Bob Garrett is the General Coordinator for the Alleluia Community, an ecumenical, charismatic community in Augusta, Georgia. The Alleluia Community is not a church. It is an intentional community of more than 200 households seeking to help one another live lives that glorify God through the power and guidance of the Holy Spirit. For fifty years this community has explored what it means to live in covenant together, and how that might impact the world around them. Bob has been part of this commun...
May 24, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Season 5Ep. 4
Jessica LaGrone is the Dean of the Chapel at Asbury Theological Seminary, where she leads an amazingly creative team of musicians, worship leaders and servants, prayer warriors, and Levites, or what I like to call holy organizers. She also teaches preaching at Asbury and has a very cool online practice called Preacher's Block … where pastors can block off time to prepare in community but without distraction. We’ll say more about that in a minute. She has written three beautiful Bible studie...
May 17, 2022•39 min•Season 5Ep. 3
Dr. Sandra Richter is an internationally known Old Testament scholar. She is the author of the extraordinary Epic of Eden Bible study, and professor and Dean at Westmont College. Her areas of expertise include Deuteronomy, Isaiah, and ancient languages, as well as a forthcoming book on environmental theology. We tapped Sandra so we could talk with her about supernatural ministry in the Old Testament, but she shares so much more.
May 10, 2022•54 min•Season 5Ep. 2
Well it has been a minute for The Art of Holiness Podcast and we are thrilled to be back with you all. In this episode you will hear what we have coming up on this season and what has been happening in the life of Carolyn and Pierce. Let's just say one of them is moving across the country, so don't skip this episode. Thanks for listening!
May 03, 2022•49 min•Season 5Ep. 1
With this episode, we wrap up season three of The Art of Holiness, and we do so with a ton of gratitude for you. Our podcast community is a great blessing to us. Thanks for listening. Today, we're giving you a double dose of good conversation with two of our favorite people. Dr. Alec Rowlands is the senior pastor of Westgate Chapel in Edmonds, Washington, and the founder of Church Awakening, which equips pastors for spiritual awakening. Rev. Matt Reynolds is the pastor of Stillwater Church ...
Dec 14, 2021•25 min•Season 4Ep. 11
In a season when anxiety and hopelessness seem to be at record highs, today's conversation with Dr. Matthew Sleeth is especially poignant. Dr. Sleeth is a former emergency room physician and Chief of Staff, who resigned from his position to teach, preach, and write about faith and health. He has spoken at more than one thousand churches, campuses, and events, including serving as a monthly guest preacher at the Washington National Cathedral. Recognized by Newsweek as one of the nation’s mos...
Dec 07, 2021•55 min•Season 4Ep. 10
It has been a sheer joy to get to know Dr. Ivan Filby. You're going to love this conversation with him. Ivan has all the credentials of a scholar (he has served as president of Greenville University in Illinois, and taught business studies at Trinity College Dublin for 16 years), and all the heart, soul, and wisdom of a true prophet. Ivan has helped people learn how to minister in the power of the Holy Spirit on five continents for over thirty years, and if you stand still long enough he&ap...
Nov 30, 2021•50 min•Season 4Ep. 9
Rich Villodas was raised up under the ministry of Pete Scazzero (author of Emotionally Healthy Spirituality and other books in that same theme), and succeeded him as the lead pastor of New Life Fellowship, a large multiracial church with more than seventy-five countries represented in Elmhurst, Queens. Born and raised in Brooklyn, Rich is uniquely gifted to lead this urban and diverse community of faith. His book, The Deeply Formed Life, leads us into the spiritual practices that help us live ou...
Nov 23, 2021•56 min•Season 4Ep. 8
In this episode, we had a great conversation with Tara Beth Leach about what the Church can be. Tara Beth is a pastor, speaker, writer, and encourager, who has served as a pastor in the Nazarene tradition in Pasadena, California and suburban Chicago. She is the author of Kingdom Culture, Emboldened, and most recently, Radiant Church: Restoring the Credibility of Our Witness. She calls herself a “prisoner of hope” — with a vision for seeing the Church find itself in revival in our day. That heart...
