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Ordinary Voices
by Eric Elkin
Ordinary Voices invites ordinary people into conversations about life and faith. I created this podcast to help me, a pastor, better understand people and the way they view the world. Now, I’m inviting you into the conversation so together we might listen for the extraordinary stories dwelling inside every ordinary voice.
Episodes
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#34: The Citizen Soldier
A progressive educator and company commander in the U.S. Army National Guard reflects on life - education, equality, justice, service and faith
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#33: The Gap Year
Miles McGuire, a high school graduate, defers college to take a “gap year.” What did he learn from the experience and what can we learn from him.
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#32: The Poetry Of Listening
Emily Bright-Krusack describes the poetry of listening. Her description is woven into her life's journey. On this trek, she discovers the intimacy of interviewing and the gift of hearing others speak.
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WORSHIP: May3, 2020
Finding Joy in Chaos: Humility
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WORSHIP: Easter, April 12, 2020
Music, scripture, and sermon from
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WORSHIP: Palm Sunday, April 5, 2020
Worship from Advent United Methodist Church,, Eagan, MN
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WORSHIP March 22, 2020
We don’t like to think of our faith community in corporate terms, but even in faith, it is important to know your mission. Luke 4:18ff is called “Jesus’ Mission Statement.” It provides readers a clear and concise declaration of who Jesus is and what he will do. As believers, we are the body of...
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Worship 15, March, 2020
We set out to preach a sermon series on our mission in light of Jesus’ mission statement found in Luke 4:18. We thought it would help us understand ourselves as a congregation and as Christian people as we head towards future decision in the United Methodist Church. In the midst of the message…
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#31: Expedition Leadership
Famed Explorer, Will Steger shares his views on leadership to help better equip young people to be leaders in the 21st Century. The interview was made possible by a grant from Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Duluth, MN. Leaders in the congregation desired to provide camp staff continued…
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Part I: Life As An Explorer
Famed Explorer, Will Steger delivered this lecture in early July at Vermillion Community College, Ely MN to a group of summer camp staff from Voyageurs Lutheran Ministry, Cook, MN, and local residents. The lecture was made possible by a grant from Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Duluth, MN....
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#30: Restoring The Breach
A Senior Ecologist Project Manager discusses the environment, faith, justice and restoration ecology.
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#29: Casey's Big Adventure
As a boy, Casey Cooper grew up along the Mississippi River in LaCrosse, WI. The river was his playground and he dreamed of canoeing it. A tragic death of his friend’s mother changes his life. A life-long encounter with death pushes him towards life. He decides to take three months to canoe the...
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OV.028: It's Really Grace
A pastor walks into the Bierman Field Athletic Center on the campus of the University of Minnesota and discovers a profound expression of grace. Listen to how one man, Peyton Owens III, breathes his core value of grace into every aspect of his life.
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OV.027: New Pathways Of Hope
Drug addiction is having a dramatic impact on the American landscape. However, addiction recovery, often overshadowed in the war on drugs, is having an equally powerful impact on college campuses. Listen as Patrice Salmeri Executive Director of Recovery Advancement at Augsburg University in...
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OV.026.A Teacher's View
People on the outside of America’s school system view education through the lens of their own experience. This is natural because it is often our only point of reference. However, today’s education system does not look anything like education in the ’70s or ’80s, let alone earlier. The difference...
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OV.025.Little Life Lessons
The wisdom of Millennials is constantly under attack. Perhaps their wisdom is hard to hear because it reflects our younger selves, the young adult we used to be. Maybe an authentic conversation with a Millennial could help us connect with our younger self. Just as a conversation with someone more...
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OV.024: Summer In Canoe Country
Kristi, the Director of Canoe Country at Camp Vermillion (MN) shares with us the lessons she has learned from traveling deep into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area of Northern Minnesota. Her words and reflections may help you discover a new outlook and ways to embrace a living hope.
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OV.023: Crashing to Life
Author Daniel D. Maurer shares the story of his disease, addiction, and how it crashed his life while serving a congregation as a Lutheran (ELCA) pastor. In the collapse, he found sobriety and spiritual renewal. He then discusses the power of story to help those who do crash find new life and how...
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WORSHIP: From Crisis to Transformation
Worship Service for April 15, 2018
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OV.022: My Life In An Ambulance
Emergency Medical Service workers are the first to address the aftermath of every human tragedy. They don’t prevent, they don’t arrest, they respond. They will need to look beyond the tragedy itself to deal with the immediate circumstances. Speed is of the essence, but it cannot compromise the…
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OV.021: The Next Generation Farmer
An interview intended to educate listeners about food production, farming and the life of a farmer gets thrown a curve. Nostalgic perceptions of farmers conflict with the realities of the 21st Century. The "Next Generation Farmer's" approach to farming is corporate, scientific and Millennial. The...
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OV.020: This is Life Now
Six years ago, Jason Atkinson, accidentally discovered he had a life-threatening heart disease. A disease, which left undetected, would have killed him without notice. However, since its discovery, life has become a daily battle to survive and adjust to his new circumstances. We're invited to...
