Jesus moved at about 3.2 mph. Our world craves speed, but perhaps we need to slow down.
Drew's heart is for helping people engage with and be more mindful of God in ordinary moments. He hopes that Slow Faith can be one way God awakens us to move through life actively. Though Drew grew up near Boulder in Colorado, he earned his bachelor's degree in Theology from Justo Mwale University in Lusaka, Zambia, and completed his graduate studies at Emory University's Candler School of Theology in Atlanta, Georgia. He now resides with his family in Fayetteville, Georgia. Drew brings a wealth of experience from diverse church backgrounds. He is currently one of the pastors at Fayetteville First United Methodist Church and regularly writes on Substack.
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Many of you know I started my podcast before writing on Substack. I started feeling like I didn’t have a place to keep my podcast scripts, and I was winging it when I recorded my episodes. I was so scattered. Sometimes the episodes turned out great, but I needed a better way.
To save time and ensure I had something worth sharing, I decided to begin writing on Substack to share in multiple ways while also ensuring my written material was solid for recording.
There are differences between my podcasts and writing, this episode certainly shows that.
My goal in all of this is to have a longer conversation about what it means to be finite and called to be in union with a God who is infinite.
I hope you enjoy it.
-Drew
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25 Jun 2024
Disorientation, Acceptance, and Abundance
In this episode, Drew speaks of how difficult it can be to accept the reality of Jesus when Jesus stretches and challenges our understanding of who God is and how God meets us.
Drew mentioned Dr. Judson Brewer at the beginning of this episode and spoke about becoming mindful of the present moment. Judson Brewer's book Unwinding Anxiety (2021) and many of his videos teach his methods for curiously investigating the present moment for multiple purposes.
The music in this episode is a song titled "Mullan Sun" which was written and performed by Abstract April: https://uppbeat.io/track/abstract-aprils/mullan-sun
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5 Jun 2024
Yield
There are so many ideals we hold and desire. Sometimes we cling to the idea of a perfect life so tightly that we fail to recognize what is already good, beautiful, and right before us. In this reflection, Drew considers Moses' encounter with God via the burning bush in Exodus 3. This encounter likely happened in the middle of Moses' daily routine.
If God seeks to get to us, all places and all time is holy. Let us let go of our many ideals, and wake up to the holy reality before us. Let us yield.
The music in today's episode is by Sanchii and the song is titled "Discovery." You can listen to it here: https://uppbeat.io/t/sanchii/discovery
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