Hello, everyone <a href='https://emojipedia.org/red-heart'>❤️</a> Happy 2024! On this episode, &quot;a new voice&quot; gets a new host! Vica-Etta Steel joins me = we now have two hosts <a href='https://emojipedia.org/party-popper'>🎉</a> If you remember my pleas for companionship and the vision for &quot;a new voice&quot; to be a place where many perspectives are represented, you know that I&apos;m celebrating.  Join us as we introduce ourselves and talk about what&apos;s ahead.  We&apos;re so glad to be with you on this journey of uncovering who God is for us and for our world today.  xo meagan

<description>&lt;p&gt;Hello, everyone &lt;a href='https://emojipedia.org/red-heart'&gt;❤️&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Happy 2024! &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;On this episode, &amp;quot;a new voice&amp;quot; gets a new host! Vica-Etta Steel joins me = we now have two hosts &lt;a href='https://emojipedia.org/party-popper'&gt;🎉&lt;/a&gt; If you remember my pleas for companionship and the vision for &amp;quot;a new voice&amp;quot; to be a place where many perspectives are represented, you know that I&amp;apos;m celebrating. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Join us as we introduce ourselves and talk about what&amp;apos;s ahead. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;We&amp;apos;re so glad to be with you on this journey of uncovering who God is for us and for our world today. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;xo&lt;br/&gt;meagan &lt;/p&gt;</description>

Hello, everyone ❤️  Happy 2024!   On this episode, "a new voice" gets a new host! Vica-Etta Steel joins me = we now have two hosts 🎉 If you remember my pleas for companionship and the vision for "a new voice" to be a place where many perspectives are represented, you know that I'm celebrating.   Join us as we introduce ourselves and talk about what's ahead.   We're so glad to be with you on this journey of uncovering who God is for us and for our world today.   xo meagan  

Hello, 2024!

Back from a loooooooong break. I did a 10-week summer intensive training for chaplaincy at a hospital that&apos;s roughly 45mins from where we live. The commute, the work itself, the rest of life that still needed tending to = intense.   So glad to be back at it here...Hope you all are hanging in there.  On this episode, we dip our toes in the water of what&apos;s known as the New Testament. We start with Gospel According to Matthew, the first book sequentially in the NT.  The book kicks off with a long list of names. This is the only account of Jesus&apos;s lineage that we have in Scripture. It&apos;s interesting to note that the author includes female relatives, especially as this was a patriarchal culture.  We learn a bit about the cultural context into which Jesus was born through the writings about his parents and Herod.  We meet John the Baptizer/Baptist. Jesus gets baptized, and we hear a declaration from Heaven about the identity of Jesus.  We have the appearance of Satan and hear about Jesus&apos;s temptation.  We cover the Beatitudes (&quot;Blessed are...&quot;) and get all the way through, what&apos;s commonly called, the Sermon on the Mount. The &quot;mount&quot; where this speech happened is debated, but many agree it&apos;s a hill in northern Israel, in the Korazim Plateau, that has now been named, &quot;The Mount of Beatitudes&quot;.  Lots of ground is covered.... I&apos;ll look forward to being back soon(er) with more from the book of Matthew!

<description>&lt;p&gt;Back from a loooooooong break. I did a 10-week summer intensive training for chaplaincy at a hospital that&amp;apos;s roughly 45mins from where we live. The commute, the work itself, the rest of life that still needed tending to = intense.  &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;So glad to be back at it here...Hope you all are hanging in there. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;On this episode, we dip our toes in the water of what&amp;apos;s known as the New Testament. We start with Gospel According to Matthew, the first book sequentially in the NT. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;The book kicks off with a long list of names. This is the only account of Jesus&amp;apos;s lineage that we have in Scripture. It&amp;apos;s interesting to note that the author includes female relatives, especially as this was a patriarchal culture. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;We learn a bit about the cultural context into which Jesus was born through the writings about his parents and Herod. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;We meet John the Baptizer/Baptist. Jesus gets baptized, and we hear a declaration from Heaven about the identity of Jesus. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;We have the appearance of Satan and hear about Jesus&amp;apos;s temptation. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;We cover the Beatitudes (&amp;quot;Blessed are...&amp;quot;) and get all the way through, what&amp;apos;s commonly called, the Sermon on the Mount. The &amp;quot;mount&amp;quot; where this speech happened is debated, but many agree it&amp;apos;s a hill in northern Israel, in the Korazim Plateau, that has now been named, &amp;quot;The Mount of Beatitudes&amp;quot;. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Lots of ground is covered....&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I&amp;apos;ll look forward to being back soon(er) with more from the book of Matthew! &lt;/p&gt;</description>

Back from a loooooooong break. I did a 10-week summer intensive training for chaplaincy at a hospital that's roughly 45mins from where we live. The commute, the work itself, the rest of life that still needed tending to = intense.    So glad to be back at it here...Hope you all are hanging in there.   On this episode, we dip our toes in the water of what's known as the New Testament. We start with Gospel According to Matthew, the first book sequentially in the NT.   The book ki...

Episode 7: The Gospel According to Matthew, Chapters 1-7

Back after a long break to finish out the book of Job.  In this section, we hear from God directly. Finally! We&apos;ve heard Job asking for God chapter after chapter, and in Chapter 38, God comes to Job and answers him (+ also questions him).   Job is found guiltless and his righteousness with God and in his community is restored. Job&apos;s faithfulness is found to be so great that it extends even to his friends (those who were giving Job grief for most of the story).  God explains who God is, and Job is humbled. Job is reconciled to God, reconciled to his community, and through Job, others are also reconciled to God. Listen along as we finish out this book of incredible suffering and eventual triumph!

