Word Made Digital

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- A lifetime of daily, hidden obedience. This is the legacy of Dutch watchmaker Corrie Ten Boom, whose heroic efforts saved hundreds of Jewish lives during the German occupation of the Netherlands in WWII. It was not at a small cost to her or her family. Now, actress Nan Gurley steps into her shoes in the retelling of her life story “The Hiding Place” on screen. Nan shares the lessons she’s learned from Corrie’s life of obedience and devotion to God and the hope that she hopes to share with those who watch the film. --- Learn more about "The Hiding Place": Website: https://thehidingplacefilm.com/ --- Learn more about Word Made Digital: Website: https://www.wordmadedigital.com/ Connect with us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/fsycm98m Join our Facebook Group "Digital Church": https://tinyurl.com/hfwuecm9 --- Thank you to our sponsors: Compassion Canada: https://www.compassion.ca/​​​ Canadian Bible Society: https://biblesociety.ca/ --- Music: "Good Morning" by Laxcity Musicbed Licensed

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- Should we embrace new technology? What does digital rest look like? Would Jesus read the Bible app, use Twitter or play video games? In 2023, with the digital age in full swing and technology changing faster than the weather, these are real (and important questions to consider). How is tech affecting us internally? Should churches engage with social media and tech trends, or is it a foothold for something destructive? This week we're asking a Canadian expert on the intersection of faith and technology, Andrew Noble. Andrew is a husband, father, and graduate of Heritage College & Seminary (MDiv). He has written for The Gospel Coalition Canada, has served as the Labs Director for FaithTech, and currently co-hosts a podcast called What Would Jesus Tech. Andrew is also currently in pastoral ministry at Grandview Church (Kitchener, Ontario). --- Learn more about Andrew Noble: Twitter: https://twitter.com/nobullnoble Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nobullnoble/ WWJT Podcast: https://www.whatwouldjesustech.com/all-episodes --- Learn more about Word Made Digital: Website: https://www.wordmadedigital.com/ Connect with us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/fsycm98m Join our Facebook Group "Digital Church": https://tinyurl.com/hfwuecm9 --- Thank you to our sponsors: Compassion Canada: https://www.compassion.ca/​​​ Canadian Bible Society: https://biblesociety.ca/ --- Music: "Good Morning" by Laxcity Musicbed Licensed

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- The Church/Christians haven't historically been the best at talking about or empowering singleness. Meisha Watson wants to change that. Her podcast "My Single Story" is airing out all the misconceptions and assumptions to help encourage and support Christian singles from ALL walks of life to find hope. Meisha has been a guest on the podcast before, but this time...we're going DEEP because we're in the same boat! Single, living in the digital age, Christian. Not a bad place to be, but when it comes to dating the odds are most definitely not in our favour. So -- get all your cringe out of the way and then LEAN IN. This is a good one! --- Learn more about Meisha Watson: Instagram: @iammeisha My Single Story: @mysinglestorypodcast Website: www.heymeisha.com --- Learn more about Word Made Digital: Website: https://www.wordmadedigital.com/ Connect with us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/fsycm98m Join our Facebook Group "Digital Church": https://tinyurl.com/hfwuecm9 --- Thank you to our sponsors: Compassion Canada: https://www.compassion.ca/​​​ Canadian Bible Society: https://biblesociety.ca/ --- Music: "Good Morning" by Laxcity Musicbed Licensed

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- --- Learn more about James Adams: Instagram: @jalexanderadams ProContent Instagram: @procontent Website: https://procontent.renewedvision.com/ --- Learn more about Word Made Digital: Website: https://www.wordmadedigital.com/ Connect with us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/fsycm98m Join our Facebook Group "Digital Church": https://tinyurl.com/hfwuecm9 --- Thank you to our sponsors: Compassion Canada: https://www.compassion.ca/​​​ Canadian Bible Society: https://biblesociety.ca/ --- Music: "Good Morning" by Laxcity Musicbed Licensed

