Living into the Tension of Advent: Dr. J. Derek McNeil and Kate Davis

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The Allender Center

Psychology, Religion & Spirituality, Mental Health, Christianity, Trauma, Health & Fitness, Theology

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🗓️ 4 December 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

“How shall we live into this Advent season at such a time as this?”

Each year, the season of Advent invites us to lean into the story of God, to the tension and expectation that surrounds the birth of Jesus. This year, however, amidst a global pandemic and heightened racial tension, anticipation has become akin to a feeling of dread rather than a thing to look forward to with hope and excitement. How then, Rachael asks, are we to live into the season of Advent in this year? As she begins a series of conversations around this very question, today you’ll hear Rachael talk with Dr. J. Derek McNeil, President and Provost of The Seattle School, and Kate Davis, Director of Resilient Leaders Project, about this unique season of expectation and what it means for us to be truly embodied and co-regulated.

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to the Allender Center podcast.
0:06.7	I'm Dr. Dan Allender.
0:08.7	And I'm Rachel Clinton-Centen.
0:10.5	We're fiercely committed to providing hope and healing to a fragmented world.
0:14.7	And restoration for the heart.
0:17.2	Thank you for joining us.
0:18.5	Let's get this conversation started.
0:27.1	Thank you for joining us. Let's get this conversation started. Well, I'm here today with two of some of my favorite people at the Seattle School, colleagues, mentors, friends.
0:36.8	I am joined by Dr. Derek McNeil, who is the
0:40.6	provost and president of the Seattle School. You've had the opportunity to hear from him,
0:45.1	so you should be familiar with his voice. And also Kate Davis, who is the director of
0:50.6	Resilient Leaders Project here at the Seattle School. And we're going to be spending the next few weeks pondering together here on the
1:00.4	Eleanor Center podcast.
1:01.4	I'm going to have a few different guests joining me.
1:03.2	But we're going to be pondering together, how shall we live into this Advent season, which started this week, at such a time as this?
1:16.0	Advent is the beginning of a liturgical year. As people of God, every year, we are invited to,
1:24.0	depending on your church tradition, some people don't necessarily follow the liturgical calendar, but it's essentially a way to, depending on your church tradition, some people don't necessarily follow the liturgical
1:28.3	calendar, but it's essentially a way to lean into the story of God.
1:34.3	And it begins with Advent.
1:37.3	And Advent is the season of expectant waiting as we anticipate the story of the birth of Jesus, the incarnation,
1:48.1	God coming to be with us.
1:51.3	And it's usually a season where we light candles and there's lots of different ways to
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