Regent College Podcast

Many know him was one who led a life of poverty.  Others see him as one who brought renewal to the church.  Some even thought that he had the ability to communicate with animals.  So, who was St. Francis of Assisi, why did he live a life of poverty, and what impact did he have on the church and community at his time?  We had a conversation with Dr. Steven Watts about these questions and more.  We hope you enjoy the conversation!If this conversation peaks your interest Dr. Watts is teaching a this winter on the Life of St. Francis of Assisi.  Check it out here. Thanks for listening!Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube.To learn more about our summer programs visit:https://www.regent-college.edu/summerSubscribe to our newsletter to hear all about Regent College:https://www.regent-college.edu/about-us/subscribe

Why is it important to find the right language when we talk about mental health?  How should we talk about mental health that paints a more wholistic narrative?  What is the goal for those who have a mental illness and how can the church and community  support them in this?  What does it look like to hold one another's joy amidst suffering and sadness? We discuss these questions and more with Dr. John Swinton.  We hope you enjoy!If this conversation peaked your interest, John Swinton and Daniel Whitehead are teaching a  course this J-term, called "Seeking Sanctuary, Finding Shalom: Love, Community, and the Lived Experience of Mental Health Challenges".  Thanks for listening!Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube.To learn more about our summer programs visit:https://www.regent-college.edu/summerSubscribe to our newsletter to hear all about Regent College:https://www.regent-college.edu/about-us/subscribe

Many questions have come up in regards to the Apostle Paul based on some of the things he wrote in his letter.  Some have accused Paul of being arrogant, a jerk, a killjoy, a misogynist, and other accusation.  How are we to understand who Paul was in light of some of the things he said in his letters?  Dr. Paul Spilsbury has delved into and taught on the Apostle Paul and his letters.   In our conversation Dr. Spilsbury helps us pack these accusations and questions.  We hope you enjoy the conversation. If this conversation peaked your interest and you have more questions, Dr. Spilsbury is teaching a course at Regent called Paul and His Letters. Thanks for listening!Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube.To learn more about our summer programs visit:https://www.regent-college.edu/summerSubscribe to our newsletter to hear all about Regent College:https://www.regent-college.edu/about-us/subscribe

Toni Dolfo-Smith reflects on the last seven years journeying with his dad through dementia.  His latest exhibition reflects on those last years with his dad. Each section of this exhibit reflects his attempt to understand a different stage of his father’s dementia.  Through his art he was able to playfully reflect and shed light on dementia through painting.  We hope you enjoy the conversation. Check out Toni's painting here.  Thanks for listening!Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube.To learn more about our summer programs visit:https://www.regent-college.edu/summerSubscribe to our newsletter to hear all about Regent College:https://www.regent-college.edu/about-us/subscribe

What does amish quilt making and the fine arts have in common?  How does the home cultivate human flourishing for the world?  We had a conversation about these questions and more with Kate Miller.  Kate has had multiple exhibits in Regent's Dal Schindell Gallery and is known as a maintenance artist.  We hope you enjoy the conversation. To view some of Kates works check them out here. Thanks for listening!Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube.To learn more about our summer programs visit:https://www.regent-college.edu/summerSubscribe to our newsletter to hear all about Regent College:https://www.regent-college.edu/about-us/subscribe

We are in a series where we are having conversations with artist from Regent around their artistic journey, how their faith intersects, and the work they have created.  Abby Boggs will be filling in for Claire Perini for this series as Abby has an expertise in art herself.  This episode we had a conversation with a current student at Regent Daniel Du.  He shared with us his artistic journey and how his faith has impacted it.  He spoke to how  art speak to both the transcendent reality and the injustices that many experience?  Also, why it is art is so important for communication, especially in regards to controversial or misunderstood issues and ideas?  Lastly, we talked about the pressures that many artist feel in responding to every issue that gets raised in culture.    We hope you enjoy our conversation. Feel free to view Daniel's art as well while you listen to the conversation.  Also, if you haven't heard of it check out The Dal Schindell Gallery, which has many different art exhibitions throug

