In this honest, encouraging, and hope-filled conversation, Pastors Adrienne Ash and Shareena Casey, discuss all things Christian singleness: the real challenges singles face today, the sometimes understated blessings of singleness, how to navigate dating, desire, and purpose in our society, and how to thrive — emotionally, relationally, and spiritually. Whether you’re in a season of contentment, frustration or questioning, this episode will remind you: You are not forgotten. You are not incomple...
May 19, 2025•59 min
All Shall Be Well?? On Mental Health with Karen Twinem. Whilst walking through our darkest moments, 'all shall be well' may feel trite, especially when our world is crashing down around us. Listen in as Julia chats with Karen Twinem, longtime member and co-leader of the support group Loving Someone With Mental Illness . Karen shares her journey of caring for several family members diagnosed with mental illness, and how through her most difficult circumstances, she encounters and learns to walk d...
May 05, 2025•55 min
UPDATED: Now... 'all shall be well' sounds great, but it is sometimes truly hard to believe! In this series, we're looking at some anxiety-producing topics through Julian of Norwich's lens of faith, hope, and love. Today, Julia interviews Ron Schmidt, whose passion for creation care (especially about achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions) is filled with conviction, curiosity, and hope. Listen in as one of our sages talks about his passion for the earth, his concern about climate change, an...
Apr 25, 2025•57 min
Dr Charles and Julia take time to wrap up this lovely series of pods on the Beloved Community. They cover: how the depths of a theology of kingdom multi-ethnicity form us and offer us a continued way forward even when academic and corporate DEI spaces are feeling pressure and pressback; God's heart for his people; why empathy and curiosity take so much energy; and the difference between forming a Christian vocation of repair vs just getting mad and breaking things. Also, Dr. Charles ends with a ...
Apr 08, 2025•39 min
Ya'll get to meet Julia's parents today! On this episode of The In Between, Julia talks to Grace & Jeff Silliman (otherwise known as Julia's mum and dad). They talk about their own faith mentors, intergenerational faith, the joys and challenges of being a sage in the church, and what it means to develop intergenerational communities where we all learn from and enjoy one another. Pass this episode along to a sage you know, or maybe consider taking a step toward cultivating intergenerational f...
Mar 25, 2025•51 min
Have you ever felt left out? Can you remember a moment where you experienced the wide open welcome of Jesus? The kingdom of God is marked by a noticeable erasure of outsider/insider categories - not just in theory, but in practice. Do you want to be part of a community that is demonstrating that welcome to folks who very often don't receive it in our world? Us too!! Listen in and be inspired as Julia speaks with two amazing women who are a part of our inclusion ministries which is made up of fol...
Mar 12, 2025•39 min
"How old will YOU be in 10 years? Julia (who will be 62 a decade from now) interviews students during Culture Conference and ask them: how can the church be your beloved community both now, and years in the future from now. Listen in and get inspired about what it means to be a community where every generation is connected to the one before *and the one coming in the future. SPECIAL THANKS to the amazing students who joined the pod. You’re ALL the very best podcast guests ever 💪🏼✌🏼❤️😻💯 "
Feb 24, 2025•44 min
In this episode about being a part of the beloved community of God, Julia hosts a conversation about how current events are impacting our New American sisters and brothers. About a quarter of Vineyard Columbus is foreign born, so this is a very personal conversation for many! And Julia's mother was born in a DP camp after WW2 and entered the US as a refugee when she was a child, so it's personal for her too. It's also personal for our guests: Dr Seleshi Asfaw is President and CEO of ETSS, an imm...
Feb 10, 2025•58 min•Season 6Ep. 2
Welcome back and happy 2025! The In Between is back with a series of conversations about what MLK Jr called the beloved community... this dream of unity marked by kingdom multi-ethnicity, diversity, and a deep orientation to the truth of the Imago Dei - that each human is made in the image of God from the very first moments a new life is forming in the womb. Okay. Poetic language and lofty imagery aside, becoming a community like this IS HARD work, IRL (In Real Life). Multiethnic community comes...
Jan 19, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Season 6Ep. 1
In this episode, we explore the struggles facing us in our walk with Jesus and how tools can help us strenghten our discipleship. Listen in as Eric Pickerill and Amanda Pershing introduce a brand new discipleship pathway called Vineyard Core, which aims at providing both online and in-person resources to help us all in our discipleship journey. To begin moving through Vineyard Core, sign up for a free account on vineyard.online
Aug 18, 2024•35 min
Charismatic Revival Fury, Part 2: Unpacked, with Dr Caleb Maskell, VUSA Associate Nat'l Director of Theology & Education. In this episode, we'll explore the history of connection, followed by strong divergence between John Wimber (founder of the Vineyard movement) and C Peter Wagner, founder of the NAR. These episodes help us understand the role of Wimber's leadership in working to draw theological frameworks and create Biblical boundaries around a novel spiritual movement, what happened whe...
Jul 21, 2024•59 min
Charismatic Revival Fury. Part 1, w/ Dr. Matt Taylor. Charismatic Revival Fury: The New Apostolic Reformation is an audio documentary that explains the history, leadership, and belief formation behind a growing and influential group of evangelicals in the US known as the New Apostolic Reformation, many of whom ended up at the Capitol riot on Jan 6, and many of whom are still influencing much conversation in evangelical circles. What you might not know is that in the very early days of the NAR, V...
Jul 07, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Art Pereira is the Director of Events and Partnerships at Revoice, a Christian ministry that seeks to support and encourage LGBTQ+/SSA Christians who follow a historic sexual ethic — and those who love them. Art is passionate about discipleship, friendship, and Biblical community, and his thinking on these topics has been featured in conferences, podcasts, and a national best-selling book. Instagram: art_per
Jul 02, 2024•48 min
Listen in as Pastor Eric Pickerill and Pastor Insoo Kim discuss foundational virtues and dive deeper into June's conversation with Rich Villodas.
