Episode 11: Marlena Graves & Tim Soerens (plus a book giveaway!)

Jen is joined by Marlena Graves and Tim Soerens for a great conversation about counter-cultural reading practices and listening to voices on the margins. Plus, we are excited to offer a book giveaway sponsored by InterVarsity Press! Check out the episode for details.Marlena Graves is a writer, deep thinker, and speaker passionate about the eternal implications of our life with God. She received her M.Div. from Northeastern Seminary in Rochester, New York, and is pursuing her PhD in American Culture Studies at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. In 2014, she released her first book, A Beautiful Disaster: Finding Hope in the Midst of Brokenness. Her newest book, The Way Up is Down: Becoming Yourself by Forgetting Yourself released last month with InterVarsity Press. She lives in Ohio with her husband and three daughters.Tim Soerens is a pastor, social entrepreneur, and co-founding director of the Parish Collective, a global movement which reimagines what it means to be the church in, with, and for the neighborhood. Tim has also launched sold-out conferences including the  Inhabit Conference. In 2014, he co-authored The New Parish: How Neighborhood Churches Transform Mission, Discipleship, and Community. His new book, Everywhere You Look: Discovering the Church Right Where You Are recently released with InterVarsity Press. Tim lives in Seattle with his wife and two sons.Books mentioned in this episode:Beautiful Disaster: Finding Hope in the Midst of Darkness by Marlena GravesThe Way Up is Down: Becoming Yourself by Forgetting Yourself by Marlena GravesThe New Parish: How Neighborhood Churches are Transforming Mission, Discipleship & Community by Tim SoerensEverywhere You Look: Discovering the Church Right Where You Are by Tim SoerensThe Jesus Way: A Conversation on the Ways that Jesus is the Way by Eugene PetersonIn the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership by Henri NouwenThe Life of St. Francis of Assisi b St. BonaventureThe Complete Works of John ChrysostomStart With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon SinekAdvent: The Once and Future Coming of Jesus Christ by Fleming RutledgeFoolishness to the Greeks: The Gospel and Western Culture by Lesslie NewbiginSabbath as Resistance: Saying No to the Culture of Now by Walter BrueggemanActs: A Theological Commentary on the Bible by Willie James JenningsYou Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit by James K.A. SmithTattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion by Gregory BoyleBallpark: Baseball in the American City by Paul GoldbergerBraiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall KimmererThe Harry Potter Series by J.K. RowlingWings of Fire Series by Tui T. SutherlandA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonDignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America by Chris ArnadeThe Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel WilkersonCaste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel WilkersonBlue Highways: A Journey Into America by William Least Heat-Moon