Vile Methods

My guest for this episode is Dani Stang! Dani is a Co-Founder of the Denver branch of Sleep in Heavenly Peace, a non-profit that provides beds for low-income children. SHP is a 501c3 charity. In this interview Dani and I discuss the importance of a place to call one's own, addressing basic necessities in poverty, and how care for children can be a preventative measure to keep people out of poverty and homelessness in the future. We also discuss the challenges of running a small non-profit, keeping up with the laundry, and a wonderful place to get margaritas in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. You can learn more about Dani and the work of SHP at https://www.shpbeds.org/chapter/co-denver or by visiting them on Facebook. Visit Vile Methods online at vilemethods.com and check us out on Instagram @vilemethods and @vilemethodistSubscribe Now so you won't miss a single nugget of wisdom, fantastic tale, or moment of laughter.Intro and Outro Music are by royalty free artist Joakim Karud, subscribe and patron him on Patreon to get access to great music.

My guest again is Pastor Mike Mather. Mike is a leader in equipping the church to engage in community development. The author of "Having Nothing, Possessing Everything", Mike shares inspirational stories about nudging a faith community to positively impact the neighborhood where they reside. Mike is ordained in the United Methodist Church currently serving as the Senior Pastor at First UMC in Boulder, CO, and a faculty member of the Asset-Based Community Development Institute housed at DePaul University.Key Topics and Tips Discussed1 minutes - Doing Less to Do More3 minutes - Listen to the Youth! - Learning from the wisdom of 13 and 14 year old entrepreneurs6 minutes - Letting Go of our desire to control to make way for God's Way10 min - PARTY with your neighbors!12 min - NUDGE EVANGELISM - Celebrating the amazing things our congregants and neighbors are doing17 min - Uh Oh! We're being investigated by the health department18 min - How poor are you is the wrong question? So what is the correct one?20 min - Recognizing the Gift of our neighbors with a Roving Listener 23 min - Importance of Celebrating what's being done25 min - Discovering Life by letting go of programs and affirming gifts30 min - Going Rogue with Nude Ushers and Lottery Tickets?31 min - The trouble with review forms35 min - How this Changes the common pastoral practices of preaching, weddings, baptisms, etc40 min - Where to Learn More - The Learning Tree44 min - Give power away to make more happen.47 min - ¡¡ Round 2 of Would You Rather !!The Learning Tree https://thelearningtrees.com/You can learn more about Mike and his work at https://fumcboulder.org/meet-rev-mike-mather-our-new-pastor/https://resources.depaul.edu/abcd-institute/faculty/Pages/mike-mather.aspxVisit Vile Methods online at vilemethods.com and on social media @vilemethods or @vilemethodistSubscribe Now so you won't miss a single nugget of wisdom, fantastic tale, or moment of laughter.Intro and Outro Music are by royalty free artist Joakim Karud, subscribe and patron him on Patreon to get access to great music.

My guest today is Pastor Mike Mather. Mike is a leader in equipping the church to engage in community development. The author of a book on my personal top 10 list of must reads, "Having Nothing, Possessing Everything," Mike shares inspirational stories about nudging a faith community to positively impact the neighborhood where they reside. Mike is ordained in the United Methodist Church currently serving as the Senior Pastor at First UMC in Boulder, CO, and a faculty member of the Asset-Based Community Development Institute.Key Topics and Tips Discussed5 minutes - Making the Mindset Shift from programming to collaboration12 minutes - Theology of Abundance - “I realized, all the practices in the church around this are built around scarcity, not around God’s abundance. And so the only things I knew how to do were to try to fill empty spaces, rather than to recognize that those spaces I thought of as empty were actually full of something else.”13 minutes - Pay Attention to, “How [can] we see God’s abundance, where everybody else sees nothing?”14 min - We discuss why 'Teach a Man to Fish' is still misplaced, and how it keeps us from the gifts of people in the community.15 min - What Advantage Does the Church Have? - more discussion on theological framing of God’s abundance17 min - Acting into new ways of Thinking (including the act of asking questions)18 min - How poor are you is the wrong question? So what is the correct one? 19 min - Hire a Connector25 min - What Questions to Ask - John McKnight - 'The Future of Low Income Neighborhoods and the People that Reside There', 10 page survey26 min - Discovering Gifts31 min - Strategic Clever Introductions - introducing the congregation to community residents/citizens/collaborators/partnersWe had some static on the line. Apologies for that.You can learn more about Mike and his work at https://fumcboulder.org/meet-rev-mike-mather-our-new-pastor/https://resources.depaul.edu/abcd-institute/faculty/Pages/mike-mather.aspxVisit Vile Methods online at vilemethods.com and on social media @vilemethods or @vilemethodistSubscribe Now so you won't miss a single nugget of wisdom, fantastic tale, or moment of laughter.Intro and Outro Music are by royalty free artist Joakim Karud, subscribe and patron him on Patreon to get access to great music.

