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MJAC Conversations
by Moose Jaw Alliance Church
Our midweek podcast where we open up about Sunday's message and process the week's news cycle through our personal stories and our shared Christian faith.
Episodes
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What might this look like? Talking with Brian Westnedge and Kirk Cowman about what a merger with Living Hope could look like.
Guests Kirk Cowman and Brian Westnedge join us on the pod this week to tackle these questions about the future of our church! What are you anticipating the church landscape will look like in Canada as we emerge from COVID? How did the transition team arrive at the proposed merger document? Is…
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Releasing MJAC to merge with Living Hope--not everything that is buried is dead (featuring Rachel Runnalls, Stephanie McLeod and Melissa Verheyen)
MJAC Conversations podcast is back with a series of candid conversations with your Board and Transition team members about the proposed merger between Living Hope Alliance and our church. Our next episode is called 'Releasing MJAC to merge with Living Hope--not everything that is buried is dead.'...
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The Backstory to the Merger Discussion
Our podcast, MJAC Conversations, is back this week, with the first in a series of episodes exploring the future of our church. This week on the pod we'll talk about the backstory of the proposed merger between Living Hope Alliance in Regina, and MJAC. We've been gathering your questions and a...
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MJAC Conversations #27 Grief and Advent (featuring Rachel Runnalls, Stephanie and Mark Mcleod)
It's the last episode of 2020, so settle in for a good long chat about coping with COVID Christmas, Mark's cooking secrets, entering into grief as a practice that makes us more human, and where Jesus is in our seasons of darkness. How you're marking this COVID Advent season. What's different this...
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MJAC Conversations #26 Overcoming shame (featuring Rachel Runnalls & Anthony Skepple)
Finding good things in the midst of the ordinary, dealing with shame, and trusting friends with your crap. Sometimes literally. Anthony Skepple shares his journey with Crohns disease over the past year.
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MJAC Conversations #25 Past Wounds (featuring Rachel Runnalls, Brian Westnedge and Jeremy Zacharias)
Picking up the phone to get through this COVID winter, playing 'Among Us' with all the MJAC friends we miss, and healing past wounds.
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MJAC Conversations #24 Forgiveness & Reconciliation (feat. Rachel Runnalls & Melissa Verhayen)
Competitive jump rope, looking for stuff to say sorry for, and the risk of reconciliation. Melissa brings her expertise as a counsellor to our conversation about what steps towards reconciliation look like when trust as broken. Rachel and Melissa share personal stories of forgiveness and...
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MJAC Conversations #23 Fear (feat. Jeremy Zacharias and Carson Chute)
Finding ourselves in Biblical characters, fear of failure, and how to move through our fears courageously.
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MJAC Conversations #22 Generational Sin Patterns (feat. Jeremy Zacharias and Bruce Ellergodt)
Proud papa moments, the origin of Jeremy's love of sword fighting, and how to break free from negative habits to build new, healthier ones. Bruce shares about his journey with a generational sin pattern of anger in his family, and his hopes as a dad for his grown-up children.
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MJAC Conversations #21 Repentance (feat. Jeremy Zacharias and Michael Mcleod)
A tale of stolen video games, two flawed kings and the difficulty of repentance. Jeremy and Mike share stories about getting punched in the face and doing time in their conversation about sin and saying sorry.
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MJAC Conversations #20 Identity Lies (feat. Rachel Runnalls, Carlie Pagens and Janice Westnedge)
Doing soul care around a fire, feeling our feelings about new COVID restrictions, and getting freedom from identity lies that hold us back from the full life Jesus has for us.
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MJAC Conversations #19 Slowing Down to Notice (feat. Rachel Runnalls, Ashten Nelson, & Julia Ellergodt)
Burning bushes, changing seasons and slowing down to notice both our feelings and the presence of God.
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MJAC Conversations #18 (feat. Kirk Cowman & Jeremy Zacharias)
Today we’re talking about canning peaches, mold in the root cellar and how comfort just might be overrated.
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MJAC Conversations #17 (feat. Rachel, Logan Runnalls & Brad Verheyen)
Today we’re talking about hand sanitizer, home churches, and picking up our conversation about the way this pandemic is changing the way we think about and do Christian community.
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MJAC Conversations #16 (feat. Jeremy Zacharias, Paul Reimer, & Nolan Weinmaster)
Join us this week as we talk about pirate ships, second surges and how communication impacts our community as we try to follow Jesus' example.
