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This week, we feature an engaging conversation with Stephanie Goetz, a lecturer in Spanish at the U of M. Stephanie shares her fascinating story of how traveling to Spain as a college student led to her own spiritual rea

Hosted by Michigan Christian Study Center · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 24 episodes
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The mission of the Michigan Christian Study Center is to enrich the University of Michigan by providing a place of authentic community that connects Christian faith and academic life. This podcast is a sampling of the types of conversations we have at the Center for students, faculty, and the wider U-M community.
Michigan Christian Study Center hosts Thinking Christianly, Living Faithfully, a religion show with 24 episodes published.

This week, we feature an engaging conversation with Stephanie Goetz, a lecturer in Spanish at the U of M. Stephanie shares her fascinating story of how traveling to Spain as a college student led to her own spiritual rea

Episode 24 This week, we feature an engaging conversation with Stephanie Goetz, a lecturer in Spanish at the U of M. Stephanie shares her fascinating story of how traveling to Spain as a college student led to her own sp

Episode 23 Michael Buist, clinical assistant professor of anesthesiology at Michigan Medicine, is intimately familiar with human suffering. In our conversation, Michael shared how his Christian faith motivated his intere

Episode 22 This Good Friday, we had a conversation with Sean White, a UM alum who serves as the Director of Strategy and Partnerships at Michigan Central. Sean shared about his time as a student at Michigan, how God call

Episode 21 This week, we welcomed political science professor Brian Min, who spoke about how his experiences growing up and working on his PhD led to his current work studying the relationship between energy access and p

Episode 20 This week, we speak with Becky Schrotenboer, an interior designer and head of a charitable foundation in West Michigan. She provided students with a vivid example of how Christians can serve God in various pro

Episode 19 This week we were joined by Gabe Kasper, lead pastor at University Lutheran Chapel in Ann Arbor. As a young person, Gabe's dream was a star in a punk rock band, but God steered him to pastoral ministry instead

Episode 18 Our Friday lunch guest was Dave Brzezinski, teaching professor in the U of M School of Medicine. Our main topic was faith and science: We discussed Dave’s own spiritual journey as a believer and a scientist, i

Episode 17 This week we spoke with Dr. Bethany Hughes, a professor of American Culture at Michigan who also serves as director of the Native American Studies Program at the U of M. Like many Christian scholars, Bethany s

Episode 16 This week, Karl Hoesch, a current Associate at the organization “Partners for Public Good”, shared his story of an academic journey that began at Hope College and ended at U-M with a PhD in Resource Policy & B

Episode 15 This week, Ayanna McConnell, the president of the University of Michigan Alumni Association, joined us for Friday lunch. Ayanna shared her U-M journey with students, beginning as a student committed to meeting

Episode 14 Our guest this week was Isaac Wingfield, instructor of photography and the head of Visual Arts at the U-M Residential College. In our conversation, Isaac discusses how his passion for the visual arts originate

Episode 13 Associate Professor of Educational Studies, Jamaal Sharif Matthews, reflected on how Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” still speaks to the church today and how righteousness and justice

Episode 12 Two MCSC students, senior Brady Nichols and junior Natalie Mouw, shared their reflections on how their Christian faith has impacted their lives as students at Michigan, the ways their faith has been challenged

Episode 11 Kristin Wong, the MCSC Director of Spiritual and Community Life, shared her experience as a cello major at the U of M, her journey to becoming a Christian counselor, the importance of the spiritual disciplines

Episode 10 Professor Thad Polk joined us for lunch on Friday. Students heard how Professor Polk became a Christian, landed at the University of Michigan, and has flourished as a professor here. Thad Polk - Episode 10 - T

Episode 9 We were delighted to host Melodie Marske for our lunch conversation. Melodie is the Regional Director of Graduate and Faculty Ministries for Intervarsity Christian Fellowship. She shared how her time at Michiga

Episode 8 Our Friday lunch featured a fascinating conversation with Atlantic staff writer Tim Alberta, who shared how he ended up as a political journalist and his reflections on how we can navigate our current situation

Episode 7 Our Friday lunch speaker this week was Joseph Ho, a historian at the University of Michigan who specializes in the history of Christianity in Asia. Joseph studies history using old photographs and films, and he

Episode Six This week we spoke to Paul Clyde, professor of business economics and public policy at the UM Ross School of Business. Paul Clyde - Episode 6 - Thinking Christianly, Living Faithfully Michigan Christian Study
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