The Art of Holiness

Dr. Michael Beck is Director of Re-Missioning for Fresh Expressions US, Cultivator of Fresh Expressions for the Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church, and adjunct professor for the Doctor of Ministry program at United Theological Seminary. Michael serves as co-pastor of Wildwood United Methodist Church with his wife Jill, where they direct addiction recovery programs, a jail ministry, a food pantry, an interracial unity movement, and house a faith-based inpatient treatment center. Wildwood is a traditional congregation and a network of thirteen fresh expressions that gather in tattoo parlors, dog parks, salons, running tracks, community centers, and burrito joints.

Rica McRoy was born into a devout and loving Hindu home. She emigrated from India to America as a toddler and had a head-on collision with the grace of Jesus Christ at the age of twenty-seven. She lives with her husband, Spike, and three children in Huntsville, Alabama, where she is a practicing optometrist and founding partner of R City Eye Care. Rica’s passion is for people of every nation, tribe, and tongue to be able to see the hope to which Christ has called them.

You can buy Rica's study "Wildfire" at https://my.seedbed.com/product/wildfire/

Rev. Adam Weber is the founder and lead pastor of Embrace, a multi-site church based out of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Author of Talking With God, Adam now has a new book -- Love Has A Name -- about how to love like Jesus loves. In this conversation we explore love and outreach as ways of practically expressing our call to holiness. Adam gets honest about his own spiritual journey and tells a great story of God's grace through a difficult season. For more "Adam," find on his own podcast (The Conversation), after you've enjoyed this conversation with him here.
You can purchase Love Has A Name at:
https://www.amazon.com/Love-Has-Name-Different-Difficult/dp/1601429479

Dr. Sandra Richter is with us for a second time, to talk about the prophetic life. Hers is a voice you want to hear on this subject. She is an internationally known Old Testament scholar, the author of the extraordinary Epic of Eden Bible study, and professor and Dean at Westmont College. Raised in a pentecostal tradition and trained at Harvard, she relates to the beautiful subtleties of God’s voice in our lives like few people do. We hope you listen to this one, and find fresh energy for listening for God’s voice.

In this final episode of 2024, Pierce returns to AoH to chat with Carolyn about her election to the role of Bishop in the Global Methodist Church. AND!... Carolyn shares a new series coming in January, 2025. Listen all the way through to get to the good stuff!