Upstream with Dr. Rich: Recent Episodes
Dr. Rich Melheim
Upstream with Dr. Rich brings you thought leaders and systems-change pioneers from across the church and society working to connect the wisdom of the elder and the wonder of the child in the same sacred spaces each week.
A new series will follow innovators, imagineers and entrepreneurs from around the world into, across and beyond the Metaverse from 2022 to 2030. Join Dr. Rich as he interviews the movers and shakers and systems breakers who will shape the future of the 3D 6G AR/VR “help me Obi Wan Kenobi, you’re my only hope” haptic holographic world.
Here’s a sneak peak of January’s guest, Jack O’Holleran of www.skale.network.
The best way to predict the future is to invent it. - Alan Kaye
Eight years ago today my friend Pastor Nancy Windels died.
She knew it was coming for a while, and shortly before the wind-down, I asked her if she would like to go on a walk. She chose to take me to a butterfly bush by the river. Then we sat down in my office to unpack her thoughts.
The RICH Learning Summer Team interviewed Crayola’s SVP and asked 12 questions on the arts and education.
Where did the Cross+Gen movement start? Amy Carlson Kippen and Dr. Rich talk origins, outsourcing faith formation to a youth worker, and the richness of living faith every week in a cross+generational small groups of at least 4 generations and every night in every home.
Ann and Alan Eustis were concerned when their first-grade daughter, Callie, could not sleep through the night and consistently crawled into bed with them. One of Callie’s classmates had been murdered by the mother’s estranged boyfriend, and at night Callie both feared for her safety and that of her parents. A year later, Callie was still crawling in bed with her parents when they started doing FAITH5. Within weeks of beginning the practice, Callie was back in her own bed, sleeping soundly through the night.
“We thank God every day for FAITH5,” says Ann, a professor of education at Towson State, with a twinkle and a tear in her eye. “I really believe this was grace. Perfect timing. This was the model. Callie doesn’t go to sleep lacking now. She goes to sleep full, and that’s a real answer to prayer. Yes, there was developmental growth, but there really was a spiritual healing.”
Here's a video clip of Ann telling the story.
Dr. David Lose shares his thoughts on the power of story as a source of imagination and understanding in Part 6 of his series on Disruptive Change and the Exodus Today . This was recorded live at a recent www.crossgenconference.com in Estes Park, Colorado.
Dr. David Lose discusses the value of sharing what matters most to us via stories in Part 5 of 6 talks on Disruptive Change and the Exodus today. This was recorded live at a recent www.crossgenconference.com in Estes Park, Colorado.
Dr. David Lose discusses the power of language to both mirror and shape reality in Part 4 of 6 talks on Disruptive Change and the Exodus today. This was recorded live at a recent www.crossgenconference.com in Estes Park, Colorado.
Dr. David Lose commends the work of Cross+Gen pioneers willing to take risks, stumble, and fall forward together in Part 3 of 6 talks on Disruptive Change and the Exodus today. This was recorded live at a recent www.crossgenconference.com in Estes Park, Colorado.
Dr. David Lose discusses "playing with Scripture" and how the Cross+Gen movement - coming from the outside - can be a healthy gift to the future church in this, Part 2 of 6 talks on Disruptive Change and the Exodus today. This was recorded live at a recent www.crossgenconference.com in Estes Park, Colorado.
In the inaugural episode of this blog, Dr. David Lose begins a 6-part series on the power of story in shaping a positive future amid the tectonic shifts in the church and society. This podcast was recorded live at the www.crossgenconference.com in Estes Park, Colorado.