Ronnie McBrayer
Podcast of author, speaker, pastor, and spiritual teacher Ronnie McBrayer. This is his collection of talks, interviews, insights from the Enneagram, and conversations with friends on the ever-changing, ever-evolving nature of faith. It is especially for those who are “burned out on religion” - to quote Eugene Peterson’s marvelous paraphrase; for spiritual exiles; and those whose faith is in transition.
Episodes
Monday Aug 23, 2021
"Leaving Evangelicalism:" A Conversation with David Gushee
Monday Aug 23, 2021
Monday Aug 23, 2021
Ronnie has a conversation with ethicist, distinguished professor, author, and pastor Dr. David Gushee. David's new book is entitled, "Leaving Evangelicalism."
Monday Aug 16, 2021
6-5-4-3-2-1, Part Two
Monday Aug 16, 2021
Monday Aug 16, 2021
Ronnie completes his thoughts from a previous episode, concentrating on the necessity of surrender as the only means to achieve personal peace.
Thursday Aug 12, 2021
6-5-4-3-2-1, Part One
Thursday Aug 12, 2021
Thursday Aug 12, 2021
Ronnie returns and relaunches his podcast after months away recovering from Covid-19. He leads with a question, "When you come up against something that undoes you; that hurts you; that knocks you off your game; that pulls the curtains back on your vulnerabilities and your fragility: What are you going to do?"
Saturday Mar 20, 2021
Carry Hope In Your Heart, Part 5
Saturday Mar 20, 2021
Saturday Mar 20, 2021
In his conclusion to the book of Ruth, Ronnie illustrates how hope is the product of God’s work and human will.
Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
Carry Hope In Your Heart, Part 4
Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
In the fourth installment of his series on the book of Ruth, Ronnie uses events from Naomi and Ruth's life to illustrate that after you have done all you can do, you have to do the hardest thing of all: You have to wait - because waiting is as much a part of hope as working. Sometimes the work is the waiting.
Monday Feb 08, 2021
Carry Hope In Your Heart, Part 3
Monday Feb 08, 2021
Monday Feb 08, 2021
In his third installment on the Book of Ruth, Ronnie reminds us to throw ourselves on the providence and possibilities of God. But hope is a verb. It moves you. It keeps us pointed in a God-ward direction.
Monday Feb 08, 2021
Carry Hope In Your Heart, Part 2
Monday Feb 08, 2021
Monday Feb 08, 2021
In this second installment from the Book of Ruth, Ronnie connects the biblical story to the statesman Vaclaz Havel: "Hope is not optimism. It is a state of mind. It is the certainty that life has meaning, regardless of how it turns out…I am not an optimist, because I am not sure everything will end well. I just carry hope in my heart."
Thursday Jan 28, 2021
Carry Hope In Your Heart, Part 1
Thursday Jan 28, 2021
Thursday Jan 28, 2021
In this creative introduction to his series on the book of Ruth, Ronnie retells her story in a contemporary context, inviting the listener to reimagine her journey. Carry Hope in Your Heart is a five-part series.
Thursday Jan 21, 2021
Put Away Your Sword
Thursday Jan 21, 2021
Thursday Jan 21, 2021
With this sincere and earnest talk Ronnie takes on the myth of a Christian nation and the heresy of attempted violence to accomplish some good end.
Wednesday Jan 13, 2021
Bless Your Heart
Wednesday Jan 13, 2021
Wednesday Jan 13, 2021
Beginning with that Southern saying for every occasion and ending with the "Raising of the Hands," Ronnie gives a talk about receiving and extending God's highest blessing.