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Between Heaven & Earth
by Encounter Culture Mission Collaborative
If you want more from the Christian life, this podcast is for you. We’ll guide you as a follower of Jesus to bring Heaven and Earth together in your family, neighborhood, and community. In each episode, we’ll explore what the Spirit of God is doing in and around us, empower you to thrive in the collision of kingdoms and join Jesus in His great project of restoration until His glorious return.
Episodes
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Episode 40: Necessity of Ancient-Future Confession: Shouldn't be a leader without it
Show Notes Justin and Amy Howard continue their ancient-future conversation on confession, turning to what it means for the formation of leaders. Drawing on Amy's Doctor of Ministry interviews with clergy across many traditions, they name a striking pattern: most pastors were never meaningfully...
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Episode 39: Necessity of Ancient-Future Confession: Inroducing Directed Confession
Summary In this episode of Between Heaven and Earth, Justin Howard and Amy Howard explore the role of confession in the formation of Christian leaders and the health of the church. Drawing from Amy’s doctoral research interviews with pastors and clergy, they uncover a striking pattern: many…
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Episode 38: Necessity of Ancient-Future Confession: Our own stories
Summary In this episode of Between Heaven and Earth, Justin Howard and Amy Howard discuss confession as a powerful pathway to healing, freedom, and restoration. They challenge the idea that confession is only private or “Catholic,” introducing “directed confession” as a biblical practice of...
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Episode 36: Kingdom Ecclesiology: Interview with a Disciple-Maker
Summary In this episode of Between Heaven and Earth, Justin and Amy Howard talk with Matt Schneider, a former Anglican priest turned missionary in Springfield, Massachusetts. Matt shares his journey from traditional ministry to launching a grassroots disciple-making movement in a highly...
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Episode 35: Kingdom Ecclesiology: Metrics of Success
Summary The episode redefines church success beyond attendance and programs, calling believers to live missionally in everyday life. It emphasizes disciple-making, healing (“mending”), and testimonies as true measures of spiritual growth, while challenging passive church culture and overburdened...
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Episode 34: LENT
Summary In this episode of Between Heaven and Earth, Justin and Amy Howard describe Lent as a season of fasting, prayer, and repentance that deepens dependence on Jesus. Rooted in the church calendar, Lent invites believers to embrace human frailty, reflect on Christ’s life, and create space for...
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Episode 33: Kingdom Ecclesiology: Missional Hospitality (the closest to a silverbullet we've found)
The Celtic Way of Evangelism BELAY Affiliate Link Summary Between Heaven and Earth, hosted by Justin and Amy Howard, explores missional hospitality as an everyday practice of joining God where He is already at work. In this episode, they clarify that being missional is not about entertaining or...
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Episode 32: Kingdom Ecclesiology: Big church, little church - doesn't matter - do these things!
Summary The episode “Between Heaven and Earth,” hosted by Justin and Amy Howard, challenges church models that overburden pastors and underutilize congregants. Using the image of an energetic dog confined to a small space, the hosts describe how spiritually gifted believers become frustrated when...
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Episode 31: Kingdom Ecclesiology | The Weight Pastors Carry—and the Gifts We Don’t
The “Between Heaven and Earth” podcast with Justin and Amy Howard examines church leadership and challenges the modern expectation that pastors do everything. They introduce spiritual formation practices and Encounter Life cohorts that help believers grow in their relationship with God. The…
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Advent Week 5B
The Immanent Frame Lectio Divina “Sacred Reading" Highlights ✨ Advent is a season of dual preparation: celebrating Christ’s birth and anticipating His second coming. 📖 The devotional uses a fourfold Scripture reading method: acquaintance, friendship, intimacy, and union. 🎶 Original music by…
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Advent Week 5A
The Immanent Frame Lectio Divina “Sacred Reading" Highlights 🎄 Advent is a season of dual preparation: celebrating Jesus’ first coming and anticipating His second advent. 📖 The practice of Lectio Divina is used to engage Scripture deeply through repeated readings and prayerful reflection. ✍️...