My guest is Adam Barlow-Thompson. Adam is the Co-Founder of Neighboring Movement in Wichita, Kansas where he lives out a calling on his heart to teach people how to be a good neighbor. Adam is ordained in the Great Plains Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church.Some Key Topics We Discuss2 minutes - What is asset based community development?4 minutes - How to Read Your Community.7 minutes - How to connect with your neighborhood, then the neighborhood where the church building is9 minutes - How to let go of and grieve ministries that are dead or on life support.13 minutes - How to do a funeral for an old ministry.19 minutes - From being faithful to starting a non-profit.22 minutes - Who is a neighbor? Exactly how "local" do you need to get?25 minutes - A lesson from my mother.27 minutes - Practical steps for being a good neighbor and the mechanics of neighboring.Our apologies for the static on the line. You can learn more about Adam and his work at https://neighboringmovement.org/Visit Vile Methods online at vilemethods.com, on social media @vilemethods or @vilemethodist, and check us out at Facebook.com/VileMethodsSubscribe Now so you won't miss a single nugget of wisdom, fantastic tale, or moment of laughter.Intro and Outro Music are by royalty free artist Joakim Karud, subscribe and patron him on Patreon to get access to great music.

Once again, my guest is Laurel O'Connor. Laurel is the Founder and Owner of Affirm Fundraising, a social entrepreneurship that helps people identify their passion, build teams to support it, and raise capital to fund it.  In part 2 of this series we discuss practical steps for gathering resources to make your visions come to life.  We discuss what gets in people's way, asset mapping (minute 16), community inventories, and establishing a calendar. The resources we discuss can be found at vilemethods.comYou can learn more about Laurel and her work at https://www.affirmfundraising.com/Visit Vile Methods online at vilemethods.com, on social media @vilemethods or @vilemethodist, and check us out at Facebook.com/VileMethodsSubscribe Now so you won't miss a single nugget of wisdom, fantastic tale, or moment of laughter.Intro and Outro Music are by royalty free artist Joakim Karud, subscribe and patron him on Patreon to get access to great music.

My guest for this episode is Laurel O'Connor. Laurel is the Founder and Owner of Affirm Fundraising, a social entrepreneurship that helps people identify their passion, build teams to support it, and raise capital to fund it.  In this 2 part series we discuss how groups can benefit their neighborhoods by finding their heart reason (passion) and gather resources to make their visions/dreams come to life.  We also discuss getting out of your own way, dealing with failure, and getting off the horse that can no longer go. You can learn more about Laurel and her work at https://www.affirmfundraising.com/Visit Vile Methods online at vilemethods.com, on social media @vilemethods or @vilemethodist, and check us out at Facebook.com/VileMethodsSubscribe Now so you won't miss a single nugget of wisdom, fantastic tale, or moment of laughter.Intro and Outro Music are by royalty free artist Joakim Karud, subscribe and patron him on Patreon to get access to great music.

My guest for this episode is Cole Chandler. Cole is the Co-Founder and CEO of Colorado Village Collaborative (CVC), a non-profit that provides shelter to the unhoused via Tiny Homes.  CVC is a 501c3 charity in Denver, CO focused on helping people transition to stable housing.  In this interview I ask Cole how he got into this work and learn about the logistics for making it happen. We also discuss building authentic community across socio-economic boundaries and how Denver's Safe Outdoor Space (government approved Tent Village for the unhoused) came to be. You can learn more about Cole and his work by following him on Twitter and visiting CVC on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/covillagecoVisit Vile Methods online at vilemethods.com, on social media @vilemethods or @vilemethodist, and check us out at Facebook.com/VileMethodsSubscribe Now so you won't miss a single nugget of wisdom, fantastic tale, or moment of laughter.Intro and Outro Music are by royalty free artist Joakim Karud, subscribe and patron him on Patreon to get access to great music.

