The Presence of the Incarnation with Alexander John Shaia

The Allender Center Podcast

The Allender Center

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

4.6 • 628 Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

This week on the podcast, Dan is joined by author, speaker, and clinical psychologist Alexander John Shaia to engage the incarnation, the Christmas story, and a glimpse of John’s upbringing and the beautiful spiritual tradition of his family and culture.

Born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, Alexander John was part of a large extended family that had emigrated from Lebanon a generation previously. He grew up immersed in the ancient traditions of Middle Eastern Christianity (Maronite Catholicism) and was expected to become a priest, a family tradition since the year 1300. He was led otherwise.

Hear more from Alexander John Shaia in this week’s podcast: “The Presence of the Incarnation.”

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1:06.4	Thank you for listening to the Allender Center podcast. I'm Dr. Dan Allender.
1:11.4	And I'm Rachel Clinton-Centen.
1:13.2	We're fiercely committed to providing hope and healing to a fragmented world.
1:17.4	And restoration for the heart.
1:19.9	Thank you for joining us.
1:21.2	Let's get this conversation started. Well, it is awfully near Christmas, and I don't think there is a sweeter, more compelling holiday,
1:42.3	a more, shall we say, significant period that is both honored and in some ways ignored.
1:51.0	And today, I've got a sweet gift to be able to introduce you all to someone whom I've just come to know and also deeply already
2:04.7	appreciate.
2:05.6	And that is Alexander John Shia.
2:09.6	And to begin this conversation, Alexander John, your history is such that alone, as I said to you, we could spend the entire time talking about the journey and evolution of your own presence, thought, and invitation to the gospel.
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