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Advent Message 4B
The Immanent Frame Lectio Divina “Sacred Reading" Highlights ✨ Advent is a season of dual preparation: celebrating Christ’s first coming and anticipating His return as warrior king. 📖 The series uses a fourfold scripture reading method to deepen engagement with the biblical text. 🕊️ Emphasis on...
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Advent Message 4
The Immanent Frame Lectio Divina “Sacred Reading” Highlights ✨ Advent as a season of dual preparation: celebrating Christ’s first coming and anticipating His second advent. 📖 Guided scripture meditation focusing on Luke 1:67-79, Zechariah’s prophecy filled with hope and salvation. 🧘♂️...
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Advent Message 3
The Immanent Frame Lectio Divina “Sacred Reading” Highlights 🙏 Guided devotional for scripture engagement and reflection ✨ Prepares for Christ’s first and second coming 📖 Uses Lectio Divina: four readings with different focuses 🎵 Original music enriches spiritual experience 🕊️ Welcomes the…
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Advent Message 2B
The Immanent Frame Lectio Divina “Sacred Reading” Highlights 🎄 Advent looks back to Christ’s birth and ahead to His return. 📖 Isaiah 35 is read four times to deepen reflection. ✍️ Journaling helps process insights and distractions. 🕊️ The Holy Spirit guides healing and transformation. 💧…
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Advent Message 2
The Immanent Frame Lectio Divina “Sacred Reading” Highlights ✨ Advent prepares for both Christ’s birth and return. 📖 Lectio Divina engages heart, mind, and body. 🎵 Original music enhances prayerful atmosphere. 🕊️ Luke 1:5-17 recounts Zechariah’s angelic visitation and John’s prophecy. ✍️...
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Advent Message 1B
The Immanent Frame Lectio Divina “Sacred Reading” Highlights ✨ Advent remembers Christ’s first coming and anticipates His return. 📖 Focuses on Isaiah 9:6–7 and the Messiah’s reign. 🧘♂️ Uses multiple scripture readings for deeper engagement. 📝 Journaling supports processing emotions and...
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Advent - Message 1
The Immanent Frame Lectio Divina “Sacred Reading” Highlights ✨ Advent prepares believers for both Christ’s birth and His return. 📖 Scripture is meant to transform the heart, not just inform the mind. 🔥 The Emmaus story models encountering Jesus through Scripture. 🙏 Guided prayer uses four...
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Episode 30: Part 2: Bridging the Divide: A Candid Conversation on Ethnicity, Racism and the Gospel of the Kingdom
Summary The Between Heaven and Earth episode, hosted by Justin and Amy Howard, features a powerful conversation with Reverend Michael Worsley about race, ethnicity, and the gospel of the kingdom. Michael shares his journey as a Black Christian in predominantly white spaces, including lessons...
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Episode 29: Real People Between Heaven & Earth: Nursing, Looking Good, Encountering God
Summary This episode of Between Heaven and Earth, hosted by Justin and Amy Howard, features Carrie Wolfe—a frontline minister, pediatric nurse, church planter, and mother of three from Portland, Maine. Carrie shares her journey of faith and ministry in one of America’s most post-Christian cities,...
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Episode 26: The Power of an EncounterLife Cohort - A Pastor's Experience
💡 Our podcast is 100% crowd-funded. Want to help us keep these conversations going? Partner with us here: BECOME A SPONSOR! EncounterLife for Pastors: REGISTER HERE! Summary The podcast episode Between Heaven and Earth, hosted by Justin and Amy Howard, features Reverend Matthew McIntosh sharing...
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Episode 25: Trinitas Unleashed: A Bold New Approach to Spiritual Direction
💡 Our podcast is completely crowd-funded. If these conversations matter to you, would you consider partnering with us? Learn more here: https://keap.page/mlh527/podcast-affiliate-landing-page.html Summary This episode of Between Heaven and Earth with Justin and Amy Howard features Paula Schrod…
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Episode 24: Heaven and Earth in the Workplace: Beauty, Presence, and Intercession
💡 Our podcast is completely crowd-funded. If these conversations matter to you, would you consider partnering with us? Learn more here: https://keap.page/mlh527/podcast-affiliate-landing-page.html Summary The Between Heaven and Earth podcast, hosted by Justin and Amy Howard, features Ashleigh...