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OV.019.Michael's Search for Community
Michael, a lawyer living in Brooklyn, NY, shares with us his journey from St. Lucia to Spanish Harlem to Madison, WI and back to Brooklyn. Ultimately, he found a unique spiritual home in a dinner church and a garden project. As he reflects on his search for community, he shares wonderful insight…
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OV.018.Dear God, It's Not You, It's Me
A conversation with a young man who went to seminary to be a priest and ended up an atheist. How did he go from one extreme to the other? And what can we learn from his journey?
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OV.017.An Unexpected Journey
On April 8, 2011, Liv Rosin’s life was interrupted by an unexpected journey into the wilderness. Six years later, Liv and I meet to talk about her recovery from a brain hemorrhage and what what amazing lessons she learned along the way.
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OV.016.Its Her Story.Part II
PART II: A young woman shares her story of the difficult journey to be a mother. It was supposed to be easy and natural. In the end, it took 17 years, multiple miscarriages, surgeries and medical treatments and the death of two baby boys for her to become a mother again. Through the sharing of…
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OV.015.ItsHerStory
A young woman shares her story of the difficult journey to be a mother. It was supposed to be easy and natural. In the end, it took 17 years, multiple miscarriages, surgeries and medical treatments and the death of two baby boys for her to become a mother again. Through the sharing of her story…
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OV.014.Mr.Knobbe Goes to Scott County
Mr. Knobbe shares what he learned about government by running for public office. Do you find yourself frustrated by all the political hatred? Considering un-friending someone on Facebook, or, getting off it all together? Take a moment to listen to this show. A conservative banker speaks with a...
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OV.013.The Ghosts of Christmas
Reflections from two 30-something people asked to imagine what their Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future might show them and what we, the audience, can learn from it.
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OV.012.To All The Beloved
In the early morning hours of Wednesday, Nov. 16th, I received the news of my nephews death. Lost in grief, I turned to the writings of Henri Nouwen to find comfort. Reading Nouwen's book, "The Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World," I wrote a series of reflections to process…
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OV.011.A Really Bad Day at the Beach
One Wednesday evening, Joel, Amie, and their children Ella and Isak go to Park Point, Duluth,MN for one last outdoor worship service. As Joel is setting up, Amie, Ella, Isak and a friend go to the beach to wait. There the routine of the day is broken. A freak accident leaves Isak on an operating...
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OV.010.This Is My Father's World
On the 11th Anniversary of his father’s death, Mikah Meyer stepped into a van and launched on a tour. His publicized objective was to be the youngest person to visit all 412 sites managed by the U.S. National Park Service. The first to do it in one continuous 3-year trip. But, it’s also a...
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OV.009. The Believability of Forgiveness
Part 2 of my conversation with my therapist friend, Margy. During our interview we got into a really interesting conversation about confession and forgiveness. Both as it relates to psychology and faith. Her thoughts made me think about how I present this issue as a pastor. Guilt will dwell…
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OV.008.You Really Need Counseling
A friend who is a therapist posted an article on Facebook from another therapist talking about how much he loved his job. Frankly, I never heard a therapist talk so enthusiastically about their job. The article, though, touched on how much people feel they are a burden, or ashamed about seeing a...
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OV.007.Carl's Decision
Carl was spending 9 months of the year working with homeless youth on the street. The other 3 months, he did video production for ESPN's X Games. He needed to make a decision, a full-time career in video production or continue to work with the homeless. Carl decided to remain working with…
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OV.006.Birth
If human life is so rare, why do we treat it so poorly, crudely, and violently? I thought I might start exploring issues of life by looking at birth. This show is about what nurse learned about life from working a birthing unit of hospital. Picture Courtesy of Danielle MacInnes at Unsplash.com
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OV.005.Good, Evil and Comic Books
In the comic books of my youth, good and evil were simple, clear cut issues. Good fought for truth, justice and the American way. Bad guys were really bad. In today's comic books, good and evil are much more complicated issues. I asked a comic book enthusiast to help me understand the transition....
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OV.004: A Divine Reading
I invited a friend to use the Lectio Divina Method of reading scripture. Lectio Divina means Divine Reading. It was developed by Benedictine monks to mix scripture reading with meditation and prayer. So you’re not trying to studying Scripture, but feeling it, talking with God about it and...
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OV.003: Painesville, Ohio
What started out to be a thoughtful conversation about race turned into a reflection on a community — Painesville, Ohio. How that community made us all - Black and White - thoughtful about race.
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OV.002: Easter's Lost Souls
Easter Sunday is when a wide variety of lost souls gather to worship. People who stopped attending church are not the only questioning the authenticity of the Church. Many people on the inside have the same questions and struggles. I interview a person who remains emotionally connected, but...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Ordinary Voices invites ordinary people into conversations about life and faith. I created this podcast to help me, a pastor, better understand people and the way they view the world. Now, I’m inviting you into the conversation so together we might listen for the extraordinary stories dwelling inside every ordinary voice.
HOSTED BY
Eric Elkin
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