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- Is it just me, or are we all a LOT more skeptical about the news we are reading? The reality is, everything we read has a skew or influence. Not everything we read is false, either. We went to one of the best to help us understand good journalism, good fact-checking and breaking through media noise. Bonnie Kristian is an experienced journalist skilled in compelling opinion writing, concise news delivery, and meticulous editing. She is the author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). As a journalist, she writes opinion pieces on foreign policy, religion, electoral politics, and more. Her column, "The Lesser Kingdom," appears in print and online at Christianity Today. --- Learn more about Bonnie Kristian: Instagram: @bonnie.kristian Website: www.bonniekristian.com --- Learn more about Word Made Digital: Website: https://www.wordmadedigital.com/ Connect with us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/fsycm98m Join our Facebook Group "Digital Church": https://tinyurl.com/hfwuecm9 --- Thank you to our sponsors: Compassion Canada: https://www.compassion.ca/​​​ Canadian Bible Society: https://biblesociety.ca/ --- Music: "Good Morning" by Laxcity Musicbed Licensed

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- Jesus asked His disciples, "Who do you say I am?" It's a question that still needs an answer today. Author Jared Brock explores this question in his new book "A God Named Josh", and the answer to that question may challenge everything you once thought about who Jesus was during his time on earth, starting with his very name. This is a charged, provocative book that Jared has researched, studied and pushed the boundaries of his own comfort to learn all that he can about Jesus, the most revolutionary man who ever lived. --- Learn more about Jared's book "A God Named Josh" https://www.amazon.ca/God-Named-Josh-Uncovering-Christ/dp/0764239627 --- Learn more about Word Made Digital: Website: https://www.wordmadedigital.com/ Connect with us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/fsycm98m Join our Facebook Group "Digital Church": https://tinyurl.com/hfwuecm9 --- Thank you to our sponsors: Compassion Canada: https://www.compassion.ca/​​​ Canadian Bible Society: https://biblesociety.ca/ --- Music: "Good Morning" by Laxcity Musicbed Licensed

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- Tens of MILLIONS have watched, shared and been impacted by the Christian show, "The Chosen". In fact, it's the first multi-season show centred around the life of Jesus, ever! This week we are chatting with one of the show's producers, Amanda Jenkins on their approach to sharing these real stories of Jesus to a mass audience, many without a Biblical background. We chat about the digital space and evangelism -- with SO many great takeaways for all of us working in Church communications. --- Learn more about The Chosen: Instagram: @thechosentvseries Website: https://new.thechosen.tv/ --- Learn more about Word Made Digital: Website: https://www.wordmadedigital.com/ Connect with us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/fsycm98m Join our Facebook Group "Digital Church": https://tinyurl.com/hfwuecm9 --- Thank you to our sponsors: Compassion Canada: https://www.compassion.ca/​​​ Canadian Bible Society: https://biblesociety.ca/ --- Music: "Good Morning" by Laxcity Musicbed Licensed

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- The art of person-to-person communication; like, how do we actually talk to people and with people? Why can this be so hard sometimes, or so one-sided? How do you join a conversation that’s already happening at a party? Is it rude to enter or exit a group already talking at a party? Why do people care that you know and use their names? How can you do verbal martial arts to get out of awkward conversations? This week we’re talking to a 30-year expert on training in the art of interpersonal communication. Dr. Mike Bechtel will give us some practical insights for introverts AND extroverts to improve our communication skills, be more self-aware, and build relationships by serving others. --- Listen to our weekly episodes of the podcast: Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/xw8k2t2r Apple Music: https://tinyurl.com/ytms6na7 Google: https://tinyurl.com/bjraf4vy --- Learn more about Dr. Mike Bechtle: Instagram: @mikebechtle Website: https:/www.mikebechtle.com/ --- Learn more about Word Made Digital: Website: https://www.wordmadedigital.com/ Connect with us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/fsycm98m Join our Facebook Group "Digital Church": https://tinyurl.com/hfwuecm9 --- Thank you to our sponsors: Compassion Canada: https://www.compassion.ca/​​​ Canadian Bible Society: https://biblesociety.ca/ --- Music: "Good Morning" by Laxcity Musicbed Licensed

