The Rabbit Trails Podcast

There seems to be a bit of social contagion around people deconstructing their faith these days. To be honest, some parts of faith need to be deconstructed. But which parts? This important conversation needs ot to happen more openly and honestly in the community of faith and within that community, there needs to be a place for reconstructing the parts that fall. 

Being a missionary is learning to communicate and think cross-culturally. Heck, being alive in the modern world is itself an exercise in living cross-culturally! But how do you do it? Far from experts in life, but with a few trips around the block and more mistakes than we care to remember, we share a few of the things we have learned. Whether you are living in a foreign country or just trying to understand the place you grew up, we think these things can be of service. 

 

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Burnout. It's not just a river in Egypt. Burnout and a lack of resiliency has been a main contributor to missionaries leaving the field, but also now in Europe to Europeans in their home country leaving ministry as well. In this attempt, we try to put words to what we are seeing and how we think it can be avoided. 

 

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Ok, we talk about the Camino de Santiago A LOT. We get it. But it is so interesting! Barrett and the Family have just returned from walking the last 120km together and the guys take this time to discuss what it is like to walk the Camino with a family versus walking it without family. Completely different Caminos for sure, but both very much worth it.

We take an episode to talk about books that we find interesting and impactful. Maybe you have read some, maybe you get a few ideas. 

After a bit of a summer break the guys revisit some of the realities of the present times, discussing whether or not we face the changing of everything or the continuation of life and all the rest. 

Missions and missionaries have fallen on hard times in some circles these days. Today the guys take up a brief but important discussion around the topic and why missions matters and how it has changed. 

Has Europe really changed? Let's talk about it. 

Today we talk with Samuel Perez, former staff with Agape Spain and all around incredible guy. We talk about how to reach this current world around us and journey with Sam from his roots as a Catholic to working with a Protestant Evangelical organization to his training to become an Anglican priest. 

The reality of COVID-19 has led to the widespread usage of the word, "Unprecedented." Is it though? Barrett ponders the meaning of the word, our lack of historical perspective to allow us to use such words, and then turns it to think a little deeper into the human response to such matters, reflecting on why we as Christians in times of crisis turn to control and false idols. Also, it's short!