<description>&lt;p&gt;Back after a long break to finish out the book of Job. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;In this section, we hear from God directly. Finally! We&amp;apos;ve heard Job asking for God chapter after chapter, and in Chapter 38, God comes to Job and answers him (+ also questions him).  &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Job is found guiltless and his righteousness with God and in his community is restored. Job&amp;apos;s faithfulness is found to be so great that it extends even to his friends (those who were giving Job grief for most of the story). &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;God explains who God is, and Job is humbled. Job is reconciled to God, reconciled to his community, and through Job, others are also reconciled to God.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Listen along as we finish out this book of incredible suffering and eventual triumph! &lt;/p&gt;</description>

Back after a long break to finish out the book of Job.   In this section, we hear from God directly. Finally! We've heard Job asking for God chapter after chapter, and in Chapter 38, God comes to Job and answers him (+ also questions him).    Job is found guiltless and his righteousness with God and in his community is restored. Job's faithfulness is found to be so great that it extends even to his friends (those who were giving Job grief for most of the story).   God explains ...

Episode 6: The Book of Job, Chapters 38-42

We&apos;re almost through the book of Job. It feels like Job is becoming more and more hopeless. He&apos;s definitely bitter.  And his friends continue to be unhelpful. One thing that stuck with me after reading this section is how often we attribute natural events to the hand of God. This is something that I&apos;ve long found interesting, and I hear it loud and clear in this passage. It brings to my mind the sacrifices and offerings that our ancestor humans would make in an effort to bring about favorable weather. Listen, I believe God is a provider (not only in a paternalistic way) and nurtures all of creation in seen and unseen ways. But when we start to view God&apos;s punishment and wrath vis-a-vis natural phenomenon, that&apos;s when my spirit says halt...danger!!  The diversity of ways/manners that God has worked through creation in the past is vast. My mind and heart continue to say &quot;awwwwww/awe/whoa!!&quot; at new cosmological and scientific discoveries.  ALSO - I&apos;m looking for partners in this podcast!! Women who believe in the vision and want to join me in reading holy texts and related conversations (since there will be more than just me!). If you are interested or know someone who is, email me <a href='mailto:meagan@meagankim.com'>meagan@meagankim.com</a>.

<description>&lt;p&gt;We&amp;apos;re almost through the book of Job. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;It feels like Job is becoming more and more hopeless. He&amp;apos;s definitely bitter.  &lt;br/&gt;And his friends continue to be unhelpful. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;One thing that stuck with me after reading this section is how often we attribute natural events to the hand of God. This is something that I&amp;apos;ve long found interesting, and I hear it loud and clear in this passage. It brings to my mind the sacrifices and offerings that our ancestor humans would make in an effort to bring about favorable weather. Listen, I believe God is a provider (not only in a paternalistic way) and nurtures all of creation in seen and unseen ways. But when we start to view God&amp;apos;s punishment and wrath vis-a-vis natural phenomenon, that&amp;apos;s when my spirit says halt...danger!!  &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;The diversity of ways/manners that God has worked through creation in the past is vast. My mind and heart continue to say &amp;quot;awwwwww/awe/whoa!!&amp;quot; at new cosmological and scientific discoveries. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;ALSO - I&amp;apos;m looking for partners in this podcast!! Women who believe in the vision and want to join me in reading holy texts and related conversations (since there will be more than just me!). If you are interested or know someone who is, email me &lt;a href='mailto:meagan@meagankim.com'&gt;&lt;b&gt;meagan@meagankim.com&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

We're almost through the book of Job.   It feels like Job is becoming more and more hopeless. He's definitely bitter.   And his friends continue to be unhelpful.   One thing that stuck with me after reading this section is how often we attribute natural events to the hand of God. This is something that I've long found interesting, and I hear it loud and clear in this passage. It brings to my mind the sacrifices and offerings that our ancestor humans would make in an effort to bring about...

Episode 5: The Book of Job, Chapters 25-37

In this episode, we walk through Song of Songs, also known as Song of Solomon. We see the roots of this poem in ancient Egyptian and Sumerian poetry.  This book landed in Scripture because of its interpretation as an allegory of God&apos;s love for humans, and specifically, for &quot;God&apos;s people&quot;. There is no evidence or reason to believe that these words originated with King Solomon.  Listen for yourself and see how you sense God in this text.

<description>&lt;p&gt;In this episode, we walk through Song of Songs, also known as Song of Solomon.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;We see the roots of this poem in ancient Egyptian and Sumerian poetry. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;This book landed in Scripture because of its interpretation as an allegory of God&amp;apos;s love for humans, and specifically, for &amp;quot;God&amp;apos;s people&amp;quot;.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;There is no evidence or reason to believe that these words originated with King Solomon. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Listen for yourself and see how you sense God in this text.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

In this episode, we walk through Song of Songs, also known as Song of Solomon.  We see the roots of this poem in ancient Egyptian and Sumerian poetry.   This book landed in Scripture because of its interpretation as an allegory of God's love for humans, and specifically, for "God's people".  There is no evidence or reason to believe that these words originated with King Solomon.   Listen for yourself and see how you sense God in this text. 

Episode 4: Song of Songs

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