Right Side Up Podcast with Danielle Strickland

S07 E11 On this weeks episode of the Danielle Strickland Podcast, season mind Blown, James and Danielle are joined by author and speaker Brad Jersak. Based in Abbotsford, BC, he serves as a reader and monastery preacher at All Saints of North America Orthodox Monastery. He also occasionally teaches at The Bridge in Abbotsford. Through his books and seminars, Brad shares the good news that God is Love, perfectly revealed in Jesus Christ. He teaches others how to encounter God through the practice of ”listening prayer,” through which God’s love heals wounded hearts and empowers us to heal this broken world.Brad Jersak’s foundational book, Can You Hear Me? Tuning in to the God who speaks trains readers in the ways of “Listening Prayer.” This book provides biblical teaching and 33 practical exercises for discerning God’s voice.To know more about Brad's and his wife Eden's ministry, go to www.bradjersak.comTo know more about Danielle, go to www.daniellestrickland.com or find her on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. James Sholl is the pastor at Wellspring Worship Centre in Toronto Ontario. To know more, go to wellspringtoronto.ca Get full access to Right Side Up: Danielle Strickland at daniellestrickland.substack.com/subscribe

S07 E10 Listen in as we talk with Darrell Johnson about what has blown his mind in scripture, theology, and our understanding of who God is.  Darrell his wife Sharon are parents to four children, each adopted from a different part of the world, and now enjoy nine grandchildren.  He is currently engaged in writing, itinerate preaching, mentoring young preachers, and serving Regent as “Teaching Fellow.” During his full-time service with Regent, Darrell taught many courses, including Introduction to Preaching and Worship, Re-Evangelization of the West, Education & Equipping, Pastoral Care, and preaching of various books of the Bible (John, Psalms, Sermon on the Mount). Also during that time many of his expository sermons were put into book form, including sermons on The Revelation of Jesus Christ (Discipleship On the Edge), the Beatitudes (Living in Sync with the Reign of God), Experiencing the Trinity, and the Lord’s Prayer (Fifty-Seven Words That Change the World). He is the author of a major work on preaching, The Glory of Preaching. To know more about Danielle Strickland, go to daniellestrickland.com, and to know more about James Sholl, go to wellspringtoronto.ca  Get full access to Right Side Up: Danielle Strickland at daniellestrickland.substack.com/subscribe

S07 E09 Our true nature.  What do you believe about humanity?   What do you believe about yourself? What if under all the distressing disguises of sin is goodness and blessing? How might that change the way we view the world? The way we view God? What if the genesis story isn’t just about sin and judgement? What if much more is happening than we once thought!! These are just a few of the things we discuss in this riveting episode of the MIND BLOWN season of the Danielle Strickland podcast! Danielle Shroyer is an author, speaker, spiritual director, and former pastor. A founding member in the emerging church movement, Danielle served as the pastor of one of the nation’s first independent emerging communities of faith for nearly a decade. Her primary goal as a pastor was to help people going through a season of spiritual deconstruction find healthy, sustainable, and meaningful ways to reconstruct their faith. Danielle has a particular heart for the spiritual-but-not-religious, and has long advocated for fresh approaches to spiritual community.To know more about our wonderful guest Danielle Shroyer, go to danielleshroyer.com Get full access to Right Side Up: Danielle Strickland at daniellestrickland.substack.com/subscribe

S07 E08 Jo Saxton is an author, speaker, podcaster, and entrepreneurial coach. Born to Nigerian parents and raised in London, Jo brings a multicultural and international perspective to her leadership training for women. A sought-after speaker, Jo has a diverse calendar addressing universities, churches, national conferences, nonprofits, and corporations, including Q, Catalyst, Evereve, NoonDay Collection, LakeShore Media, and internationally in the U.K. and Australia. To know more about Jo and all her ministry ventures, for to josaxton.com Get full access to Right Side Up: Danielle Strickland at daniellestrickland.substack.com/subscribe

S07 E07 Lisa Sharon Harper is an infectious leader who is filled with grace and truth (someone else was described this way in Scripture - oh yeah! It was Jesus!).  Seriously, Lisa shares such amazing wisdom here - blowing our minds! Listen and be amazed and then be moved to support her incredible work and life - check out her initiatives here: A prolific speaker, writer and activist, Ms. Harper is the founder and president of FreedomRoad.us, a consulting group dedicated to shrinking the narrative gap in our nation by designing forums and experiences that bring common understanding, common commitment and common action.Ms. Harper is the author of several books and is a columnist.  She writes extensively on shalom and governance, immigration reform, health care reform, poverty, racial and gender justice, climate change, and transformational civic engagement. Get full access to Right Side Up: Danielle Strickland at daniellestrickland.substack.com/subscribe

S07 E06  Let's talk about worship.  In this episode of the Danielle Strickland Podcast, James and Danielle do just that! What is it, and what isn't is.  What does God want it to be? How can we learn and grow from the prophetic witness of Scripture regarding the kind of worship God requires?Let your mind be blown!  Get full access to Right Side Up: Danielle Strickland at daniellestrickland.substack.com/subscribe

S07 E05 This week on the Danielle Strickland Podcast, season Mind Blown, Danielle and James were honoured to be joined by guest Sandra Van Opstal! It was a conversation filled with revelation, challenge, tension, joy AND practical ideas.  This episode will help us all move toward being a Kingdom people!Sandra Maria Van Opstal, a second-generation Latina, pastors at Grace and Peace Community on the west-side of Chicago.  She is a preacher, liturgist and activist who re-imagining the intersection of worship and justice.In her fifteen years with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Sandra mobilized thousands of college students for God’s mission of reconciliation and justice in the world. Sandra served as Director of Worship for the Urbana Missions Conference, Chicago Urban Program Director, Latino National Leadership Team (LaFe), and Northwestern University Team leader (Multiethnic fellowship).For more from Sandra, go check out her website sandravanopstal.com and Chasing Justice - her latest initiative to keep Jesus at the centre.  Get full access to Right Side Up: Danielle Strickland at daniellestrickland.substack.com/subscribe

S07 E04 In this weeks episode, James and Danielle disucss one of James' favorite passages of scripture that has blown his mind.  The Parable of the Prodigal Son. Or is it?  Discover more by tuning into this weeks episode of the Danielle Strickland Podcast. To know more about Danielle go to daniellestrickland.com or follow her on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @daniellejstrickland . To know more about James and the work he does go to wellspringtoronto.ca  Get full access to Right Side Up: Danielle Strickland at daniellestrickland.substack.com/subscribe

S07 E03 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 holds a Master of Divinity from Alliance Theological Seminary. He enjoys reading widely, preaching and writing on contemplative spirituality, justice-related matters, and the art of preaching. He's been married to Rosie since 2006 and they have two beautiful children, Karis and Nathan. His first book, The Deeply Formed Life, is now available wherever books are sold.To know more about Rich, for to richvillodas.comFor more about Danielle Strickland for to daniellestrickland.com. Get full access to Right Side Up: Danielle Strickland at daniellestrickland.substack.com/subscribe

What we think about God is pivotal to the way we think about everything and everyone else. Join James Sholl and Danielle Strickland as they discuss how wrong they were about God! And get ready to be excited about how God is the opposite of what they used to think. I wonder what else we've been wrong about?  Get full access to Right Side Up: Danielle Strickland at daniellestrickland.substack.com/subscribe