29. Convo Cliffs, Confusion, & Chemex

Season 2 / Episode 11 (or 29) This episode🎙features…The FIRST ever…YAMcast recorded💻…With all 3 hosts… IN-PERSON!!!! 👾👹👽 (Well, It was exciting for us🥴) And was highly caffeinated by the best Chemex pour-over coffee ☕️ ANY side of the Mississippi 🏞 courtsey THE Chris Bean👍 We wrapped up Beth Seversen’s book 📚“Not Done Yet” and our personal take-always🔀 But not before our regular liturgy of: personal & ministry updates, culture corner articles, and a truck load of banter sprinkled with resource suggestions and the warm glow 🔥of our proximity bro-ship😎. (Half of what was recorded this episode will never see the light 💡 of day beyond the church ⛪️ basement we recorded 📽 in (and it sounds 🔈like it 👎😜) Podcast Show Notes: Life Updates: we are in Nashville!!! Local YAM Updates: How’s it going? Terminology: “bus’n” Culture Corner: Article1: Cancel Culture Canceled? https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2022/02/college-campus-free-speech-cancel-culture/621484/ Article2: Earlier Marriage? http://nationalmarriageproject.org/reports/ Coca-Cola for GenZ? https://www.beveragedaily.com/Article/2022/02/21/Coca-Cola-Starlight-kicks-off-new-series-of-flavors-and-experiences-for-Gen-Z GenZ Reshaping Spirituality https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2022/01/20/the-big-picture-how-young-people-are-reshaping-spirituality Book discussion: Not Done Yet - 13 [Bean’s Notes on chapter 13] Bright-spot churches must be good at translating church culture (christian language, symbols, rituals, scripture, etc) for emerging adults. Bright-spot churches create welcoming spaces for emerging adults to “try on” Christian faith. Review 5 practices: Initiate, Invite, Include, Involve, Invest = Faith Commitment Bright-spot churches are able to shift the mindset of young adults who may have negative perceptions of the church—restoring their confidence in a meta narrative…a grand story for humanity. p.215 Lead pastors have a significant role as they establish an evangelistic ethos and an invitational culture.” Pastors also act as ‘culture brok