Nov 16, 2021•49 min•Season 4Ep. 7
We sat down for an incredible conversation with Bishop Dr.. Todd Hunter at New Room Conference 2021. Dr. Hunter is the founding bishop of The Anglican Diocese, Churches for the Sake of Others. He is a past president of Alpha USA and former national director for the Association of Vineyard Churches. An adjunct professor at several seminaries, he is author of Christianity Beyond Belief , Giving Church Another Chance , The Outsider Interviews , The Accidental Anglican , Our Favorite Sins , and Our ...
Nov 09, 2021•46 min•Season 4Ep. 6
Jo Saxton trains women to lead, which makes her an automatic hero to us. She is a podcast co-host along with Steph O-Brien (the podcast is called Leading Stories), an internationally known speaker, the author of four books (More than Enchanting, The Dream of You), and a leadership coach focusing on helping women find their voice. Her newest book is called Ready to Rise. Using her own story as a backdrop, Jo uses these pages to help women find the relationships, tools, and voice they need to lead...
Nov 02, 2021•52 min•Season 4Ep. 5
This week, we are honored to air a recent conversation recorded with Dr. William J. "Billy" Abraham. It was a privilege that Billy graciously gave us his time during the NewRoom Conference to talk about a broad range of issues. Tragically, just two weeks later, Billy passed from this life unexpectedly. Pierce and I want to remember him by airing this conversation together with two friends who were an integral part of this final chapter of Billy’s life. Ryan Barnett, pastor of Waco Firs...
Oct 26, 2021•1 hr 26 min•Season 4Ep. 4
We were honored to sit down at NewRoom Conference 2021 with Allen Hood. Allen is first and foremost a lover of Jesus, Husband, and Dad. Allen served as the Associate Director of IHOPKC from 2000-2020 and as the President of the International House of Prayer University from 2003-2016. In January 2019, Allen founded the Excellencies of Christ Ministries, which exists to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ to the ends of the earth and to disciple the body of Christ through prayer, preaching, creati...
Oct 19, 2021•58 min•Season 4Ep. 3
This week, you’ll listen in as we talk with three friends about the love of God. Two you’ve heard from before. Jorge Acevedo is co-pastor of Grace Church in Cape Coral, Florida, and Tom Tanner is the pastor of Riverstone Church in Kennesaw, Georgia. Our third guest is new to The Art of Holiness. Jerry Coleman is with The Francis Asbury Society in Wilmore, Kentucky. In these three conversations, we hear stories of God’s love experienced cross-culturally, as brotherly love, in seasons of ministry....
Oct 12, 2021•44 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Mark Swayze is a husband, father, pastor, a worship leader and someone we are all learning from year in and year out! We are excited to host Mark on the podcast today as we catch up with him at the New Room Conference in 2021. Mark is the pastor of Rebelbase, the youth pastor at Woodlands Methodist Church in Woodlands, Texas. Grab some coffee and enjoy this blessings of an episode!
Oct 05, 2021•57 min•Season 4Ep. 1
J.D. is an author, speaker, thought-leader, and is the "Sower-in-Chief" at Seedbed (and New Room). Formerly the Dean of Chapel at Asbury Theological Seminary, J.D. founded Seedbed in 2012 to begin the work of sowing for a great Awakening. He writes daily to a community of thousands via the Seedbed Daily Text.
Apr 06, 2021•46 min•Season 3Ep. 12
We wanted to talk to Mark Nysewander because he wants to talk about revival. His book, Revival Rising, is an inspiring look at the ingredients of revival. Over several decades, he has ministered as an evangelist, missionary, church planter, and pastor. He served as the teaching pastor at RiverStone Church in Kennesaw, Georgia until he retired (he may not know the meaning of the word!), after which he became interim pastor at Church on the Hill in Dalton. Georgia. We are excited to welcome Mark t...
Mar 30, 2021•52 min•Season 3Ep. 11
Today, it's us. Pierce and Carolyn talk like family about how prayer is working for them right now, and about the kinds of prayer we are putting into the toolbox to help build a bridge through the trauma of our collective reality. Pierce shares his journey into using a prayer language to deepen faith, and Carolyn discusses options for helping to discern beyond emotion into the mind of Christ. We hope you listen.