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- Have you noticed the huge trend toward “Orphaned” believers? Many evangelicals find themselves untethered, disillusioned, and—ultimately—orphaned as they grapple with the churches of their youth and embark on a search for a more loving, less corrupted, or different theological expression of the Christian faith. This week’s podcast guest, Sara Billups is one of those “orphans”. She knows the grief of following Jesus while watching political pundits or powerful church leaders twist Christianity to support their ends. She knows the feeling of being alone, misunderstood, and maligned as she searches for a new way to participate in the story of God and his people. --- Listen to our weekly episodes of the podcast: Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/xw8k2t2r Apple Music: https://tinyurl.com/ytms6na7 Google: https://tinyurl.com/bjraf4vy --- Learn more about Sara Billups: Instagram: @sara.billups Website: www.sarabillups.com --- Learn more about Word Made Digital: Website: https://www.wordmadedigital.com/ Connect with us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/fsycm98m Join our Facebook Group "Digital Church": https://tinyurl.com/hfwuecm9 --- Thank you to our sponsors: Compassion Canada: https://www.compassion.ca/​​​ Canadian Bible Society: https://biblesociety.ca/ --- Music: "Good Morning" by Laxcity Musicbed Licensed

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- Missional Labs is an interdisciplinary community that works to launch new, imaginative ministry ventures in our modern missional context. As the church faces decline and disruption, millions will walk away from a faith that doesn't make sense. Reaching people for Jesus today requires a fresh take and imagination to see what's not yet. We're joined by Tyler Prieb and Steve Mulder -- two key leaders for Missional Labs and they are sharing their insights about what they are seeing in the modern Church, and how to lean into new ideas while building on a solid foundation of faith. --- Learn more about Missional Labs: Instagram: @missionallabs Website: www.missionallabs.com --- Learn more about Word Made Digital: Website: https://www.wordmadedigital.com/ Connect with us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/fsycm98m Join our Facebook Group "Digital Church": https://tinyurl.com/hfwuecm9 --- Thank you to our sponsors: Compassion Canada: https://www.compassion.ca/​​​ Canadian Bible Society: https://biblesociety.ca/ --- Music: "Good Morning" by Laxcity Musicbed Licensed

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- Clare Hooper is a 48-year-old mum and creative who is sweeping through TikTok with her cheerful, bright and colourful lifestyle. She lives out her own tagline "busy doing good" and shares tips from baking and styling to embracing grey hair. But how did she build her online community of 60k+? What inspires her to stay positive and enjoy the "grind" of content production? In this episode, Joanna and Clare discuss the joy of engaging online as your most authentic self and encourages us all to find the fun in learning something new (at any age!). --- Learn more about Clare Hooper: TikTok: @mrsclarehoops Instagram: @clarehooper YouTube:  @mrsclarehoops  --- Learn more about Word Made Digital: Website: https://www.wordmadedigital.com/ Connect with us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/fsycm98m Join our Facebook Group "Digital Church": https://tinyurl.com/hfwuecm9 --- Thank you to our sponsors: Compassion Canada: https://www.compassion.ca/​​​ Canadian Bible Society: https://biblesociety.ca/ --- Music: "Good Morning" by Laxcity Musicbed Licensed

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- We all go through life with an "anthropology"--an idea about what humans are like, our potentials and limitations. High anthropology--thinking optimistically about human nature--can breed perfectionism, anxiety, burnout, loneliness, and resentment. In today's conversation, popular author and theologian David Zahl explores how our ideas about human nature influence our expectations in friendship, work, marriage, and politics and invites us into a biblically rooted and surprisingly life-giving low anthropology, which fosters hope, deep connection with others, lasting love, vulnerability, compassion, and happiness. --- Learn more about David Zahl: Instagram: @mockingbirdnyc Book - "Low Anthropology": https://www.amazon.ca/Low-Anthropology-Unlikely-Gracious-Yourself/dp/158743556X Mockingbird Ministries: https://mbird.com/ --- Learn more about Word Made Digital: Website: https://www.wordmadedigital.com/ Connect with us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/fsycm98m Join our Facebook Group "Digital Church": https://tinyurl.com/hfwuecm9 - -- Thank you to our sponsors: Compassion Canada: https://www.compassion.ca/​​​ Canadian Bible Society: https://biblesociety.ca/ --- Music: "Good Morning" by Laxcity Musicbed Licensed