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MJAC Conversations #15 (feat. Rachel Runnalls, Jeremy Zacharias, & Tanisha Westnedge)
Today we talk about whether masks are against our Christian religion, Hamilton's King George, and encountering God in the liminal spaces of vulnerability and sacrificial love. Show notes: King George sings 'You'll be back' Gospel Coalition writes about wearing masks
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MJAC Conversations #14 (feat. Rachel Runnalls, Brad Verheyen & Ruth-Anne Painchaud)
We're back after our summer break! Today we're talking about our COVID summer, Saskatchewan’s school re-opening plan, and our highlights from the last three weeks of our sermon series on 1 John, the master class on growing up in love. Links and resources from Family Hope: Keeping Calm and…
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MJAC Conversations #13 (feat. Jeremy Zacharias, Daniel Nelson & Trevor DeVries)
Join us this week as we continue the conversation on spiritual growth, and dive deeper into Daniels sermon this past Sunday.
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MJAC Conversations #12 (feat. Rachel Runnalls, Marlie & Mark McLeod)
Holstein hooves, skinny jeans, and passing on a pattern of church engagement to our kids and grandkids. It's a multi-generational conversation with Mark and his mom Marlie, long-time (life-time!) MJAC members. We also open up about what's hard about being vulnerable and risking conflict for…
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MJAC Conversations #11 (feat. Rachel Runnalls, Jeremy Zacharias & Kirk Cowman)
All the red shoes off screen, singing through a mask, and how this pandemic is changing the way we do church, not just in MJAC but in every church in Moose Jaw. We get to know our new lead pastor Kirk Cowman a little better and enjoy a conversation about his love for tech stuff and the way this...
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MJAC Conversations #10 (feat. Rachel Runnalls, Pat Wilson, Brian & Tanisha Westnedge)
COVID testing, finding spaces to lead as women in church, and being a foreign kingdom embassy. We get to know the newest member of the MJAC Elder team, Pat, and chat about Brian and Tanisha's message from June 28: Jesus as 'Coming King.'
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MJAC Conversations #9 (feat. Tristan Norton, Jeremy Zacharias, & Paul Reimer)
Join us for a conversation with Tristan, Jeremy, & Paul about Jesus as Sanctifier and Healer!
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MJAC Conversations #8 (feat. Rachel Runnalls, Stephanie McLeod & Corey Norton)
Natural curls and grey hairs, the cross-country marathon of sanctification, and leaning in to hear Black, Indigenous and People of Color in our church. Corey shares out of her experience in her inter-racial marriage, and Stephanie brings her familiarity with the grief journey. Links and…
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MJAC Conversations #7 (feat. Rachel Runnalls, Carlie Pagens, & Tristan Norton)
COVID hugs, systemic racism and the gospel. Tristan opens up about the way the George Floyd news story impacted him and his family personally, as well as giving us a peek into his extensive shoe collection. Links and resources: If you're looking for a starting place for you and your kids to learn...
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MJAC Conversations #6 (feat. Rachel Runnalls, Daniel Nelson, and Trevor DeVries)
Making summer plans during a pandemic, and being the person who who believes in spiritual warfare in an age of spiritual skepticism. We talk about Sunday's message on Ephesians 6: One common enemy
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MJAC Conversations #5 (feat. Rachel & Logan Runnalls, and Tanisha & Brian Westnedge)
Loving your neighbour in a time of COVID conspiracy theories, questioning the Bible, and mutually serving one another in Christian marriage. We dig into Brian's message on Ephesians 5:21-6:9 'One new pattern for relationships'.
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MJAC Conversations #4 (feat. Rachel Runnalls, Melissa Verheyen, Melina Brandt, Ruth-Anne Painchaud, & Jeremy Zacharias)
Cow therapy, masks, and creating safe space for mental health in the church. Ruth-Anne and Jeremy share their story about how their Christian faith journey has been intertwined with their mental health journey. We all chip in on ways we dream the church could become a place of healing and...
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MJAC Conversations #3 (feat. Tristan Norton, Rachel Runnalls, & Carlie Pagens)
"Authenticity, hospitality and learning to love the church again. Carlie and Rachel share their contrasting stories about their church experience, and begin to dream about what MJAC might look like when we re-open our building. Start-7:27 - Introductions. How's your pandemic this week? 7:27 -...
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MJAC Conversations #2 (feat. Rachel Runnalls, Nora, Nevin, Trevor DeVries, Tristan Norton & Jeremy Zacharias)
"All the beards from Sunday livestream, worship songs that are speaking to us right now, and how our pictures of God have grown and changed since we were children growing up in church. Plus, two of our middleschoolers share what they've learned about getting along with your sibling housemate…
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MJAC Conversations #1 (feat. Rachel Runnalls, Brad Verheyen & Brian Westnedge)
Social distancing in small-town Saskatchewan, Zoom fatigue and sourdough fails. Plus a conversation about egalitarian church, and Brad's story of letting go of his identity as a Captain in the Canadian military to follow a call into military chaplaincy.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Our midweek podcast where we open up about Sunday's message and process the week's news cycle through our personal stories and our shared Christian faith.
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Moose Jaw Alliance Church
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