The Renegotiating Faith study found that faith formation in young adults has significantly changed.  Faith formation which once happened in an individuals teen years, is now happening significantly latter, happening in the early to mid-twenties.  Many young adults are questioning their faith, identities, and purpose.  Act Five is an organization pioneered by Jon Berends that desires to journey along side young adults in an intentional way.   In a world that is formed by consumerism, digital technology, and individualism, Act Five hopes to offer a better way in Christ, through adventure, travel, service, learning, and mentorship.  We hope you enjoy this conversation. Thanks for listening!Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube.To learn more about our summer programs visit:https://www.regent-college.edu/summerSubscribe to our newsletter to hear all about Regent College:https://www.regent-college.edu/about-us/subscribe

With the decline in religion many people look to science to solve questions around morality.  But can science be the foundation for morality?  What if anything can science teach us about morality?  Does the objectivity that science brings to many questions help us answer the moral ones?  We discussed these questions and more with Dr. Paul Nedelisky.  We hope you enjoy the conversation. Thanks for listening!Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube.To learn more about our summer programs visit:https://www.regent-college.edu/summerSubscribe to our newsletter to hear all about Regent College:https://www.regent-college.edu/about-us/subscribe

How is sharing a meal central to Christ's gospel and able to bring reconciliation, peace, and restoration? Can baking bread help us understand who God is?  How does sharing a meal with strangers or enemies transform a relationship?  We discussed these questions and more with Kendall Vanderslice who has spent years baking and leading workshops on how theology and food intersect.  We hope you enjoy this conversation.  To find out more about Kendall check out her website.  Thanks for listening!Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube.To learn more about our summer programs visit:https://www.regent-college.edu/summerSubscribe to our newsletter to hear all about Regent College:https://www.regent-college.edu/about-us/subscribe

Writing the history on anything is a large endeavour, but trying to do it in a thematic way is another challenge.  Dr. Brian Stanley recently wrote a book called Christianity in the Twentieth Century: A World History, which looks at both themes and case studies to tell the story of Christianity in the Twentieth Century.  We had a conversation about his book and themes he highlights throughout the century, such as nationalism, racism, genocide, as well as others.  We hope you enjoy the conversation.  If this conversation peaked your interest Dr. Stanley will be joining us at Regent on October nineteen to share on "Shifting Pattern in the British and American Protestant Globalism in the 19th and 20th Centuries".   Find more information here.  To learn more about Regent College and our upcoming  courses, visit:https://www.regent-college.eduThanks for listening!Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube.To learn more about our summer programs visit:https://www.regent-college.edu/summerSubscribe to ou

The Blues and Jazz music  speak to the dissidence, lament, and longing that many experience.  This music is unique in the sense that it finds its roots in the atrocities of slavery and the freedom experienced after emancipation.  The Exodus story was also about a people enslaved and oppressed.  We had a wonderful and enlightening conversation with Dr. Mark Glanville about the intersection of Jazz music and the Exodus story.  This conversation took place in Mark's living room where he played the piano for us.  So we hope you enjoy he conversation and the jazz music. To learn more about Regent College and our upcoming  courses, visit:https://www.regent-college.eduThanks for listening!Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube.To learn more about our summer programs visit:https://www.regent-college.edu/summerSubscribe to our newsletter to hear all about Regent College:https://www.regent-college.edu/about-us/subscribe

It is often said that we live in a post-Christian world, especially in the West.  While it may seem that way with a decline in church attendance, shifts in morality, and increasing hostility to Christianity, Dr. Rikk Watts offers a different perspective.  He puts forth that we actually live in the most Christian century and offers a few different reasons why.  We hope you enjoy the conversation.  To learn more about Regent College and our upcoming  courses, visit:https://www.regent-college.eduThanks for listening!Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube.To learn more about our summer programs visit:https://www.regent-college.edu/summerSubscribe to our newsletter to hear all about Regent College:https://www.regent-college.edu/about-us/subscribe

What can the letter of Philemon teach us about persuasion?  What is the difference between persuasion and manipulation?  Does one have to have the same worldview to persuade another?  What if the persuasion doesn't go the way you had hoped?  We discussed these questions and more with Dr. George Guthrie.   We hope you enjoy the conversation.  To learn more about Regent College and our upcoming  courses, visit:https://www.regent-college.eduThanks for listening!Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube.To learn more about our summer programs visit:https://www.regent-college.edu/summerSubscribe to our newsletter to hear all about Regent College:https://www.regent-college.edu/about-us/subscribe

