Moments that Matter

Scott Williams interviews Paul Shotsberger and David Conley about their new book Who Is Your Resilience Builder?: Loss, Friendship, and Creativity. Join us!

This is the second of a two part episode this week featuring Dr. Paul Shotsberger and his interview with Dr. Oleksandr (Sasha) Vasylevskyy, a dear friend and Ukrainian citizen.  Sasha was in the United States when the attacks on his home country began and his family has now fled to safety in Poland.  You will not only hear the perspective of one closest to the tragedies unfolding in Ukraine but also how Putin is viewed with his years of aggressive build-up to this present war.

As the war with Russia rages on, Ukraine remains in every headline and news story.  Get the latest updates with Dr. Paul Shotsberger along with what continued fighting means for Ukraine, Russia, and the world.  This is the first of a two part episode, finishing with a special interview with Sasha, a friend and Ukrainian citizen, displaced due to the ongoing attack on Ukraine.

In this episode, we have the privilege of talking with Lauren Schaupp, daughter of missionaries to East Africa, who spent her early years in the vast expanses of Kenya and Ethiopia. She attended Southern Wesleyan University, majoring in biology, and has a passion for all things outdoors. Lauren belongs to a rare group of elites who have thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail and has all the stories to go along with her great journey. Join us today as we travel along the trail with Lauren for all 2,193.1 miles of wild adventure and be sure to catch her additional long-distance hiking plans in the future.

Today we are picking up part two of last week's interview with Dr. Paul Shotsberger.  Normally, we have authors come on Moments that Matter and talk to us about a book of theirs that’s just been published. We try to get into their backgrounds, how they came to write because we want to understand the decisions that are made along the way that have long-term consequences in our lives. Today, though, we’re going to take a different tack, and we’re going to view the writing process from the beginning rather than the end. Sometimes authors will publish an outline or a few pages or a chapter online and ask for reader reactions. Well, we’re going to do something similar with an idea Paul’s just had for a book that came to him just this week. He only has the barest outline for the book and hasn’t yet written a single word. We’re going to have a conversation about this book, and we ask that you join us in this discussion, as he shares what he believes God has given him so far.

This episode will be a bit of an experiment. Normally, we have authors come on Moments that Matter and talk to us about a book of theirs that’s just been published. We try to get into their backgrounds, how they came to write, because we want to understand the decisions that are made along the way that have long-term consequences in our lives. Today, though, we’re going to take a different tack, and we’re going to view the writing process from the beginning rather than the end. Sometimes authors will publish an outline or a few pages or a chapter online and ask for reader reactions. Well, we’re going to do something similar with an idea Paul’s just had for a book that came to him just this week. He only has the barest outline for the book and hasn’t yet written a single word. We’re going to have a conversation about this book, and we ask that you join us in this discussion, as he shares what he believes God has given him so far.

This week on Moments that Matter we are featuring part two of a keynote address presented by Dr. Allen Lee to the faculty of Southern Wesleyan University. Dr. Lee presently serves as Program Director and Professor of Christian Counselling at Kingswood University and is a committed Christian seeking to honor God through his work in the world of counseling. His presentation deals with personal wellness, carrying significant value in this era of continued COVID. I think you will find his words both comforting and challenging as we learn to be our best selves during this ongoing global pandemic.

This week on Moments that Matter we are featuring part one of a keynote address presented by Dr. Allen Lee to the faculty of Southern Wesleyan University. Dr. Lee presently serves as Program Director and Professor of Christian Counselling at Kingswood University and is a committed Christian, seeking to honor God through his work in the world of counseling. His presentation deals with personal wellness, carrying significant value in this era of continued COVID. I think you will find his words both comforting and challenging as we learn to be our best selves during this ongoing global pandemic.

We are back with Dr. Teresa Williams who has been on this podcast twice before talking about the COVID pandemic, first in the spring of 2020 shortly after the outbreak, and then again in fall 2020 when we saw the first resurgence of the virus. Well, here we are again, where no one expected to be, masking and social distancing and watching the infection cases rise once again, this time due to the Delta variant of the virus. But this time is a bit different because in the spring of 2021 vaccines were first made available to the public. The vaccines have had a mixed reception, both in terms of acceptance by the public and effectiveness in warding off the new variant of the virus. So, in some ways we’re right back where we were in 2020, confused and needing direction from a medical professional. That’s why we’re so delighted to have Dr. Williams back on the program.

This week we are back with part two of our interview with Raine Riley.  As part of her thesis work, she reviewed scores of advertisements that tell stories, some of which would be very familiar to all of us. Since on this podcast we’re all about what we call clearness committee moments—those times in our lives that provide direction or redirection if we are paying attention— we're hopeful you’ll also hear about those times as well.

We’re talking today with a dear friend, Raine Riley, who is getting ready to graduate from Clemson University with her masters in Communication, Technology and Society. As part of her thesis work, she reviewed scores of advertisements that tell stories, some of which would be very familiar to all of us. Since on this podcast we’re all about what we call clearness committee moments—those times in our lives that provide direction or redirection if we are paying attention— we're hopeful you’ll also hear about those times as well.

On this episode of Moments that Matter, we jump back in for part two of last week’s presentation by Dr. Ken Badley. This past Fall Semester, Southern Wesleyan University hosted its first virtual Faith Integration in the Academy conference with Dr. Badley as the keynote speaker. He has graciously allowed us to use his presentation in this forum and his message that includes both the integration of faith and learning as well as the integration of faith and living.

On this episode of Moments that Matter, we are excited to welcome a presentation by Dr. Ken Badley. This past Fall Semester, Southern Wesleyan University hosted its first virtual Faith Integration in the Academy conference with Dr. Badley as the keynote speaker. He has graciously allowed us to use his presentation in this forum and his message that includes both the integration of faith and learning as well as the integration of faith and living.

This week we are back with Father Gregory Plow, a dear friend from Dr. Paul Shotsberger's days in the math department at UNC Wilmington.  Father Gregory Plow, is a Franciscan Friar from the Third Order Regular of Saint Francis and currently pursuing his doctorate. His province sponsors two universities and he is director of the post-novitiate formation program, located in Washington, DC, preparing friars for the permanent brotherhood and priesthood. In this episode, we talk about the disciplines of the life of a friar while also addressing the recent events in the nation's capital, only remedied by Christ's prayer for unity in our world.