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Episode 23: Learning from the Nations: Encounter Origins, Deliverance, and Longevity in Ministry
💡 Between Heaven and Earth is fully crowd-funded, which means every episode exists because of listeners like you. Want to help us keep sharing these conversations? Partner with us here: https://keap.page/mlh527/podcast-affiliate-landing-page.html Summary The Between Heaven and Earth podcast,...
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Episode 22: Part 2: The Zeitgeist is Eating your Lunch: The spirit of Judgement
🔗 Sponsor Us If this podcast has been life-giving to you, we invite you to partner with us! Between Heaven and Earth is a crowdfunded venture, and we depend on the generosity of listeners like you. Your support helps us continue creating content that brings hope and healing. Click Here to Give!…
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Episode 21: Part 1: The Zeitgiest is eating your lunch: The spirit of Judgement
Summary Between Heaven and Earth is a podcast hosted by Justin and Amy Howard, leaders of Encounter Culture Mission Collaborative in New England. The show seeks to explore what it means to follow Jesus by uniting heaven and earth within families and communities. This episode focuses on the theme…
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Episode 20: Oppression, Poverty and Lament: An interview with a World Vision Pastor
Summary The podcast episode of Between Heaven and Earth, hosted by Justin and Amy Howard, features a deep and insightful conversation with Carolyn Poteet, a seasoned leader and pastor with extensive experience working globally in challenging environments through World Vision. Carolyn shares her...
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Episode 18: An Encounter Story: From Shame to Promise
Summary The podcast episode of Between Heaven and Earth, hosted by Justin and Amy Howard, features an intimate conversation with Tim Kennerson, a longtime friend and church planter, who shares his powerful testimony of faith, struggle, and healing. Raised in a solid Christian home, Tim initially...
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Episode 17: Part 2: Permission to be okay in Jesus: Freedom from codependency and emotional idolatry
Summary The podcast episode of Between Heaven and Earth, hosted by Justin and Amy Howard, centers on the complex topic of codependency and the human tendency to place one’s own sense of well-being in the hands of others. The hosts explore how unhealthy emotional dynamics often stem from deeply...
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Episode 16: Part 1: Permission to be okay in Jesus: Freedom from co-dependency and emotional idolatry
Summary The podcast episode “Between Heaven and Earth,” hosted by Justin and Amy Howard, explores the profound topic of codependency and the need to control, especially as it relates to the Christian journey of healing and restoration. The hosts emphasize that understanding and overcoming...
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Episode 15: An Encounter Story: Freedom from Demonic Torture
Summary The podcast episode from Between Heaven and Earth, hosted by Justin and Amy Howard, features a powerful testimony from Ashley Nute, a longtime friend and fellow believer. Ashley shares her journey from a traumatic childhood marked by intense demonic oppression and spiritual warfare to...
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Episode 14: Part 2: Manifestations of the Spirit: Being you, Being Weird, and Loving Well
Summary The podcast episode from Between Heaven and Earth, hosted by Justin and Amy Howard, explores the intersection of spiritual manifestations, ministry, and the Holy Spirit’s work in daily life and church communities. The conversation dives into understanding physical manifestations of...
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Episode 13: Part 1: Manifestations of the Spirit: Being you, Being Weird, and Loving Well
Summary The podcast episode from Between Heaven and Earth, hosted by Justin and Amy Howard, delves into the often misunderstood and sometimes “weird” manifestations of the Holy Spirit in ministry and worship settings. They explore how such expressions—ranging from emotional worship experiences to...
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Episode 12: Part 2: How to Suffer Well: Honesty and Friendship with Jesus
Summary In this episode of Between Heaven and Earth, hosts Justin and Amy Howard explore the complex nature of suffering caused by other people’s sin and how followers of Jesus can engage with it biblically and practically. The discussion distinguishes between forgiveness, healing, and...
