Rev. Beth Anderson joins to talk about her recent renewal leave and what it means to take extended times of leave. We unpack how these things can be refreshing and help us to reflect on how we can care for ourselves better once we return. Beth Anderson is a United Methodist Pastor in her 17th year of ministry serving our awesome God with the amazing people of Courthouse Community UMC. She has two incredible teenagers named Grace (15) and Sophia (14) and the sweetest dog ever named Joan. Beth's p...
Sep 09, 2022•58 min
Week 5 of my sermon series, Love: The Inside Job. Don't forget to join our Active Faith Community on Facebook to share your journey and encourage and support others in their active journeys as well. Active Faith Facebook Community Find us @activefaithpod on Facebook and Instagram Support me and this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/runninrev Connect with Andrew: https://linktr.ee/runninrev Background Music from Yevhen Lokhmatov, 'Race For Glory' www.melodyloops.com/tracks/race-for-glo...
Sep 06, 2022•25 min
New Clergy couples talks about setting healthy self-care practices from the start.
Sep 02, 2022•53 min
In week 4 of the series Love: The Inside Job, I unpack a healthy self-care mindset of failure. To continue the conversation from the last message on mental health, we observe those dark moments in our life, and what a healthy self-care centered response looks like for them. Don't forget to join our Active Faith Community on Facebook to share your journey and encourage and support others in their active journeys as well. Active Faith Facebook Community Find us @activefaithpod on Facebook and Inst...
Aug 29, 2022•27 min
Kori joins and talks about her journey in caring for herself and what it has meant at various points in her life and ministry. Now she uses her journey to help others as she looks to continue to gain education in clergy health, and how she can mentor clergy in their own wholistic self-care journeys. Ordained elder in VA, serving in Chapel Hill, NC. I graduated from Duke Divinity in 2012, and for the last decade have served in higher ed at Duke and in churches in Durham and Chapel Hill. My health...
Aug 26, 2022•1 hr 3 min
This is the message from the third week on the sermon series I preached at Beech Grove UMC, Love: The Inside Job. Don't forget to join our Active Faith Community on Facebook to share your journey and encourage and support others in their active journeys as well. Active Faith Facebook Community Find us @activefaithpod on Facebook and Instagram Support me and this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/runninrev Connect with Andrew: https://linktr.ee/runninrev Background Music from Yevhen Lok...
Aug 22, 2022•29 min
Rev. Jessie Squires Colwell is an Ordained Elder in the Virginia Conference of The United Methodist Church. She has served small, mid-sized, and large churches and currently serves as the Director of Clergy Excellence for the Virginia Conference UMC. She has served on local, national, and global boards for The United Methodist Church. Her first book: "Blessed Wrestling: Biblical Reflections Upon Discerning God's Call," was published in December of 2021 and is helpful tool to all who are all disc...
Aug 19, 2022•1 hr 5 min
Second week of this series Love: The Inside Job we look at the nature of self-worth and claiming self-worth as the basis for our of practice self-care. Don't forget to join our Active Faith Community on Facebook to share your journey and encourage and support others in their active journeys as well. Active Faith Facebook Community Find us @activefaithpod on Facebook and Instagram Support me and this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/runninrev Connect with Andrew: https://linktr.ee/runn...
Aug 15, 2022•27 min
Jessica Plummer joined us on episode 17 as part of our strong mother series ( Listen Here ). This time she joins to talk about life when things are tough, when it doesn’t go the way that we think it should go, and when things just don’t feel fair. This episode almost feels cathartic in a way for Jessica and I to share feelings about what is happening in our lives right now, but hopefully also allows an opportunity for this community to unpack a theology of how to care for ourselves when life is ...
Aug 12, 2022•1 hr 10 min
This is the first sermon in a aeries I am preaching at Beech Grove United Methodist Church called "Love: The Inside Job." This sermon was preached on August 7, 2022. Don't forget to join our Active Faith Community on Facebook to share your journey and encourage and support others in their active journeys as well. Active Faith Facebook Community Find us @activefaithpod on Facebook and Instagram Support me and this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/runninrev Find Andrew on Social Media: ...