Is king David to be looked at as a hero or exemplar?  What might we learn from his life, both the success and failure?  How does fiction open our imagination to the Biblical text?  We discussed these questions and more with Mark Buchanan, who has most recently written a fiction book on the life of David called David: Rise.  Mark also shared with us insight into his early writing career and gave some advise to young writers.  We hope you enjoy this conversation.  To learn more about Regent College and our upcoming  courses, visit:https://www.regent-college.eduThanks for listening!Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube.To learn more about our summer programs visit:https://www.regent-college.edu/summerSubscribe to our newsletter to hear all about Regent College:https://www.regent-college.edu/about-us/subscribe

Migration is a part of many peoples stories, including the refugee, the newcomer, and the foreigner.  It is also a part of the Biblical story, from Abraham to Joshua and even God as a migrant through Christ.  What might we learn from the experience of migration and how does God as a migrant impact our view of change?  We had a conversation with Dr. Charles Ringma about migration and also discussed Dr. Ringma's book, The Art of Healing Prayer: Bringing Christ's Wholeness to Broken People.To learn more about Regent College and our upcoming  courses, visit:https://www.regent-college.eduThanks for listening!Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube.To learn more about our summer programs visit:https://www.regent-college.edu/summerSubscribe to our newsletter to hear all about Regent College:https://www.regent-college.edu/about-us/subscribe

Sport is a universal activity and contributes to the ethos of societies and cultures.  How are we to understand sport from a theological and Biblical perspective?  Many athletes and fans of sports have a sacred mentality when it comes to the arena of sports.  So are sports sacred? What ways do sports affirm Christ and His gospel and in what ways are they antithetical to it? We discussed these questions and more with Dr. Iwan Russel Jones.  Enjoy! To learn more about Regent College and our upcoming  courses, visit:https://www.regent-college.eduThanks for listening!Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube.To learn more about our summer programs visit:https://www.regent-college.edu/summerSubscribe to our newsletter to hear all about Regent College:https://www.regent-college.edu/about-us/subscribe

How might the categories for race actually contribute to systemic and idealogical racism? Do racial categories accurately classify persons at a biological level?  Does placing individuals in groups or a categories have any Biblical grounding?  We discuss these questions and more with Dr. Elizabeth (Lisa) Sung, who is a Systematic Theologian and a Spiritual Director.  We also discussed Dr. Sung's journey and experience in spiritual direction.  We hope you enjoy the conversation. To learn more about Regent College and our upcoming  courses, visit:https://www.regent-college.eduThanks for listening!Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube.To learn more about our summer programs visit:https://www.regent-college.edu/summerSubscribe to our newsletter to hear all about Regent College:https://www.regent-college.edu/about-us/subscribe

How is the history of Christianity in South Asia different from that of Western Christianity?  Why is Evangelical Christianity difficult to disconnect from Western Imperialism for Hindu, Buddhist, and Islamic ideologies? What can Sri Lankan history teach us about working with grass roots organizations and across religious and denominational lines?  We discuss these questions and more with Dr. Prabo Mihindukulasuriya who will be teaching at Regent starting Fall 2022.  We hope you enjoy this conversation.  To learn more about Regent College and our upcoming  courses, visit:https://www.regent-college.eduThanks for listening!Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube.To learn more about our summer programs visit:https://www.regent-college.edu/summerSubscribe to our newsletter to hear all about Regent College:https://www.regent-college.edu/about-us/subscribe

How does art inform us and give us hope in the face of death?  What can art from the past teach us about facing death and how to embrace our finality?  We discussed these questions with Dr. Joy M. Clarkson as well as her new book "Aggressively Happy: A Realist's Guide to Believing in the Goodness Life" , which seeks to cultivate happiness, grit, determination, and humour amidst tragedy and suffering.  We hope you enjoy this conversation. To learn more about Regent College and our upcoming  courses, visit:https://www.regent-college.eduThanks for listening!Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube.To learn more about our summer programs visit:https://www.regent-college.edu/summerSubscribe to our newsletter to hear all about Regent College:https://www.regent-college.edu/about-us/subscribe

How are we to understand work and vocation?  What does it mean to have meaningful work and do all people experience this?  Is Sabbath meant to be for followers of Jesus today?  What does the workaholic and idler have in common?  We discussed these questions and more with Dr. R. Paul Stevens.  We hope you enjoy the conversation. Thanks for listening!Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube.To learn more about our summer programs visit:https://www.regent-college.edu/summerSubscribe to our newsletter to hear all about Regent College:https://www.regent-college.edu/about-us/subscribe