Barnabas Piper's Blog, page 48
July 9, 2019
New Happy Rant: Job Transitions, Pastor Greetings, and Enneagram Podcasts
In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Barnabas, and Ronnie suss out the following topics:
Barnabas’s transition to be a . . . MAN OF THE CLOTH
How Ronnie’s Enneagram 4 self will handle not being the only Man of the cloth
Losing friends when you switch jobs
How pastors greet their congregations
Church etiquette for greetings, phone use, and more
Enneagram podcasts
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Episode #254
July 8, 2019
A Publishing Announcement: Old Books in a New Place and a New Book
[image error]In 2014 my first book, The Pastor’s Kid: Finding Your Own Faith and Identity, was released by David C. Cook. A year later my second book Help My Unbelief: Why Doubt is Not the Enemy of Faith was released. In the years since I have been blown away by the responses I have received from readers. When I wrote them my hope was that they would connect with the right readers to meet a need and that they would continue to do so over time. God has answered those prayers.
That’s why I am excited to announce that both of these books will be re-released in 2020 by The Good Book Company. I’m thrilled to be working with TGBC because I love the authors and ministries with whom they partner and the combination of editorial quality and biblical truth their books reflect.
Help My Unbelief will release in January, 2020.
The Pastor’s Kid will release in June, 2020.
I am even more excited to announce that I will have a new book releasing in the fall of 2020 from TGBC. The title is not yet finalized, but it will explore questions of happiness and expectations in this life and what is reasonable and right to find enjoyment and hope in. It will be a book about finding real happiness for disappointed people and a book about handling disappointment for happy people.
In the mean time, there are still copies of my first two books available through Amazon. If they sell out feel free to contact me. I have some copies and may be able to help.
July 1, 2019
New Happy Rant: Nostalgic about Nostalgia
In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted and Ronnie vamp about nostalgia:
Being defined and shaped by nostalgia
Are covers of songs better or worse?
Conjuring up joy and ordering the past as idyllic, and creating an anchor
Paul Newman, Hollywood superstar
Chasing dreams and having hope
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Episode #253
A Ministry and Professional Announcement
I’ve worked in Christian publishing and church resource development since 2005, with only one 18-month interruption along the way. I got into it almost by accident directly after college. I had no intention of making a career out of publishing, mainly because I didn’t have the sense or planning to intend much of anything or plan long-term. I just needed a job to pay my bills and, hopefully, not be miserable. I quickly discovered that there was huge benefit in doing good work under the leadership of godly people who excelled in their field, and I really enjoyed the work.
Fast-forward 14 years and that first low level sales job I fell into became a career, a real adult career, covering three companies and two states and more than a handful of roles. I have sold, marketed, edited, acquired, trained, aggregated, managed, and written. I have worked with excellent professionals who are equally excellent people. In short, God has been remarkably and undeservedly good to me. I am deeply grateful for my years at Crossway Books, Moody Publishers, and LifeWay Christian Resources/B&H Publishing – for the friendships built, the lessons learned, the ministry done, the goals accomplished, the challenges overcome, and the personal growth I’ve experienced.
Now God is opening a new door. On August 1 I will leave B&H Academic to join the staff at my church, Immanuel Nashville, as the Director for Community. My primary area of ministry will be the oversight and equipping of our small group ministry. I’m excited for a pile of reasons; here are a few.
The leaders and staff at Immanuel are incredible – godly, humble, gifted, invested – and working with them will be a privilege. And fun. It will be fun too.
Immanuel is my church home, so I get to be part of serving a body I already love and who has invested in and cared for me. And I don’t have to uproot or relocate myself or my kids.
I wasn’t looking to move into church ministry (in fact, I had resisted the very idea for a long time for a variety of reasons), but when Immanuel’s leadership approached me about the possibility it was clear that God was in it – the right church, the right time, and resolution to many of my reasons for resisting.
It’s more evidence of God’s grace in my life. I have no business being in this place, I do not deserve it, and I did not expect it. My life has been marked by a succession of wrong turns and dumb decisions, but God keeps redeeming and healing and making something of it all. Immanuel’s mantra sums this up well:
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June 27, 2019
New Happy Rant: Parents Behaving Badly
In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted and Barnabas discuss parenting at large, including:
Brawling at baseball games
Our style of little league parenting
The danger of living vicariously through kids
Do chores harm kids?
The best days of our lives
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Episode #252
June 17, 2019
New Happy Rant: Writers on Writing, Art vs. Creativity, and John Wick
In this episode of The Happy Rant ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas rant about the following:
Are writers ever finished?
Motivation vs. Inspiration
Being nervous or self-conscious as a writer
Standing out as a creative person
Creativity vs. art
The artistry of John Wick
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Episode #251
June 11, 2019
New Happy Rant: Platt Prays, Twitter Rages, and Trogges Moves In
In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted Kluck, Ronnie Martin, and Barnabas Piper suss out the following:
David Platt prays for Donald Trump on stage and the world goes mad
Twitter seems to be the place where people rage about . . .twitter. What’s the point?
Trogges moves in as Ronnie’s neighbor
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Episode #250
June 4, 2019
New Happy Rant: BP Trolls Twitter, Summer Reading Lists, and Prestige Books
In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted and Barnabas discuss the following pressing topics:
A tweet Barnabas posted to troll twitter and the very triggered responses he received
Summer reading lists, and what they *really* mean
What books would be on a summer reading list we created?
Shows we’ve enjoyed recently
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Episode #249
May 27, 2019
New Happy Rant: Gary Vee, Hiring Hit Men, and Tarantino
In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Barnabas, and Ronnie suss out the following topics:
What’s up with Gary Vaynerchuck, the entrepreneurial hotness who is attracting young men like no one since Mark Driscoll?
Who’s the next Gary Vee in the Christian world?
James MacDonald *allegedly* attempted to hire a hit man to knock a couple people off. How does this even happen?
The uneven career of Quentin Tarantino
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Episode #248
May 22, 2019
New Happy Rant: Furtick, Osteen, and Pastor Side Hustles
In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Barnabas, and Ronnie suss out big events in the world of famous “preachers.”
Steven Furtick preaches (or “preaches”) at Lakewood, and it is an experience
Pastors and their side hustles
If Furtick were a musician who would he be?
If Furtick were a comedian who would he be?
Debating a new signoff
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Episode #247
