Mike Sares - Loving the Scum of the Earth (N51)

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Post-evangelical, Reconstruction, Liberation Theology, Religion & Spirituality, Christian Mysticism, Progressive Christianity, Faith Shift, Deconstruction, Evolving Faith, Religious Trauma Healing, Embodied Spirituality, Spiritual Direction, Mystical Christianity, Contemplative Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 9 August 2012

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Mike Sares is a fairly normal, middle-aged, middle class type of guy. But he somehow managed to connect with a group of young artists and skater punks and planted and pastors the Denver based church Scum of the Earth. It's an inspiring story of...

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0:00.0	Nomad, Christian Community, Mission and the Future of the Church.
0:16.1	Welcome back to Nomad podcast.
0:18.5	This month, we're in Denver, Colorado.
0:21.5	Yeah.
0:22.2	In the United States.
0:23.4	We are.
0:23.7	To speak to Mike Sayers from Scum of the Earth.
0:26.2	We're not actually.
0:27.2	Oh, no.
0:28.7	We actually, we flew him over.
0:30.4	We did.
0:31.0	Because it makes it a bit more straightforward for us.
0:33.0	Came all the way over here to do a Nomad Podcast.
0:34.7	He didn't.
0:35.2	We've tricked our listeners again. It's a cunning ruse.
0:39.5	He's over here. I don't know why he's over here, actually. No, he seems to be doing a few dates.
0:43.4	Sort of talky things. So we thought we'd meet up. You need to meet up with a guy who leads a church called scum of the earth, don't you really?
0:50.1	Yes. That's basically all we know, but that's enough. Skim of the earth.
0:55.8	Yeah.
0:57.3	You either love it or hate that sort of name, don't you?
0:58.9	Do you love it or hate it?
1:00.9	I think it would grow on me.
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