MaryAnn McKibben Dana on Hope, Improv and Sabbath

12/17/21 • 46 min

MaryAnn McKibben Dana shares her thoughts on how ministry is changing in light of the pandemic. She also discusses her upcoming book "Hope: A User's Manual"--what led her to write about the topic of hope and what unexpected insights she gained. She also talks about how her three books on Sabbath, Improv and Hope have shaped her “Grand Unified Theory of MaryAnn” (as Jody dubbed it).
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Rev. Eugenia Gamble shares about her upcoming book "Words of Love: A Healing Journey with the Ten Commandments" due to be released in February 2022. She approaches the Ten Commandments as a love letter from God to us, and interprets each of the "words" (commandments) through that lens. Makes you wish the book was already out!

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Bruce Reyes-Chow on Kindness and "Moderation"

After the CFP update, Cheryl and Jody chat with Bruce Reyes-Chow, who currently pastors at First Presbyterian Church of Palo Alto, CA. Bruce was our guest at the March 2022 stated meeting of CFP to help us with one of the seven marks of vital congregations: "intentional authentic evangelism." In this Lucky 13th episode, we talk with Bruce about what it really means to be kind. Then we go behind the scenes at General Assembly meetings in the Before Times, where former moderators had their own dinners together (whaaaat?)
Linkapalooza:

BRC's plenary on Reimagined Spaces...
...and his workshop on kindness...
...related to his latest book: In Defense of Kindness, which you can find here
Of course, Bruce has his own podcast called BRC & Friends...
...and did we mention he is also a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach?

Our offering at the March meeting supports The Bail Project of Orange and Osceola Counties. Donate here.
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance has a fund to support emergency humanitarian aid for Ukraine (such as food items, shelter, medicines, diapers, hygiene items, etc.) Go to DR000156 or text PDAUKR to 41444