United? We Pray

Overview: This is a different kind of episode than anything we’ve ever put out. On March 3, 2022, Jan Adams passed into glory. She was the mother of UWP founder, Isaac Adams. Isaac talks about his mom and the impact she had on him. She was a woman committed to prayer, and we see her fingerprints all around our ministry. Please pray for her family as they grieve her sudden passing. Links & Show Notes: To learn more about United? We Pray follow us on Twitter or our website. Please consider rating the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and subscribe using your favorite podcast client to hear more! Produced by Josh Deng with editing by Roshane Ricketts.

Overview: Pastor Marty Duren joined the show to talk about growing up in church in the South and what ministry has looked like over the years. We covered culture, politics, and more. Hope you’re encouraged by the conversation. Links & Show Notes: To learn more about United? We Pray follow us on Twitter or our website. Please consider rating the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and subscribe using your favorite podcast client to hear more! Produced by Josh Deng with editing by Roshane Ricketts.

Overview: Alicia Akins, friend of the ministry and author of the new book, Invitations to Abundance joined the show to talk about how growing up and living in so many places amongst so many people has informed her perspective as an author. We also discuss her excellent new book, which we encourage you to get and read! Links & Show Notes: Alicia’s book. Her article in the Atlantic. Her articles here, here, here and here for us. To learn more about United? We Pray follow us on Twitter or our website. Please consider rating the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and subscribe using your favorite podcast client to hear more! Produced by Josh Deng with editing by Roshane Ricketts.

Overview: We covered a lot of ground in this one. Returning to the podcast for our season nine opener is Dr. Nate Brooks, professor of counseling at RTS Charlotte. Nate and Austin discussed the nature of human beings, how we change, different kinds of change, and the hope this represents for human society. Links & Show Notes: To learn more about United? We Pray follow us on Twitter or our website. Please consider rating the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and subscribe using your favorite podcast client to hear more! Produced by Josh Deng with editing by Roshane Ricketts.

Finally, all of you be like-minded and sympathetic, love one another, and be compassionate and humble, not paying back evil for evil or insult for insult but, on the contrary, giving a blessing, since you were called for this, so that you may inherit a blessing. -1 Peter 3:8-9 (CSB) Overview: In the season finale, Isaac and Austin discuss intent behind words and actions. All of us can cause damage we did not intend. We encourage you to consider the effects of words and actions, not only the intent behind them. Links & Show Notes: Isaac’s article on how tone can cause unintended hurt. To learn more about United? We Pray follow us on Twitter or our website. Please consider rating the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and subscribe using your favorite podcast client to hear more! Produced by Josh Deng with editing by Roshane Ricketts.

Finally, all of you be like-minded and sympathetic, love one another, and be compassionate and humble, not paying back evil for evil or insult for insult but, on the contrary, giving a blessing, since you were called for this, so that you may inherit a blessing. -1 Peter 3:8-9 (CSB) Overview: In the season finale, Isaac and Austin discuss intent behind words and actions. All of us can cause damage we did not intend. We encourage you to consider the effects of words and actions, not only the intent behind them. Links & Show Notes: Isaac’s article on how tone can cause unintended hurt. To learn more about United? We Pray follow us on Twitter or our website. Please consider rating the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and subscribe using your favorite podcast client to hear more! Produced by Josh Deng with editing by Roshane Ricketts.

Overview: In this special episode, Isaac and Austin talk through books we recommend for Christians thinking about ethnic unity. By no means are these recommendations exhaustive, but we hope it’s a good start. Tolle Lege! Links & Show Notes: Book responses for Redemptive Kingdom Diversity, New Reformation, Building a Multiethnic Church, Beyond Racial Gridlock, Consumed By Hate Redeemed by Love, and The Warmth of Other Suns. To learn more about United? We Pray follow us on Twitter or our website. Please consider rating the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and subscribe using your favorite podcast client to hear more! Produced by Josh Deng with editing by Roshane Ricketts.

Overview: “ He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else:  “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.  The Pharisee was standing and praying like this about himself: ‘God, I thank you that I’m not like other people—greedy, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of everything I get.’ “But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even raise his eyes to heaven but kept striking his chest and saying, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’ I tell you, this one went down to his house justified rather than the other, because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”” -Luke 18:9-14 (CSB) Isaac and Austin talk through what it means to have zeal without discernment and how harmful that could be. Thankfully, Jesus shows us a better way. Links & Show Notes: Austin’s article on zeal, and his article on the term “woke.” Eric Saunder’s article on labeling people. To learn more about United? We Pray follow us on Twitter or our website. Please consider rating the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and subscribe using your favorite podcast client to hear more! Produced by Josh Deng with editing by Roshane Ricketts.

