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THOUGHTS: Theological Considerations during COVID, featuring Gregg D. Garner (theologian, entrepreneur, and artist) and hosted by Benjamin Reese (theologian, writer, and poet) is a kind of out-loud processing of current events between two friends, hoping to be helpful to others who are also trying to understand their world and their faith. The discussion hits on themes of mental health, loneliness, hope, imagination, and stories of how Jesus himself responded to the challenging historical ci ...
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Episode 8 - Don't Bother Me! I'm Comfortable.
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Ben and Gregg discuss Jesus' parable of the friends who have a middle of the night encounter with a request to meet a need. The implications of the story and its impact on communities in Christ is explored. Hosted by Benjamin Reese. Featuring Gregg D. Garner. Ben and Gregg are Professors at The Institute for G.O.D. www.instituteforgod.org --- Suppo…
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Episode 7 - Drop Your Agenda and Pray like Jesus
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This episode begins with some of the questions I had from our previous conversation. I guess I wasn’t getting this “alternative” way that Jesus was offering. I wanted to know more clearly what Jesus’ response actually entailed. The answer may not seem straightforward at first, but I realized, as I was listening, that Gregg was answering the questio…
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Episode 6 - Privilege, Power, Advocacy, and Salvation
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By Benjamin Reese In this episode, you will hear a weariness in both mine and Gregg’s voice. This podcast was recorded several weeks ago, just days after the news of Geroge Floyd’s murder and the protests, and these event still weighed heavily on us. To make sense of it, to find perhaps some solace or direction, we turn to Jesus and his words. I ha…
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Episode 5 - "It Don't Matter! Come Up with a Better Way!"
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Hi Everyone, this is Gregg Garner. While editing this episode, I noticed just how much I referenced many of the soundbites that were circulating just days after the killing of George Floyd, as a result, we’ve included those soundbites where they seemed most appropriate to help you, the listener, connect or reconnect with the various voices speaking…
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Episode 4 - Movements, Communities, Suffering, and God
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This is your host, Benjamin Reese. This talk came on the other side of the national news of the killing of George Floyd who suffocated under the knee of a Minnesota police officer. Prior to recording the episode, Gregg mentioned Luke 13 as a text to explore a biblical response to the subsequent tensions of the event but noted the need to set it up …
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Episode 3 - Praying to the Heart Guarding God
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With all this talk about aloneness, I wanted to ask Gregg more about how to approach silence, prayer, and meditation. I wanted to know how these practices could be a countermeasure to the increased mental strain that COVID had put people under. In responding to my question, Gregg relied on, among many others passages, Philippians 4:6-7 6 Do not wor…
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Episode 2 - The Finite Image Bearing Children of God
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I'm Benjamin Reese, your host. I think what struck me most about the following conversation was how Gregg described the ways that people avoid the discomfort of spending time with themselves. Just how restless and uncomfortable we are with being human. This resonated with me, as I imagine it will with you. Covid has forced people to spend more time…
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Episode 1 - Loneliness, Hope, and Imagination
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Hello everyone, welcome to Thoughts: Theological Considerations during COVID, featuring Gregg D. Garner. I’m Benjamin Reese, your host. I’ve wanted to talk to Gregg because he’s always been someone who could help me isolate, out of the noise of a moment, essential issues and help me see them from a variety of angles. I was eager to see where the co…
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THOUGHTS: Theological Considerations during COVID, featuring Gregg D. Garner (theologian, entrepreneur, and artist) and hosted by Benjamin Reese (theologian, writer, and poet) is a kind of out-loud processing of current events between two friends, hoping to be helpful to others who are also trying to understand their world and their faith. The disc…
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