The Pod at My Village

36. The Success Sequence

In this episode, Phil and Mel discuss the Brookings Institute research on the Success Sequence. They explore how these seismic findings could rewrite the realities of poverty in future generations. For the Poverty Resource: https://canva.link/snrd5olyd5jgcep [https://canva.link/snrd5olyd5jgcep] For more on the Success Sequence: https://ifstudies.org/success-sequence [https://ifstudies.org/success-sequence]

35. Poverty and the Local Church (w/ Eugene Norris)

In this second part of his interview, Chalmers Center Ambassador Eugene Norris looks to the local church as the solution for poverty. Eugene encourages churches to adapt what they are already doing in order to more relationally serve those experiencing poverty. He stresses the transforming presence of Christ in church communities. For the Poverty Resource: https://canva.link/snrd5olyd5jgcep [https://canva.link/snrd5olyd5jgcep] To get in touch with Eugene: norris.eugene@gmail.com [norris.eugene@gmail.com] For more on the Chalmers Center: https://chalmers.org [https://chalmers.org] For Chalmers Center Courses: https://chalmers.org/courses/ [https://chalmers.org/courses/] To become a Chalmers Center Ambassador: https://chalmers.org/training/ambassador-training/ [https://chalmers.org/training/ambassador-training/]

34. Recovering a biblical View of Poverty (w/ Eugene Norris)

Phil and Mel kick off the first episode of the Poverty Module by talking with Eugene Norris, Chalmers Center Ambassador. In the first of a two part conversation, Eugene explains a biblical view of poverty -- poverty as not merely material, but fundamentally relational. For the Poverty Resource: https://canva.link/snrd5olyd5jgcep [https://canva.link/snrd5olyd5jgcep] To get in touch with Eugene: norris.eugene@gmail.com [norris.eugene@gmail.com] For more on the Chalmers Center: https://chalmers.org [https://chalmers.org] For Chalmers Center Courses: https://chalmers.org/courses/ [https://chalmers.org/courses/] To become a Chalmers Center Ambassador: https://chalmers.org/training/ambassador-training/ [https://chalmers.org/training/ambassador-training/]

33. Phil and Ben Chop It Up

Boys episode! Mel is gone, which leave Phil and Ben to chop it up. They talk about Central Ohio North, the younger generation, and how Ben found himself at MVM.

32. Biblical Fatherlessness

In this episode, Phil and Mel discuss what an orphan is. They open Scripture and show how the biblical understanding of orphan may be different than the West's current view. They explore the relationship between "the orphan and the widow", calling the Church to serve this population as we see them today.