Episodes
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Episode 112 - A Portland Hike
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
After an eighteen month absence, Shawn gives an update on their lives and solicits prayers for their future endeavors (both personally and missionally).
Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
Episode 111 - A New Day: From Texas to Maine, on Mission With God
Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
Shawn has a conversation with one of his new church members, Lori Day, who, along with her husband, Weston, showed up to his church a year ago, after making an unlikely move from Texas to Maine to join up with God's mission. Listen in as Lori shares her journey from atheism to grace, and from Texas to Maine.
Monday Oct 25, 2021
Episode 110 - From Cape Breton to Christ, with Jimmy Bungay
Monday Oct 25, 2021
Monday Oct 25, 2021
Shawn interviews a long-time friend he's known since childhood - a friend from the boonies of Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, Canada, where Shawn's family has a vacation home. Jimmy tells his remarkable story of coming to Christ - going from a context where there are very few Christians, and mostly just Catholics if anyone is, to one that is learning what it means to follow Jesus.
Monday Oct 04, 2021
Episode 109 - The Greatest Evangelistic Meeting Ever?
Monday Oct 04, 2021
Monday Oct 04, 2021
Shawn shares about an experience he had recently doing a sort of "public" evangelistic meeting, asking if it was, perhaps, the most successful one ever conducted. Of course, there is a twist to the whole experience, and he asks the question a little tongue-in-cheek.
Monday Sep 20, 2021
Episode 108 - Disciple-Making as Love-Making
Monday Sep 20, 2021
Monday Sep 20, 2021
Don't be too scandalized by the title: Shawn unpacks some recent realizations he's had about how to look at the idea of disciple-making. When understood in this way, he proposes it has a chance to elevate its significance.
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Thursday Sep 09, 2021
Episode 107 - Hello.
Thursday Sep 09, 2021
Thursday Sep 09, 2021
After a long, long hiatus, Shawn drops by with an update and a promise of future episodes.
Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
Episode 106 - Converts to Modernism, With Kessia Reyne Bennett
Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
Shawn has a really stimulating conversation with Pastor Kessia Reyne Bennett, pastor for discipleship at the College View Church in Lincoln, Nebraska, as they talk about her journey into faith, the community that drew her in, and whether or not we have to convert people to modernism in order to convert them to Christianity.
Friday Apr 16, 2021
Friday Apr 16, 2021
Shawn has a conversation with his new pal Kevin, who became an overnight TikTok star, reflecting on what that's been like personally and missionally - and how it relates to incarnational ministry.
Monday Mar 29, 2021
Episode 104 - From Institutional Church to Small Groups With Chad Stuart
Monday Mar 29, 2021
Monday Mar 29, 2021
Shawn has a conversation with his old friend Chad Stuart, pastor of the Spencerville Seventh-day Adventist Church, which is a large "institutional church" in Maryland. Chad talks about transitioning his church to focus on small groups, and what it's been like to do it with his whole family, prioritizing his children.
Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
Episode 103 - Seven Reasons You Should Move to Bangor
Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
The title is pretty self-explanatory: as a part of a major recruitment effort, where Shawn's church is trying to bring in 5-10 families to help with their missional work, Shawn provides seven reasons why you should consider moving to Bangor!