to dig deeper into the message that the author of Genesis was inspired to write.
Today is part 1 of 2 with our guest expert Jerry Paul’s, a professor of Theology and Old Testament Studies at a Columbia Bible College. He opens up the topic of how to read the Bible, when to make space for different perspectives, and specifically, what's going on in the Genesis creation story.
In this episode of the Re: Podcast, we chat with New Heights' very own Mat and Tina Chamberlain, along with their three kids, about some of their reflections and practices of embodying the life and teachings of Jesus as a family on mission.
In this episode of Re: Podcast, we start a new year with our friend Bob Rognlien. Bob takes us deeper into some of his reflection around what is actually at stake when we decide that we want our lives to reflect the life and teachings of Jesus.
This week on the Re: Podcast we talk with some of New Heights Church's very own, who are both learning about and living into the idea of simplicity. We start with a story about a radical expression of simplicity, as in selling all your stuff and moving to East Hastings at the age of 20. We then hear how a simplified vision for life brought restoration to a marriage. And we close with a look inside one person's reflection of how when we make ourselves available to God and others, we sometimes end up on the receiving end of things.
This week on the Re: Podcast we talk simplicity with Father Leo Barker, a teacher from Seminary of Christ the King, and monk at Westminster Abbey in Mission, BC. We discuss the monastic rule, Christmas talent shows, and the way that living simply can change a life.
Re:conciliation Pt. 2 is a reaction to our first look at the subject of reconciliation with our Indigenous family, friends, and neighbours in Canada. After listening to Ray's perspective, and having 2 weeks of local church engagement, we are placing the mic in front of people that we see consistently and know within the community.
This week on the Re: Podcast we talk reconciliation with Rev. Dr. Raymond Aldred, interim Academic Dean and Director of the Indigenous Studies Program at Vancouver School of Theology. We touch on the Canadian story, different ways to introduce ourselves, factors in reconciliation, and how indigenous brothers and sisters, and those who Ray calls Canada’s new comers, can be church together.
Re:assembled Pt. 2 is a reaction to our first look at the subject of Re:assembling. After listening to Elle Pike’s perspectives on the state of the Church in Canada, and having 2 weeks of a local church engagement, we are placing the mic in front of people that we see consistently and know within the community.
For the first Re: podcast we interview Elle Pyke on how to think about the church reassembling in ways that confront the limitations of Covid 19 and a cultural exodus from church.