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Episode 11: Part 1: How to Suffer Well: Honesty and Friendship with Jesus
Summary The podcast episode “Between Heaven and Earth,” hosted by Justin and Amy Howard, delves deeply into the complex and often challenging topic of suffering from a Christian perspective. They position suffering as an inevitable part of living in a broken world that exists in tension between…
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Episode 10: The Power of an Encounter Weekend - A Pastor's Experience
Summary The podcast episode from Between Heaven and Earth features hosts Justin and Amy Howard interviewing Pastor Shea Fitzgibbons from Bethany Church, New Hampshire, about the transformative impact of Encounter Culture Mission Collaborative (ECMC) on his ministry and congregation. Pastor Shea...
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Episode 9: Reemergence of the Gnostic Heresy: Physical Healing, Sex, and Gender
Summary In today's episode of “Between Heaven and Earth,” hosted by Justin and Amy, they explore the crucial yet challenging subject of physical healing within Christian faith, especially as practiced and understood in Western evangelical contexts. The hosts aim to provide listeners with a deeper...
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Episode 8: The Longest Distance: Bridging the Gap Between Head and Heart
Summary In this episode of “Between Heaven and Earth,” hosts Justin and Amy Howard dive deep into the theme of healing the disconnect often experienced between intellectual beliefs and emotional truth—specifically, between one’s head and heart. The discussion centers on the premise that followers...
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Episode 7: Can Christians be Demonized?
Summary In today's episode of “Between Heaven and Earth,” we delve into the debate of oppression vs. possession. Key questions raise the issue of whether Christians can be afflicted by demons, exploring biblical theology and the early church’s views on deliverance. Justin and Amy draw upon…
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Episode 6: Are Generational Curses a Thing?
Summary “Between Heaven and Earth,” hosted by Justin and Amy Howard, dives into the complex discussions surrounding generational sin and curses, aiming to equip listeners with the understanding needed to navigate these themes Biblically. In their latest episode, they explore the Old and New...
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Episode 5: Bringing Heaven to Earth: How Ordinary Believers Can Spark Spiritual Revival
Summary Today's episode of “Between Heaven and Earth,” hosted by Justin and Amy Howard, is dedicated to exploring the intersection of spiritual healing and community engagement from a Christian perspective. The hosts, who lead a mission agency in New England, aim to empower listeners to…
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Episode 4: Priests of the Kingdom: Embracing Your Divine Calling to Govern and Cleanse
Summary In this episode of “Between Heaven and Earth,” hosts Justin and Amy Howard embark on an exploration of the scriptural foundations for healing and deliverance, focusing particularly on the concept of the “priesthood of all believers.” They delve into how this identity has shaped Christian...
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Episode 3: Missional Priesthood: Cleansing the Earth through Confession, Healing, & Exorcism
Summary: In this episode of "Between Heaven & Earth,” hosts Justin and Amy Howard discuss the essential role of the priesthood in the spiritual journey of believers, framing their conversation through a biblical lens. As they navigate topics such as the priesthood’s historical context, the...
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Episode 2: From Shame to Wholeness: Introducing Directed Confession & its Healing Power
Summary In this episode of “Between Heaven and Earth,” hosts Justin and Amy Howard, a married couple and parents to six sons, explore the themes of priesthood and spiritual duties as followers of Jesus. They emphasize the ongoing work of restoring communities to bring heaven and earth together,...
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Episode 1: The Kingdom is Here: Why Jesus' Message Needs to Take Center Stage
The Kingdom of God is here, and "the Gospel" refers to the good news of this Kingdom—the message that God is making the wrong things right through the life and ministry of Jesus of Nazareth - critically observed through his ministry of healing and deliverance. While Jesus often spoke about the...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
If you want more from the Christian life, this podcast is for you. We’ll guide you as a follower of Jesus to bring Heaven and Earth together in your family, neighborhood, and community. In each episode, we’ll explore what the Spirit of God is doing in and around us, empower you to thrive in the collision of kingdoms and join Jesus in His great project of restoration until His glorious return.
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Encounter Culture Mission Collaborative
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If you want more from the Christian life, this podcast is for you. We’ll guide you as a follower of Jesus to bring Heaven and Earth together in your family, neighborhood, and community. In each episode, we’ll explore what the Spirit of God is doing in and around us, empower you to thrive in the...
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