Today, we brought in Janet Arneson, homeschool mom of 4. For many of us, we are homeschooling either out of desire or necessity. Janet gives us some perspective on teaching and discipling our kids at home. She also gives us some great life hacks to make this a season of flourishing. And finally, a liturgy for Chromebooks. 

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What am I doing homeschooling?!

Deana and Carrie take a look at John's life as an older, exile living on Patmos. We also talk through how at home church can be both good and worshipful.

1 John: Insights from an Elder

Peace seems to be a spiritual unicorn-everyone wants to have it, but it seems difficult to find. Scattered within his questioning, doubt, and turmoil, Gideon proclaims, "The Lord is Peace." How can we declare Jesus as our peace regardless of the battles that surround us? 

Names of God: Jehovah Shalom

Deana Rogers, Caitlin Anderson, Susie Lackey, and Carrie Vaughn join Erin Amsden for a time of virtual GATHER. While we can't meet together for our typical GATHER event, this conversation and time of musical worship reminds us that God is shepherding us in the simple and the hard. 

Gather Event: April 2020

Kay shares with us several insights from her study of shepherds and sheep. We had a great discussion about the various ways a shepherd protects, cares for, and disciplines his sheep.

Names of God: Jehovah Ra’ah with Kay Cooper

We travel with Ruth and Naomi as they Boaz, a figure of redemption. Also joining us is college student, Selah Vaughn. Growing up in China and going to university in America, she has an inside look into being a foreigner in two different countries. There was also a mention of Depression Era meatloaf. Join us as we understand the deeper meaning behind Haggo'el.

Names of God: Haggo'el with Selah Vaughn

We talk with Carrie's daughter, Selah, about how being raised in China has given her a deeper understanding of Boaz's kindness to the foreigner, Ruth. As a college freshman, she has seen the Lord continue to show his steadfastness to her through the kindness of strangers. Join us as we talk about how the name Haggo'el should bring us to a place of lovingkindness towards all. 

Understanding the Lord as our Banner (Nissi) is timely. Join Deana and Carrie as they talk about Aaron and Hur's obligation to Moses and how we are to support those on the front lines of COVID-19. We also talk through God's demonstration of faithfulness to the Israelites as they battle it out with the Amalekites. 

Jehovah Nissi: At the park edition

Disruption, inadequacies, and control. In the midst of this quarantine, these are all things we've been confronted with. The three of us sit down to see how Moses and God tackle these fundamental human flaws.  We see how God disrupted Moses through the burning bush and then, by revealing His name as YAHWEH.  

Names of God: YAHWEH with Rachel Gendreau

Today we unearth the meaning of Jehovah Jireh with Erica Day. She spent over 7 years living and working in China and is now serving at ASU. Erica shares stories of taxi cab mishaps and how God has been a Jehovah Jireh in her own life. We also look at how this provision given to Abraham and Isaac is pulled forward in the gift of Jesus. 

Jehovah Jireh with Erica Day

Holly Butler joins us to talk through Hagar's encounter with El Roi in the wilderness. The three of us wrestle with God asking us to enter back into hard places, but walking into it confident of El Roi-the God who sees. 

El Roi with Holly Butler

This week we sit down with Susie Lackey and talk about El Shaddai. From packing up her life in Colorado and moving to Tempe to my crazy relationship with automated cars, we cover the gamut this week. We also dig into the various angles that make up the name, El Shaddai, through the understanding of a Rabbi from New Jersey. Thanks for coming!

El Shaddai

We love launching each season with a Gather Event where we eat together, sing, reconnect with friends and meet new women who are joining an ID group to study with us.  This podcast includes two excerpts from our evening together.  Emma Tautolo interviewed Nicky Stevens, from HOPE, an organization that serves the homeless in our community.  We are excited to partner with HOPE as our Outward Focus this season.  Deana Rogers introduced our new study: The Names of God: To Know Him and Be Known.  Enjoy!

Names of God: Gather Launch excerpts

Welcome back to our Spring Season of Around the Table.  We are launching our new study this week about the Names of God and gather around our podcast table to talk about names and their meanings. As we discover the stories behind the names of God, our prayer is that we will encounter Jesus and know more deeply the presence of his Spirit in our lives.

The Names of God: To Know Him and Be Known / Introduction

This episode has two parts. We begin with an interview from our October Gather event with Erin Vucurevich and foster mom, Jen Hanson.  Jen opens our eyes to the life of foster care and adoption, her family’s stories,  and the way God and community are vital to caring for the vulnerable.  Next, we hear from  Kiersten Traina and Erin to take a deeper dive into the work of Foster Care, Kinship, and Adoption and how God is and internal part of every piece of that story.

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