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- Do you feel like you're caught in the rat race of social media? Experiencing the heaviness of keeping up with an audience, while staying faithful to what you believe in. This week's guests can relate. Chelsea and Nick Hurst are Christian YouTubers who share their ups and downs for (mostly) the world to see. They've navigated wins and losses while building a following of over 1 million. In the midst of it all, they've stayed faithful and full of purpose -- but it hasn't always been easy. Learn more about their story in this week's podcast episode. --- Listen to our weekly episodes of the podcast: Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/xw8k2t2r Apple Music: https://tinyurl.com/ytms6na7 Google: https://tinyurl.com/bjraf4vy --- Learn more about Chelsea + Nick Hurst: YouTube:  @ChelseaandNick  Instagram: @chelseakayhurst + @officialnickh --- Learn more about Word Made Digital: Website: https://www.wordmadedigital.com/ Connect with us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/fsycm98m Join our Facebook Group "Digital Church": https://tinyurl.com/hfwuecm9 --- Thank you to our sponsors: Compassion Canada: https://www.compassion.ca/​​​ Canadian Bible Society: https://biblesociety.ca/ --- Music: "Good Morning" by Laxcity Musicbed Licensed

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- Zach Windahl is an author, speaker and professional encourager. No really... his books are so motivating and, especially for younger generations, help them remember God's goodness in hard times. Today he's sharing his journey as an entrepreneur, and building the network has today called "The Brand Sunday". If you're hoping to write a curriculum or books, or start online communities then this is a chat for you! --- Learn more about Zach Windahl: Instagram: @zachwindahl Website: https://www.zachwindahl.com/ --- Learn more about Word Made Digital: Website: https://www.wordmadedigital.com/ Connect with us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/fsycm98m Join our Facebook Group "Digital Church": https://tinyurl.com/hfwuecm9 --- Thank you to our sponsors: Compassion Canada: https://www.compassion.ca/​​​ Canadian Bible Society: https://biblesociety.ca/ --- Music: "Good Morning" by Laxcity Musicbed Licensed

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- How do we scale our marketing without losing authenticity? In a world of slick campaigns and selling techniques, Vik Harrison (and her husband Scott) chased a crazy dream: bringing water to the 1.1 billion people in the world who didn't have it. Charity:Water was born and in the decade following, has become a movement of over one million supporters providing clean water to 15 million+. Now Vik wants to share all her mess-ups and milestones with those wanting to start a non-profit or charity project that inspires them and changes the world. She leads courses, strategy sessions and coaching through her marketing business, Mission Critical. --- Watch this episode of our podcast here --- Learn more about Vik Harrison: Instagram: @vikharrison Website: www.missioncritical.co --- Learn more about Word Made Digital: Website: https://www.wordmadedigital.com/ Connect with us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/fsycm98m Join our Facebook Group "Digital Church": https://tinyurl.com/hfwuecm9 --- Thank you to our sponsors: Compassion Canada: https://www.compassion.ca/​​​ Canadian Bible Society: https://biblesociety.ca/ --- Music: "Good Morning" by Laxcity Musicbed Licensed

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- How do we reach high school students addicted to social media? Enter: Brain Barcelona. Brian is the founder of One Voice Student Missions and The Jesus Clubs. Since 2009 Brian has been a leader at the forefront of youth evangelism and is calling the high school students to surrender their lives to Jesus and calling the Church to our nation’s most unreached mission field: public high schools. Since 2020, The Jesus Clubs has grown to be a youth movement in the digital space where millions have heard the gospel and thousands have come to know Jesus. Brian lives with his family and community in Texas. --- Learn more about Brian Barcelona: Instagram: @brianbarcelona Website: https://brianbarcelona.com/ --- Learn more about Word Made Digital: Website: https://www.wordmadedigital.com/ Connect with us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/fsycm98m Join our Facebook Group "Digital Church": https://tinyurl.com/hfwuecm9 --- Thank you to our Season 9 sponsors: Compassion Canada: https://www.compassion.ca/​​​ Canadian Bible Society: https://biblesociety.ca/ ServeHQ: https://servehq.church/ --- Music: "Good Morning" by Laxcity Musicbed Licensed

