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The BEMA Podcast

391: Tommy Brown — The Ache for Meaning

The BEMA Podcast

BEMA Discipleship

Hermeneutics, Religion & Spirituality, Scripture, Jewish Context, Biblical, Judaism, Bible, Christianity

4.83.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by Tommy Brown, author of The Ache for Meaning. He is a pastor and contemplative teacher with a bachelor’s degree in pastoral ministry and master’s degrees in divinity and management, and a former little league baseball coach.

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Transcript

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I can re-ask that question during the episode if you want, but I didn't know if the answer was going to end up being too personal.

0:07.0

I'm not sure what answer I'm going to give you if you re-asked it.

0:10.0

So I take full creative license in any of my responses.

0:14.2

And I haven't read this book since I wrote it.

0:16.1

So I don't even know if I remember it.

0:19.1

We'll see what happens.

0:22.0

I love it. It.

0:29.4

it. This is the Bayma Podcast with Marty Solomon.

0:31.4

I'm his co-host Brent Billings. Today we are joined by

0:33.7

Tommy Brown, author of The Aik for Meaning. He is a pastor and contemplative teacher

0:38.1

with a bachelor's degree in pastoral ministry and master's degrees in

0:41.9

divinity and management and a former little league

0:44.9

baseball coach. Tommy, welcome to the show.

0:49.7

It's my greatest, you caught me off guard, it's my greatest accomplishment. You threw that in there right at the last second. I was like, I have to include that.

0:57.0

Yeah, you have no idea how great of a little league coach I was just ask anyone in the in the city where I live all time great.

1:05.6

I've got to be in the top 1,000 of Lily coaches who've ever coached in my city.

1:09.8

That's pretty good. That's pretty good. Well if you want to add any other colorful details about who you are, family, hobbies, whatever else.

1:19.0

Well, before we get to family, let's start with the important stuff. I love redfish fishing and I'm a small

1:25.2

game hunter. I hunt a lot of squirrels you know and I think I'm thinking about

1:32.0

mounting a squirrel sooner or later a lot of men that I'm thinking about mounting a squirrel sooner or later a lot of men that I'm around they mount you know

1:36.3

Deer but not one has ever mounted a squirrel so far as I can tell so I'm thinking about doing that

1:41.6

But seriously my my wife, Elizabeth, and I

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