My guest today is the owner and founder of Wagon Coffee Roasters, Tami Canaday. She and I were connected when her husband, Ryan and I did a fundraiser together to collect thermals for unhoused folks. Tami roasts delicious coffee and employs women in recovery.We discuss authentic community, making space for spiritual refugees, starting a business for women in recovery, and Denver's best cup of joe. You can learn more about Tami and her work at https://www.wagoncoffeeroasters.com/Visit Vile Methods online at vilemethods.com, on social media @vilemethods or @vilemethodist, and check us out at Facebook.com/VileMethodsSubscribe Now so you won't miss a single nugget of wisdom, fantastic tale, or moment of laughter.Intro and Outro Music are by royalty free artist Joakim Karud, subscribe and patron him on Patreon to get access to great music.

My guest for this episode is Logan Robertson. Logan is a connector, mover, and shaker in Denver working to get things done on behalf of our unhoused friends in the metro-area.  On this show Logan and I get real about what it is like to build relationships, especially in uncomfortable situations. At minute 40 we also get into discussing Denver's Safe Outdoor Space, a city approved tent village for the unhoused.Logan's main gigs are working with Network Coffee House and freelancing with the local Interfaith Alliance. Also discussed in this episode is Rev. Ryan Taylor's new book "Awkward Spirituality: The Divinity of Ordinary Life" which can be found on Amazon.  You can learn more about Logan and his work at http://www.disembodiedbeard.com/. And learn more about Network at https://networkcoffeehouse.org/ [¡¡Since the airing of this episode Logan has taken over as Pastor and Director of AfterHours Denver!!]Visit Vile Methods online at vilemethods.com, on social media @vilemethods or @vilemethodist, and check us out at Facebook.com/VileMethods Subscribe Now so you won't miss a single nugget of wisdom, fantastic tale, or moment of laughter. Intro and Outro Music are by royalty free artist Joakim Karud, subscribe and patron him on Patreon to get access to great royalty free music.

My guest for this episode is Haley Andreadas Vermeer. Haley is the Community Engagement and Volunteer Coordinator at Dry Bones Denver, a non-profit that provides supportive community among houseless and street connected youth and young adults.  Dry Bones is a 501c3 non-profit.  In this interview I ask Haley what led her to get involved in this work, the challenges of the ministry, and the rewards. We also discuss the trouble with charity workers and social service workers not being able to live where they serve, as well as how that challenge might be addressed. In addition we talk about what it is like to build community with those experiencing homelessness and poverty, and whether a T-Rex or Velociraptor would make a better pet. You can learn more about Haley and her work at https://drybonesdenver.org/.Visit Vile Methods online at vilemethods.com, on social media @vilemethods or @vilemethodist, and check us out at Facebook.com/VileMethodsSubscribe Now so you won't miss a single nugget of wisdom, fantastic tale, or moment of laughter.Intro and Outro Music are by royalty free artist Joakim Karud, subscribe and patron him on Patreon to get access to great royalty free music.

My guest for this debut episode is Jennifer Kloeppel. Jennifer is the Founder and CEO of Showers for All, a non-profit that provides showers and clothes washing to the unhoused.  Showers for All is part of the 501c3 charity, Dignity Project in Denver, CO.  In this interview I ask Jennifer what led her to get involved in this work and 'how do you start a shower truck?' We also discuss work-life balance, ministry with those experiencing homelessness, overcoming shame, and the best ice-cream joint in Denver. You can learn more about Jennifer and her work at https://www.showersforall.org/. Visit Vile Methods online at vilemethods.com, on social media @vilemethods or @vilemethodist, and check us out at Facebook.com/VileMethodsSubscribe Now so you won't miss a single nugget of wisdom, fantastic tale, or moment of laughter.Intro and Outro Music are by royalty free artist Joakim Karud, subscribe and patron him on Patreon to get access to great music.

What happens when the faithful refuse to play by the rules? ¡Let's find out! It's time to wake the dead, revive the faithful, and unleash a movement!Welcome to Vile Methods, the podcast about disrupting complacency, reclaiming the gospel, and reviving Jesus’ people. Because—let’s be honest—many of us are walking through faith like the living dead. Alive, but not truly ALIVE. Going through the motions... stuck in undead forms of religion... failing to embrace the dynamic movement Jesus actually started—one centered on a LIVING God.There’s another way!Inspired by John Wesley’s challenge to be “more vile,” this show uncovers the stories of renegade pastors, guerrilla evangelists, and holy provocateurs conspiring for the sake of the Gospel.Join host Tyler Kaufmann each month as he explores: real, raw, and powerful stories of modern-day disruptors; disciple-makers that don’t wait for permission, worship that doesn’t need a sanctuary, and practical resources for a faith that refuses to be tamed.If you have ever felt that faith should be more than what we’ve settled for…If you believe the Church should leave its tomb…If you are ready to Wake the Dead…Then this podcast is for you.Subscribe now to Join the movement!!