Flourishing Communities Podcast

This resource is part of the Flourishing Communities Collection.

Communities flourish when we live out our faith in Jesus. But...that’s a lot easier said than done. InterVarsity staff, Caroline Lancaster and Andy Kim, unpack (and sometimes wrestle with) the values and practices that help grow flourishing communities on campus. Through honest conversations, and some serious reflection on their own friendship and the communities they share, Caroline and Andy will make you reflect on the beauty and struggles of forming real community.

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Season 1 Episode Guide

Season Credits

• Hosts: Caroline Lancaster (@carolinesusie)  & Andy Kim (@andrewsunkim)
• Producers: Kyle Lee, Caroline Lancaster, & Alex Waters
• Design: Gary Nauman
• Brought to you by InterVarsity Christian Fellowship 

Season 1 Episode 0: Flourishing Communities

• Description: Meet your quirky and loveable hosts, Caroline Lancaster and Andy Kim. In this episode, they consider what influences their picture of real community (aka all the tv shows) and why it’s so hard to have that IRL. 
• Show Notes
  • Flourishing Communities Small Group Series
  • Flourishing Communities Large Group Series

Season 1 Episode 1: Embodied Faith

• Description: InterVarsity staff Andy Kim and Caroline Lancaster talk about the foundation of a flourishing community: embodied faith. But, living out faith in Jesus through loving our neighbor and pursuing justice is so easily disregarded, especially in Christian spaces that prioritize a disembodied faith. 
• Show Notes
  • Jazzy Johnson's Talk - Embodied Faith
  • @jazzy_symone

Season 1 Episode 2: Selfless Love  

• Description: In this episode, Caroline Lancaster and Andy Kim talk about the ways technology and culture shape a shallow understanding of love and how the other-focused love of Jesus is revolutionary. Let’s all pray that “one-trick-love-pony” doesn’t actually become a thing.
• Show Notes
  • Steve Tamayo’s Talk - Selfless Love
    • Instagram: @yostevetamayo
    • Twitter: @yostevetamayo

Season 1 Episode 3: Radical Inclusion

• Description: Andy Kim and Caroline Lancaster share memories and experiences of feeling excluded as they process the hospitality they have experienced through Jesus. Access to God’s community isn’t based on status, but all are seen, honored, and welcomed in. 
• Show Notes
  • Caroline Lancaster’s Talk - Radical Inclusion
  • Exclusion and Embrace by Miroslav Volf

Season 1 Episode 4: Mutuality

• Hosts Caroline Lancaster and Andy Kim wrestle with what it means to share joys and pains in a community when it’s hard to trust if the community can hold it. Listen to process together why mutuality is core for communities to flourish and yet so challenging. Also, wolves are everything. 
• Show Notes
  • Nikki Toyama-Szeto’s Talk - Mutuality 
    • Christians for Social Action 
  • The Next Worship by Sandra Van Opstal
  • The wolves in Yellowstone Park article 

Season 1 Episode 5: Reconciliation

• Description: Will this be the episode where Andy and Caroline’s friendship finally blows up? Their conversation covers everything from tv shows (no surprise) to Scripture as they fill in a picture of how reconciliation can lead to flourishing. We also hear a glimpse of Caroline’s story as she retells the fear she had of being disowned by her parents. 
• Show Notes
  • Sandra Van Opstal’s Talk - Reconciliation
    • Chasing Justice instagram
  • Roadmap to Reconciliation 2.0 by Rev. Dr. Brenda Salter-McNeil

Season 1 Episode 6: Costly Compassion

• Description: This episode is full of honest stories and rich reflection on the parable of the Good Samaritan. Caroline and Andy talk about the bystander effect and how we can overcome barriers to showing compassion through action. 
• Show Notes
  • Ray Aldred's Talk - Costly Compassion. Ray Aldred is the Director of the Indigenous Studies Program at Vancouver School of Theology. 
  • Raise Your Voice by Kathy Khang
  • Hollaback! Bystander Intervention Training
  • “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence” - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 

Season 1 Episode 7: Justice

• In this last episode of season one, our loveable hosts Andy and Caroline give shape to biblical justice and tease out what it means for campuses to commit to pursuing justice for the long haul. Their personal stories and encouragement will challenge you to take one small step of living out justice in your life (and maybe also make you want to have deeper conversations with your friends about these topics!).  
• Show Notes
  • Moanike'ala Nanod-Sitch's Talk - Justice. Moani is an Area Director for InterVarsity in Hawaii. 
  • Good News About Injustice by Gary A. Haugen
  • Faith-Rooted Organizing by  Rev. Alexia Salvatierra and Peter Heltzel
  • “...From White Supremacy: Spiritual Bypassing w/ Andre Henry” - episode from Reclaiming My Theology
  • Justice Bible Studies