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- In light of the fall of famous Christian leaders in recent years, the time has come for the church to reexamine its relationship to celebrity. Award-winning journalist Katelyn Beaty and author of "Celebrities for Jesus: How Personas, Platforms, and Profits Are Hurting the Church" explores how fame has reshaped the American church, and why celebrity is woven into the fabric of the evangelical movement. She identifies many ways fame has gone awry in recent years and shows us how evangelical culture is uniquely attracted to celebrity gurus over and against institutions. She offers a renewed vision of ordinary faithfulness, helping us all keep fame in its proper place. --- Learn more about Katelyn Beaty: Instagram: @katelyn_beaty Website: https://tinyurl.com/4afk2y72 --- Learn more about Word Made Digital: Website: https://www.wordmadedigital.com/ Connect with us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/fsycm98m Join our Facebook Group "Digital Church": https://tinyurl.com/hfwuecm9 --- Thank you to our Season 9 sponsors: Compassion Canada: https://www.compassion.ca/​​​ Canadian Bible Society: https://biblesociety.ca/ ServeHQ: https://servehq.church/ --- Music: "Good Morning" by Laxcity Musicbed Licensed

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- Life is too short to just go through the motions. We spend countless hours dreaming and planning to do the significant, noticeable and impressive and we miss the opportunities and relationships right in front of us. For Bob Goff, author of "Love Does", "Everybody Always" and most recently, "Undistracted" -- this invitation to live purposefully and with intention is what creates true depth. We can go to the ends of the earth, but how many of us have taken the time to walk across the street? Today's episode is an invitation to dream bigger, live deeper and love others with purpose. Thanks for joining us, leave a comment below! --- Learn more about Bob Goff: Instagram: @bobgoff Website: https://www.bobgoff.com/ --- Learn more about Word Made Digital: Website: https://www.wordmadedigital.com/ Connect with us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/fsycm98m Join our Facebook Group "Digital Church": https://tinyurl.com/hfwuecm9 --- Thank you to our Season 9 sponsors: Compassion Canada: https://www.compassion.ca/​​​ Canadian Bible Society: https://biblesociety.ca/ ServeHQ: https://servehq.church/ --- Music: "Good Morning" by Laxcity Musicbed Licensed

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- The Advent season is all about the attentive expectation for the coming of Jesus. This season is extremely special; full of hope and longing. For artist and author Bette Dickinson this attentive longing is the heart of the artist. Paying attention to the world around them, the artist longs for connection and meaning and expresses it through their work. Thanks for joining us, leave a comment below! --- Learn more about Bette Dickinson: Instagram: @bette_dickinson Website: https://www.bettedickinson.com/ --- Learn more about Word Made Digital: Website: https://www.wordmadedigital.com/ Connect with us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/fsycm98m Join our Facebook Group "Digital Church": https://tinyurl.com/hfwuecm9 --- Thank you to our Season 9 sponsors: Compassion Canada: https://www.compassion.ca/​​​ Canadian Bible Society: https://biblesociety.ca/ ServeHQ: https://servehq.church/ --- Music: "Good Morning" by Laxcity Musicbed Licensed

Welcome to the Word Made Digital Podcast! --- Jason Ballard had his heart radically transformed by Jesus when he was a teenager and yet today he still has moments of struggling with his faith. If we're honest with ourselves, we all struggle and wrestle. We embrace the mysteries of God and the world and are left with questions. This is one of the motivations Jason had to begin his work with young people at Alpha Canada and still inspires him in his work serving the city of Vancouver at The Way Church. He also provides leadership for the Canadian Church Leaders Network, helping build a community for pastors from coast to coast. We're so thankful for Jason's honest approach to faith, gifts, pastoring and how to build a collective network that builds each other up. --- Learn more about The Way Church + CCLN: Instagram: @theway_vancouver Website: https://www.thewaychurch.ca/ Instagram: @churchleadersnetwork Website: https://www.ccln.ca/ --- Learn more about Word Made Digital: Website: https://www.wordmadedigital.com/ Connect with us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/fsycm98m Join our Facebook Group "Digital Church": https://tinyurl.com/hfwuecm9 --- Thank you to our Season 9 sponsors: Compassion Canada: https://www.compassion.ca/​​​ Canadian Bible Society: https://biblesociety.ca/ ServeHQ: https://servehq.church/ --- Music: "Good Morning" by Laxcity Musicbed Licensed