The Spirit of Generosity
Giving freely, sacrificially, and without hesitation—that is a kind of generosity most of us expect only from family. When the Spirit is at work, the church becomes family. Image Credit: Floris van Dyck
Jun 04, 2020•34 min
Gospel Mindfulness
Welcome to Gospel Mindfulness, a podcast created to awaken you to the realities of who God is and how he makes a difference in the simple moments of every day. Your co-hosts are Betsy Hart and Geoff Ziegler.
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Loving in Community
What holds the church together? Common interests? Affection? A welcoming atmosphere? Or is it something deeper; something entirely outside of the self; something that propels us outward even as we draw closer together?
May 27, 2020•30 min
Overcoming Evil With Good (Part 2)
Episode 54: Is the desire for justice legitimate? What about vengeance? What role does wrath have in our picture of God? How can love and wrath coexist, and good ultimately overcome evil?
May 20, 2020•27 min•Ep. 54
Overcoming Evil With Good (Part 1)
Episode 53: The desire for revenge is as natural as it is unhelpful. Evil begets evil, and often in the name of justice. But only in God can we find true justice, and only in Christ do we find perfect peace. Image credit: Gavin Hamilton, Achilles Lamenting the Death of Patroclus
May 13, 2020•31 min•Ep. 53
Fervent in the Spirit
Episode 52: People are hard to love, and loving people that are hard to love is exhausting. When loving feels like work, and it often does, where can we find the energy to love? Paul suggests that it is found in love Himself. Image credit: Ontley on Wikimedia Commons
May 06, 2020•28 min•Ep. 52
Let Love Be Genuine
Episode 51: Most of us are nice people most of the time. We treat people with respect and avoid causing offense, but is that love? The Bible invites us to consider the deeper motivations of our hearts and let niceness give way to genuine love.
Apr 29, 2020•30 min•Ep. 51
Coming Home
Episode 50: One of the signs of a truly gospel-shaped community is hospitality and welcome, particularly towards those for whom it is most difficult. It is a hospitality born from a deep understanding of the radical welcome of God. Image credit: Manel Sallem on Wikimedia Commons
Apr 01, 2020•25 min•Ep. 50
The Dividing Wall
Episode 49: There is no pride of place in God's kingdom. No one deserves a seat at God's table. The extent to which we can truly ask the question, "why me?", is the extent to which we can begin to understand the generous, lavish hospitality of God. Image credit: Jeanne Boleyn on Wikimedia Commons
Mar 25, 2020•24 min•Ep. 49
Meeting at the Well
Episode 48: Betrayal is one of the worst experiences any of us can ever go through. For most relationships, it marks the end. It is easy to assume, perhaps subconsciously, that the same would be true of our relationship with God. Yet God's love is so great that he pursues even those who willfully abandon him—and seeks to bring them home. Image credit: Bernard Gagnon on Wikimedia Commons
Mar 18, 2020•22 min•Ep. 48
God's Unfaithful Spouse
Episode 47: Marriage has always provided fertile soil for metaphors of God's love for his people. Loyalty, fidelity, selflessness; all of these describe God's love. The book of Hosea describes God's jealousy, and it does so through a very unlikely marriage.
Mar 11, 2020•29 min•Ep. 47
Loving God, Loving Others
Episode 46: Loving others can be scary, and not without cause. Community can overwhelm, disappoint, and destroy, not least because the community can become too important. God calls us to love him first , and in so loving him, to find freedom in loving others. Image credit: Rembrandt van Rijn
Mar 04, 2020•31 min•Ep. 46
Loving the Body
Who serves who in the church? Despite the tremendous importance of personal growth in holiness, the Apostle Paul invites us to consider that we were primarily redeemed for one another. Image credit: IDuke on English Wikipedia
Feb 26, 2020•23 min
Love Casts Out Fear
True love is hard to believe. Most of our relationships are subtly based on transactions, even with those we love, and ultimately rooted in fear. God's love takes us by surprise and, at times, offends us. But it is only in the love of God that we find the freedom to love likewise.
Feb 19, 2020•33 min
Wrestling with Love
Real love can be annoying, real love can be difficult, real love can hurt. Real love comes from God, in humble submission to the work of his Spirit—and despite our natural inclinations, is well worth the struggle. Image by Gustave Doré
Feb 12, 2020•31 min
The Greatest Pursuit
Most of us aspire to greatness in one sense or another. We discipline our bodies, our minds, our schedules. We go without sleep, we go without comfort, all for the sake of some worthy goal. But how many of us aspire to grow in love?
