Looking Back in Gratitude, Looking Ahead with Hope

Voxology

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2016

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

A heartfelt wrap-up to a remarkable year of the Voxology Podcast, as Mike Erre shares gratitude for the incredible support, growing community, and the conversations that have shaped the last twelve months. On this special solo episode, Mike records an intimate update on what's ahead for Voxology in 2023, including new series exploring tough questions about prayer, suffering, and being "embarrassed by the Bible." And as a bonus, he offers a humorous and moving original year-end Christmas poem, reflecting on the joys and heartbreaks of 2016 while celebrating the hope found in Jesus.

Key Takeaways: • Gratitude for Community Growth – From 430,000+ total downloads to 57 generous Patreon supporters, the show's growth has exceeded expectations, with listeners from California to Texas and beyond. • Upcoming Series Sneak Peek – Mike outlines plans for new series, including:

A prayer series exploring theological tensions and unanswered questions.
Topics of suffering and God's sovereignty.
"Embarrassed by the Bible" series unpacking strange or troubling passages.
"When We Disagree" – a guide to navigating Christian conflict with love.
"The Resistance" – living out minority views within faith and culture. • Reflections Through Humor and Poetry – Mike's original Christmas poem combines pop culture references and spiritual insights, offering a creative capstone to the year.

Resources Mentioned: • Vox Christian Community: voxoc.com • Support the Podcast on Patreon: patreon.com/voxpodcast • Follow us on Twitter: @TheVoxPodcast

Let's keep the conversation going. Subscribe, leave a review, and stay engaged with us on social media as we head into an exciting year ahead.

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Follow Mike on Twitter: @mikeerre

Music in this episode by Timothy John Stafford

Instagram & Twitter: @GoneTimothy

As always, we encourage and would love discussion as we pursue. Feel free to email in questions to hello@voxpodcast.com, and to engage the conversation on Facebook and Instagram.

We're on YouTube (if you're into that kinda thing): VOXOLOGY TV.

Our Merch Store! ETSY

Learn more about the Voxology Podcast

Subscribe on iTunes or Spotify

Support the Voxology Podcast on Patreon

The Voxology Spotify channel can be found here: Voxology Radio

Follow Mike on Twitter: www.twitter.com/mikeerre

Music in this episode by Timothy John Stafford

Instagram & Twitter: @GoneTimothy

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi everybody, Mike here, solo.
0:15.0	Just wanted to do a quick recording using my iPhone and my headphones to say thank you for an incredible year of support and of interaction and discussion.
0:32.6	And I've learned so stinking much doing this podcast.
0:42.2	I won't let you know we're going to take a couple of weeks off around the holidays and we'll be back with some new stuff.
0:44.8	I wanted to just give you a brief little overview of where we've been and where we're going.
0:51.1	And then I've got a Christmas year-end poem for us. An original poem.
0:59.5	I can't tell you the last time I've written poetry. So please sit through some statistics and a poem is
1:08.2	waiting for you at the end. So first of all, thank you to 57 of you who have become Patreon supporters.
1:16.7	That is an amazing, amazing blessing to us.
1:22.4	And it's funny, the highest number of people are supporting us at the highest level, and that is
1:29.2	ridiculously generous. So thank you. Thank you, thank you for that. We look forward to making
1:35.1	some investments in equipment, making some investments in some live shows. I've got a book
1:40.2	list a mile long, and so thank you for that that and I appreciate all of you who listen we
1:47.9	for for the life of the podcast we're about we're around 430,000 downloads now a lot of
1:57.5	those are my mom and so thank you mom that. But that's beyond our wildest
2:04.2	dreams for a year and a couple of months. And the podcast just keeps growing, and we keep hearing
2:12.3	from folks all over the world, though our largest states seem to be California, Texas, Oregon, and Washington.
2:20.8	So you talk about the whole political spectrum. Wow. Cali by far kind of leads us in downloads.
2:29.6	And then it's Texas, Oregon, and Washington. And so thank you, West Coast. Shout out to Texas.
2:36.3	We're interested in doing some more live shows, and we're going to stream those on
2:40.0	Facebook Live.
2:40.8	We had like 2,200 views on Facebook Live of the live show we did.
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