Aug 08, 2022•28 min
In a conversation centered around self-worth, Rev. KC joins to talk about their journey and struggles as they have sought to understand caring for themself more. Rev. K.C. Van Atta-Casebier (they/them) has served as an Associate Pastor and Director of Family Ministries at Foundry United Methodist Church since January of 2020. They find their passion at the intersections of LGBTQIA+ advocacy, the work of anti-racism, education, and family life. K.C. believes that young people are the leaders of t...
Aug 05, 2022•1 hr 3 min
Rev. Dr. Kelly Jackson Brooks joins to talk in-depth about self-care. She speaks from personal experience, and as someone who teaches/preaches it from their vocation.
Jul 15, 2022•51 min
Lindsay Geist and Sarah Locke rejoin the podcast to talk a bit deeper about self-care and how they understand its importance in their lives and the weight it carries in our society.
Jul 08, 2022•1 hr 2 min
Glenn Riggs rejoins the podcast to help me begin to unpack and identify some key terms, themes, and ideas in the self-care world...beginning with Self-Care.
Jul 01, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Rev. Donna Holder joins the podcast to talk about the basis for her mental health routine and how her focus on her own mental health has helped in her leadership and coaching environment for clergy.
Jun 24, 2022•44 min
Nathan is a pastor in the United Methodist Church, and in addition to a passionate love for God and the Church, Nathan is a major nerd in just about every way. He loves video games, anime, cartoons, comic books, tech, and his fellow nerds. He can be found lurking on some visual novel subreddit, reading the latest shōnen entry, or playing the newest Farm Sim. He is married to the love of his life, Logan, and the two have two daughters, Norah and Quinn. Nathan is an ordained provisional elder in t...
Jun 17, 2022•50 min
Jojo is a strength, conditioning, and wellness coach in Charlottesville, VA who is doing work at the intersection of wellness and activity. Jojo talks about this and what it has meant for his self-care.
Jun 10, 2022•59 min
Charlie Baber is ordained in the United Methodist Church and through his creative outlet of drawing has found ways to express and know his own self worth.
Jun 03, 2022•1 hr
Kati is a veteran business owner whose life journey has identified how she views and teaches self-care for those who are on a similar path, but also anyone who comes across her path.
May 27, 2022•54 min
Join in this episode as I have Kate Fletcher join and talk about an opportunity she has taken to be both a teacher and an encourager by using her running to help others.
May 20, 2022•54 min
It has been 6 months and Andrew offers some reflections and thoughts on lessons learned and some announcements about the community moving forward.
May 11, 2022•46 min
Lindsay joins to talk about her experience in caring for herself and others.
May 04, 2022•1 hr 5 min
Thomas joins to talk about his journey with Multiple Sclerosis and how it has impacted his life journey and gives him new perspective on his active lifestyle.
Apr 27, 2022•54 min
Since 2017, Shood has distributed over 10,000 pairs of shoes in RVA. Robin founded Shood as an opportunity to give back to the community that she lives in. She found an opportunity to use something that many folks discard and give them a second life to help those who are in need in the Richmond community. The average running shoe has a life span of 300-500, but that doesn't mean it still can't give life to help those who need shoes to have a good pair on their feet. This is what led Robin to sta...
Apr 13, 2022•52 min
Sean is always trying to be the best version of himself. Sometimes that means running as fast as he can and pushing the limits. Other times it means offering grace in the midst of growth.
Apr 06, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Turner Wilkes joins to talk about the meditation of nature as a form of worship and self-care.
Mar 30, 2022•54 min
A brief summary of this episode
Mar 23, 2022•1 hr 1 min
Jessica is a mom of three and military spouse whose active journey has been through many iterations. She talks about how she balances life to stay active.
Mar 16, 2022•54 min
Sarah is a United Methodist pastor in North Carolina and mother who joins to talk about her prenatal and postnatal journey as someone who enjoys running.
Mar 09, 2022•59 min
Joe is a United Methodist Pastor who joins us to chat about his experience with the connection between food and activity.
Mar 02, 2022•56 min