Mar 23, 2021•46 min•Season 3Ep. 10
Dr. Randy Clark is an international itinerant minister birthed from a 4-day meeting in Canada, known to many as the "Toronto Blessing." Randy is the founder of Global Awakening, a teaching, healing, and impartation ministry that crosses denominational lines. An in-demand international speaker, he leads the Apostolic Network of Global Awakening and travels extensively for conferences, international missions, leadership training, and humanitarian aid. Randy has a DDiv and DMin from Unite...
Mar 16, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Peter and Esther Pereira are the founding Directors of Hope for Today, an evangelistic ministry serving southeast Asia. Through their leadership and vision, Hope for Today teams serve soy milk to children, meals to the poorest of the poor, education and training to women, and the gospel to some of the least reached people groups in southeast Asia. Peter’s partners with International Leadership Institute to provide training to tens of thousands of ministry leaders, bringing the hope of Christ to ...
Mar 11, 2021•55 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Maxie D. Dunnam is the former president and chancellor of Asbury Theological Seminary. He is now Senior Pastor Emeritus and Executive Director of CCGlobal at Christ United Methodist Church in Memphis. Dr. Dunnam is a powerful and prolific writer, having authored more than forty books, including the Workbook of Living Prayer, which sold more than one million copies.
Mar 02, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 7
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. Wi...
Feb 23, 2021•53 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Angel Davis is a Christian psychotherapist who practices in Athens, Ga. For the last ten years or so, she has focused almost exclusively on healing prayer sessions, and has a tremendous gift of healing prayer. She is also the author of The Perfecting Storm, a solid book on how one person working under the power of the Holy Spirit can transform a bad marriage into a flourishing one. Angel's podcast is called, "Have You Not Heard?" She interviews practitioners who understand Spirit-...
Feb 10, 2021•52 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Dr. Craig Keener is a professor at Asbury Theological Seminary. With degrees from an Assemblies of God seminary and Duke University, Dr. Keener is that marvelous mix of Spirit-filled faith and academic rigor. His two-book study of miracles is chock-full of stats and first-person stories from all over the world (you owe it to yourself to read it). Today, we'll hear how his interest in miracles was first stoked, and we'll talk together about what God is doing in the world. Join us for th...
Feb 02, 2021•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 3
We are so pleased to share this conversation with Dr. David Watson, Academic Dean at United Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. David teaches New Testament, Greek, courses in church renewal and courses in Bible and disability. In this podcast, we talk with him about his experiences in Cuba and the revival percolating there. He also shares from his heart and from deep personal experience how the Church is enriched by a commitment to integrating persons with disability into its life and ministry. We finish ...
Jan 26, 2021•49 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Host Rev. Carolyn Moore and Rev. Pierce Drake get back together to take a look at what's ahead for this year in front of us. 2020 was well 2020 in so many ways, but in the midst of it we believe Jesus was leading, guiding, revealing, refining and teaching us. Now the question becomes how does what we walked through help us walk ahead? We are excited to be back with you all and looking forward to what's ahead! Enjoy!
Jan 19, 2021•48 min•Season 3Ep. 1
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 p...
Dec 01, 2020•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 12
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 st...
Nov 24, 2020•58 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Today, we get to explore supernatural ministry, world missions, and orthodox faith with Dr. Tim Tennent, president of Asbury Theological Seminary. Dr. Tennent has multiple books to his credit on world missions and world Christianity. His most recent work, For the Body, explores an orthodox understanding of human sexualitly and will be a much-needed resource for the Church. Beyond his significant contributions in writing and leading, we know Tim Tennent as someone who moves in the power of the Ho...
Nov 17, 2020•45 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Aaron and Amy Graham have been planting churches and reaching cities for nearly two decades. After planting in Boston, they moved to Washington, DC to plant District Church -- a church with a commitment to doing justice in the nation's capital. District Church is remarkably diverse, with 74 nations and 49 states represented in its congregation. Aaron has been named one of Washingtonian Magazine’s 40 under 40. Aaron and his wife Amy are both pastors as well as adoption and foster care advoca...
Nov 06, 2020•53 min•Season 2Ep. 9