Feb 05, 2020•23 min
Humbled and Forgiven - Exodus 40 - Episode 041
The greatest feelings of dependence and humility often come through times of great suffering. Though we are brought low, God's ultimate goal is to make us whole. It is only by truly seeing the magnitude of our need and the depth of our own sin that we find true rest in God's forgiveness. As Luther wrote, "Be a sinner and sin boldly, but believe and rejoice in Christ even more boldly, for he is victorious over sin, death, and the world" ( LW 48:281-282). Thank you for listening to season 2! Gospe...
Jul 03, 2019•30 min
Following the Leader
All of us follow someone or something, and that something, if it isn't God, is probably a tyrant. *Modified image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay
Jun 26, 2019•25 min
Choose Your Own God - Exodus 32 - Episode 039
The freedom the choose. It is one of those natural rights that needs no argument in the modern day, perhaps especially in the domain of religion. But when given the choice of who or what to worship, what do we choose? In all likelihood, we pick a bigger, better version of what appears uncannily like ourselves. *Modified photo by succo from Pixabay
Jun 19, 2019•25 min
Created in Our Image - Exodus 32 - Episode 038
Idolatry is more than bowing down before statues. It is the making of a god in our own image and on our own terms. An idol can be physical or, more often than not, a creation of the heart. *Modified photo by Sam Valadi
Jun 12, 2019•27 min
A Beautiful God
God is a God of beauty, order, and light. The evidence for this is all around us, just there is also evidence of something dark in the world and in ourselves. But God is at work in and for his people — a holy people, called to be a light in this world.
Jun 05, 2019•28 min
God With Us - Exodus 25 - Episode 036
What does it mean for God to dwell with his people? For one thing, it means that God has extended himself in relationship to us, redeeming and reorienting our lives towards the original Edenic order. Photo by just_a_cheeseburger
May 29, 2019•25 min
A Heart for Truth - Exodus 20 - Episode 035
Truth has fallen on hard times in the modern world. Echo chambers abound, and all of us, if we're honest, love to talk more than listen. To represent God well, however, means to represent him and to represent others well. It is to care deeply for truth. Painting by Gilbert Stuart
May 22, 2019•21 min
Loving God's Image - Exodus 20 - Episode 034
People can be difficult, frustrating, mean, or even cruel. They can seem impossible to love. Yet God has created all of us in his image and those who love him love his image in others. Painting by Vincent Van Gogh
May 15, 2019•25 min
Bearing God's Name - Exodus 20 - Episode 033
What does it mean to take the Lord's name in vain? Is it avoiding coarse language? Perhaps, but it is so much more. For better or for worse, Christians are God's mouths and hands to one another and to a watching world. Graphic by Eviatar Bach
May 08, 2019•24 min
Worshiping the Right God - Exodus 20 - Episode 032
Whether we realize it or not, one of the most important things about ourselves, the thing that makes us who we are, is what we give ourselves to in worship. All of us worship something, but God created us to worship Him. Photo by Petr Kratochvil
May 01, 2019•25 min
The God Who Draws Near - Exodus 19 - Episode 031
God can be terrifying. He is holy after all. But he is also a God of compassion. He is a God who does not leave us in our sin but comes down to us, that we might be brought to him. Painting by Benjamin West
Apr 24, 2019•21 min
A Consuming Fire - Exodus 19 - Episode 030
Holy, awesome, terrifying. The image of God presented in the Bible is not always the image of God we want or imagine. Nevertheless, Scripture has made it plain that in his presence no evil, no matter how small, can or will stand. Painting by Benjamin West
Apr 17, 2019•30 min
Manna in the Wilderness - Exodus 16 - Episode 029
God desires for us to trust and rest in him alone. It is what we were created for. It is also very difficult. Paradoxically, sometimes it takes a season of trial to begin to learn God's goodness, faithfulness, kindness, and rest. Painting by Jean-François Millet
Apr 10, 2019•24 min
Bread from Heaven - Exodus 16 - Episode 028
Complaining. All of us do it, and when we complain, the temptation is always to forget God. (Painting by J.E. Gray, 1846)
Apr 03, 2019•26 min
The Blood of the Lamb
Many of us would love a fresh start—an undo button for life. Our identities are often wrapped up in the things which cause us the deepest shame. It seems inescapable, but Jesus the Lamb of God offers us hope. Painting by Jan van Eyck.
Mar 27, 2019•26 min
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