In All Things

Episode 99: Pastor or Filmmaker | A Discussion with Ritchey Cable, Filmmaker and Digital Content Lead of the EPC

Dean Weaver, EPC Stated Clerk, welcomes Ritchey Cable, creator of feature length film, The Author, and the Digital Content Lead at the EPC have a fruitful discussion around our calling, filmmaking and new creative endeavors within the EPC.

Episode 98: Doubts During the Dark Night of the Soul | A Discussion with Tim Filston, Pastor and Blogger

Dean Weaver, EPC Stated Clerk, welcomes Tim Filston, Pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Thomasville, GA and blogger at FaithAndDoubt.com as they discuss the seasons of life that create questions of doubt and how to create a place for safe conversations.

Episode 97: Caring for Others Will Involve Caring for Yourself | Meeting Carolee Richendollar, Director of Benefits Resources, Inc.

Dean Weaver, EPC Stated Clerk, welcomes Carolee Richendollar, Director of Benefits Resources, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of EPC, Inc., which provides health care and retirement benefits to members of the EPC family. We have a chance to meet Carolee, learn more about the benefits available in the EPC and discover why caring for ourselves as we care for others is important.

Episode 96: The Crisis of the Modern-Day Pastor: Restoring God’s Leader

Dean Weaver, EPC Stated Clerk, welcomes Doug Resler, Senior Pastor of Parker Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Parker, Colorado and adjunct professor at Denver Seminary. The two assess and discuss the current condition of the post-pandemic modern-day pastor and the common struggles pastors everywhere are facing as they lead their church during turbulent times.

Episode 95: Dean and Ruling Elder, Joi Williams a new member of the National Leadership Team

Dean Weaver, EPC Stated Clerk, welcomes Joi Williams, Ruling Elder at Hope Church in Richmond, VA and Professor of Applied Engineering Technology at Virginia State University as his guest for this new episode of “In All Things”.  Dean and his Joi discuss her journey to become a Ruling Elder as well as her thoughts and initial impressions as a new member of the EPC’s National Leadership Team.

Episode 94: National Leadership Team with Rosemary Lukens and Victor Jones

Dean Weaver, EPC Stated Clerk, welcomes Rosemary Lukens (Chairman of the National Leadership Team), and Victor Jones (Moderator-elect of the 43^rd General Assembly) as his guests for this new episode of “In All Things”.  Dean and his guests, both Ruling Elders, discuss a variety of topics related to how God is working with the denomination at the National level.

EPISODE 93: EPC author and former Mormon Lisa Brockman, Part 2 (encore presentation)

Dean Weaver, EPC Stated Clerk, continues a conversation with Lisa Brockman, Ruling Elder for First Presbyterian Church in Orlando, Florida. In the conclusion of a two-week dialogue, the two discuss how her path from a devout Mormon childhood to accepting Christ affected her relationships with Mormon family members—especially after she wrote her book, Out of Zion: Meeting Jesus in the Shadow of the Mormon Temple.

Episode 92: Devout Mormon to Evangelical Christian with Lisa Brockman, Part 1 (encore presentation)

Dean Weaver, EPC Stated Clerk, welcomes Lisa Brockman, Ruling Elder for First Presbyterian Church in Orlando, Florida, and author of Out of Zion: Meeting Jesus in the Shadow of the Mormon Temple. In part one of a two-week conversation, the two discuss her path as a sixth-generation Mormon—including her childhood dream of a temple marriage—to accepting Christ as a student at the University of Utah. She recounts how her spiritual journey was influenced by Josh McDowell, Larry Crabb, and James Spencer. She also describes coming to the realization that the biblical God is the only God who will not abuse His authority.

Episode 91: “Purposeful Pain: What Your Troubles Achieve” with Bryn MacPhail (encore presentation)

Dean Weaver, EPC Stated Clerk, welcomes Bryn MacPhail, Senior Pastor of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Kirk in Nassau, Bahamas, and author of Purposeful Pain: What Your Troubles Achieve. The two discuss how God uses suffering to make believers more like Jesus, and how repeated pain and suffering—unlike manual labor that develops strength and durability—results in a heavy burden that only being yoked to Christ can relieve.

Episode 90: “The Apostate: My Search for Truth” with Mark Christian (encore presentation)

Dean Weaver, EPC Stated Clerk, welcomes Mark Christian, member of the EPC’s Covenant Presbyterian Church in Omaha, Nebraska, and author of The Apostate: My Search for Truth. The two discuss Christian’s upbringing in Egypt in a family of the Muslim Brotherhood, becoming an imam at age 12, and how a journey of questioning the claims of Mohamed for a deeper understanding of Islam resulted in a failed attempt on his life and ultimately to faith in Christ.