Reflecting on 100 Episodes of "In No Hurry"
To anyone who has listened or been a guest, thank you for supporting this podcast
A couple weeks ago, I released the 100th episode of the In No Hurry Podcast. When you consider that most podcasts stop before reaching 50 episodes, this is a milestone I’m quite proud of.
When I launched this show in November 2019, I really didn’t know what to expect. I didn’t know if anyone would care or take time to listen. I wasn’t sure if the guests I wanted to interview would find it to be worth their time. Frankly, I didn’t really know how to produce a podcast, either. I just knew it was something I wanted to do, so I figured it out by trial and error and did the best I could.
During COVID, this podcast helped keep me sane and provided some of the most social interaction I was able to have while quarantined. It’s amazing what Skype and Zoom can do to help forge relationships and create content.
Almost four years later, the show is doing better than it ever has and seeing higher download numbers than ever. But it’s not really all about that.
It’s cool to look back on the amazing guests and conversations I’ve been able to have and know that I’ve developed some great relationships with people after meeting them over Skype or Zoom for the first time. It’s opened doors to connect with Christian writers and others in the creative space, some of which have blossomed into long-term professional relationships.
Most importantly, this show has been an avenue to allow people to share how their faith in God intersects with their creativity and/or their work and how God is using their skills to reach people.
If you’ve been a guest on my show, thank you for taking the time to talk with me and allowing me to share your art and your story with others. If you’ve listened, thanks for finding this show valuable enough to take time out of your day to listen.
Episode 100 is linked below, and if you haven’t ever checked out the show, I’d love for you to change that by listening to this episode. Here’s to 100 more!
Episode 100: Author & Theologian Steve Seamands on Revival and Healing Ministry
For the last four decades, Dr. Steve Seamands has been a staple at Asbury University. As a student in the 1970s, he was part of what became a well-known and still-talked-about student-led revival. Now, as a retired professor at the seminary, he got to experience another revival on campus when, in February, a student chapel service just kept going on for weeks.
In total, the revival, or "outpouring" as some called it, lasted 16 days and drew thousands of people from across the United States and overseas. He joins me this week to share about both experiences and the fruit he's already seeing from the latest one in February.
He's also the author of a forthcoming book, "Follow the Healer: Biblical and Theological Foundations for Healing Ministry," which addresses some misconceptions on and further explains healing ministry. He spokes so eloquently about the character of God and provides some theological perspective on how we can understand pain and suffering or why some healing we pray for doesn't happen.
"I have become convinced of the goodness of Jesus and the character of God," he says. "Even when I can't trace His hand, I still trust His heart."
The book will be released on Sept. 5 and can be purchased anywhere books are sold. If you'd like to connect with Dr. Seamands, you can email him at steve.seamands@asburyseminary.edu.