Jun 16, 2024•40 min
Listen in as Pastor Eric Pickerill, Pastor Insoo Kim and special guest Rich Villodas discuss foundational virtues. Rich Villodas is the Brooklyn-born lead pastor of New Life Fellowship, a large, multiracial church with more than seventy-five countries represented in Elmhurst, Queens. Rich graduated with a BA in pastoral ministry and theology from Nyack College. He went on to complete his Master of Divinity from Alliance Theological Seminary. Rich is the author of 3 books, the award winning The D...
Jun 02, 2024•33 min
Listen in as Julia, Hannah and Santos talk about practical ways we can build faith and community as they dive deeper into May's conversation about NextGen ministry.
May 19, 2024•42 min
Do you want to be inspired about how next gen Christians are being formed in faith, giftings, and identity? Julia and VC Students Pastor Santos Chaparro interview one of our VC Middle School students (and amazing production volunteer!) and a volunteer college-age leader (who was about to head into finals week!) and ask about what church has meant for them, how wrestling through vulnerable questions about identity has brought them closer to God and community, how we can continue to encourage them...
May 05, 2024•46 min
What are practical ways we can steward the Earth? How do we lead our communities towards positive solutions to safeguard our cities, neighborhoods, and the next generation from the effects of a warming world and life-threatening pollution? As we gear up for Earth Day on April 22, Julia sits down with Pastor Jenney Rice to discuss creation care and why it matters.
Apr 21, 2024•55 min
For the month of April, we wanted to revisit an episode we aired a couple of years back about how followers of Jesus can be good stewards of our environment and think biblically about creation care. It’s not an unpopular opinion today to say that Christians aren't necessarily known to care about the environment. But in this conversation, our executive pastor Daniel Nathan and co-senior pastor Eric Pickerill sit down with Rev. Mitchell Hescox – the President Emeritus of the Evangelical Environmen...
Apr 07, 2024•31 min
What does it look like to move toward beloved community? Julia and Eric sit down with Pastor Charles Montgomery and Pastor Adrienne Ash to talk about the upcoming Better Together conference at Vineyard Columbus.
Mar 31, 2024•39 min
Creative master Richard Smith III joins Eric and Julia for a continued conversation about spiritual construction, deconstruction, and restoration in a culture confronted with doubt.
Mar 17, 2024•45 min
Whole hearted reconstruction may look differently for everyone when everything is on fire. What does it look like to hold to a firm foundation in the midst of renovations of the heart? Brian Zahnd is a full-time pastor, an occasional author, and a would-be mountaineer. He and his wife Peri founded Word of Life Church in St. Joseph, Missouri. Brian is the author of eleven books, including When Everything's on Fire and The Wood Between the Worlds. • twitter.com/BrianZahnd • instagram.com/brianzahn...
Mar 03, 2024•53 min
Listen in as Julia and Adrienne talk about practical ways we can stop and choose friendship as they dive deeper into February's conversation with Ms. JoAnne Bland.
Feb 18, 2024•45 min
During her lifetime, JoAnne Bland has been a witness and participant in some of our nation’s most consequential civil rights battles. She began her civil rights activism in the early 1960s. The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) activists organized Bland and other area children and teenagers to participate in the civil rights movement. In the front lines of the struggle, the young Bland marched on "Bloody Sunday" and "Turn Around Tuesday," and the first leg of the successful March...
Feb 04, 2024•1 hr
Eric sits down with Pastor John Ma for a time of reflection and continued conversation about immigration and anxiety, as well as how we followers of Jesus can continue showing up as people who value others.
Jan 21, 2024•45 min
Welcome back! And happy 2024! Listen in to hear Julia and Eric alongside special guest and author, Curtis Chang, as they discuss belonging, anxiety, and ways we can embrace the immigrant and refugee. Curtis Chang is a theologian, consulting faculty member at Duke Divinity School, and senior fellow at Fuller Theological Seminary. He consults with nonprofits and government agencies and has taught at public, private, and Christian universities. He also leads Redeeming Babel, a nonprofit bringing th...
Jan 07, 2024•49 min
Julia wraps up season 4 with a few words! Thanks for being with us!
Nov 26, 2023•3 min
Season 4, episode 22 Two peoples, Jews and Palestinian Arabs, lay claim to the same piece of land. But who does it really belong to? Scripture, history, and contemporary politics add to the volatile conflict in the Middle East. Today we're joined by Rev. Colin Chapman, author of Whose Promised Land, to address the current, continuing conflict in the Middle East. Rev. Colin Chapman was born in India and brought up in Scotland. He was ordained in the Episcopal Church in Scotland and has taught at ...
Nov 15, 2023•1 hr
Season 4, episode 21 For this episode we revisit our 2022 interview with Pastor Andy Smith from the Belfast Vineyard about freedom from oppression - specifically as it relates to spiritual warfare and deliverance. Andy along with his wife Harmony have led Belfast City Vineyard since 2002. They also serve as Regional Leaders for the Vineyard Churches in Ireland, and have two teenagers.
Nov 12, 2023•57 min
Season 4, Episode 20 How should we think about miracles? Are they simply something Jesus did? Do miracles happen today? Why are we so skeptical when people say they've witnessed a miraculous healing or supernatural event? In this episode, Dr. Craig Keener shares the concrete evidence he's discovered for reasonable belief in modern-day miracles. Craig S. Keener (PhD, Duke University) is F. M. and Ada Thompson Professor of Biblical Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary. He is author of thirty-fou...
Oct 29, 2023•50 min
