Micah Podcast: The Heart Of The Matter
- Autor: Vários
- Narrador: Vários
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Sinopsis
We discuss topics related to spirituality and everyday life. As you may notice, the some of the topics are a bit off beat, or at least unusual. This is intentional as our hope is to encourage everyone to find God in the most simple, yet obvious settings.
Episodios
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Spirituality and Technology (Part 6): Consciousness: God or Matter?
22/04/2011 Duración: 23minPeople are working hard to download the content of our brains onto computers. But is our consciousness really just like a computer program? Is it limited to the space between our ears?
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Spirituality and Technology (Part 5): Death and Resurrection
19/04/2011 Duración: 22minSeems like we want to live forever - in these bodies. Why? Why not? How does this impulse and desire, not to mention the billions of dollars spent, square with the story of Holy Week?
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Spirituality and Technology (Part 4): AI: Smart Machines and the Future of God's Care
15/04/2011 Duración: 21minWhat does God care about? Will God love smart machines? Are machines really intelligent? And are you as smart as our little droid friend?
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Spirituality and Technology (Part 3): The Creep of Human Enhancement
12/04/2011 Duración: 21minWe have accepted all sorts of medical human enhancements as good that weren't available just a few years ago. Enhancement 'creeps' along. What's enough enhancement? Where's it leading? Is there such a thing as too much change? Is God in any of it?
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Spirituality and Technology (Part 2): The New World of Virtual Reality
02/04/2011 Duración: 19minPeople spend more and more time in another world: the virtual world. What does this mean? Is it good or bad? Is it somewhat like people who spend time in the material and the spiritual world?
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Spirituality and Technology (Part 1): The Technological System
31/03/2011 Duración: 21minTechnology is everywhere and it's getting to be more a part of our lives every day. Is that good or bad or neither? Do we run technology or does technology run us?
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Spirituality and Cars
29/12/2010 Duración: 16minThere are lots of cars in the world, especially in China. More every day. And gas is getting more and more expensive. Do we know what we are getting ourselves into? Do we ever? Perhaps this gives God an opening in history.
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Spirituality and The End of Civilization
24/05/2010 Duración: 15minSo lots of people are worried about civilization collapse. Why? Are they right to be concerned? And if so, what really is a good way to respond and prepare?
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Spirituality and Not Broken, Broken Strap
13/05/2010 Duración: 19minSo this is our strangest subject yet. Please keep an open mind...
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Spirituality and Breaking the Law
12/05/2010 Duración: 19minCome on, admit it, we all break the law at one time or another... What does this mean for our spiritual life?
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Spirituality and Reading
08/05/2010 Duración: 14minReading is a great thing. Too often we take it for granted. It's actually pretty amazing that so many of us can read, and it's pretty interesting that God's relationship with us is described in terms of a Word. So what's this reading thing all about?
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Spirituality and Habits
14/04/2010 Duración: 18minUnconscious habits, conscious habits. What are we doing with our lives?
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Spirituality and Atheist Cartoons
20/05/2009 Duración: 17minThere are all kinds of really funny and interesting atheist cartoons out there on you tube. Some of them are really quite challenging to our faith. Perhaps they are worth thinking about. Maybe they help us articulate our faith more clearly.
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Spirituality and Home Improvements
07/05/2009 Duración: 17minWe are really into home improvement. We like to change and beautify our environment. But what do we get ourselves into when we do this? Perhaps this is a great metaphor for the spiritual life.
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Spirituality and Earth Day Reflections
06/05/2009 Duración: 16minEarth Day happened recently. What are your reflections on this activity? Good? Bad? Where is God in all of this?
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Spirituality and Facebook
16/04/2009 Duración: 16minFacebook is the new in thing. So many people, including us, have pages. But what is going on here? What happens when the cables get cut? Are we deepening our connections or are they getting thinner?
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Spirituality and Disney
12/04/2009 Duración: 15minDisney is pretty big. It exerts tremendous influence on us, our kids, our lives. So what? That is the question.
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Spirituality and Not Doing Podcasts Anymore
06/04/2009 Duración: 16minSo, we haven't done pod-casts in quite awhile. Why not? Can't we get our act together? Are there just rhythms in the world that are so powerful they should be listened to? We're not too sure...
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Spirituality and 'Lord Save Us From Your Followers': Movie Discussion
04/03/2009 Duración: 18minWe highly recommend this great movie. How do Christians look to those non-Christians around them? What is the important thing in our faith life, being right or being loving?
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Spirituality and Fingernails
23/02/2009 Duración: 15minThis picture is really unbelievable. Fingernails are a big thing. We grow them, cut them, decorate them, nibble on them. Is this a metaphor for our spiritual life, or a metaphor for our distractions?