Ericast 127 - Happy Birthday, Ericast!

Five years! Five years! Well, actually more like "Into our sixth year!"... but that doesn't have the same ring to it.

This week, just a couple quick reflections on how how the world of podcasting (and a couple other aspects of the world... but mostly the "world of podcasting") has changed in the past half-decade... or how much it hasn't changed, in a lot of cases.

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Ericast 126 - Dying to Live

Going a different direction for this week's Ericast... we have a clip from Tim Vanderveld, Worship Ministries pastor at Berean Baptist Church in Burnsville, Minnesota.

So what?

Well, barring a miracle (which is certainly possible, in theory... but not likely, because miracles aren't "normative")... Tim will be dead in a few weeks.

But for now he's fine, and he spoke to a gathering of "adult Sunday schools" this past Sunday. It's a very strange situation, and one that I think has not only given Tim a lot of wisdom but has allowed him the strength to voice that wisdom to others. I thought there would be a lot of value in sharing his words with a wider audience.

(For those of you not tied to Berean, Tim's initial remarks have a few family notes that might not seem very interesting -- do you really care about his daughter's college schedule? -- but I left them in because it gives context to how Tim is living out his final days.)

For more information:

• Tim's CaringBridge Page
• Berean Baptist Church worship ministries

Ericast 125 - Filing February Feedback

Loads and loads of feedback for the month of February... all from two people, but loads nonetheless! Thanks to Jonzer and Matt!

A couple links, just for fun (and because they're a bit relevant to the podcast):

• Map of Mt. Diablo
• "All Your Base" description and video
• Debate formats - "Policy" vs. "Lincoln-Douglas"
• Still pondering Luke 18:9-14
  

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