S8E4 - Building Memory—Featuring the Embedded Church Podcast

Device & Virtue

Stained glass, digital photos, or a pile of rocks. Today, we join the co-hosts of the Embedded Church podcast and talk about how the church builds memories. It’s a podcast inside a podcast.

Memories help people establish identities and build communities, and physical places are fertile ground where memories take root. But are new digital spaces uprooting our memories, or giving them new soil to grow in?

As Christians, God consistently calls us to remember all that he has done and the ways he has been faithful. How can we root our memories in physical places and digital spaces, and cultivate the benefits of both?

We asked our friends Eric Jacobsen and Sara Joy Proppe, the co-hosts of the Embedded Church podcast, to help us sort this out. Call it a podcast playdate.

• What does memory look like in digital and built spaces?
• How do these spaces shape the capacity, and content, of our memory?

Hear stories of churches that have established creative practices that both embrace lament and celebrate God’s healing. If your church wants to build memory and community through digital and physical spaces, check out this episode!

LINKS

Learn more about the Embedded Church podcast on their website and on Instagram. Listen on Apple, Google, Spotify, and everywhere else.

Eric O. Jacobsen is the Lead Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Tacoma Washington. He is the author of numerous books and articles exploring the connections between the Christian faith, local community, and the built environment. He has a PhD in Theology and Culture from Fuller Theological Seminary and is a member of the Congress for the New Urbanism. He is married to Liz Jacobsen and has four amazing children (Kate, Peter, Emma, and Abraham). Follow him on Twitter.

Sara Joy Proppe (‘Pro-pay’) is a speaker and consultant who started Proximity Project as a way to integrate her faith and work. She seeks to educate and equip churches to be strategic stewards of their properties for the common good within the contexts of their neighborhoods through avenues of placemaking and real estate development. Her professional expertise includes urban planning, real estate development, and placemaking. She has a Masters in Community Planning from Iowa State University and is a member of the Congress for the New Urbanism. Follow her on Twitter.

Sara Joy mentioned Biola’s Advent devotionals. You can check them out here!

Chris mentioned Laurence Scott a couple times. His book The Four-Dimensional Human is an acute reflection on the human experience of digital spaces. Learn more here.

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