Overview: “ And we exhort you, brothers and sisters: warn those who are idle,[b] comfort the discouraged, help the weak, be patient with everyone” -1 Thessalonians 5:14 CSB Different people in different situations require different responses from us. Not every offense requires a correction. Only with God’s help can we have the wisdom needed to respond as we ought. Links & Show Notes: Austin’s article on avoiding slander. Isaac’s article on tone. Isaac’s article on resources. Eric Saunder’s article on labeling people. To learn more about United? We Pray follow us on Twitter or our website. Please consider rating the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and subscribe using your favorite podcast client to hear more! Produced by Josh Deng with editing by Roshane Ricketts.

Overview: “ After this I looked, and there was a vast multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language, which no one could number, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were clothed in white robes with palm branches in their hands.  And they cried out in a loud voice: Salvation belongs to our God,who is seated on the throne,and to the Lamb!” -Revelation 7:9-10 CSB Dr. Jarvis Williams joined us to discuss his new book, Redemptive Kingdom Diversity: A Biblical Theology of the Kingdom of God. This book is not so much a book about race and racism. It is more about God’s plan for a people from every nation, tribe, and tongue, and the implications this age-old plan has on our lives today. Links & Show Notes: Link to purchase Dr. Williams new book. To learn more about United? We Pray follow us on Twitter or our website. Please consider rating the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and subscribe using your favorite podcast client to hear more! Produced by Josh Deng with editing by Roshane Ricketts.

Overview: “Without guidance, a people will fall,but with many counselors there is deliverance.” -Proverbs 11:14 CSB Christians believe that the Bible is not only true, but also clear. So why is it that we can also say that ethnic diversity increases our knowledge of the Bible? Dr. Nate Brooks of Reformed Theological Seminary joined us to discuss diversity as one of the many good gifts God has given us to help enrich our understanding of His word. Links & Show Notes: Dr. Brooks’ article on intellectual honesty and the image of God Dr. Brooks’ podcast on when he recognized race To learn more about United? We Pray follow us on Twitter or our website. Please consider rating the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and subscribe using your favorite podcast client to hear more! Produced by Josh Deng with editing by Roshane Ricketts.

Overview: “Rest in God alone, my soul,for my hope comes from him.He alone is my rock and my salvation,my stronghold; I will not be shaken.My salvation and glory depend on God, my strong rock.My refuge is in God. Trust in him at all times, you people;pour out your hearts before him.God is our refuge. Selah." -Psalm 62:5-8 (CSB) Some conversations, especially those had over a long period of time, are really hard. They tax us. Recognizing our need for rest is part of what it means to acknowledge that we are creatures and God is our Creator. He made us with limitations and it honors Him when we acknowledge them. Austin and Isaac talk about what it looks like to rest, when we need it, and even what can happen when we don’t. We hope you are encouraged. Links & Show Notes: Isaac’s article on things to consider before asking a minority friend about race To learn more about United? We Pray follow us on Twitter or our website. Please consider rating the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and subscribe using your favorite podcast client to hear more! Produced by Josh Deng with editing by Roshane Ricketts.

Overview: “Come and listen, all who fear God,and I will tell what he has done for me.I cried out to him with my mouth,and praise was on my tongue." -Psalm 66:6-7 (CSB) As we launch season 8 of the podcast, we paused to thank God for the work being done in Isaac and Austin’s lives and ministries. We also answered the questions you all sent in. Keep those coming! We will get to more questions in subsequent mailbag episodes. Links & Show Notes: Buy The New Reformation, Shai Linne’s book that Isaac referenced Austin’s article on experiencing racism versus engaging it as an idea Alicia Akins’ article on giving an account for one’s own heart, not others To learn more about United? We Pray follow us on Twitter or our website. Please consider rating the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and subscribe using your favorite podcast client to hear more! Produced by Josh Deng with editing by Roshane Ricketts.

Overview: We have asked contributors to our When I Recognized Race series to read their articles for this summer mini-series. In the final instalment of this series, we share this very heavy episode about an incident of racialized violence experienced by Danya Karina Albright, in her own words. To learn more about United? We Pray follow us on Twitter or our website. Please consider rating the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and subscribe using your favorite podcast client to hear more! Produced by Josh Deng with editing by Roshane Ricketts.

Overview: We have asked contributors to our When I Recognized Race series to read their articles for this summer mini-series. In this episode, Rayshawn Graves shares how his father helped him as he struggled against feeling the pressure to think that being white was better than being black. To learn more about United? We Pray follow us on Twitter or our website. Please consider rating the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and subscribe using your favorite podcast client to hear more! Produced by Josh Deng.